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[G1 Android Development] faylix:
I'm not even sure what you're saying here? English isn't your first is it?

I didn't help anyone? from reading the thread it seems I've fixed a few phones, not to mention fixing 1 phone is more than any JTAG method has so far. I think I'm still ahead by a comfortable margin. ;)

as to having a life....

I'm a nerd for sure.

I'm a 2L law student on full scholarship (first exam wed.. woot woot)

I teach muay thai kick boxing at Waikru mma ... John "doomsday" howard is 3 - 0 in the UFC right now...

I'll be ringside at CFX this weekend when one of my guys fights for the title.

Soon as exams are over I'm off snowboarding on the west side of canada...

But naaaaaaaaaaaaah. no life. not for me. :p

I love android, and if you knew me in person you'd know i'd take the shirt off my back to help any random person - but the attitude here is ridiculous.

You should all be ****ing ashamed of yourselves.

Driving good dev's away, ****ting on working fixes because you didn't come up with them.

If any of you are in Boston and want to stop by the gym I'm easy to find...

Cheers!

- faylix / local
[G1 Android Development] da_jojo:
seriously dude .. i aint your dad .. you dont have to give me your truth :)

as far as the phone you fixed .. these people fixed them with ur "help" so how you do that ?

btw i need less to feel good about myself :D
[G1 Android Development] x2phantom:
Anyone knows where the baseband is stored? On the Mainboard or on the GSM/UMTS module?
[G1 Android Development] carnegie0107:
Sheeeesh....

Man, I just took a glance at this thread out of curiosity, and I admit, I was kinda disappointed when I saw that there was no real de-bricking, only slapping in a new board. Nothing geeky, technical, or exciting here (from a development standpoint, anyway). That said, this is still a working fix, and I would definitely like this thread if I had a bricked phone and fifty bucks. Just because it's a dirty hack of a workaround for a brick, doesn't mean it doesn't work or isn't useful. I'm a little ashamed of the hostility XDA has shown here. Just because someone is a Junior Member doesn't mean they're automatically worthless or meant to be ridiculed. I appreciate the effort put into putting together a how-to. Especially one that doesn't involve any spectacular development--this guy isn't just showing off what he's done, he's taken the time to put together a (relatively boring) how-to, just for the sake of helping out the next guy. So, I say, thanks! And kudos.
[G1 Android Development] maxawesome:
Agreed. A "fix" would be software-based. Thread title should be:

[HOWTO] Replace a 100% bricked G1 motherboard with a non-bricked one.

And in this case, you're not really revealing anything that hasn't already been documented, so I can see why you posted it the way you did. Makes you feel like you discovered something.

I doubt there's anyone who has visited this forum for longer than 10 minutes that didn't realize you could swap motherboards to resolve the issue, but what you're suggesting is essentially the same as someone complaining that their computer won't boot because they destroyed the BIOS and the "fix" is to replace the motherboard rather than attempt to restore the factory BIOS settings.

Make sense? Not meant to be a personal attack, but maybe you could replace the title to be less deceiving.
[G1 Android Development] maxawesome:
**** man, I'm sorry. I didn't realize this was a 7-page dumpfest already.

Your guide is useful, but as a HOWTO not a FIX. I think most people here consider a FIX to be a resolution of an issue without external parts/replacement.

Thanks!
[G1 Android Development] shmigao:
ridiculous.

how can it NOT be a fix, if it fixes the phone?

where is it written that a "fix" is something that can only be achieved through software?
[G1 Android Development] shmigao:
but sorry, i gotta run... my wife asked me to fix one of our garden chairs, but i just can't find anybody who can write code for it...

:D
[G1 Android Development] anonymousbir:
I have a bricked G1, I bought it unlocked and was using a UK O2 SIM, does it matter where the donor motherboard comes from ?

Thanks for any responses.
[G1 Android Development] edgargeminis620:
yep basically what exactly is wrong with the g1 though?
[G1 Android Development] CrazyEye:
Just did it, won a white G1 off ebay and its so nice, wow.

Camera crashes though. Probably something physical rofl
[G1 Android Development] Ace42:
might be the OTA 1.6 breaking things.
[G1 Android Development] yayayay:
Agreed.

Some people just don't seem to be able to give credit to others who takes time to help, and just have to clank down on them. It's a mod erand, let them do their business instead of arguing and going OT on a stupid thing like a name on a topic. Some say he don't have a life, if you have time to argue on such thing like a name on a thread I'd say the opposite.
[G1 Android Development] anonymousbir:
I had an unlocked G1 that I was using with an UK O2 SIM, bricked it with Danger.spl.

Since my post I have swapped parts with a donor G1 and followed instructions in the thread. However, once I boot press the power button to confirm loading Dreaimg.nbh nothing happens. I press the action button and that doesn't work either.

The device doesn't recognise anything I press after camera+power :(

Does anyone have any ideas? Please...? :(

(I did search but couldn't find anything)
[G1 Android Development] nebochenezzar:
You probably need to make sure the ribbon from the keyboard is attached properly to the main board (below the home, menu, ect.), the best way to know is to compare them to a tear down gallery, they are all over the place....
[G1 Android Development] anonymousbir:
Thanks for the quick reply... I don't know what or how but I tried powering the phone on its own without the camera button being pressed. It looked like it was booting then sopped at a traingle with the exclamation mark in it with a picture of a phone underneath the icon.

I took the battery out, back in. pressed power again then it worked and it looks like the hardware buttons are working (haven't tried the call button or qwerty yet)

its better than a brick right now so I'm very :) :D
[G1 Android Development] anonymousbir:
YES!!

for anyone that was curious like me before doing this... the donor G1 can be on a different network, the one I used as on T-Mobile. I have to go get an unlock code from bay now. On the up side, I'm hoping I can get some cash from Mazuma Mobile for the donor G1 seeing as I put my bricked motherboard in it!

For everyone that thinks this thread is misleading or isn't a fix etc. it worked wonders for me!

THANK YOU Faylix!!! :)
[G1 Android Development] faylix:
Well I'm glad this thread is still getting some attention...

Did anyone manage to fix a bricked G1 with software yet? :rolleyes:

- faylix / local

twitter.com/localmuaythai
[G1 Android Development] DavieGee:
Well done for this post Faylix, You're Giving hope to people who cannot afford new G1's :)
[G1 Android Development] civicvx94:
Does anyone know if you could just replace the pcb/daughter board instead of the motherboard to fix a brick?

I bricked my friends g1 and bought a new pcb board, but apparently its not what i needed after all?
[G1 Android Development] rey424:
for all of u just talking.............................

if you have a better solution on how to unbrink a g1, post it. and not just talk.
[G1 Android Development] naguz:
Semi-related question: Is it possible to brick at all, if you just update the radio first?
[G1 Android Development] mkabatek:
at any rate misleading or not, this can hardly be classified as 'development'

Replacing a main board can hardly be classified as 'development'... maybe the general section would be more appropriate?
[G1 Android Development] dangambino:
Dude, I dont know about the donation link....thats why I think people are upset. This doesn't really justify asking people for money. Make some more contributions to the communtiy and maybe you'll earn that respect. I appreciate the info though.
[G1 Android Development] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591048

stop just talking, please. i agree this is pretty much a duuuh. most people don't want to buy a broken phone and replace motherboards. people want to bring their dead phones back. this is like saying:

HEY I FIGURED OUT HOW TO UNBRICK MY MYTOUCH... I WENT TO TMOBILE AND BOUGHT ANOTHER ONE. ARNT I SO SMART? :|
[G1 Android Development] phantommusik:
Seriously people??? What is with all of this hostility? I appreciate the think outside the box attitude of this post! If I had seen this I wouldn't have sent in my phone for a warranty replacement that is obviously going to come back as out of warranty. All of these insults and hostility also go against the forum rules! Rules that are in place to make this an open forum and a pleasant place to discuss and exchange ideas!
[G1 Android Development] Chahk:
That's nice. Are they getting anywhere with that yet, or is it still a very interesting but purely scientific experiment?

First of all, who made you an authority on what *most* people want? Second, nobody is forcing anyone to buy or replace anything. It's a very simple choice: you either a) do nothing and not use a phone/use your old phone, b) buy a new phone because nobody came up with a software de-bricking solution yet, or c) you buy a broken one at a fraction of the cost and replace the motherboard yourself.

So what are you saying?

"Hey, I'm not gonna buy a new phone, I'm just gonna sit here and pout over my dead one that I ****ed up all by myself, until somebody else comes up with a solution that suits me... In the meantime I'm gonna poo-poo anyone that suggests I spend any money to fix my own mistakes."
[G1 Android Development] ezterry:
if any rogers user has used this method to fix a ota brick that is stuck on the rogers logo; im interested in the main board you removed I

to attempt at developing the hack to allow recovering these type of bricks.

note this will either be a donation or sale so don't expect me to return the board after the hack works or fails.
[G1 Android Development] faylix:
:D

I love that people are still arguing over this.

A brand new G1, off the T-mobile website is $369.99 ... So I guess if you brick your phone you could do 1 of three things:

1. Buy a new G1 for $369.99

2. Continue to wait for a software solution.... How long have they been "close" for? I'm not ****ting on the guys doing good hard work on that solution I'm just saying they've been working on it for MONTHS since i posted this... and aren't really any closer.

3. Spend $25 - 50 bucks on a beat up G1, use this method and have a working phone for $300 LESS than option number 1.

:confused:

I mean the choice seems clear for me... I only posted the thread to help other people.. and I put it in this forum because people looking to fix a brick that occurred from reading THIS forum would probably look HERE.

Plus, I even asked the mods if they wanted to move it and they were happy with it here.

So pretty much, I'm very happy for the people I helped, and the rest of you *****ing .... :rolleyes:

You're all pretty much retarded.

Have a nice day!

- Faylix / Local

PS: The phone I fixed with this method is still working strong! So I'm betting this method has fixed more bricks than any others .... right?

OoooOOoo SO CONTROVERSIAL!

.... Hiiiiiii Haters ...... *kiss* *kiss* ;)
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5911627&postcount=302
[G1 Android Development] protomanez:
You win the prize. blows confetti*
[G1 Android Development] faylix:
well, I stand corrected.... there has been a fix several months later.

I'll take a look at it later.. but first I just have to say

Everyone loves the view from up on their high horse right?

Annnndddd.... how much do the parts to fix cost? How long?

Still tho, hats off to your hard work.
[G1 Android Development] JAguirre1231:
I wasn't trying to sound high and mighty, just telling you a way was found
[G1 Android Development] jacsonmoore3:
wow you say its a fixs.. when its a waste of a post
[G1 Android Development] lbcoder:
Some times it takes a while to make things work. You know the old "patience is a virtue", "good things come to those who wait", etc.

Oh, and the cost.... $2.

That's if you don't "just happen to have" the components needed.

For me, I just happened to have, even though I never had a brick to play with.
[G1 Android Development] ccooluke:
I'm game...

hello all! hope this thread isn't dead. All I'm reading is everyone arguing if this is a fix or not... blah blah blah...

well peeps, I have a bricked G1 and a cracked screen G1. I just got the tools today and I'm going to swap the motherboards in the next few hours.

I'll post pics too when I'm done of before and afters. There was a full out tutorial on this on alldroid.com.... however they have totally changed the site and it's currently not functional. Lucky for me I have the service manual handy.... Off to eat a good lunch, then time to get cracking away at this. :D
[G1 Android Development] farmatito:
Wouldn't it be easier to swap the screens?
[G1 Android Development] Ninjineer:
You, sir, owe me a new keyboard. I just spit Coke into mine thanks to that comment. :/
[G1 Android Development] ccooluke:
From everything I've read and seen... no. Unless I'm totally being lied to and my eyes deceive me. But swapping the boards is easiest.

Finally about to swap them right now. (I was updating my other G1 before and setting up a partition on my 8GB sd card I just bought.

Alright wish me luck! here I go!
[G1 Android Development] docsparks:
G1

If anyone needs assistance in repairing the hardware, or questions about tearing the phone apart, feel free to PM, or IM me.

Ive fixed a unbelievable amount of G1s over the past few months, with plenty of little things to offer for advice.

Does anyone need a bricked G1 board/chipset?
[G1 Android Development] ccooluke:
So.... after about an hour an half yesterday I succeeded in switching the motherboards!! First time I've ever done anything like this really. So now I have a fully functional G1 and a fully broken G1, along with my everyday G1 I use.

Pictures are attached. I figured out that using a flat metal tool to take apart the first piece after you unscrew it is very helpful... Just pops right off fairly easy.
[G1 Android Development] Ch4m3l30n:
Quick, easy and relatively cheap

Accidentally bricked my wife's G1 after a month of convincing her that rooting is a good thing. Doh!

Found a G1 with a broken screen on CraigsList* and after a quick trip to Sears for a T5 (alread had a T6 & the plastic pry tool), had it all swapped out in short order.

Now to root this thing correctly before she can say no! :D

Thanks faylix for assembling the info and posting a concise thread about it!

*The kid said his friend gave him the phone with the broken screen yet he wanted $80 for it. I talked him down to $60 and he was stupid enough to give me his BlackBerry charger instead of the G1 charger which I plan to hold hostage for $20. Brings my final cost to about $45 including the T5 and the gas to meet up with him on my way home (I commute by motorcycle). Not bad.
[G1 Android Development] Casper Young:
This all sounds very similar. I also have a white one that looks like it got run over. I bought a new one which was black. I was installing firmware and managed to brick it. All i got was the G1 logo nothing else. That was about 8 years ago. Anyways I saw this and just happened to still have them in a box somewhere. After I located them it took about 20 minutes to switch over mother boards, put it all back together, insert battery and turn it on. Got the familiar buzz it turned on but did nothing. Darkness! Okay, open it back up to discover by checking wire connections the long coaxial wasnt good. Easy replace, but again, nothing! Switch the original MB back and it lights up, same ol G1 logo. Now I know the white one worked, just had a webbed screen. Cant put it back together after I cannibalized it how I did. They're the exact same model, so lets rule out differences. It didnt work for mine, and Im still wondering if eventually it can be un-bricked. Its an icon being the first android, Ill hang onto it. If I find a way soon, ill post it.

Most of the links found on this site are old and broken. But I do have most of them if not all for the Rogers Dream.
[Touch2 General] kennykwan16:
The text message tone will keep ringing till the end.. how do i end it? In diamond, I can simply press the end button but now since the end button acts as the power button, i couldnt use the method anymore... Any idea anyone?
[Touch2 General] rap7or4o:
i have the same problem please help the ringing will drive me crazy!!!!
[Touch2 General] albel1205:
I also have the same problem.Any ideas for this??

Sr for my bad english.
[Touch2 General] Gothik:
Who said you to put a 5min mp3 as message tune or anything longer than 4 sec :S.

Go edit it first, then put it.

I am using Shine, so stop thinking that you wont know when you get a message because you'll, as i do easily. If you have plans to show your neighbors that you got a message then be my guest...
[Touch2 General] leoccl86:
I think that counts as rude...

I believe that there are situations where by you leave your phone in the bag, or another room and won't get to hear the incoming message and it'd be nice to have the ringtone ring until you hear it.

Just that you don't want it to continue ringing when you pick it up and start reading the sms while listening to the ringtone...

Editing the ringtone to 3 to 4 seconds doesn't help... Gothik, I think u're being very narrow minded and stereotyping...
[Touch2 General] Gothik:
If you dont like something/doesn't please your 'mind', that doesn't mean i am being rude or whatever is that stereotyping thing.

and every sane one knows messages ring-tone should be short, not full songs.

Certainly i am no girl and have no experience with haivng a phone in the bag :S...

On other hand i tried it, works fine on my cell, so flaw in your ROM.
[Touch2 General] leoccl86:
mod deletion
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] themaskfly:
it's simple, make a goldcard, go to the flashboot mode, and start the flash with the RUU, that's all

goldcard will ignore the CID, so no more 131 CID error anymore.

the update has nothing to do with the version of SPL or RADIO, its only a matter of CID.

good luck

:D
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
How do you "make a goldcard?"
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] darkonpt:
It´s not working.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] shwan_3:
It does work! maybe your gold card is not OK
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Krzysiec:
Maybe some more instructions ? How to get "goldcard" and what shall we all do to get it wok on our 32A`s
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] OrionBG:
Goldcard is microSD card that have special code in it. This code is recognised by the phone and the phone disables every security lock it haves thus allowing the user to load any rom in it! It can be dangerous and you can brick the device if you use wrong rom! But in my case, I restored my device!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] darkonpt:
I have test many cards, change the code, but nothing still not work, i fallow this how-to http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=572683
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] AndroNoob:
Hello, so you've done this then? Did it change your SPL and radio afterwards? Thinking about doing this to my 32a for the bluetooth+GPS, but I want to keep my SPL. TIA
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] wuningfu:
The method need a premise!

Please make sure that your spl is S-OFF !Cause S-ON makes you cannot flash rom at the fastboot mode!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] qwertgfdsa78:
Me too....I tried 2 Sandisk 2gb and 1 Kingston 4gb and 1 Kingston 8gb card....None of them can work.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] xixiheiquan:
i upgrade the Official TW Sense ROM successfully by using the goldcard！
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] OrionBG:
Not needed! My SPL was and still is S=ON! I flashed the device with my goldcard without any problems!

This method WILL flash both SPL and Radio roms! It will flash everithing! Even the splash screen is HAMI now!
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] themaskfly:
for those who didn't make it.

check ur goldcard if it's REALLY successfully made. I made servals goldcards which can be read on my computer, but they cant be read by G2, that's the problem
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] djdavis75:
I've made the goldcard and I have the RUU downloaded...but before I go and risk bricking my phone, is there anyway to make sure the gold card is working?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] themaskfly:
plug ur goldcard back to ur magic to see if its regonized, if it appears damaged, means thats not successful.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] jamesyb0i:
I tried making a goldcard last night but gave up >.< when i try to run

"adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid" from cmd it gives me "error: device not found"

I fixed that by going into usb mode on the phone and restarting cmd and adb, but ended up failing with custom ID error even with goldcard
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] djdavis75:
Well the phone saw the card, of course it was empty. But it still didn't work, I tried the RUU and watching the phone everything it attempted to update failed. Luckily nothing was changed so the phone is still in working order.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] jamesyb0i:
I tried 2 SD cards to be goldcard and both get custom ID error, can't think of what else to do, or why to even bother when caSense rom is so good
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] darkonpt:
Now my phone is RUU mode , don´t now who to resolve this problem .
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] jamesyb0i:
how to make S-OFF then? I've followed the goldrom guide twice and still no luck! Also all the links to Haykuro's magic rootme rom are broken (tried to root to get s-off)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] darkonpt:
I pass the error 131 , and now have the 132 , signed error .
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] themaskfly:
signed error? for an official rom?:confused:
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
I can confirm that this works. I upgraded my Rogers HTC Magic using a GoldCard created using these instructions.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] djdavis75:
Tried remaking the goldcard from scratch today and still no luck, every update failed with 131 error, phone unchanged.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] darkonpt:
So RUU mode ignore the GoldCard
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] Howler62:
Did you do the RUU update a couple months ago that made your SPL .0010 from .0009?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
No, so I was running .0009. I updated from MyHero 1.1.2.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] jamesyb0i:
I ended up destroying my sd card while trying to make a damn gold card for the 5th time! (my fault) but ah.... no luck
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bigfire0918:
Did you reverse the CID number before making golden card?
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] jamesyb0i:
reversed AND swapped first two bits with 0
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] kivenage:
try this site instead to reverse the CID... i used this site and created my goldcard fine.

http://www.andyappz.com/cid.html

HTH
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] djdavis75:
The site you gave generated the same number as QMAT did, except with the 00 at the front, which I had done myself. I guess goldcards just don't work for some.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] jamesyb0i:
gave up :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
I read that some microSD cards don't work. I used the SanDisk 2GB card that came with my Magic.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] darkonpt:
I give up and send the phone to HTC for repair
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] *child:
Are you guys using a card reader or mounting your microSD via your Magic to create your GoldCard?