[G1 Android Development] faylix:
No one would be happier than me if there was a working software fix.

Fact: there is no known / working software fix for the SPL Brick yet.

Believe me, I read every post in the think tank thread, I read every post I could find on the subject. No one has a "fix" or a way to make the phone work again that is faster or cheaper than what I propose here.

Even if you guys figure out how to get your cable connected correctly and how to write to the correct memory address... well I don't see many users being able to replicate the fix. Plus they will still have to make/buy the cable. I applaud the ongoing efforts though.

these kinds of solutions are exactly what make the android community something I want to be a part of. I thought the whole point of this community was for users to come together and share knowlege about android / the g1. Instead of trusting tmobile to give us the best os possible we have some incredible devs who put all sorts of time into their releases just so the community can have the latest and greatest.

To be perfectly honest, it sounds like someone has a stick up their butt about "their" solution.

Is that what XDA is supposed to be about?

I didn't write this thread to detract from the ongoing efforts to craft a software fix for the spl brick. I didn't write this to say my solution is better than yours. I didn't write this to waste anyones time or mislead anyone.

I wrote this because I bricked the phone of a friend, and in 24 hours returned to her a working phone for $50 bucks and time spent.

I thought detailing the process to returning her a working phone might help some of the other users on here that might have bricked phones and every day check the threads on the subject - only to realize no one had come up with a fix yet that didn't involve being shady with their warrenty plan or buying a whole new phone.

Fact: I had in my hands a black g1 in perfect condition, that would never turn on again because I bricked it. I found a phone with no backlight, a cracked screen and a ton of scratches for cheap. I took the mobo out of the destroyed phone, put it in the perfect condition one and now it runs perfectly. Yes, it now has a different imei number. Big deal. I had a phone that was a useless brick, and a phone that was in useless condition, and now I have a working phone in great condition and some spare parts.

If a user wants to wait for the chance that the efforts of the community to craft a working software fix that can actually be applied by the average person, that's their choice. For all your posts you guys haven't fixed one g1 yet and don't know when you will be able to.

Or, said user could hop on craigslist and find a super cheap g1 for parts, and in 35 minutes have a working phone.

Personally, I would choose my option as things stand. The parts of a phone that make it "yours" are the sim card and the l/p you use to log into google imho, not the imei number.

Now, you, I'm not even going to dignify you by saying your name, get out of my thread until you've fixed a single g1. Your personal attacks on my background and schooling are nothing but annoying clutter in a thread I made to help people. You're a *****, begone.

-faylix