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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
honestabe said:
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....
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.
So im just wondering are there any issues in doing this??
Im assuming that i would have to possibly update my Radio as well but im just wondering is there any downside to doing this?? im already rooted and the G1 is (currently) on a clean install of RC9 with nothing installed
so is there anything stopping me getting an RC33 image and flashing right at this second??
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so is there anything stopping me getting an RC33 image and flashing right at this second??
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Good to go. Just remember to wipe your /data since you're changing the build region (Alt+W in the recovery tool).
aww sweet !! gives me something to do whilst passing time in the office
Since its JF's RC9 anyway do i need to bother regaining root or shall i just leave it as is with the recovery.img and the update.zip on the SDCard??
You already have root (JF RC9) and your target build (JF RC33) already has root, so you don't need to do anything. Just place the update.zip in the sdcard and get it on.
Followed Quoted and Done!!
Sorry for the newbish-ness,,,, mmmmm RC33,,,,, mmmmmm no change (more themes lmao)
don't forget to change your sig. I'm DLing the RC33 myself now that I know it works. BTW, which didi you go to, 1.42 or 1.43? And do 1.42 themes work with 1.43?
ghrayfahx said:
don't forget to change your sig. I'm DLing the RC33 myself now that I know it works. BTW, which didi you go to, 1.42 or 1.43? And do 1.42 themes work with 1.43?
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Im not sure about themes as its only just finished, but all is working fine, just installing some apps to keep me going till later on and then ill give themes a bash
i grabbed the 1.42 from here;
http://jf.andblogs.net/2009/02/11/jfv143/
and i also go the buildenvironment from there too,,,, just incase a custom boot image takes my fancy
Ok using Astro i've managed to install some of my apps from the SD Card and they are all working quite nicely
Additionally the Wifi Tether App is installed,, but cant check that till i get in from the office
Awesome. I just did this ti mine, and all is working on mine as well. I installed the 1.42 Rc33 aero theme as well. Looking good.
Thats how we Brits roll!! lmao
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...
I'm a moron....
i did the most stable update from this site for my g1.
then, it worked FREAGIN GREAT (might i add)
but....just that wasn't enough.
i decided to try out the themes. thinking i could keep the great stable version provided in these forums but have the cool sleek look of a theme that i liked.
well, i wiped...and i applied the update..
and then.... T_T
my phone was stuck on the T-Mobile G1 screen. So, i did the Camera + Power boot and wiped everything off. Now, it's the standard RC-29 T-Mobile phone. But now, i can't root it. or even tell if i rooted it. and every time i try to apply an update, i'll alt+w...that works fine...but then when i apply the update... alt+s...it says it was aborted because it doesn't recognize the update.zip file (but it's on the SD card).
I went through the steps again to root my phone, and it's still doing it. any ideas? or answers?
HELP ME PLEASE ='(
Welcome to forums
have you tried a hard reset?
Here more info:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream
Good luck,
Thank You =D Love this site.
yeah, did that about a hundred times T_T
My phone isn't frozen anymore, it's just stuck at RC29 and wont let me do anything that involves rooting.
can't update it to RC33, cant apply themes.
whenever i get JF (which when i first open it each time, it says that i need an os that is compatible with JF, but then when i open it again it gives me a selection of upgrades) and download RC33 from there, it says their was an error.
and whenever i try to apply an update.zip file, it says update was aborted.
the ONLY update.zip file that i can seem to apply to my phone is the HardSPL file that you can download from these forums to root your phone.
also, i tried rooting my phone from scratch.
when i went to format the SD card, it only give me the option of FAT and not FAT32. just in case if that tid bit of info helps any.
nevermind!!!!
i fixed it! =D
Please report your fix for other users in the future, you did start a thread after all so you should also post your fix
and congratulations to timmymarsh on mod status.
Thanks my friend