i tried to root my phone (i used the one click method) then i tried to install the MoDaCo Hero. it wouldn't let me do it so i tried to restart my phone to try again and now i can't get past the tmobile g1 start screen. i can get to the cyanogen 1.4 recovery screen and the rainbow screen though. i tried wiping the data then rebooting on the recovery screen but still no luck. any suggestions?
1. You didn't read up on how to properly root your phone.
2. You didn't read up on how to install a hero rom.
You said rainbow screen, you have the wrong spl, which means wrong radio, which means you didn't read the hero requirements.
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I just tried to do the 3.16 update via dcd's instructions and now I see this, frozen at the sprint splashscreen. I tried a hardreset
I got until step 3 -- Flash new ROM, it went through no problems
WHAT TO DO!?
PLEASEe HELP <3 thanks in advance!
read..why flash a rom if you cant read?!
if i remember correctly, it is because dcd's rom doesnt include the new sprint radio.
either flash the sprint radio by itself, or flash the unofficial sprint rom followed by whatever ya want after that
of course it's gonna be a pita since you didnt do your research beforehand. tsk..tsk...
SOLUTION
Actually I think you did everything right...
... you just overlooked the same thing that I did ...
The instructions are a bit vague on one thing (for those of us who haven't done much rom flashing before)
You must load the new radio BEFORE your new rom will even boot!
----------that is why you are hanging on the yellow Sprint boot screen------------
1. This means you need to go back into "boot loader mode" (hold power and camera and reset with stylus)
2. Then run titan_radio_3.27.00.exe while your phone is hooked up via USB)
After that finishes you should be rockin with the rest of us!
So, I have just made a couple of changes to my phone. My mistake is that I did it all at the same time. So I dont know what fu***ed it up !
1. I formated the ext2 partition to ext3
2. I added a linux Swap partition (104Mb)
3. I loaded the CN 1.4 Recovery image
3. I installed the SPL 1.33.2005
I have been using JF 1.51 and I was having some issues after a recent corruption so I thought I will try JacHero 1.7 since I was planning on a clean install anyway. So the new SPL was for the Jachero rom.
Anyway, why i think the issue happened while flashing the SPL its because after I flashed the CN Recovery screen came up and it said "Formatting Cache" and it stayed on that screen for like 15 min. and I thought ok, it must be done and the Recovery menu was active so I just scrolled to reboot after which I was never able to boot past T-Mobile G1 screen.
I did eventually update to JacHero 1.7 after a wipe but still didnt seem to work. Still stuck at boot screen.
Any ideas ?
Any help is appreciated !!
Thanks.
If its the spl I know that one if I rem was the tricky one that couldnt be downgraded or so.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=517593 is the only thread on top of my head I can link you to. Hopefully it helps.
Sometimes the only way the danger spl will take is if you rename it to update.zip and click on apply sdcard update zip. Try doing that and see, also try a non hero rom and see if it boots, if it does and a hero won't chances are it was the spl
ITS WORKING !!
So I kept on messing around, I went into the SPL settings pressed lots of keys (not much clue wut i was doing) and I tried a couple of restarts and after messing around with everything.......somehow it booted into the new Hero rom (Dont ask me how !) but it was completely screwed up. Meaning, This HTC screen is the only thing I can see. If i turn off the screen and turn it back on, I will see the unlock screen of Hero (which looked really cool) but as soon as I unlock im back to this wierd HTC black screen where nothing happens!!.
Soooo I went back into the recovery mode and tried the nandroid restore option (AGAIN) only this time it went through and completed the recovery ! (It wouldnt do that the last 3 times i tried) and now I back to my JF 1.51
Not really sure if I still want to try Hero anymore
and thanks alot guys for your quick responses......I REALLY Appreciate it.
Thanks again for your help !
It's up to you, cyanogen just came out with donut in his expermental line of roms so now we are gonna be passed cupcake roms soon
Hey guys,
Few of you in the cyanogenmod irc room the other night might have recalled me totally bricking my t-mobile mytouch by pulling the battery after a reboot... dumbest thing I have ever done. I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable linux geek, but unfortunately I panicked and did the worst possible thing, pulling my batt and completely bricking my phone.
I was installing the 4.1.999 cyanogen mod. Phone was so toast it wouldn't charge. Status led's wouldn't work, it was 100% toast. Fortunately I was able to have it replaced and would like to try again in a day or so.
Here is a video showing exactly what I did, please excuse the length of the video it goes from start to finish, backing up and flashing everything, up until the point where I pulled the battery. I'd love to know what I did wrong, so I can try again!
View the video here on vimeo -> http://vimeo.com/7022688
Ok, here's what you did wrong:
The first steps are good... You've installed the 1.6 update, then applyed the cyanogen rom... After that I've seen that it was installed a new radio... That might have killed your phone...
At least that appears to be the problem... But why a new radio was installed, no idea... (I don't think you did it on purpose)...
the phone you have there is a magic not a dream.For a start that dosnt help!! Other than that i think yiou have put Dream radio on the device, It not being a dream is the problem as when it detects its the wrong radio the phone goes into a safe mode where it wont turn on to save breaking it.
HTC might fix it under warranty as they did me but it WILL come back with perfect spl on.I have flashed the wrong radio on 2 phones yes 2! now i learn from my mistakes Oh and when/if it gets fixed and you bypass perfect spl, You cant put any ROM Other than donut based ones so no hero takes the fun out of flashing
All bricks I've seen are because you guys install new( in most cases wrong radio- from different phone or MotherBoard version) or changing SPL (exception: people with perfect SPL). I'm asking WHY you do this , WHAT FOR ? Putting different rom /rooting etc does NOT require changing anything and is simple as bread and butter, and you CAN'T damage the phone !! Sorry to see this I'm not 100% sure but it looks like you have flashed with wrong radio. As my predecessor said I think only HTC can fix it... To all people DO NOT TOUCH SPL AND RADIO IF YOU JUST WANT TO PUT HERO ROM OR ROOT THE PHONE (exception ppl with perfect SPL)
i accidently flashed the radio for ION on my 32A last week. got my phone fixed under warranty thank god. but i got the perfected SPL.
if you do get the perfected SPL, you dont really need to change your SPL to flash stuff on your phone.
just replace your recovery using the recovery flasher apk a.k.a the one click root.
reboot to recovery, flash a new ROM that is rooted.
then using the adb shell method, flash a new recovery permanently to your phone.
i have had no issues using that method since i got my perfected SPL.
whalesalad said:
Hey guys,
Few of you in the cyanogenmod irc room the other night might have recalled me totally bricking my t-mobile mytouch by pulling the battery after a reboot... dumbest thing I have ever done. I consider myself a fairly knowledgeable linux geek, but unfortunately I panicked and did the worst possible thing, pulling my batt and completely bricking my phone.
I was installing the 4.1.999 cyanogen mod. Phone was so toast it wouldn't charge. Status led's wouldn't work, it was 100% toast. Fortunately I was able to have it replaced and would like to try again in a day or so.
Here is a video showing exactly what I did, please excuse the length of the video it goes from start to finish, backing up and flashing everything, up until the point where I pulled the battery. I'd love to know what I did wrong, so I can try again!
View the video here on vimeo -> http://vimeo.com/7022688
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after applying the 4.1.999 update you pressed the trackball to reboot your suppose to hold the home key while its rebooting on that step till the mytouch screen shows up also you need to wipe the ext. redo the last step then the my3g should be fine in other words reflash the cyanogen
u install wrong recovery
Install instructions for an HTC Magic (32B ONLY!!!)/ION/MyTouch3G
Same as above if you are using CM-Recovery 1.4.
OR
Same as above EXCEPT step 2
Download HTC ADP 1.6 DRC83 http://www.androidspin.com/downloads...ooted_base.zip
*You have to manually reboot MT3G and hold home.
he can use the ra recovery image it works because i used it on mine
Turns out I used the wrong recovery image before doing the cyanogen flash.
I followed this guide on my second phone (swapped out my old white one for a black mytouch) and am running 4.1.999 right now - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4666075&postcount=282
I previously had this phone running Cyanogenmod 6 so skip the n00b bashing. I know wtf I'm doing.
My situation is pretty unique.
I came to Israel from Philadelphia with a myTouch3G about a week ago with Cyan Recovery and Cyan 6 installed. No problems. I put in an Israel SIM Card into my phone and no matter what I tried it would keep crashing the phone process.
Thinking the problem would be fixed if I flashed stock, I did just that and unrooted my phone completely.
The phone is now running stock recovery with 1.6 stock. Israeli SIM card STILL crashes the phone process.
I can't get past the intro wizard because I don't have service. Four corners doesn't work. I would have one click rooted days ago if I could get past it.
My SPL is 1.33.0006 (SAPP300000).
I am trying to get a different SPL onto the phone without a Goldcard so I can root it. I attempted to make a gold card already many times but I had to use a Windows application to get the CID so I don't think it worked because after it analysis the update.zip I get a "Version Mismatch" error.
If someone could recommend a signed SPL that my phone will accept that would then allow me to move on from there I think I'd be able to get past this issue. If I could simply get a custom recovery on this phone I could get back to Froyo where the 4 corners trick does work (or just restore from nandroid back Cyan 6).
The only way I have to copy stuff to an sdcard at the moment is through a working blackberry pearl I have lying around.
Drop me any suggestions. I'll be glad to try them.
Simple... take out your sim-card... then finish the reg part(just skip most of it).. then root... flash custom recovery.. flash eng spl... Full control again :0)
You can also finish the reg part using a wifi :0)
Just take the sim out!
Just tried that. Once I turn the phone on I see the Android intro logo and when I tap it I get a new screen that simply says "No SIM card in Phone" and the only button there is for Emergency calls.
It doesn't let me do anything from that point at all. I can't move past this screen.
Hi there,
Its been couple of months that my phone froze during web browsing. And when I pull the battery out and reinserted, the phone would go through the booting and either freezes right after 123456 go go go or it would freeze during the Android Logo loading. It would take me many battery pull outs and re inserts to get it back on. During this time, I ran Hyperdroid 2.3.4 on NAND with Mgldr 1.13.
yesterday I tried to reinstall the OS, i task29, reflash the radio to 2.15... and reinstalled mgldr1.13. I have chosen Typhoon's 2.3.5 NAND CWM. After the installation, the same problem of not being able to go past 1234 go go go persists. I tried to pull out the battery again and after few try i managed to log in to Android.
It seems, the longer the battery is out, the more effective it is in booting the OS. I am seriously concerned about HW issue. Please help me identify the problem.
Thanks
Did you try installing the stock Winmob ... then doing a clean android installation (complete with re-installing the HSPL)?
I am going to do that next. It seems, all freezing during normal operation happens when I am browsing on Edge (my phone is incompatible with 3G on the network i am).
Secondary note, when I remove battery and reinsert, not only I cant make it back to Android boot but also, when I load up Mgldr Recovery, the AD Recovery function also does not load beyond 12345...
I am going to load a WinMo 6.5 ROM probably NRG's and reinstall HSPL.
Parsian86 said:
I am going to do that next. It seems, all freezing during normal operation happens when I am browsing on Edge (my phone is incompatible with 3G on the network i am).
Secondary note, when I remove battery and reinsert, not only I cant make it back to Android boot but also, when I load up Mgldr Recovery, the AD Recovery function also does not load beyond 12345...
I am going to load a WinMo 6.5 ROM probably NRG's and reinstall HSPL.
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as I said before... use the stock windows, not the cooked ones (you can get it off the HTCs website)...
maybe,,, make sure you have the right partion size for your rom. check your roms page, it should say what size you need. if you have the wrong size, your phone can do all kinds of stupid things. speaking from my own screw up thinking i had the right size,,,
Sorry for the late response. I am now flashing it with STOCK ROM. I couldnt first find on HTC thats why I went and download the NRG's ROM. Today I just found that HTC pulled the ROM and now they are only available on T-mobile website so eventually I got it and now installing it. I will update about the progress
Thanks
So I downloaded the ROM and put my phone into HSPL screen by pressing volume. I open the .exe file (ROM) and set it to install. However, during the installation, the process gets stock around 18% and I waited it out couple of times for more than 10 minutes and does not go pass that.
I tried to Task29 it and re-flash it but the problem maintains.
UPDATE: I re run HSPL and restore to SPL 2.8... and then run the Stock Rom installation. This time, it finished the installation however, when it booted up, it got stock on the pink logo "stick together"... I tried to hard reset by holding the Up and Down Volume and when i did it, and when through the manufacturing reset process, the problem maintains. I cannot get into Stock WinMo.
Thanks
My phone has the exact same problem. Doesn't anybody have a solution for this?