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G1 Wont boot after SPL Update

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

G1 wont start

hey guys i was using this tutorial http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/how-to-root-the-mytouch-3g-or-g1-in-one-click/
and then i used http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/22/ho...ps2sd-onto-your-g1-or-mytouch-3g-best-method/
and i got stuck after i updated my spl
here is what i get when i do power+camera
DREAM PVT 32B ENG S-OFF
HBOOT 1.33.2005
CPLD-4
RADIO2.22.19.261
HBOOT
BACK FASTBOOT MODE

oh yeah and i didnt install the radio update because it said i didnt need it, however i did install the spl update

Download and install RC29 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480 and continue to use that guide until it says What To Do Now That You Have Root. When you get to that step download Cyan 4.0.4 instead of the ones linked.

I think all his problem is he needs to reflash a new rom. Once you install the new spl it overwrites your existing rom causing you to be stuck at the g1 screen. Flash a new rom and you should be cool.
Whats up FingerLickin, ready to get this day started. Gridlock told me he aint gonna be on til round 8 tonight. So its me, you, and codini and maybe david might pop in.

I agree with supreme's suggestion, ignore my half asleep post above.
grid got too drunk last night didn't he. anywho I'm awake now and at work, let the fun begin.

Fingerlickin said:
I agree with supreme's suggestion, ignore my half asleep post above.
grid got too drunk last night didn't he. anywho I'm awake now and at work, let the fun begin.
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He sent me a message at like 4:45 this morning, dam that must be nice to be able to do all that. I'm not awake, body is sore and at work. At least XDA keeps me motivated thru out the day. I need to quit actin like a kid on the weekends I'm getting to old.

what rom would you suggest?

Cyanogen rom's are a good start. There's stable and experimental available.

okay, thats what i did.
thanks everybody i thought i was scr3wed for a second there.

No problem at all, and your never screwed when you got the wreckin crew.

And if you are screwed we will rub it in your face.

Video of me bricking my Magic, what went wrong?

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

e:cant open/ cache/recovery/command????!!!

Posted this at the CM camp, three days now no answer so hopefully you guys can help me out...
Ok so I decided to unroot (mytouch 32b original) and Im having a problem getting back to 1.6. I got down to 1.5 no problem by applying SAPPIMG but its been three days and no ota 1.6 so I decided to manually apply the update but all I get is
e:cant open/ cache/recovery/command
--Install from sdcard..
Finding update package..
Opening update package..
E:Cant open /sdcard/update.zip
(no such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
Wtf?
I tried to use re-flash sappimg three times now which works until I try to manually update the 1.6 update always witht the same result. I have searched and searched but havent found any posts with the same problem...

Ok Im seriously about to DROWN my dam phone at this point
I have no clue what the heck is going on, I followed a thread on here to unroot to "Legal" 1.6 from I dont remeber who and now my phone is all screwy! Ive tried three different sdcards as a last resort , hard reset twice, flashed sppimg three times and have as a last resort decided to root again just to say screw it and I CANT EVEN DO THAT NOW! I tried flashrec to flash Ra recovery.......didnt work, flash recovery is grayed out...tried a different sdcard since that one was partitioned, same thing.......tried clockwork, Nope! unsuccesful. I was able to use universal androot with success until I try to flash a recovery image and .....FAIL.
WTF?!

OK... Calm down :0)
Start with basics...
Post here ALL fastboot info.
Then which recovery you are trying to flash.
We can fix this together... you just need some guidance because you have many info mixed up.
I got your back :0)

hahaha, Ya I did finally calm down sorry about that... So i was able to root and finally flash a recovery but I still need to get this 1.6 thing figured out.
Heres my hboot info
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
MAY 27 2009, 19:06:41

What rom do you have now?

i just went into my recovery menu to flash the new 2.2.1 ota and had this same error message at the bottom of the screen.
I doubt its anything to worry about but just incase im going to go ahead and
wipe system thru fastboot
reboot into recovery
wipe cache
wipe system again
flash sappimg
reboot
if after that i dont get a cache error, ill wait 24 hours for the 1.6 ota. if it doesnt come, ill go ahead and repeat those steps with the 1.6 update.zip files

It didn't work....

after doing some reading and searching, i think its the SAPPIMG.nbh file that is causing this error. im trying to find one from another source.

I tried two different sappimg files no luck. Hmm, I have the new 2.2 ota posted in the other thread now and ......O!M!G!!!!! I Couldnt be HAPPIER :------D This thing is UNBELEIVABLELY FAST!! I dont think Im gonna worry about the ota ill just keep it rooted for now.
After CM6=(FAIL) (sorry CM camp but I cant live with something as unstable as that but thanks for all the Devs work it was a nice preview ) I thought there was no hope for the mytouch but tmo and google did an insane job. This thing runs as fast as my buddies incredible now

firedude12 said:
I tried two different sappimg files no luck. Hmm, I have the new 2.2 ota posted in the other thread now and ......O!M!G!!!!! I Couldnt be HAPPIER :------D This thing is UNBELEIVABLELY FAST!! I dont think Im gonna worry about the ota ill just keep it rooted for now.
After CM6=(FAIL) (sorry CM camp but I cant live with something as unstable as that but thanks for all the Devs work it was a nice preview ) I thought there was no hope for the mytouch but tmo and google did an insane job. This thing runs as fast as my buddies incredible now
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I wouldnt mind doing the same but i dont want root anymore.
Too be honest, i dont even want this phone anymore....

Foo_Blyat said:
I wouldnt mind doing the same but i dont want root anymore.
Too be honest, i dont even want this phone anymore....
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Thats what I said until I flashed the ota......just try it and trust me its AWESOME!!
I ran quadrant with cpu overclock to near 700mhz on cm 5.0.8 (what I consider "stable" of CM) after every config imaginable I could only peak at 212-15, the ota?
360-70

Please Help, looped boot screen, and a newbie to rooting....

Ok, so I don't really know what happened. I rooted my Nexus one a few weeks ago with super one click, and used rom manager to flash clockworkmod recovery, partition my sd card, and then flash CM6.1, everything went fine and it was much easier and quicker than I thought it would be to do.
So, for my fiance's birthday today I started to do the same for her Mytouch 3G as a birthday surprise. I was able to get it rooted using super one click, flashed clockworkmod recovery with rom manager, and everything seemed fine. Then I tried to flash CM6, and it didn't work, then tried it a few more times, and a few other ways, and now the mytouch green screen is looping and I can't get it to turn all the way on, and now I'm going on 6+ hours and I am stumped.
Can anyone please please please help!
I am still able to get to fastboot, and also to clockworkmod recovery, but I have no idea what to do from there, and I have tried everything that my unknowledgable brain can think of. I have done a ton of searches but I can't seem to find any anwers.
Can anyone please help, I would really appreciate it! This turned from a birthday surprise to make her phone more awesome, and now I can't even get it to be usable. :-(
I have completely failed as a signifigant other...
- muteminority

ower your phone down, remove your battery, then reinsert your battery and go back into recovery mode, wipe and then reload the ROM

muteminority said:
I have completely failed as a signifigant other...
- muteminority
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LMAO....For real though, what's your fasboot info?

freshkid87 said:
ower your phone down, remove your battery, then reinsert your battery and go back into recovery mode, wipe and then reload the ROM
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Thank you so much for your reply! I am still really stumped,
Ok, I did exactly what you said to do (twice), and everything looks good up to this point:
(ok, couldn't get the image to link in here because I don't have over 8 posts yet, I can either pm the link, or email the photo or the link)
where it just goes back to the clockworkmod recovery, so I went to reboot, and it gets stuck back in the loop.
Also, the only time I can catch it to either get into fastboot to shut the phone down or get it into clockworkmod recovery is in between the loops (not sure if that info helps)
Thank you again for your help (and anyone else who can help as well). I have skype btw, if it might be easier to help that way.
Also, anyone who can either help me get back to stock froyo or flashed to CM6, there's beer money in it for you! I can't afford a new phone at the moment, and I am really feeling rather embarrassed and inadequate at the moment, lol.
Thanks,
- Muteminority

That's why I need your fastboot info, to get you working. Pull the battery to turn the phone off, then boot into fastboot. I need everything from there.
EDIT: You could also hit me up on Gtalk or MSN messenger at [email protected]

DonJuan692006 said:
LMAO....For real though, what's your fasboot info?
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Thanks for the sympathy, lol.
It says:
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP30000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.28.25
OCT 21 2009, 22:33:27
With the options:
<VOL DOWN> HBoot Mode
<SEND> Reset Device
<ACTION> Restart to HBoot
<MENU> Power Down
Thanks,
- MuteMinority

What files are you flashing exactly?

DonJuan692006 said:
That's why I need your fastboot info, to get you working. Pull the battery to turn the phone off, then boot into fastboot. I need everything from there.
EDIT: You could also hit me up on Gtalk or MSN messenger at [email protected]
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Thanks,
Just posted the fastboot info, and also just sent a gtalk chat invite although from a different username [email protected]
- MM

DonJuan692006 said:
That's why I need your fastboot info, to get you working. Pull the battery to turn the phone off, then boot into fastboot. I need everything from there.
EDIT: You could also hit me up on Gtalk or MSN messenger at [email protected]
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Thank you so much for all the great help!!!
She is so happy, and you really saved me!!!
Thank you Thank you THANK YOU!!!
- MuteMinority

Dude I just flashed that ROM on my phone and it's freaking sweet. That's gotta be one of the best theme jobs I've seen.

It is pretty awesome, and she's loving it! She's said, and from the little bit that I've played with it, that it is a decent bit faster. Although I'm thinking that may in part be because of ADW launcher (which she had never tried before), and also I think she got rid of a few apps that were just taking up space.
Either way, she's super happy with it!
Also, in case anyone was interested, we had to revert back to the unrooted stock 1.6 to get it out of the boot loop, and then rooted with universal androot app, and then flashed Ra recovery through rom manager, and then flashed the rom/theme from Ra recovery. And everything is working great, and I learned quite a bit about this stuff over the past few days!!!
Thanks again to DonJuan692006, I really appreciate it!!!
Now I'm thinking of trying out the CM7 Nightlies on my N1, ;-)
- MuteMinority