So I flashed the OTA update and now have the 1.33.0013 SPL.
I had previously been rooted prior to this so I decided to do it again.
I rooted the stock 2.2.1 and installed a custom recovery through command line once I got SU. I think the OS was blocking me from opening ROM Manager cause no matter how many times I tried to open it, it would not turn on (this is after a first boot from wipe).
However, once I got a custom recovery I booted into it, Nandroided what was already there and removed the default 2.2.1. It unroots you as soon as you boot into it so I wanted to avoid that.
So now I'm trying to Flash Cyan 6.1 and also the Remix of Cyan 6.0 with the 2.2.1 base that was posted here in the days prior to the 2.2.1 OTA actually being fully out in ZIP form.
Both result in a never-ending boot. It doesn't loop. It simply doesn't move beyond the splash prior to the SPL / ROM so I always have to take the battery out. No I'm not impatient. I left it on all night to try to get through it.
I can get into Recovery just fine (it's an old version of Clockwork I knew worked). Can I fastboot flash the SPL it has now right from the Clockwork recovery?
Radio is 2.22.27.08 so I don't know if that might also be influencing something.
If anyone is curious I found the answers to my question in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831139
Turns out the Radio is incompatible with the default cyan kernal.
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I rooted my phone using the "one click" root method (from standard Rogers 1.5 firmware) (http://zenthought.org/system/files/asset/2/flashrec-1.1.1-20090908.apk) and then updated to the latest radio:
•2.22.19.26I
•Baseband Version: 62.50S.20.17H_2.22.19.26I
•http://sapphire-port-dream.googlecode.com/files/ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip
I initiall got the box with the arrow then the phone continued to the Rogers boot screen and has been stuck there for 20 minutes at least! So i took out the battery and turned it back on again and it get stuck on the Rogers screen still!
Have I bricked it!?! I thought you can only brick it when you update the SPL ... all I did was update the radio. Please HELP!
Thanks in advance.
Do you have a RA or Cyan recovery?
If so, try booting into it. You know, Home+Power.
yes when i did the "one step" root, it made a recovery image ... but when I press home+power it still sits on the Rogers screen!
the power+camera button combination doesn't work either.
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If it helps I was following the instructions step by step from: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_hack_your_android_g1_phone?page=0,2
If you have a Rogers Dream you should be following the guide here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_Rogers_Dream_EBI1_to_CyanogenMod
You have a radio that is incompatible with your rom and recovery. You should be able to fix this by just flashing the radio for rogers phone again.
Boot into fastboot on your phone using camera and power on and check what SPL you have (hboot 1.33.00??).
according to that guide I bricked my phone:
2.Be very careful of any upgrade or mod instructions that require you to install an HTC "Recovery" zip/image, a replacement radio, or anything that might cause a difference of versions thereby bricking your phone.
eg: you currently have an EBI1 system and recovery image. If you boot an EBI0 radio image you will no longer be able to boot your phone.
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That guide should really say "thereby possibly bricking your phone". I will make the change. If you want me to try to help you fix your phone I can but you will need to tell me what version your spl is.
I would appreciate your help! except that I can't boot into recovery mode/fast boot mode or any other mode, therefore can't check spl version.
I knew that you wouldn't be able to get into recovery but I thought you would still be able to get into fastboot. You can also try holding back while powering on. Without getting into one of these modes I'm afraid there's not much we can do.
Its sorta a long shot but you could try this: (its for the magic but its worth a shot as a last resort)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=548218
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=572683
FLASH RADIO FIRST THEN FLASH SPL. LOOK BELOW FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
you are supposed to update radio and spl. you cannot choose one. first flash radio and when it says to reboot, reboot and it will reboot back into recovery when done. then flash the spl. same steps as above. then wipe data, wipe ext file system, then repair ext. after that flash the rom again. the radio and the spl is from the same site you used.
hope this helped. you should do research before flashing anything. i'm glad i did before flashing a new radio and spl. also once you get sorted out, flash the same recovery image i have (in signature) and make a nandroid backup for cyanogen or a donut rom and make a bart backup for hero rom (i recommend MLIGN 3.2B but switch to the Hero 2.1 ROM when they fix everthing) so you can switch those out. it is safe and I did it a lot of times.
I really want to get 1.6 on my device, (Rogers Dream) but I really don't want to flash the SPL, because if I brick that I have to buy a totally new Dream, no warranty.
What to do!
edit: I booted with camera and power and it says hboot is 1.33.0009, does this mean I don't have to risk bricking when I root? The tutorial is for 1.33.0010.
AndroidNoobie said:
FLASH RADIO FIRST THEN FLASH SPL. LOOK BELOW FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
you are supposed to update radio and spl. you cannot choose one. first flash radio and when it says to reboot, reboot and it will reboot back into recovery when done. then flash the spl. same steps as above. then wipe data, wipe ext file system, then repair ext. after that flash the rom again. the radio and the spl is from the same site you used.
hope this helped. you should do research before flashing anything. i'm glad i did before flashing a new radio and spl. also once you get sorted out, flash the same recovery image i have (in signature) and make a nandroid backup for cyanogen or a donut rom and make a bart backup for hero rom (i recommend MLIGN 3.2B but switch to the Hero 2.1 ROM when they fix everthing) so you can switch those out. it is safe and I did it a lot of times.
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1) This is for ROGERS Dreams, they use different radios and SPLs to regular HTC Dreams/G1's. So your instructions would brick ROGERS Dreams.
2) You don't have to flash the radio and SPL at the same time. They are independant, however the 1.33.2005 requires the 26i radio. If you're on 1.1 and you upgrade to a 1.5/1.6 ROM you should update the radio, but there's no reason to change the SPL from stock unless you want to flash builds the require extra space in the NAND.
if im using the dwang 1.13 flash, will the sapphire radio update work with the g1? is it compatible?
sorry what does updating the radio do for you?
Hi,
I wasn't sure whether to put this in here or the dev forum. So I opted to put it in here, hopefully it gets the right attention.
I have a AU Vodafone HTC Magic(32B), which refuses to let me flash any custom rom on it. Anytime I do so, it gets stuck on the splash screen and never boots.
I was running it for for a few months, without having changed the SPL etc after I got it with Cyanogen. Then I wanted to update to St0kes 2.1 Rom. And it required a ENG SPL so I updated my SPL without issue to 1.33.2005 ENG from Amon Ra's Instructions and then flashed the ROM and had no issues at all for a week or so. Then suddenly my phone decided to get stuck at the splash. From then on i've flashed numerous SPL's etc and the only thing I can get to work is the SAPPIMG.NBH updates. I have a goldcard with one on it that I have been using for recovery etc when I try and flash a rom and it goes bad.
I am able to put a custom recovery on it, and also a Eng SPL. Its currently running Amon Ra's 1.5.2G recovery and 1.33.2005 ENG SPL. But I just tried to flash the Google ION rom from google and it is once again stuck. Which will force me to update with the SAPPIMG.NBH again!
Does anyone have any ideas, I would love to be able to flash a custom rom on this and had no issues at first. Should I update my Radio? I have the 29I radio currently.
To summarise my phone details
AU Vodafone 32B
1.33.2005 ENG SPL
Amon Ra's recovery.
Apologies also for the massive wall of text I hope it makes sense.
I can't seem to find the guide for this. I know it can be done....or am I crazy. I rooted a friends phone this weekend. Tried to use unrevoked but it wouldnt work until I down graded froyo. He's rooted now. But still want to downgrade his hboot. And for the life of me I can't find the guide.
Sent from your moms house on the mothafn' now network.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764062
I think maybe this is what you want. It installs the eng hboot and amon ra recovery in one shot. The updated file with ra 1.8 is in post 18 in that thread. There's a guide in the first post. The only thing I can think to add is that you'll want to have a rom on the sd card ready to go. The reason being, it might boot loop after the install (mine did) and the only way I know to get out of it is to flash a new rom (or reflash the current one).
I can't post the link or i would just do that.
In the EVO 4G Android Development section, the post you want is called 'ENG bootloader (0.76 needed for CM6) extended fastboot commands'
How to successfully downgrade to eng hboot .76.2000
zikronix said:
I can't seem to find the guide for this. I know it can be done....or am I crazy. I rooted a friends phone this weekend. Tried to use unrevoked but it wouldnt work until I down graded froyo. He's rooted now. But still want to downgrade his hboot. And for the life of me I can't find the guide.
Sent from your moms house on the mothafn' now network.
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Zikronix, I have just downgraded my HBOOT from .97 to 0.76.2000. (In fact done this a couple times both from 2.02 and .97). In case you still need this.. below are the steps.
1. Got my replacement EVO today (hboot .97, 3.29.651 build, 1.71 PRI)
2. Rooted it with this method using default (clockworkmod recovery)
3. Rebooted and flashed Amon_ra recovery (optional.. my preference)
4. Copied the correct Eng hboot file (renamed as PC36IMG.zip) to my sdcard, rebooted to bootloader, Eng hboot zip was flashed, I accepted update, done. Rebooted into recovery.
5. Flashed my favorite root ROM (this is necessary bcos the change on hboot does something funky to your existing rom, so you can only reboot into bootloader ... not sure why, some dev should be able to explain more)
6. Done.
I recently downgraded to 1.5 (was on froyo, rooted, hboot 1.33.0013 but got caught in endless boot loop when trying to flash custom rom). I am rooted (can run Titanium, Barnacle, etc.)
Now my new info is:
Sapphire PVT 32B S-On G
HBOOT - 1.33.0006
SAPP 30000
CPLD-10
Radio-2.22.19.261
May 27, 2009
My issue is that I am not able to upgrade now. I can not flash 1.6 or 2.2. I go into Android system recovery, tell it to apply update.zip from sd card and get the following error:
E: can't open /cache/recovery/command" installation aborted
(I have to use the Android system recovery utility because Clockwork Mod is not showing up in the market for me.)
I've tried to use an emulator but that is not working either.
Previously, when on 2.2 I could use adb but now I can't get it to see my device.
After a week of searching forums and trying different things I've found no solution.
How can I get back to Froyo (and stay rooted)?
You get that error after selecting the "update from update.zip" option?
leslye said:
I recently downgraded to 1.5 (was on froyo, rooted, hboot 1.33.0013 but got caught in endless boot loop when trying to flash custom rom). I am rooted (can run Titanium, Barnacle, etc.)
Now my new info is:
Sapphire PVT 32B S-On G
HBOOT - 1.33.0006
SAPP 30000
CPLD-10
Radio-2.22.19.261
May 27, 2009
My issue is that I am not able to upgrade now. I can not flash 1.6 or 2.2. I go into Android system recovery, tell it to apply update.zip from sd card and get the following error:
E: can't open /cache/recovery/command" installation aborted
(I have to use the Android system recovery utility because Clockwork Mod is not showing up in the market for me.)
I've tried to use an emulator but that is not working either.
Previously, when on 2.2 I could use adb but now I can't get it to see my device.
After a week of searching forums and trying different things I've found no solution.
How can I get back to Froyo (and stay rooted)?
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I have to ask since you are from the US, does it have a 3.5 headphone jack on the top?
DonJuan692006 said:
You get that error after selecting the "update from update.zip" option?
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Hi Don Juan (feel like I know you from reading all your helpful posts to others!). Yes, that is the error I get after selecting the "update from update.zip" option? The android recovery system doesn't give me the option of just "install any zip" the way Clockwork does. I can't install Clockwork because it is not showing up in my market - only the paid updated version which I paid and downloaded but needs the free version to work!
Additional info: Received an OTA message to update last night and accepted. That failed as well - got hung up on the triangle exclamation point recovery screen and never moved on.
This morning I tried again and got the same error (E: can't open /cache/recovery/command" installation aborted). When I clicked on "details" it says, "java.util.zip.ZipException: expected End of Central Directory signature"
I googled that error message but didn't find anything applicable to my situation.
Any ideas?
Binary100100 said:
I have to ask since you are from the US, does it have a 3.5 headphone jack on the top?
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Nope. I have the original. No headphone jack.
So the reason you couldn't get a custom ROM working from 2.2 is because you had the new radio. Either rate, have you re-rooted 1.5 using Universal Androot? As for clockwork mod, you should be looking for ROM Manager in the market. That's the app clockwork mod uses.
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DonJuan692006 said:
So the reason you couldn't get a custom ROM working from 2.2 is because you had the new radio. Either rate, have you re-rooted 1.5 using Universal Androot? As for clockwork mod, you should be looking for ROM Manager in the market. That's the app clockwork mod uses.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G using Tapatalk
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I re-rooted on 1.5 - all was well. However, when you are on 1.5 Clockwork Mod is not available in the market or to download. I finally got ADB to stop hanging at device waiting my using the Eugene 373 Method. That allowed me to adb push the first 1.6 update zip (DR92) and after that I was able to push DMD64 by doing the recovery update zip command.
So, I have successfully applied the DR92 & DMD64 updates. That allowed me to go on the updated market and download Clockwork Mod.
But, I've lost root.
My question now is should I go ahead and update to FROYO and then try to root again? Do you have a good link for the FROYO update?
Not Able to Flash Zip
I recently tried to flash Damage Control Rom 5.3. In Rom manager I am unable to down load damage control as I get an error and none of those Roms show up. I got my hands on a Damage control Zip, followed all the steps dalvik wipe etc, booted into recovery and it goes half way and stops saying its done but gets stuck in a reboot loop. What I noticed is I can only flash Roms that are down loaded by Rom Manager directly. I can not flash any Rom just from the Zip as most claim. Do you have any ideas?
By the way I have a HTC Evo and I am running Rom manager Premium. Really hope you can help, thanks.
black6218 said:
I recently tried to flash Damage Control Rom 5.3. In Rom manager I am unable to down load damage control as I get an error and none of those Roms show up. I got my hands on a Damage control Zip, followed all the steps dalvik wipe etc, booted into recovery and it goes half way and stops saying its done but gets stuck in a reboot loop. What I noticed is I can only flash Roms that are down loaded by Rom Manager directly. I can not flash any Rom just from the Zip as most claim. Do you have any ideas?
By the way I have a HTC Evo and I am running Rom manager Premium. Really hope you can help, thanks.
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Since this is the myTouch 3G/Magic section, you'd be better off asking over in the Evo section.
leslye said:
I re-rooted on 1.5 - all was well. However, when you are on 1.5 Clockwork Mod is not available in the market or to download. I finally got ADB to stop hanging at device waiting my using the Eugene 373 Method. That allowed me to adb push the first 1.6 update zip (DR92) and after that I was able to push DMD64 by doing the recovery update zip command.
So, I have successfully applied the DR92 & DMD64 updates. That allowed me to go on the updated market and download Clockwork Mod.
But, I've lost root.
My question now is should I go ahead and update to FROYO and then try to root again? Do you have a good link for the FROYO update?
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If I was you I would stay with 1.6 then flash any ROM running the OTA 2.2.1 Froyo from T-Mobile that way you do not run into any problems. I run the ROM in the link below and it is blazing fast and stable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848791
Thanks for the response! I did go ahead and update to Froyo and then re-rooted with Super 1 click so I am rooted again.
I like the look of the ROM you linked to (Gio's) but it says,
Note:If you have
SPL -> 1.33.0013/1.33.0013d
Radio -> 2.22.27.08/2.22.28.25
Flash Kernel After ROM -> Kernel 2.6.35.10 – OC-UV-RAM-FP – Dream/Sapphire (32B) (Must be on New SPL + Radio 2708 Combo)
I have 1.33.0013 and that radio, so I guess I would have to flash the Kernel. Did you have to do this as well?
I've tried different tools and methods after searching this forum but have been unable to restore the stock recovery.
History: I was on a custom rom (Leedroid). I restored it to stock with a nandroid backup downloaded from here. It was a backup of the service provider I originally got the phone from. I returned it to the radio it came with and I've also set radio and eng on, updated the CID to what I think was the right one and unrooted the phone.
After that, I've tried restoring the stock recovery, but it still shows up as clockworkmod.
When attempting the above with fastboot, it displays that is sends the file, tries to write and then displays a message saying Signature Verification failed?
I've tried initiating the OTA update, but after it powers down and tries to install, I end up getting that triangle with an esclamation mark. Also tried to rename the OTA update to update.zip and start it from clockworkmod and that doesn't work either.
What am I doing wrong?
Have a search in the development thread for the appropriate RUU for your provider and run that, it will put you back completely to stock ie. Recovery/ Splash screens / rom / radio and S-ON
I don't think there is an RUU available as I've tried searching. I could only find a backup. here is the link to the post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19651022&postcount=44
I assume he used clockworkmod to backup so it's a part of it now.
projektr said:
and I've also set radio and eng on, updated the CID to what I think was the right one and unrooted the phone.
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if I understand correctly you are now S-ON? If so there's your problem that is stopping the overwriting of the recovery partition, If I was you I'd try one of the WWE RUUs found here, although you may have an issue with the CID interfering if you do try using AAHK to root and S-OFF then try the RUU