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[G1 Android Development] dethsector:
sorry guys for my english , im new to this forums, i dont know if this has been posted already but i looked it up in the whole forum and i didnt found nothing about this problem,

my problem is the following :

i have a tmobile g1, and i"ve been trying to root it but i 've been having problem flashing a recovery image.

i have followed every tutorial in this forum and tmobile forum ,but the results are the same , i downgraded my g1 to rc29 with the dream,nbh file ,then i put the recovery.img on the root of my sdcard and the hardspl.zip

everything goes well , i type telnetd ,and i downloaded telnet from the market, so when im typing

# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system this part goes well i get the pound prompt the i type

# cd sdcard,,, and i type " ls " to see if the file are on the sdcard. ok everything is in the right place

# flash_image recovery recovery.img " then when im typing this , i get the error

mtd:erase failure at 0x001c0000 (I/O) error

mtd: skipping write block

then i rebooted the phone to see if everything went well , im pressing home+power i get the rainbow screen .. i "ve been having this problem since 2009 , any help with this .................... also i have tried to erase the partition with this command

cat /dev/zero > /dev/mtd/mtd2

but nothing seems to be working .. thanks

i hope someone can help me thanks and sorry if this have been post it
[G1 Android Development] etu_aty:
ok man, first off you have to be on android 1.5 not 1.0 according to every guide and me haha, when on rc29 you have to downlad this file called signed-kila-ota-148830.de6a94ca just google it and download it, put it on sdcard and rename it to update turn phone off and go into recovery pressing home and power together, press alt+L when you see the triangle with the sign and then alt+s to update to 1.5 wait and boot, setup.... then use this apk i uploaded, install it with linda or any file manager from your phone, download amonra recovery v1.6.2 from the forum (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4647751#post4647751) and put it on your sdcard then go to the app flashrecovery open it and press backup recovery image or whatever it says at the bottom of the screen then you type this sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.6.2.img and then press flash custom recovery image and you are pretty much done, power off and power on pressing home key and check if is there.... hope i helped :D
[G1 Android Development] lbcoder:
You, apparently, don't know what you're talking about.

1) The first rootable exploit was found when firmware version was 1.0. You do NOT need to update to root.

2) The root exploit present in 1.5 was already present already in 1.0, so the same rooting procedure should work fine in 1.0 as it does in 1.5.

@OP: By the sounds of it, it would appear that your NAND may be SHOT... which means that you're going to have to approach this using a different avenue. Specifically, you're going to need to set up your cache and misc partitions for an SPL update from a running system. You have root, so that should be possible. You may need to modify and/or pull some files from a recovery system in order to accomplish this... if you can get the SPL updated to 1.33.2003, then you will have fastboot capability, which makes the recovery partition redundant -- you will be able to boot an external recovery and bypass the whole problem.
[G1 Android Development] dethsector:
i "ve followed all instruction , but i cant put the device into fastboot because the defaulth bootloader the one with the rainbow does not support fastboot , fastboot is only for engineering spl ,
[G1 Android Development] etu_aty:
then... sorry man i got nothing :(
[G1 Android Development] dethsector:
i dont know men but there should be a way to fix this , this happenned way back when cupcake was released , i didnt want to wait for tmobile to roll out the update , then i just did it manually , after that the problem with the mdt:erase failure started , i hope wrote haykuro about this , but he didnt answer .
[G1 Android Development] lbcoder:
haykuro doesn't know ANYTHING. He is a kid with no experience, who accidentally stumbled onto something unreliable, and talked a thousand people into bricking their phones.

I've already given you your options on this. You have the choice of following my suggestion and developing something to fix your problem, or you can completely give up. Those are your options.
[G1 Android Development] sparksco:
Shouldn't this be in the general Q&A section, and not the development section?
[G1 Android Development] dethsector:
allright men, so how im gonna update the spl to 1.33.2003 without gettin into fastboot mode , thats the only way to do that right ? when i downgraded the g1 into 1.0 , i turn it off , then i press home+back and it went into recovery , so i press alt L then alt S , it say something about verifying update , reading update , then it says E:cannot read (5 files) , that means im not rooted it so i cant use any update.zip , then i tried updating to cupcake and it worked so while im in 1.5 i turn the phone off and turn it back on pressing home+back , and it went directly to the rainbow screeen

that means after i update the phone to cupcake , i couldnt even put the phone into recovery mode cuz it went into the rainbow screen thats weird right , cuz it doesnt matter what firmware you onto , the phone it suppose to go into recovery mode no matter what , thats why im finding weird too
[G1 Android Development] r3s-rt:
Don't hold home and back. Just hold home when you turn it on.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] txrider:
So I busted my AT&T tilt2, fell off my car and kinda exploded and so I bought one on Ebay...

I got it working data and voice on AT&T, but it only shows Edge not 3G.

Can I flash the stock AT&T ROM on this thing and get my 3G and basically make it like my stock AT&T phone?? This one was a U.S. Cellular phone.

Or do I need to do something more in depth?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] txrider:
Hmm seems the US cellular phone bands are not compatible with AT&T 3G from reading a bunch of searches. Is it compatible with T-mobile?

Phone is a bit diff than my tilt2.. Has a normal headphone jack beside the mini usb port, no PTT button and a few other differences.

On another note the Edge internet seems as fast as I usually get from 3G, I guess maybe less folks using edge.. Since edge is all I get at my other property anyway I guess I'll stick with it for now. Don't want to change anything as I'm grandfathered on the unlimited PDA personal plan, will see what happens with the new windows 7 phones and newer android phones..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Aaron McCarthy:
If you want 3g speeds you need to have a tilt 2.. fairly certain
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] F2504x4:
;)

US cellular specs Tilt2

CDMA: Dual-band 800/1900MHz, CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEVDO rev. A, and IS-95A/B voice or data, with up to 1.8 Mbps up-link and 3.1Mbps down-link speeds

AT&T Tilt2

HSPA/UMTS/EDGE

/GPRS/GSM Function

HSDPA/UMTS: 850/1900/2100 MHz

GSM/GPRS/Edge Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

HSDPA / UMTS

T-Mobile

HSPA/WCDMA

* 1700/2100 MHz

* Up to 2 Mbps up-link and 7.2 Mbps down-link speeds

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE

* Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
[Droid 2 Android Development] Coderedpl:
I heard a little about the bootstrap thing, but what about the clockwork recovery?

I'm guessing they would both perform the same functions or is one different from the other?

Can anyone shed some light on this topic please? Sorry if its a repost.

EDIT: Now that I'm doing some more reading it seems like i need the bootstrap app anyway and then i put in clockwork recovery via rom manager?
[Droid 2 Android Development] :
http://www.koushikdutta.com/
[Droid 2 Android Development] Coderedpl:
That doesnt answer either of my questions, unless I"m not understanding and that koush's stuff includes clockwork. Not sure, can someone elaborate?
[Droid 2 Android Development] :
Clockwork and bootstrap are kind of the same. Install the bootstrap.apk and it allows you to get into clockwork...

You do not need to install clockwork from rom manager. Once you have bootstrap installed there is an option to boot into clockwork...
[Droid 2 Android Development] jerseyh22accord:
bootstrap is the way to install clockwork onto the droid2, rom manger will try to overwrite clockwork to the systems recovery and will prob brick your phone
[Droid 2 Android Development] lukesdiesel:
I downloaded the Bootstrap and went into recovery and made a Backup. Then I downloaded Rom Manager. It flashed Clockwork Recovery without any issues.
[Droid 2 Android Development] edufur:
how about amon_ra? has anyone gotten that on the droid 2? i use that on the EVO and LOVE it!
[EVO 4G General] ms.lovinmyevo:
I've been tryin to use fring and qik and its constantly freezing and u can't chat on it. Is anybody else having that problem?

sent from my HTC evo
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
I had no issues with qik or fring, extremely stable, beautiful video quality and sound on 3g

Sent from my Evo beeesshh
[EVO 4G General] ijrod21i:
Sarcasm? Lol. My video chat is horrible over 3g and even wi-fi.
[EVO 4G General] prettyboyrob2007:
does anyone know when skype will be coming out with an android app?
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
No sarcasm at all, mine runs great

Sent from my Evo beeesshh
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
If I'm not mistaken their contact with verizon end this year, so sometime next year

Sent from my Evo beeesshh
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mjt143:
I am looking for suggestions in what I should do before I send my phone in for replacement. It is currently rooted and a replacement is on the way because the top button on my phone stopped working. Should I go back to stock? Has anyone ever had a problem with a rooted phone being turned away? thanks so much for the input. Mike
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rickytenzer:
I would definitely recommend getting it back to stock. Don't bother with a stock recovery, but make sure you're on 2.1 or AT LEAST stock 2.2.

I sent mine in stock 2.1 with a custom recovery and they had no problem fixing it because it was a HARDWARE issue that I didn't cause. They run a test to see if the problem comes from the user.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mjt143:
Ok thanks... If I want to go back to stock I can just flash Update-Passion-Full-FRF91.zip just like i would a rom Right?:confused: Thanks Mike
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilkorn:
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One

Read the wiki in the sticky
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xandr00:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721772
[Streak 5 General] leon718:
Hey guys. I am running a 2.1 on my streak. I noticed a very annoying bug that i wonder if anyone knows how to fix. When a call comes in, sometimes the phone stays at the main screen without showing the caller id screen with the option to answer it. Did this ever happen to anyone else?
[Streak 5 General] flamingsamurai:
Yep it happens to me, it just vibrates. I end up having to press the phone icon and then going to call in progress. It takes a extra few seconds but not that much of a drama.
[Streak 5 General] fone_fanatic:
Same issue here. I've tried opening the phone app while it's vibrating but just shows the dialpad... What build are you guys on? I'm on 6941

been thinking about updating to the uk official 2.1 build cuz if this and another thing where when I'm on the phone with someone it calls the last dialed number, but not sure if that's from my cheek pressing on the screen or a bug.
[Epic 4G General] spf2722:
Been looking around on line and haven't seen anything confirming when we will get our update. Anyone got any good speculation.
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
The international version of the phone is supposed to have it by the end of September. This is in no way an indication as to when the other phones will. It would make sense that they would give it to the international version first, then roll it out at the same time for all of the US variants (vibrant, captivate, fascinate, Epic).

I'm certain Sprint users would be in an uproar of AT&T got it first.... and the same goes for other carriers.
[Epic 4G General] gTen:
International version is getting it 23rd

http://androidspin.com/2010/09/13/rumor-samsung-galaxy-s-to-get-froyo-around-23rd-september/

Don't know about US versions but Epic might take a bit longer because they still gotta make TW3 work..
[Epic 4G General] FoxRacR17:
Didn't sprint say that the Epic was for sure getting it this month? I thought I remember reading that somewhere?

Epicly sent from my Sammy Epic using XDA App
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
As much as my Epic is my precious baby, if Samsung does NOT have Froyo + bug fixes out by the end of this month, I will be returning my phone for a EVO.

Samsung STILL hasn't put out bug fixes for the Captivate or Vibrant, and I'm losing the small amount of faith i had in samsung.
[Epic 4G General] Last-Chance:
an epic user actually admits that samsung didn't fix captivate and vibrant. Someone was in the evo subforum saying that there were no problems with captivate or vibrant.

Also tbh, i wouldn't get my hopes up for the OFFICIAL release from samsung on froyo, but most likely someone will port another galaxy S update to the epic. So sort of like a custom rom with froyo running it.
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
Was told early to mid October today.
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
October isn't cutting it for me...

We only have Samsung's word when it comes to updates that they will push. After Samsung publicly promised that Froyo would be out by September, now you say mid-October?

Of course the updates will roll out once everyone's 30 day return period is up. :rolleyes:

Samsung didn't even *promise* for other bug fixes that the Galaxy phones have! I mean come on, have you seen the list of official problems with the Fascinate? How long do you think those problems will take to be fixed (if ever?)

I'm being a pessimist, but I would LOVE for Sammy to prove me wrong.
[Epic 4G General] Spectral8x:
I have not heard anything about the Epic getting the update but I know Verizon is planning as of right now for an October 2.2 update.

I will bet now that clockwork is slowly getting ported over that a custom 2.2 rom is not very far away for the rooted memebers :)
[Epic 4G General] LordLugard:
Definitely like the Epic more than Evo so not even considering moving anywhere. Who doesn't like improvements to their gadget..

Despite all the haba-haba concerning the gps, mine works fine with gmaps and copilot, no back button issue and so forth. Now if I could just find the battery drain culprit I'll be even more satisfied. As I'm typing I can watch my battery drop from 74 to 72. The battery meter/gauge needs some calibrating I think and some power management would be welcome.

Hmm, what else..guess I'll be on ebay later today for some cheap xl batteries and such. But seriously, this phone blows me away..so good and responsive. Love it.
[Epic 4G General] radar5:
Being an Epic user why are you even worried about the Fascinate? Especially since most of its problems are due to the Verizon customizations and a lack of QA by Verizon.
[Epic 4G General] Last-Chance:
samsung is the one that issues the updates, not verizon. Since fascinate is a galaxy S phone, just like the epic, with common/similar problems, it might have the same treatment as the fascinate had (which means 1-2 updates, and then nothing).

People keep saying that galaxy s phone is where samsung "turns" their rep around, but i have yet to see any of the galaxy s phones being supported. Hence why i said there might not be a 2.2 update, but will most likely be a 2.2 rom modded for the epic.
[Epic 4G General] jasonsf:
Samsung hasn't even activated their MediaHub which, theoretically, will bring in a lot of revenue. I'm sure that is a higher priority for them than 2.2. I wouldn't expect our updates before they get that out the door. But then I'll start worrying.
[Epic 4G General] MvP77:
Having a Nexus One And HD2 with android 2.2 i gotta say im disappointed by this phone. Not because of the hardware, Its great. I love throwing video files on it and watching them on the wonderful screen, i love the keyboard, pretty much no hardware complaints. But I been spoiled by android 2.2 and its enhancements.

I didnt think it would be a big deal when i got the phone, but i constantly find myself going back to my other phones for web browsing (sprint 3G is a JOKE!) and using my epic for video playing. I only had the phone a couple days and im gonna give it a better shot, but hopefully we see 2.2 by the beginning of october. If not i will sadly return the phone and pony up for a G2 or My touch HD.
[Epic 4G General] BBAHunter:
Just a shot in the dark but is your phone settings keeping the GPS sensor powered up all the time? I mean, the symptoms match.
[Epic 4G General] infamousjax:
What enhancements? The UI is the same as 2.1. It's not going to change that much. Sure, the benchmarks will be much higher because of JIT, but performance isn't going to increase that much. I'm not sure what you mean by being "spoiled". Do you mean the apps2sd card feature that only about 1 in 20 apps have?
[Epic 4G General] rufflez2010:
You also get the v8 engine in the browser which makes it much faster at rendering photos.

Btw, sprint's 3g I find to be much better than t-mobiles since you could walk 5 feet and be stuck on edge with them. Happens to my sister with n1 all the time. We are in an area that is 3g for the other 3 carriers but only edge for tmo.
[Epic 4G General] MvP77:
Lol, no its more than that. Like I said I love the phone. But I miss things like flash 10. The new gmail and Google search. Other things I cant put my hands on at this moment.

Like I said, I didn't think it would be a big deal when I got the phone and its really not as I replaced Google search with vlingo and use skyfire for video (when I can get decent speeds on sprints so called 3G or 4G.)

Funny, as I type this I realized the problem I have is not so much 2.1 vs 2.2 (although 2.2 is just better) but more with sprints network. On 3g I only get an avg of .5kbs and on 4G I get around 2 saw as high as 5mbs. I avg atleast 4mbs on T-Mobile.

It makes a world of difference when browsing or checking out a quick video.
[Epic 4G General] MvP77:
Total opposite for me. I have 3g everywhere I go on T-Mobile. Maybe if I go 30miles outside the city to the country it would be like that. But I don't go outside major cities to often
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
Quick google search turned up several articles stating a release date of September 16th for the media hub: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368537,00.asp
[Vibrant General] masr1979:
Hi, can anyone run a:

and provide me with the output?

I need to add the entries for my /sdcard, /data/, /dbdata/ plus whatever else I'm forgetting. Just in case anyone is wondering, failed voodoo install.

Also, how exactly do I echo in the changes? I can find this out by googling, but if anyone wants to make it easier :D

Please let me know what kernel you are using, preferably something I can flash through Odin since I don't have access to my /sdcard/ I can't do anything with recovery, thanks.
[Nexus One Android Development] rickytenzer:
I was thinking last night: wouldn't be it be awesome if we could customize the browser's user agent so that a certain page would load a specific user agent? There are often pages that I want loaded in desktop mode, and it's a little annoying to constantly have to go back and forth to change it.

I figure the best way would be to have a user-defined database containing domain names and their preferred user agent. The browser would run a quick cross-reference between the input domain and the database to see if it's listed. If it is listed, change the user agent to the defined one. If not, use the currently defined user agent.

I REALLY want to be a part of this mod. I have no Java experience whatsoever but I'm a quick learner and want to try it out. Can someone point me in the right direction? Where can I find the source for the browser/good resources for Java?

Thanks!
[Nexus One Android Development] rickytenzer:
No one? :(
[Nexus One Android Development] alapapa:
I had this idea a while back and think it would be fairly easy, albeit tedious, to accomplish.

in cyanogenmod, the browser code is at: packages/apps/Browser/src/com/android/browser

you'd have to

build the UI to customize the UA for a given domain & set the prefs in the db

check the URI against the prefs prior to initiating the download

if match is found, use per-site setting; else use general setting
[Nexus One Android Development] rickytenzer:
Finally! Thanks for the reply. I'll look it over when I get home.
[Nexus One Android Development] alapapa:
This is a good place to start: http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android
[Nexus One Android Development] rickytenzer:
Started looking around at the code. Looking at BrowserSettings.java and I see where the UA gets selected. The goal is to now figure out where userAgent gets set.
[Epic 4G General] dumpringz:
not every input on the hardware keyboard is recognized & I know this is an issue with the epic as I've read quite a few folks experiencing it around the web but I'm curious if any1 who frequents this site has it & maybe found a fix or something. its a real p.i.t.a having to constanty fix what I'm typing because of this issue. epic #2 because of this not trying to make it #3 to only happen again
[Epic 4G General] USAF22:
+1 I have the same issue. No solution that I know of, maybe we are just too fast for it. LOL, hopefully we will wee a fix when the developer ROMs start coming out. I don't know. On a similar note, the spelling correction doesn't happen for me either. And I have the rocking screen. Although I'm not worried enough about any of that to get it swapped for a new one.
[Epic 4G General] xcolt45:
I am having the same issue... every now and then the keyboard doesn't recognize certain inputs especially hen you start typing pretty quickly on it...

BTW I typed when not hen just showing it is doing it now haha.

I use smart keyboard pro to allow the text prediction and edit to occur.

Hope this is a software issue not faulty keyboard...tried to take it in to sprint and the only thing they said they would do was do hard reset on the device and wipe all data.... ya that wouldn't do crap
[Epic 4G General] kevyli85:
I thought it was just me typing too fast. It seems like it doesn't register when two keys are hit too closely together
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
I actually noticed that when typing really fast, sometime the keyboard freezes up.

It SEEMS like its because the keyboard registers a button long press, because the phone opens up the little addition letters popup.

Either way its really annoying because I don't use any of the additional long press symbols! I'm hoping when custom roms are created, they can remove the button long press menu!
[Epic 4G General] Kcarpenter:
I think you guys should write down what buttons exactly aren't registering. If you all have the same issues with the same buttons, then its probably a fixable issue - or its hardware. If its issues with different buttons, then its probably going to be harder to fix.
[Epic 4G General] xcolt45:
it really isn't any certain buttons its just once you get to typing pretty fast it just can't keep up and will RANDOMLY miss letters... so my report would be that it isn't any certain letters at all just dependent on how fast your typing...

Another thing is that sometimes it isnt just when typing fast it happens as well when I'm typing slow
[Epic 4G General] dumpringz:
exactly .. and its annoying !
[Epic 4G General] arashed31:
I'm fairly confident it's a hardware problem because if I press the buttons firmly (not hard but firm if that makes sense) it will register the letters regardless of how fast I type.
[Epic 4G General] issai:
Yup, I've experienced this as well. It's annoying but not a dealbreaker, yet.