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Dude. I tried to downgrade my firmware on my G1 and I got Update terminate UPDATE FAIL.
now Im stuck on the boot loader.
How do I fix it??
Re-download the dreaimg.nbh file and try, try again.
I have nowhere to download it to. If I download it theres no way to put it on the phone because it wont start up to mount....
I just went to tmobile and got a new one. I want to unlock my phone but I can't have that happen again..
Any reason why it happened?
dumbestcrayon said:
I have nowhere to download it to. If I download it theres no way to put it on the phone because it wont start up to mount....
I just went to tmobile and got a new one. I want to unlock my phone but I can't have that happen again..
Any reason why it happened?
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ok (reading the screen name)
so i'm just gonna have to start guessing here .. um .. fix the problem by flushing it down the toilet .. kidding
seriously .. people might need a little more info .. like the steps you took to get where you are .. DREAIMG.nbh file gets extracted to an empty SD .. hold CAMERA + POWER to get to the load screen .. POWER to continue? these the steps? you downloaded the right version? RC29 - US i'm guessing?
by the way .. if it happens to fail .. take the battery out and try again
LucidREM said:
ok (reading the screen name)
so i'm just gonna have to start guessing here .. um .. fix the problem by flushing it down the toilet .. kidding
seriously .. people might need a little more info .. like the steps you took to get where you are .. DREAIMG.nbh file gets extracted to an empty SD .. hold CAMERA + POWER to get to the load screen .. POWER to continue? these the steps? you downloaded the right version? RC29 - US i'm guessing?
by the way .. if it happens to fail .. take the battery out and try again
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Those were the directions I followed exactly. I know what I'm doing. I'm very computer literate. I am using Ubuntu not Windoze. I used Gparted to format the disk to fat32. With nothing on the disk I put the DREAIMG.nbh on the card. I rebooted the phone with the camera button and power. It started the update and said Update Failed. After that I tried removing the battery and the SD card and everything possible. Nothing happened. It would only go to the bootloader with "Serial0" written in the middle of it. I want to do it and have root access to my G1 because I know how to use Linux but I can't have that happen again because I already had to go all of today without my phone because I had to go to T-Mobile after I got off of work.
Nevermind I just did it again and it worked.
I guess it just failed the first time for some dumb reason.
Can you give me the link to the DREAIMG.nbh you used? i am in a bit of a pickle here too. exact same problem with my flash. Darn it. I am in Ghana so there is no way i can return it.
hiroprotagonist said:
Can you give me the link to the DREAIMG.nbh you used? i am in a bit of a pickle here too. exact same problem with my flash. Darn it. I am in Ghana so there is no way i can return it.
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check the first sticky in this forum, RC29 = DREAIMG.nbh, RC8 = DREAMIMG.nbh... good luck
Yeah, thats the one i used. It really screwed me over. Tried another one with the md5 checksum that matched. Screwed. I am losing my mind
YES YES YES YES! it worked this time. The issue with corrupted files is a distinct possibility! Sweet! i am so happy. Now to get past the pesky activation screen
dumbestcrayon said:
I have nowhere to download it to. If I download it theres no way to put it on the phone because it wont start up to mount....
I just went to tmobile and got a new one. I want to unlock my phone but I can't have that happen again..
Any reason why it happened?
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I see exactly the same problem. do I have to go back to T1 to re-flash the phone? Damn, I'm out of US, and cannot do that.
Any other solutions?
This is my first post. I had this problem and after taking battery out and retrying it multiple times and still no go but was lucky to still have my old mothballed T-Mo Wing. I just put the SD card into the Wing, re download the dreaimg.nbh, copyed it to the Wing, put the SD card back in to the G1 and it worked. A digital camera, printer, anything that takes micro SD card or a reader can be had for 10 to 20 dollars.
John Morris
The image updater checks for rom checksum before it flashes the rom, so the sd card and the image must be ok. Maybe the eeprom/flash chip in the phone is bad?
The exact same thing happened to me the first time.
To fix it, I reformated my SD card, re-unzipped the folder and re-copied it to the card. Didn't redownload or anything. I think it was something funky with the copy or unzipping or something.
The next time I started the update it worked fine and has been perfect.
Hi Dumbest,
Was the dumb reason a corrupted file then?
Inquiring minds want to know.
dumbestcrayon said:
Nevermind I just did it again and it worked.
I guess it just failed the first time for some dumb reason.
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Folks, invest in a card reader before attempting to mod your phone. T-Mobile stores sell them for like $9.95. A lot of online stores give them away for free with a card purchase. This eliminates the "my phone won't boot so how can I put a new file on my card" problem.
99.999% of these failures are due to one of 3 things - didn't format the card to FAT32 first, file was named incorrectly, or file was a partial/corrupted download. With a card reader, it's trivial to recover from any of these problems in seconds.
I have two android phones, one for me and one for my wife, the dreaimg worked fine on mine but on hers it keeps coming up saying os fail with the error 0018003.
I used the same sd card and all.
Is there any other ideas out there?
Josh
okay hers took the rc30 downgrade, but still wont take the rc29.
I put it as rc30 and gave up for now, i'll be in hot water if i couldn't get anything up on hers.
Still strange, everything was the same, except the sim card.
oneadvent said:
okay hers took the rc30 downgrade, but still wont take the rc29.
I put it as rc30 and gave up for now, i'll be in hot water if i couldn't get anything up on hers.
Still strange, everything was the same, except the sim card.
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Ok... I had the same issue. I eliminated all possiblilities as to why my phone would fail. And finally, right before giving up and just loading the rc30, I created a gold card for my sdcard. and BAM after 50 attempts with the same rc29 file... it loaded first try. I have an american T-mo G1 with the PVT hardware and for whatever reason it would not accept anything below rc30. Gold Card = master key.
is your usb cable connected when you try to flash ? If yes: Try without usb cable. I had a bronze G1 and it took me about 3 hours and nothing worked. When I unplugged usb it worked. I dont know if this was really the reason but you can give it a try....
I got a new Galaxy S phone, im sorta new. It was working one minute, then the screen went black. Now when i turn it on it goes to the logo screen and galaxy s screen but then goes completely black and doesn't boot into the phone - the bottom 2 lights are on as well.
I can access download mode -- how do i fix this without losing too much stuff ? but I am way too new. Please help
I will donate money to a paypal account if you can help me
what model is it? where did you buy it from?
allotrios said:
what model is it? where did you buy it from?
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i9000m from Bell in Canada
it just went black for no reason , not rooted or anything ...
Sorry mate, I am not familiar with the Canadian flavour of the phone so I am not sure where I could point you at and I don;t want to give you potentially bad advice. If you feel brave, you could check the developer boards. They have instructions about flashing the phone. To keep the most, I would think you should try not to repartitionm, and try flashing the same version of the firmware you are on now.
You have experienced the infamous internal sd card failure that affects our i9000m here in Canada.
All you can do is take it back for exchange or send in for repair. There is no way to fix this on your own.
Sorry for the bad news...
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA App
yiannisthegreek said:
You have experienced the infamous internal sd card failure that affects our i9000m here in Canada.
All you can do is take it back for exchange or send in for repair. There is no way to fix this on your own.
Sorry for the bad news...
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA App
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Internal SD card error ? WTF ?
is this fixable if I can get into download mode ?
did a factory reset via download mode
seemed to fix it
should i get the phone replaced regardless ?
how do i know if it's an internal sd card issue ?
I'm experiencing a similar problem. Can you point me to the link(s) of how you did the factory reset via download mode?
Thanks
Hi there!
I have bricked my phone and it is in "download" mode.
Is there a way to "bring it back" with Odin?
Thanks!
M.
Did they repaired your phone for the second time? If not, what did they said? What did you do in the first place that you bricked it?
Sent from my Ideos X5
Still waitin'
Nobody called me, don't know what's happening with my phone.
Get back here when new info available.
No, Odin is for Samsung
Better try to flash stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205307
darkfiremark said:
No, Odin is for Samsung
Better try to flash stock rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205307
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People still doesn't read. I said that it is bricked! Cannot install anything on.
Brgds
What do you mean by download mode? if you turn it on with vol up and down and power held, what happens?
Try put stock rom (2.3 or 2.2 depending on what was on phone before) in dload folder on sd card and it might flash firmware off that.
If you're on download mode then you can upload a recovery an boot image. Do it and use that to flash any rom you want.
I appreciate people trying to help. But sometimes it is good to stay quiet. So please, don't reply with funny suggestions.
Thanks.
Hello;
What, exactly, is "download mode"?
For someone how's in need of help, you should take it easy on the atitude and provide more info for those sparing a moment of their lives to try to help you out, no?
bonowax said:
Hello;
What, exactly, is "download mode"?
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http://androidforums.com/vibrant-tips-tricks/177526-how-enter-download-mode-what-worked-me.html
VuDuCuRSe said:
For someone how's in need of help, you should take it easy on the atitude and provide more info for those sparing a moment of their lives to try to help you out, no?
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I am just trying to say that sometimes it is better to no reply at all.
If i said that the telephone is bricked and only in download mode you should know what does it mean before you reply. That's all. No hard feelings.
Try using a FAT32 formatted sdcard, with nothing in it but the dload folder with a stock ROM.
Couple days ago, I deleted all files from my U8800's FAT32 and EXT4 partitons - yes, even the 'image' folder, connected to my Linux box.
Because I wanted to revert to stock Froyo, i dumped back partition 5, from a backup I did some months ago - but this part is not relevant.
Formatted the card, dumped the dload folder into it, with a card reader; removed the battery and followed the procedure described in your link.
First try, it displayed some error message - can't remember - second try it showed up the pink screen, followed by the blue screen and initiated the ROM flashing. My phone is now fine and dandy... Oh, it rebooted three times after installing stock Froyo, so don't be alarmed when you get there.
Cheers
Good luck
bonowax said:
Try using a FAT32 formatted sdcard, with nothing in it but the dload folder with a stock ROM.
Couple days ago, I deleted all files from my U8800's FAT32 and EXT4 partitons - yes, even the 'image' folder, connected to my Linux box.
Because I wanted to revert to stock Froyo, i dumped back partition 5, from a backup I did some months ago - but this part is not relevant.
Formatted the card, dumped the dload folder into it, with a card reader; removed the battery and followed the procedure described in your link.
First try, it displayed some error message - can't remember - second try it showed up the pink screen, followed by the blue screen and initiated the ROM flashing. My phone is now fine and dandy... Oh, it rebooted three times after installing stock Froyo, so don't be alarmed when you get there.
Cheers
Good luck
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I tried all you mentioned 30 X and more then that But no success
Btw: if you dumped back your partition from backup you had access to internal memory ... i don't have that connection neither on Ubuntu or Windows. I got pink screen but it is in "Download mode" only.
Thanks.
Can you explain me how did you get your Huawei u8800 enter in Download mode if it's a feature of some samsung smartphones to work with odin ?
You're being a little rude for those who're tryin' to help you, you should be more polite ma friend...
You didn't even say what rom were you using... so I guess you don't even deserve any help from anybody.
Peace
I've had download mode on my previous Android device - LG GT540. All it needed to enter such mode was to remove the battery, SIM and sdcard , and plug the USB cable. It would enter download mode and allow a stock ROM to be flashed with the standard LG update tool.
Actually, I dumped partition 5 back to the phone prior to erasing every file system in it, and indeed had pink screen mode access in order to do it...
Sorry it didn't work out for you.
Loureiro said:
Can you explain me how did you get your Huawei u8800 enter in Download mode if it's a feature of some samsung smartphones to work with odin ?
You're being a little rude for those who're tryin' to help you, you should be more polite ma friend...
You didn't even say what rom were you using... so I guess you don't even deserve any help from anybody.
Peace
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I've installed some custom ROM and after reboot it stopped to boot in HUAWEI logo. And that was it. I have tried to install official ROM's all of them with standard methods (dload folder) but every time ends in step 2/2 (installation failed or something like that). I opened up new thread with that few weeks ago:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466953
This thread was supposed to answer my question at the top. And some guys did. I don't know how can thread be closed by the author. I've try to find it but with no success.
I appreciate people like to help. But if people don't know what i am asking why answering and asking questions that are answered in many threads before.
You see .. this thread should be as small as possible but ends with looong explanations which doesn't help at all
Peace.
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Okay guys.The last today I was messing around with aurora rom and have done some flashing. It was a matter of time for my phone not to boot up since I was flashing custom modded aurora rom(by sakura 2.11a).
The phone doesn't boot.I just see the ideos logo and stays there forever.The same applies also if I try to boot from recovery 5.0.27.Again I'm stuck at ideos logo.
I have a lot of working backups both in my internal and external sd.I only need to reach recovery once !!!
I can access the pink screen and I can see the following files as seen in the screenshoot.
The recovery img is this one : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19331019#
I downloaded the recovery again and compared the phone one with the downloaded one via md5 and crc32(it's the same img).
The boot.img was replaced with the sakura 2.11a because it firstly was a custom one I had created (my bad ... )
The other files are left untouched because I don't know if I should mess with them.
I can connect my external sd card to my laptop and can see all the files are there.I can also write files.
Should I try the solution in post 2 at this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579366
Please help me! I'm pretty much desperate here xD
Thanks in advance!
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geocheats2 said:
you got pm (bored to write english)
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Well, we understand that, but if you have a solution to the problem posted, it would be nice to see it written for the whole community, so that if anyone falls into the same issue they will know what to do...
Okay I will tell you something but please don't laugh at me.
I think from the shock that the phone didn't boot my mind messed up the key combination and instead of pressing power & volume up I was pressing power & volume down. That's what I thought after restoring. I copied into my external sd card the dload folder I used to upgrade from 2.2.2 to 2.3.5 and I used power & volume up. It booted into recovery. I restored a backup and everything returned to normal. After that I read genokolar's instructions on how to boot into recovery and I think it was just me who used the wrong key combination
It seems really funny now Panic can be the worst thing in the world sometimes
anyway,problem solved!!!!!
ilciumbia said:
Well, we understand that, but if you have a solution to the problem posted, it would be nice to see it written for the whole community, so that if anyone falls into the same issue they will know what to do...
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i have written it more than twice in similar posts here if someone searches for that i believe he will find the answer
Hello guys .
First of all i want to apologize for my bad english.
I bought a dell streak 5 mini second hand . it was working perfect but after 2 days it startet to reboot non stop ,
Sometimes it was stuck on dell logo sometimes not working at all. So i started reading in the forums what to do.
I downloaded the stock 1.6 ROM and the recovery. I downloaded Drivers for Android Device . ADB drivers etc.
I downgrade it but no luck still rebooting . Then i Upgrade it still no luck .
Then i replace the internal SD car hoping that this is going to solve my problem.
The firs time i switched the phone on it made its own partitions in the new SD card and lunched the android but it crashed again .
than i install QDL tool made a recovery update it to 2.2 stock ROM
And now its not stuck on dell logo but its still crashing.
Dont know what to do.
Dell Bulgaria dont want to help me
Did anyone had this problem Please help me i love my phone and i dont want to trow it away .
svetlyo0659 said:
Hello guys .
First of all i want to apologize for my bad english.
I bought a dell streak 5 mini second hand . it was working perfect but after 2 days it startet to reboot non stop ,
Sometimes it was stuck on dell logo sometimes not working at all. So i started reading in the forums what to do.
I downloaded the stock 1.6 ROM and the recovery. I downloaded Drivers for Android Device . ADB drivers etc.
I downgrade it but no luck still rebooting . Then i Upgrade it still no luck .
Then i replace the internal SD car hoping that this is going to solve my problem.
The firs time i switched the phone on it made its own partitions in the new SD card and lunched the android but it crashed again .
than i install QDL tool made a recovery update it to 2.2 stock ROM
And now its not stuck on dell logo but its still crashing.
Dont know what to do.
Dell Bulgaria dont want to help me
Did anyone had this problem Please help me i love my phone and i dont want to trow it away .
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have tried all those reset and wipes? do all that.. and then use another external sd card... sometimes the problem comes from external sd card itself...
deysmacro said:
have tried all those reset and wipes? do all that.. and then use another external sd card... sometimes the problem comes from external sd card itself...
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But the internal SD card is new 4 GB HC class 4
svetlyo0659 said:
But the internal SD card is new 4 GB HC class 4
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Why don't gather reboot logs instead of making blind guesses?
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Why don't gather reboot logs instead of making blind guesses?
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HOW do i do that ?
Attach Streak (in loop state) to PC and issue a
adb logcat -d > mylog.txt
in commandline.
Attach zipped mylog.txt here.