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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
It's all here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=606147

If you have 1.6, you gotta do:

1.6 --> 1.5 --> RC29
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
awesome figured it out thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Glad to hear. Let us know if anything else comes us.

(w00t, 100 posts)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
but wait once im rc29 i can root from here right? says on the guide to upgrade to cupcake after rc29
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Do you mean unroot?

If you want to unroot from RC29 - wait for the OTA (Over the Air) update. The OTA will remove root.

If you wanted to go back to a ROM (like Hero, because it uses 1.5) you'll need to upgrade to from RC29.

If you just want to remove root, keep the RC29 and wait for an OTA update to be pushed to your phone.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
ohhh okay so i upgrade to cupcake if i want hero from rc29..and i need to root before the ota update to 1.6 is that right?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Yes. Cupcake is 1.5, which is required for Hero to run. Also, if you decide to run a Hero ROM, make sure you have the appropriate SPL and Radio.

If you root before the OTA, you will not receive an OTA. To go back to stock, don't touch the phone (in the sense that don't flash any ROMs) after your at RC29. When at RC29, you will be getting an update from T-Mobile to update (which will remove root).
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
sorry if im annoyying u aka lol i want to root and im at rc29 right now. i have to get to 1.5 to root right? and to get to 1.5 do i wait for an ota or manually update it myself?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
okay wait im on 1.5 and i downloaded the flashrec prog like in the guide and the recovery file and downloaded the flashrec and typed in the /sdcard/recovery-ra-dream-v1.5.3.img and see nothing that says download custom recovery image. i am on 1.5 by the way.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Haha not a problem at all .

Sorry, I didn't understand what you were saying.

If you are already at RC29, and you want root, you need to first upgrade to 1.5.

Sorry bout that, you are correct
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
If you flashed the recovery, you can access it by rebooting and holding Home + Power and the phone turns on. You'll get the recovery console
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
Alright so this is what is up. I am on 1.5 right now. I want to root. I have the flashrec app on my phone. I typed in the recovery entry that i was supposed to and nothing happens. Im supposed to click something that says flash custom recovery or something and that button doesnt appear
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Which phone are you running this on?

If you are already rooted, the Recovery should be implemented.

If you want to flash a newer recovery (1.5.2), off the top of my head, the code in terminal is:

(Link for Recovery image: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=609842 :: only good for the G1)

$su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/<image>.img

it'll take a second or two, and then present back with a # sign

So...

$su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/<image>.img

#

To see the newer recovery, go ahead and type in "reboot"

# reboot

And hold Power + Home as soon as the phone turns on.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
i am not rooted i unrooted myself and want to root myself again. Im using a G1
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Are you on 1.5 rooted or 1.5 stock?

What firmware/ROM are you running?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
actually okay i rooted myself..im in the system recovery. do i have to install the cyanogen mod or can i flash a hero rom?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
i just got the recovery flasher to work it wasnt workin earlier when i tried typing in the /sdcard/recovery...etc. But now it worked and im in system recovery
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Before you even think about flashing Hero, make sure you meet all the requirements. I'm not an expert on the Hero stuff, so I'd recommend you go over and read some info on Hero.

There are a lot of Hero distro's so be ready to read a lot.

Here are some starting points:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534461

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534479

The main thing you want to make sure is that you have the latest Radio and SPL on your phone (flash Radio first)

http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/

Also, you're going to need a Class 6 microSD card to ensure speedy and day-to-day usable apps/usage.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
but i dont see superuser app. so i dont think im rooted lol this is a slow process
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
i used to flash heros when i first started the root process about 3 months ago. But they were too slow for my taste and flashed back to donut roms but am gettin bored with them and eclair so wanna try hero again
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
oh and i have the sd card that i need.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Again, I wouldn't want to misguide you and accidentally wind up bricking your phone. There are some excellent people I have talked with that can help you in the Hero upgrade/installation process. If you want their names, PM me and I'll send you their contact info.

If you are running any of Cyanogen's mods, you are rooted.

Go to terminal and type:

$su

If you don't get an error, you are rooted.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
says permission denied. damn i dont remember rooting being this difficult when i did it in november lol
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akapoor:
Lol.

EDIT:

Okay - I just realized you said you were in Recovery.

In that case, go here and download the CM mod
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
im not in recovery anymore and i just tried to get in recovery and it took me to the older one that gives u like 3 options and doesnt even give u an usb enable option. i think i may have to flash the recovery again,.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
k i did it...downloaded the cyanogen mod and am waitin for my g1 to boot up.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
the boot screen is taking forever though
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcforpres:
I am really confused. Why do you have to go to 1.5 to root? Now that you are well past RC29 this is a statement of futility, but you could have rooted your phone in RC29 much easier than jumping up to 1.5 crap.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
i had no idea i couldve just done it like that. but the guide that aka posted says u have to upgrade to 1.5 from rc29. but atm i am stuck on a boot screen and it's taking forever. is there anyway to get back to rc29 from recovery right after rooting? i have a feeling something went wrong cause i waited 45 mins and rebooted my phone and waiting another 30 mins and think it went wrong.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcforpres:
Can you get into bootloader? Hold down the camera button while powering on, if so you are good to go.

I would, by the way, do a battery pull, put it back in, then put it on the charger without powering on and let it get a good 30 minutes of charge before proceeding with anything.

As for how to do it with RC29, at the top of this section there is a how-to:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=563679
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
well im in bootloader but it just says serial0
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
haha nvm i had to change the battery..it was too low but anyways okay im downgrading back to rc29
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
im goin to lose it lol. okay so when i get to HardSPL part and click update.zip in recovery and then hit reboot...is it supposed to come back to recovery once i hit home and back and say : Formatting CACHE:... <--is this supposed to happen.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
man why is it so difficult just to root. i did it before easily now it wont root. As soon as i do the telnet mumbo jumbo i go to recovery and hit update.zip which is HardSPL file. After it updates i restart phone and it goes straight back to recovery and at the bottom it says Formatting CACHE:..... and just stays there...then i the reboot option again and it just takes me back to my rc29 rom. Very very frustrating.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
Can someone help?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kusotare:
if you've successfully flashed both the hardspl and the dreaimg.nbh files, then do this:

boot up normally.

open terminal emulator

type SU and hit enter

if you get the # OR a prompt asking you for superuser permission, you have root. download and flash your new rom.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
says permission denied
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kusotare:
then you dont have root. ok, lets start from scratch. follow these instructions carefully:

(i'm functioning under the assumption that you have a US G1, not a rogers or EU G1)

-format your sd card to fat32. make sure NOTHING is on it. no ext partition, NOTHING.

-put the DREAIMG.nbh file on the sd card

-boot into bootloader and let it load itself up.

-when it's done, reboot your phone NORMALLY.

-download ANY recovery image (i recommend amon ra's latest. this step IS NOT done on your phone, but on your computer)

-rename it to recovery.img

-download the hardSPL on your computer as well. this will be a zip file. DO NOT UNZIP IT.

-put both of these files on your sd card. MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT IN A FOLDER ON THE SD CARD.

-reboot your phone NORMALLY.

-when the phone is fully booted up, hit ENTER twice slowly then type TELNETD then hit ENTER twice slowly. during this step, your phone will try and search for a contact, dont worry about it. when you're done with the enters and the telnetd typing, you can hit the home key without screwing anything up.

-go on the android market and download a telnet application.

open the telnet application and connect to localhost

-if you did it right, you'll get the # sign. if not, it will tell you it couldnt connect. if thats the case, repeat the TELNETD step slowly.

-once you get the # prompt in the telnet program, type the following commands EXACTLY, hitting enter after each (if you miss spaces or misspell stuff, it WONT WORK):

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd sdcard

flash_image recovery recovery.img

cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img

-after that, exit out of your telnet application and reboot into recovery mode.

-if you've downloaded a custom recovery image like i told you, you'll see a whole menu of options. choose the "install zip from sd card" option (or something like it, you'll see it)

-pick the zip on the sd card, you should only have one, so it wont be hard to choose. install it.

-when it's done, reboot NORMALLY.

-if you did all that correctly, you have ROOT.

-if you want to test, open terminal emulator and type SU. if you get the # or the request for superuser permission, you did it right.

-now, download anything you need to install a custom rom on your phone. if you're going for cyanogen, this means downloading the HTC image AND cyanogen's latest rom. other roms work differently, so follow all appropriate instructions for installing it.

those instructions are very straightforward and nobody is going to make it any simpler than that. if you cant figure it out from there, i doubt anyone can help you.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
so i have a quick question before i do all this crazy stuff again...while in flash rec..and after typin in everything and u dont see flash custom recovery instead i saw just flash recovery. is that bad?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billquinn1:
kusotare's instructions are right on the money but you still sound a little confused. I would suggest reading the article on rooting at Android and me.

http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-root-a-t-mobile-g1-and-mytouch-3g-android-phone/

I would read the whole thing twice and then start the process from method B. I think method A won't work any more.

Most important is after you get it all working, don't forget to do the radio upgrade. The process itself puts an old radio in the phone.

Please read it multiple times, download all the files you need first, and follow either the "android and Me" guide or kusotare's instructions exactly.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
okay.. i have cyanogen mod1.4 recovery image...where do i get the latest radio image
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
if i have this mod does this mean im rooted? sorry this is takin forever i dont remember runnin into problems like this i guess i shouldnt have unrooted in the first place...but i watched a youtube vid last time and did it in like 15 mins. this is takin me days:eek:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billquinn1:
Once you have the 1.4 recovery image installed you are mostly good to go.

Download http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/files/ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip

Remove any files from SDcard named update.zip

Rename ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip to update.zip and put on SDcard root.

Enter Recovery hold (Home + Power)

Scroll down and press on "Apply update.zip from sd"
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
oh okay so just cuase i have recovery 1.4 it doesnt mean im rooted right? im bout to install the radio
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
ok omg...well i just changed the radio to update.zip and installed it and hit reboot system now and it rebooted and went back to recovery and says formatting cache:... again.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
lol...terminal still says permission denied.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiktion:
http://theunlockr.com

They have very nice guides with videos if you want a video.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
ive tried the unlocker vids... idk what to do lol. someone should try to root and see if they run into probs or maybe i should buy a video camera and make my own vid to show whats wrong. very frustrating!:mad:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
does anyone know of a video that does this from rc29?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyram04:
okay so even though i dont believe i was rooted i download a cyanogen rom and flashed it in recovery and am waiting in reboot screen..the G1 logo has been staring at me for quite some time 30 mins maybe?
[Touch HD General] tolick:
I looked around roms page and i was very confused. I want to update windows to 6.5 on my HTC TOUCH HD. Can you provide a link where i can find step by step how can i update my windows? Also i want the defaul windows 6.5 with no additional applications or modifications. Thank you!
[Touch HD General] Fallen Spartan:
wm6.5 has not been released for the HD and never will. Only way to get it is by flashing a cooked rom with wm6.5 on it. Step-by-step guide can be found here.

EDIT

I see you started a new thread with an updated query so I'll close this one

Rick
[General Questions and Answers] 12gage:
I just got a Jawbone, I'm listening to the radio through it and can't turn the volume up. I know that the back button is suppose to be the volume adjust but it doesn't seem to do anything. Is this a common problem, is there a trick, or can the volume only be adjusted during calls? Figured I'd ask before I assume the headset is bad.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] :
I wonder for a long time where developers will share roms 32B to the Magic? What happens to Qtecnology, ttran? Do not have ROMs for Magic 32B?

Maybe someone will take their place ...Best regards and HAPPY NEW 2010 YEAR
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] kimchi0400:
I thought 32b roms worked on both 32b Magics and Dreams.... check the dream dev forum for compatible roms
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Brodie619:
I have noticed that my "Quick Menu" in the Home Screen is no longer available after installing my SBP Shell 3.5.3. I had the same version intalled to my HTC Fuze and never had any problem running the SBP Shell. Has anyone encounter this issue? Any solution in resolving this issue is greatly appreciated.

Yes...I have hard reset my T2 twice and reload all my programs and noted that only after installing SBP Shell the "Quick Menu" disappear. I really like this feature because it helps me sort out my running programs.
[HD2 General] havoc99:
Has anyone had this problem where you can't open an email by clicking on an email from the Email Tab in Manila? I can open messages by clicking on Inbox. Does anyone know if this has been fixed before? Just HR the device and don't want to do it again. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. :)

PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD. THANKS.
[HD2 General] stratplayer:
This happens to me!!

Its already answered on here somewhere, but here it is from me to save you searching

Just press the start icon; then lock the screen

unlock it and all will be fine until the next time it happens

2 times for me in the last week this has occured
[HD2 General] optiknerv:
LMFAO He has a link to the wiki in his sig which includes how to search and cant search himself. Its been answered a couple of times already that i have seen and I haven't been looking for it.
[HD2 General] havoc99:
Thanks for that. I actually found it. Was looking for it and already found it. Sorry for the new thread.
[HD2 General] stratplayer:
Does anyone trim these posts to avoid having thousands asking the same thing
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] mattdehat:
hi,hope this is in the right place if not mods please move.

id like help as to how to change my device name id like my name to appear in the device information so id like some one to help me create a cab for this.many thanks.see screenshot circled is where id like my name,alternatly ill donate for someone to do this for me.many thanks again
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dtechnology:
After a lot of experimenting I've settled on Mediacoder as encoder: free, fast, from everything to everything. The only big disadventage is that it isn't very easy to use (altough the Web UI is ok).

These are the settings I use. I've chosen them because they produce the smallest file/quality compromise while retaining smooth plaback. Also you don't need a special player to view it, WM/the HTC player can do it (altough that might only be since the diamond2 since I use gen.Y's D2 rom)

Container: MP4

Video codec: H.264 (x.264 encoder)

Bitrate: 256 Kbps 2-Pass (target bitrate/average bitrate will produce same sized file faster altough with bit less video quality, since I usually only transcode short music clips etc. and have a fast computer I use 2-pass, but if you want to encode 6 hours of movies you might want to select average bitrate)

Resolution: 640x480

Profile: Baseline - Level 3.0

Audio codec: AAC (Nero encoder)

Bitrate: 96 Kbps

Profile: LC-AAC (make sure you use this, most players can't play HE-AAC yet, e.g. Apple can only do it since iTunes v9, iPhone OS 3.1 and the iPods of fall 2009)

As I said: smooth playback, small filesize and good quality...

Sometimes I have a file which doesn't play really smooth, but lowering the bitrate to 200 Kbps usually fixes that. That is also usually the bitrate I choose for video if I have a really large file and/or want to be sure the file (e.g. film) plays smooth. In my experience lowering the resolution helps a bit on smooth playback, but doesn't really help much. The only reason I use a lower resolution is because I like 320x240@150-200 Kbps better than 640x480@150-200 Kbps (200 Kbps differs a bit from case to case). Remember: the bitrate gets "divided" over all the pixels so more pixels => less bits per pixel. The only reason to use a higher resolution is because it's sharper but you don't usually see that on such a small screen and low bitrate.

Another thing: I really recommend using x.264 as an encoder rather than the nVidia CUDA encoder. Altough it is waaay faster it also produces worse quality results, especially at low bitrates. So if you have the time: use x.264. If you have the power and space: use the CUDA H.264 encoder.

What do you use?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Pacman15:
try handbrake... its free :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] dtechnology:
Well, that doesn't sound very good to me...

Ok, avi I can understand. Anyone who combines AVI with H.264 is just being stupid. But OGM? Xvid? Sound to me more like: we were to lazy to update our requirements and now they're out of date and awfull so we're just removing them...

Removing Vorbis and Xvid from your encoder... Whut?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] block:
Im sick of this htc messaging and the reg wm messaging so I wanna use my resco cm as the default...When I click all msgs in text tab how can I remap that left softkey to resco cm sms page??
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] [darkmaster]:
you can use other app like Sktool.

To help you Chagne command of softkey.
[HD2 General] Audio Oblivion:
Anyone got a version of dosbox that works on the hd2?
[HD2 General] borgqueenx:
would be possible, not to hard, but we have to make a control scheme for every game apart.

Commander keen, biomenace and c&c on HD2 would be awesome.
[HD2 General] xedahh:
Descent 3 using the G sensor would be awesome - lots more potential with dosbox and its like than with console emulators.
[HD2 General] borgqueenx:
problem is still that so few good developers are interested in windows mobile...

It would be super...but there's not a big chance we will have a dev that will work on this.

Cant hurt to ask but i doubt they even wanna reply to this thread.
[HD2 General] [★]:
I use dosbox on my pc to run wolfenstein 3d and quake. If your interested in running wolf3d on your HD2 then check THIS out, I havent got it working yet, (not that Ive tried much) but you might, Im not sure if its designed for wvga devices as I can get it running, but it doesnt fill up the whole screen so i keep cliking the manila soft keys :mad:

Sorry, went a little off topic there :p
[HD2 General] AnnaW:
This sounds good, when we can expect your fingerfriendly version of DosBox ? :D

Here a Pocket PC port.
[HD2 General] borgqueenx:
i'd be happy to make control schemes, but someone with photoshop skills should fill the buttons i will make in MS paint :P

First we need that port to support multitouch screens and cotrol schemes.

If that port works and is not fake, then it would be a piece of cake for the developer to add this.

I cant code that launguage however, but have enough knowledge if things in coding terms are easy or not.

EDIT:

Wait...can someone try the DOSBox PPC toolbar editor...maby it is for mapping keys to the touchscreen...

But it would still be hard without transparant buttons.

Would be awesome to have a functional dosbox on the HD2. the processor of the device should have enough power to handle all retro games.

if you guys can try commander keen 4 on your HD2 and it works, let me know. i will map the rest of all schemes because im a huge fan of dosbox.

EDIT2:

I do think its for the lower part of the screen for touch controls. someone would have to try the port though.
[HD2 General] xedahh:
I do have photoshop and fireworks but don't seem to be able to bring any alpha channels into the tool - I have a test RGBA png file attached in case anyone can figure it out.

Probably more to the point - this PPC port of dosbox does not support wvga, not even sure if it supports vga, maybe we're barking up the wrong tree?
[HD2 General] borgqueenx:
time to contact the creator i guess. lets hope he's still interested.
[HD2 General] Audio Oblivion:
who is the lead dev for the dosbox port?

are they still developing?
[HD2 General] borgqueenx:
Dont know and i dont know. Pressing the "help me" links gives you a mail adress though. Try to use that.