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Rogers G1

I just got my hands on the new G1 that's been marketed for the Canadian provider Rogers. The phone doesn't get released till wednesday.
It runs the 1.5 firmware (customized for the Rogers brand).
Wondering if anyone is interested in a dump off this phone.

Yes we are interested in a dump of that freaking phone

Please dump I will be glad to give it haykuro if you cant get in contact with him

What's the big thing about the Rodgers G1? Been hearing a lot about it on here.

It's an "official" version ROM with the HTC custom applications like Exchange. Kind of like Haykuro's 6.0, but fully working.

I'd like to know the same thing.... who says it's running anything different than the vanilla cupcake ROM?
cyanogen said:
It's an "official" version ROM with the HTC custom applications like Exchange. Kind of like Haykuro's 6.0, but fully working.
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cyanogen said:
It's an "official" version ROM with the HTC custom applications like Exchange. Kind of like Haykuro's 6.0, but fully working.
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We know this for sure? Would be nice if it had some fully working un-watermarked 'Rosie' features... Yeah... I need to go to bed...

SpyderMS said:
I'd like to know the same thing.... who says it's running anything different than the vanilla cupcake ROM?
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We know this for sure? Would be nice if it had some fully working un-watermarked 'Rosie' features... Yeah... I need to go to bed...
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Rogers is claiming that it's HTC branded firmware. I'm sure the OP can confirm. It's definitely not Rosie, that stuff is unreleased alpha-quality code.

I believe it's been confirmed numerous times that it has exchange from HTC since it's not a "with Gooogle" phone.

sadly every dialog is suffixed with ',eh' - all occurances of 'about' have been replaced with 'aboot,' and the 'ou' naming scheme has been implemented for words like colour.

afflaq said:
sadly every dialog is suffixed with ',eh' - all occurances of 'about' have been replaced with 'aboot,' and the 'ou' naming scheme has been implemented for words like colour.
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I can confirm this.
I believe it's been confirmed numerous times that it has exchange from HTC since it's not a "with Gooogle" phone.
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Correct. There is no mention of "Google" anywhere on the phone. I've attached a few pictures.

But since I'm a noob at the whole android thing, I need some help dumping this ROM.
- From the searching I've done, I'm guessing that Nandroid 2.0 is the tool to use?
- Do I need root access to do a ROM dump?
Any idiot proof guides out there I can use to get this done for you guys?

outsider787 said:
But since I'm a noob at the whole android thing, I need some help dumping this ROM.
- From the searching I've done, I'm guessing that Nandroid 2.0 is the tool to use?
- Do I need root access to do a ROM dump?
Any idiot proof guides out there I can use to get this done for you guys?
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what does the screen look like if you hold the camera button down and press power to turn it on?

outsider787 said:
But since I'm a noob at the whole android thing, I need some help dumping this ROM.
- From the searching I've done, I'm guessing that Nandroid 2.0 is the tool to use?
- Do I need root access to do a ROM dump?
Any idiot proof guides out there I can use to get this done for you guys?
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Yeah it's going to need rooted for a full dump. Does it have fastboot? (power + camera)
But we also know what most of this firmware is going to be like, you can probably get away with an "adb pull /system system" and get us most of the stuff we need to start hacking on it.

Here's what the POWER+CAMERA button show

outsider787 said:
Here's what the POWER+CAMERA button show
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download recovery.img from
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9fmb1p
or snag this..
http://jf.andblogs.net/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=12
and extract the recovery.img
then get fastboot set up and do:
fastboot boot recovery.img
then hit alt+b to make a backup to the SD

outsider787 said:
Here's what the POWER+CAMERA button show
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Good do you adb?
Link to get it here

Hah, the engineering bootloader.
That is awesome.

N3xt2N0N3 said:
Good do you adb?
Link to get it here
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adb? Could not find what that stands for, or what the purpose of it is... (I read the link you sent)
Hah, the engineering bootloader.
That is awesome.
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Why is that exciting?

cyanogen said:
Hah, the engineering bootloader.
That is awesome.
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that is interesting, eng bootloader and not a single thing about google. Google free in so many ways. And to think H just blessed us with Hero with Rosie and now this.
I <3 Android.

I see that the radio's different as well. Is there a way to get that off the phone as well?

just got my htc hero

what should i do first anyone wanna help me here??? what are good apps, or roms to try and stuff. new to android just looking for some help.
my idiot friends did it i signed in on his comp

start by looking in the guide wiki page read everything you cn in there so that you completely understand what you are doing. then the first thing to do is root.

use the pre-kitchen. it's the easiest way to get root on your phone.
find it in the ROMS sticky wiki.
ROMs are also in the sticky wiki. i'd say go with fresh 1.1 or gumbo 1.5c for now, and when you get a better knowledge of what's going on then maybe test on like 2.1 and stuff.

thorpe24 said:
what should i do first anyone wanna help me here??? what are good apps, or roms to try and stuff. new to android just looking for some help.
Also I'm a ******
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Did anyone else realize he just called himself a ******?

jaehyun01 said:
Did anyone else realize he just called himself a ******?
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did he just edit that in? that wasn't there before lol

jaehyun01 said:
Did anyone else realize he just called himself a ******?
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ok that was added after I posted not sure what thats all about.

Going back to stock 2.1 on Nexus One

Heey guys, first topic here
So my problem is, I downloaded Desire ROM last month. It's kinda buggy not cus its Alpha so I wanna go back to stock.
So do you know how to do it? Please tell me :]
-geForge

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850

geForge said:
Heey guys, first topic here
So my problem is, I downloaded Desire ROM last month. It's kinda buggy not cus its Alpha so I wanna go back to stock.
So do you know how to do it? Please tell me :]
-geForge
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hmm, you are new here. you know how i can tell?
you didnt search.

i didn't use search but i browsed though some sides with topics and i googled.
so yea...

Paul22000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850
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I don't understand a s*** of that tutorial. Is there any other way?

geForge said:
I don't understand a s*** of that tutorial. Is there any other way?
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You shouldn't have deviated from stock in the first place. I would even go as far to say you shouldn't have even rooted your phone. You're going to get flamed....... You should have searched, and that tutorial is pretty basic. Figure the **** out

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You shouldn't have deviated from stock in the first place. I would even go as far to say you shouldn't have even rooted your phone. You're going to get flamed....... You should have searched, and that tutorial is pretty basic. Figure the **** out
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I agree.
However, I will admit that "tutorial" makes my eyes bleed. I cringe every time I have to link to it.
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I don't understand a s*** of that tutorial. Is there any other way?
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Click the link in my signature.
Instead of the zip files in my thread, download the zip file from the shipping ROM thread (" You may get the Original Shipping Image from HERE or thru Modaco HERE. [22607 build] ").

before going back to stock i recommend trying cm.5.0.6 rom, its 10x better then stock.

This may not be to your liking, but why not go with Cyanogen? Its UI is optimized for the Nexus One. Combined with HelixLauncher it's even more kick a$$.

Maybe i should try cyanogen
I heard that its really good :] And it is full version? not alpha like desire ROM, right? :]

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Maybe i should try cyanogen
I heard that its really good :] And it is full version? not alpha like desire ROM, right? :]
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its not an alpha version, everything works.

Just follow the steps in the guide...
I hope someone updates the guide and puts some screenshots...

here u go... i use this alot and has helped me in the past
http://theunlockr.com/category/howto/android_how_tos/nexus-one-how-tos/

they're not buggy but compared to cyan the battery life just sucks. I don't think many people use those ROMS as their primary OS.

Radio's and SLPL

Hi, the title says it all, i just want to know what a radio & a SLPL is? Yes i'm a n00b, and there i have no shame in calling myself that becuase everyone starts from somewhere. Looking forward to learning, so hopefully someone can help me.
I've made this thread because i'm looking to put the 'Ginger Yoshi' rom on the HTC Magic, and it says you will need the new radio,and some SLPL? Also how do you put these on the phone, & where you download it from? Thanks

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Hi, the title says it all, i just want to know what a radio & a SLPL is? Yes i'm a n00b, and there i have no shame in calling myself that becuase everyone starts from somewhere. Looking forward to learning, so hopefully someone can help me.
I've made this thread because i'm looking to put the 'Ginger Yoshi' rom on the HTC Magic, and it says you will need the new radio,and some SLPL? Also how do you put these on the phone, & where you download it from? Thanks
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Welcome to XDA forums! I'm just a fellow member, but I still want to welcome you here
First, do you know if you have a 32A or 32B device? You have posted that you have a Desire S - do you have both that and Magic? Be sure to read everything you can about rooting and Android in general before trying to install new software on it. You see, I managed to brick my Magic without learning enough before action!
Secondly, CyanogenMod Wiki is a great resource for checking out what all these things mean. See it here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Terminology
For example, answers to your question:
SPL
Second Program Loader, in conjunction with the IPL comprise a device's bootloader. Aside from bootstrapping Android, the bootloader also fulfills various diagnostic functions. One of these functions is the manipulation of data in the device's internal flash ram. Depending on the SPL installed, the user might be able to flash signed NBH files, flash nand images, and more. Note that the SPL is installed and operates independently of the Android build that runs atop it. Generally speaking, there are two variants of the SPL: Stock, which is 'locked' and is installed on most devices from the factory, and Engineering, which is 'unlocked' and has to be manually flashed - usually after 'rooting'.
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Radio
The cellular radio on the device which needs control software called firmware to control it.
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Hi thanks for the reply. I've just recently bought the HTC Magic, but is £37 for it a good price or not? Also, i bought the desire s but sold it off, i need to update my profile xD. Thanks for the welcome

Droidzz said:
Hi thanks for the reply. I've just recently bought the HTC Magic, but is £37 for it a good price or not? Also, i bought the desire s but sold it off, i need to update my profile xD. Thanks for the welcome
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That's an AWESOME price! I bought mine for £150 last summer!
But to the point - have you gotten any useful information out of the CM wiki? XDA Wiki has great articles, too, but it isn't as fulfilling. With ambition and good resources, you'll learn what you need fast and possibly in a week or a few days you can be able to take care of ROM flashing, customizing your phone a lot more deeply than changing a few settings, getting full access (that people should always have) to your phone's all capabilities and even using it as a WiFi box!
Oh, and if you find anything here on the forums useful or good, press the thanks button. You have 5 clicks a day for it. That's a good way to show the poster appreciation so they can see their work worthful

You've got to take into account it's 2 years old now, plus i got it used of ebay ;( - Oh and CyanogenMod have stopped supporting it.

SO do you think it's worth £37, or should i just say no, or sell it off when it comes? I'm confused at the moment, because CyanogenMod have stopped supporting it so i don't know what to do, and also don't know if it's worth the money i paid for it.

Droidzz said:
Hi, the title says it all, i just want to know what a radio & a SLPL is? Yes i'm a n00b, and there i have no shame in calling myself that becuase everyone starts from somewhere. Looking forward to learning, so hopefully someone can help me.
I've made this thread because i'm looking to put the 'Ginger Yoshi' rom on the HTC Magic, and it says you will need the new radio,and some SLPL? Also how do you put these on the phone, & where you download it from? Thanks
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I think all your answers may well be here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794445
Once you've got past root and recovery, you then can change spl/radio according to your desired rom.

Droidzz said:
SO do you think it's worth £37, or should i just say no, or sell it off when it comes? I'm confused at the moment, because CyanogenMod have stopped supporting it so i don't know what to do, and also don't know if it's worth the money i paid for it.
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IMO it very well is. A good device with decent hardware, especially for the price.
They've stopped supporting it only OFFICIALLY, but there are still many development working on it for Magic, and there are a few good ROMs - like Ginger Yoshi, Carz12's CyanogenMod 7.1 and of course SebastianFM's HTC Sense ROM.
Read, read, read. Mdacompactuser posted a good link

Cheers everyone. Hopefully we can all think that's it a 'mission' & work together on this . Right i've learnt that i can root the phoen via superoneclick, and get the superuser access. Ok next i was going to do everything via rom manager, however now that option is basically gone for me, as CM are not supporting it, but i can flash the recovery from there. I have chosen clockwork recovery, so flashing it via rom manager should be good. I'll have a look at the link you sent me, and hopefully we can regenerate interest in this device again, and make it gain popularity, so we can be on the official forum boards, instead of the low activity devices. That's the plan, everyone up for it? xD>

Droidzz said:
Cheers everyone. Hopefully we can all think that's it a 'mission' & work together on this . Right i've learnt that i can root the phoen via superoneclick, and get the superuser access. Ok next i was going to do everything via rom manager, however now that option is basically gone for me, as CM are not supporting it, but i can flash the recovery from there. I have chosen clockwork recovery, so flashing it via rom manager should be good. I'll have a look at the link you sent me, and hopefully we can regenerate interest in this device again, and make it gain popularity, so we can be on the official forum boards, instead of the low activity devices. That's the plan, everyone up for it? xD>
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If you look in this forum alone, you'll find everything you need to carry out a rom update. As Kanttii pointed out its crucial you know what your phone is before you do anything. I'd stick to guides found on this forum as opposed to ones found elsewhere on the web, simply because the people who wrote the guides on here are more likely to respond to specific queries you may have.
I have to say I found mumilovers posts very complete and useful, so personally I'd start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756918
and then go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824435
Obviously there are other methods, but like I said before, a guide is much better when the author is around to help when you get something wrong or something doesn't make sense to you.

Thanks the phone will probably come today through the post, so i'll read the threads you sent me links to, and hopefully i'll be able to understand most of it . Thanks again .

Wow i managed to also root my phone without bricking it, and installed clockwork mod recovery. I downloaded set cpu, but i'm on default android 2.2 so i can't overclock it. Now i'm confused about how to put a custom rom on it.
EDIT: Right now i'm a bit scared to install custom rom on it, but i got a question:
In rom manager, when i go to the download section, i see a rom called Roalex, is that a good one?
The top one on that is called: COS-DS-071822011_I1? SO if i click install on that will it be a good one?

[Question] Is there Root for SM-G530P?

Just went over to sprint the other day and got this version that ha 5.1.1 installed out of the box. Been searching around and have yet to find anything that even list this version/build but see many others listed.
Is there a root/Pre-root rom that will work on this variant?

I second this! I have been searching for any info on rooting this specific device without luck! I don't mind doing research on how to do it and finding out how my self, just can't find anything at all to do so thus far!

Root for SM-G530P
I third this someone please help...

Before you get into flashing anything on the device....please be sure to enable OEM Unlocking under developers option.
Also, there seems to be a twrp recovery, however, I have not tested it out myself yet...when I do so I will let you all know if it's success or not.
Another thing, I think it's highly possible that the phone will require a "permissive" kernel...not too sure yet. I will advise shortly...

Ok I got news. The phone has been semi-rooted, I was right...it requires a permissive kernel in order for the phone to boot up once more. The people that come in mind when it comes to permissive sprint kernels are Freeza & Djvoleur. They can probably cook something up if they have the source code for this phone already.... also, we need a working twrp or philz recovery.... the ones provided do not work... meaning that it would be redundant to have a permissive kernel...if we don't have a working custom recovery to flash it over with.... unless there's another way to flash the zip file or maybe just the boot.img? I will keep updating this if I find anything further...

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Ok I got news. The phone has been semi-rooted, I was right...it requires a permissive kernel in order for the phone to boot up once more. The people that come in mind when it comes to permissive sprint kernels are Freeza & Djvoleur. They can probably cook something up if they have the source code for this phone already.... also, we need a working twrp or philz recovery.... the ones provided do not work... meaning that it would be redundant to have a permissive kernel...if we don't have a working custom recovery to flash it over with.... unless there's another way to flash the zip file or maybe just the boot.img? I will keep updating this if I find anything further...
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Any kernel?
Is there any update?

panowolf said:
Just went over to sprint the other day and got this version that ha 5.1.1 installed out of the box. Been searching around and have yet to find anything that even list this version/build but see many others listed.
Is there a root/Pre-root rom that will work on this variant?
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I second this! I have been searching for any info on rooting this specific device without luck! I don't mind doing research on how to do it and finding out how my self, just can't find anything at all to do so thus far!
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I third this someone please help...
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F_X said:
Before you get into flashing anything on the device....please be sure to enable OEM Unlocking under developers option.
Also, there seems to be a twrp recovery, however, I have not tested it out myself yet...when I do so I will let you all know if it's success or not.
Another thing, I think it's highly possible that the phone will require a "permissive" kernel...not too sure yet. I will advise shortly...
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Boom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/kernel-root-root-sm-g530p-5-1-1-t3255761

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Boom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/development/kernel-root-root-sm-g530p-5-1-1-t3255761
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Wooo!! I am very sorry ShinySide I had completely forgotten about your amazing kernels, G360T1 works brilliantly as well!! Helped out a ton! Thank you once again for taking your time to create such kernels, extraordinary work!

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Wooo!! I am very sorry ShinySide I had completely forgotten about your amazing kernels, G360T1 works brilliantly as well!! Helped out a ton! Thank you once again for taking your time to create such kernels, extraordinary work!
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Haha no offense taken. Been busy lately so been quiet.

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Haha no offense taken. Been busy lately so been quiet.
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Haha thanks bro. I understand, hope to see you around more often when you have time

Wow sounds like this is it! Can't wait to try it when I get back home. Thanks for the updates guys!
EDIT: It works great, thanks for looking out and thanks for the work put into this to bring us root to our devices.
Now if I could just find a ROM for this thing that would make it a bit less bloated and run a bit smoother that will make it all worth while.

Hey i have this to please message me the information i need a reliable root A.S.A.P

jimsgotswag said:
Hey i have this to please message me the information i need a reliable root A.S.A.P
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On the first page on this thread you have your answer.
Sent from my XT1528 using XDA Labs

spark001uk said:
Nice walls phunkee, like the fractal ones, very retro! Only weird thing on my handset tho, is when i apply the theme using hdwalls, i have to switch off / switch on, to get the top and bottom curtains to change. If i simply do a soft reset, it puts standard grey top/bottom curtains up. Happens with all downloaded themes, ones ive made myself, everything. Odd!
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Thank you NEW YORK im just dumb rn haha