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help with upgrading to jfv1.41

Now I know this is a noob question, but anyways I am wanting to upgrade to jfv1.4....well I have a none modded g1 with rc33. I tried to install jfk with changing it to update.zip boot and alt&l then alt&s, but it says something about verification failed dealing with keys, which I read around that I may need to get a recovery image. I just need to be pointed in da right direction so that I can instal jesusfreak update. Thank you in advance. Again I have a non modded g1 with rc33.

the error message i get is
E: No Signature
E: Verification Failed
which im pretty sure its something i just havent done on my phone to allow Jfk1.41 to install

yeah if you have a stock rc33 version you do not have root enabled, nor do you have the ability to use it... so your verification telling you that verification failed is because its not a tmobile/google signed update.zip, you need to replace the test keys from google with the modded ones to give the phone the ability to verify n update JF V1.41 or any mod from there on... so you will mostly have to downgrade you rc33 to rc 29, then aquire root, change test keys, switch up bootloaders (for emergency maybe-bricked-situations), and then update to JFV1.3 Rc30 then JFV1.41 Rc33.. dont forget to update your radio too when updating to rc33..
please correct me if im wrong... but i thought thats what ya need to do, thas what i did
check out Dream>Dream Development and then go to the sticky posts and look for Rooting, Hacking, ..... the G1
that should put u in thw right direction, if you need step by step help email me [email protected]
also check out Stericson for themes and JesusFreke for troubleshooting the G1..

reggiete said:
the error message i get is
E: No Signature
E: Verification Failed
which im pretty sure its something i just havent done on my phone to allow Jfk1.41 to install
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
This explains what you need to do

Problem with downgrading

Hi all
First off Ive read every single thread about downgrading so far
I have tried nearly everything to downgrade
but it keeps saying
No Signature
Verification Failed
I think it has something to do with me installing the RC33 upgrade a while ago
when the new update came out I downloaded the RC33 update from some forum and installed it
now I have no Idea on how to update it to a JFv1.41-RC33 update so I can downgrade it with the DREAIMG.nbh
Any Help would be appreciated!
I know I have to run the DREAIMG.nbh in SPL mode Camera + Power button I Did this but then I get not allowed error and it goes back to the SPL mode and wont install the DREAIMG.nbh
Thins I tried to fix this:
Factory Reset
Hard Wipe
Thanks in advance,

Bump anyone I really want to fix this.

"goldcard" "qmat" maybe that could help?

daft question... but
do you have DREAIMG.nbh on the 'root' of your sdcard?
if not then put it on the root
if it is on the 'root' you could try downloading a fresh copy

Hmm How Do I put it in the root??
I just connected my phone trough USB formatted it fat32 ( 8 GB SD )
and then I just copied it to my SD Card is there any other way on how I Should put this on the Root of my SD?
Thanks for the quick reply's

Anyone?
And what does qmat actually do?

Ive been trying to fix it now for a few days tried so many things but nothing worked so far.
Anyone?

So, you currently have RC33 installed, right? I would redownload the DREAIMG.nbh file. Make sure its the RC29 version and not the RC7 version.

I Did that even tried it on my friends PC last night redownloaded the RC29 and reformatted my SD Card
But the DREAIMG.nbh still says not allowed.

Does it have to be formatted in a Cardreader? cuz what ive done so far is connected my phone trough usb and formatted it while it was in the phone.

If you don't have a clue what qmat is, than you did not read the complete manual.
Qmat is essential in this downgrade-proces.
Greets,
JP

I know what Qmat is I read about it I wanna know if it is really neccesairy since I do not have any windows mobile based phones.

yes it is.

Ok is there a way to do it without a windows mobile device or linux?

Have the same problem now
Any help is appreciated

I-Do said:
now I have no Idea on how to update it to a JFv1.41-RC33 update so I can downgrade it with the DREAIMG.nbh
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The above is probably just badly phrased, but you do have to downgrade your stock RC33 firmware to the stock RC29 firmware BEFORE you can upgrade to JF1.41 or whatever.
Are you following the instructions on this page exactly?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream_Rooting
Whenever I was having trouble with rooting, it turned out I wasn't following the directions.

[HOW TO] UNROOT, get phone to STOCK firmware

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.
***EDIT***
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.
***EDIT***
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.

***{Solved!!!!}*** Bootloader locked to RC30 and above?

I decided to try and root my stock G1 this morning. The bootloader does not allow me to flash down to RC29. It gives the "Update Terminate" after it fully flashes it, but before it checks the flash. Then it only loads into the bootloader and stops.
However i just successfully flashed to RC30. None of the guides on here specify that I had to load another spl or bootloader first.... Am I missing something?? Thanks for your help.
Bootloader:
DREA100 PVT 32B RUUNBH
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
SEP 2 2008
Solved!!!: Apparently I was on the right track. My US T-Mobile G1 was locked somehow to only accept only RC30 and above. I made a goldcard for my SD card and the image no longer failed (same sd, same image file) at the flashing the .nbh. If anyone has been having issues flashing a US G1... try a goldcard... It instantly fixed the problem! I guess its not only for German and UK?!
BTW.. thanks to pk at codeandroid.org for his guide to make the goldcard without a WM device or linux... http://www.codeandroid.org/forum/?wpforumaction=viewtopic&t=9.2 (in broken english... lol)
Thanks to Viper and revskills.de for their work on goldcard images
Thanks to JesusFreke for this bada$$ ROM (1.5)
Thanks to Haykuro for his android 101 guide.
Great work everyone really...

you need to make sure that your sd card is formatted fat32 and checksum on the DREAIMG.NBH
then try again. should work.

thanks for replying did that. The md5 checksum matched perfectly I have 3 different sd cards all formatted in fat32 only. still no go. I have tried 3 different links to the dreaimg.nbh. made sure it was in all caps and everything. nothing.
It will find the file.
It will flash the file to 100%.
When it would normally check the integrity of each portion it says...
"dreaimg.nbh - FAIL"
"Update Terminate"
"Update FAIL".
The odd part is it will flash the RC30 nbh just fine... same sdcard, same instructions.

try a different sd card- my stock one didnt flash either, same error over and over.
use this nbh -
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=78b87e4b3d9bce857f7ec40ada4772a691de501fd3b9a6eb5be6ba49b5870170

tried all 3 cards with your file. same thing. Why will it so willingly let me flash rc30 the exact same way?

you got me.....

this was the confusing part. so im sitting on rc 30 right now for the 5th time. i have had 30 or so unsuccessful flashes of RC29 and EVERY flash of RC30 was successsful... this is my barrier to Haykuros and/or JF roms...

The file names are case sensitive. It must be DREAIMG.nbh . All caps for the prefix, no caps in the suffix.

thanks for your response... i tried both ways. most of my 30 attempts was changing caps... no caps... on file name and extension. reformatting... downloading from new sources... clearing my temp folder so windows wasn't transferring the same file every time since they are names the same (trust me windows does that with same named and same sized files...)
The only thing I can come up with is a modded bootloader. My G1 is not the one i had from launch date... so this phone never had any lower than RC33 (got the phone 5 weeks ago, came pre-loaded with RC33). This maybe one of T-Mo's tactics in the "War on Root".

That may not be the issye... I had RC30 when I bought the phone. I was able to get to RC29 with no issues... I don't think tmobile did anything to the phone.

i wish it wasnt but how can this phone reject rc29 but accept rc30. does anyone have a rc28, rc19, or below .nbh?

Can you try flashing the engineering Bootloader or HARDSPL first, then fastboot?
I'm not sure if you can use those without having root first though.

ICBM said:
Can you try flashing the engineering Bootloader or HARDSPL first, then fastboot?
I'm not sure if you can use those without having root first though.
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no i cant. from what i've seen the first step to installing any bootloader is accessing SU... which is root... which means i'm shot down again... getting depressed.
Has anyone tried loading HardSPL without root?

crushsuitandtie said:
no i cant. from what i've seen the first step to installing any bootloader is accessing SU... which is root... which means i'm shot down again... getting depressed.
Has anyone tried loading HardSPL without root?
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You are right, you need root to be able to load a different boot loader. I got a replacement sent to me from T-Mobile with RC33 on it maybe 3 weeks ago and i had no problems with obtaining root. If i were you i would call up T-Mobile and tell them the Menu button is not working every time on your replacement. They may send you an express replacement...

makes me wish i had kept my launch phone... I got it with RC17 or 18... but i remember getting rc19 ota... this sucks. The only reason i traded it in is because GPS wouldnt ssync anymore unless i did a wipe... so i knew it was a software problem... if i had just rooted it I bet i wouldnt be in this crap. i couldbe on haykuros... right now...

Sounds like a hardware issue to me. The data from the SD card isn't being written to flash properly so the SPL can't verify it. I would try calling T-Mobile to see if they can send you another unit. Obviously don't tell them you tried to flash an unsupported ROM, just make up a story and they will likely believe it.

Just to exclude the obvious. Shouldn't the file be called DREAMIMG.nbh not DREAIMG.nbh as you've written.. Or is that just a typo in your posts?

crushsuitandtie said:
thanks for your response... i tried both ways. most of my 30 attempts was changing caps... no caps... on file name and extension. reformatting... downloading from new sources... clearing my temp folder so windows wasn't transferring the same file every time since they are names the same (trust me windows does that with same named and same sized files...)
The only thing I can come up with is a modded bootloader. My G1 is not the one i had from launch date... so this phone never had any lower than RC33 (got the phone 5 weeks ago, came pre-loaded with RC33). This maybe one of T-Mo's tactics in the "War on Root".
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ok i received my phone like a month ago an it came with Rc33 install and my phone when try to flash Recovery, i get a error EveryTime, look at all My Topic you see
I just keep on trying and i get it on my 7th try lol I'm not lien

bp8575 said:
Just to exclude the obvious. Shouldn't the file be called DREAMIMG.nbh not DREAIMG.nbh as you've written.. Or is that just a typo in your posts?
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The correct image name is DREAIMG.nbh. looks wrong but its right... I think it IS a hardware issue. The is writing but not verifying certain images... and its now giving me checksum errors on rc30 after 8 successful loads, but when i retried without doing anything to the file it completed. I would say its my card but I have 3 different cards...

bump for anyone else having trouble...

My htc magic is almost dead

Hey all i have just bought me an HTC magic..
after few days i was made the updates so it was rooted..
and then i saw the hero also was running on some magics..
so i started to make the neccesary things to do it..
But something went wrong...
my phone booting up...
but just hangs in the HTC magic logo
Maybe a wrong SPL , Recovery or Radio..
im new to this... so maybe i have misunderstood something..
As for now i can only do a few things for it..
1. if i plug my usb cable to it when the phones boots up nothing happends
but if i plug it in - while im in the 2 menus home+power and the back+power it found something... both xp and vista popped up found
Android 1.0" but no drivers seem to work...
but why is it a android 1.0 and not the normal 1.5
so i think something is been changed to older stuff.
my phone is not recognized in the adb devices
in my Android System Recovery utility
i only have 3 choices , when i rooted the phone when it worked i have a few more points
reboot system
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
and the error E:can't open /cache/recovery/command
when i use the apply function after i have dropped a update.zip file in my sd card i got this
Install from sdcard
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:No sognature (5files)
E:Verification failed
Installation Aborted.
the only info i can give you about the phone is from the other menu
Sapphire PVT32A ship s-on h
Hboot-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
Radio-3.22.20.17
may 8 2009
Sorry if i not posted this thread the right place..
Thx for all the help i can get and a Great forum..
Gr8's Showbizz

not bricked yet, but please do not do anything anymore..
refer to the right thread bout getting ur SINGNATURE OFF bootloader, and then reflash with workable update.zip..
sorry... i knew the steps only on vodafone magic...
get some guys with htc magic to helps u..

I have the Vodafone magic and is having the same issue as the other guy, what are the steps to get the signature off for vodafone magic? thank you

What process/guide did you guys use for rooting? The modded recovery images work with the test keys, which most update.zips on the forums are signed with.

just share my experience with you.
I have the same SPL, and rooted without problem based on the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530527, and then got bricked after flashing modd spl2004, not sure if i should use spl2005 or should flash spl BEFORE rooting? anybody would like to share your experience? thanks
anyway, will get back my htc magic in 5 days... will try again

probably you flashed a "B" rom instead of an "A". There is a thread listing all compatible "A" Roms. Now: Take out the SD Card and plug it into a PC. Delete the Update.zip from the SD Card and replace it with one from the thread. Flash this Update and AFAIK your done.
I had the same problem and tried to overwrite the update zip using ADB Push. However this did not work. I had to delete and replace via PC.
Hope this helps.
Regards
-f

Download recovery-RAv1.0G.img here.
$fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.0G.img
apply update (make sure the update.zip is one for Google branded Magics, so 32A boards).

Thanks, i finally got this to work...
I dont like the 1.3 version tho, it always shows HTC screen and then "Loading..." for a minute or two everytime i press home button.
The 1.2 version don't