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If I want to revert back to "official" G1 firmware, what about the HardSPL?

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.

androidmonkey said:
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

tubaking182 said:
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.

tubaking182 said:
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

tubaking182 said:
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!

Hero rom Help!

hi guys, I bought a rogers htc magic a couple of days back, looking at the forums i decided to use the hero rom because it looked fantastic.
After 3 days of painful proceders like partitioning my sd card, writing the rom as update.zip and trying to root the pphone and use fast boot i have failed miserably!
When i tried the partition, ext2 and copy update.zip with ubuntu, the phone didnt recognize the ext 2 partition, only finding the now smaller fat32 partition.
When i tried just placing the rom as update.zip on the sd card and trying to load it from the power+home meny it said the rom is unsigned and will not install it!!
With fast boot i just got lost!
Now i read somewhere you can mod the update.zip to make it signed so it can install on the phone, i dont know how!
Pls help!

PS:
im not familiar with teminal or the cmd to root the device so any further explination will be greatly appreciated!

RE:
wow u guys forget it im getting an iPhone!
ZMOG thats easier to modify as well 2 step jailbreak process!!

Killadude said:
wow u guys forget it im getting an iPhone!
ZMOG thats easier to modify as well 2 step jailbreak process!!
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There's an auto signer in themes section for the Dream. Maybe you should just get an iPhone if that's what you want. Android is the future.

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dude i was just kidding..... i dont no goddamm iPhone!!!
I agree android is the future... i was just higlighting the fact that its so easy to mod the iphone, ie software mods, where as for the androis i have to go through so may complicated methords and yet get no results.
PS ill have a look at the autosigner in the themes section.
Also any other help will be greatly apreciated.

PLS HELP!
Still no help..............

I suggest that you try reading the comment about the signer!
Get your stuff signed and it will install, otherwise find a source that is signed.

Good luck. Rogers can only run the Daldroid Rom, so for the time being Hero probably won't work.
When I had got my Rogers to finally run the Daldroid rom, I experimented with some other roms and, although they would flash, booting into them didn't happen. Looks like we gotta do a litrle more waiting.

I know... sucks balls that only daldroid works... daldroid is the same Rom as the Rogers one except the Rogers junk..... but I heard that HTC will be releasing Tue sense UI to previous android phones so I guess ill just have to wait...............

Help pleaseee!!!!!

before saying anything i know it should be in Q&A but no one reply me there =[[ and i really need help.
So im trying to root my buddy g1 from scratch, got NBH file and brung the stock 1.6 down to RC29, it went good than i went and download the Root.apk for faster rooting, everything went fine untill i go and upgrade the radio, did the alt L and than atl S and now the damn phone is stuck on G1 bootscreen! So im like alright ill just do a wipe, restatred the phone with the Power+Home wouldnt get into recov menu so i decided to do the RC29 wipe over, i reformat my sd card to FAT32 and than put the Dreaimg.nbh on it and do the Power+Camera but still it just stuck on G1 bootscreen, help?? Please tell me that its not bricked.

johnphamiliar said:
before saying anything i know it should be in Q&A but no one reply me there
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THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO BREAK FORUM RULES.
This thread has now been reported, and hopefully, it will be closed before someone goes against their better judgment and helps you.
If you want an answer, have patience and check back in the Q&A. Or, post in the relevant ROM thread. Or, search. Or, don't perform procedures on your buddy's phone if you don't know what you're doing. But DO NOT post in here when you KNOW it's a violation of the rules.

these guys are crawling out all over the place today....feel bad to be a mod today..lol...
you need to slow down friend and reread everything you need to and start from step 1.

If I were a mod, I would've taken the day off. It sounds bricked to me if you can't even get into fastboot. You should've done the one click root.

johnphamiliar said:
before saying anything i know it should be in Q&A but no one reply me there =[[ and i really need help.
So im trying to root my buddy g1 from scratch, got NBH file and brung the stock 1.6 down to RC29, it went good than i went and download the Root.apk for faster rooting, everything went fine untill i go and upgrade the radio, did the alt L and than atl S and now the damn phone is stuck on G1 bootscreen! So im like alright ill just do a wipe, restatred the phone with the Power+Home wouldnt get into recov menu so i decided to do the RC29 wipe over, i reformat my sd card to FAT32 and than put the Dreaimg.nbh on it and do the Power+Camera but still it just stuck on G1 bootscreen, help?? Please tell me that its not bricked.
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Ok anyone. Mods are getting really angry with all these post. Ur probaly gonna get banned for posting in this section. Anyway u probaly didn't follow directions. You flashed the spl before u did the radio and got bricked I guess. If u can't get into the bootloader by pressing camera + power or recovery home + power. You are brick. See you in 3 days after ur banned. You should have search first

I made a mistake

I accidently flashed my rogers 32A with my ION 32B ROM. Is there any way or recovering it without sending it in?
Any help would be great!
Thanks

there is search option in XDA
dude this is done by many
so please do search n research b4 posting a new post
it creates lots of confusions
and this is a general question please ask in general not in rom development
and please let the developer do there work
thank you

can you get to recovery screen? or fastboot?

ahmgsk said:
dude this is done by many
so please do search n research b4 posting a new post
it creates lots of confusions
and this is a general question please ask in general not in rom development
and please let the developer do there work
thank you
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I did search in the general forum. If one of the mods can move this, then it'd be fine.
As for fastboot or recovery, I can not get to it. My mistake for putting both phones on the table. Seems like the Radio was flashed and I know the radios are not the same and if the radio does not boot, the rest of the phone will not boot so... I may have to send it in... Just wondering if there are other ways around this issue.

seraph1024 said:
I did search in the general forum. If one of the mods can move this, then it'd be fine.
As for fastboot or recovery, I can not get to it. My mistake for putting both phones on the table. Seems like the Radio was flashed and I know the radios are not the same and if the radio does not boot, the rest of the phone will not boot so... I may have to send it in... Just wondering if there are other ways around this issue.
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if its not starting then ask for replacement

so wat exactly is the phone doing you didnt say. can u go to recovery or fastboot

You said:
can u go to recovery or fastboot
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OP said:
As for fastboot or recovery, I can not get to it.
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*Clap*
tooshort.

It's all simple really. I have an ion and rogers magic. I decided to mess with the new images and I was screwing around with the ion initially. I put it down, went away to work on something else, picked up magic, thinking it was the ion and flashed the ion rom to it. Yeah noob mistake from my part on that one. So the phone boot into the boot screen (mine says HTC, normally it would be Rogers) and stays there. As soon as I did that I realized that I screwd up the ROMs. If I recall correctly, Radio boots first, then the ROM and so on and such... Radio boots into 32A radio, 32B Ion Rom looks for 32B radio, does not see it, gets stuck...
I sent it into HTC repair in TX. They'll send me another one in a about 10 days pretty much is what I was told. Oh well. Don't put 2 phones that look very much alike next to each other and better yet, flash the boot screens differently.

[ROM] [TEST, NOT FOR NOOBS] Rogers Sapphire Sense Port. Android 2.1 Sense. [9/15]

Quick throw-together. I highly reccomend one of pershoot's kernels from here: www.droidbasement.com/db-blog
Please use one of those. They're much more efficient than the king kernel i've included.
Features
Friendstream
Flippy clock (from SMOKI X)
King stuff (twitter.com/kingklick92)
Gapps
A2SD
Sense
Stable
Maps
Pretty
NEEDS A BIG EXT PARTITION AND A SWAP.
Good luck!
http://www.mediafire.com/?soscld37b0q6wiz
THIS IS UNSIGNED, IF YOU AREN'T USING CLOCKWORK, YOU SHOULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO SIGN IT YOURSELF. I'LL RELEASE SIGNED VERSIONS LATER.
EDIT YOU NEED A 114 MB SYSTEM FOR THIS VERSION DUE TO A 25MB BOOT ANIMATION, PLEASE USE MTD UNTIL I FIX IT

i got you bro. once i get my son to sleep ill test. you know anything yet? data/cam/wifi/gps etc? if not its cool, thats what tests are for.
ok, just doing this for people who dont want to sift through for the signed version: not signed by me, boot animation not swapped by me, *******there is a green bar at the bottom for status of install on boot note though, even after the bar is full it will still take a second IF YOU HAVE ADB INSTALLED RUN A LOGCAT, AS LONG AS YOU SEE THINGS MOVING YOU ARE GOOD. ********. let it sit for awhile like usual after it loads (20+ min). you also have to input the tmo apns to get svc.
link to signed version of the rom
http://goo.gl/opI3
tmo apn's:
http://goo.gl/bNtU
will post back a working/not working in a min.
i would also suggest not doing the system update that it says is avail once you get data working.

Love this.
Sent from my HTC Dream using XDA App

Is this compatible with a 32B Sapphire? Or would it be, to the best of your knowledge?

opethfan3 said:
Is this compatible with a 32B Sapphire? Or would it be, to the best of your knowledge?
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yes this is a port from the 32a rom to 32b. its not signed so you can only flash via clockwork right now. clockwork doesnt require a signiture for it to be able to flash. if you use amon_ra just wait. im booting into linux after i post this now that i have my son asleep and will look into what can possibly be trimmed down then will sign and post up after im done.
ok, decided not to mess with anything, i dont use some stuff but others do, its signed and im gonna test now, just got done doing backup on current rom and will post if it flashes.

need to wait, since i have amon_ra.

Allright!! looking forward to this, I could sign the rom myself but ill wait to see how the rom works for you guys and im also waiting for a class 6 sdcard that I purchased a few days ago... anyways, im gonna try it with the class 4 i have right now after you try it and maybe cut some size

i hate clockwork. and it wont sign for me for some reason. idk why.
can someone please sign this so we can flash.

Good luck, guys. Really interested to see if this works.

im really going to enjoy triming this fat lady and mod a few things

anyone able to sign this thing yet?

Can you make a version that doesn't require an ext partition? Im on a mytouch 3g, should be able to handle it.

can't get it to sign (then again this might be my fault) how about first person to get this signed/flashed uploads some screenshots
btw: i'm using the autosigner

I'm downloading and signin... I replace the bootanimation to one less heavy??
p.s. sorry for my english
edit: I'm uploading to mediafire..if it finish in 5 minutes I give the link...if don't... I must go to work..link tonight..sorry
p.s. I've change the bootanimation..20 mb saved

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EO5X0HBC
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I simply signed the original file. gl

Download limit is exited

roalex said:
I simply signed the original file. gl
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People will need the MTD hack to flash this.

asb123 said:
People will need the MTD hack to flash this.
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I know, it is pretty easy to do it. I leave it to the devs to play with the size.

asb123 said:
People will need the MTD hack to flash this.
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No, I take off the bootanimation of 20 MB and replace with one of 640kb... and I don't use MTD partition tonight the link..now I'm @ work...
p.s. I'l make a senseless rom

anyone tested it now? i want results; nothing about uploading elsewhere, signing mtd patch etc;
there are enough threads about it. there is a good working signing tool in xda.. search for it as well as tuts for it;
i think this thread should focus on the rom as it is something very interesting and new.
i wont try it at the moment cause i softbricked my phone with mtd patches.
please tell how the rom is...
EDIT: btw i know that this post is senseless concerning the original topic but i just want that this thread stays focused..