Convert Dev Phone to Normal G1 - G1 General

My wife bought a G1 dev phone off of Craigslist not realizing what that meant. She just thought it meant it was unlocked. Now she is bummed that she cannot buy any of the cool apps from the store and a few other things.
How do I get the Dev Phone Firmware flashed to the normal RC33 or whatever it is? On a scale of 1 to 10 for tech savy I would ge myself a 5. So I don't know how to do much.
I did a search and tried adding the "DREAIMG.nbh" RC29 file to the SD card but all that did was bring up a while screen with green skateboarding androids.

you also need to flash the original spl. its in the first post on this forum

Themtb said:
My wife bought a G1 dev phone off of Craigslist not realizing what that meant. She just thought it meant it was unlocked. Now she is bummed that she cannot buy any of the cool apps from the store and a few other things.
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You can update it to JF ADP1.5....on that one you can buy apps....http://jf.andblogs.net/2009/05/01/when-is-your-15-coming-out/

Thanks, I appreciate that. I didn't understand everything in that thread though.
0. This is only verified to work for DREA100 and DREA110 devices. If you have a US or EU G1, it is most likely compatible. To check, boot into the SPL and confirm that the first word is DREA100 or DREA110. Please do not attempt to flash a SPL onto a Dream that does not fit that description!
How do you boot into SPL?
1. If you are installing onto a G1, your G1 must have a modified recovery partition. If you have one of JesusFreke's Android builds installed, then you have a modified recovery partition.
What does all that mean?
2. Download the desired SPL zip file (attached below), rename it to update.zip and copy it to the root of your sdcard. As usual, remember to use a USB cable with a ferrite core and dismount your USB drive before disconnecting.
How do you know if your USB cable has a ferrite core?
3. Reboot the phone into recovery console and flash the update with Alt+S.
What is the recovery console? How do I reboot into it?

if you are trying to go back to the stock firmware you need to flash the original spl first by adding that to the sdcard root as an update.zip. Boot using the home+power and then wipe and alt+s. then attach the usb, mount, delete the update.zip(spl) and add the dreaimg.nbh file to the root of your sdcard. unmount and reboot by pressing camera+power. it should recognize the file and follow prompts. lastly once it is done press the trackball to reboot. viola! stock once again.

Themtb said:
How do you boot into SPL?
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Turn off the phone and turn it back on pressing the camera and power button.....
Themtb said:
What does all that mean?
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Read these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Themtb said:
How do you know if your USB cable has a ferrite core?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrite_bead
Themtb said:
What is the recovery console? How do I reboot into it?
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Turn off your phone and turn it back on pressing home and the power button....

I think the stock for this phone is the Dev version and we want it to be the normal G1 phone

Themtb said:
I think the stock for this phone is the Dev version and we want it to be the normal G1 phone
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the directions i gave you will get you to the state the phone was in as if you bought it from tmobile

Thanks for everyone's help. Do we have to have a ferrite cord or can we try it with a normal one?

And where is the SD card root?

The root of your SD card is what you see when you open it up in windows explorer.

the root of the sd card is /sd/file not /sd/foldername/file
Needs to be on the root of sd meaning not in a folder.

Themtb said:
Thanks for everyone's help. Do we have to have a ferrite cord or can we try it with a normal one?
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Themtb said:
And where is the SD card root?
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the root of your sd card means not in any folders. it's the same place you put the dreaimg.nbh file. e:/dreaimg.nbh(windows) not e:/dcim/dreaimg.nbh...or anything else. If you are using the original usb that came with the phone, no need to worry. if you are not sure, try and see if it works.

OK, I am following your instructions and I am to the part where I press home/back to reboot. Each time I do it just brings me back to the "Android System Recovery" Mode

Themtb said:
OK, I am following your instructions and I am to the part where I press home/back to reboot. Each time I do it just brings me back to the "Android System Recovery" Mode
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i never said home+back to reboot. you have to be more specific about where you are at
double check with this to make sure you are following correctly. http://tinyurl.com/r6adqm
i don't think i'm off but it's Saturday!! i'm allowed a little mistake at least.

1) flash the original spl first by adding that to the sdcard root as an update.zip.
2) Boot using the home+power
3) then wipe
4) alt+s
(This is where I get stuck, how do I get out of this and back to the normal mode)
5) then attach the usb
6) mount
7) delete the update.zip(spl) and add the dreaimg.nbh file to the root of your sdcard
8) unmount and reboot by pressing camera+power. it should recognize the file and follow prompts.
9) lastly once it is done press the trackball to reboot. viola! stock once again.

Themtb said:
1) flash the original spl first by adding that to the sdcard root as an update.zip.
2) Boot using the home+power
3) then wipe
4) alt+s
(This is where I get stuck, how do I get out of this and back to the normal mode)
if the spl has updated successfully, then try the call+menu+power (three fingered salute) way to reboot. if that hasn't worked, and if you are NOT in any update processes. pull the battery( i had to do this once ) ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY UPDATES.
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I did the update.zip with the original G1 file renamed "update.zip" and it said it was succesful, then when I rebooted it takes me right back to the screen that says "Setting Up Your Dev Phone". When I start up the phone it is still running the Dev version

Good, the last step you did with update.zip simply got the SPL back to the factory G1/T-Mobile SPL
Next: Did you then put the RC29 DREAMIMG.nbh on the phone?
follow steps 1-6 here under preparing to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480

Themtb said:
I did the update.zip with the original G1 file renamed "update.zip" and it said it was succesful, then when I rebooted it takes me right back to the screen that says "Setting Up Your Dev Phone". When I start up the phone it is still running the Dev version
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After you have loaded the original spl as an update.zip you are still where you were. You have to then reboot into the bootloader (camera+power) and apply the dreaimg.nbh file. Do not rename that file. the bootloader should recognize it. If you successfully flash the spl, reboot, mount, add the dreaimg.nbh, turn off, reboot by using camera+power. you should see a multi-colored screen( not the android skating ) then follow the prompts, and eventually press the trackball and it should reboot to the state you are looking for. if not... something was not done correctly. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG>>>ANYBODY PLEASE!

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Stuck at G1 screen - read everything I could find

I have read and tried anything I could think of here.
I have downloaded RC29
Extracted the file to SD ccard formated to FAT32
Started up in Bootloader
Phone found the file and successfully installed
Pressed action button to reboot.
Stays in Tri color screen
I have tried the soft reset, but I am still stuck at the G1 screen.
I am not new to flashing and recovery, only to the G1. What am I missing?
Does it reboot and return to the tri-color screen, or not reboot at all? Did you try taking the sd card out and then rebooting?
The same thing happened to me, I downloaded rc29 to root my phone so I did the rooting and then I wanted to install the JF Rc33 update so I tried rebooting in recoveyr mode to install the update and my phone just got stuck in the G1 logo. It works on normal reboot but not in tecovery mode or when I press camera & power it takes me to a white screen with green letters and the little green android guy..... how can I fix that? I want the jf update. Is there any way of installing it without having to use recovery mode? Or is there anyway to fix recovery mode?
danguyf,
Thanks.
I just redid the RC29 boot off the SD card. Just to rule out some more issues, I formatted the card again (512mb Sandisk).
As soon as I hit the action button, I get the tri color bootloader screen.
I have tried:
removing the SD card PRIOR to pressing the action button
removing the SD card PRIOR to a soft boot (call, end menu).
I have been using a fully charged battery.
wpr said:
danguyf,
Thanks.
I just redid the RC29 boot off the SD card. Just to rule out some more issues, I formatted the card again (512mb Sandisk).
As soon as I hit the action button, I get the tri color bootloader screen.
I have tried:
removing the SD card PRIOR to pressing the action button
removing the SD card PRIOR to a soft boot (call, end menu).
I have been using a fully charged battery.
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Looks like you dont have rootacces, try this http://www.multigesture.net/articles/t-mobile-g1-downgrade-rc30rc8-rooting-update-tutorial/
Thanks. Gotta learn a new OS!
I will give this a try in a few and report back.
Oke good luck !
You need a WM phone to make a Goldcard and Qmat 2.24 if you use Windows.
Ronnymes said:
Oke good luck !
You need a WM phone to make a Goldcard and Qmat 2.24 if you use Windows.
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Thanks. I might need more than luck.
What is Qmat 2.24? Boy I hate feeling stupid!
wpr said:
Thanks. I might need more than luck.
What is Qmat 2.24? Boy I hate feeling stupid!
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Try google
wpr said:
I have read and tried anything I could think of here.
I have downloaded RC29
Extracted the file to SD ccard formated to FAT32
Started up in Bootloader
Phone found the file and successfully installed
Pressed action button to reboot.
Stays in Tri color screen
I have tried the soft reset, but I am still stuck at the G1 screen.
I am not new to flashing and recovery, only to the G1. What am I missing?
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Just so we are clear, these are the steps you followed???
1. Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:
* Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
* Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
* A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.
2. Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAMIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
3. Turn the device power off.
4. Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry bootloader mode. You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.
5. As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.
The phone is not mine. It came in to us to recover. It came in frozen on the G1 screen, so I cannot perform these 2 steps:
* Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
* Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
It does charge via USB and AC.
It is now powered up and frozen, but XP does find the Android phone and it shows up as a disk drive in device manager.
First off, who froze it?
Secondly, does the phone get to the homescreen?
The user brought it in at the G1 screen.
That is as far as it gets in power up.
wpr said:
The user brought it in at the G1 screen.
That is as far as it gets in power up.
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i hope you have a computer and either an extra mini sdcard *1MB in size* handy, or a mini sd card reader handy.
format the card, fat32.
download the rom from here. *scroll down to downloads section and pick the appropriate one. rc-33 U.S. RC-9 U.K. ADP unbranded*
if it's already named update, transfer it to the card, if not rename it update, then transfer it to the card.
After it has been transferred.
place the card back into the phone. start the phone up holding home and end key till it enters the recovery mode.
you should see a list of commands with a leopard looking-like screen.
hit alt-w
then alt-s
after it is complete, hit back+home to reboot again.
Just wanted to follow up annd say thanks to everyone for the help. I did not get a chance to deal with it today, but I will post the outcome.
I have the same problam too.
I have JF 1.1 Holidey version and when I try to update it to jf1.5 it gets stuck on the G1 logo, I tried using differnet updates to and differnt sd cards
and even tried the JF updater and it dosent work, I'm a bit frustrated, my brother rooted the phone for and installed the RC29 rom and the JF rom,
it offered me a system holiday update awaile ago and when I updated it froze on the G1 logo after I waited a long time (about 45 min) I removed the battery and started the phone again.. then I saw about 35MB free space (before I had only 10MB) and I think that from that point it added the holiday but I'm not sure if it wasn't already before that.. I realy need your halp with this.. I can't find a way to boot my phone and start a bootloader..
p.s. I was able to get to the fast boot when I press the power + Camera but I don't know how to use it..
Follow the same directions in post 14 =)
Mikey1022 said:
Follow the same directions in post 14 =)
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I have a big problem!
MY G1 is still Frozen on G1 splash
I don't have access to the recovery mode (power+home), or fastboot mode (cam+power)...just show G1 logo...for hours!!!
Any idea?
I need to access to any mode to try to rescue my phone...
It is the second phone rooted by me, but I don't know what happened =(
thanks for the quickly answers!
No update
Mikey1022 said:
i hope you have a computer and either an extra mini sdcard *1MB in size* handy, or a mini sd card reader handy.
format the card, fat32.
download the rom from here. *scroll down to downloads section and pick the appropriate one. rc-33 U.S. RC-9 U.K. ADP unbranded*
if it's already named update, transfer it to the card, if not rename it update, then transfer it to the card.
After it has been transferred.
place the card back into the phone. start the phone up holding home and end key till it enters the recovery mode.
you should see a list of commands with a leopard looking-like screen.
hit alt-w
then alt-s
after it is complete, hit back+home to reboot again.
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And what about if the screen says:
Finding update package..
Opening update package..
E: Can`t open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installion aborted.
G1 homescreen freeze
Hi,
I have a G1, installed hero-rom from xda(Jacheroski 2.0). I found it pretty annoying because the phone was very slow etc. So i tried to go back to the almost original software.
1. started G1 in recovery mode(Home+power), alt+x, adb shell, #parted /dev/block/mmcblk0, mklabel msdos, Y, rm1, rm2, mkpartsfs, primary, fat32, 0, 8000(8 gb card), shut down G1.
Downloaded:
- Radio (from htc support)
- SPL (from xda)
- Rom (from htc support)
Copied those files to my SD.
2. started my G1 in recoverymode(Home+power), wipe, apply any zip from SD,
First installed Radio = succesful
Tried to install SPL:got an error in line.
So thought that I first need to reboot my G1(because of the radio)
I rebooted my G1. got a installation screen. then I restarted my G1 and wanted to go to recovery mode to install spl and rom. It was frozen on the homescreen. I can't do any thing. not recovery not the other one(camera+power)
Any advice?

So... I think I just bricked a G1. You tell me.

Reading the "How to root" thread here. I've rooted a few G1's and a MT3G in the past.
Anyways. I downgraded to RC29, downloaded Amon's recovery and Hard SPL.
Did the whole Telnetd, downloaded telnet from market and mount remount, flash yadda yadda as per stated.
Rebooted and applied the Hard SPL.
After that finished I rebooted and it just hangs on the G1 screen, Home/Power does nothing. Camera/Power does nothing. Trackball/Power just lights the LED up blue.
Will it live the rest of it's life as a door stop?
not being able to boot into anything is a brick but there have been many threads about people who have somehow reversed their brick so just search this forum and see if anything happends who knows it could happen. otherwise its a really shiny paper weight
Bummer. I'll search around a bit more and see if there might be a thread I missed. I don't want to dig into it and do the whole jtag crap since there is still a warranty on the phone.
This is the "How-to" thread I followed and has worked on every G1 I have rooted til this phone which is a brand new one from Tmo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Searching more I have read about people not flashing a radio before the SPL and caused a brick. If that is true why doesn't it state this as a necessary step?
Flashing the Radio before the SPL is needed for DangerSPL (although I seem to recall a thread debating that - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=655097 ), I didnt think it was needed for HardSPL, it sounds like a brick unfortunatly, but I am no expert.
It is thought that its safer to flash the SPL and radio ect via fastboot (see link above) , not that it helps to much now, but that is an old guide, it should be updated though
Yep. From what I have gathered is if you can't get into recovery (home+power) or fastboot (camera+power) and it hangs on the G1 boot screen. It's a brick.
-RotorDemon- said:
Yep. From what I have gathered is if you can't get into recovery (home+power) or fastboot (camera+power) and it hangs on the G1 boot screen. It's a brick.
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its not a brick unless it doesn't turn on at all (depending on how you define the word "brick")
exact same thing happened to one of the G1 replacements my friend got sent to him...we sent it back and they sent him a new one
Nah it's not bricked, the HSpl isn't compatible with your ROM, try flashing he ROM again, or faulty ROM this happens a lot.
Howto fix:
1. Backup any files on your SD card that are valuable to you (you can copy them to your PC's hard drive)
2. Format your SD card to FAT32 ( put your SD in your PC)
Windows: Right-click on SD icon and select format
3. Download the RC29 / RC7 dreaimg.nbh file (don't rename it or your phone won't recognize it):
RC29 (US): http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
RC7(Europe):http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
4. Put the file you just downloaded onto your freshly formatted SD card (make sure it is named DREAIMG.nbh, the rc7 file downloads with .NBH which is wrong)
5. Turn your phone off.
6. Hold down the Camera button, and press the Power button until the bootloader starts.
Note: On some G1s it may require pressing the action button (trackball), while on others it may require pressing the power button.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions to flash the image.
8. When it's done, press the trackball.
9. Press the Call, Menu, and Power buttons at the same time to reboot. You may need to unplug your phone for this to work.
10. And you're done, your phone is in Manufacture default-settings.
If you want to flash a ROM follow a guide (start from the beginning)
Tell me if it worked or didn't worked!
Source: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
what tally said....
but on the one i described, just to let you know, i flashed the rc29 dreaimg.nbh like 15 times, it would never get off the G1 boot screen
tnpapadakos said:
what tally said....
but on the one i described, just to let you know, i flashed the rc29 dreaimg.nbh like 15 times, it would never get off the G1 boot screen
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Try flashing the ROM again if you can go to the bootloader(Rainbow) screen try this:
1. take out the SD card
2. download this file ,open the folder and paste the dreaming.NBH file to the root of your SD card(use your pc or another phone to past this on your SD card).
2. you should get a gray screen once the card in placed back into the phone
3. then press power to start update
4. once the update is complete press the track ball then the rainbow(bootloader) screen should come back up,
5. pull out the battery and there you go your phone should work again
Note: If it didn't updated turn of your phone and turn it on by pressing (& holding) Power+Camera button.
Tell me if it worked
Lol, for some reason it double posted my previous post sorry.
He says in the first post Camera / Power dosent load the bootloader
vixsandlee said:
he says in the first post camera / power dosent load the bootloader
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vixsandlee said:
He says in the first post Camera / Power dosent load the bootloader
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Yes I know but if he connects it to he's PC and turns it off and on and then go to bootloader it will work.
tally114 said:
Yes I know but if he connects it to he's PC and turns it off and on and then go to bootloader it will work.
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Interesting, I didnt know that.
Thanks for the info.
tally114 said:
Yes I know but if he connects it to he's PC and turns it off and on and then go to bootloader it will work.
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Doesn't work either. Connected, disconnected, SD card in or out, SIM card in or out and any combination of that.
Logcat just sits and says "Waiting for device" while the phone just hangs on the G1 screen. So unless there is a different way to get into the bootloader besides using Camera+Power I'd like to know.
Camera+Power and Home+Power are unresponsive.
Well... it sounds like you've got yourself a fancy plastic brick, just remember for next time
1. Downgrade
2. Radio
3. Spl
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[Q] Got my phone stuck on TMOB my touch logo? Doesnt seem to boot at all need help!!

Hello everyone...
I have a newly bought HTC MT4G
Really need some help..
My phone got stuck with the tmob welcome logo after successfully temproot and permaroot...it does not seem to continue through the phones interface...I removed the battery and attempted to load factory reset and recovery reset..no luck at all..still got stuck...this is how my bootloader looks like:
GLACIER PVT ENG S-off
HBOOT-0.85.2007
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
emmC-boot
OCT 11 2010 12:44:14
HBOOT
<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
SYSTEM INFO
IMG CRC
I dont know what to do with the phone now...been reading a lot but it seems i get more confused..tnks really appreciate it
You must have the adb and fastboot binaries for this to work. There are several threads on xda to get those to work. Once you have that working, go to the clockwork recovery thread and download clockworkmod recovery 2.5.x.x. Then copy that to your /AndroidSDK/tools folder. Boot your phone into HBOOT mode. Select Fastboot. Plug your phone into your computer. Let it load the drivers. Open up a command window (DOS) by pressing the window button + R and typing cmd and press run. Change the directory to your /AndroidSDK/tools folder (cd /AndroidSDK/tools). Then type:
fastboot devices
It should return your phone's serial number. Then type:
fastboot flash recovery
DO NOT HIT ENTER YET! Put a space after recovery, then drag and drop the recovery file from your tools folder onto the command screen window. Now press enter.
It should say sending recovery....Okay. Then writing recovery.....Okay.
After that select bootloader from the fastboot screen. Then once it changes to HBOOT mode, just select recovery and it'll boot you into clockworkmod recovery where you can flash any rom you need to.
ok Im gonna try this step by step...hopefully I my phone aint bricked.. tnks so much!
Don't worry, your phone is far from bricked! As long as HBOOT mode is available to you you're fine! I'll try to find the link to the original ROM so that way you can just flash that through HBOOT if this process doesn't work. This process will allow you to keep your engineering bootloader (0.85.2007). Flashing the original ROM will make you have to go back through the rooting process. I really hope you get this to work! Good Luck! And by all means you can PM me with any questions you have. That way I can get back you faster. If you include your email, I can respond right away.
EDIT: Here is the link to the Stock 2.2.1 update. This will undo root. So use that as a last resort. But it will definitely work!
You want to download the PD15img.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10781618&postcount=3
HI again!! so far so good...I do manage to understand and execute the process of adb flash recovery...but as soon as I choose recovery from HBOOT mode...my phone seems to freeze immediately to tmobMyT4g logo...and it seems to stay a while from there...1st question is..do I need to unplug my usb connection from pc then press recovery?! or do i keep it plugged in...for now...Im gonna try the original recovery.img for it...I'll just have to start all over again to permaroot the phone...
paolocab2000 said:
HI again!! so far so good...I do manage to understand and execute the process of adb flash recovery...but as soon as I choose recovery from HBOOT mode...my phone seems to freeze immediately to tmobMyT4g logo...and it seems to stay a while from there...1st question is..do I need to unplug my usb connection from pc then press recovery?! or do i keep it plugged in...for now...Im gonna try the original recovery.img for it...I'll just have to start all over again to permaroot the phone...
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to reboot the phone while in fastboot just type
# fastboot reboot
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same results still...ends up with the logo...BTW with the original ROM PD15... do I use it as an image file or follow the instructions on this thread?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10781618&postcount=3
can you show me exactly what the command window is telling you? From what I understand, you typed
fastboot devices
and got back your phone's serial. then typed
fastboot flash recovery C:/what/ever/the/path/is/to/recovery.img
and got back
sending recovery...okay
writing recovery...okay
and then went to bootloader
and attempted to reboot to recovery
if this is the exact process you used, i'm not sure what could be the issue.
and the pd15img.zip, you will follow the instructions in the post
Iriscience said:
can you show me exactly what the command window is telling you? From what I understand, you typed
fastboot devices
and got back your phone's serial. then typed
fastboot flash recovery C:/what/ever/the/path/is/to/recovery.img
and got back
sending recovery...okay
writing recovery...okay
and then went to bootloader
and attempted to reboot to recovery
if this is the exact process you used, i'm not sure what could be the issue.
and the pd15img.zip, you will follow the instructions in the post
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no.1
Yup exactly what I did...seems frustrating...any method i use goes to the same logo freeze...but before this happened...in the first place...I tried to replace the (system/bin) folder on the root...coz i haD this issue of placing back my original WPA_supplicant becoz it seems that it wasnt detecting WIFI networks at all...then as soon as I restarted goes stuck with the logo...I was hoping that I could flash it back with the original ROM...then now its this...
no.2
Also when i try to use the older recovery.img, it goes to that red triangle with a exclamation mark angle...
no.3
I also tried to restore to factory settings from the HBOOT menu...it goes after wards to the logo after having that cellphone green cycling icon and a status bar...
No.4 as soon as try the steps on the PD15img.zip methods... I dont see any phone detect options or begin update options...it all ends up with the tmobile logo
paolocab2000 said:
No.4 as soon as try the steps on the PD15img.zip methods... I dont see any phone detect options or begin update options...it all ends up with the tmobile logo
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When you do the PD15IMG method you store the PD15IMG on the root of the SD card and turn the phone on holding the power and volume down button. It should never get to the boot image.
neidlinger said:
When you do the PD15IMG method you store the PD15IMG on the root of the SD card and turn the phone on holding the power and volume down button. It should never get to the boot image.
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Well like what the method instructed...as soon as I press the power+volume down..it goes straight ahead to my Hboot menu...THe options mentioned on the above method doesnt seem to appear.
paolocab2000 said:
Well like what the method instructed...as soon as I press the power+volume down..it goes straight ahead to my Hboot menu...THe options mentioned on the above method doesnt seem to appear.
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as soon as you boot into the bootloader does the system check for the PD15IMG?
neidlinger said:
as soon as you boot into the bootloader does the system check for the PD15IMG?
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yup it does check for it very quickly then after that...HBOOT menu...then as soon as I choose one from the menu..i get stuck with the Mytmob logo...
paolocab2000 said:
yup it does check for it very quickly then after that...HBOOT menu...then as soon as I choose one from the menu..i get stuck with the Mytmob logo...
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when it searches for the image is it telling you "image not found", and did you extract the stuff to the SD card or leave it compressed?
neidlinger said:
when it searches for the image is it telling you "image not found", and did you extract the stuff to the SD card or leave it compressed?
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I dont get to received any error message such as image not found...and yes I leave the PD15img.zip file as it is uncompressed..
AAAhhhh at last!>!! something worked!!! I followed this link/thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919834
The only clockmod that worked for me is 3.0.0.0. reinstalling stock rom as of now...I guess I have to restore to defaults for now...and attempt to install custom roms some other day!! Tnks to all who helped...!! For now...
Just to let you know, you'll only be able to flash Gingerbread ROMs with ClockworkMod 3.0.x.x. You have to use CWM 2.5.x.x to use Froyo ROMs. Just wanted to make sure you knew that, so you don't get into another "brick" kind of situation.
Iriscience said:
Just to let you know, you'll only be able to flash Gingerbread ROMs with ClockworkMod 3.0.x.x. You have to use CWM 2.5.x.x to use Froyo ROMs. Just wanted to make sure you knew that, so you don't get into another "brick" kind of situation.
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I do believe you are correct...it so happened that i have tried loading Clockworkmod
2.x.x.x and 3.0.0.5 and the only thing that passed through the logo and showed the menu is 3.0.0.0...
I also made a mistake in placing the PD15img.zip file on my SDCARD as "PD15img.zip.zip" because the extensions are already associated and it its these small things that one has to be really careful about the certainty of the process step by step.
Anyways as soon as I corrected the file name...my HBOOT loader automatically did the job..but I am back to square one...but this time IM gonna use the older clockwork MOD to install Froyo roms...which my main problem in the first place was losing my WPA_supplicant file..in which I lost the WIFI connection capabilities of the phone..in which it made it difficult for me to access key files to reflash and boot the phone again as a default factory phone...

[Q] Almost Bricked MT3G 32b Help Please

Okay so i had rerooted my MT3G after sometime of being left on stock android. I decided to make some adjustments on my device by editing the framework-res.apk. Problem is im running stock android and it just leaves me stuck on the second splash screen after reboot... It doesnt even show the Android screen... Its not bricked as i can go into recovery but i cant reflash the Froyo Ota because of error
Some information about device:
Sapphire PVT 32B Ship s-on G
Hboot-1.33.0013
Radio=2.22.28.25
And when I try to reflash the update it says
Assert failed:!less_than_int(1285103450), getprop("robuild.date.utc"))
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Everytime I try to reflash it gives me that screen, and i already did a factory reset and wiped cache partition
What should I do??? Note S-On, from official froyo ota, so I think other roms are out of the question.
Please help
Oh and I have access to recovery and fastboot/hboot.
Yay! You get to downgrade and reupdate to 2.2.1. I think I've already got instructions out to do so, give me just a minute to dig them up.
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1. If your using Windows, go to Control Panel->Folder Options->Make sure that "Hide known file extensions" is NOT checked.
2. Go here and download the "sappimg.nbh" and "update1.zip" through "update5.zip".
3. Put all the files on the root of your SD card (this means put them on your SD card but not in a folder).
4. With the phone off, boot into hboot by holding volume down+power.
5. A screen will come up, you'll see a few lines of text, then on the last line you should start seeing a progress bar in the upper right-hand corner. The phone is checking the sappimg file.
6. When the check is done, it'll ask you to hit action to continue (Action is pressing the trackball). Hit the trackball to continue.
7. You'll see a few more progress bars, then the phone will ask you to press "Action" to reboot, do as it says.
8. When you get to the Google activation screen, just turn the phone back off. (Or if you need the phone for SD card access, sign in, to do the next step, then power off)
9. Mount your SD card to the computer and rename "update1.zip" to "update.zip".
10. With the phone turned off, boot into recovery holding home+power until you see a triangle with an exclamation point and a phone. Hit home+power again to bring up the menu.
11. First select "Wipe data/factory reset" and then select "Apply update.zip from SD card".
12. Reboot and let the phone get to the Google activation screen again, then turn it off. (Again, if you need the phone for SD card access, sign in, to do the next step, then power off)
13. Mount your SD card to your computer again, delete the "update.zip" file and rename "update2.zip" to "update.zip".
14. Do steps #10-12 again.
15. Repeat steps #13 and #14 until you've flashed all of the updates, then reboot. Your back to 2.2.1.
That would be great. Thanks a ton.
Thanks a ton. I'll report later to see if it worked or not.
Yea so it doesn't let me get past the 5th step. Its not recognizing the sappimg provided. Its in the root directory so i don't know what the problem is...
Xiaoxion said:
Yea so it doesn't let me get past the 5th step. Its not recognizing the sappimg provided. Its in the root directory so i don't know what the problem is...
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Try formatting the SD card and putting only the files needed back on. Make sure you backup anything you want to keep.
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Xiaoxion said:
Yea so it doesn't let me get past the 5th step. Its not recognizing the sappimg provided. Its in the root directory so i don't know what the problem is...
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Yea try reformatting the card and make sure you safety remove USB device after copying the file over.
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Nope tried formatting and bought a new sdcard too. Still no go...
Xiaoxion said:
Nope tried formatting and bought a new sdcard too. Still no go...
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Have you tried using a card reader to transfer the file over?
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Yes I formated it to FAT which is the default. And I used a card reader to transfer the file over but it doesn't want to recognize my file. Keeps telling me no file or wrong file type... I used the default card which is SD and a Kensington sdcard as well... Should i format it to a different type?
Format to FAT32.

DHD got bricked

I had Revolution HD rom or something like that don't remember it't long time it worked. One morning I woke up and my phone didn't respone. Yesterday everything worked..When i tried to boot current rom it stuck on HTC screen..Okay so I decided to flash new rom because recovery still work but I probably lost my root because it can't delete previous rom..Today after long time I decide to ask you what to do. When I tried update new version of rom today it looked like everything it's fine but is stuck on HTC logo or restarts over and over again..
Sorry for bad eng..
DO you want help?I can help u if u only want it
Go into the recovery, wipe/format everything and flash a new ROM. Wipe is needed!
Sleekykenny: Of course i want
I wiped everything but it writes error when I wipe system.
I also flashed new rom and and got message saying successful, but when i reboot my dhd it just stay vendors screen which is 3mobile. But if i remove the battery i can get hboot menu. i also can get into clockworld recoveryand flash rom and wipe data etc. can anyone help or is my phone bricked.
Same problem
Guys I'm not an expert in this, but when you flash a new ROM it takes time to load. Maybe you just didn't wait enough.
markslo112 said:
Guys I'm not an expert in this, but when you flash a new ROM it takes time to load. Maybe you just didn't wait enough.
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You're right. When intalling a new ROM, the first boot is longer because the new one is building a new Dalvik cache and so on... depending of the release.
Be patient a bit more, then report ...
http://www.multiupload.com/AURLLESU5V
1. Download this file
2. Do not unzip this file
3. Store it on SDCARD
4. Power off your device
5. Keep press Vol-Down
6. Do not releas the vol down an press power on
7. Follow the instruction on the screen
8. Enjoy and be patient for 5 minutes
;-)
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After 1 hour waiting I decided to put battery out because it have no point
rostuli said:
.....When I tried update new version of rom today it looked like everything it's fine but is stuck on HTC logo or restarts over and over again..
Sorry for bad eng..
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markslo112 said:
Go into the recovery, wipe/format everything and flash a new ROM. Wipe is needed!
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jabs40 said:
I also flashed new rom and and got message saying successful, but when i reboot my dhd it just stay vendors screen which is 3mobile. But if i remove the battery i can get hboot menu. i also can get into clockworld recoveryand flash rom and wipe data etc. can anyone help or is my phone bricked.
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rostuli said:
Same problem
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if you can get into your phone into hboot/recovery/fastboot then your phone is not a brick!
the problems with white htc screen is called a bootloop. like the user above suggested use a full wipe. easiest way is connect phone to PC and go into fastboot from your options when in the bootloader
type in fastboot erase system -w this will erase all system and userdata
then disconnect phone from PC when that is complete and navigate to your recovery option. select the recovery option and then mount back to USB cable and select USB toggle option so you can data transfer to SD card.
put new rom you wish to use or redownload one you wanted. then try again
It's actually a splash loop, a boot loop is the boot animation. But you get the idea
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the only option i get when i get into fastboot from the phone is bootloader,reboot,reboot bootloader and power down. if i chose any of the above then they all go back Hboot menu. cannot get into menu to type in fastboot erase sytem -w. can u advise me on where is the menu?. or i'm i doing something wrong..
thanks.
rostuli said:
After 1 hour waiting I decided to put battery out because it have no point
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I don't understand where u was waiting.
Can you describe what was happening?
Are you able to access the bootloader??
1. Pull out battery
2. Put in battery
3. Hold power + Volume Down buttons until inside bootloader UI
4. Use volume keys to navigate to the "Recovery" option then press the power key.
5. Once recovery has booted, use volume keys to navigate to the "Factory reset & wipe data" option, then press power key.
6. Reboot.
Results?
Had the same problem in the past.
I downloaded an RUU and managed to get my phone to boot normally.
Take a look on this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982783
Download RUU is a good idea I tried it, didn't work..In that post he said some asian worked but I can't get one anywhere.
I used the Asia_WWE_1.32.707
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like the user above suggested use a full wipe. easiest way is connect phone to PC and go into fastboot from your options when in the bootloader
type in fastboot erase system -w this will erase all system and userdata
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Got part with fastboot but where am I supposed to write -w? I'm not that good in this that is why I ask here for help. But thanx anyway. And I tried wipe everything using recovery and when I wipe system writes error all the time.
I also tried all the above method but to no avail. Then a friend of mine bought the dhd so i made a goldcard from his phone loaded a pd98img.zip and flashed.. my dhd is back in action... i think this is your only solution, find somebody with the same phone. If u cant let me no i'll send you a gold card.
If it could help me than upload it somewhere And tell me how to use it. I heard about it but not sure.
You can remove your sd card then you will be able to choose the recovery option instead of it constantly going to hboot. The hboot looks for a file and asks you to instal or not install and then tells you to power of. Remove you sd card and you wont get this option so you can go into recovery and reflash a rom (you can re insert your sd card once in recovery and chose the mount option)

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