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G1 stuck in recovery, unable to flash

I'm a newbie with this phone that need some pro point me to the right direction. I have a G1 with unknown history, all it doing now is when turn on, after G1 logo, it go straight to recovery mode. I tried Alt+L and Alt+w to factory reset but it doesn't help. I followed other thread and tried to install Download HTC Dream Image 1.6 but getting the following error
Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: No signature (412 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted
on top of the screen it show Android system recovery <2e>
I been googling but was overwhelm with all different rom and instructions.
and I can't get the phone to enter bootloader mode when press Camera + power, it just go straight to recovery mode.

abcchoier said:
I'm a newbie with this phone that need some pro point me to the right direction. I have a G1 with unknown history, all it doing now is when turn on, after G1 logo, it go straight to recovery mode. I tried Alt+L and Alt+w to factory reset but it doesn't help. I followed other thread and tried to install Download HTC Dream Image 1.6 but getting the following error
Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: No signature (412 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted
on top of the screen it show Android system recovery <2e>
I been googling but was overwhelm with all different rom and instructions.
and I can't get the phone to enter bootloader mode when press Camera + power, it just go straight to recovery mode.
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something's wrong with the image file you're trying to install. From the looks of it, the files aren't signed, so the phone won't install it.
I'm assuming you're looking for the official 1.6 image and you have a regular g1, not a ADP1 so...
look around the forums here, someone reuploaded those files since htc pulled them down from their website.
Be aware that if you just install the official 1.6 image, the recovery menu is gonna be gone. Or at least it was for me when i did. You're gonna have to reinstall the recovery menu if you use just the official image, without any other roms like CM.

Do I need to install this Dream 1.6 image first or fix SPL since I can't get to bootloader? How can I flash Radio and SPL if I can't get to bootloader mode?

abcchoier said:
Do I need to install this Dream 1.6 image first or fix SPL since I can't get to bootloader? How can I flash Radio and SPL if I can't get to bootloader mode?
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Follow this guide if you have a Tmobile G1

jamesrdorn said:
Follow this guide if you have a Tmobile G1
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thanks for the response. I followed the step but stuck at step 4. Whe I hold the camera button and select reboot option, after phone reboot, it go back to the recovery screen, no grey screen at all.

ahhh!
abcchoier said:
thanks for the response. I followed the step but stuck at step 4. Whe I hold the camera button and select reboot option, after phone reboot, it go back to the recovery screen, no grey screen at all.
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did you ever find a fix?? i'm having the same problem

Your Home key isn't stuck is it? If you only press Back while you're in recovery, does the phone reboot, or do you HAVE to press Home + Back? It's a longshot, but that would be an epic facepalm if I may say so myself.

Im pretty much having this same problem, i cant even get into shell via adb, I get a "exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)" error. another error that i am getting is the E:Can't read MISC: (no space on device) in the recovery console, and i read that the MISC partition contains boot information. i would really like to find a solution to this as i have been looking for a few months now.

abcchoier said:
I'm a newbie with this phone that need some pro point me to the right direction. I have a G1 with unknown history, all it doing now is when turn on, after G1 logo, it go straight to recovery mode. I tried Alt+L and Alt+w to factory reset but it doesn't help. I followed other thread and tried to install Download HTC Dream Image 1.6 but getting the following error
Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: No signature (412 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted
on top of the screen it show Android system recovery <2e>
I been googling but was overwhelm with all different rom and instructions.
and I can't get the phone to enter bootloader mode when press Camera + power, it just go straight to recovery mode.
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i have the same problem and i try to unbrick but i dont see the grey screen ethir....it took me to system recovery again.....how can u solve this?

Hi,
I have the same problem. My DREA110 HTC G1 T-MOBILE (UK) phone shows me an EXCLAMATION mark in a triangle form.
When i press ALT - L it shows me ANDROID SYSTEM RECOVERY 2E menu with 4 options
reboot system now HOME BACK
apply sdcard:update.zip ALT S
wipe data/factory reset ALT W
wipe cache partition
these are tried so far.
1-I have rebooted phone using 1 option in menu but got same error message.
2-downloaded Android 1.0 RC33 from here (http code google com/p/android-roms/wiki/Unbrick) and renamed as update.zip and put into a FAT32 formatted 2gb memory card and used apply sdcard:update.zip option but received error messages below
E:CAN'T MOUNT /DEV/BLOCK/MMCBLK0P1
(OR /DEV/BLOCK/MMCBLK0
(NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY)
E:CAN'T MOUNT SDCARD:UPDATE.ZIP
INSTALLATION ABORTED
i am a newbie please help.

Anyone ever figure this out? Trying to help a friend out with a G1.

buttered_popcorn:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Dream:_Rooting
Just use this^
The downgrading part should restore you back to stock 1.0
My belief is that if you screw up restore to stock 1.0 and redo everything
If you gave us a bit more detail though we might find a easier method for you

Thanks, my friend got the phone with a broken screen and all it does its boot to the screen with the exclamation point on it.
Followed the guide in your link to downgrade the firware. We get stuck on the step to boot into bootloader. Holding camera and power just gets us to recovery (screen with exclamation) not into bootloader. After messing around a bit I found that if I hold "home" and "back" and then press power it SOMETIMES goes into bootloader. When I do get into bootloader nothing works to flash the .nbh file. By nothing works i mean no buttons work at all to flash or to cancel.

buttered_popcorn said:
Thanks, my friend got the phone with a broken screen and all it does its boot to the screen with the exclamation point on it.
Followed the guide in your link to downgrade the firware. We get stuck on the step to boot into bootloader. Holding camera and power just gets us to recovery (screen with exclamation) not into bootloader. After messing around a bit I found that if I hold "home" and "back" and then press power it SOMETIMES goes into bootloader. When I do get into bootloader nothing works to flash the .nbh file. By nothing works i mean no buttons work at all to flash or to cancel.
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Than its a hardware problem
The buttons are broken
You can try take it apart and look inside, but it sounds like it's totalled.

thats what we decided last night also. Thanks for the help

Same issue but a little more twisted
I tried flashing my G1 and it bricked(Soft Brick).
Somehow by luck I flashed the DREAIMG.nbh and have a stock phone now.
But the problem is I cant pass the Stratup screen because I get no network.
Unable to connect to the internet as well.
I tried the orange DREAIMG.nbh which bypasses the startup screen, even thought i come to the Home screen i get no network.
It gives an Error while trying to search for a Network.
When i try to flash any update.zip files it gives an error
E: No Signature
E: Verification Failed
Installation aborted.
When I enter the Recovery mode i get a error line saying " E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Any run around to this??? Is this by any chance a Hardware issue?

I doubt it, what recovery do you have? Also with the spl you know have just use fastboot flash for you roms, your error rate will be down to nothing
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using xda premium

Its a Android System recovery utility, I cant get to the home screen also becuase i have no connectivity to get past the the Google sign in screen...
I tried the Fastboot but have no idea how to go with it!!
Need some help with it...

There are plenty of fastboot how tos amoung these threads here, otherwise go straight to the sdk website and there will be plenty of options, on my phone now so I can't walk you through it well. Pretty much download the sdk package to your comp and then make sure all the proper drivers are downloaded. Either change the variables in your device manager or open a cmd in the folder where fastbooot is located. You can also just change directories to get there. Put the files you need in the same folder as fastboot. Plug in your phone with it in hboot mode and you should see fastboot usb show up. The do fastboot -w then fastboot flash for whatever rom you need. Check the toutorials it will be more help
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using xda premium

sandy_nocturnal said:
I tried flashing my G1 and it bricked(Soft Brick).
Somehow by luck I flashed the DREAIMG.nbh and have a stock phone now.
But the problem is I cant pass the Stratup screen because I get no network.
Unable to connect to the internet as well.
I tried the orange DREAIMG.nbh which bypasses the startup screen, even thought i come to the Home screen i get no network.
It gives an Error while trying to search for a Network.
When i try to flash any update.zip files it gives an error
E: No Signature
E: Verification Failed
Installation aborted.
When I enter the Recovery mode i get a error line saying " E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Any run around to this??? Is this by any chance a Hardware issue?
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have you configured your network orange in APN ?
Sorry I'm French
I have a problem with one phone and I found it on the site
There is just a mistake, we must put the sim card in the phone
"androidforums.com/g1-support/6564-activate-stock-g1-over-wifi.html"

[Q] I wanted to install DextersGalaxyA500 but now my device is not responding

I have Acer Iconia Tab A500 running on Honeycomb 3.1. I needed to replace its software. So what I did was:
1) Rooted my device with that - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138228
2) downloaded and installed AcerRecoveryInstaller - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.interphaze.AcerRecoveryInstaller
3) downloaded DextersGalaxyA500-p1 and DextersGalaxyA500-p1-avi-patch from http://dext3r.komodin.org/
4) Copyed them to my internal memory, the downloaded app which allowed me to copy to SDCard and copyed to SD card.
5) started AcerRecoveryInstaller and clicked boot into recovery.
6) selected install from SD card
7) selected DextersGalaxyA500-p1.zip
8) install started
9) intall ended and boots (samsung logo) wohooo happy!
10) what the hell is this? Some noise coming from speaker, apps are not responding, device ultra slow - unusable.
11) somehow manage to open AcerRecoveryInstaller click boot into recovery - BOOM! android logo with warning sign, waits about 5 mins then reboots to OS. Thats it.
+ also when I turn of the device, hold power button+sound til the text comes to the corner i get an android logo + warning sign icon, this time its bit different icon. Waits about 5 mins then reboots to OS.
What have I done wrong and how to fix it?

Did you wipe everything, like (dalvik)cache, before installing the new ROM?
Did you check the MD5 checksum on the downloaded ROM?
Can you get into recovery and try to install a different ROM?

Try putting a stock Acer update.zip in the root folder of your micro sd card and then use standard Acer upgrade procedures to get back to stock. (i.e hold the power and vol+ button while booting).
Should that not work, I'd try to do a complete factory reset / wipe using the rotation lock method described elsewhere in this forums. (sorry I cant recall the exact order of things well enough to quote them but a quick search will find them... ).

pattiman said:
Did you wipe everything, like (dalvik)cache, before installing the new ROM?
Did you check the MD5 checksum on the downloaded ROM?
Can you get into recovery and try to install a different ROM?
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1) No
2) No. With what should I compare it (dext3r.komodin.org didn't give out MD5 hash codes)
3) Luckyly, I found out that I can (had to hold start+volume up little bit longer)
What should I do now? Select: "wipe data/factory reset" + "wipe cache partition" + and then install from SD card again?

TheDroidProject said:
1) No
2) No. With what should I compare it (dext3r.komodin.org didn't give out MD5 hash codes)
3) Luckyly, I found out that I can (had to hold start+volume up little bit longer)
What should I do now? Select: "wipe data/factory reset" + "wipe cache partition" + and then install from SD card again?
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Pretty much, yes.. You should always do this when installing a different ROM. It's often OK for new versions of the same ROM, but between different ROMs you must wipe your device or you risk problems.

Thank you guys!
Everything working after cleanup and new install, really appreciate it!

This is why these boards are great, you got your problem solved in a matter of a couple of hours from experienced members. XDA is the greatest!

See that's what these forums are for. Thanks for helping this person out guys. Keep it up

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
;-)
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using XDA App

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
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium

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)

Looping Boot (Advanced Hack Kit)

Hi all,
Ok, so after attempting to root my device with the "Advanced Hack Kit / Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821), I managed to do something wrong in the process.
While rooting, I managed to drop my phone so I restarted itself. It went directly to the HTC logo. Now when powering up the phone it gets stuck at the logo and won't go any further.
What I have tried:
- Recovery (VOL.DOWN+POWER): Nothing really happens here, except that it directs me to an red exclamation mark with a triangle around it.
- Android System Recovery(3e): Tried all the choices available, none of them worked. However, in the menu I see an error message saying: E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command. When trying "Apply sdcard;updatezip" it just get's the same error message + "E:signature verification failed. Installation aborted.
Other info:
- Phone: HTC Desire HD
- Rooting Tool: Advanced Hack Kit
- Radio: S-OFF (26.03.02.23M)
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I'm really no expert, but it seems like I'm left without a ROM or ClockWork Recovery.
If anyone got some good tips on what I can do,please help me
Thanks in advance!

You have S-Off, it's good, that means, that AAHK have done the main part of job. You can continue it yourself. Put that in the root of sdcard, and reboot into bootloader (Volume Down + PWR). It will ask to update or not, agree with VOL Up. Then wait, it will install ClockWorkMod Recovery. When you have done, install any ROM you like.

Dj_Amal said:
You have S-Off, it's good, that means, that AAHK have done the main part of job. You can continue it yourself. Put that in the root of sdcard, and reboot into bootloader (Volume Down + PWR). It will ask to update or not, agree with VOL Up. Then wait, it will install ClockWorkMod Recovery. When you have done, install any ROM you like.
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That worked just fine. Thank you so much for the quick response and for the help

[Q] HTC HD2 Full Reset Help!

Can someone please explain in full detail with steps on how to reset my HTC HD2 and my SD card in it. Also, could someone then explain how to perfectly install PixelDroid_AOKP (Or another really good one) onto my phone. I'm having trouble resetting my phone and sd card and then formatting it to the correct thing. Then after that, I have problems using the correct choices to install as there are so many different ones and I do not know what to choose. Anyone know the answer?

Reboot your phone and keep pushing volume down, when you are in 4 colors (bootlader) use Task29 to format your device from PC, Connect HD2 to pc let windows install drivers, then execute task29, when you reach 99% kepp pushing volume down to boot again in bootlader (4colors). After Task29 instal MAGLRD, when it is installed reboot your phone and whenyou see go, go, go appear keep pushing on/off botton to boot in MAGLRD, go to flahsable mode and install Recovery CMW or 4EXT, whatever, before that open flash.cfg file with note and set up the file like the developers asking on they roms, (Partition 200mb, Cahe 2mb exc) when you installed recovery put the rom zip file which you like to sd, format your sd from pc before, then boot in MAGLRD, when you are there boot in recovery and select flash from zip in installation, done, enjoy the rom. After installation reboot your phone 3 times. Flash in this way how many time you like and if you have problems do not ask me. :laugh:
Hit 10 times thanks botton.

I forgot one of the most important part, before do all from my first post you have to install first HSPL and after that a Radio, I think v2.12.50.02_2 it's good enough.
Hit Thanx.