[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
Backup/Restore your phone (Includes EXT Partition)

Backup:

1. Turn off your phone

2. Boot into recovery (Hold HOME while holding the POWER button)

3. Scroll Down to "backup/restore" and click it

4. Click on "Nand + ext backup"

5. Press HOME to continue

6. This will take 5-10 min to finish

Restore:

1. Turn off your phone

2. Boot into recovery (Hold HOME while holding the POWER button)

3. Scroll Down to "backup/restore" and click it

4. Click on "Nand Restore"

5. Press HOME to continue

6. This will take 5-10 min to finish

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ADB and FASTBOOT

Q. What is ADB?

A. ADB is a source tool for developers and avid android modders such as yourself to access the commands prompt of your phone through your PC. This allows full access to your phone through your computer which makes moving, installing, removing, and replacing files on your phone MUCH faster

Q. What is fastboot?

A. Similar to ADB, this allows you in flash a while img to any partition in your phone, including recovery, system, and user-data.

To setup ADB and Fastboot, please follow my very detailed guide found HERE

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Difference between a Boot-Loop, Semi-Brick, and a full Brick

Boot-Loop

Q. What is a Boot-Loop?

A. A boot loop is when your phone is stuck on the "ANDROID" screen when u first boot your phone (after the G1 screen or the My Touch screen). This occurs when something you have flashed went bad or interfeared with something you already had installed.

Solution:

1. Turn off your phone

2. Enter Recovery (Hold HOME while holding the POWEr button)

3. Choose from the following:

- Install a rom you KNOW works. Such as the latest cyanogenROM or the rom you have been preivously using

or

- Make a full wipe of your SD Card an phone and flash your update again

Semi-Brick

Q. What is a Semi-Brick?

A. A Semi-Brick is when your phone wont boot at all. The only thing is, you still have access to the recovery and/or fastboot menu

Solution:

1. Turn off your phone

2. Enter Recovery (Hold HOME while holding the POWEr button)

3. Choose from the following:

- Install a rom you KNOW works. Such as the latest cyanogenROM or the rom you have been preivously using

or

- Make a full wipe of your SD Card an phone and flash your update again

Brick

Q. What is a Brick?

A. A Brick is when your phone wont boot at all. This time, you DO NOT have access to the recovery AND fastboot menu. Basically, your phone is a paper weight.

Solution:

You can try this fix here which requires a Donor G1 to work:

HERE

OR

Try to get a new phone.

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Credits

- Cyanogen

- Amon_RA

- XDA Community

- Anyone else who i am forgeting

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