Comments on: How To: Gain Root Access on the T-Mobile G1 (OBSOLETE)

By: Materg975

Materg975 — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:56:00 +0000

so this doesnt work anymore

By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:20:22 +0000

Hello Carmelo,

You need to make sure the file is named correctly (update.zip not accidentally update.zip.zip etc) and make sure it is on the sd card NOT in any folders.
Also check the reported issues below the post.

By: carmelo

carmelo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:51:41 +0000

Helo david my name is carmelo I have seen ur video at least 8 time. I have done every time as u say almost every thing it seems to look fine but when I do the last step were I have to turn of my g1 and the hold home and end I press alt l and alts. Every time I do this step I get this E can’t open sdcard update.zip no such file ordirectory imstallation aborted. This is what I get every singal time I try it can you please help me I think this is the only thing that is keeping me from rooting my g1 Pls help

By: Franky

Franky — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:14:21 +0000

Im put in the files and restarted it by holding the camera and on button but it just stays on the rainbow screen. WHAT DO I DO?!?!

By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:35:21 +0000

Hello Cece,

Thanks!
Just sync your contacts with Google (it should do that automatically) and then when you sign in again when done, you will be all set.
There are a lot of good themes, we have some in our Downloads section but there are a lot more on forum.xda-developers.com
Good Luck!

By: CeCe

CeCe — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:46:28 +0000

Hi,

I love this site!!!..I’ve watched the rooting video 3times (lol) and I think Im ready to root my G1 but I have a couple questions. Will my contacts be affected by rooting? Whats a good theme? And how do I check what spl I have.

By: TheUnlockr

TheUnlockr — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:39:29 +0000

Hello Joe,

The syntax is exact in that procedure (worked for plenty of people). You may have another issue, try googing the exact error you got and see if anyone else had the issue.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:37:53 +0000

What is the EXACT syntax including spaces for mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

I get usage error if I use that spacing. I’ve tried 50 times and can’t get past that part.

By: gema

gema — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:31:21 +0000

so can i do this with an unlocked phone?

By: kyle

kyle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:14:47 +0000

what i did was i got my friends g1 put my sd card in his ,transferred the files to my sd card that i needed and it works now but i dont know if i completed the whole rooting process. i did a hard reset to my phone will that take everything off that i put in for the rooting process because i dont want my phone rooted any more but its still firmware 1.0 will i get an update back to cupcake?