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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirectMatrix:
Hey Everyone,

It is with a heavy heart that I report that my G1 seems to be on its way out. I have come to everyone at XDA over the past 2 years for both the good and the bad, the easy questions and the hard ones. I come to you again, possibly for the last time in the HTC Dream section, for more advice.

Over the last week my G1 has been acting up daily. I'm currently running CM6 stable release, and I couldn't be happier with the ROM. My problems I think rest solely with the aging hardware. Problems include:

-jittery screen when there is nothing touching the screen

-touchscreen has lost nearly all sensitivity in the 4 corners of the screen

-reboots that randomly bring the phone back to a state from a few days ago (ie when I reboot the phone with deleted shortcuts, alarms and in wifi mode, when the reboot completes the shortcuts will be back, the alarms will be there again and wifi will be turned off etc) almost as if the phone decided to do a nandroid restore all by itself.

-home button not working in anything other than recovery

-"missing SIM card" notifications will randomly appear despite the SIM card being firmly in place and untouched. (usually requires a power-off and a removal/replace of the SIM card)

-the phone seems to be unable to read sdcards (trouble started when I got a "damaged sdcard" notification in the status bar. However, once I plugged in the sdcard to a separate usb adapter, the sdcard and the data was still intact. I reformatted anyways and restored the data. Now I no longer get an error message however, there is no longer an option to mount the sdcard when a usb cable is connected, nor can I get the sdcard to mount in recovery. Additionally, because of the sdcard issues, nothing can be accomplished that needs access to the sdcard i.e. flashing new ROMs, running scripts, taking pictures, apps2sd etc. It seems like the phone's ability to read ANY sdcard is gone.

I guess those are the major ones. Obviously some are way more important than others. I'm having a really hard time convincing myself to keep on trucking with the G1 and spending time every night hashing out things that keep going wrong and doing research.

So I put it to my friends at XDA....any solutions for these ailments or has my G1 simply had enough and is begging me to put the final nail in the coffin?

All the best,

DM
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xx12thANG3LxX:
if your having that many problems. I would say its time to put it to rest. And move on to better things. That's a lot of **** to deal with for such an old phone. Don't get me wrong. I love the g1. And I feel for ya man. Another og of android down. RIP

sent from my superfroyo dream
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee one:
As much as I like my G1, I can see it's days getting shorter. It isn't as bad as your phone, but they all hit obsolescence in their own way.

It sound like it's time to hung up the phone, one last time.

Personally, I'm planning on getting the G2 when it comes out. It can't replace the Original Android, but it will help ease the pain. :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Original Android <3ers!:
DO NOT GET THE G2! 800 MHZ PROCESSER ONLY! YOU WILL REGRET IT, I GUARANTEE YOU THAT!

If you buy it, that's a gasser.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] G1ForFun:
That will be easily overclocked to 1ghz and if you play games, this phone will be unmatched.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
I'm a noob by comparison but that sounds like software issues to me, at least partially.

I have to say, my mt3g did a lot of weird **** like that when I installed CM6, but I think I may have just had a corrupted file. Before you decide it's dead, unroot and return to oem and see how it does. You might be surprised...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Unless a good working 1Ghz processor Android phone comes out Id wait.

There are some phones like the Vibrant and Captivate that are almost perfect too but the gps software or maybe even HARDWARE is bad, some have experienced other major issues like the driver isn't compatible and is not picked up by their computer, android lags and you cant use turn by turn Google Navigation on many of them.

You are on T-Mobile so hold out til early next year, there will be more options likely in 2011.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Good point, if this is possible and the CPU is under clocked (Usually the case) from factory that's definitely a logical option.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunu:
I believe your solution is a little unreasonable. Any 32B device I say has to be replaced by a stronger device this year! There will be little or no development/support after the G2/Project Emerald has been released and the hardware is horrible. I am embarrassed when someone asks to use my phone since it is really slow.

I saw get the Vibrant, G2 or what until Project Emerald is released.

For me, I want to get the G2 because of

1)Stock Android 2.2

2)The GPU on that device is amazing.

3) The CPU performances better than any old snapdragon 1 Ghz phone.

4) The keyboard brings more options for playing games.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Original Android <3ers!:
But if it had 1gHz, then it'd easily be OC'd to 1.2gHz. DUH!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
I'm getting so impatient for this G2 to hit the stores. If they delay the release I'm going to **** a brick.

EDIT - I LOVE that this forum has no swear filter! :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunu:
Get it if your contract ends in 1-3 months.

If you contract doesn't end in 1-3 months, wait until it does end so you can choose between the G2 or Project Emerald (or even switch carriers)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dijitalm:
First I want to apologize for the double post (post in General)

I used odin to get froyo on the Captivate. That worked fine. When I try and root 2.2, the phone froze and now it won't get out of recovery mode. I have tried every combination I can think of to reboot the phone short of throwing it down the street, but I cannot get out of recovery mode. I am also unable to use the power button (ok key?) to select anything. I can use the volume keys fine for up and down.

One of the errors says:

"(Unknown error: 0) ensure_root_path_unmounted++

ensure_root_path_unmounted (/mnt/internal_sd)

ensure_root_path_unmounted ret 0

unmount(/mnt/internal_sd) attempt 1 (unknown error: 0)

Install default apk-files. finished.

Mind you, I have already tried to put the rooted 2.2 files on the sd card, but still to no avail. Any suggestions? I am really hoping this phone isn't rooted.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tytdfn:
So you have a european firmware? Which one is it?

Sent from my phone so excuse the spelling errors
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dijitalm:
I just fixed it. Reinstalled the firmware with Odin and it's working fine now. Thank you.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drhusamali:
dude how did you do that.. I have the same friggin issue and I can't fix it. I'm stuck in recovery mode all the time, as soon as I plug the phone in to charge, or plug it in the computer via usb, or push the power button, the damn thing goes into recovery mode and stays there. I can use the volume buttons to navigate up and down through the options and if I hold the power botton down long enough the phone will turn off and back on again. But if I press the power button once (as in select an option) it doesn't do anything. I tried every single option out there to get into download mode with the battery out and usb in and volume buttons then put bat in....etc nothing works. I need to get into download mode

anyone?................
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
anyone that is messing with flashing firmwares on their phone needs to learn basic ADB skills.

use the following command in adb:

adb reboot

it will get you out of recovery mode
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
What he said. Plus, I have had it happen sometimes that no matter what I always reboot into recovery. At that point I just adb reboot download and re-flash.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drhusamali:
ok thanks. I know I said I have tried everything before but I wasn't completely truthful. I did try ADB though, but I don't think I was doing it right. I downloaded the SDK thing and started a command prompt from "start menue, accessories, and command prompt" but when I type the command "adb reboot download" nothing happens and the command prompt disappears. I don't have much experience with ADB, is there anyway you can give step by step instructions on how to do this? I would very much appreciate it.

Thanks
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drhusamali:
I found this thread on here "http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=517874" but still didn't help me much. Everytime I type cd c:\Android or any other command I get The system cannot find the path specified.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbylx:
Here's what I do. After you download the sdk. There is a folder called tools. I copy that to c:

Then opencommand prompt and type,

C:

CD tools

adb reboot

Or, adb reboot download

Of course make sure your phone is connected via USB.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drhusamali:
thanks I'll try that when I get home. I think this might take care of the problem, because I did keep the folder on the desktop and did not move it to C: folder. Although when I plug in the phone via USB, I still can't establish connection between phone and computer, but I will let you know how it goes after I get home tonight. and I did find some stuff about ADB through google so I might be able to do something with it tonight.

Thanks for the help though
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jatkins09:
Download odin one click, remove the battery, open odin, replace battery, hold down both volume buttons, and plug the usb cable in. That should get you to download mode unless your 3-button doesn't work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drhusamali:
Hi, so I did all that heres a copy and paste of what I did and results I got

"Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]

Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Shahed>cd c:\

c:\>cd c:\android-sdk-windows

c:\android-sdk-windows>tools

'tools' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

c:\android-sdk-windows>cd tools

c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb reboot download

error: device not found

c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>"

I guess it can't be done because the device is not initiated to begin with
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drhusamali:
tried that still nothing.. keeps saying waiting for device
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhiannon224:
Find the tools folder in the SDK you dowloaded and extracted, I found a shortcut to it scroll over the tools folder, hold the shift key and right click on the tools folder then choose open command window here.

When the command window opens type the command ADB shell then hit enter, then type adb reboot download then hit enter with your phone plugged into pc. This always works for me. You can always change the path by moving the folder directly to your c drive but this will work for you for now.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbong777:
This has saved my azz a few times.....Learn to use adb mode from PC inDEEED!!!!

Adb recovery adb download ....on and on.....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adanedhels:
Ok I recently installed a great theme on my phone. The thing is on reboot a number, not all, but most of the pictures associated with the different people in my address book are no longer showing up when they text me...

They are fine in the address book itself just not my texts? Anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks ahead of time,

Adan
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adanedhels:
Bump anyone else dealing with this?

Sent from the world's greatest phone the EVO!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonleb1:
I love my Evo, but the camera quality is abysmal. Every photo is grainy and just looks low quality. Is there a kernel or anything to make it better?

And a side question, I just flashed the new 3.5 DC rom and my battery life is worse than it was unrooted. I'm using Battery Saver profile, Juice Defender and Advanced Task Killer (with JD and DCConfig unchecked of course) to maximize battery life but it's about 3x as worse than it was before. I switched back to DC for the battery life but it looks like I'm gonna have to change again. An advice?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thom_house:
Not sure about the camera, but have you tried underclocking with set CPU?I had battery issues until I underclocked. Now I can go from morning until midnight on a single charge.
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
flash it with clockwork

download: http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/noobnl.andromeda.kernel.v1.4.1.zip

or

older aka one click version ( extract new kernel & just replace zimage in the main dir)

download: http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/one.click.andromeda.flasherv1.3.0.zip

1. you need samsung galaxy s drivers

64-bit OS http://db.tt/mQv4SX

32-bit OS http://db.tt/8u6HeG

2. push MENU, select Applications > Development, then enable USB debugging.

3. extract and run run.bat

4. enjoy!

Features:

Codesourcery G++

Busybox, thanks joeykrim

Remount, thanks joeykrim

superuser.apk with su!

-O3 optimization

Cortex a8

ClockworkMod Compatable Kernel

kernel sources: http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/andromedakernelsources.zip

*******changelog*******

v1.1 fixes root access, properly removes joeykrim root

v1.1.1 removes additional files

v1.2 broken build

v1.2.1 fixes build number & Cortex a8 with NEON Optimization

v1.2.2 took away neon optmization

v1.3.0 rebuild the modules with cortex a8 & -O3 optimization & enabled ThumbEE in the kernel

v1.3.1 ClockworkMod compatible Kernel!

v1.3.2 fixes broken root and fixes busybox permission

v1.3.3 adds superuser.apk!

v1.3.4 fixes the move superuser.apk to system & fixes a flaw with jk-su

v1.4.0 based on di18 kernel!

v1.4.1 prototype tvout (start a shell & type in "start tvout"

make -j$CPU_JOB_NUM HOSTCFLAGS="-g -O3" ARCH=arm CFLAGS_KERNEL="-O2 -march=armv7-a -mtune=cortex-a8 -mcpu=cortex-a8" CROSS_COMPILE=$TOOLCHAIN/$TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX

uninstaller: http://firon.net/xda/one.click.stock.flasher.&.root.uninstaller-di18.zip

my github: http://github.com/noobnl/]

Link to the stock samsung source that was used for these kernels.

http://opensource.samsung.com/ Please search for SPH-D700 DI18.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jarnail24:
Do I need to root first or does it root when I flash and what does it exactly do. does it remove my programs or anything like that?

Thanks in advance
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fixter:
Excuse me but if I used your old method of rooting. Does this still work?
[Epic 4G Android Development] herbthehammer:
Updated without any problems. I assume that most of these "improvements" are more under the hood than stuff that would be noticable to the average user. Thank you for your work. I hope we get more talented people on this project. Of coarse this project didn't "explode" with new stuff multiple times a day, there's only a small fraction of people working on it. Once again, I wish I could help with something to get the ball rolling better, but I don't know how to code and I'm no linux guru either. :(

Helping finding bugs, giving help to people trying to do whatever, and giving feedback is contributing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fixter:
Yeah I updated with no problems also.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fixter:
Also, this is VERY important. If you have Auto Mount, you need to dismount the SD Card in order for this to work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
What is -03 optomizations? And is this a different version than you posted last night at sdx
[Epic 4G Android Development] sinman02:
Sorry for the dumb question, but what's the difference between this and "one click root"? And could someone please explain what installing one the these modified kernels do? Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] specialk0324:
x2 been wondering this myself
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fixter:
It will Flash a Custom Kernel. Which will give you root access. It wont delete anything.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
This is updated? Can we just run it again or should one remove then re-install

Well re-ran it doesnt seem to cause any harm lol

I had # at one point when doing ADB shell but now I get $
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
updated!!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
Awesome work as usual. couple questions.

1. I know you have busybox included but its an older version "current "1.18.0" and I can not get that to install after doing your kernel. If I use just he exploit method I can ugrade it via the market.

2. The version number is still reading V1? do you plan on changing that with updates so we can tell what we have installed for us dumb peoples lol

Thanks so much donation coming your way
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fixter:
Worked with a hiccup but it must've been my fault. Other than that, awesome job my friend.
[Epic 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
As stated here is your Redbull fund for the week hopefully its enough to get some more work done! lol

1XH33015CN7654102.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Blitzpwnage:
Same here, I hope we are able to tell which version is which in the future. :D

Just ran Linpack, I got 8.0 nothing above that...hmmm how can I check im running the right kernel?
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
1.2.0 was pulled! broken build
[Epic 4G Android Development] Fixter:
Noob. Please explain. Is the Flasher we ran broken? :S
[Epic 4G Android Development] specialk0324:
I realize that you pulled 1.2 bc of broken build but when i try to d/l 1.2.1 zip link not there? is it just me?

says page not found
[Epic 4G Android Development] badwolf:
all for now I guess.... wonder if i should uninstall the 1.2 or just wait
[Epic 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
How do we get clockwork back after the update? I still have root but NO CLOCKWORK. :eek::eek::eek:
[Epic 4G Android Development] krazyflipj:
I got a feeling that we will have to go back to stock to get clockwork back. I think process would be:

- Go back to stock

- Root

- Flash Custom Kernel

- Flash Clockwork

- Remove Custom Kernel

- Update

My problem is is that i don't have a reliable pc, therefore Odin isn't the route for me.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jimmyz:
For the hell of it try this

go back to stock and then flash clockwork then update- I will try it later tonight

EDIT- DID NOT WORK- clockwork installer gave no error but still boots to stock recovery
[Epic 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
From what I hear, you have to update first then flash the kernel, clockwork, uninstall the kernel, then install 2.2.4. I'm trying it right now. This will be my second time.

The first time, i competed all the steps and got into clockwork recovery. Then flashed back to one of my nandroid backups. The phone and everything appeared to be fine. However, when I tried to titanium backup, I got the message that i didn't have root.

So I'm at it again. I'm flashing my nandroid back up now. Hopefully this stuff sticks

**Update**

I went through all the steps and ended with restoring one of my nandroid backups. When the phone rebooted I noticed that Media Hub was not activated,The build number is also listed as DG27..not the new one. But I think it states this because I flashed back to a nandroid. I am going to redo everything without restoring to a nandroid.
[Epic 4G Android Development] krazyflipj:
Before you flash the kernel, are you root? I went through all the steps and I had root but no clockwork
[Epic 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
No, before I flash the kernel, I'm stock
[Epic 4G Android Development] krazyflipj:
For some reason it doesnt work. After the kernel step, I checked kernel version and its still stock. Any suggestions?

Sent from my CM6 powered device
[Epic 4G Android Development] Firon:
I was able to get clockwork to run with the stock DI07 kernel.

If anyone using andromeda needs to go back to stock (for DI07!), you can use this http://firon.net/xda/SPH-D700_di07-kernel.zImage.tar

Just flash it with Odin as PDA.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lawsofpower48:
^^ all this sounds complicated.... can i just use the unroot feature in the first post of this thread, install the DI07, then reinstall the one click root???
[Epic 4G Android Development] Firon:
Yes, yes you can.
[Epic 4G Android Development] lawsofpower48:
really?? so i can just use the uninstaller, install di07, then use this installer again? please help. thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] Firon:
You should not use Andromeda on DI07. Use Joeykrim's one-click root instead.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jimmyz:
For whatever reason I cannot get the clockwork recovery to stick without first loading the andromeda kernel! What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: FINALLY- I needed to remount rw (see below) before I ran the clockwork recovery!!! Now it flashes without a custom kernel (root is needed beforehand)!!!

adb devices
adb shell
su
remount rw
exit
exit
[Epic 4G Android Development] plmiller0905:
Last night, I went back to stop via odin, ran the update, flashed the Andromeda Kernel, flashed clockwork. Everything seemed to work fine, apps and all. I did continue the process by installing the kernel then flashing 2.2.4.

But my question is why can't we run the kernel after the update. What does it mess with? I'm not a pro or genius at this stuff by any means, but mine did seem to be working fine.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Whosdaman:
noobnl, are y'all working on fixing the kernal for the new update?
[Epic 4G Android Development] rjmjr69:
I think they need the source code first no?
[Epic 4G Android Development] lawsofpower48:
this is a headache!

i had removed stuff previously with the joeykim root thing...then i flashed to this method..... now im trying to update to di07...and i know that after i deleted a program i cannot get the update to work.... so i ended up just reinstalling the entire device...... fml
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
the kernel work but it is older version DG27 DI07 perform far better than the older kernel
[Epic 4G Android Development] noobnl:
bump......
[Epic 4G Android Development] dalvarez7:
Do you think the stock DI07 kernel is faster than a OC'd DG27 kernel?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Mk4UmHa:
What does it mean when you say this kernel is now ClockWork Compatible? What does that do?
[Epic 4G Android Development] mattallica76:
It means that this kernel has code in it that allows you to boot into Clockwork Recovery from Rom Manager.
[Epic 4G Android Development] krazyflipj:
So I take it this kernel is now compatible with the DI07 update?

Sent from my CM6 powered device
[Epic 4G Android Development] Whosdaman:
I don't think this kernal works as well as the stock Di07 kernal...thats what noob is saying
[Epic 4G Android Development] asenduk:
C'mon Samsung.. release the DI07 source!!! :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] sdotA85:
Still getting failed to read from /sdcard/Zimage......when i try unmount i get device not found....when i try it with mount i get failed to read from sd card.....Can someone help
[Epic 4G Android Development] styckx:
Thanks noobnl! Flashed perfectly under your released perm 2.5.1.0 clockwork.

Getting consistent 8.2's in linpack also.
[Epic 4G Android Development] professorpoptart:
Battery life

Has any one tried to under clock to something like, lets say 600mhz? Whats battery life look like?
[Epic 4G Android Development] SemiGamer:
Just posting a bug I found, im using this rom with the MixUp kernel, when i try to use the yellowbook app it force closes instantly. sadly I use that app ALOT, so if anyone knows how to fix that i'd be grateful. or if you can fix it in your next update, Noob, that'd be wonderful :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Whosdaman:
This isn't a rom, this is a kernal. So you cant be running both kernals at the same time
[Epic 4G Android Development] SemiGamer:
Yeah... Realized how dumb of a mistake that was lol. didnt notice this wasnt his ROM thead. I posted over on that one a few minutes after i realized. Sorry about that.