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This has probably already been covered but I have just managed to downgrade my radio stack from O2 4.21 to 4.16. The reason I did this was because a long time ago I changed my IMEI to the same as my normal cellphone because I wanted to use my cell sim in my xda and take use of the services e.t.c. unfortunatly three weeks ago I got my cellphone stolen whilst on holiday. I was able to get a new phone but I didn't like the idea of my stolen IMEI being on my XDA too. Plus I wanted to make sure that the git who stole my phone was not able to use the cellphone as I intend to bar it. I did some searching on this site and managed to get a rsupgrade.exe that will downgrade the stack so that XDA manaipulator will allow me to make changes again so that I can re-input the original XDA IMEI..(not sure why i bothered changing it in the first place)
Anyway i'm a very happy XDA user once again...can't wait to get the XDA2!
p.s I upgarded fisrt the german radio stack 3.23 then downgraded from there to 4.16...the XDA is owrking perfectly now
Can you give the steps you took to the downgrade please because this is something I have been trying to do for a long time. Where did you get the german rsu and what made you choose it in the first place?
Can you eventually post or just link the version 4.16 of the O2 RSU?
Thx
Hi,
Had a few private PM on this subject so thought I would post the steps and files I found on this forum to downgrade:
1. If you have already updraded to RS 4.21 from O2, or similar and are unable to downgrade because the flashing stops at 1% (or 5% or even 10%) then read on.
2. It seems that different RSUpgrade.exe's work differently and there is some built in protection from downgrade/upgrading some versions of RSUs like 4.21. Good news is that I have found a work around that worked in my case. If you have nothing to lose please go on.
3. Here is the http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=433 old RSUpgrade.exe that worked in my case and doesn't included the protection. If you have a version of RSUupgrade.exe that you want to install but the flashing stops, please run it, then replace the RSUpgrade.exe (in the /windows) folder with this one downloaded , and run then it. You could also copy the files manually - you will need the RSUpgrade.cp64, monitor_ul_bs.map and monitor_ul_bs.m0 from your RSUpgrade.
5. If you do not have the RSUpgrade such as version 4.16 you can try the downloading from the following location:
Download the 4.16 from O2 and try it
Here is the link (http://www.sourceo2.com/O2_Developers/Devices/O2_Xda/xda_ROM_Archive.htm)
Hope this helps it certainly did the trick for me, remember though flashing the RSU is dangerous and can seriously mess up your machine.
Thanx a lot, expecially for the links....
Well, I was wondering if someone know the difference between various RSU versions (well, let's talk about O2 ones).
I actually have a 4.06 O2 RS and I think it only supports 3+1 slots in GPRS. Furthermore I think it doesn't support WModem. Am I right?
Do you know improvements of version 4.16?
Then, I would really like to know how many people succeded in upgrading the O2 radio stack.....
Cheers,
First things first, I've been in the wireless industry since 2002, but I've never attempted a phone hack in my life. I'm a complete noob when it comes to Linux, and the furthest I've gotten with phone customization is some stock BB theme for my 8130.
I needed a new handset, and since I'm in the industry anyway, I decided I needed to keep current on Andriod, since I had a feeling it was going to be huge. So I trekked on down to my local T-mo store and picked up the white model.
Last night, I decided to see if I could get the g1 to tether one of our test laptops. While I wasn't exactly successful, the threads that lead me here (and to other areas) made me aware of just what this phone was capable once you re-attached it's gonads.
Long story short, in a few "short" hours, I'd downgraded to rc29, rooted my device, reflashed to RC30, and am a happy camper. The results are in my sig.
If you're overwhelmed by the mass of information regarding these processes: don't be. Just keep reading this forum, the instructions are clear but to a neophyte like myself (and you) it'll be confusing.
Keep trying, you won't be disappointed.
Regards,
Toes
Congrats!
Make sure you read up on moving over the caches and how to install apps to the sd card. It's all well worth the effort and rewarding in the end.
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Congrats!
Make sure you read up on moving over the caches and how to install apps to the sd card. It's all well worth the effort and rewarding in the end.
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Already on it, I'm just to busy to do much of it at work.
ninetoes said:
First things first, I've been in the wireless industry since 2002, but I've never attempted a phone hack in my life. I'm a complete noob when it comes to Linux, and the furthest I've gotten with phone customization is some stock BB theme for my 8130.
I needed a new handset, and since I'm in the industry anyway, I decided I needed to keep current on Andriod, since I had a feeling it was going to be huge. So I trekked on down to my local T-mo store and picked up the white model.
Last night, I decided to see if I could get the g1 to tether one of our test laptops. While I wasn't exactly successful, the threads that lead me here (and to other areas) made me aware of just what this phone was capable once you re-attached it's gonads.
Long story short, in a few "short" hours, I'd downgraded to rc29, rooted my device, reflashed to RC30, and am a happy camper. The results are in my sig.
If you're overwhelmed by the mass of information regarding these processes: don't be. Just keep reading this forum, the instructions are clear but to a neophyte like myself (and you) it'll be confusing.
Keep trying, you won't be disappointed.
Regards,
Toes
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Congrats.
I was in the same boat as you when I got my first smart phone, TMo Wing (Herald). It was daunting when I first started reading here and you're literally blasted in the face with loads of information but with patience and lots of reading it became clear.
Yeah i second that the people here are great, they make the most complex hacks doable by ordinary people. I believe that no one should have a non-rooted G1.
dont forget to check out the new RC30 v1.41 from JF that includes Multi Touch and some other goodies.
I agree. I'm not a complete noobie, but I'm far from experienced in this kind of thing. Multitouch is really cool!
The only problem I'm having is that when I downgraded to RC29, I lost my Wifi connections. I enable Wifi, and I don't get the Wifi symbol any more. It sees my wifi, but when I type my password in correctly, it says it can't connect. My connection has always worked flawlessly before. It really stinks, because cellphone signals are really bad here, and I can't even browse the market anymore.
edit: Boy, am I dumb, I forgot I changed my router password. Duhhh!!! Wifi connects now!
Haha yea I agree its kind of overwhelming when you start reading these forums. I rooted my G1 a little over 24 hours ago and was kind of nervous thru the entire process and i'm a unix / linux administrator. I really haven't had much experience working with Linux on embedded devices.
I haven't bothered much with the themes yet. I'm planning on rolling my own android image or keeping it up to date with the dev branch.
The sky is the limit =)
First timer here as well. Took me a little under 1hr. The longest part was formatting my 8gb sdhc card.
Love the multi touch and task manager so far. Can't wait to hack some more stuff.
Glad to hear stories similar to mine. I posted this in the hopes that other newbies like myself would read it and take heart. You seriously do NOT want to be using this device with the stock T-mo rom.
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Glad to hear stories similar to mine. I posted this in the hopes that other newbies like myself would read it and take heart. You seriously do NOT want to be using this device with the stock T-mo rom.
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A co-worker of mine that works in another department got a G1 as well. I almost feel sorry for him since I know he's gotta be running the stock RC30 since I know he's not tech savvy at all.
I am having all kinds of trouble getting mine hacked. I got down to rc29 fine and than I have got the update for rc30 jf 1.3.1 rom saved on my sd card but i cannot get it to update on my phone. I reboot by holding home and power and than I hit alt+L Alt+S and it won't update
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I am having all kinds of trouble getting mine hacked. I got down to rc29 fine and than I have got the update for rc30 jf 1.3.1 rom saved on my sd card but i cannot get it to update on my phone. I reboot by holding home and power and than I hit alt+L Alt+S and it won't update
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Wait a hot minute. You want to go to Dream Development Thread and download the Jf update ver 1.41. You then save it on sd card but rename the entire zip file to update.
P.S. Make sure you have Jf's recovery image and if this just sounds like crazy talk then look at this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
hbguy
Hi all,
I've just got an T-Mobile G1 and I would like to turn it to the Dev version with the modified RC30.
After going around these informative threads, I'm getting confused now
I would like to have a rooted G1 with HardSPL and JF v1.41 image. Are those steps correct to obtain such aim?
1. Downgrading to RC29 and rooting my device
2. Installing HardSPL (file for RC30). Now, is my G1 considered ADP1.1? Can I install any image without losing the root?
3. Reflashing to JF 1.41. Which image should I use now (ADP1.1 or RC30)?
It's kinda new thing for me but this thread of ninetoes did give me some encouragement. I'm eager to try it. Please kindly give me some advises
So anyone gives me an advice please!
mark925 said:
A co-worker of mine that works in another department got a G1 as well. I almost feel sorry for him since I know he's gotta be running the stock RC30 since I know he's not tech savvy at all.
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Okay, I used a G1 since October 20th, and rooted a few months later when I felt the process was easy enough and could be reversed. I'm not sure how long it'll take on the myTouch, but I'm thinking I'll wait and keep my G1 by my side for Tethering purposes, only because I'm scared to death of breaking the ROM. I mean, we don't even have the original ROM do we? Or at least the SAPPIMG.NBH with all of the myTouch factory software on it? The DREAIMG.NBH used to get back to RC29 was a life saver whenever I goofed things up on my G1. I'd just reflash it from the phone, on the road, and then could do all the rooting on the device. The biggest problem I'm running into is that I'm stuck on a 4 yr old iBook G4, so making the goldcard is going to be weird. I'll probably have to find a way to do it through MS VirtualPC with Windows XP and turn on USB pass-through. Any ideas?
Does anyone know of a way to backup the myTouch ROM before digging in too deep? I love nandroid's capabilities, and the cyanogen recovery 1.4 is of GREAT use on my G1, is it compatible with the myTouch? I'm sure some of this is available by digging through the threads, but this computer's 800x600 screen size is KILLING me (the laptop display cracked, so I'm stuck on an external monitor, and maximum output is 800x600)
Plus, if I have to do any exchanges, it's best to keep everything at factory before sending it in. And I will definitely need to do that should I have any problems. So a factory SAPPIMG would be great. Know how to get ahold of one? Anyone?
Wow, 85 reads, no replies rather surprised, but a regular search on Google for the MyTouch SAPPIMG ROM pulled up a page here on xda...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533641
Is this REALLY the myTouch ROM? even if it's the one from before the "Work Email" app came as an OTA (COC1 is the build) that'd be fine, the phone will pull that later on and I don't use it anyway...
Any ideas on whether or not this particular "update.zip" style ROM will refresh me back if i get in a bind and break android? I'm putting some hope on it. According to what's in the rooting thread, the ION's radio ROM is the same as the myTouch's shipping radio, right? Other than that, the SPL is the only other thing that'd need replaced before doing a warranty exchange, so that's all that's left to "unroot" the device. Anyone have access to that, or have a way to dump it?
Allong the same line as this... I am in Japan on a DOCOMO HT-03. Doubt there is a rom avail around here... I havent gotten in to the rooting yet.. But can i use nandroid to creat a back up of my own(with all of my settings).. Or even Extract the orignal rom, to post here as a repository for anyone else...
Hey all,
I'm getting my G Tablet tomorrow and I'd just like to get some things clarified.
I know, the first thing some will say is USE SEARCH! Well, I did - and that's actually why I just want to get some things straight before I go down the path of modifying the device software. See, reading it all has managed to confuse me more than help me get a definitive instruction set for forging ahead.
I'm seeing the update "****s on CWM" according to a user...and then a 'fix' for that. Than I see that Gapps causes FCs for some, while it works for others. So...yeah, a little back and forth on what to do and who's instructions to follow.
Alright, so first thing's first....Should I flash the Clockwork Mod that I'm seeing available - 0.8? or is there something else I should consider or that I've missed? or maybe wait for a newer version? Should I even flash CWM if I get the newest (and I WILL be getting the newest) S/W version? Are there any downsides at all to flashing CWM on there in terms of messing with OTA updates, etc?
I read this:
"All the ROMS use a standard firmware updater that can be used by non-technical users. Here is an explanation on how it works:...."
Sooo, does that mean I can live without CWM? If an update doesn't work for some reason, will I be able to fix it or overwrite it somehow if I can't get into the tablet at all from the tablet itself? I read something about going into APX mode and putting things on through Windows, is this an infallible method?
Second of all, I read the FAQ thoroughly (I think and hope) but I'm still not 100% on what Gapps to DL or how to put a working Android Market on there especially with this new S/W update. I've seen how to 'fix' the Market to see missing apps, but not how to actually install it on the G Tablet. I may have missed that post somewhere on here.
I'm also unclear if I should get Gapps or not at all, as I've read that some have FCs on there while others do not - so what's the general consensus in light of this update that was just released as of Dec. 21, 2010?
Ultimately, here is what I'd like from my GTab:
I'd like to run the new official Tapn'Tap released recently first and foremost.
I'd like to have the official/unofficial (w/e) Google Market.
I'd like to run Google Apps (Gtalk, Gmail, etc.).
IF I don't like Tapn'Tap, and this is a worse case scenario situation, as in if I HATE TnT - I'd like to have the option to slap something else on there and I'd like to make sure I don't brick my Tablet. Whether that means storing an original official TnT ROM or whatever.
Point me in the right direction please, especially considering things may have changed as of the new S/W update.
Thanks much and sorry for all the questions. I assure you I used search and I attempted to put it together on my own. It's been a long time since I've modded (G1 was the last time) and I don't do it often. Also, apologies if I posted this in the wrong section....I considered posting it in Dev. section but this one seemed better suited.
Thanks again, XDA rocks.
Neoprimal said:
Hey all,
I'm getting my G Tablet tomorrow and I'd just like to get some things clarified.
I know, the first thing some will say is USE SEARCH! Well, I did - and that's actually why I just want to get some things straight before I go down the path of modifying the device software. See, reading it all has managed to confuse me more than help me get a definitive instruction set for forging ahead.
I'm seeing the update "****s on CWM" according to a user...and then a 'fix' for that. Than I see that Gapps causes FCs for some, while it works for others. So...yeah, a little back and forth on what to do and who's instructions to follow.
Alright, so first thing's first....Should I flash the Clockwork Mod that I'm seeing available - 0.8? or is there something else I should consider or that I've missed? or maybe wait for a newer version? Should I even flash CWM if I get the newest (and I WILL be getting the newest) S/W version? Are there any downsides at all to flashing CWM on there in terms of messing with OTA updates, etc?
I read this:
"All the ROMS use a standard firmware updater that can be used by non-technical users. Here is an explanation on how it works:...."
Sooo, does that mean I can live without CWM? If an update doesn't work for some reason, will I be able to fix it or overwrite it somehow if I can't get into the tablet at all from the tablet itself? I read something about going into APX mode and putting things on through Windows, is this an infallible method?
Second of all, I read the FAQ thoroughly (I think and hope) but I'm still not 100% on what Gapps to DL or how to put a working Android Market on there especially with this new S/W update. I've seen how to 'fix' the Market to see missing apps, but not how to actually install it on the G Tablet. I may have missed that post somewhere on here.
I'm also unclear if I should get Gapps or not at all, as I've read that some have FCs on there while others do not - so what's the general consensus in light of this update that was just released as of Dec. 21, 2010?
Ultimately, here is what I'd like from my GTab:
I'd like to run the new official Tapn'Tap released recently first and foremost.
I'd like to have the official/unofficial (w/e) Google Market.
I'd like to run Google Apps (Gtalk, Gmail, etc.).
IF I don't like Tapn'Tap, and this is a worse case scenario situation, as in if I HATE TnT - I'd like to have the option to slap something else on there and I'd like to make sure I don't brick my Tablet. Whether that means storing an original official TnT ROM or whatever.
Point me in the right direction please, especially considering things may have changed as of the new S/W update.
Thanks much and sorry for all the questions. I assure you I used search and I attempted to put it together on my own. It's been a long time since I've modded (G1 was the last time) and I don't do it often. Also, apologies if I posted this in the wrong section....I considered posting it in Dev. section but this one seemed better suited.
Thanks again, XDA rocks.
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I don't know how much direction pointing I can do but here goes..
Clockwork mod in my opinion is a necessity. Version 0.8 is the best one for most people because of how it deals with the memory locations. Yes, you can do things without it. The update process is as simple as putting an update.zip file, and a recovery folder with a command file in it on an sdcard and holding the vol + button while hitting power. It is easy. Clockwork has a lot of little features though that make life easier. You can make a complete system backup with it. You can install updates, and new firmware with it. You can completely lock up your tablet and using clockwork and your backup be back in business in about 3-4 minutes. You can load new roms and if you hate them you can go back to your old working stuff in minutes. Yes, there are ways to make one of these tablets work again when they get stuck. I don't think anyone has actually bricked one. Some may think they have, but I doubt it.
Unless you are dead set on wanting the stock TnT interface the easiest way to get what you want is to load one of the roms. Yes, there are ways to get most of it without loading a new rom. Most everyone that has gone the I have to stay stock but want all the mods has eventually just loaded a rom. TnT3.0 is based on the latest stock stuff. It has the market, flash, etc. already in it. VegaN is what I use mostly but they are both stable and fast.
Before you flash something brand new that just came out I would read about it and see what others have to say about issues. It usually only takes about 30 minutes until you can tell if it is going to be good or not.
All of the roms for this tablet have there own little quirks. The stock has gotten better with each update but it still is not as good as the ones I named.
Finally.. This tablet is very easy to play with. It is pretty much unbrickable. Anything you can possibly break one of us has probably already broken before and fixed. There are some people that seem to have problems doing every little thing. Most don't. So I wouldn't let any of it scare you off because none of it is that hard.
With a little bit of searching almost everything you may want it to do can be done. I really love mine, and when I got it almost 2 months ago I hated it...
"Finally.. This tablet is very easy to play with. It is pretty much unbrickable. Anything you can possibly break one of us has probably already broken before and fixed. There are some people that seem to have problems doing every little thing. Most don't. So I wouldn't let any of it scare you off because none of it is that hard."
"Sigh" of relief. Then I'm not too worried. As I said I've dabbled in modifying my G1 and it is mostly cake. But I've just been seeing conflicting posts on whether cwm works with the newest official tnt release or not so I wasn't sure what to do.
Thanks for your advice. And when I said pointers, I meant like this as well as pointing me to any posts I may have missed on how to do whatever. Though I THINK I found most of them.
Neoprimal said:
"Finally.. This tablet is very easy to play with. It is pretty much unbrickable. Anything you can possibly break one of us has probably already broken before and fixed. There are some people that seem to have problems doing every little thing. Most don't. So I wouldn't let any of it scare you off because none of it is that hard."
"Sigh" of relief. Then I'm not too worried. As I said I've dabbled in modifying my G1 and it is mostly cake. But I've just been seeing conflicting posts on whether cwm works with the newest official tnt release or not so I wasn't sure what to do.
Thanks for your advice. And when I said pointers, I meant like this as well as pointing me to any posts I may have missed on how to do whatever. Though I THINK I found most of them.
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The new release overwrites clockwork. But it is not hard to put back. Always a good idea to copy the clockwork backups folder to your pc, or somewhere they won't be lost. The custom roms typically leave the recovery image alone and can be installed with or without clockwork by either extracting the zip contents for stock recovery, or installing it as is in clockwork.
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Finally.. This tablet is very easy to play with. It is pretty much unbrickable.
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I can vouch for that. Erased system, boot, data and cache in preparation for a new ROM. Accidentally rebooted and couldn't get into recovery. Booted it into APX mode, flashed stock and was on my way.
I would just run ZRoot, then upload the TnTLite 3.0 recovery and update.zip and then do the recovery mode process. You should have a microsd handy just in case it doesn't work, but so far I haven't needed that.
This tablet is much easier to work with and very forgiving since VS never took the time to lock down the bootloader etc like Motorola did with my Droid X. You really shouldn't fear changing files out etc, provided you're getting a ROM from one of the people providing them here. If you can press and hold two buttons at once, you can make your gTab an awesome little tablet. It benchmarks about 1000 points higher than my Droid X on quadrant. Can't wait to see what these guys can do with Gingerbread.
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The new release overwrites clockwork. But it is not hard to put back. Always a good idea to copy the clockwork backups folder to your pc, or somewhere they won't be lost. The custom roms typically leave the recovery image alone and can be installed with or without clockwork by either extracting the zip contents for stock recovery, or installing it as is in clockwork.
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It is also not hard to alter the update so that it does not overwrite clockwork.
Open update.zip
Find updater-script, Open in notepad++
Remove the line that references recovery.img
Flash update
hogasswild said:
I would just run ZRoot, then upload the TnTLite 3.0 recovery and update.zip and then do the recovery mode process. You should have a microsd handy just in case it doesn't work, but so far I haven't needed that.
This tablet is much easier to work with and very forgiving since VS never took the time to lock down the bootloader etc like Motorola did with my Droid X. You really shouldn't fear changing files out etc, provided you're getting a ROM from one of the people providing them here. If you can press and hold two buttons at once, you can make your gTab an awesome little tablet. It benchmarks about 1000 points higher than my Droid X on quadrant. Can't wait to see what these guys can do with Gingerbread.
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with the new update however does the z4root still work? i heard it may not anymore. just curious also since im hopefully getting mine on sat for xmas
rothnic said:
It is also not hard to alter the update so that it does not overwrite clockwork.
Open update.zip
Find updater-script, Open in notepad++
Remove the line that references recovery.img
Flash update
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Thanks for the info Rothnic! I had already flashed it before I figured out it removed Clockwork. Learning new stuff every day is good... Thanks..
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with the new update however does the z4root still work? i heard it may not anymore. just curious also since im hopefully getting mine on sat for xmas
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The very first time I rooted, I used ZRoot and installed 2.4.0. I didn't change anything and used the exact same process of simply copying over the 3.0.0 files over to the root directory of the internal memory and did the recovery procedure (vol+ and pwr keys). It worked like a charm.
hogasswild said:
The very first time I rooted, I used ZRoot and installed 2.4.0. I didn't change anything and used the exact same process of simply copying over the 3.0.0 files over to the root directory of the internal memory and did the recovery procedure (vol+ and pwr keys). It worked like a charm.
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Ok cool, thanks cant wait for my g tablet hopefully sat morning
I think you'll like it a lot. I also own an iPad. While they are similar they are also a little different. Merry Christmas!
hogasswild said:
I think you'll like it a lot. I also own an iPad. While they are similar they are also a little different. Merry Christmas!
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my mom has an ipad and my dad could only buy it while i was on my honeymoon bc he knew i wouldnt approve of an apple device in the house haha.
rothnic said:
It is also not hard to alter the update so that it does not overwrite clockwork.
Open update.zip
Find updater-script, Open in notepad++
Remove the line that references recovery.img
Flash update
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My device hasn't come yet (damn you FedEx!) but I'm eagerly awaiting it.
My plan:
Unbox, start it....do a factory reset from the getgo if it has enough juice.
Set it back up. Charge it to full. If whatever comes on it is as unbearable as I've seen in on Youtube - start modifications.
Will CWM install on it AFTER I do the update if it's available to me? I've seen that the update messes with it if it's already there - but noone's mentioned putting it on there after the fact. I may just go that route for simplicity sake.
Thanks for this!, and thank you all for chiming in with your experience. I feel much better about just getting my hands dirty in it all. I had wrote something to someone yesterday about jumping in and just doing it, but when it comes to dealing with it yourself it can be a daunting task - especially when it still has that new smell, lol. Anyway, thanks again. You guys really rock.
Will stop back later on after I've done my thing
I think they are both nice devices. There are trade off for both of them. I think the screen on the iPad is wonderful, where the gTab's is okay. But the gTab has a forward facing camera, you can print from it, and you can modify it fairly easily too.
Sprdtyf350 said:
Finally.. This tablet is very easy to play with. It is pretty much unbrickable.
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...famous last words...
Seriously though...trust the directions from the great devs like roebeet. Follow their instructions word for word. You can switch ROMs and then flash back if you want. No worries...
Off topic!
Well...disappointment! Fedex had my package out for delivery at 8am and at 8pm, they're not here. This is why I like UPS, they show up at my door on the day of delivery, no exceptions - they have shown up at almost 9pm before. The Archos 101 I got was sent out at 8am as well but got here at 1:30pm - I suppose that was before the holiday rush.
Checking the details of my tracking I'm seeing a "delivery exception" at 7:30pm (I guess it was time to get back to the facility so they can clock out by 8pm?) and upon calling them I get a somewhat stumbling but polite CS who tells me the delivery went out "late" - upon which I asked if 8am was considered late, especially from a distribution facility WITHIN the same zip code as I am, and all he could say was "Very sorry about this".
Aaaanyway....I guess it will be tomorrow before I can report my adventures.
Think I'll be able to get my $3.99 back from Amazon? I have Prime and with that the package would have come tomorrow anyway. Basically my $3.99 is wasted. Imagine if I didn't have Prime though? Whew.
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...famous last words...
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If you can figure out how to brick it you will probably get an award.. It won't be a good award but probably one of those top ten dumb things people do awards. So far unless you plug the motherboard into a wall socket no one has bricked one. May think they have, but like I said before I doubt it..
And your right.. If it can be done, someone eventually will figure out how. And then we will all laugh at them.. At least I will
I finally got the G tablet tonight and...alright, don't flame me for this - but I don't see what all the complaints about the screen being horrendous or the device being molasses slow are about?
I don't know how people are trying to view it...but when looking at it or setting it on a stand to watch media, I'm not seeing any problem with the viewing angles. It's about the same as my laptop so I watch it the same way.
It's not even a 1/4 as slow as the stuff I've seen on Youtube or in some of the review videos I've seen around the net. I haven't gotten a single FC. Granted, I haven't put in a SD Card yet so maybe problems will start then?
I guess I should note, the very first thing I did was did a factory reset. Then I hooked it up to Wifi and got the 3053 update. I'm one of those who will be waiting for the 'official' update on the 24th.
I set up the time and date, restarted and everything works. I haven't installed flash yet (don't need it that much) and stuff that I DO want on there right now works fine (skype, pandora, fring, dropbox, evernote). I'm slowly figuring out a list of what I want/need from my Mytouch 4G to port to the VS GTab. Figure I don't really NEED Gtalk, Gmail on there because I have these on my phone AND PC - do I really want them making noises all around my home on 3 devices? I was concerned about getting the Google Apps on but now I'm finding I really don't need them. So it seems to me this will be a matter of learning to separate what I need on a tablet vs. my phone - I was of the mentality that I should just get whatever's on my phone on the tablet, this is something others apparently do as they seem to want everything that's on their phone, on their tablets as well.
I personally don't see the point in that. Had I had the Google Market, that would have escaped me as I'd have used Appbrain to just get my motherload of apps from the MT4G to the GTab. Not having it has slowed me, and now I get to re-evaluate before I do grab apps for it.
Now I just have to merge/convert my HTPC into a NAS device as well and find an app that will allow me to DLNA stream media from it and I'll be in mobile heaven.
I haven't had my wifi drop at all anywhere in my home and I've marched all over with it (I use full Wifi N, no G compat. so maybe my range is wider?). Tried email, etc. to replicate crashes and force closes but haven't so far. No surfing issues. I DID find that one app got 'stuck' being downloaded and I had to delete the file before the 'downloading' icon would go away, even after restart.
Maybe the trick to getting a workable GTab in the first place is to factory reset it before first use? Iunno. Things may change and issues may pop up the more I use it and as time passes - but so far, so good!
Again, I can't thank XDA enough for the advice and info. I've found and been given.
Sprdtyf350 said:
If you can figure out how to brick it you will probably get an award.. It won't be a good award but probably one of those top ten dumb things people do awards. So far unless you plug the motherboard into a wall socket no one has bricked one. May think they have, but like I said before I doubt it..
And your right.. If it can be done, someone eventually will figure out how. And then we will all laugh at them.. At least I will
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I figured it out. Accidentally hit one of the devkit nvflash .cabs and boom
My phone's been stuck in downloading mode for a week, and it's affecting my efficiency (and my sanity), so now I'm offering some money.
I have a Telus Fascinate 4G SGH-T959P. I wanted to get 2.3.3 on it, so I installed CWM, did a set of backups, and then, because there is no forum area for this phone, I guessed that it must be the Canadian equivalent of the T959V (The Samsung G4), and I loaded a ROM for that phone (I know now I was wrong), and now all my phone will do is go to downloading mode.
Using Odin3 1.7, I have tried writing half a dozen things to the phone, including kernels and roms for the infuse, the regular fascinate, and the 4G, just hoping to get the phone to boot so I could reinstall my CWM backups, but i can't get anything to work.
Now I think I have 4 options. From least to most desirable they are:
4) Electro-toast the phone with a BBQ lighter, and send it in for warranty ("It just quit working one day!?!??"). This would be slow, and scores some bad karma points.
3) I can find someone to send the phone to who can fix it and send it back. This would be great but would still take a week or two.
2) Learn how to extract what I need from a working phone, then go into future shop, buy a new phone, take it into the parking lot, do the frankenstein thing, and take the new phone back in and return it. This would be quick, but risky, time consuming and difficult (I imagine).
1) Find someone on XDA who can get me the file I need, paypal them a $50 reward for motivation. This way, I have fast expert help.
So I welcome any thoughts and comments, but mostly would welcome a .tar file for odin to revive this puppy. If you are the guy who gets me the successful file, I promise I will be very, very happy to send you $50. Or if you can think of a way to get the phone to boot that I can do here in my internet connected RV out in the middle of nowhere, that would qualify too.
P.S. do we need a forum area for this phone?
Thanks everyone.
I just ordered this phone over the weekend hoping to do what you tried and failed at. I guess I should have done more research before ordering . Since I'm planning on using it on AT&T, luckily I see that it has been successfully rooted and unlocked here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076493
I'm still hopeful that there will be more support coming for custom roms since this is still on 2.2 but a pretty new phone.
I have not received the phone yet, but would be happy to help you out once I do get it in a few days. I'm noob to andriod though so might need some good detailed instructions from you. Hit me up if you still need help and Ill let you know once I get the phone.
Well I'm not really confident on what has to happen either (as evident by my phone's current state), but I read somewhere about a process using a shell on your PC where you pulled all the needed stuff from the phone, then compiled them into a tar file that you could then use in odin. That sounded like what has to happen. I just spent 10 minutes but can't find the thread now... I saved the link on my netbook which is not in front of me atm. At any rate, I would recommend NOT WRITING anything back to your phone until you're sure you know it's going to work. If you create something and upload it, I can throw it at mine.
Thanks for the interest everyone, I have successfully unbricked my SGH-T959P!!! I finally went with plan '2'.. I bought another one (this solved my urgency issue and got me back into my google account eg: calendar, notes etc. immediately), and it will be returned virtually virgin in a couple days. It was definitely a lot of research, and effort, but I'm extremely happy to have my phone back.
The key to my success was a post on xda where a guy explained how he did a system backup using adb (search for rotobackup), so I did that. It created one big tar file, but when odin tried to send that, it still choked. So I thought to try to send them one by one. I went back and created a separate tar file for each system file (some didn't need to be tarred), and odined them one by one to figure out which ones were okay. I was able to send to the phone: boot.bin, efs.rfs, factoryfs.rfs, modem.bin, paramlfs.rfs, pit.pit, sbl.bin, and zimage. Eventually, the phone booted up like a factory fresh unit! =D After that, the rest was relatively easy. So now I shall keep those files on my PC in case I or someone else needs them.
Thanks to the xda community, wouldn't've had a chance in hell without you guys.
-Ryan.
Sent from my SGH-T959P using XDA App
rryanosman said:
Thanks for the interest everyone, I have successfully unbricked my SGH-T959P!!! I finally went with plan '2'.. I bought another one (this solved my urgency issue and got me back into my google account eg: calendar, notes etc. immediately), and it will be returned virtually virgin in a couple days. It was definitely a lot of research, and effort, but I'm extremely happy to have my phone back.
The key to my success was a post on xda where a guy explained how he did a system backup using adb (search for rotobackup), so I did that. It created one big tar file, but when odin tried to send that, it still choked. So I thought to try to send them one by one. I went back and created a separate tar file for each system file (some didn't need to be tarred), and odined them one by one to figure out which ones were okay. I was able to send to the phone: boot.bin, efs.rfs, factoryfs.rfs, modem.bin, paramlfs.rfs, pit.pit, sbl.bin, and zimage. Eventually, the phone booted up like a factory fresh unit! =D After that, the rest was relatively easy. So now I shall keep those files on my PC in case I or someone else needs them.
Thanks to the xda community, wouldn't've had a chance in hell without you guys.
-Ryan.
Sent from my SGH-T959P using XDA App
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Nice! Congrats...glad u got it fixed. I unfortunately still haven't received my phone... delivery from Canada seems to be slower than I thought You should attach the files to the op anyways or maybe I can do it once I get my phone. Are u still planning to try and find a rom for this phone? Let me know if u have any luck because I haven't been àble to find anything. Kind of bummed that ill have to use 2.2 for a new phone and touchwiz. And the fact that there is no separate section for this phone (not even the telus fascinate 3g+) on here doesn't give me much hope that development support will be coming
Agreed on the lack of popularity. And ya probably nothing can be done about it. I would be interested in rolling our own roms, but I just don't have the time to play with that stuff, so might have to just live with stock and meager samsung updates. We'll see.
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Do Not flash T959P
[WARNING!] Do Not flash Any ROM T959P
stuck in download 100%
no ROM available so far for Telus model
Well it seems I'm totally bricked. ryanosman, what order did you flash those files in?
NVM, looks like I got it!
For anyone else, it was a few weeks ago, but I think you use the PDA slot. (PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.) And I'm quite sure it doesn't matter what order.
I used phone slot. It's the only place the .tar files would show up.
The only thing that seemed critical order wise (the only thing that worked for me anyway) was to install modem last, other wise the phone just sat there vibrating.
Thanks again for the files ryan!
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hey rryanosman can you pm me or email me the tar files you used, i am in desperate need.
Thanks
Please send the device to me. I did the UnBrickable mod on the SGH-i959.. I was able to locate the proper combination for UnBrickable mod on the Fascinate without removing the procesor. I'd like to attempt the same on the 959P...
It may be just like the 959, but to be sure I'd like to take a shot at it and do it for free, but you pay shipping. I'll make it UnBrickable if I can.
edit: of course, I'll also unbrick the device and release a Heimdall One-Click for restoration to stock with a 959P.
Argggg, I am about to give up.
finally Got it to boot no modem function, not sure if all files are good, so i seen you post that you took the backup of all the files from the phone and got yours back up and running, just the person i needed to talk to, someone with all the files and not the collection from sever places to make up all the files i needed..
Where could i get my hands on them files as well.. Mine is messed, and i have tried everything. I have even restored it to boot up, and it has no Radio working in it Wifi works just no Packet Data and no IMEI in my phone, and tried several other modem files, etc. WOuld be nice to just have a copy of actual T959P firmware right from a working phone. I download several roms that say compelete to only extract, and there is 4 or more files missing from them. But if i can get that backup you made it would be much appricated.
if you need to i can set up free access to my servers FTP, and give you an account. You can use it as you wish as my account is unlimited..
rryanosman said:
Thanks for the interest everyone, I have successfully unbricked my SGH-T959P!!! I finally went with plan '2'.. I bought another one (this solved my urgency issue and got me back into my google account eg: calendar, notes etc. immediately), and it will be returned virtually virgin in a couple days. It was definitely a lot of research, and effort, but I'm extremely happy to have my phone back.
The key to my success was a post on xda where a guy explained how he did a system backup using adb (search for rotobackup), so I did that. It created one big tar file, but when odin tried to send that, it still choked. So I thought to try to send them one by one. I went back and created a separate tar file for each system file (some didn't need to be tarred), and odined them one by one to figure out which ones were okay. I was able to send to the phone: boot.bin, efs.rfs, factoryfs.rfs, modem.bin, paramlfs.rfs, pit.pit, sbl.bin, and zimage. Eventually, the phone booted up like a factory fresh unit! =D After that, the rest was relatively easy. So now I shall keep those files on my PC in case I or someone else needs them.
Thanks to the xda community, wouldn't've had a chance in hell without you guys.
-Ryan.
Sent from my SGH-T959P using XDA App
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Check out post 43. It will hopefully have everything you need. I've brought mine back from the brink several times.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225593&page=5
Thanks thanks thanks
07blackwater said:
Check out post 43. It will hopefully have everything you need. I've brought mine back from the brink several times.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1225593&page=5
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Finally back, after tiring 3 weekes of searching and downloading everything around the block, i am up and running. Thanks so much again "07blackwater"... I owe ya one. Thanks again for that link...
Thank vcmerritt, he did all the hard work
rryanosman said:
Thanks for the interest everyone, I have successfully unbricked my SGH-T959P!!! I finally went with plan '2'.. I bought another one (this solved my urgency issue and got me back into my google account eg: calendar, notes etc. immediately), and it will be returned virtually virgin in a couple days. It was definitely a lot of research, and effort, but I'm extremely happy to have my phone back.
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-Ryan.
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Thank you for a great post.
Which file goes to which section in odin?
How did you remove root from a loaner phone?
That was the reason I wanted to flash the phone in the first place.