1.) make sure you habe a device without RC30 / TC5 updated systemsoftware
2.) use this link http://xdaforums.com/search.php
You have the dev phone, that means you have the engineering bootloader.
Follow this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455860
You can use the FASTBOOT option to flash your phone with a rooted version.
Follow this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455860
You can use the FASTBOOT option to flash your phone with a rooted version.
it would be better if you called, i believe its easier. just tell them after you updated the phone it is often freezing, losing connection and restarting, (tell them its fully charged also) tell them you did a factory reset and it did not help
and that with no apps installed your phone is running a lot slower than "your friends" phone who has 40 apps installed. they should send you out a replacement
When I try to root my phone I get a "su: permission denied". The answer probably is very obvious but I cannot find it.
That happened to me the first time I tried to flash-up to JF RC30 v1.2. Something didn't take, rebooting hung up several times; I'm actually surprised I didn't brick the phone, back in the days before the engineering bootloader was available
I simply re-downloaded JF's mod, re-loaded it on my test card, and started the recovery console update loader again. Then I had su access.
It's a leak of a HTC-signed RC29 NBH file. It will install RC29 via the G1 stock bootloader.
Using this NBH file I just did the following:
1) Dropped from TC5-RC8 to RC7 (giving root)
2) Flashed the modified recovery partition
3) Flashed the engineering bootloader (essential)
4) Flashed to JF 1.3 RC8
Awesome! Shame I already ordered the ADP1!
For those getting errors make sure you are properly dismounting after copying over usb mount. Also it couldn't hurt to run MD5 checksum on the file after transferring to make sure it made it across the USB cable intact.
Here are checksums:
53840b90a0fe1bfab19fab8ef8fb9724 *DREAIMG_TC4-RC29.NBH
4f0efb2037524a06bda26f286bba474d *HappyNewYear.zip
2f02dd9a3b7c7f2fe058047b9c7a0245 *DREAIMG_TC5-RC7.NBH
b253b71fad2ed0352bcb58c4966b9a25 *HappyNewYearUK.zip
Here are checksums:
53840b90a0fe1bfab19fab8ef8fb9724 *DREAIMG_TC4-RC29.NBH
4f0efb2037524a06bda26f286bba474d *HappyNewYear.zip
2f02dd9a3b7c7f2fe058047b9c7a0245 *DREAIMG_TC5-RC7.NBH
b253b71fad2ed0352bcb58c4966b9a25 *HappyNewYearUK.zip
great news!!!!! Im installing this as we speak. I had to remove my card and put it in a card reader, format to fat32 before it would work. Just waiting on it finishing.
Will be installing the moded rc8 afterwords and then i can start playing
Update finished, now booting up!!!! G1 is showing......... Now i got android loading screen...... yes its loaded up.
Now for the rest of the updates.
Many thanks
Will be installing the moded rc8 afterwords and then i can start playing
Update finished, now booting up
!!!! G1 is showing......... Now i got android loading screen...... yes its loaded up.Now for the rest of the updates.
Many thanks
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8Why should you root your Dream/G1?
- You can install a full Linux distribution, like Debian.
- You can run applications that require root, like Screenshot and Auto Rotate your Browser and or any other application.
- You can install the latest Android build directly from the Android source tree.
- Customize your boot image.
- Create full backups of the state of your phone.
- Create custom ROMs.
- Install Applications to your SD Card to save space.
- Use your phone as a tether to connect your computer/laptop to the internet.
- Turn your phone into a wireless router that provides internet access.
Well, hopefully one of those reasons convinced you to get root access on your phone!
Preparing to Get Root on your Phone
Getting root on your phone involves exploiting a security hole that existed in an early version of Android. The versions with the security holes are known as RC19, RC28, and RC29 (or RC7 or lower for UK phones). As of RC30 (RC8 on UK), Google patched the security hole so that your phone can not be rooted (don't worry, we can still root it!).
To check your version, go to the Home Screen, click your menu button, choose "Settings", and then click "About phone". You will then see the following screen:
If you have US-RC30/UK-RC8 or higher, you will first need to downgrade your phone to a previous version. (Skip these steps otherwise)
- Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:
- Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
- Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
- A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.
- Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
- Turn the device power off.
- Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry boot loader mode. You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.
- As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
- After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.
Rooting your RC29 or lower phone:
On RC29 phones and lower, anything you type into your keyboard is also being run in a hidden console with root permissions. More information regarding that at the bottom of this post. But, to get root access, do the following:
Instructions:
- Download recovery.img or the new version by Amon recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img and copy it to your SD card (see the previous instructions on how to copy from your computer to your Phone's SD card).
- Download the Hard SPL and copy the zip file to the SD card.
- All files must be on the root of your SD card.
- Restart your phone. Wait for your phone to start up fully and show the home screen.
- After your phone starts up, hit the enter key twice, type "telnetd" and press enter. (Yes, it will start up a contact search, don't worry. Just type it.)
- Download an Android "Telnet" application from the Market and connect to localhost.
- If you connect successfully, you will have a root prompt "#".
- Type the following into Telnet (these commands will give you root access easier in the future):
- mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
- cd sdcard
- flash_image recovery recovery.img
- cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img
What To Do Now That You Have Root
Now that you have root, you will want to apply "Hard SPL" to your phone. HardSPL is what will allow you to apply flash images from other regions (like UK on US phones, and vice versa), create full backups of your phone, install the latest build from the Android source, and usually resurrect your phone if it is "bricked". You have already downloaded the file to your SD card, so now you can apply it.
- Power off your phone.
- Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
- You will now enter recovery mode. You should see an exclamation.
- If you do not see a menu on screen, press Alt-L to show the menu.
- Press Alt-S to apply the update from the SD card.
- After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart.
And now, the last step! You are still running an old version of Android, but you want to upgrade to the latest and greatest update! You can do this, and not lose root by downloading modified versions of the updates.
First, choose a modified image from the list below:
ADP1.1: (md5: bacc58302e0b239d66c7bcc8db6c434b)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_ADP1.1_BuildEnvironment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=24&t=241&rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/01/jesusfrekes-14-images-are-out/
RC33: (md5: f24b6c237775147cb4bc42efc2393973)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_RC33_BuildEnvironment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=24&t=241&rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/02/new-rc33-based-images-from-jesusfreke/
RC8: (md5: de2d0d34adbb4015ee3aa5e4e7ca3c07)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_RC8_BuildEnvironment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=24&t=241&rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/01/jesusfrekes-14-images-are-out/
- Download the image.
- Rename it to update.zip.
- Copy it to your phone's SD card.
- Turn your phone off.
- Start up in recovery mode by holding Home and pressing Power.
- Press alt-W to wipe your device. (You need to do this, or the device may hang at the flashing Android screen)
- Press alt-S to apply the update.
And that's it! Remember to check the links up top to learn how to use root to do the advanced things I mentioned.1
So, I have a Dev Phone1, and stupidly let it apply an OTA update to 1.5. It appears that this (of course) didn't use the rooted version, so here I sit with a Dev phone that's not rooted on version 1.5. My question is does this procedure work with 1.5? My thoughts are to use this to downgrade it to a rooted version of RC33, then get JF's 1.5 build.
Sound about right?1
