oh no, oh no, what have i done??
I've created a little problem for myself. While at work I performed a wipe/restore on my phone. I have modified rc30 jf 1.3 and when my phone is booting up now I get stuck at the android screen. The green light near the ear piece comes on and a ringing can be heard from the speaker. I have tried to wipe again to no avail. Has anyone heard of this happening? Is it because I have a theme file on my sd card named update.zip? I know I can't be the only one to brick their phone!
blehman said:
I've created a little problem for myself. While at work I performed a wipe/restore on my phone. I have modified rc30 jf 1.3 and when my phone is booting up now I get stuck at the android screen. The green light near the ear piece comes on and a ringing can be heard from the speaker. I have tried to wipe again to no avail. Has anyone heard of this happening? Is it because I have a theme file on my sd card named update.zip? I know I can't be the only one to brick their phone!
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Try reflashing JF 1.3. Did u create a backup?
I did not backup. I will reflash when I get home.
blehman said:
I did not backup. I will reflash when I get home.
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That should work. I had the same problem.
thanks, i need to hear that.
how would i go about using hard spl to bring it back from the dead?
Foolproof solution would be to use RC29 DREAIMG.NBH. More intricate solution is to fastboot flash your nand backups (provided you had the foresight to make backups in the first place).
What jashsu said. I nearly bricked my phone once but reflashing with RC29 was the quick and easy way of saving it.
i need help think that i am bricked
I was on 1.1 ADP JF with the mac 2.2 theme for 1.1 ADP i wanted to get back to the original theme so first i installed the restore theme thing on the fourms after this i have been stuck at the android screen when booting. i have tried to the wipe alt W but right now i am downloading the image file to get back to the original rc 30... can anyone help me out??? i really need to my phone tommorow and help would be much appreciated thank you
Assuming that you have the JF recovery utility, you should be able to copy the update.zip for RC30 to the sdcard (take the sd card out of the phone and copy update.zip to it), and apply the update from the JF recovery utility. You can get into the recovery utility by holding home+power when booting the G1. I hope this helps.
assuming if the above post don't get you up and running you will want to donwload the stock rc29 dreamimg file and copy that manually to your memory card and with the phone off. Hold down the camera button while turning on and you will get a grey screen the and should let you flash back to the original rc29 if you can't to an alt w whipe this would be the next thing I would recomend.
Just to clarify you said your phone is the adp - android developer phone, a phone that allows you to restore the phone to earlier states?
If this is the case you just need to grab a recovery image and reflash your phone by depressing camera on boot or using fastboot to restore your phone to an earlier backed up configuration.
If you don't have the developer phone, and infact have a rooted handset with a custom firmware such as JF your best bet would be as above to roll back to rc29 or rc07 if you're uk based using RC29 DREAMING.nbh -steps can be found here http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Root_For_RC30
The downside is this will require you to reroot your phone. May i suggest in future if you do NOT have a developed phone you install Nandroid and do regular backups before playing with your phone -details here http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/nandroid-v2-0-full-nand-backup-and-restore-tool-9336/
Let us know hopw you get on and if we can offer any further assistance.
ok thanks guys
i installed rc 30's official image to my g1 by power+camera and everything is fine besides being unrooted i think i will root back to ADP again because of its advantages but if i am the flash a theme once again how do i get back to original theme because im sorry but i still dont understand the steps needed to do this from a ADP 1.1 jf build ty
You should have tried updating back to the 1.1 ADP JF version you were on first, would have saved you alot of time.
Hey! I assume for the purposes of this post and on accout of your having dev phon firmware you know how to use fast boot. if not go to http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f28/nandroid-v2-0-full-nand-backup-and-restore-tool-9336/
Anyway if you restart your phone with the home button depressed alt b makes a back up, use fastboot to flash this to your phone and restore it to an earlier state!!!!
Can the G1 officially be bricked?
I know you can screw up and update or 2...but with the PWR + Camera thing and the Home + PWR update method...is there a way to officially brick the G1? or is it relatively brick-proof?
I wouldn't think any phone is brick-proof. Then again, the G1 does seem more "mod" friendly than others.
Flash a corrupt SPL and you will have a brick really fast
AbsoluteDesignz said:
I know you can screw up and update or 2...but with the PWR + Camera thing and the Home + PWR update method...is there a way to officially brick the G1? or is it relatively brick-proof?
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Try it really quick and please post your results lol
I might be wrong, but I think as long as we don't mess with the boot loader, it should always be able to start with camera-power
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i have a g1 that i installed Jesusfreaks 1.31 to and also flashed hardspl to it.. im having serious battery issues so i am going to return my phone for another one.. im trying to find a how-to on reversing everything i have done along with the stock rc30 image... can someone please point me at a tutorial or in the right direction...
i have googled it for the past 30 mins and have found nothing..
thanks
Download the G1Orig SPL here, flash that. Then download one of the revert update packages here and flash that. Remember to Alt+W to wipe the user and cache partitions too.
Edit: By the way are you having recurring serious battery charge loss or was it just one event?
You could flash the original bootloader (image is in the SPL thread) and then load the stock t-mobile rc29 onto your phone. Then take your phone to T-Mobile for warranty.
This way it just seems as though your phone never got the OTA rc30 update
I brought my phone in to ask a question about a clicking noise my phone had (the arm that the display moves on feels loose) when open. The guy behind the counter asked to see my phone and I was not thinking...he took it and noticed the clicking but said it was normal; he showed me his phone and a few display phones that did the same. Then he fired up "About phone" and suddenly became quite...he turned quite confused and told me that this was not a Dev phone. I played dumb and told him "I don't know, this is how it came from the store when I got it last month..." He then rebooted my phone to see both custom spash screens and the engineering boot loader...I wish I had a camera for the look on his face.
Oddly enough, both he and his manager were reluctant to give me my phone back.
So yeah, I recommend putting a stock rc29 on your phone before taking it in
i downloaded the origSPL and when i go to flash it with alt s it says verifying update package
no signature
verification faield
installation aborted
its renamed to update.zip and im assuming because i have done this before that i am doing it correctly .. any advice?
Did you already revert back to official Android? The SPL updaters are signed with test keys, so if you have already reverted to official Android then anything signed with test keys will fail to flash.
this is my build and kernel version..
would this be the updated rc30? i thought that i updated it correctly and i assume that i could not have flashed hard spl if i hadnt
Kernel version
2.6.25-01843-gfae26b0
[email protected] #19
build numberer kila-user 1.0 tc4-rc30 116143 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
When you enter recovery mode do you see JF's custom background or is it the standard recovery?
its JF's recovery screen.. im thinking to flash the test key recovery.img and then downgrade.. flash the new orig spl then the orig rc30.. witll that work?
If you're seeing JF's recovery screen then you already are running on test keys; there is no need to flash a different recovery.img
i have reformatted the sd card a bunch of times... only thing i can thnk of is that when i download the files from here to my mac it comes as a folder and then i zip them and rename them.. can this be the problem?
Comes as a folder? Sorry, I have no idea how macs work (or don't). You should not need to be zipping anything. If it worked before in the past i'm sure you got it working somehow. The MD5 of the file as it appears on the sdcard should be the identical to what I posted in the SPL sticky.
honestabe said:
i downloaded the origSPL and when i go to flash it with alt s it says verifying update package
no signature
verification faield
installation aborted
its renamed to update.zip and im assuming because i have done this before that i am doing it correctly .. any advice?
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just use the RC29 NBH file and flash it from SD card. this will make it like it was out of the box.
but the spl will be the hardspl not the orig spl correct?
NBH file doesn't overwrite the SPL though, does it?
honestabe said:
i have a g1 that i installed Jesusfreaks 1.31 to and also flashed hardspl to it.. im having serious battery issues so i am going to return my phone for another one.. im trying to find a how-to on reversing everything i have done along with the stock rc30 image... can someone please point me at a tutorial or in the right direction...
i have googled it for the past 30 mins and have found nothing..
thanks
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Just flash the Dream file here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=463779
It will go back to RC29 and back to that tri-color boot screen, then get the OTA RC30 here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=451090
ok.. i figured it out.. here was the problem.. on my mac when using safari in the preferences it has an option to auto open trusted files ..ex. pdf zips etc..
so it was unzipping the zips into folders.. then when i was re-zipping them it was messing it up.. i now have it working..
hope this helps others with this problem
and thanks to you guys for trying to help me trouble shoot it
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my mac when using safari
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There's your problem
that brings up the question...
to make thing simple for people.
Does anyone have the orignal G1 recovery.img image so for those who want to revert back to orignal firmware with ORIGNAL keys it would be nice.
for some people its better for them to know that thye are reversing their steps them.
what I know from all the threads above is just loading loading firmwares with test keys....
now how about the original recovery.img. Provding a reverse would be nice.
=)
Getting the original recovery.img is easy. Just download the original RC30/RC8 file from any mirror and open it up with your favorite archiving program. However in order to revert the SPL you would still need to be using test keys.
recovery I can do
the reverting of SPL..hell I dont know how to do that....
I did a search, and dont see anything to answer this specific question.
Ive got my new Dev 1, and have the latest JF update. I want to install some cool themes, however, I know its a possibility to brick my phone.
Exactly how easy is it to brick your phone while installing a theme? I plan on following the directions step by step, but I will be very upset if something happens.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I suppose I just need some reassurance...
Thanks in advance.
Not too easy but if you Flash a corrupted SPL your toast
not very easy, just remember, if it boots to the SPL or recovery mode you are fine, it's not a true brick. if it doesn't boot at all then you may have an issue. i have had many times where the phone decided it didn't want to boot past the boot screen, or the flashing android and yet i am able to post this now using my phone as a tether. if you get stuck on one of those screens then you need to either flash the dreaimg.nbh or a new update.zip including the full JF build
Dredge said:
I did a search, and dont see anything to answer this specific question.
Ive got my new Dev 1, and have the latest JF update. I want to install some cool themes, however, I know its a possibility to brick my phone.
Exactly how easy is it to brick your phone while installing a theme? I plan on following the directions step by step, but I will be very upset if something happens.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I suppose I just need some reassurance...
Thanks in advance.
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Why are you so worry about brink your phone? If you want to brink your phone pour some concrete on the phone and make a customize brink G1.
tubaking182 said:
not very easy, just remember, if it boots to the SPL or recovery mode you are fine, it's not a true brick. if it doesn't boot at all then you may have an issue. i have had many times where the phone decided it didn't want to boot past the boot screen, or the flashing android and yet i am able to post this now using my phone as a tether. if you get stuck on one of those screens then you need to either flash the dreaimg.nbh or a new update.zip including the full JF build
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whatever he said....^^
I've flashed themes that were designed for RC3xx on my ADP1.1 and managed to "bricked" it. All i did was go to bootstrap and reload the SPL with RC29 and re-flash ADP1.1 to the phone.
As long the hard-SPL on the bootstrap remain untouched, there's always a way to recover your phone...it may be long, boring, and redundant...but it will safe your G1 from truly becoming a brick...or paper weight...or both
This makes me feel a bit better. I will just back up the latest JF update and keep it in case something happens. I will probably just hold off at tleast for a little while before I try doing much. I need to get a feel for the phone before I try to mod it. I found some cool wallpapers that should tide me over for at least a little while. But the clock is u-g-l-y. Im use to having TouchFlo, with HHC, and all the neat custom clocks.
Well, thats why I am probably not going to update my SPL...
I own an ADP1 and so already got the engineering SPL... and as the SPL update seems for me to be the only way to brick my phone... well, I am a coward...
It may be a little offtopic, but i am planning to update to JF1.43, or perhaps even messing around with Ubuntu MID (if ever possible).
Is there a really good reason I should update to HardSPL?
HELP I CAN'T GET DREAIMG.NBH Installed!
I just tried to downgrade my G1 from RC33 v1.42 + Radio Update 1.22.14.11!!!
I think I made the mistake and downgraded my bootloader from SPL_Hard to Original RC29_ SPL, because I was having trouble getting the file Dreaimg.nbh, recognized after booting holding camera + power buttons.
After downgrading from SPL_Hard to Orig RC29, I was able to boot holding the camera + power buttons, and the process started, but just before completing I got an error, FAILED TO UPDATE TERMINATING, and now my phone only reboots to the SPL screen with this showing:
DREA100 PVT 32B RUUNBH
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.14.11
SEP 2 2008
I believe it's has to due with the Radio Update 1.22.14.11...
I'm going to try using QMAT and follow the Inst from that same thread. If that doesn't help can some offer some help???
Follow UP!
QMAT WORKED:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=490960
Sorry about the double posts!
ok since there are 5 threads right now on the first page about how to do it and there shouldn't be, this is what you do, i will not link anything to anything because you should be able to find everything pretty easily(they are all stickies)
so all of you that messed something up on your phone and need to get it back into warranty this is how, FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
NOTE: if you have flashed a custom splash screen to splash2 then you will need to erase that before step one with this code
plug phone into usb in fastboot mode
Code:
fastboot erase splash2
After that you will have only one splash screen and when you flash the .nbh you will be fine
1. Get the original SPL for your phone, get it here
2. Rename it to update.zip and copy it to your sd card. /sdcard
3. Download the DREAIMG.nbh from here.
4. Place DREAIMG.nbh on the root of your SD card. /sdcard
5. Go into your phones recovery. [Hold the home & power button]
6. Push Alt+S on your G1 to flash it with update.zip
7. After it does its thing, gettig back to your home screen.
4. Start phone in bootloader. [Hold camera+power button]
5. Hit power to start the update DO NOT INTERRUPT!! i can not stress this enough.
6. Click on the action button(track ball) and your phone will reboot.
7. YOU NOW HAVE STOCK FIRMWARE, it will update on it's own in a little bit, or *Settings>About phone>System Updates*
MODS PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU TO STICKY THIS POST OR AT LEAST THIS ONE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=485364
so that people can stop posting: how can i unroot my phone or can i revert back to stock firmware like theres not 10 different posts about it.
Mods sticky
Hey man you got my vote it was drivin me insane tryin to find this and thank you!!! Also, just to amke sure that it worked, what is it supposed to say on "About Phone". Thank you man
Just wanted to add one point - I followed this guide, but there's one bit that might not be obvious.
DREAIMG.nbh will restore your phone *mostly* to stock. There's one thing it won't change - the second splash image. If you've changed your splash images, you might want to restore them to stock separately before following these instructions.
Wouldn't be an issue for most users, but in my case the keyboard bit the dust and I had to do a return, and once I set it back to stock I couldn't re-root (and was left returning the phone with a custom second splash image).
i followed all of these steps and as it was applying the dreamimg rc29 for me it said failure... what do i try now? it seems that now my phone will only boot to the multi-colored screen and everytime i try to apply the update it fails about 3/4th of the way through... my phone doesnt work... any thoughts on how to fix this?
found the problem, sorry for my ignorance i didnt format the card completely so there were other files in the root and all i did was reformat and just copy the nbh file back over and it worked just fine sorry guys
one question...do i have to find the stock rc30 and rc33 to update also?? aren's there somethings required to update to cupcake? (like radio??)
kenny9438 said:
one question...do i have to find the stock rc30 and rc33 to update also?? aren's there somethings required to update to cupcake? (like radio??)
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you don't need to find the RC30 or RC33 files because when you have the stock RC29 your phone will update on it's own after a few hours. the only thing needed to upgrade to cupcake is the cupcake image. the radio is a choice and you ocan choose not to flash it. i still use the original radio that came on the phone with RC30 simply because i have been too lazy to get the latest radios
bump. good info
DreamingTTE said:
I just unrooted myself, just for a while.
Now I am on RC8, am I going to have to play the waiting game for RC9 uk or can I grab RC9 elsewhere? I have searched on this site for RC9 and it just returns 0 results.
Excuse my fatal error newbish ways, there is lots of us out there. ;o)
Thanks.
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It just automatically did it! Ignore my post.
ERRRR.....its 1.5 now, and im in the uk. it says firmware 1.5!!!!! build number CRB17 KERNEL 2.6.27.-00392-G8312BAF ANDROID [email protected] #72
lol Am I the first in the uk to recieve this ?
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I did the same thing. But I am still on RC8... Did you upgrade to RC9 before 1.5?
DreamingTTE said:
I just unrooted myself, just for a while.
Now I am on RC8, am I going to have to play the waiting game for RC9 uk or can I grab RC9 elsewhere? I have searched on this site for RC9 and it just returns 0 results.
Excuse my fatal error newbish ways, there is lots of us out there. ;o)
Thanks.
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It just automatically did it! Ignore my post.
ERRRR.....its 1.5 now, and im in the uk. it says firmware 1.5!!!!! build number CRB17 KERNEL 2.6.27.-00392-G8312BAF ANDROID [email protected] #72
lol Am I the first in the uk to recieve this ?
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I rooted my fone for the first time today and played around. In the end I decided to unroot, because I need steeel and chompsms too much.
I went back to RC7 (my phone was previously RC9 before I rooted). How long should I expect to wait before my G1 auto-updates?
Thanks!
this should be a sticky... thanx
the greatest thing about the thread? well since making it i have only seen two people post that they need to unroot their phone and don'w know how. woo hoo
how long does it usually take to upgrade on its own? its been over 2 hours now and nothing..
its been over 24 hours since ii brought mine back to "stock" and i still havent received the update, what the f is going on? is this normal? sorry but im a newb.
same here I am back to the orignal RC29 but have not received any OTA like RC33???
to all of you that haven't recieved an update yet, there is an option in settings that will allow you to check for updates. or download anycut and create a shortcut. if you do not know how to follow the instructions in this thread you probably shouldn't have rooted your phone. i have reciueved many PM's about how to do this and as much as i am willing to help you, i expect you to have SOME common sense, if you do not i will not help
sorry man, didn't mean to piss you off, i stated im a newbie, i have the firm belief that nobody learns unless they try it themselves, albeit some help from others never hurts, + the version checker is on rc33, not rc29, hence i cannot take that route, if not i already would have. i guess ill simply continue to wait, phone works fine, just does not load any apps that have to be paid for on marketplace, i work for t-mobile, so im hoping that they may have stopped ota's of rc33 since we are launching 1.5 soon. quick question for those who know, is the build number supposed to be TC4-RC29 115247? this is the one i have. Thanks man!
+ I followed your instructions to a t. and have the classic "rainbow" android boot screen.
What happend to the sticky?? I culd have sworn this was stick yesterday.. PS thanks for this thread as i had to unroot my first g1 now i might have to do my second one .. argg..
Alternate way to revert to stock firmware without waiting for update
Hello,
This is my first post. I have been using an alternate way that I figured out to return to stock. This also works when you try to install an official update and it rejects the package due to invalid keys or device checks. You MUST already have root on your phone for this to work.
1) download official firmware image (whatever version you want)
2) extract recovery image from package to root of SD card
3) rename downloaded package to update.zip and place in root of SD card
3) reflash recovery image from terminal on rooted g1
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd sdcard flash_image recovery recovery.img
cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img
4) Restart phone in recovery mode and proceed with update
5)Profit! Well, stock g1 without having to flash to RC29 and wait for an update.
I feel this is a more straightfoward way to flash back to stock. YMMV.
Ok, lets start from the beginning. I have a gt that had non-rooted rc33, i downgraded to rc29, rooted it, upgraded to rc30, and now to jf's rc33 1.41, obviously still rooted. Once I got to rc33 1.41 i finished re-installing all the programs i had lost along the way (going to rc29). Then I changed my boot images (splash1 and 2) using fastboot. Everything was fine untill i went to change my boot images again and powered on using camera+power and the grey screen pops up first since i left it on my sd card (dont remember what the grey screen is i just remember not to interupt it but im sure if youve rooted youll remember what im talking about), well instead of clicking the trackball i accidently hit the power button, wiping my phone once again. I went back to rc29 and rooted it (wasnt sure if i had to so i just did it (i had the time)) then back to the rc33 1.41 by jf. got all my programs back the way it was before. i noticed when it booted into rc29 the first time and everytime after that my splash1 screen was back to stock but my splash2 screen was the one i had put there. so i powered off after i got all my programs installed and went to change my first splash screen, and now once i exit out of the grey screen (yeah i know, still on the sd card) it goes to the RGB screen (the normal screen), not the skateboarding androids, and definately not fast boot.
My question: Without going back through the ENTIRE process all over again, how do i get my fastboot back? I may of missed it on the forums, but I promise, it wasnt for a lack of searching, LOTS of searching (and not just this forum). Plenty of forums tell me how to use fastboot, just now what to do to get it back...
Thanks in advance for your help..
(oh and if it makes a difference I recently installed a theme more details can be provided if needed)
Since i take it that you are already rooted.. then i think it should be easy.. just download the bootloader devs edition again and place it in your sd card and then go safety mode and update it again.. but i think the reason why its going to the gray screen when you press camera + power is becuase you may still have the dreaimg.nbh file in there.. i would delete that first.. then put the modified bootloader and then update it and see if that works... Those are my thoughts hope it help.. good luck
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Since i take it that you are already rooted.. then i think it should be easy.. just download the bootloader devs edition again and place it in your sd card and then go safety mode and update it again.. but i think the reason why its going to the gray screen when you press camera + power is becuase you may still have the dreaimg.nbh file in there.. i would delete that first.. then put the modified bootloader and then update it and see if that works... Those are my thoughts hope it help.. good luck
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yes i know that its the dreaimg.nbh i just forgot what the name was, and yes i should definately delete it since its what got me in this situation to begin with lol
now i found the bootloader i need (i got bored and decided to root my girlfriends g1 while waiting for an answer and found out that i forgot to use the bootloader like i had before) and have it on the sdcard, named as update.zip, waiting to be installed, but before i do it, am i going to lose all of my programs again? i have 127 programs, many of them (like locale and such have settings edited) that i do not feel is worth having to go through a 3rd time
so not my only question is, when i hit alt+s am i going to wipe my phone again?
Oh and thank you for such a quick responce n8izzle, and another thing, why safemode?
yes i know that its the dreaimg.nbh i just forgot what the name was, and yes i should definately delete it since its what got me in this situation to begin with lol
now i found the bootloader i need (i got bored and decided to root my girlfriends g1 while waiting for an answer and found out that i forgot to use the bootloader like i had before) and have it on the sdcard, named as update.zip, waiting to be installed, but before i do it, am i going to lose all of my programs again? i have 127 programs, many of them (like locale and such have settings edited) that i do not feel is worth having to go through a 3rd time
so not my only question is, when i hit alt+s am i going to wipe my phone again?
Oh and thank you for such a quick responce n8izzle, and another thing, why safemode?
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No it won't wipe your programs if u install the boot loader. And by safe mode he meant recovery mode (i am sure). If u want to be on the safe side go to recovery mode first and then do a NAND backup by pressing Alt+B which will back up all your partitions if something should go wrong again. Then update bootloader.
So Alt+B first then Alt+S and then u should have fastboot again and also backup images of ur phone on ur SD card
hey sorry had to restart my computer i just got ubuntu .. but yea thats what i mean not safe mode but the other lol... but hope that you got it working if not you can pm me and i will walk you through it...
Yeah I didn't put 2 and 2 together than bootloaders wher part of the rc updates lol, it makes perfect sense to me now, how's ubuntu?
Oh and can anyone elaborate on exactly what's backed up with the backup tool in the recovery menu and how to restore it
(New to linux incase anyone was wondering, I've always wanted to get into it but every class I've taken for my certs for web development has been for windows os, so hang in there I'm a quick learner lol)
ubuntu is pretty cool i like it.. im not too familiar with it but i initially got it so i can partition my sd card... so i'm learning on this as well... if you are talking about backing up your phone with nandroid it works great... you can view the directions and all below... if you want i can help you step by step if you run into problems.. just pm me if you do...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459830
Many people complain that they have "bricked" their phones when they really haven't. This thread will hopefully help reduce the questions on all of our useful threads.
How to tell if your phone is bricked:
1.) When you try to turn it on, nothing happens?
2.) Camera+Power does nothing.
3.) Home+Power does nothing.
4.) You flashed the SPL BEFORE the radio
If you answered yes to any of the above 4, you are bricked. You probably need a new board in the phone. Read more here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516440 It has been confirmed that you WILL brick your phone if you attempt to downgrade your radio after flashing the new SPL. Not sure why you would want to anyways...
How to tell if you just need to re-flash:
1.) Your phone is stuck on the g1 logo
2.) Your phone is stuck in a boot loop
3.) Home+Power boots into recovery
If you answered yes to the above then you are NOT bricked. You have the G1 Night Light. This is (usually) a very easy fix.
The usual scenario is: You just upgraded your radio and/or the SPL on your phone and now you are trying to turn it on with no luck.
How to fix: After you upgrade your radio and/or SPL, you need to wipe a rom on the phone. For a plain almost stock feeling rom, checkout http://jf.andblogs.net/2009/05/24/jfv151-images-are-out/ if you are looking for hero, checkout the tutorial at g1upgrade.com.
I have also noticed when you flash hero, it will stay on the g1 logo for 5 or 6 minutes and then it'll finally start loading. Make sure your not being impatient and give it several minutes if you have just flashed a rom.
Last step:
If you have installed a new radio, then spl, then a new rom and you STILL get the g1 screen. Try it all over again. You probably didn't do something right. You don't need to ask questions in 30 different threads, your issue is not unique. You just need to search for some answers.
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Thanks! Updated.
I flashed the SPL before the radio whenever Haykuro released the Hero ROM and I didn't brick my device. Guess that I just got lucky. Thank goodness I know better now. haha
it's possible you flashed the radio prior to the SPL, only a loooong ways back.
Another thing to try if you are having issues is:
su
rm -r /system/sd/*
I was stuck in a boot loop and a quick ext3 wipe did the trick. The command should be able to be ran from console or terminal. You may need to mount /system with:
mount -t -rw,remount -o yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
You would need to type that in between the commands above . I ran across this in another post but i think this is a good spot for it too .
Duplicate post...
thanx
At least I know now how to tell if I bricked my phone or just flashed it badly thanks for this.
youneek said:
How to tell if you just need to re-flash:
1.) Your phone is stuck on the g1 logo
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many people who flashed the new SPL before the radio are stuck at the G1 splash logo, but cannot get to recovery or spl bootloader / fastboot mode regardless of what they do, so this bit might be misleading...
they aren't technically "bricked" b/c it's loading the radio rom, but it never hands off to the SPL, so there is currently no way of reloading either of those to make the device do anything useful -- essentially a brick
alapapa said:
many people who flashed the new SPL before the radio are stuck at the G1 splash logo, but cannot get to recovery or spl bootloader / fastboot mode regardless of what they do, so this bit might be misleading...
they aren't technically "bricked" b/c it's loading the radio rom, but it never hands off to the SPL, so there is currently no way of reloading either of those to make the device do anything useful -- essentially a brick
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This is exactly what happened to me, it was a brick, sent for repair and they replaced the mainboard.
I have fixed 2 phones that had no recovery and stuck at the g1 screen. If someone has this problem message me and I'll help you fix.
Good Job
Sorry this is off topic. But...
Thank you for this thread!
Ok,
By the way, has anyone figured out what The difference in the baseband is?? I have a U in mine...
youneek said:
I have fixed 2 phones that had no recovery and stuck at the g1 screen. If someone has this problem message me and I'll help you fix.
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really? if it can't get to recovery / fastboot mode nobody has published a fix w/o a hardware swap.
what's your method?
I will buy a bricked one off ebay and post the steps I do to get it back. I can only fix the "Night Light", I can't fix a truly bricked phone (yet).
digital006 said:
This is exactly what happened to me, it was a brick, sent for repair and they replaced the mainboard.
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How and where did you sent for repair and how much does it cost? I have a bricked MyTouch3G at this moment. Did HTC took it?
not bricked just weird!
ok been reading on here ,not sure if i need to just reflash everything or sd issuse?i put the new raidio,then spl on !then put jacxrom on my phone worked great!then ran for a day.then tryed cyanogenmod 4.0 and loaded fine but got force closed issues at the google sign in so i wipe and went to jachero 1.2 loaded fine went to logo android and then htc ,but then the screen went to blank .like the as said g1 night light .so i went back to jacxrom 1.3 it loaded fine got stuck in t mobile g1 screen .ok i flashed again same thing. but this is the part if i take my memory card out it will boot up just fine!then put memory card back in but lol all apps are missing have reinstall them. i wipe every time.i have the latest raidio 22.19.26I).,spl 1.33.2005 .also the jacxrom is running fine when phones on .so any help please thanks .also when i put the spl on it loaded then said reboot so i did. after went back to recovery at the bottom it said formatting cach... but was setting there for a while so took battery out then booted phone .was it suposse to say done or not ! hope dont make any mad thanks for the info
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hey help me plz i have big problem
i forget hit alt+w when i install SPL then i press alt+s when SPL install i out battery then i put it my mobile don’t want open and when i holding down the Home and Power button don’t open recovery mode and i holding the End key and the Camera button don’t open boot loader plz help me plz
You aren't going to get any help with sentences that atrocious. Can you be more clear?