Hello. So I made the move from my wing to the G1. I got it yesterday and so far Im happy with it. Well, I already started to mess around with it. The first thing that I try to do was to root it. My G1 came with RC30 and I downgrade it to RC29 but that's as far as I could go. I couldnt go throught the whole rooting tutorial because I keep getting some errors. Anyway, I decided to leave my phone the way it is at least for a little while but then I was thinking on updating it. So, how can I go from RC29 to RC30 now? I never saw an option in the phone to upgrade OTA so I dont know what to do now... Any help?
TIA
this really helped me, just read carefully and follow all the steps
Follow this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Do it step by step and you'll be fine.
thank you all for the replies
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Can I (we) get a stickied walk through with file links?
My main goal would be to restore my G1 to be able to receive official OTA updates again.
I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate this. Thanks in advance!
If you did a search there is a thread for this
This post tells you how.
Very simple.
Thanks for the response. Using search I found many posts with similar instructions. What I need to know for sure was if the linked RC29 image is an official release or a tweaked version. Remember my main goal is to be able to receive OTA updates again. No one has officially confirmed receiving an OTA update after going through the downgrade steps. It's just implied that it works.
It would also be interesting to know if it goes from RC29 straight to RC33 or not.
Once again, a sticky would be nice.
Mikey1022 said:
If you did a search there is a thread for this
This post tells you how.
Very simple.
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Well it is simple...but if you have hard spl, and jf rc33 dont you have to push the official keys so it can work I have searched and looked at many threads. sorry about the noob question. Im sending back my phone so i want to make sure its stock
I followed the steps in the post. My G1 also had Hard SPL and was rooted with JF RC33. I didn't mess with "official keys" as I'm assuming they come with the RC29 image that was linked.
A stock G1 bought from a store receives the update wtihin 3 days so we'll see if this works.
Ok confirmed. 2 days after following the steps mentioned above I received RC33. Full stock factory reset restore with update.
pure241 said:
Ok confirmed. 2 days after following the steps mentioned above I received RC33. Full stock factory reset restore with update.
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Thank you, Guess ill do the same
As the title says, I seriously think I am just being stupid. But I have just spent the last 5 hours searching, trying, and just about anything I can. But I can't seem to get anything to work.
Now on to my situation:
I just got a new Tilt, it is not my first. My first one was when it first came out for AT&T. So it was still the WM6Pro and I SIM CID and HardSPL'd it. So I do know how to do this stuff. Just now with this new one, it must be a newer one, because it came with WM6.1 on it.
Here is what I know I have on it. Bootloader shows this.
KAIS1*0
SPL-3.56.0000
CPLD-8
And this is when the AT&T logo pops up.
R 1.65.21.18
G 25.88.40.05H
D 3.57.00.00
Now the first thing I am trying to do is HardSPL it.
I swear I have tried everything.
First thing I tried was the simple, Kaiser SIM/CID Unlocker & Changer , I start with the Flash-HardSPL and get to the Bootloader saying USB with the Rom updater showing the status bar. Then with the phone still in bootloader, I get Error [260] : Connection, The Update Utility cannot connect to your PDA. and so on.
So I exit that. Go on to the next try.HardSPL v3.07-3.56
All of them end up as the same result as the first. But I will explain what V3.28 as I have heard and read that that is one of the best ones to use.
Get to bootloader, Computer monitor shows status bar, and phone shows status bar. And I wait for it to do anything and then maybe a minute or two it gives me an error. Error [262] : Update Error, The ROM Update Utility has encountered communication errors during the update process. and so on for recovery.
I've also tried to do the HTC Kaiser Hard-SPLv1 - CID Unlock & Flash any ROM to your device (4 free)
When I start this one up it gets me to my screen being completely white. and I can not continue after that without taking the battery out and starting the phone again.
I have also tried other things that I just cant remember right now, cause I have been trying to do this for so many hours, and downloaded so many different things. So if you can and may help me, anything and everything will be appreciated beyond the gratitude I can give. Once again, I do know what I am doing, but I do not know what I am doing ARGHHH! lol.
I think you need JumpSPL1.56-KAIS, then hardspl , Im assuming this because you didnt say you did this step in your post.
Read post #2 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=396922
pretty sure you have to downgrade to 6.0. Its been a while though and i could be wrong. also try this you should always be security unlocked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361236
sd73ta said:
pretty sure you have to downgrade to 6.0. Its been a while though and i could be wrong. also try this you should always be security unlocked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361236
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I tried that one, and for 2nd poster, I did try that also. Sorry for not listing. But I still appreciate the help guys.
I was also thinking I had to go back to 6.0 but I went 55 pages back on this section of the forum, and I still cant find it. I'm still looking, but it seems like a dead end to me. =/
there was a guy having this issue a while back, look in the white screen thread towards the end! I will see what I can find for you!
Right now I found a 6.0 ATT rom, so I got that to work, now I will try unlocking it, thank you guys, and thanks to this post (70+ pages back!) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=326933
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Alright I got it back down to 6.0, but yet I still cant do anything with HardSPL, CID, or Security. If anyone has any solutions I will listen! Even if its bashing my head against anything! LOL! Sucks!
downgrade I don't believe is necessary
sd73ta said:
pretty sure you have to downgrade to 6.0. Its been a while though and i could be wrong. also try this you should always be security unlocked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361236[/quote
Nope, I didn't have to. My tilt came with 6.1. I had some problems, ended up switching to an XP laptop, was using Vista(prem. sp-whatever). It's too late here, but maybe tomorrow I can figure out what I did, but I think the main thing was using a windows XP pro machine - don't know if it needed to be pro, but that's what I had. Thereafter I've used the vista machine without problem. Good luck.
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Meh, you need to use JumpSPL first. I've had this happen before, and JumpSPL cleared it right up for me.
I think Jocky has a few you can use. Check his HardSPL thread.
I first tried to use Vista, but then went back to my xp machine.
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I've tried to the JumpSPL but had major brain damage last night. trying it again with a fresh day. Will let you know.
Just got it, thanks guys. I apologize for just being completely brain dead. But I really am happy that you guys helped out. I finally got it flashed with the HardSPL It was really easy now. I just could not remember how to get to the file explorer. And the JumpSPL 1.56 worked. Thanks!
Yeah, well I can NEVER find anything via search here. Hell, to prove that point, I just typed "stupid" in the subject search line and found: NOTHING!!! I don't know what the deal is, but I've just pretty much given up searching this site.
Which leads to more reading than I'd typically care to do.
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Just got it, thanks guys. I apologize for just being completely brain dead. But I really am happy that you guys helped out. I finally got it flashed with the HardSPL It was really easy now. I just could not remember how to get to the file explorer. And the JumpSPL 1.56 worked. Thanks!
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Glad to hear you got it fixed.
Awesome, fully got it unlocked and everything! Thanks for telling me what I might have missed and messed up on!
I plan on rooting my phone in the next couple of days, but I was wondering if the HardSPL that you install during the "How To Root your G1" tutorial will cause any issues if I want to go back to the "official" g1 firmware from Tmobile. From reading about SPL, the stock SPL is from HTC but the HardSPL thats on the tutorial is modified. Would I replace the modified SPL if I want to go back to the official firmware?
If you look real hard, you can find a sticky about this!
But I'll be nice and sweet tonight, so here it is!
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3e938d02f4c16b82&hl=en
vdl68 said:
If you look real hard, you can find a sticky about this!
But I'll be nice and sweet tonight, so here it is!
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=3e938d02f4c16b82&hl=en
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Did you post in the wrong thread? That link is about rc33 OTA update. My question is about getting back to official firmware after rooting the phone and whether the HardSPL can stay or revert back to the original.
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Did you post in the wrong thread? That link is about rc33 OTA update. My question is about getting back to official firmware after rooting the phone and whether the HardSPL can stay or revert back to the original.
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here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
to go back to original everything just use the original spl in an update.zip and then use the DREAIMG.nbh from when you rooted your phone and you will have stock stuff like it just came out of the box
tubaking182 said:
here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
to go back to original everything just use the original spl in an update.zip and then use the DREAIMG.nbh from when you rooted your phone and you will have stock stuff like it just came out of the box
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So if I want to go back I would first install the rc29 then the original SPL, then upgrade to rc33?
Whats the purpose of using the HardSPL vs the original SPL?
no, do the original SPL THEN the .nbh you need to have root to flash an update.zip that is not signed with the proper keys, as for the benefits of hard SPL over the original go here and read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=455860
i took a look at all your posts and EVERYTHING you have said on the boards so far has been a question that is easily answered if you read. good luck on this phone i give you a week before i see a thread saying you bricked it
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i took a look at all your posts and EVERYTHING you have said on the boards so far has been a question that is easily answered if you read. good luck on this phone i give you a week before i see a thread saying you bricked it
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Thanks. Some of the FAQs are not very clear. I'm not sure what you mean by EVERYTHING I've said on the board...
btw, are you hoping I brick my phone? So far I've read 4 different tutorials on how to root your phone. Each one has something different than the other. I'm just trying to get the facts straight before rooting my phone.
look for the thread "app that roots your phone" tell him in a PM that you want to beta test it, when i ran it or him on the last version he needed to fix the telnet script and he is pretty sure he got that working. i would give the link but since it is not my app it is not my place to give out the link.
i do not hope you brick your phone, but i see it as an inevitable thing, i know what i'm doing, i'm no guru but certainly not a n00b and i have managed to "brick" my phone just bout every day because i am always trying new things. the main thing to remember is that as long as when you turn your phone in you get the SPL or recovery then you do not have a true brick. i wish you the best in all your hacking but be forewarned that everything you try has the potential to render the phone unusable for a few hours till you figure out how to fix it. ALWAYS keep the DREAIMG.nbh on your sdcard and an update.zip that contains one of the many JF builds and you will never be too far from fixing your phone.
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i do not hope you brick your phone, but i see it as an inevitable thing, i know what i'm doing, i'm no guru but certainly not a n00b and i have managed to "brick" my phone just bout every day because i am always trying new things.
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I understand. Hopefully I wont brick the phone but the nice thing about GSM phones is that I can jut pop my SIM card into my old phone if any issues come up with the G1. I just see people being mean to noobs when at some point in time they were noobs also.
The main reason I want to root the phone is to move the cache to my SD card. The onboard memory on the G1 is a joke. I knew the limitations when I bought the phone in October, but I thought for sure they would have come out with a update that lets you run apps from your SD card. Being a early adopter is fun
if you have less than a class 6 sdcard then moving the cache will have loads of lag, took 3 seconds to delete an email on my class 4. but if you just wanna move apps then you'll be fine
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if you have less than a class 6 sdcard then moving the cache will have loads of lag, took 3 seconds to delete an email on my class 4. but if you just wanna move apps then you'll be fine
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Interesting. I may have to buy a microSDHC card since the microSD card that came with the phone has no rating on it. After reading about SDHC, it seems only SDHC has the 2,4,6 rating.
use the RC29 NBH, it flashes everything including bootloader, then use the official signed RC33 update (40mb) and you will be back to stock rc33
korndub said:
use the RC29 NBH, it flashes everything including bootloader, then use the official signed RC33 update (40mb) and you will be back to stock rc33
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Thanks korndub
androidmonkey said:
I understand. Hopefully I wont brick the phone but the nice thing about GSM phones is that I can jut pop my SIM card into my old phone if any issues come up with the G1. I just see people being mean to noobs when at some point in time they were noobs also.
The main reason I want to root the phone is to move the cache to my SD card. The onboard memory on the G1 is a joke. I knew the limitations when I bought the phone in October, but I thought for sure they would have come out with a update that lets you run apps from your SD card. Being a early adopter is fun
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i was a noob before i found xda.. but in the short time i have been here i have learned sooo much.. i love this site and my rooted/themed G1!
Welcome!
ive searched the thread and i am sooo sorry if its on here somewhere i feel bad im so used to bein a pro on this site with windows mobile so this is a little weird to be on this end but heres my question,
i wanted to root my g1 to theme it..i have rc33 so from reading the instructions it says i have to downgrade ...ok..now..how come there are themes for rc33..what am i missing ...again i am so sorry
You have to downgrade to RC29, follow the instructions for root, THEN upgrade to JesusFreke's RC33 builds (either JF1.41 or JF1.42). After you get root, it's just a matter of flashing the new build from the SD card.
got it make complete sense thanks so much i am really pretty good at this stuff but that threw me off lol
A few weeks ago I was all ready and stoked to root my phone and put a different firmware on it, then I read that any phone running the build "1.89.631.1" can't root.
Is this still the case? or is there a workaround for it now? I've just been reading about all the cool **** that you can do with the custom firmwares and I want it! If I'm stuck with this dumb rogers branded version of 1.5 I'm gonna cry.
how bout u try it n let us know......here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
You can still root it, they're aren't going to remove fastboot and so the DREAIMG.nbh will still work to bring you back to RC29 so you can root it.
Sigh... You are both wrong...
Because it is SO HARD to type "1.89.631.1 G1" into Google and read the first result, here's the answer:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5934885&postcount=6
make a goldcard, downgrade and root.. np