How To: UnRoot Your T-Mobile G1/Get Back to Donut
THIS PROCEDURE IS OBSOLETE! PLEASE DO OUR NEW HOW TO UNROOT PROCEDURE:
HOW TO UNROOT THE HTC G1 / DREAM
So you need to send in your phone for warranty purposes? Or maybe you’ve been loading too many ROMs and would like to start fresh? Maybe you just hate being different and just want to be like everyone else, damn it!
Here is how to UNRoot the G1 and get back to the stock G1 firmware.
I. Load the DreaIMG.nbh File
1. Download the Original DreaIMG.nbh file:
Original DREAIMG.nbh
2. If the file downloaded above downloads as a .Zip file, please unzip it first then put the DreamIMG.nbh file that is inside on the SD card, NOT in any folder.
3. Turn the phone off if it is on.
4. Turn on the phone by holding the Camera button and the End key until the bootloader screen turns on.
5. Hit the End key to start the update. DO NOT INTERUPT THIS PROCESS.
6. Once it is done, hit the trackball to restart the phone. You now are on the stock firmware RC29. You must do the next section to get back to cupcake.
II. Get Back to Cupcake (Android 1.5)
1. Download the Cupcake update from here, then put it on your SD card (do NOT extract it, just move the .zip file to the sd card, NOT in any folders) and rename it to update. Then turn off your phone and turn it back on by holding down Home and Power and keep holding until you get to recovery mode. In recovery mode (the ! screen) hit Alt L to see text, then hit Alt S to Apply the update.
III. Get Back to Donut (Android 1.6)
1. After you have gotten back to Cupcake (Android 1.5), download the Donut update from here, then put it on your SD card (do NOT extract it, just move the .zip file to the sd card, NOT in any folders) and rename it to update. Then turn off your phone and turn it back on by holding down Home and Power and keep holding until you get to recovery mode. In recovery mode (the ! screen) hit Alt L to see text, then hit Alt S to Apply the update.
Reported Issues
Issue: It doesn’t see the Dreaimg.nbh file and goes to the rainbow screen and says Serial 10.
Solution: Your SD card is formatted to FAT instead of FAT32. Follow one of our readers’ instructions to fix (thanks Clemshady!):
“To Jess and any one else who is unable to get past the rainbow screen with serial 10, your SD card is most likely in a FAT format and needs to be formatted to FAT32. I had the same issue.
– Load your SD card in the card reader and connect to PC.
– Make sure you back up everything on your card. a format will erase all data on the card.
– Now open My Computer and right click on the drive with the SD card (Warning! Make sure its the correct drive).
– Click on Format and select FAT32 on the file system drop down and click then click Start.
– Once completed, Copy your files back to the SD card and make sure the Original DREAIMG.nbh†is at the topmost folder of your SD card.
– Return to Step 8 of David’s instruction to complete the un-root process and you are all set!”
Issue: I get an error, failure, or nothing happens when I get to the rainbow screen and try to load Dreaimg.nbh file.
Solution:
The files we had in the links above became corrupt. We have replaced the links as of 08.25.2009 so they should now work.
If you are still having issues; the dreaimg.nbh file is either not on the topmost folder of the SD card OR the file is corrupt or incomplete.
Delete the file off of your SD card and then re download it from our site or on XDA-Developers.com and then put it on the topmost folder of the SD card. You may have to do this multiple times before it finally works. KEEP DOING THIS UNTIL IT WORKS!
Issue: I load the SPL (wipe and apply update.zip) but then when I try to hold camera and power to get to bootloader it brings me to the G1 screen.
Solution: This is because you took out the battery too soon.
1. Put the SPL back on the memory card and rename to update.zip (using an SD Card reader or adapter)
2. Boot into recovery by holding down Home and Power  to turn on the phone.
3. At the recovery screen Wipe Data, then Apply Update.zip
4. Once it is done loading hit Reboot and wait for the phone to reboot (it will show a box an arrow and a G1 on the screen for a bit then it will reboot). Wait at the G1 screen for 20 seconds, it should reboot one more time or it should goto the recovery screen again. If you see the recovery screen or are still at the G1 logo after 20 seconds, THEN remove the battery and put it back in and continue with the next step of trying to hold the camera and power button and so on.
Original SPL
Original DREAIMG.nbh where can i get these files it says download these 2 files but you cant from this page
Hello Ben,
I just posted that post lol The files should be up in a second.
hi David. where is the original SPL located?
thanks
but in 6 eme stage, how I can acquire this chalkboard????
but in 6 eme stage, how I can acquire this chalkboard????
thanks i feel like i was the propose for this but will it go to version 1.5?
Hey David J,
Ha, no you aren’t a few people wanted to go back so that they could start over with the process so don’t worry.
It will get you to RC29 and then within a few hours your phone should automatically update back to Cupcake.
Original SPL
Original DREAIMG.nbh where can i get these files it says download these 2 files but you cant from this page
Hello Ben,
I just posted that post lol The files should be up in a second.
hi David. where is the original SPL located?
thanks
but in 6 eme stage, how I can acquire this chalkboard????
thanks i feel like i was the propose for this but will it go to version 1.5?
Hey David J,
Ha, no you aren’t a few people wanted to go back so that they could start over with the process so don’t worry.
It will get you to RC29 and then within a few hours your phone should automatically update back to Cupcake.
i have my phone unlock to att. if i do this will it lock back to t-mobile?
i have my phone unlock to att. if i do this will it lock back to t-mobile?
Hello Steve,
Too be honest that is a good question, I’m not entirely sure (as I don’t have an unlocked one to try, sorry).
Hello Steve,
Too be honest that is a good question, I’m not entirely sure (as I don’t have an unlocked one to try, sorry).
so what if i cant get to the recovery screen. i, for some reason, updated from the 2.22 ## radio to an older version and now it will not let me get passed the tmobile G1 boot screen. even when i hold home on start up. the camera button start up doesnt work either. is my phone bricked? im assuming it is………
Hello michael,
Once you load the newest radio you should never load a radio again (not an older one or even the same radio twice). Is that what you did?
If that is the case, no your phone is not bricked. (I have yet to see a phone that cannot be fixed…).
Try the method of taking out the SD card putting it into an SD adapter and into your computer. Then put a custom ROM on their, rename it to update.zip and then put it back into the phone. Hold down Home and Back and when the ! comes up hit Alt and S.
Let me know if this works.
so what if i cant get to the recovery screen. i, for some reason, updated from the 2.22 ## radio to an older version and now it will not let me get passed the tmobile G1 boot screen. even when i hold home on start up. the camera button start up doesnt work either. is my phone bricked? im assuming it is………
Hello michael,
Once you load the newest radio you should never load a radio again (not an older one or even the same radio twice). Is that what you did?
If that is the case, no your phone is not bricked. (I have yet to see a phone that cannot be fixed…).
Try the method of taking out the SD card putting it into an SD adapter and into your computer. Then put a custom ROM on their, rename it to update.zip and then put it back into the phone. Hold down Home and Back and when the ! comes up hit Alt and S.
Let me know if this works.
Hey david,
Just to check with you, what is a SPL? Is it the Recovery boot menu?
Hey Az,
An SPL is what loads ROMs. You never actually see an SPL.
The Recovery image is a separate program that runs when you hit home and end to start the phone up. The phone comes with one already installed (the little ! screen) so we use that for more videos, but there are customized ones that allow you to back up your stuff from them, wipe without rebooting, etc. My favorite is Cyanogen’s. But again it is unnecessary, just useful for us ROM junkies, loading and loading new ROMs constantly to test them out etc lol
Hey david,
Just to check with you, what is a SPL? Is it the Recovery boot menu?
Hey Az,
An SPL is what loads ROMs. You never actually see an SPL.
The Recovery image is a separate program that runs when you hit home and end to start the phone up. The phone comes with one already installed (the little ! screen) so we use that for more videos, but there are customized ones that allow you to back up your stuff from them, wipe without rebooting, etc. My favorite is Cyanogen’s. But again it is unnecessary, just useful for us ROM junkies, loading and loading new ROMs constantly to test them out etc lol
@ steve,
I don’t think it will lock back to tmobile because flashing a ROM doesn’t have anything to do with the process you went through to unlock your phone from the carrier. I say if you have been flashing/testing ROMS this whole time with no problem, all you doing is flashing/testing another one, it just happens to be the original one. What won’t happen for an unlocked phone on ATT’s network is an OTA update so you’ll be stuck at RC29 because you won’t have root access anymore to update it to cupcake. I say leave it rooted.
@ steve,
I don’t think it will lock back to tmobile because flashing a ROM doesn’t have anything to do with the process you went through to unlock your phone from the carrier. I say if you have been flashing/testing ROMS this whole time with no problem, all you doing is flashing/testing another one, it just happens to be the original one. What won’t happen for an unlocked phone on ATT’s network is an OTA update so you’ll be stuck at RC29 because you won’t have root access anymore to update it to cupcake. I say leave it rooted.
Im tryin to do this, but it keeps sayin no image found and i dont understand. I did everything right!!
Hey Shaud,
PLEASE HELP :”(
Im trying to activate my g1 without a data plan. Any who, I have found an article that does just that. The problem i have is that i dont understand it and you might. Pls help me, or post a vid of how to do so to help others. Also my phone is unactivated, and i am unable to mount my sdcard:( PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Thanks Phil
here is the LINK http://android-unleashed.com/2009/06/how-to-activate-your-android-g1-easily-without-a-data-plan-over-wifi.html#more-342
Ok thanks got everything working, insteed of going back to stock, I went downgraded to TheDudeOfLife. So Im ok for now. Thanks
Im tryin to do this, but it keeps sayin no image found and i dont understand. I did everything right!!
Hey Shaud,
“Make sure that you have the DREAIMG.nbh file on the topmost folder of the SD card (not in any subfolder, should be there as soon as you open the SD card on the computer, make sense?) then try again.”
PLEASE HELP :”(
Im trying to activate my g1 without a data plan. Any who, I have found an article that does just that. The problem i have is that i dont understand it and you might. Pls help me, or post a vid of how to do so to help others. Also my phone is unactivated, and i am unable to mount my sdcard:( PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Thanks Phil
here is the LINK http://android-unleashed.com/2009/06/how-to-activate-your-android-g1-easily-without-a-data-plan-over-wifi.html#more-342
Ok thanks got everything working, insteed of going back to stock, I went downgraded to TheDudeOfLife. So Im ok for now. Thanks
Hey Guys, I just found this website and its amazing! Well if someone can please help a newbie in this process. I understand the video but really I don’t understand much about what going on with the g1 scene. I haven’t used the g1 since it was first out and haven’t seen it since. So I’m completely outdated with any news or modifications. Anyway I just got a g1 on craiglist. So far I want to start from scratch, my question is what should I do? what does rooting do? Thanks i hope someone can fully explain to me what going on
Mike
Hey Mike,
Thanks! Glad you like the site, much more to come hopefully 🙂
Rooting is basically making the phone give you full access to all of its files, folders, permissions, etc. Once you have root access you can alter/customize a lot of things. But from an end user’s standpoint, it allows you to load custom ROMs. A ROM is what contains the Operating System and native applications. Now, very nice developers (on XDA mostly) create custom ROMs that they add a bunch of features into. Once you have root access the phone will allow you to load these custom ROMs. Also there are custom Themes as well that can be loaded etc.
You would want to follow these videos in this order (be careful to follow directions as you could potentially lock up your phone):
How to Root
How to Load a Custom ROM
Do NOT goto the video of Apps2SD or for the Hero ROM until you have loaded a few different ROMs and themes successfully and are feeling pretty confident.
Hey Guys, I just found this website and its amazing! Well if someone can please help a newbie in this process. I understand the video but really I don’t understand much about what going on with the g1 scene. I haven’t used the g1 since it was first out and haven’t seen it since. So I’m completely outdated with any news or modifications. Anyway I just got a g1 on craiglist. So far I want to start from scratch, my question is what should I do? what does rooting do? Thanks i hope someone can fully explain to me what going on
Mike
Hey Mike,
Thanks! Glad you like the site, much more to come hopefully 🙂
Rooting is basically making the phone give you full access to all of its files, folders, permissions, etc. Once you have root access you can alter/customize a lot of things. But from an end user’s standpoint, it allows you to load custom ROMs. A ROM is what contains the Operating System and native applications. Now, very nice developers (on XDA mostly) create custom ROMs that they add a bunch of features into. Once you have root access the phone will allow you to load these custom ROMs. Also there are custom Themes as well that can be loaded etc.
You would want to follow these videos in this order (be careful to follow directions as you could potentially lock up your phone):
How to Root
How to Load a Custom ROM
Do NOT goto the video of Apps2SD or for the Hero ROM until you have loaded a few different ROMs and themes successfully and are feeling pretty confident.
Hey David,
Any problems downgrading the SPL, similar to problems associated with downgrading the radio? I loaded Cyanogen’s Recovery, partitioned my SD card in preparation for loading jacHEROski, and realized that I had the engineering SPL and not the hard SPL. When I tried to upgrade to the hard SPL I ran across a boot loop. Then I tried to reflash the hard SPL and ran into a “formatting CACHE” loop in Cyanogen’s Recovery screen. So I tried to reflash thedude’s latest to no avail to I flashed jesusfrekes and I got lucky so I know I’m not bricked. I’m thinking the best way to proceed is to start with a clean slate. If I follow these instructions, is the radio going to be the only thing that will not be stock/original like when I first got the phone? I’ll know I’ll have to re-root etc but I don’t mind all that. Thanks….
Hey DirectMatrix,
No problems downgrading the SPL (just don’t touch the radio lol).
And yes if you follow the instructions everything will be stock (I’m actually not sure about the Radio cause I think the Dreaimg file has a radio in it… just check after you reboot but loading the bootloader, no big deal either way).
Hey David, I can’t seem to flash anything over Cyanogen’s recovery image to get back to the original boot loader (rainbow screen). Even after flashing the original SPL I still get to the Cyanogen’s recovery image. Is there anyway around this? Without the original bootloader (rainbow screen) I am assuming that I cannot flash the original DREAIMG.nbh?!?
Hey DirectMatrix,
You flashed the original SPL that is in the tutorial, right? The recovery image is not part of the SPL I believe so it shouldn’t get rid of it.
If you got the Original SPL to flash (check by booting into bootloader and see if you get the rainbow or the skateboarding android), then just load the dreaimg file in the rainbow screen and once that finishes you should be back to the ! recovery screen.
By the way, if you are going to go through all the videos again, would you mind letting me know any issues you run into so we can fix them for the everyone else?
Hey David,
Any problems downgrading the SPL, similar to problems associated with downgrading the radio? I loaded Cyanogen’s Recovery, partitioned my SD card in preparation for loading jacHEROski, and realized that I had the engineering SPL and not the hard SPL. When I tried to upgrade to the hard SPL I ran across a boot loop. Then I tried to reflash the hard SPL and ran into a “formatting CACHE” loop in Cyanogen’s Recovery screen. So I tried to reflash thedude’s latest to no avail to I flashed jesusfrekes and I got lucky so I know I’m not bricked. I’m thinking the best way to proceed is to start with a clean slate. If I follow these instructions, is the radio going to be the only thing that will not be stock/original like when I first got the phone? I’ll know I’ll have to re-root etc but I don’t mind all that. Thanks….
Hey DirectMatrix,
No problems downgrading the SPL (just don’t touch the radio lol).
And yes if you follow the instructions everything will be stock (I’m actually not sure about the Radio cause I think the Dreaimg file has a radio in it… just check after you reboot but loading the bootloader, no big deal either way).
Hey David,
Thanks for the quick reply… I figured out what was wrong. I used the two provided files, flashed the original SPL and when I rebooted I got into Cyanogen’s Recovery image but when I tried again (after the SPL flash) I got the correct rainbow screen which assured me that the SPL had flashed correctly. From there I flashed the original DREAIMG.nbh and now I am stock again. Also, I think your right, I am pretty sure the DREAIMG.nbh flash is what overwrites the recovery image because once I flashed DREAIMG.nbh I was back at the stock triangle and exclamation point assuring me that I am rid of Cyanogen’s image and truly back to stock.
I plan on starting from scratch like I said before so I will go thru the vids AND the text and let you know what I find. I’ll post any necessary edits in their respective tutorial comment section. Thanks for all the hard work again. Its nice to have a place where everything can be organized and not have to search through post after post, thread after thread to find what you need.
BTW: I have confirmed via the bootloader that the radio DOWNGRADES back to stock by applying the DREAIMG.nbh update FYI
From the bootloader I am now at
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2008
Hey David, I can’t seem to flash anything over Cyanogen’s recovery image to get back to the original boot loader (rainbow screen). Even after flashing the original SPL I still get to the Cyanogen’s recovery image. Is there anyway around this? Without the original bootloader (rainbow screen) I am assuming that I cannot flash the original DREAIMG.nbh?!?
Hey DirectMatrix,
You flashed the original SPL that is in the tutorial, right? The recovery image is not part of the SPL I believe so it shouldn’t get rid of it.
If you got the Original SPL to flash (check by booting into bootloader and see if you get the rainbow or the skateboarding android), then just load the dreaimg file in the rainbow screen and once that finishes you should be back to the ! recovery screen.
By the way, if you are going to go through all the videos again, would you mind letting me know any issues you run into so we can fix them for the everyone else?
Hey David,
Thanks for the quick reply… I figured out what was wrong. I used the two provided files, flashed the original SPL and when I rebooted I got into Cyanogen’s Recovery image but when I tried again (after the SPL flash) I got the correct rainbow screen which assured me that the SPL had flashed correctly. From there I flashed the original DREAIMG.nbh and now I am stock again. Also, I think your right, I am pretty sure the DREAIMG.nbh flash is what overwrites the recovery image because once I flashed DREAIMG.nbh I was back at the stock triangle and exclamation point assuring me that I am rid of Cyanogen’s image and truly back to stock.
I plan on starting from scratch like I said before so I will go thru the vids AND the text and let you know what I find. I’ll post any necessary edits in their respective tutorial comment section. Thanks for all the hard work again. Its nice to have a place where everything can be organized and not have to search through post after post, thread after thread to find what you need.
BTW: I have confirmed via the bootloader that the radio DOWNGRADES back to stock by applying the DREAIMG.nbh update FYI
From the bootloader I am now at
DREA100 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-1.22.12.29
Sep 2 2008
I have a question. I did all the steps to a “T” I put the files on card changed to update yadda yadda and well I made a mistake and hit alt-s first…well the phone restarted but I took the battery out then I redid everything making sure to hit alt-w before alt-s after that I loaded the screen for the DREAIMG and went through that but right as it was done I get update terminate update fail. has something gone wrong by chance?
Hello Chris,
Other people seem to be having an issue with the Dreaimg file with the same error coming up. On XDA a lot of people are saying that they had to redownload the Dreaimg file and put it on their card again to fix it (some even had to do this multiple times before it worked). Your slip up with the Alt S instead of Alt W is no problem (you should do an Alt W first but it is a precaution really).
P.S. Every time I try the home+power or even just a normal load it takes me to the DREAIMG screen.
OK sorry for this but please ignore my last post. I figured out what was wrong. When I copied both files over to the sd card it had finished the SPL but did not finish the DREAIMG.nbh file so it was trying to load in incomplete file. I just recopied only the DREAIMG file and boom all good now.
Hey Chris,
First off, glad it worked! 🙂
Second off, wanted to thank you for posting your solution! A lot of other people had this same issue and I had a hunch it had to do with a corrupted/incomplete Dreaimg file. So now we know it does and how to fix it.
I have a question. I did all the steps to a “T” I put the files on card changed to update yadda yadda and well I made a mistake and hit alt-s first…well the phone restarted but I took the battery out then I redid everything making sure to hit alt-w before alt-s after that I loaded the screen for the DREAIMG and went through that but right as it was done I get update terminate update fail. has something gone wrong by chance?
Hello Chris,
Other people seem to be having an issue with the Dreaimg file with the same error coming up. On XDA a lot of people are saying that they had to redownload the Dreaimg file and put it on their card again to fix it (some even had to do this multiple times before it worked). Your slip up with the Alt S instead of Alt W is no problem (you should do an Alt W first but it is a precaution really).
P.S. Every time I try the home+power or even just a normal load it takes me to the DREAIMG screen.
OK sorry for this but please ignore my last post. I figured out what was wrong. When I copied both files over to the sd card it had finished the SPL but did not finish the DREAIMG.nbh file so it was trying to load in incomplete file. I just recopied only the DREAIMG file and boom all good now.
Hey Chris,
First off, glad it worked! 🙂
Second off, wanted to thank you for posting your solution! A lot of other people had this same issue and I had a hunch it had to do with a corrupted/incomplete Dreaimg file. So now we know it does and how to fix it.
Hi david,
I’m currently using a
JF1.51 CRB43 ROM
DREA110 PVT 32B
HSPL10.95.3000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.261
I was tinking of changing to Cyanogen v3.6.5 ROM, my question is, do i need to install a new radio, spl, and cyanogen recovery image before installing his ROM?
Hello Az,
You would really just have to check his thread for that info. He would most likely post *Requires new SPL and Radio somewhere in the first of second post of the thread if it does.
PS The radio you have is the most up to date so do NOT under any circumstances update it, unless you really like looking at the G1 logo for hours 🙂
Hi david,
I’m currently using a
JF1.51 CRB43 ROM
DREA110 PVT 32B
HSPL10.95.3000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.261
I was tinking of changing to Cyanogen v3.6.5 ROM, my question is, do i need to install a new radio, spl, and cyanogen recovery image before installing his ROM?
Hello Az,
You would really just have to check his thread for that info. He would most likely post *Requires new SPL and Radio somewhere in the first of second post of the thread if it does.
PS The radio you have is the most up to date so do NOT under any circumstances update it, unless you really like looking at the G1 logo for hours 🙂
I did the last night and I still haven’t received my cupcake update..how long should it usually take and is there a way I can have my phone search or call for the update?
Hey Dre,
Call T-Mobile and tell them you never got cupcake and you would love to have it 🙂 See what they say, they might have a way to get it faster. If they do, would you mind posting it here for everyone else?
Love the site very helpful thanks for it…my question is if I were to unroot and get the the rc29 stock build could I go from there to reroot my phone or would I have to wait for the OTA update then follow the root guide?
Hello Chris,
You can unroot and get to RC29 and then just follow the root procedure from there.
Ah ok thanks David and again great site… 🙂
I just called tmobile, I told him I only had the phone a couple weeks and he said I should have received the update within 3 days of activating my phone. He took all my phones info (version,baseband,etc) and said I should receive it within 3 days if not call back. He thought it was weird that I was on v. 1.0 but I just told him that’s how its been since I got it.
Hello Dre,
Ok, no problem. Should be fine, let us know if it comes in 3 days.
I did the last night and I still haven’t received my cupcake update..how long should it usually take and is there a way I can have my phone search or call for the update?
Hey Dre,
Call T-Mobile and tell them you never got cupcake and you would love to have it 🙂 See what they say, they might have a way to get it faster. If they do, would you mind posting it here for everyone else?
Love the site very helpful thanks for it…my question is if I were to unroot and get the the rc29 stock build could I go from there to reroot my phone or would I have to wait for the OTA update then follow the root guide?
Hello Chris,
You can unroot and get to RC29 and then just follow the root procedure from there.
Ah ok thanks David and again great site… 🙂
I just called tmobile, I told him I only had the phone a couple weeks and he said I should have received the update within 3 days of activating my phone. He took all my phones info (version,baseband,etc) and said I should receive it within 3 days if not call back. He thought it was weird that I was on v. 1.0 but I just told him that’s how its been since I got it.
Hello Dre,
Ok, no problem. Should be fine, let us know if it comes in 3 days.
umm… call me a dumbassss but. I got excited and only installed the original spl and put it into my phone and i bricked my phone. If i use my friends G1 to access my sd card will I be able to install the DREAMIMG file in it so I can downgrade it? iBe.JoshY@gmail.com
Hello Josh,
Just read the FAQ under the tutorial (I also reuploaded the DREAMIMG.nbh file so hopefully that will help everyone).
umm… call me a dumbassss but. I got excited and only installed the original spl and put it into my phone and i bricked my phone. If i use my friends G1 to access my sd card will I be able to install the DREAMIMG file in it so I can downgrade it? iBe.JoshY@gmail.com
Hello Josh,
Just read the FAQ under the tutorial (I also reuploaded the DREAMIMG.nbh file so hopefully that will help everyone).
plz i have problem in root my g1
firmware 1.5
build number crb43
when i root dreaimg.nbh says
loding and 0020080
not allowe
plz helpe me
Hello Amr,
Follow the steps in the FAQ at the bottom of the tutorial (I also reuploaded the DREAIMG.nbh file so hopefully that will help some people with this error).
Hey David I was reading through the post for unrooting and well I was wondering something. I am helping a friend unroot his G1 cause he would also like to start fresh and new but he has CYO’s recovery image. Now I transferred the files renamed it to update and all that and did a wipe and install but when I want to go to the rainbow screen it still loads into the recovery image is there a way around that?
Side note: I personally did not have any recovery image from anyone just the normal one so I am learning on those.
Hey Chris,
Once you finish the entire UnRooting process (you need to do the whole process and load the DREAIMG.nbh file) the recovery image will be back to stock.
Ah ok…Sorry for being a stickler on this lol. Well I tried again I loaded the two files named the one to update wiped, then alt+s to load update. Went fine hit home+back to reboot, when G1 screen popped up took battery out, put battery in held camera+power button and no rainbow still loads G1 screen then goes into recovery mode again…hmmm kinda odd.
So steps 1-7 work fine but cant get to 8. P.S. Sorry for the headache…tylenol is on me 🙂
plz i have problem in root my g1
firmware 1.5
build number crb43
when i root dreaimg.nbh says
loding and 0020080
not allowe
plz helpe me
Hello Amr,
Follow the steps in the FAQ at the bottom of the tutorial (I also reuploaded the DREAIMG.nbh file so hopefully that will help some people with this error).
Hmm still very odd the G1 is still loading onto the Cyogenmod recovery screen even after trying a wipe and install.
Actually David I fixed it finally lol sorry for cluttering up with my questions.
Hello Chris,
No problem, what did you do to fix it?
Hey David I was reading through the post for unrooting and well I was wondering something. I am helping a friend unroot his G1 cause he would also like to start fresh and new but he has CYO’s recovery image. Now I transferred the files renamed it to update and all that and did a wipe and install but when I want to go to the rainbow screen it still loads into the recovery image is there a way around that?
Side note: I personally did not have any recovery image from anyone just the normal one so I am learning on those.
Hey Chris,
Once you finish the entire UnRooting process (you need to do the whole process and load the DREAIMG.nbh file) the recovery image will be back to stock.
Ah ok…Sorry for being a stickler on this lol. Well I tried again I loaded the two files named the one to update wiped, then alt+s to load update. Went fine hit home+back to reboot, when G1 screen popped up took battery out, put battery in held camera+power button and no rainbow still loads G1 screen then goes into recovery mode again…hmmm kinda odd.
So steps 1-7 work fine but cant get to 8. P.S. Sorry for the headache…tylenol is on me 🙂
Okay, well, here’s my problem, I’m running jf rc33 and then I followed anthony’s 1.5 update on youtube and I’m tired of all of the crap it gives me a 1.5 firmware with a PLAT-RC33 build and it’s now an HTC Magic. and I just wanna downgrade back to my regular rc29 T-Mobile G1 and get my OTA 1.5 update, but when I install the original (alt+w alt+s home+back) it takes me to the icon where a arrow is pointing down at a box and then turns off, and goes to my G1 screen- I then remove the battery, replace it and then I hold camera and power and it takes me BACK to recovery mode. My gtalk is – iBe.Joshy@gmail.com and I’m always available. I really want my old phone back :\ I regret rooting
Hmm still very odd the G1 is still loading onto the Cyogenmod recovery screen even after trying a wipe and install.
Actually David I fixed it finally lol sorry for cluttering up with my questions.
Hello Chris,
No problem, what did you do to fix it?
Okay, well, here’s my problem, I’m running jf rc33 and then I followed anthony’s 1.5 update on youtube and I’m tired of all of the crap it gives me a 1.5 firmware with a PLAT-RC33 build and it’s now an HTC Magic. and I just wanna downgrade back to my regular rc29 T-Mobile G1 and get my OTA 1.5 update, but when I install the original (alt+w alt+s home+back) it takes me to the icon where a arrow is pointing down at a box and then turns off, and goes to my G1 screen- I then remove the battery, replace it and then I hold camera and power and it takes me BACK to recovery mode. My gtalk is – iBe.Joshy@gmail.com and I’m always available. I really want my old phone back : I regret rooting
im trying to flash the “update” to my phone. when i do the Alt-S thing it says locating, opening, no signature, aborted. what am i doing wrong?
Hello Bryan,
That would mean you either should redownload the update and try again or that you do not have root access and so you do not need to do the unroot process.
im trying to flash the “update” to my phone. when i do the Alt-S thing it says locating, opening, no signature, aborted. what am i doing wrong?
Hello Bryan,
That would mean you either should redownload the update and try again or that you do not have root access and so you do not need to do the unroot process.
i have to do this because my speakers all of a sudden dont work the back speaker the music, youtube, media ect… i have kila use 1.1 plat-rc33 i downloaded the files and put it in the topmost.. Then when i turn off the phone the first thing i see that my phone is doing wrong is that when i restart it holding the home and end my phone goes directly to the screen of recovery mode and the letters are in blue yours are in yellow thats something i see different i see also after turning the phone off in your video a black screen with white letters scrolling down appears in mine it doesn’t please help i have to send the phone back and i dont want to pay the whole phone doing all this on a imac g5 no intel
Hello David Rios,
Read the FAQ at the bottom of the post and as weird as it sounds, just keep trying to load the DREAMIMG.nbh file over and over (redownloading it everytime and putting it on the SD card then putting the SD card into the phone) and eventually it should work. This is what others with the same issue did to fix it.
same problme again and when i put th SPL and install it the phone give me
E : No signature
E: verification failed
and my problme the unroot wil helpe me or not
Plz help me and thanks for your answer
Hello Amr,
That means that either the SPL you are loading needs to be redownloaded and put back on the card and tried again. OR you do NOT have Root access so you are done.
ooh sorry my phone from germany plz help me
i have to do this because my speakers all of a sudden dont work the back speaker the music, youtube, media ect… i have kila use 1.1 plat-rc33 i downloaded the files and put it in the topmost.. Then when i turn off the phone the first thing i see that my phone is doing wrong is that when i restart it holding the home and end my phone goes directly to the screen of recovery mode and the letters are in blue yours are in yellow thats something i see different i see also after turning the phone off in your video a black screen with white letters scrolling down appears in mine it doesn’t please help i have to send the phone back and i dont want to pay the whole phone doing all this on a imac g5 no intel
Hello David Rios,
Read the FAQ at the bottom of the post and as weird as it sounds, just keep trying to load the DREAMIMG.nbh file over and over (redownloading it everytime and putting it on the SD card then putting the SD card into the phone) and eventually it should work. This is what others with the same issue did to fix it.
hey can u give me a link to manually update my unrooted g1 to 1.5? I cant seem to find the cupcake update for download on the net for unrooted g1
http://www.filefactory.com/dlf/f/ahd7aeh/b/4/h/f9cbf8656d75b2b54e2ab37f216ccc62ade6bb2d/j/0/n/US_CUPCAKE_zip
I actually found the 1.5 update for unrooted g1’s. I installed it and it works perfect
same problme again and when i put th SPL and install it the phone give me
E : No signature
E: verification failed
and my problme the unroot wil helpe me or not
Plz help me and thanks for your answer
Hello Amr,
That means that either the SPL you are loading needs to be redownloaded and put back on the card and tried again. OR you do NOT have Root access so you are done.
ooh sorry my phone from germany plz help me
hey can u give me a link to manually update my unrooted g1 to 1.5? I cant seem to find the cupcake update for download on the net for unrooted g1
http://www.filefactory.com/dlf/f/ahd7aeh/b/4/h/f9cbf8656d75b2b54e2ab37f216ccc62ade6bb2d/j/0/n/US_CUPCAKE_zip
I actually found the 1.5 update for unrooted g1’s. I installed it and it works perfect
i don’t have root access coz this problem
when i UPDATE.zip
E : No signature
E: verification failed
and DREAMIMG.nbh
loding and 0020080
not allowe
what can i do i want root access coz i want to load HERO ROOM my phone from Germany
PLZ PLZ HELP ME PLZ
AND THANKS FOR UR REPLY
Hello Amr,
Goto the How To Root Your G1 video on our site (search for it) and follow the procedure step by step. THEN go do the procedure for how to load the hero rom.
i don’t have root access coz this problem
when i UPDATE.zip
E : No signature
E: verification failed
and DREAMIMG.nbh
loding and 0020080
not allowe
what can i do i want root access coz i want to load HERO ROOM my phone from Germany
PLZ PLZ HELP ME PLZ
AND THANKS FOR UR REPLY
Hello Amr,
Goto the How To Root Your G1 video on our site (search for it) and follow the procedure step by step. THEN go do the procedure for how to load the hero rom.
okay so idk what ive done to my fone but i was tryna put the hero theme on then my fone messed up n froze so i took my sd card out put it in my adapter then restored it to factory settings then i tried to re root my g1 n while doing so after puting telnet on my fone then entering the commands turnd it off then when i try to hit hime n end key for recovery or restore mod it pops up the g1 logo then keeps cuttin off and restarting continuously until i take out the battery..i mean im so confused like while tryn to root it i got about half way threw the process but now cant finish it up…so i was thinkin im juz gonna wait for the OTA cupcake update but when it pops up for me to update i click update now then my fone restarts hits the g1 logo screen then restarts again and again…any help would be more then amazing! lol
Thank you,
Jareith
David, wat if u unroot your phone but u dont get the ota update from t mo what do you do?
Hello James,
Then you call T-Mobile and say you reset your phone and you haven’t gotten cupcake yet and if they could help you download it.
okay so idk what ive done to my fone but i was tryna put the hero theme on then my fone messed up n froze so i took my sd card out put it in my adapter then restored it to factory settings then i tried to re root my g1 n while doing so after puting telnet on my fone then entering the commands turnd it off then when i try to hit hime n end key for recovery or restore mod it pops up the g1 logo then keeps cuttin off and restarting continuously until i take out the battery..i mean im so confused like while tryn to root it i got about half way threw the process but now cant finish it up…so i was thinkin im juz gonna wait for the OTA cupcake update but when it pops up for me to update i click update now then my fone restarts hits the g1 logo screen then restarts again and again…any help would be more then amazing! lol
Thank you,
Jareith
David, wat if u unroot your phone but u dont get the ota update from t mo what do you do?
Hello James,
Then you call T-Mobile and say you reset your phone and you haven’t gotten cupcake yet and if they could help you download it.
Hello!
I tried to unroot my g1 using the tutorial, followed it and Im having a problem at the rainbow screen. After I hold down the camera button and power it says loading and then quickly goes back to the rainbow screen ans says serial 10. I recently updated my phone with JF cupcake version. This is about the 4th time ive tried unrooting my phone with no success. Please help!
Hello!
I tried to unroot my g1 using the tutorial, followed it and Im having a problem at the rainbow screen. After I hold down the camera button and power it says loading and then quickly goes back to the rainbow screen ans says serial 10. I recently updated my phone with JF cupcake version. This is about the 4th time ive tried unrooting my phone with no success. Please help!
Hey David, remember be from your HTC Hero ROM thread?
Anyway, I have a question but 1st let me help with Jess issue. If you want you can add it as a solution B to the 1st issue on the faq above. I had the same issue when I started and deleting/retrying did not help in my case.
To Jess and any one else who is unable to get past the rainbow screen with serial 10, your SD card is most likely in a FAT format and needs to be formatted to FAT32. I had the same issue.
– Load your SD card in the card reader and connect to PC.
– Make sure you back up everything on your card. a format will erase all data on the card.
– Now open “My Computer” and right click on the drive with the SD card (Warning! Make sure its the correct drive).
– Click on Format and select FAT32 on the file system drop down and click then click Start.
– Once completed, Copy your files back to the SD card and make sure the “Original DREAIMG.nbh” is at the topmost folder of your SD card.
– Return to Step 8 of David’s instruction to complete the un-root process and you are all set!
Now David, My question:
I got a replacement phone from T-Mobile and I just successfully un-rooted the old phone that had the Hero rom. If I dont get the 1.5 OTA by tonight, could I update my phone with the cupcake rom DRE posted above (http://www.filefactory.com/dlf/f/ahd7aeh/b/4/h/f9cbf8656d75b2b54e2ab37f216ccc62ade6bb2d/j/0/n/US_CUPCAKE_zip)?
– Is this the same as what I would get OTA or should I just wait.
– Also Once I get cupcake, If I decide to go back to the Hero Rom, do I start with your un-root process where I load back RC29, recovery image, HardSPL followed by radio and then the ROM? (I noticed the radio changed when I completed he un-root).
Thanks again for all the help David.
Hey David, remember be from your HTC Hero ROM thread?
Anyway, I have a question but 1st let me help with Jess issue. If you want you can add it as a solution B to the 1st issue on the faq above. I had the same issue when I started and deleting/retrying did not help in my case.
To Jess and any one else who is unable to get past the rainbow screen with serial 10, your SD card is most likely in a FAT format and needs to be formatted to FAT32. I had the same issue.
– Load your SD card in the card reader and connect to PC.
– Make sure you back up everything on your card. a format will erase all data on the card.
– Now open “My Computer” and right click on the drive with the SD card (Warning! Make sure its the correct drive).
– Click on Format and select FAT32 on the file system drop down and click then click Start.
– Once completed, Copy your files back to the SD card and make sure the “Original DREAIMG.nbh” is at the topmost folder of your SD card.
– Return to Step 8 of David’s instruction to complete the un-root process and you are all set!
Now David, My question:
I got a replacement phone from T-Mobile and I just successfully un-rooted the old phone that had the Hero rom. If I dont get the 1.5 OTA by tonight, could I update my phone with the cupcake rom DRE posted above (http://www.filefactory.com/dlf/f/ahd7aeh/b/4/h/f9cbf8656d75b2b54e2ab37f216ccc62ade6bb2d/j/0/n/US_CUPCAKE_zip)?
– Is this the same as what I would get OTA or should I just wait.
– Also Once I get cupcake, If I decide to go back to the Hero Rom, do I start with your un-root process where I load back RC29, recovery image, HardSPL followed by radio and then the ROM? (I noticed the radio changed when I completed he un-root).
Thanks again for all the help David.
I hav a question for David or clemshady wat is a card reader and my fromat says fat32 I cant choose any other format. So wat do I do?
Hi i have downloaded these 2 file put on sd card done every thing what you say but when i get to the rainbow screen it say “not allow” please help
Hello Steven,
Do you have Root at the moment? Not allowed is usually a sign that you don’t have root.
I hav a question for David or clemshady wat is a card reader and my fromat says fat32 I cant choose any other format. So wat do I do?
Hi i have downloaded these 2 file put on sd card done every thing what you say but when i get to the rainbow screen it say “not allow” please help
Hello Steven,
Do you have Root at the moment? Not allowed is usually a sign that you don’t have root.
James, A memory card reader is a device that can read flash memory cards and transfer their contents to a computer. It usually comes with your SD card. You insert your SD card in the card reader and insert the card reader in your computer (as long as you have a PC that has the slot)
My comment regarding FAT32 format only applies to anyone that gets stuck on the Serial 10 rainbow screen while following David’s above instructions. If your SD card is in a FAT format, it may not work until you reformat it to a FAT32 format. (That worked for me)
If you already have a FAT32 card then you should be fine. BTW, what issue are you actually having?
James, A memory card reader is a device that can read flash memory cards and transfer their contents to a computer. It usually comes with your SD card. You insert your SD card in the card reader and insert the card reader in your computer (as long as you have a PC that has the slot)
My comment regarding FAT32 format only applies to anyone that gets stuck on the Serial 10 rainbow screen while following David’s above instructions. If your SD card is in a FAT format, it may not work until you reformat it to a FAT32 format. (That worked for me)
If you already have a FAT32 card then you should be fine. BTW, what issue are you actually having?
Thanks for the quick answer…I keep gettin stuck on the rainbow screen when I press the camera and power button it comes then says loading then it gose back to the rainbow screen and says serial 10 and nothing happens.and it says not allowed
Hello James,
Read the comment(s) and FAQ about this, it happens every now and then.
Thanks for the quick answer…I keep gettin stuck on the rainbow screen when I press the camera and power button it comes then says loading then it gose back to the rainbow screen and says serial 10 and nothing happens.and it says not allowed
Hello James,
Read the comment(s) and FAQ about this, it happens every now and then.
hey thanks cuz i kinda messed my phone up i had hero runing and i tried to put drizzys version of hero on my phone with out know you had steps to do like you did the hero vers i had so it wouldnt let me flash or or go back to my old hero so i had to restart all over i have more Questions can you email me and i will give my numb to talk about my quest for the g1 thanks though man
I got the serial 10 rainbow screen but did not get a “not allowed”. Like David said, make sure you already have ROOT on the phone. If you do have root and your card is a FAT32 format, I will recommend to wipe phone, re-format SD card to FAT32 and try process again. Otherwise, please await David’s response on this one. Good luck!
Thanks Clemshady for helping! Really appreciate it!
hey thanks cuz i kinda messed my phone up i had hero runing and i tried to put drizzys version of hero on my phone with out know you had steps to do like you did the hero vers i had so it wouldnt let me flash or or go back to my old hero so i had to restart all over i have more Questions can you email me and i will give my numb to talk about my quest for the g1 thanks though man
I got the serial 10 rainbow screen but did not get a “not allowed”. Like David said, make sure you already have ROOT on the phone. If you do have root and your card is a FAT32 format, I will recommend to wipe phone, re-format SD card to FAT32 and try process again. Otherwise, please await David’s response on this one. Good luck!
Thanks Clemshady for helping! Really appreciate it!
i dont have the topmost folder,but i see top and there are files in there…
i dont have the topmost folder,but i see top and there are files in there…
Hey I can’t get it to work… I did step 1 to 8. And there were no rainbow screen. I did see the gray screen, but it says NO FILES or something. HELP PLEASE… I have Fireware 1.5 the HTC Magic as a Model number! Thank you very much!
help! I was going about unrooting and lost my SD card. I was to the point of trying to get the Dreaimg.NBH to work, which is wasn’t locating for whatever reason.
So now what? Can I just throw dreaimg.nbh right on my new FAT32 sd card and camera+power it on or what?
My pleasure David. You helped me see another side of the G1. I want to help others do the same.
To Lance: “Top” or “Topmost” folder does NOT mean a folder with the name “Top” or “Topmost”. It is the main storage space on your SD card. In other words, anything stored in your SD card but NOT INSIDE ANY FOLDER is considered to be in the “Topmost” folder. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
Hey I can’t get it to work… I did step 1 to 8. And there were no rainbow screen. I did see the gray screen, but it says NO FILES or something. HELP PLEASE… I have Fireware 1.5 the HTC Magic as a Model number! Thank you very much!
help! I was going about unrooting and lost my SD card. I was to the point of trying to get the Dreaimg.NBH to work, which is wasn’t locating for whatever reason.
So now what? Can I just throw dreaimg.nbh right on my new FAT32 sd card and camera+power it on or what?
My pleasure David. You helped me see another side of the G1. I want to help others do the same.
To Lance: “Top” or “Topmost” folder does NOT mean a folder with the name “Top” or “Topmost”. It is the main storage space on your SD card. In other words, anything stored in your SD card but NOT INSIDE ANY FOLDER is considered to be in the “Topmost” folder. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
Hello, I am downgrading from Hero…(want to start fresh) so I went through the steps and when i get to the rainbow screen it says no image file…what did i do??? Thanks for the videos i find they are very easy to follow then the others…
ok so i started over again…and when i press the home and end key till the triangle !, it just stays at that screen…so i went ahead and pressed alt w and then the box and arrow shows and it starts to reboot to the tmo g1 screen and stops at the triangle ! screen…HELP!!
Hello, I am downgrading from Hero…(want to start fresh) so I went through the steps and when i get to the rainbow screen it says no image file…what did i do??? Thanks for the videos i find they are very easy to follow then the others…
ok so i started over again…and when i press the home and end key till the triangle !, it just stays at that screen…so i went ahead and pressed alt w and then the box and arrow shows and it starts to reboot to the tmo g1 screen and stops at the triangle ! screen…HELP!!
hey. i have a prob… i downloaded hero on my g1 and not i want to turn on my phone it doesn’t go past the hero logo it just keeps loading it again and again.. i want 2 unroot it an then do it again the right way but i cant seem to get into the phone.. any help???
hey. i have a prob… i downloaded hero on my g1 and not i want to turn on my phone it doesn’t go past the hero logo it just keeps loading it again and again.. i want 2 unroot it an then do it again the right way but i cant seem to get into the phone.. any help???
Hello,
I have the JacHero 2.3.6 ROM loaded on my G1 and I was wondering if these steps also work if I have a Hero ROM loaded. Because I might just unroot my phone for a while. And also, once unrooted, will I continue to get OTA updates (like when my phone was new and not rooted or anything)?
Hello,
I have the JacHero 2.3.6 ROM loaded on my G1 and I was wondering if these steps also work if I have a Hero ROM loaded. Because I might just unroot my phone for a while. And also, once unrooted, will I continue to get OTA updates (like when my phone was new and not rooted or anything)?
need some help…well i had a rooted g1…and out of nowhere it got me into the rainbow screen and now i cant get passed that screen i haved tried the alt+w and then alt+s and its not working…is there anything i can do
Andres, I also un-rooted my G1 but later went back to Hero. (Once I had the hero experience, anything else didn’t quite do it for me). If you follow the procedure on this page, you will get back the original firmware version 1.0. Within another 24 to 48 hrs, you will get the OTA to update to cupcake (1.5).
need some help…well i had a rooted g1…and out of nowhere it got me into the rainbow screen and now i cant get passed that screen i haved tried the alt+w and then alt+s and its not working…is there anything i can do
Andres, I also un-rooted my G1 but later went back to Hero. (Once I had the hero experience, anything else didn’t quite do it for me). If you follow the procedure on this page, you will get back the original firmware version 1.0. Within another 24 to 48 hrs, you will get the OTA to update to cupcake (1.5).
Okay thanks clem. I just wanted to make sure, just incase I need to send my phone in haha.
Okay thanks clem. I just wanted to make sure, just incase I need to send my phone in haha.
ok when i hold home and the power button it takes me to a screen with a exclamation point in it. so i press alt w and it turns my phone off and back on. then when i press alt s it says…E:can’t open/sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted. i am really confused. is there any kind of way you can give me a step by step process please? please and thank you
ok when i hold home and the power button it takes me to a screen with a exclamation point in it. so i press alt w and it turns my phone off and back on. then when i press alt s it says…E:can’t open/sdcard/update.zip (no such file or directory) installation aborted. i am really confused. is there any kind of way you can give me a step by step process please? please and thank you
i have wait 24 hours for an ota update what or when will i get cupcake back ? please help i have r29
i have wait 24 hours for an ota update what or when will i get cupcake back ? please help i have r29
How can I get cupcake back after I unrooted my phone an how do I know I’m un rooted help please
Also when i rooted my phone I could nt load hero
How can I get cupcake back after I unrooted my phone an how do I know I’m un rooted help please
Also when i rooted my phone I could nt load hero
man…i do exactly what he does and tells me to do and when i hold down the camera and power button the rainbow screen does not pop up! i need help!!!!!!
ok now it takes me to the rainbow screen and now in the middle of it it says signal0…and i cant get past this screen now…any help anyone???
man…i do exactly what he does and tells me to do and when i hold down the camera and power button the rainbow screen does not pop up! i need help!!!!!!
ok now it takes me to the rainbow screen and now in the middle of it it says signal0…and i cant get past this screen now…any help anyone???
Hey guys I have a problem..I just rooted my phone an change the radio an stuff,.. now my google map is about 4 blocks off.. how do i get back the original radio so that i can use my map again .. or is there another solution 2fix this…
Hey guys I have a problem..I just rooted my phone an change the radio an stuff,.. now my google map is about 4 blocks off.. how do i get back the original radio so that i can use my map again .. or is there another solution 2fix this…
Hello Richard,
I have a full time job. I do NOT get paid to do this. As any of the Devs would say, try Googling the error and see what others did to replicate and solve it. Noone on here has any responsibility to help you because you are having issues (when plenty of people are doing just fine), we help out of kindness. So stop leaving rude comment(s) because you are frustrated. I understand you are having troubles but being rude won’t get you any help.
Also try formating the SD card first then putting the file on there, also make sure the file is showing up in your computer as a .nbh file and not just a generic file. This happens sometimes when you download it, the computer turns it into a different file.
Hello Richard,
I have a full time job. I do NOT get paid to do this. As any of the Devs would say, try Googling the error and see what others did to replicate and solve it. Noone on here has any responsibility to help you because you are having issues (when plenty of people are doing just fine), we help out of kindness. So stop leaving rude comment(s) because you are frustrated. I understand you are having troubles but being rude won’t get you any help.
Also try formating the SD card first then putting the file on there, also make sure the file is showing up in your computer as a .nbh file and not just a generic file. This happens sometimes when you download it, the computer turns it into a different file.
after hitting the alt +s. how long does it take for installation to complete.. my phone is stuck at this screen
after hitting the alt +s. how long does it take for installation to complete.. my phone is stuck at this screen
Please Help! im stuck on the G1 screen and i dont know how to go back. i started the process and i dont know where i got lost.
Please Help! im stuck on the G1 screen and i dont know how to go back. i started the process and i dont know where i got lost.
Hey Guys, thanx again for the great vids…I attempted to un-root my G1(I currently have Cyanogens 1.4 recovery image and twistedumbrellas Casper hero rom) I followed the video instructions, but when I go into recovery, I still get Cn Recovery img instead of the original) and after alt w and alt s my phone continues to go back CN recovery, no rainbow screen or the white screen like in the video to update, any suggestions? Thanx
Sorry for the repost of the Cyanogens recovery guys….
OMG i think i just screwed my phone over…
i followed each step carefully… but when i did the power and camera button it just went to a scree where the android green cartoon os on a skatebord… it wont load anymore….
the unlockr or david please help…
Hello,
please need help, i’m stock on the rainbow screen, I try to download like it said, and I have download like 3 Original DREAIMG.nbh file…and still stuck on the rainbow screen and on the center of the screen said seria 10…
what is this…
can some one help!!!!
thanks…
Hey Guys, thanx again for the great vids…I attempted to un-root my G1(I currently have Cyanogens 1.4 recovery image and twistedumbrellas Casper hero rom) I followed the video instructions, but when I go into recovery, I still get Cn Recovery img instead of the original) and after alt w and alt s my phone continues to go back CN recovery, no rainbow screen or the white screen like in the video to update, any suggestions? Thanx
Sorry for the repost of the Cyanogens recovery guys….
im trying to unroot my g1 from the cyanogenmod v1.4 so i can upload your new img
OMG i think i just screwed my phone over…
i followed each step carefully… but when i did the power and camera button it just went to a scree where the android green cartoon os on a skatebord… it wont load anymore….
the unlockr or david please help…
Hello,
please need help, i’m stock on the rainbow screen, I try to download like it said, and I have download like 3 Original DREAIMG.nbh file…and still stuck on the rainbow screen and on the center of the screen said seria 10…
what is this…
can some one help!!!!
thanks…
Is it not possible to create an upgrade that bypasses the Initial Google Mail setup? I am stuck waiting to root my G1 simply because my T-Mobile PAYG sim wont let me. I assume its because there is not data add-on???
I have WiFi but can’t get to setting to turn on the Wifi to do it. I have now had to order a sim with internet to hopefully get going again.
Guillermo: Take the battery out and try again. I had the same problem downgrading to RC29. Re-format the SD to Fat32 and Check the filename is correct then hold Camera and Power to flash. If no luck the img is corrupt.
im trying to unroot my g1 from the cyanogenmod v1.4 so i can upload your new img
Is it not possible to create an upgrade that bypasses the Initial Google Mail setup? I am stuck waiting to root my G1 simply because my T-Mobile PAYG sim wont let me. I assume its because there is not data add-on???
I have WiFi but can’t get to setting to turn on the Wifi to do it. I have now had to order a sim with internet to hopefully get going again.
Guillermo: Take the battery out and try again. I had the same problem downgrading to RC29. Re-format the SD to Fat32 and Check the filename is correct then hold Camera and Power to flash. If no luck the img is corrupt.
where can i download from another site the rc29?
Thanks!!! please help still stock on the rainbow screen!!!
where can i download from another site the rc29?
Thanks!!! please help still stock on the rainbow screen!!!
well I finaly did it. thanks to all for the help…
but one question my 8gb sd card I did the partiton that required to do for the hero room. when I format the sd card only show as 6.82gb not the 7.98 that show before!!!
what can I do to correct this???
thanks again
well I finaly did it. thanks to all for the help…
but one question my 8gb sd card I did the partiton that required to do for the hero room. when I format the sd card only show as 6.82gb not the 7.98 that show before!!!
what can I do to correct this???
thanks again
Please help i cant get pass the rainbow screen i uploaded it multiple times and it says img not found…is their anything else i can do i been at it for almost 1hour…email me as soon as possible thanks.
Please help i cant get pass the rainbow screen i uploaded it multiple times and it says img not found…is their anything else i can do i been at it for almost 1hour…email me as soon as possible thanks.
Someone please help!!! everytime I press the camera and end buttons it takes me to the recovery screen instead of the rainbow screen… I’m going nuts trying to figure out what I did wrong… Please help.
dude!!! nevermind… I got it to work!!! WOO-HOO
Hello JCH,
Great! Please share with everyone what went wrong so they can avoid it if you wouldn’t mind.
Someone please help!!! everytime I press the camera and end buttons it takes me to the recovery screen instead of the rainbow screen… I’m going nuts trying to figure out what I did wrong… Please help.
dude!!! nevermind… I got it to work!!! WOO-HOO
Hello JCH,
Great! Please share with everyone what went wrong so they can avoid it if you wouldn’t mind.
i am having a problem after the update.zip i reboot hold camera and the power button but the rainbow screen nver shows up just the android system recovery help
i am having a problem after the update.zip i reboot hold camera and the power button but the rainbow screen nver shows up just the android system recovery help
I previously got root via recovery flasher and did apps2sd Using Cyanogen’s recovery tool to partition a 8GB SD card for Apps2SD
Do I have to unroot and do it over or can I just flash Amons Ra’s recovery Image and them format my SD Card I want to get Fat32+Ext2+LinuxSwap
Hello David M,
If you are a bit more experienced then no you don’t have to (although it is always recommended and isn’t very hard).
You can instead just download the recovery image from our 1 click rooting post, then load it via Fastboot, do you know how to do that?
yes that was my question thank you!
I’m going to up grade to your recovery image, thank you again keep up that great work!
I previously got root via recovery flasher and did apps2sd Using Cyanogen’s recovery tool to partition a 8GB SD card for Apps2SD
Do I have to unroot and do it over or can I just flash Amons Ra’s recovery Image and them format my SD Card I want to get Fat32+Ext2+LinuxSwap
Hello David M,
If you are a bit more experienced then no you don’t have to (although it is always recommended and isn’t very hard).
You can instead just download the recovery image from our 1 click rooting post, then load it via Fastboot, do you know how to do that?
yes that was my question thank you!
I’m going to up grade to your recovery image, thank you again keep up that great work!
Help, I’ve been trying to go back to factory settings and unroot my phone, Its simply will not work. I can’t get to the rainbow screen, what am i doing wrong? I have jf 1.42 and dev. i can’t get this off my phone, help. my phone doesn’t receive yahoo email and this is because its rooted please help unroot
Hello Drew,
First off the rooted shouldn’t effect your mail at all. But no problem.
You need to hold down the Power and Camera button to get to the rainbow screen (this may also be a white screen with skateboarding androids on it by the way).
i tried it it won’t work. Dude after i loaded the update to the card and the dream. i cut the phone off, hold home and power, then wipe the phone and then hit alt and s, then back and home. i took the battery out. i put it back in and held the camera button and power it went to the g1 screen.
Hello Drew,
Go back to recovery mode and load the SPL again. This time reboot and just wait. It will reboot and you will see an icon that shows something coming out of a box (weird I know). Let that finish and then it will reboot again. It may reboot to the recovery screen and if it does then take out the battery and do the camera and power step and continue. If it reboots a few times and goes to the G1 logo, just wait for about 20 seconds. If it still doesn’t move from the G1 logo, THEN take out the battery and put it back in and do the camera and power step and continue.
The issue is that when you load the Original SPL it has to reboot for a bit and load other things as it is booting up. So we have to wait for that to finish then it should get stuck, that is when we take out the battery and continue.
I’m adding this to the reported issues for the MyTouch unrooting and the G1 unrooting. Please let me know if this solves the issue.
Help, I’ve been trying to go back to factory settings and unroot my phone, Its simply will not work. I can’t get to the rainbow screen, what am i doing wrong? I have jf 1.42 and dev. i can’t get this off my phone, help. my phone doesn’t receive yahoo email and this is because its rooted please help unroot
Hello Drew,
First off the rooted shouldn’t effect your mail at all. But no problem.
You need to hold down the Power and Camera button to get to the rainbow screen (this may also be a white screen with skateboarding androids on it by the way).
i tried it it won’t work. Dude after i loaded the update to the card and the dream. i cut the phone off, hold home and power, then wipe the phone and then hit alt and s, then back and home. i took the battery out. i put it back in and held the camera button and power it went to the g1 screen.
Hello Drew,
Go back to recovery mode and load the SPL again. This time reboot and just wait. It will reboot and you will see an icon that shows something coming out of a box (weird I know). Let that finish and then it will reboot again. It may reboot to the recovery screen and if it does then take out the battery and do the camera and power step and continue. If it reboots a few times and goes to the G1 logo, just wait for about 20 seconds. If it still doesn’t move from the G1 logo, THEN take out the battery and put it back in and do the camera and power step and continue.
The issue is that when you load the Original SPL it has to reboot for a bit and load other things as it is booting up. So we have to wait for that to finish then it should get stuck, that is when we take out the battery and continue.
I’m adding this to the reported issues for the MyTouch unrooting and the G1 unrooting. Please let me know if this solves the issue.
do NEED to have a class 6 micro sd or does a class 4 do the trick…reason i ask is cus recently my jachero rom lags, i’ve got apps2sd but i need to start from scratch so do i need class 6 or will this do?
Hello David,
Class 6 is always best, but I you can try it with the class 4 for now and see how you like it.
do NEED to have a class 6 micro sd or does a class 4 do the trick…reason i ask is cus recently my jachero rom lags, i’ve got apps2sd but i need to start from scratch so do i need class 6 or will this do?
Hello David,
Class 6 is always best, but I you can try it with the class 4 for now and see how you like it.
so i downloaded the files renamed the spl and unzipped the other file, put em on my phone, turned on w/home and end pressed alt w and the progress bar starts up then reboots! my phone is wiped but it doesn’tgive the update optio, ro give me a chance at it… why? i need to unroot and reroot so i can load the hero rom… thanks!
so i downloaded the files renamed the spl and unzipped the other file, put em on my phone, turned on w/home and end pressed alt w and the progress bar starts up then reboots! my phone is wiped but it doesn’tgive the update optio, ro give me a chance at it… why? i need to unroot and reroot so i can load the hero rom… thanks!
Once UN-rooted will I get the CRC1 update? I download the cupcake update from the link above. Also Im having trouble with getting my phone to connect via USB. Thanks
My Phone wont Mount.
Once UN-rooted will I get the CRC1 update? I download the cupcake update from the link above. Also Im having trouble with getting my phone to connect via USB. Thanks
My Phone wont Mount.
i feel like i have a different g1 then yours every time i tried to download the dreaming file it doesnt work still stuck at the rainbow screendoesnt go to the grey screen that says press power to intall. i need as much advice and tips on reseting my phone so i can reset it becuase i i tried to root alot and tried to use the new method but i had one problem it didnt let me do a custom flash so i had to choose cynagen 1.4 i think then i didnt have all the options like the guy did and i couldnt partoin my memory stick and the rest.
Hello Domo,
You may need to redownload the file and make sure that it is on the root of the SD.
i feel like i have a different g1 then yours every time i tried to download the dreaming file it doesnt work still stuck at the rainbow screendoesnt go to the grey screen that says press power to intall. i need as much advice and tips on reseting my phone so i can reset it becuase i i tried to root alot and tried to use the new method but i had one problem it didnt let me do a custom flash so i had to choose cynagen 1.4 i think then i didnt have all the options like the guy did and i couldnt partoin my memory stick and the rest.
Hello Domo,
You may need to redownload the file and make sure that it is on the root of the SD.
Hi, great info! 🙂
I’ve got the developer version of the G1-phone. Would this procedure allow me to restore my phone as well? (Don’t really want to unroot it as the dev phone is supposed to have root access, but remove the hacked JF.151 rom) Or would I need a different image-file/spl?
Thanks!
Hello Hoah!,
That’s a good question. I would assume (as I’ve never tried the procedure on a dev phone) that it would make you lose root, you would have to use the custom search bar under the post to find the ADP1 version instead of the RC29 version.
Hi, great info! 🙂
I’ve got the developer version of the G1-phone. Would this procedure allow me to restore my phone as well? (Don’t really want to unroot it as the dev phone is supposed to have root access, but remove the hacked JF.151 rom) Or would I need a different image-file/spl?
Thanks!
Hello Hoah!,
That’s a good question. I would assume (as I’ve never tried the procedure on a dev phone) that it would make you lose root, you would have to use the custom search bar under the post to find the ADP1 version instead of the RC29 version.
ok… i need help… my phone qwas fine.. an then all of the sudden it says no service.. no network are anything.. i tried to reconnect it to a network.. but it didi not work.. i am running a rooted g1… so i don’t know what to do to get my service back… but wifi still works need help…
Hello Kareem,
Unroot and reroot the phone, should work from there. If not, then it’s not the phone it’s T-Mobile.
Thanks Unlockr.
I found official files on the HTC homepage, so will try those.
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html
ok… i need help… my phone qwas fine.. an then all of the sudden it says no service.. no network are anything.. i tried to reconnect it to a network.. but it didi not work.. i am running a rooted g1… so i don’t know what to do to get my service back… but wifi still works need help…
Hello Kareem,
Unroot and reroot the phone, should work from there. If not, then it’s not the phone it’s T-Mobile.
Thanks Unlockr.
I found official files on the HTC homepage, so will try those.
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html
When I click the Original SPL link it takes me to a site that requires a user name and password…. what should I input?
Hello GEM,
Just sign up for a free account.
ok i did that but still no signal bars.. i mean my phone is off did not pay bill but did not think that it would effect my signal.. so i guess it is t-mobile.. i mean i was using my phone fine without paying the bill.. for like a month.. so i guess they can stop my signal.. i will have to wait to be in the area of some wifi to let to let you know what happens… did you know that you can still e-mail an g talk with out paying bill? but i will let you know an thank you… i also am on flex plan.. if i go get minutes do you think my signal bars will com back????
Hello Kareem,
That is T-Mobile definitely. You don’t pay your bill, they shut off the phone (might take them a month to shut it off but they will eventually).
That’s interesting that you were able to use so many things without paying the bill…
And yes if you pay your bill your phone will turn back on lol
When I click the Original SPL link it takes me to a site that requires a user name and password…. what should I input?
Hello GEM,
Just sign up for a free account.
ok i did that but still no signal bars.. i mean my phone is off did not pay bill but did not think that it would effect my signal.. so i guess it is t-mobile.. i mean i was using my phone fine without paying the bill.. for like a month.. so i guess they can stop my signal.. i will have to wait to be in the area of some wifi to let to let you know what happens… did you know that you can still e-mail an g talk with out paying bill? but i will let you know an thank you… i also am on flex plan.. if i go get minutes do you think my signal bars will com back????
Hello Kareem,
That is T-Mobile definitely. You don’t pay your bill, they shut off the phone (might take them a month to shut it off but they will eventually).
That’s interesting that you were able to use so many things without paying the bill…
And yes if you pay your bill your phone will turn back on lol
i have tried looking around im confused. ive tried doing this and im stuck on the rainbow anad then it flashes to a gray screen that says no image file! what do i do? someone please help me s0ldradi0@gmail.com
nevermind, i got it. i just kept re installing dreaimg file
i have tried looking around im confused. ive tried doing this and im stuck on the rainbow anad then it flashes to a gray screen that says no image file! what do i do? someone please help me s0ldradi0@gmail.com
nevermind, i got it. i just kept re installing dreaimg file
One thing i had to figure out the hard way is the dreaimg zip never fully unzips the MAC file. I guess this is cause i have a pc. but 1 time i tried installing the whole zip file cause i didnt know to unzip it. Maybe you should mention this at the very top of the page so idiots such as myself dont have to figure it out the hard way. Im currently waiting for the cakecake update. Last time i got impatient and just installed The dudes Cupcake and obviously couldnt proceed with the “rooting” video…hence not being able to get the amon ra recovery image successfully installed there fore not being able to ext2/3 my sd therefore not being able to GET HERO RUNNING SMOOTHLY!!! WHEW! hahhaa So im am going to patienly wait…This is a latter type of thing but i do appreciate the tutorials dont get me wrong!!!
One thing i had to figure out the hard way is the dreaimg zip never fully unzips the MAC file. I guess this is cause i have a pc. but 1 time i tried installing the whole zip file cause i didnt know to unzip it. Maybe you should mention this at the very top of the page so idiots such as myself dont have to figure it out the hard way. Im currently waiting for the cakecake update. Last time i got impatient and just installed The dudes Cupcake and obviously couldnt proceed with the “rooting” video…hence not being able to get the amon ra recovery image successfully installed there fore not being able to ext2/3 my sd therefore not being able to GET HERO RUNNING SMOOTHLY!!! WHEW! hahhaa So im am going to patienly wait…This is a latter type of thing but i do appreciate the tutorials dont get me wrong!!!
How do you put movies on the g1, what software do you need to rip the movies to the right format? where can i get it for free?
How do you put movies on the g1, what software do you need to rip the movies to the right format? where can i get it for free?
i try all this step but my phone don’t want to load the file some one help me please
i try all this step but my phone don’t want to load the file some one help me please
I followed info from xda’s website to root(which failed) so i downgraded cupcake. Now i want to go back to cupcake using your method. I get from recovery utility E: Can’t open /cache/recovery/command and the update will not install. What could i be doing wrong please help.
Hello Can’t get cupcake back,
That means you are not rooted (like you said you weren’t). So just skip the update.zip section and do the loading of the Dreaimg section (put it on the memory card, boot into bootloader and load that) and you should be back to RC29. Then just follow the steps at the end to get back to cupcake.
Then if you want to try again to get root, just follow our 1 click to root procedure for the G1. MUCH easier. Then load a custom ROM (cyanogen is recommended from our Downloads section) and that’s it.
I followed info from xda’s website to root(which failed) so i downgraded cupcake. Now i want to go back to cupcake using your method. I get from recovery utility E: Can’t open /cache/recovery/command and the update will not install. What could i be doing wrong please help.
Hello Can’t get cupcake back,
That means you are not rooted (like you said you weren’t). So just skip the update.zip section and do the loading of the Dreaimg section (put it on the memory card, boot into bootloader and load that) and you should be back to RC29. Then just follow the steps at the end to get back to cupcake.
Then if you want to try again to get root, just follow our 1 click to root procedure for the G1. MUCH easier. Then load a custom ROM (cyanogen is recommended from our Downloads section) and that’s it.
how will i know if my phone is unrooted. i waited all night for it to updated back to 1.5 and it never did. i think i might be stuck at rc29 forever! can you please help
if my phone is unrooted should i still be able to “enter reboot enter” to reboot the phone… because im still able to do so. ?????? pleeeeaaaaase help. i just want my cupcake back. root was an epic failure for me. id rather try the “1click” way that you posted up.
Hello VRtheTrooper,
Just do the last step in the procedure to get back to cupcake. Then download terminal emulator from the market and type su into it and it should say permission denied if you are unrooted.
how will i know if my phone is unrooted. i waited all night for it to updated back to 1.5 and it never did. i think i might be stuck at rc29 forever! can you please help
if my phone is unrooted should i still be able to “enter reboot enter” to reboot the phone… because im still able to do so. ?????? pleeeeaaaaase help. i just want my cupcake back. root was an epic failure for me. id rather try the “1click” way that you posted up.
Hello VRtheTrooper,
Just do the last step in the procedure to get back to cupcake. Then download terminal emulator from the market and type su into it and it should say permission denied if you are unrooted.
I was trying to put a rom on my g1 for the first time, I followed all the steps (1 click root. installing a rom) but I failed to read that i needed a SD Card Adapter. SO I got all way up to that step, I wiped my rom and can’t get it back. My G1 will not go pass the G1 screen. I tried the unrooting steps, I took my sd card and put it in my wifes G1 and put all the files on my card that I needed to unroot the phone. I can get all way up to the colorfull screen (holdind camera and Power) but it won’t load… Please Help Me someone
I was trying to put a rom on my g1 for the first time, I followed all the steps (1 click root. installing a rom) but I failed to read that i needed a SD Card Adapter. SO I got all way up to that step, I wiped my rom and can’t get it back. My G1 will not go pass the G1 screen. I tried the unrooting steps, I took my sd card and put it in my wifes G1 and put all the files on my card that I needed to unroot the phone. I can get all way up to the colorfull screen (holdind camera and Power) but it won’t load… Please Help Me someone
After i remove the battery and and hold down the power button with the camera i dont get the raindow screen and my phone dont go back to normal. Is there a difrent way you can tell me
After i remove the battery and and hold down the power button with the camera i dont get the raindow screen and my phone dont go back to normal. Is there a difrent way you can tell me
O NO!! I downloaded the HERO ROM and hated it… waayy to slow. So I came he to UnRoot. I downloaded the “update”, wiped, rebooted… took off the battery and pressed OFF+Camera and I see NO rainbow but do see 3 android things at the bottom with HBOOT FastBoot Mode. If I select FastBoot it gives me 4 options HBoot Mode, Reset Device Restart to HBOOT, and Power Down….. I cant even turn my phone on anymore… it just loops the HERO screen…. PLEASE ADVISE ASAP… thank you
hmm i go to the recovery screen push alt w then alt s it does its thing i take out my battery when the g1 logo comes up
then i hold camera and power at same time the rainbow screen comes up and it says no flash or something like that
what could be wrong?
O NO!! I downloaded the HERO ROM and hated it… waayy to slow. So I came he to UnRoot. I downloaded the “update”, wiped, rebooted… took off the battery and pressed OFF+Camera and I see NO rainbow but do see 3 android things at the bottom with HBOOT FastBoot Mode. If I select FastBoot it gives me 4 options HBoot Mode, Reset Device Restart to HBOOT, and Power Down….. I cant even turn my phone on anymore… it just loops the HERO screen…. PLEASE ADVISE ASAP… thank you
hmm i go to the recovery screen push alt w then alt s it does its thing i take out my battery when the g1 logo comes up
then i hold camera and power at same time the rainbow screen comes up and it says no flash or something like that
what could be wrong?
HELP PLEASE OMG, The update failed, know i just wanna go back to normal root, but every time i start up my phone it goes into rainbow screen! HELP!
Hello Brandon P,
Read the reported issues. Redownload the .nbh file, put it on the SD card and redo.
HELP PLEASE OMG, The update failed, know i just wanna go back to normal root, but every time i start up my phone it goes into rainbow screen! HELP!
Hello Brandon P,
Read the reported issues. Redownload the .nbh file, put it on the SD card and redo.
Please help…. this is day two without anyphone at all:
O NO!! I downloaded the HERO ROM and hated it… waayy to slow. So I came he to UnRoot. I downloaded the “updateâ€, wiped, rebooted… took off the battery and pressed OFF+Camera and I see NO rainbow but do see 3 android things at the bottom with HBOOT FastBoot Mode. If I select FastBoot it gives me 4 options HBoot Mode, Reset Device Restart to HBOOT, and Power Down….. I cant even turn my phone on anymore… it just loops the HERO screen…. PLEASE ADVISE ASAP… thank you
Hello Gem,
Instead of unrooting, just download the Cyanogen ROM from our downloads section, put it on the SD card, rename to update.zip (like you did with Hero) then boot into recover (home and power) and wipe and apply the update.
ok im sending my phone back to get repaired, so how do i get my memory back to my card again?
Hello Mookieboy,
I dont understand the question, you dont send your memory card in when repairing. Just unroot, then just send the phone, no battery, no back cover, no SIM, no Memory card.
Please help…. this is day two without anyphone at all:
O NO!! I downloaded the HERO ROM and hated it… waayy to slow. So I came he to UnRoot. I downloaded the “updateâ€, wiped, rebooted… took off the battery and pressed OFF+Camera and I see NO rainbow but do see 3 android things at the bottom with HBOOT FastBoot Mode. If I select FastBoot it gives me 4 options HBoot Mode, Reset Device Restart to HBOOT, and Power Down….. I cant even turn my phone on anymore… it just loops the HERO screen…. PLEASE ADVISE ASAP… thank you
Hello Gem,
Instead of unrooting, just download the Cyanogen ROM from our downloads section, put it on the SD card, rename to update.zip (like you did with Hero) then boot into recover (home and power) and wipe and apply the update.
ok im sending my phone back to get repaired, so how do i get my memory back to my card again?
Hello Mookieboy,
I dont understand the question, you dont send your memory card in when repairing. Just unroot, then just send the phone, no battery, no back cover, no SIM, no Memory card.
So I rushed home… deleted everything from my SD and put Cyanogen ROM replacing it with update… wiped and then applied… it says
E: No Signature (16 Files)
E: Verification Failed
Instillation Aborted
Am I gonna have to buy awhole new phone *frown* this is day two with NO PHONE… please help.
I can not format this SD cuz I am unable to even get onto my phone… it just loops on the HERO screen
Hello GEM,
You will not have to buy a new phone, calm down lol
Try a different ROM from our downloads section (or use the search bar there to search various other sites for a ROM).
Keep trying till one works. It may also help to format the card (you can do this on your computer by putting the SD card into a card reader and putting into the computer by itself, then right clicking it and clicking format. If you do this though a Hero ROM won’t load until you can partition the card in the recovery screen.
Good luck man, and don’t worry I have yet to see a phone that is completely bricked 🙂
ok so, i installed cupcake, and when i power my phone up it makes me log in with a google account. I have a at&t sim card and its not letting me log in, help? what do i do? i think the unroot locked my phone back to t-mobile
Hello Brandon P,
No it most likely did not relock the phone, the issue is that it erased the ATT APN from the phone. Do you see signal bars when your ATT SIM card in in the phone?
If so then this is what happened. Just click Menu and click APN settings and put in the ATT ones….
So I rushed home… deleted everything from my SD and put Cyanogen ROM replacing it with update… wiped and then applied… it says
E: No Signature (16 Files)
E: Verification Failed
Instillation Aborted
Am I gonna have to buy awhole new phone *frown* this is day two with NO PHONE… please help.
I can not format this SD cuz I am unable to even get onto my phone… it just loops on the HERO screen
Hello GEM,
You will not have to buy a new phone, calm down lol
Try a different ROM from our downloads section (or use the search bar there to search various other sites for a ROM).
Keep trying till one works. It may also help to format the card (you can do this on your computer by putting the SD card into a card reader and putting into the computer by itself, then right clicking it and clicking format. If you do this though a Hero ROM won’t load until you can partition the card in the recovery screen.
Good luck man, and don’t worry I have yet to see a phone that is completely bricked 🙂
Is there a way to skip around loogging into my google account? so i can turn on the wifi instead of using data services?
Hello Brandon P,
No not unless you load a custom ROM.
ROMS? I am such a beginner… I just want my phone to be back to cupcake or what ever…. I do not want the HERO…. I tried did what this says BUT when I hit camera+power it goes to a screen with three androids at the bottom… HBOOT FastBoot Mode. If I select FastBoot it gives me 4 options HBoot Mode, Reset Device Restart to HBOOT, and Power Down….. I cant even turn my phone on anymore… it just loops the HERO screen… I also have now tried the Recovery thing you suggested and it gives me the error listed above… BLAH I SUCK
ok so, i installed cupcake, and when i power my phone up it makes me log in with a google account. I have a at&t sim card and its not letting me log in, help? what do i do? i think the unroot locked my phone back to t-mobile
Hello Brandon P,
No it most likely did not relock the phone, the issue is that it erased the ATT APN from the phone. Do you see signal bars when your ATT SIM card in in the phone?
If so then this is what happened. Just click Menu and click APN settings and put in the ATT ones….
Is there a way to skip around loogging into my google account? so i can turn on the wifi instead of using data services?
Hello Brandon P,
No not unless you load a custom ROM.
ROMS? I am such a beginner… I just want my phone to be back to cupcake or what ever…. I do not want the HERO…. I tried did what this says BUT when I hit camera+power it goes to a screen with three androids at the bottom… HBOOT FastBoot Mode. If I select FastBoot it gives me 4 options HBoot Mode, Reset Device Restart to HBOOT, and Power Down….. I cant even turn my phone on anymore… it just loops the HERO screen… I also have now tried the Recovery thing you suggested and it gives me the error listed above… BLAH I SUCK
…. after many trials… all errors and 3 days withouth a phone it looks like I will have to give up…. I formatted my SD… re downloaded the links… put them on the card, removed them countless times…. all works until I get to the rainbow screen…. it says “serial 10” … cant get past it… any last thoughts ([lease give steps if possible… I am new to this phone stuff)?
Hello GEM,
Yup, at the bottom of the procedure there is a search box that says to use if you are having issues. Type serial 10 error into it and see what comes up, it ONLY searches sites that may have a solution. Good luck!
…. after many trials… all errors and 3 days withouth a phone it looks like I will have to give up…. I formatted my SD… re downloaded the links… put them on the card, removed them countless times…. all works until I get to the rainbow screen…. it says “serial 10” … cant get past it… any last thoughts ([lease give steps if possible… I am new to this phone stuff)?
Hello GEM,
Yup, at the bottom of the procedure there is a search box that says to use if you are having issues. Type serial 10 error into it and see what comes up, it ONLY searches sites that may have a solution. Good luck!
I did the unrooting on my g1 but I’m out of the country and i can’t get past logging in, i added the apn for this country and erased al the other apn for t-mobile but i can’t select the apn i added. please help
Hello James,
2 Questions:
Is the phone unlocked?
Are you using a T-Mobile SIM card?
the phone was unlocked before i unrooted, but i belive it is locked now, i have a sim card for telcel mexico and i lost my t-mobile sim but i have my wifes t mobile sim
i am not usisng a t mobile sim im using the telcel sim
the phone was unlocked before unrooting
I did the unrooting on my g1 but I’m out of the country and i can’t get past logging in, i added the apn for this country and erased al the other apn for t-mobile but i can’t select the apn i added. please help
Hello James,
2 Questions:
Is the phone unlocked?
Are you using a T-Mobile SIM card?
the phone was unlocked before i unrooted, but i belive it is locked now, i have a sim card for telcel mexico and i lost my t-mobile sim but i have my wifes t mobile sim
i am not usisng a t mobile sim im using the telcel sim
the phone was unlocked before unrooting
hello i was just wondering where i can get the cupcake update. i already unrooted my g1 but i dont want to wait for tmobile to send the update. the link you put dosent work.
im trying to unroot my phone everytime i press camera and end button it says serial 0 does it matter that i have on cyanogen recovery image?
hello i was just wondering where i can get the cupcake update. i already unrooted my g1 but i dont want to wait for tmobile to send the update. the link you put dosent work.
im trying to unroot my phone everytime i press camera and end button it says serial 0 does it matter that i have on cyanogen recovery image?
Ok, i followed steps one by one but when i try to go to the recovery mode the phone gives me an error screen….. a picture of the phone with an exclamation symbol inside of a triangle. i have a 1.5 CRC1 version.
please i have tow days trying to get the HTC hero rom and i can’t do it unless i unroot and then root my phone.
Thanks
Hello Fredrick B.,
That isnt an error, it is the phones default recovery screen (you can hit Alt L to bring up the menu). That recovery wont work and it means you didnt load the recovery image correctly. Try again and read the reported issues at the bottom of the post and make sure you follow them.
Good luck!
Ok, i followed steps one by one but when i try to go to the recovery mode the phone gives me an error screen….. a picture of the phone with an exclamation symbol inside of a triangle. i have a 1.5 CRC1 version.
please i have tow days trying to get the HTC hero rom and i can’t do it unless i unroot and then root my phone.
Thanks
Hello Fredrick B.,
That isnt an error, it is the phones default recovery screen (you can hit Alt L to bring up the menu). That recovery wont work and it means you didnt load the recovery image correctly. Try again and read the reported issues at the bottom of the post and make sure you follow them.
Good luck!
ok i finally got the rc29 but it’s been 5 hours and still no cupcake update……
Hello Fredrick B.
There is a way to manually update at the bottom of the post. Step 11….
I waited until the recovery screen came up again after running the update, then continued to remove battery and load the rainbow screen but it still did not work!
I think I need the original Radio if that is possible…
Ok think I’ve found the problem but not a clue how to fix…
When I load the rainbow screen it says checking and then flashes no image file. Any way to fix this please?
Hello Ollie C,
Read the reported issues.
ok i finally got the rc29 but it’s been 5 hours and still no cupcake update……
Hello Fredrick B.
There is a way to manually update at the bottom of the post. Step 11….
I waited until the recovery screen came up again after running the update, then continued to remove battery and load the rainbow screen but it still did not work!
I think I need the original Radio if that is possible…
Ok think I’ve found the problem but not a clue how to fix…
When I load the rainbow screen it says checking and then flashes no image file. Any way to fix this please?
Hello Ollie C,
Read the reported issues.
I made a video to show the problems I am having. This video has a 20 seconds wait which the instruction told me to do. I also tried 5, 10, and 15 seconds wait and it still does not work.
If you can see what i am doing wrong, please let me know. This video starts with me transferring the files to the G1.
Thanks!
http://www
I made a video to show the problems I am having. This video has a 20 seconds wait which the instruction told me to do. I also tried 5, 10, and 15 seconds wait and it still does not work.
If you can see what i am doing wrong, please let me know. This video starts with me transferring the files to the G1.
Thanks!
http://www
Thanks, but it says that the site is down for maintenance, is there another way to get the cupcake manually?
Ok I got past the Serial0 problem by formatting my SD card to FAT32..
Now when I load the rainbow screen it goes:
Loading…
Checking…
Then flashes to:
00028002
not allow
Any solutions? Been trying to unroot for days now. Ive wiped and flashed a dozen times and still nothing.
Thanks
does anybody knows where to get the cupcake?
Thanks, but it says that the site is down for maintenance, is there another way to get the cupcake manually?
Ok I got past the Serial0 problem by formatting my SD card to FAT32..
Now when I load the rainbow screen it goes:
Loading…
Checking…
Then flashes to:
00028002
not allow
Any solutions? Been trying to unroot for days now. Ive wiped and flashed a dozen times and still nothing.
Thanks
Frederick B.
You can get it from here…
http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/downloads/list
secrecyguy.
men i downloaded one of the files, i put it in the sdcard, i re-named update.zip but nothing happen. im going crazy here if you can help me i will appreciate it…. i’ve been doing this for 3 days
does anybody knows where to get the cupcake?
Frederick B.
You can get it from here…
http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/downloads/list
secrecyguy.
men i downloaded one of the files, i put it in the sdcard, i re-named update.zip but nothing happen. im going crazy here if you can help me i will appreciate it…. i’ve been doing this for 3 days
so If I delete my APN’s, I wont have any access to my att data use (internet)
so If I delete my APN’s, I wont have any access to my att data use (internet)
Hey i was wondering if it was possible to put the hero rom onto the g1 without rooting it ? please email me back thanks
Hello Lanceezy,
Short answer, no. 🙂 You have to root to load ROMs.
Hey i was wondering if it was possible to put the hero rom onto the g1 without rooting it ? please email me back thanks
Hello Lanceezy,
Short answer, no. 🙂 You have to root to load ROMs.
Hey when ever i power and home i never get the boot menu just the triangle “!” what am i doing wrong? Help Plz
Hello MrJ1s,
That means you never had a custom recovery image. So just hit Alt L at that screen and the menu will pop up.
Hey when ever i power and home i never get the boot menu just the triangle “!” what am i doing wrong? Help Plz
Hello MrJ1s,
That means you never had a custom recovery image. So just hit Alt L at that screen and the menu will pop up.
is rooting your g1 harmful?
Hello Charlie,
Nope.
is rooting your g1 harmful?
Hello Charlie,
Nope.
So if I have no APN’s it wont use my data? right
So if I have no APN’s it wont use my data? right
Hi,
Great site firstly, nice to find everything you need in one place 🙂
I’m having the problem where the first splash screen comes up, then the phone reboots, and repeats this. When i hold down the Camera Button + End nothing happens, as well as when i hold down Home + End nothing happens. It just keeps repeating the splash screen reboot loop. The only way i can stop it is to remove the battery.
Any advice on how to fix this would be appreciated.
Hi,
Great site firstly, nice to find everything you need in one place 🙂
I’m having the problem where the first splash screen comes up, then the phone reboots, and repeats this. When i hold down the Camera Button + End nothing happens, as well as when i hold down Home + End nothing happens. It just keeps repeating the splash screen reboot loop. The only way i can stop it is to remove the battery.
Any advice on how to fix this would be appreciated.
ive got the cyanogenmod + jf 1.4 and the spl download does not complete and the g1 also doenst go to the page that u get when u hold the camera and power button
ive got the cyanogenmod + jf 1.4 and the spl download does not complete and the g1 also doenst go to the page that u get when u hold the camera and power button
hello, I’ve ben browsing the comments and haven’t come across anything that mentions being able unroot if your are running a g1 without a data plan. Is it impossible or is it in the realm of possibility to bypass the requirement of a data plan or us the wifi? Thanks if you can help that would be fantastic.
hello, I’ve ben browsing the comments and haven’t come across anything that mentions being able unroot if your are running a g1 without a data plan. Is it impossible or is it in the realm of possibility to bypass the requirement of a data plan or us the wifi? Thanks if you can help that would be fantastic.
omg you are the best. i was so pissed when i rooted my phone and then it messed up so i jus gave up and wanted it to go back to the cupcake version. thank you so much.
hello i was goin to unroot my g1 but wen i try to down load the Original SPL it took me to a xda-developers web site can u plz give me the new link for the Original SPL
omg you are the best. i was so pissed when i rooted my phone and then it messed up so i jus gave up and wanted it to go back to the cupcake version. thank you so much.
hello i was goin to unroot my g1 but wen i try to down load the Original SPL it took me to a xda-developers web site can u plz give me the new link for the Original SPL
Where can I find the cupcake update cause the link in the description is not working.
Where can I find the cupcake update cause the link in the description is not working.
I need big Help guys im stuck on the G1 logo and wanted my phone to be back to the original SPL and default. I only could go back to the recovery screen. I’m scared now i didn’t load no roms but i loaded the latest SPL and radio. I dont have the format section on my recovery screen. Can Anybody help me Please?
Hello brick4byrd,
Just goto the How To load a custom rom procedure and do the last section; use an sd adapter to load a custom rom onto the sd card, then put it into the phone and boot to recovery, wipe and apply the update.
Then you should be able to get to the home screen.
I need big Help guys im stuck on the G1 logo and wanted my phone to be back to the original SPL and default. I only could go back to the recovery screen. I’m scared now i didn’t load no roms but i loaded the latest SPL and radio. I dont have the format section on my recovery screen. Can Anybody help me Please?
Hello brick4byrd,
Just goto the How To load a custom rom procedure and do the last section; use an sd adapter to load a custom rom onto the sd card, then put it into the phone and boot to recovery, wipe and apply the update.
Then you should be able to get to the home screen.
i keep getting an error when i try to wipe and flash update.zip it keeps saying:
E:No Signature (5 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted.
Hello Kyle2blue,
Download the file again and try again, otherwise that means you dont have root.
my firmware is 1.1 and my build number says:
kila-user 1.1 PLAT-RC33 126986
ota-rel-keys, release-keys
is this the stock setting? because my speaker broke in under a year and I have to send this one back for a replacement next week and need to unroot.
Link for cupcake doesnt work and cant find a working one
i keep getting an error when i try to wipe and flash update.zip it keeps saying:
E:No Signature (5 files)
E:Verification failed
Installation aborted.
Hello Kyle2blue,
Download the file again and try again, otherwise that means you dont have root.
my firmware is 1.1 and my build number says:
kila-user 1.1 PLAT-RC33 126986
ota-rel-keys, release-keys
is this the stock setting? because my speaker broke in under a year and I have to send this one back for a replacement next week and need to unroot.
Link for cupcake doesnt work and cant find a working one
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU =D
i tried many other sites but this is the only one that worked
THANK YOU!
Hello Utkarsh,
You are very welcome! Thanks for coming to our site!
HI, i really want to get the hero thing but the problem is that i dont know anything about unlocking or unrooting… so, should i just follow the tutorial and get done with it?? …. also i wanted to know if i did unroot my g1 will it get updated or should i update it manually??
thank u
Hello Al,
Just do the 1 click root procedure then the How To load a Custom ROM procedure.
To undo and get back to the way you were before you began, goto the How To Unroot procedure and yes you will get OTA updates after that.
Good luck!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU =D
i tried many other sites but this is the only one that worked
THANK YOU!
Hello Utkarsh,
You are very welcome! Thanks for coming to our site!
HI, i really want to get the hero thing but the problem is that i dont know anything about unlocking or unrooting… so, should i just follow the tutorial and get done with it?? …. also i wanted to know if i did unroot my g1 will it get updated or should i update it manually??
thank u
Hello Al,
Just do the 1 click root procedure then the How To load a Custom ROM procedure.
To undo and get back to the way you were before you began, goto the How To Unroot procedure and yes you will get OTA updates after that.
Good luck!