Hope this is the right section to be posting this
So lets get into it
I have had my G1 for about 5 months without any issues I have rooted it and installed countless ROMs I even when back to the original 1.6 ROM
The last 3 things I did to it was
Installed 1.6 stock orginal then I had to root it
Installed Cyanogen 4.15 (I think that was the version)
Installed a SPL
And now my G1 is stuck on boot screen
Nothing happens when I press the Home+Power and I have tried Power+Camera with DREAIMG.NBH on the root of the SD card
Please help me D=
Welcome to forums
Have a deep read here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Dream
Hope it helps,
No reply? Have I posted it in the wrong section? :O
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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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Edit:
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?
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
Hey guys, today i attempted to root my HTC MAGIC 32A, and install KingKlick's 2.1 Eclair with HTC Sense for Magic v1.1. The rooting went fine, and i partitioned the sd card using the recovery tool (I followed this guide and used the downloads in that: www~theunlockr~com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/) for some reason, the device wont boot, and i tried wiping and reinstalling the update rom, with no success, it just stalls at the boot screen. Now i see that i did make the mistake of not updating my radio, which is at 3.22~ something, and im not sure my sd card was CAT 6. so i dont know what to do know. I can still access the recovery root menu , and was wondering what is the next step from here, or how do i return to the stock 1.5 cupcake firmware.
Anybody's insight is greatly appreciated
BTW PLEASE REPLACE CURVY DASHES (~) IN LINK WITH .'s AS I WASNT ALOWED TO POST LINKS BECAUSE I AM NEW
Hey guys,
I have been following these forums for quite some time and finally I have decided to join.
The problem I have is as follows;
I own a HTC Dream that runs on Android 1.5 and everything (recovery, radio, SPL) is just as I got it. Now, I live in South Africa and I know what I have to do to flash the recovery, rom etc. However I cannot do this. There are two things that I have tried:
1) The normal guide from the Cyanogen wiki. The first step to downgrade to RC7 or RC29 is where I get the problem. My HTC loads the dreaimg.nbh and then it tells me that I cannot update as I have the "wrond device id". This is after trying both RC versions. I assume this is because I have a South African G1.
2) I used the instant root application to root my HTC successfully. Then I try to load a new recovey image (CM 1.4, Amon Ra etc). It flashes the recovery but when restarting and trying to run recovery it, it just doesn't load. It freezes with the HTC Dream logo. I have flashed my recovery backup again.
Can someone please help me? I really want to try some custom roms. I would really appreciate any advice or info that might help me.
Thanks
RBD
Wrong section, try G1 Q&A.
Two things will happen when you post a question in the development section: you will be told to post in the Q&A section, and to search. If you don't want to be flamed, do those things.
To help you, maybe read this: http://goo.gl/4LI6
TRY THIS
gold card by this guide
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard
WORK 100%
create gold card then copy on goldcard rc7 or 29 never mind then flash
I had the same problem.
I just rooted my g1 yesterday and flashed a dwang 1.17.1 it work well all day and when i got home i tried to flash a new rom but after i did it i tried to boot up the android screen came on then afer that the screen was just black so i so i went back into my recovery img uses usb toggle and put the dwang back on there flashed that but im getting the same black screen what do i need to do hopefully its not bricked
im using
hboot 1.33.2005
cpld 4
radio 2.22.19.261
ra-dream-v1.5.2
I'm not 100% sure on what your developing here you're a bit lite on the details buddy...
But to ans your Q, you need to wipe when changing roms each time.
DaviMack said:
I just rooted my g1 yesterday and flashed a dwang 1.17.1 it work well all day and when i got home i tried to flash a new rom but after i did it i tried to boot up the android screen came on then afer that the screen was just black so i so i went back into my recovery img uses usb toggle and put the dwang back on there flashed that but im getting the same black screen what do i need to do hopefully its not bricked
im using
hboot 1.33.2005
cpld 4
radio 2.22.19.261
ra-dream-v1.5.2
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you're not bricked if you can go into recovery... pretty much in general if you get past the g1 screen at all, or if you even ever see the g1 screen, then you're good... LOL
Anyway, dwang is quite outdated and does not take advantage of some new techniques and technologies that other donut devs use these days. Chances are, though, that your problem is with the method with which you installed dwang... incorrect spl, etc.
Try super D or Cyanogen. Those should give you consistent working results with the newest technologies. And next time, please use the g1 Q&A section, people are more willing to help you in there.
As long as you can get back into recovery your not bricked. Just do as Ace said and do a full wipe and then reflash and you should be fine.
wrong section ..........
Its development not general ......... but 2 answer ur question if u can get into recovery ur not bricked . And u need to always do a nandroid backup b4 flashing n it will save u this type of problem
ok sorry guys