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YOUR G1 IS *NOT* BRICKED @ the G1 screen! I have a cure!

OKAY. SO I HAVE TO SAY;
After flashing my ROM so many times and having my G1 get "stuck" the the boot up G1 screen... you could say this would make someone frustrated. Even make you think your phone is "bricked"? Right? Wrong! It's not.
I have two ways to get OFF this screen & have your phone running again.
THIS IS FOR ROOT USERS WHO HAVE FLASHED AND ARE STUCK AFTER AN UPGRADE.
1. Take your SD card out and put it into an SD Adapter/USB into your computer and open the drive and drag your update file for whatever ROM you want onto the drive .
2. Eject the drive; and don't forget to Safely remove it.
3. Put the SD card back in your G1 phone, and reboot the phone with Call+MENU+Power button and then immediately hold the HOME and BACK button to go into recovery mode.
4. Once in recovery, wipe data and then add the update.zip file
Let it do its thing and when its done, hold Home + Back to reboot.
IF your T-mobile G1 boots back up, Congrats! Your new ROM is working now.
If you are still getting stuck at the T-mobile G1 start up screen, take your SD card back out, re-do the steps I provided, but START ALL OVER FROM SCRATCH! This means, Put your Original RC33 (or RC29) DREAMIG.nbh file on the sd card, wipe, flash the recovery image (use the telnetd and terminal emulator steps - you can find them on youtube here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJ2VtSqtJY ) and then proceed to let your phone boot up. Once everything is loaded up and you sign back in and everything syncs back up, You will be downgraded now, so you will have to flash the newest Radio and SPL onto your phone (as if you just freshly rooted your phone, because you did!) and then after you have done that; then you can wipe & flash/upgrade your ROM to whichever you prefer and also don't forget the fat32, ext2/ext3, linux-swap partition of your sdcard. This guy gives a great tutorial on how to do that! http://www.youtube.com/user/EmoGamer#play/uploads/4/0ve8pUk9dC4
ENJOY FELLOW ANDROIDIANS!
I hope I could help some of you.
If your phone is STILL stuck on the G1 loading screen, you have done something wrong. Try again. IF all else fails, Your phone is majorly Bricked and I don't know any other way to help you. These are the only two ways I know of - they have worked for me over & over; because I'm always testing out everybodys newest ROM.

This isn't any new information. There's an entire thread dedicated to bricked G1s and distinguishing whether or not they're actually bricked.

Iceucold said:
This isn't any new information. There's an entire thread dedicated to bricked G1s and distinguishing whether or not they're actually bricked.
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I second that.
If you can get into recovery... phone is not bricked. "BRICK" happens when you can't get into recovery NOR fastboot in the SPL.

WRONG.
If either of those steps worked that means your phone wasn't even bricked in the first place.
Garbage thread.

This is hilarious....

Potentially brick Touch Pro 2, Need help!

So I got a little bit overzealous and accidentally flashed a gsm rom to my cdma phone (we all make mistakes) and now it just hangs at the Touch Pro2 splash screen. I can still enter the recovery mode but it does nothing when I run the recovery. Is there anything I can do? Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance.
-SeptimusX25

hold power and volume down and hit the reset button, keep holding power and vol down until you see the tricolor bootloader screen, from there you can connect to your computer and flash a new rom

I think we need to make a sticky pointing our what people have done wrong to make them think they have bricked their phone and then how to fix it, because there are a lot of posts saying potential bricking phones and it is the same fix everytime.

Well you may be about people knowing the definition of brick but the suggestion for installing a new rom does not work because even in the colored boot screen my computer does not detect that it is connected and hence I cannot reinstall a new rom. Is there a driver I need to install to get my phone to be detected sans operating system or some software i need to install? I have a feeling once my computer detects my phone it will be smooth sailing from there. Thanks again for your prompt replies.

when i plug mine in it automatically installs a driver (ive done this on multiple computers using multiple OSes) and the white bar at the bottom changes from saying Serial to saying USB, then i can flash a rom as normal
another way im not as familiar with but im sure with a little searching you can find help, would be flashing directly from the SD card, i did it once for a radio rom but dont recall the exact procedure, sorry

I tried flashing the phone from the sd card using this method:
"Step 1: find the rom/radio you wish to flash and download it
Step 2: extract the .nbh file out of said rom package (will usually be named RUU_SIGNED.nbh if the rom is packed in an exe use pocket rar to extract from your phone or 7zip/winrar from your pc)
Step 3: rename the .nbh file to RHODIMG.nbh
step 4: place rom on the root of your SD card (meaning not in any folders)
step 5: power down the device completely
step 6: hold volume down and power (sleep/wake button on the Verizon variant) till the screen boots into bootloader mode (red green blue screen)
step 7: when prompted press power to flash
step 8: wait for it to finish, sometimes it will restart on its own, sometime you need to restart it yourself but make sure you wait for the flash successful screen.
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It gave me the same result as before. Also, Is it typical for the bootloader screen to only flash for a second and then get a grey screen that prompts you for action? Thats what my phone does, it shows a grey screen immediately after the bootscreen with 3 options which are: 1. "restore factory settings" 2. "Use custom configuration" and 3. "take no action and restart the phone" I tried both options 1and 2 with the sdcard method and got nothing. I also plugged my phone into my laptop and it installed microsoft usb sync driver but the mightyrom RUU, or any RUU for that matter, does not detect the phone, I get an error[264]: connection. Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.
If I can't fix it tonight, I'm taking it to the store tommorrow see if I can get it replaced

no, that shouldnt happen, it should stay at the red/green/blue screen, ive never seen the screen you describe

one thing you want to try is formatting your micro sd card to a fat32 then install the continue with the rest of the steps you described. i know this because i did the exact same thing you did. but now I'm typing from the same phone actually it happened a few times works everytime. i just know to triple check your rom to make sure its for your device. meaning gsm or cdma oh and dont forget to remove the sd card after the install and its best if the nbh is the only item on your card when you perform the flash.

@septimusx25 Thank you for posting this! I'm a noob and had the same problem with mine and thought it was a gonner. I was sweatin bullets! LoL
@sapperpipo Thanks for the SOLUTION! It worked perfectly and now I can use my baby again.

NOOBZ: The EASY guide to rooting your Aria and Installing Attn1's ROM (Win XP/Vista)

Like some of you, i'm an absolute newbie to Android. But after a week of reading and scrolling through many webpages and forums. i finally got the nerve to Root my Aria and install Attn1's ROM because i was tired of the auto-start of ATT's bloatware and random restarting of those apps that i had to constantly check and kill with Advanced Task Killer (ATK..in the Market).
and yes i've actually seen a slight increase in my batter life after. (on at 6am..average txting, heavy web surfing, and minimal Market browsing...69% by 2pm)
so here's the step by step guide without having to go through the many pages of the forums...
** To Root your Aria and Clockwork Mod
1. go to http://unrevoked.com, choose your Aria phone, and click the download file. save and extract into a easy to remember directory on your computer.
2. go to http://www.unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php?id=public:windows_hboot_driver_install and follow the instructions to install HBOOT
3. go to HTC's website and download and install HTC Sync. Yes it's been said it messes up the process. slightly not true. you're only gonna install it so that the proper ADB drivers are installed that Unrevoked Rooting tool needs to access your phone. as soon as it installs...uninstall it. it will leave the proper ADB required drivers behind. (it took me hours and finally wading through 6 pages worth of forum posts to find this out..so i'm saving you the trouble)
4. now on your phone..click Menu > Settings > Connect to PC > Default Connection Type > and select Charge Only
5. go back to Settings > Applications > Development > and check USB Debugging
6. now start UnRevoked (c:\directory you chose\reflash.exe)
7. gray wide window with UnRevoked's logo and a "waiting for device" type message under it. now plug in your Aria via USB to the computer. sit back and watch the magic. 5mins (or less) later and you will have a Rooted phone with Clockwork mod.
**now that your Aria is rooted you can install Attn1's ATT bloatware free Rom.
1. go to Menu > Settings > Connect to PC > Default Connection Type > and select Disk Drive
2. go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=708434 and decide which beta version you want to use. I chose B003 since it's the one folks have the least issues with and the cleanest one that hasn't changed too much about the stock rom. download and save the file to your SD Card. i chose the Download folder to make it easy to find.
3. now turn off your phone. hold down the Volume Down button and press the Power button. you should see the standard Fastboot menu with the lil droid guys on skateboards on the bottom. press the volume down button until "recovery" is highlighted. hit the Power button to select it. you'll see the HTC logo as if it's booting and the clockwork mod screen (black background with green text) that you were left at with the Unrevoked tool.
4. using the volume down button select Nandroid > Backup. i'm not quite sure but i think this backups all your settings of the current stock Rom. *advanced users correct me if i'm wrong*. all i know is you NEED to do this. it was stressed in most forums.
give it a couple minutes and the process should finish.
5. now select Install Zip from SD Card. Use the volume buttons and Power button (select) and navigate to Attn1's Rom zip file. select it. don't let the warning scare you too much. his Rom is LEGIT and 110% working select yes and watch the quick install process.
few minutes later you should be up and running just fine.
6. if it reboots and you hear some pleasant chimes/dings and no ATT 3G boot up or loud WOOSH animation..you've installed his Rom just fine and all your previous settings as if nothing's changed yes the HTC Quietly Brilliant will be on your screen for a little while since there is no secondary boot animation. don't worry.
credits go to attn1 and quickness to get this clean rom up
***EDIT: July 26, 2010 ***
just wanted to thank everyone for the compliments and glad this was able to help ease the pain of rooting your Aria and installing a custom ROM.
many thanks for the compliments

Whoa! Just what I needed. Many have come before you and remained silent so thanks for putting this together. I have been reading for a week now in preparation of purchasing an Aria and it just shipped from Amazon today. Now, I'm psyched!

this is amazing, i had literally just done the unrevoked thing and had no idea what to do next, and then all of the sudden this thread pops up and helped A LOT
perfect timing

glad to help
the experienced users were right that's it's simple if you KNOW what you're doing. just the answers/instructions were vague on exactly how.

ok, now how do i access clockwork? do i have to restart while holding the volume and power buttons or is there something im missing?
also, is there a way to move the apps to the sd card?

unteagle said:
ok, now how do i access clockwork? do i have to restart while holding the volume and power buttons or is there something im missing?
also, is there a way to move the apps to the sd card?
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Power down your phone, than hold down the volume down button and power button. In the fastboot menu push volume down till Recovery is highlighted and push the power button to select. 5 seconds later it'll load into clockwork
And I have yet to try the SD card app method

thanks, hopefully someone will find out how to install apps to the sd card soon, it would save a lot of space

I certainly appreciate your help here. I am now running the liberated 005 on my Aria. Still want to make the jump to 2.2

Not to be rude, but we really shouldn't keep posting new instruction threads, they generally confuse people, and attn1 already mentioned this method.

new here. thanks for the step by step!
all was running fine up till the point where the program was rebooting my phone... but after the phone reboot and is running fine... it still say it's "waiting for reboot..." so... i try to start over and now it says that it's "waiting for device"...
but i've already installed and uninstalled the HTC sync for aria. please help!

andoh said:
Not to be rude, but we really shouldn't keep posting new instruction threads, they generally confuse people, and attn1 already mentioned this method.
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yeah, but it took me over an hour and going through pages of forum posts before realizing i needed to install HTC Sync and uninstall it so that i could have all the drivers i needed and no issues of programs trying to access the USB port. this saves some newbs a lil headache. that's all i'm trying to do.

uhhhyeahhh said:
new here. thanks for the step by step!
all was running fine up till the point where the program was rebooting my phone... but after the phone reboot and is running fine... it still say it's "waiting for reboot..." so... i try to start over and now it says that it's "waiting for device"...
but i've already installed and uninstalled the HTC sync for aria. please help!
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just plug the phone back in and let it run the Unrevoked again. i ran into the same issue and thought i might have rebooted too soon through clockwork.

Thank you for this. I tried to root my phone the other way and could never get my phone to be seen by my comp.

can anyone tell me why the link to unrevoked.com/#aria wont load. all i get is the the home page where you select your phone. down at the bottom of the screen it says errors on page.... so frustrating

It's working for me. Try http://unrevoked.com/recovery/

this is exactly what i needed! i have read and read (and tried) other methods, which may be the same in a sence, but i have never got it to work. i am in the process of installing the liberated rom as we speak. much props to you asiancuta for putting out a great step by step guide. and as always props to attn1 for making this possible.
edit: keep getting error at line 7 and installation aborted. phone is pretty much screwed. i can keep getting back into clockwork but dont know what to do from there. phone wont boot up either

beazie0885 said:
this is exactly what i needed! i have read and read (and tried) other methods, which may be the same in a sence, but i have never got it to work. i am in the process of installing the liberated rom as we speak. much props to you asiancuta for putting out a great step by step guide. and as always props to attn1 for making this possible.
edit: keep getting error at line 7 and installation aborted. phone is pretty much screwed. i can keep getting back into clockwork but dont know what to do from there. phone wont boot up either
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Odd. Never had that happen. In the install zip from SD card menu try selecting Signature Verification method is off and try that.
Also make sure you reboot the phone after rooting just in case.

beazie0885 said:
this is exactly what i needed! i have read and read (and tried) other methods, which may be the same in a sence, but i have never got it to work. i am in the process of installing the liberated rom as we speak. much props to you asiancuta for putting out a great step by step guide. and as always props to attn1 for making this possible.
edit: keep getting error at line 7 and installation aborted. phone is pretty much screwed. i can keep getting back into clockwork but dont know what to do from there. phone wont boot up either
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If you followed the instructions, you can use ClockworkMod to restore your 'nandroid' backup.

Found out what the problem was. At least I think. When I formatted my SD card(trying other methods), I lost all the default folders. So I created a "downloads" folder and put the liberated Rom in it. Therefore I was getting an error message. I nand restored, moved the Rom out of the dl folder, and just put the zip file on the SD card. Not in a folder. Then proceeded with the instructions and worked just fine. Thx everyone. Now I'm rooted and flashed my first Rom (at least on android)
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

This helped me so much! Thank you!

please help :'(

so i loaded on froyo 2.2 on my milestone an everything was working perfect, an then i put on G.0.T. MOD an started installin a bunch of stuff in the recovery mode thing, an now when i start up my milestone its stuck at the motorola logo please help

Nandroid? If you got to the Recovery Screen once, you can get to it again...
Don't forget how to get to the recovery screen:
Hold Camera and press the power button (while holding the camera button). Then the screen should show the little triangle. Release all buttons, then press volume+up (keep pressed!) and press camera again and apply the update.zip Good luck

Are you the same person I helped earlier? I'm sorry to hear that your problems haven't been fixed. The person above me is right, but if what he says doesn't make sense to you at all, this is the best thing for you to do:
1. Download your appropiate SBF file.
2. Flash it using RSDLite 4.6
3. Follow the rooting tutorial
4. Re"install" the G.O.T. OpenRecovery
5. Install MotoFrenzy Thru OpenRecovery
6. Update MotoFrenzy Thru OpenRecovery
Note: Leave the OpenRecovery Settings as they are, since this is apparently what caused your phone to "die" I guess changing the overclock settings wouldn't do that much of harm though.. But I'm not sure.
If you need any help with these steps, just contact me or reply in this thread and I'll see what I (and the community) can do for you

Mikevhl said:
Are you the same person I helped earlier? I'm sorry to hear that your problems haven't been fixed. The person above me is right, but if what he says doesn't make sense to you at all, this is the best thing for you to do:
1. Download your appropiate SBF file.
2. Flash it using RSDLite 4.6
3. Follow the rooting tutorial
4. Re"install" the G.O.T. OpenRecovery
5. Install MotoFrenzy Thru OpenRecovery
6. Update MotoFrenzy Thru OpenRecovery
Note: Leave the OpenRecovery Settings as they are, since this is apparently what caused your phone to "die" I guess changing the overclock settings wouldn't do that much of harm though.. But I'm not sure.
If you need any help with these steps, just contact me or reply in this thread and I'll see what I (and the community) can do for you
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before that you try format your SD card, maybe it will be helpful..._a

my milestone when runnind dexter´s froyo rom, dont know why doesn´t like got´s overclock modules it caused the same problem to me, stuck at boot.
My suggestion go slow try to apply GOT´s mod´s one at a time to see what is actually causing the problem and what actually works.
You also got in got´s open recovery the option to unload all mod´s you can try that also !

Do a full wipe before flashing and you should be good to go, that's all.

[Q] NOOB QUESTION, Google Apps

hey guys, i am talking about the "IceCreamTosti build 32". I am obviously a noob, and only managed to install this cause of a detailed description. I dont know how to install the googleapps though(not included in description It must be really easy i guess, but i still dont manage! please help me out, do i install it in MGDLDR? if so, how do i get back into MGDLDR?, it boots directly into android after pressing the powerbutton. or do i install it in OI Dateimanager? Zipped or Unzipped? please help me out guys!=) i kinda need my phone, and was so frustrated with windows... THX anyways!

Your post could use a few more details, what phone do you have and exactly what ROM did you flash?
On my Galaxy SII, I flash the Googleapps .zip file from CWM. I can get to CWM recovery by holding the volume up, volume down and power button until I see the boot screen appear twice, then I release the buttons and the phone boots into CWM recovery. I have no idea if this process will work for your phone.

ok sure, i have a "htc hd2" and flashed this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441462
It says in the post, that you need googleapps, but idk how to=)
thanx for an answer anyway=)

If you successfully flashed AOKP, I believe you should be able to reboot into recovery. After the phone has started up, press and hold the power button for about a second to open the power menu, from there you should see an option to Reboot, click that and then select Recovery from the list of reboot options.

ok thx mate! its not working for me though yet, but i can imagine that is because i have tried to install the roms in the running android system, not in recovery mode. ill flat the whole thing out again, and start all over! ill let you know how i did! sounds like this is the way to go!=)

ok guys ive done it! its simple as!=) after installing aokp there is a button "reboot" or "next". if you click next you can choose another .zip to install=) so dont even restart but install directly afterwards! (if any one else had this problem=)
im really happy with aokp, best flash so far for me! awesome!