As is customary with these kind of posts, some disclaimers:
- This could be dangerous.
- This should only be used if you know what you are doing.
- Although this technique will work for any currently shipping android phone, this specific APK will works easiest with phones that are compatible with cyanogen’s 1.4 recovery image for the HTC Dream/Magic (32B).. There are instructions posted below for how to download a recovery.img that will work for other phones to your SD card, and how to use this apk to root those phones as well – it’s just not one-click… it’s more like some typing and 1-click so it might take you 30 seconds longer to do)
Now, some credit:
- Zinx did all the work on this
UPDATE: The “Recovery Flasher” is no longer in the market. This is entirely understandable and we as a community have no real right to be upset about this (their market, their rules – and after inspecting it they determined that the app violates them). So… Consider yourself lucky if you were one of the several thousand people who got it before it was taken down – and if not… there are plenty of mirrors to get it from posted here. (Android by design allows you to install applications from a variety of locations – you aren’t locked down to just one provider like on some fruity phones). So please don’t have a knee-jerk reaction and get mad at Google for this – they are still very much hacker-friendly (just search the market for applications that only work on rooted phones and you’ll realize that they are pretty laissez-faire in the market).
Flashing your recovery image:
Although the exploit itself can be used to execute anything as root, the prepackaged APK is designed to flash your recovery image with an updated one that allows installing modified updates signed with a publicly available key The reason for this is pretty simple: It’s the easiest way to enable you to install some modified image. It also enables you to use nandroid to backup (and restore) your entire phone to your sd card, and basically gives you what you need to be one of the cool kids and install custom android roms at will
Install the APK
The application has been uploaded to the market, and that’s the fastest place to get it from. Open up the Market and search for “Recovery Flasher” and download it from there,
In your settings, under software, tell it to allow untrusted sources. (necessary since the APK isn’t available in the market). Then, from the browser on your phone download the “recovery flasher 0.1 APK” from here: http://g1files.webs.com/Zinx/flashrec-20090815.apk Install it… and open it up.
Download from one of these mirrors
It looks like this:
From here:
- click on “backup recovery image”
- click on “Flash Cyanogen Recovery 1.4″
(in mine there is the option to restore my previous one since I already backed that thing up)
Test that it worked
Power your phone down. Reboot into “recovery mode”. On all phones I’m aware of, you do this by holding down “Home” and “Power” when turning it on. When you see something like this:
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From here, you can install any of the custom roms using the instructions above. I highly recommend you use the “nandroid backup” button at this point.
IF YOUR RECOVERY MODE SCREEN DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE ONE ABOVE, OR DOESN’T HAVE ALL THOSE OPTIONS, DO NOT PROCEED – reboot and apply again.
Known issues:
- EVERY TIME YOU REBOOT YOUR PHONE INTO NORMAL ANDROID IT UNDOES WHAT YOU JUST DID. Every time android boots, it reflashes the recovery partition with the default one from a file stored in your phone. For safety reasons, we are not replacing this file – just flashing the partition directly. So if you boot to recovery mode, then boot back into your normal mode, and then boot back into recovery mode – you will see a triangle with an exclamation point and only 3 options. DO NOT WIPE YOUR DATA IF YOU ONLY SEE 3 OPTIONS AND AN EXCLAMATION POINT If you only see three options, reboot your phone into normal android mode and re-run the “Recovery Flasher” application – and THEN boot into recovery mode and you will see all the options.
- If your phone doesn’t work with cyanogen 1.4’s image (which I believe are 32A HTC Sapphires [Rogers HTC Magic, etc]) you should not use this as-is – see my instructions for those phones at the bottom.. If recovery fails to boot, you should be able to pull the battery and reboot into the normal phone and then open the recovery flasher app again and “restore” your backed up recovery.img – but no promises… This is all done at your own risk.
- The exploit used (CVE-2009-2692) in this hack is already patched. The kernel was patched upstream on August 11th, so it is likely that an update will be pushed out from T-mobile VERY quickly to help prevent malicious people from using this same exploit.
- Apologies in advance to anyone who has to work quickly and work hard to patch this exploit in the wild. (Although it should be noted that if you just shipped phones that weren’t neutered in the first place, it would save us all a lot of work and help us all be on the same team… but that’s a topic for another post.)
Original links:
If my blog goes down, these links are the original source for the files:
http://zenthought.org/content/project/flashrec
Mirrors:
http://g1files.webs.com/Zinx/android-root-20090816.tar.gz
http://g1files.webs.com/Zinx/flashrec-20090815.apk
http://g1files.webs.com/Zinx/flashrec-20090815.tar.gz
Update: More detailed instructions
I have personally used this apk on a T-mobile US G1 running stock CRC1, and a T-mobile myTouch 3g running stock software. Both of them worked flawlessly and were done in matter of seconds. I’ve seen a few threads with people making accusations that this is a trojan or that it doesn’t work… etc.
Regarding the possible ‘trojan’ nature
It’s wise to be skeptical. That’s why the source code is provided and has been since this post was first placed. If you want to be skeptical, that’s fine – download the source, inspect it, build it yourself, and apply it… You would be wise to rely on a brave friend to test it out and verify it works, but I would hold off on applying any security updates that come down the pipe if you want to use this method to get on the modified-image train (I’m almost positive the next update will close this hole)
By now there should be enough evidence to support the fact that this is not a malicious app – but you always have the right to remain skeptical
What you get when you are done
When you are done, you just have the tools to flash modified builds. Because it will run on both HTC 32B Sapphires (T-mobile myTouch 3g, Google Ion, etc) and HTC Dreams (G1, ADP1, etc) I recommend using Cyanogen version 3.9.11.2 – which is an experimental build which has some cool donut features like device-wide searching (which is really really cool to use)
Once you get to the recovery console, first backup your phone using nandroid backup. This will help you in case you flash an image that for some reason doesn’t work – at least you can restore to what you have now. (boot back into recovery, and choose “restore from backup”)
To prepare for rooting, download this file: http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/experimental/update-cm-3.9.11.2-signed.zip and put it on your sdcard at the root level (i.e. the very top of the sdcard – so if you are in a GUI desktop – just drag the zip file and drop it onto the icon of the sdcard and it will be at the root level)
BEFORE booting into recovery mode
- Have a modified ROM ready to load of your choice. (i.e. the update-cm.3.9.11.2-signed.zip) on your SD card
- Be prepared for the awesomeness you are about to unleash
- Actually flash the recovery image using the recovery flasher apk and following the above instructions
To Boot into recovery mode
- Power down phone
- Hold down “Home” and “Power” simultaneously for a few seconds (you can release them once it turns on)
- Verify that the image matches my screenshot above
When you reboot into recovery mode:
- backup your phone by hitting “nandroid backup”
- Wipe your data by saying “wipe data” (and press home button to confirm) DO NOT wipe your data unless you have nandroided, and already have the update.img loaded on your phone ready to apply!
- Update to cyanogen by saying “apply any zip from sd” – scroll to that update-cm-3.9.11.2-signed.zip and hit ok, press home button to confirm
- Reboot phone.
- be patient – rebooting after reflashing takes longer than a normal reboot.
Special note for Sapphire 32A users.
If you have a 32A sapphire, you can STILL use this app – but you have to download a different recovery image for your phone and put it on your sdcard first.
- Download the 32A version of the recovery.img from hereor here
- Copy that recovery img to your sdcard at the root level and call it “recovery.img”
- Open the “recovery flasher” app and backup your recovery.img
- In the text field type in “/sdcard/recovery.img”
- Hit “flash recovery”
Now you should be able to boot into the recovery mode. From there, you need to install a 32A version of a modified image, such as the ones in this thread on XDA-forums.
Special note for Hero users (and possibly others)
If you have a currently-shipping HTC Hero, you should try the “H” version of Amon_RA’s recovery image and use that the same as the sapphire 32A (see above for instructions – i.e. put the recovery.img on your sdcard)
If you have a phone other than the ones I’ve tested personally, you should try a few of the different recovery.img’s before giving up. As long as your phone has a modified recovery image available for it (and afaik all of them do), you should be able to use this method.
If you have some magical device that nobody else has hacked yet – get in touch with me and we can work on cooking up a custom recovery.img for your device and you can have the pleasure of being the first person in the world with a hacked whatever-it-is-you-have phone.
Troubleshooting Common Issues / FAQ:
- When I try to run it, it says “Backup Failed” – it is possible that your SD Card is full, or that it is corrupted. The backup isn’t a crucial step – since we don’t replace the phone’s built-in backup, and if you want to bypass the backup step you can click on an invisible button directly to the right of the “backup” button which will skip this step. To be safe, you should try it again with a different SD card or after freeing some space on your SD card. (it’s not a lot of space that is required, only a few megs at the most)
- When I reboot into recovery, I don’t see the options – I just see 3 options and an exclamation point. What most likely happened is you rebooted your phone into normal android mode at some point after flashing it initially, and android reflashed your recovery partition with the built-in backup that it has (it does this every time you boot). DO NOT WIPE YOUR DATA at this point (if you do, you will have to reprovision your phone and redownload the “Recovery Flasher” program – which isn’t a huge deal, but it will take you more time than you need to spend). You need to reboot into normal android mode and rerun the “Recovery Flasher” program – this time you only need to click on “Flash Cyanogen Recovery 1.4″ since you have already made a backup. After you do that, reboot into recovery mode (hold power + home button when turning phone one) and you will see all the options again
- My Recovery mode doesn’t boot! Ah! (to be fair, this actually hasn’t happened yet – but I figured I’d post a response to it in case someone has this issue to save you some heartache) First thing to do is pull the battery and put it back in. Hold home + power again and try it a second time… just to be sure. If after a few tries it still doesn’t work – you may a 32A based Sapphire. Boot your phone up normally and it will be fine and dandy like it was before (we don’t do anything to your normal android os – just the recovery mode). You need to follow the instructions above (download the appropriate recovery.img to your sdcard and enter the text in the box – then hit flash image… etc). Post in the comments which recovery img you end up using when you get it to work to let others know. No permanent damage is done.
- When I boot, all I see is a an android and it sits there FOREVER If it takes more than 10 minutes to reboot, you almost certainly forgot a key step. WIPING. Pull the battery out, and put it back in. Hold down “home” and “power” to reboot into recovery mode, and then select “wipe data/factory restore” and THEN apply your update.zip – this will almost certainly fix your problem.
- What about warranty service? If you want to restore your phone to exactly the state it was in before you flashed on a modified image – use the nandroid restore function in the modified recovery image. You can test this out pretty easily to confirm it works by booting into recovery mode, then running “nandroid restore” and the booting back into your normal android OS – it should be unrooted and running stock software. (Of course, it should be obvious that in order to get BACK to the rooted version you’ll have to re-do everything you did… i.e. open the app, flash the backup, and reboot into recovery mode and flash the custom rom update). If by some chance your nandroid backup ever becomes corrupt, you can reflash on the original software if you get ahold of an official update.zip for your device and apply it (it will have to be resigned with the public testkeys first, but if you go to any of the popular android hacking forums someone will be able to easily help you do this.) If the phone has an NBH released for it, that will always restore it back to factory settings
Once you have rooted:
A class 6 micro SDHC card is a very fast memory card – much faster than the one that comes in the phone. When you get one of these, you can make use of various apps2sd tutorials. (Cyanogen will automatically use the sd card for your apps if you set up a partition on it – pretty nice)
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August 16th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Sorry to be such a noob, but after I’m done doing all of these steps, how would I go about installing a hero rom, and where can I get it?
August 16th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Looks perfect, boot rom is now installed right, so now I can pick any rom to install.
And if I am correct rebooting doesnt give me root yet does it?
August 16th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
After clicking on “backup recovery image”, I just get ‘Backup Failed’. Using HTC HERO / G2 Touch on T-Mobile UK
August 16th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Hmm, I also found out that if you reboot in “recovery mode” it returns to the default. So not cyagonens…. Weird.
August 16th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Will this work with mytouch3g?
August 16th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Ah, do you have an SDCard with space in it? Perhaps that is the issue. There is a way to bypass backup, but I really don’t recommend it – especially since you are on a hero and I haven’t tested it on that one, you will likely need to restore your recovery.img from that backup if anythin goes wrong. (FWIW: There’s a hidden button to the right of the backup button that will make it bypass that step. – but don’t use it)
Please double check that your sdcard is in and has room on it… etc. – and let me know what build version you have on your phone if this still doesn’t work. Have you gotten any updates in the past 5 days pushed to your phone? it should still work.
One note – I’m not sure if the recovery.img will boot the hero or not – you may have to use the 32a recovery img if the first attempt doesn’t work. If neither of those boot the hero, post here and maybe we can figure something out.
August 16th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Yes. I’ve done it on one myself. Works like a charm.
August 16th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
Um, this is the first time I’ve tried rooting my phone and I think I may have screwed something up.
I just finished step 2 (wipe data) and I have use Nandroid to backup. But I cannot find anything to “apply any zip from sd” at all. My recovery screen looks different from the first time I did it – it’s now blue coloured writing, and no longer has the option to apply any zip from sd, which I did see the first time I went into recovery mode.
The options are:
Reboot system now (HOME+BACK)
Apply sdcard: update.zip (Alt-S)
Wipe data/factory reset (Alt-M)
I’m thinking I could solve this by renaming update-cm-3.9.11.2-signed.zip to update.zip, but I can’t do that…I can’t even get into Android normally by rebooting, cause apparently I have network problems and can’t sign into my Google account on my phone.
Currently very worried =S Any tips?
August 16th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
That’s the normal recovery image… Try to get somewhere you have a decent network signal so you can provision your phone. I sent you an email with more details.
August 17th, 2009 at 12:02 am
Hope you dont mind but ive published this on the market(Recovery Flasher), all credit to you and zinx though.
Also check out my guide @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfskzfjOMgc
August 17th, 2009 at 12:05 am
@gixibyte, you mite not have any apn settings
August 17th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I used this on my myTouch 3G and it worked perfectly. I’m glad I was patient and didn’t try the overly complicated myTouch root method on xda-developers.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:49 am
@Unknownkwita, yeah you were right, I eventually fixed that up, and Rye helped me get Cyanogen up and running…pretty sweet so far =D
except I can’t get multitouch working yet
August 17th, 2009 at 4:11 am
I’m trying to root a dev phone that I got, for some reason I can’t install it? It keeps giving me a installation unsuccessful error. Any ideas?
August 17th, 2009 at 4:56 am
I was wondering if you could help me with this maybe via email as I am very nervous doing anything to my phone. I am used to flashing phones for WM, but that whole process seems to be a lot easier than on Android.
August 17th, 2009 at 5:14 am
This works great on UK G1 with 1.5. Have installed the suggested ROM and all seems to be working great. My only issue is that the SD card is corrupted. How do you suggest I rectify this? Cheers once again.
August 17th, 2009 at 7:02 am
i just flashed my HTC G1 and all worked good as far as i can tell. Very easy and quick….My phone is now on and working again with new software. I noticed that the free memory went down to 40MB from 68MB that i had before with T-Mobile system. Is that normal?
I wonder how do i go now to make sure i have access to root. My next step would be to get all softwares installed on the sd card including a GPS software with Maps similar to tomtom. Any sugestion on this would be apreciated too.
Thank you very much for all this.
kirk
August 17th, 2009 at 7:17 am
@Zinx, @RyeBrye, @Unknownkwita
Thx for the (video) quide!
August 17th, 2009 at 7:35 am
okay so i have it rooted now how do i get multitouch
August 17th, 2009 at 9:26 am
I just did this It booted into the recovery mode the first time and it worked but after that it just gave me a triangle with an exclamation point… I’m not sure what I should do… Should I do a factory reset and try again?
August 17th, 2009 at 9:37 am
@Jordan
That’s to be expected. The scary looking triangle image is the default recovery image.
For safety reasons, the recovery flasher doesn’t replace the /system/recovery.img file on your phone. Every time android boots into the OS it reflashes the recovery partition with that file – so in short, every time you boot it will undo what “recovery flasher” does. Reboot into your OS and run recovery flasher again – it will put back on the modified recovery image.
(When you flash a modified image, they will replace the /system/recovery.img with a modified one as part of the flashing so you wont have to do the recovery flasher part anymore)
August 17th, 2009 at 9:44 am
does it work with german /european g1 aka htc dream !?
i don´t want to brick my android
August 17th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hi everyone, I have the same problem as Gixibyte. So I wiped my phone but I still can’t install a custom rom. I have it labeled update.zip but I’m getting the blue text recovery screen with only three options.
Please help!
August 17th, 2009 at 9:56 am
@Heidi – if you don’t see the recovery image with all the options, you need to reboot into your normal phone (set up your google account, etc) – then download the recovery flasher again and reflash the recovery image.
Then once you have flashed it and you reboot into the modified recovery image – wipe your data, then select to install the update.zip
Every time you boot into the normal android you need to reflash the recovery image before booting back into the recovery image or else you will be set back to the factory default recovery image.
August 17th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Thanks RyeBrye! I don’t really know how to utilize everything…
August 17th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Thanks RyeBrye! I don’t really know how to utilize everything… I mean I got the update installed now but I don’t know what to do now that I’ve rebooted.
August 17th, 2009 at 10:27 am
@Heidi
when you rebooted, did you see an android on a skateboard in the logo?
If so, you are golden – you are on the latest hacked build and you don’t have to do anything… you have all the cool features now.
One cool feature is the device-wide searching – you can hit the search button and type in stuff and it will search everything (i.e. contacts, your application names…etc)
You might want to go to the market and download the Cyanogen updater to keep up to date with the latest modified builds.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:11 am
what exactly does rooting enable you to do? sorry im such a noob.
August 17th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I don’t have a T-mobile data plan; I just access data over wi-fi. Does anyone know if this will hinder my attempt to root my G1 using this method?
August 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
@Mike
You should be ok. When you first open the phone on a modded recovery image after wiping, you’ll have to set up your account again. I’m pretty you can skip the initial activation – go in and set up your wifi settings – then go back in and activate it over wifi on the latest builds (but not on the default software, only on the modded update)
If you accidently wipe the phone but don’t apply an modified update to it, you will need to re-activate your phone somehow – and to be honest it’d be a lot easier to call T-mobile and get them to turn back on data for you while you do that… and then call them tomorrow and turn it off (saying something like “I decided I don’t want it anymore” – they prorate the data so it’d cost you less than $2 for that)
If you read the directions and follow them properly you should be fine.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
so far this works great! i want to run jacxhero 1.0 on my mytouch but the only way i know how to partition my SD card (fat32/ext2/swap) is with anon’s recovery img file. is there a way for me to do this?
August 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
forgot to add…i saved anon’s recovery image RAv1.2.0G on my sd card and renamed it recovery.img. i was no longer able to backup recovery image and when i typed in /sdcard/recovery.img i get flash failed on my screen almost immediatley.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
If you want to use an alternate recover image, download it to your sdcard and open up the “recovery flasher” and then from there you can type in the path to it (i.e. “/sdcard/anonrecovery.img”) and then click “flash image” and it will flash the one you specify instead of the bundled cyanogen 1.4
Alternately, you can install the cyanogen 3.9.11.2 and then from there download the anon recovery image, put it on your sdcard, open up a terminal on the phone and (since you are root now) you can type “flash_image recovery /sdcard/anonrecovery.img” and it will do the same thing.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Ah, interesting. I’ll test it out. Maybe try a different name – like “recovery2.img” or something.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I used this on 2 phones last night. I was able to go from stock to JACxROM with partitions in about 15 minutes. This is amazing. Once the hack is patched, I hope someone makes another root app like this. WHAT A TIME SAVER!!
August 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@jaycee – yes, almost definitely works on a german G1. worst case scenario is you have to reboot twice and are back to where you started – bricking is extremely unlikely.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
please help! email please
thanks!
August 17th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
i tried typing /sdcard/recovery.img /sdcard/recovery2.img /sdcard/RAv1.2.0G.img and /sdcard/recovery-RAv1.2.0G.img each time i renamed the file on the SD card to match what i was typing into the flasher app….any help would be appreciated. ive been trying to root with the gold card method so i could run JACxhero rom on my mytouch and i thought i almost had it lol. i can get to the point of loading it but i need anon’s recovery.img to partition my sd card for me. soooo close lol
August 17th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
@Ted – thanks for getting back. Sounds like a bug with how it is supposed to grab the alternate recovery.img’s – zinx will get back to me about that. We might have an updated version later.
Easiest thing would be to apply Cyanogen 3.9.11.2 – and then from there you can easily flash a different recovery image – when you boot up just open up the terminal app and type “flash_image recovery /sdcard/whateveryourfileisnamed.img” and will flash it with the anon image.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
This works great, but I’m not clear on how to get back to my original img, do I use the recovery console (home+power) or do I need to download flashrec.apk again?
August 17th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
RyeBrye: So I guess I had done it wrong because I hadn’t seen the skateboard android. So good thing you said that. But now I am pretty sure I did it right but it has been on the shiny Android starting logo for hours now. I have taken the battery out a couple of times to see if that would help.
Is that normal?
August 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
when i use terminal and type flash_image(space)recovery/sdcard/anonrecovery.img i get usage: flash_image [-d] partition file.img
options:
-d delete the image file after successful flash
$
not sure if this is good or bad lol
August 17th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
@Heidi:
Ok. Sounds like you are stuck in an endless boot loop – this is fixed by wiping and reapplying the update.
Pull the battery – then put it back in and hold down power and home to boot back into recovery. As long as you see the android guy and the list of options you are good to go – just go to “wipe data/factory reset” and then when that is done go to the “apply any zip from sd” and pick the cyanogen mod zip again.
After that, reboot.
It takes it a while, but definitely not more than 15 minutes. Probably around 5 minutes is normal.
You’ll see a cool android logo if you are using Cyanogen 3.9.11.2 (which you may have been staring at for a long time now).
August 17th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
@Ted:
flash_image(space)recovery/sdcard/anonrecovery.img i get usage:
is close – but it should be:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/anonrecovery.img
(note the big space between recovery and the path… it only has to be one space but I made it bigger to make it obvious)
August 17th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
@Ricky did you use anon’s recovery image to get the jacxhero rom? if so was it RAv1.2.0G or RAv1.2.0H?
August 17th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
@ryebrye when i type flash_image(space)recovery(space)/sdcard/anonrecovery.img i get “error opening /sdcard/anonrecovery.img: permission denied”
August 17th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
@Ted – strange. try copying it somewhere else first like /data or something. You are root, so that message makes no sense. Whatever is causing that error is what caused the problem with flashing from that – since the “recovery flasher” basically executes that exact same command.
August 17th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
@rye brye is there a way i can start this whole process over? from scratch? i tried a wipe from setting, sd and storage and it didnt completely wipe it. i booted into recovery and did a wipe that way and it cleaned everything out but i still had they cynogen os running. tried to use the nandroid backup i made and i get an error message. i followed the steps to a T when i did this but maybe ill have better luck if i can just start all over again.
August 17th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
@RyeBrye re: G2Touch / HTC Hero
No i have not had any OTA updates yet. Im running Stock build 1.76. 110.6 146733 CL#47214 release-keys.
Tried 32A, 32D & MoDaCo Hero Patch, but get Flash Failed.
I have a 8Gb SD Card with 7.2Gb free
August 17th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Will doing this erase all my contacts/music? or can I just proceed without backing it up? I know, noob question.
August 17th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Hey, thanks for this and do I have to download and put the roms file into my sd card before doing running program and rootin my phone?
im new about this, first time rooting my phone.
thanks
August 17th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
@RyeBrye Ok now I have it installed.. do I have to partition my sd card to use apps to sd? Sorry to ask you so many questions.. you are extremely helpful!
August 17th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Okay. As newb as one can get with phone mods, etc. But it actually works. I dont know what the exact benefits of it are but I am running… Mod version CyanogenMod-3.9.11.2 per about phone. All my downloads are gone but it worked. I dont know what the difference/any limitations is for down the road, in comparison to the gold card method (I hope none), with this type of root but hey it actually worked and I would have kick my own a$$ if I bricked my phone. Thanks to folks who found this way and are their any “rooted” differences now that I am on cfw using this method for say updating to cyanogens 4.0 eventual release?
PS Thanks Unknownkwita for the vid, it helped calm my nerves as the process went exactly as you showed…
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August 17th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
I have a question. Thanks for the heads up on the easy way to root the mytouch. Is there anyway to reverse the root just in case we need it for warranty reasons?
August 17th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Hey there. I was wondering if I was missing something. I followed the instructions, but once i downloaded and tried to install from my mobile web browser I received a message saying it could not be installed on this phone. Help would be greatly apreciated. Thanks.
August 17th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Anyone tried this with Samsung Galaxy / i7500 yet?
August 17th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Couple of issues …
T-mo U.S. G1
Firmware
1.1
Kernel
2.6.25-01843-gea26b0
jesusfreak@AndroidDev#1
Build
kila-user 1.1 PLAT-RC33 126986
ota-rel-keys,release-keys
1. Home key and phone key doesnt work.
2. Do I need to reinstall apps ?
3. keep getting “process com.google.android.gm” has stopped working warning. What is this.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Got it to work finally. Thanks. My G1 is now rooted. The problem was it wouldn’t open the recovery flasher from the browser after downloading the file. It did work by simply opening the recovery flasher on its own.
August 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
okay I’m totaly lost.
any help would be great 
so I got the recovery image from the market place and did everything like in the video that Unknownkwita put up… but when I try to flash a rom it starts then tells me that it was aborted
August 17th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Thanks for the write-up…made it super simple! Trying to get the MyFaves icon back has proven to be difficult though and numbers are not working in terminal emulator for some reason. I am using Cyanogen version 3.9.11.2
August 17th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Great exploit!
Can you provide just a rootsh command install package?
I want replace “su” command to hacked version but don’t want to replace image.
Becase, I currently using Japanese locale image,
and there are still no rooted image for JP environment.
Yes, it’s not complete “rooted” environment,
but just replacing “su” would be useful.
Thanks.
August 17th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Can you use this on the 1.85.631.5 146733 CL#33863 release-keys build?
I’m in Canada using HTC Dream from Rogers….
First time doing this and just nervous
Thanks
August 17th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
RyeBrye, thanks for your help on this. My question is regarding the additional steps in the Goldcard Rooting method. They actually downgrade to 1.33.2005 for SPL, and also have a step where the flash the radio. Wanted to ask if this is something that should be considered using your method as well. Is it better to update the SPL so that we can gain access when this exploit is inevitably patched?
Thanks,
-Yuming
August 17th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Do I have to worry about updating to the latest radio when trying your app on someones phone? Or is that only when installing Hero builds??
August 18th, 2009 at 12:03 am
@RyeBrye well thx – i´ll post it on my blog !
August 18th, 2009 at 3:24 am
I have just tried this method on my G1 and all seemed to go ok until it came to the “Tutorial” bit where you have to tap the android. Nothing i could do would get me out of that. It just kept going black and then back to the beginning again. Anyone else had this problem and know how to solve it?
August 18th, 2009 at 3:55 am
this may well seem a lame question. I have an htc hero on orange and my main reason for wishing to root the device is to move apps to the sd card a)to free up internal ram so that the phone is faster b) to be able to have a great many more apps on the device. the issues I am uncertain about are 1) if i like the setup htc has on the phone (touchflo and all) is this wiped out by the process. 2)do i have to reinstall all my apps after the process and contacts personal settings.
3)is it possible using this process to root the phone and yet leave the existing setup and apps etc intact so that the phone reboots to the same exact settings but now rooted so i can choose to move those apps to the sdcard.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
I have the same question as Kelvin, I don’t think it’s been answered yet.
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Kelvin
August 17th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
I have a question. Thanks for the heads up on the easy way to root the mytouch. Is there anyway to reverse the root just in case we need it for warranty reasons?
August 18th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
@Kelvin and cullen -
I just added a section to the end where I talk about the “warranty service” cleanup part.
August 18th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Please help me. Is there anyway i can find a step by step video? I tried formating my sd with the phone threw my lab but it said “insert disk” so i just but the sd directly into my lab and did it that way. will it make a difference?
August 18th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
+ installs fine on Magic UK Vodaphone.
- my web access is now dead and vodaphone cant seem to get it working again! :/
Has anyone else had this problem? I (ha ha) didn’t make a back up (twat) so although it looks awesome and the extra features are cool I cant really benefit from it.
Doh
August 18th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
OK so i just backed up nandroid and its back in recovery but theres no reboot from backup, the closest thing to that is “reboot latest backup”. Also i hadn’t downlaoded the updat-cm3.9.11.2-signed.zip, is that gunna really mess me up or can i do that after im done? Please help me out. Im totaly nervouse
August 18th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
@Parker777 at this point you are backed up so you are fine. You can put the update zip file on your sdcard and then reboot back into recovery mode. Be sure to use the app again to reflash the recovery partition before you reboot back into recovery mode to apply it.
August 18th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Thank you so much RyeBrye, your are an unquestionably amazing person. I do have one more question. I have to take my sd card out of the phone and put it into my labtop in order to transfer the update.zip or any other file for that matter? Will that affect it in any way and if i just click drag and drop it into he sd will it be in root possition or do i need to move it? I must sound like a complete dumbass to you. Im sorry, but really thanx again for all your help.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Thanks ryebrye for your work.
I can’t get this to work, i’m using Singapore’s Singtel Dream…
Backup failed and flash failed.
Firmware Version
1.1
Baseband Version
62.33.20.08U_1.22.14.11
Kernel Version
2.6.25-01845-g85d4f0d
android-build@apa27 #27
Build Number
dream_stg-user 1.1 STG-RC9 131071
ota-rel-keys,release-keys
can anyone tell me where to get the other recovery rom mentioned here so i could try and get back here incase anyone is also using this build as well.
Thanks.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
@Parker777 – taking the sdcard out of the phone and putting it in a computer to copy the file over is fine.
dragging it and dropping it on the top of the sdcard will put it at the top level (also known as the “root level”) of the card – and that’s what you want.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I get the Backup Failed message and when I skip the backup I just get Flash Failed.
I have tried with two different SD cards with plenty of space, one of them newly formatted (FAT32). I have also tried installing the app from both the market and with the link.
I got a German G1 with firmware version 123099 and SLP 0.95.0000.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
My phone also tells me I got 32B.
August 18th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Non-techy and 1st time rooter here! I got the ‘Backup Failed’ error the 1st time I attempted this, but after uninstaling ‘Recovery Flasher’ I later reinstalled it and it worked fine! After getting it wrong again (think I didn’t wipe data so it just hung on the boot) I retried and managed to get the sequence right! Im now on CyanogenMod 3.6.8.1 as I opted to play it safer and go for a stable build. For the record and if anyone is interested in this build Id say it’s not a great deal to regular cupcake really, except you get 5 screens, multi-touch and just generally getting the root privileges. Id love to try a more Hero like rom but get the impression I may be safer sticking to Cyanogen mods (and sadly they are not as Hero like as some other roms)!? Ok so questions….
1) If I want to get a new rom, what is the simplest way to go about it? Im guesssing at this stage I would download a rom on my pc, then transfer it over to my G1. I would then guess Id power off my phone, boot up in safe mode then select the rom from ‘Apply any zip from sd’? Do I have to A) Rename my new rom ‘update’ or ‘update.zip’
B) Do I have to select ‘Wipe data/factory reset’? If so, do I do this before or after selecting my chosen rom? or C) both!?
2) If I want to download new apps from the market using my current Cyanogen rom, do I have to partition my SD card, or are they automatically saved to sd with Cyanogen roms? If I need to change something in order to save apps to sd, what is the simplest method? I thought I saw a youtube vid where the guy just renamed it fat32 and that was pretty much it I think!? Sorry for being so clueless!
3) Can I safely use roms by ppl other than Cyanogen? What are the risks of doing so etc?
4) Anybody reccomend any good, stable but cool Hero roms?
Ok, no doubt enough questions for now! Thanks to all who made this rooting option a reality… the standard long way with many commands etc seemed somewhat daunting!
August 18th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
do i still need to download the new spl and radio to get hero?
August 18th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Thanks. Worked like a charm. My Timo G2/MyTouch/Magic is already with updated Cyanogen 4.01. With the previous version Open Home would forceclose and few applications would not start. I did a clean wipe of version 39 and installed 4.01. Phone works faster even with WeatherWidgets, Lockup.2.0 and Open Home with Hero skin.
August 18th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
in the boot screen i didnt do the nandroid 2.2 backup know i cant get back to cupcake im stuck on the boot help.
randy k
August 18th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Hi!
First of all thanks a lot! Second: It doesn’t seem to work on my end. I’m using a T-Mobile G1 in Austria Build Number CRC37 and I firstly can’t backup, although the SD-Card seems to be fine (it’s a 4GB one, could that be an issue?) and secondly the button to flash is grayed out (even if i press the hidden button and the *-sign appears) with the message “Invalid Recovery Image” displaying. Am I missing something stupid?
Thanks in advance,
dinyar
August 18th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
nm that, i downloaded the .img file and put it in the root of my sd-card and it worked flawlessly. amazing. thanks a lot!
August 18th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
I get backup failed and flash failed…. i am using a Singapore’s Singtel HTC Dream…
Firmware 1.1
kernel version
2.6.25-01845-g85d4f0d
android-build@apa27 #27
Build number
dream_stg-user 1,1 STG-RC9 131071
ota-rel-key,release-keys
August 18th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Thanks Rye, I have already updated to Cyanogen 4.01, but didn’t use this application and method before wiping out Version 3.9 and installing 4.01. Have I done something wrong? 3.9 version was giving me few force closes and 4.01 works much better.
August 18th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
@ryebrye i want to run a hero rom on my mytouch once i get my sd card set up correctly but im pretty sure most of them require the new SPL and new radio that you swap during the original root process. do you (or anyone else following this thread) know how to get hero up and running using this particular root method?
August 18th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
i have a g1 im stuck on the cyanogenmod v1.4 i didnt do a backup and i cant get back to the main screen it just keeps rebooting to the same screen the v1.4 how do i get back to cupcake or something.
thanks randy ketzeback
August 18th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
To those who get “backup failed” and “flash failed” – can you do adb shell and tyle “ls -l /” and copy and paste the line by sdcard?
Does it look like this:
“d—rwxrwx system system 1969-12-31 17:00 sdcard”
Or does it have different permissions?
August 18th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I am getting:
d—rwxrwx 9 1000 1000 4096 Jan 1 1970 sdcard
August 18th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
i’m getting d—rwxrwx system system 1970-01-01 07:30 sdcard
August 18th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
okays o I put the cyanogen build but I’d like to switch over to one of the hero roms…
how do I do that? any help would be awesome
August 18th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
First off, a huge thank-you to RyeBrye for doing this, as well as hanging around and offering what seems to be a ton of support here in the comments.
So I’m a complete newbie when it comes to rooting, but it seems that I was successfully able to root my US T-Mobile G1 to CyanogenMod 4.0.1 (saw it posted as being “stable” on the xda forums so I opted to try that instead of something riskier and “experimental”.) Again, I really don’t know much about rooting, so I had a ton of questions, not just about how to do it, but why, and what it would do for me. Just seeing what this did answered a lot of them, but I still have many more. (I’ve actually restored my original un-rooted system after seeing what it did to my phone (successfully, it would appear) because I’m not ready at the moment to reconfigure everything.)
Here’s my take on some of this, along with some really basic questions I’ve come up with… sort of a rewind, “what’s this all about”. Please fill in any blanks or correct me if I’m wrong, because I’d love to know more about this stuff, and I’m sure there are others out there who could use the help as well. Thanks in advance for your patience.
- What happens to my current phone setup when it’s rooted?
> My answer: You end up with a brand new, fresh install of the OS, as if you had reformatted your system. Your apps are deleted, your call logs are deleted. Your shotcuts on your home screens are deleted. You have to re-register a Google account when you start up the phone for the first time. You have a new home screen background, a different arrangement of apps on the home screen, and different apps installed on the phone.
- What happens to purchased apps in the Android Market?
> My Answer: When I opened the Android Market I saw that the apps I had purchased were still listed as Purchased, so it seems I could reinstall it without having to pay again.
More questions I don’t have answers for:
- How does my phone relate to Google’s and T-Mobile’s services now? Will the My Faves and My Account apps still work? What happens if T-Mobile/Google send out an OTA update… does that mess up my phone?
- Okay, let’s say I’ve rooted and I’m on a specific version of a ROM. An update one comes out and I install that. Do all my apps and settings get wiped again? Do I have to set up my phone and all my apps every time a new version comes out?
- Will all the apps in the Android Market work on my rooted phone?
- Where do I go to activate all the cool features, like installing apps to the SD card and multitouch?
- Okay, I’ve restored my original backup, so to my understanding I’m fully back in T-Mobile’s command. What happens if they patch this vulnerability that enabled all of this? Am I stuck with 1.5 (Cupcake) forever?
- What’s the difference between the backup you do within the Recovery Flasher app and the backup you do from inside recovery mode?
- What is the “wipe data” step deleting? It seems like it’s not just data but also the original OS.
- Does rooting your phone have any effect on whether it’s “locked” to T-Mobile’s network or not? (So, if I take my phone abroad and want to insert another SIM card, can I do that?)
August 19th, 2009 at 3:11 am
Worked like a charme.. – thank you very much.
I did it today, cause there was an OTA-Update waiting to be installed.. and I am guessing that would have blocked this.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Hi, did the root, very easy and all good however not sure how to get the sd card ready for apps to switch over, checked the xda dev site and the advice seems to be related to the old root method, will i need to reflash rom for apps to switch over automatically and what is the right way to partition the sd card, i’m sorry if this is reall obvious but i can’t work it out
@zarphlob great questions dude
August 19th, 2009 at 8:29 am
does anyone know if this will work with the new CRC37 build version
August 19th, 2009 at 8:37 am
@JP: you would be talking about CRC37, and no it doesnt effect the app or the process used, in short it doesnt stop us from rooting this way.
@Zarphlob: when they patch the security hole, you will simply need to downgrade before using the appliction, similair to the old process really. the wipe data deletes all personal data, such as contacts, cookies, applcitions, but it DOESNT delete the os or any os functions. you need to do this because not all roms are built the same and when you try to move things from one to another it can create errors because they are differant.
August 19th, 2009 at 8:44 am
to clarify my last post, it deletes all personal info on the phone, not the sd card or your google account, so when you sign in after wiping data all your contacts will resync
August 19th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Are there any concerns about installing the “CyanogenMod – Zoom Zoom Zoom (STABLE) [UPDATED 8/17- v4.0.1]” instead of 3.9.11.x (experimental) on my G1/Dream? Any Cons?
August 19th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Do i need to unroot to downlaod the OTA update, or can i do it with my phone being rooted without problems?
August 19th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Firstly thanks to RyeBrye and anyone else responsible for creating this ‘one click’ method, becauase as a 1st time rooter the old method seemed very daunting!
OK, so I have a few questions.. if anyone can help I would appreciate it very much!
1) To play it on the safer side I used the ’stable’ CyanogenMod 3.6.8.1 rom however, should I want to update to say the 4.0.1 or another rom how exactly would I go about this? I would guess I get the new rom of my choice, power off, then safe boot up, followed by selecting ‘apply any zip from sd’?? Should I also chose wipe data/factory reset’ and if so before or after installing the new rom? Do I also have to rename the rom (update, or update.zip)? I do have the Cyanogen updater… does this makes the method any different (I don’t suppose it automatically installs the rom for you!)?
2) As far as roms go, as much as Id love to have a stable Hero type rom I think for the time being I’ll stick to Cyanogen roms as I get the impression this is a safer more noob friendly option. Anybody tried the 4.0.1 rom and if so is it totally fine? I’ve read a some comments over at xda-developers that give me the impression it may need a few fixes… Also, would anyone recommend any stable, fast, Hero type roms with all features working (including autorotate etc)?
3) Do I need to do anything as far as my sd card is concerned or does ‘recovery flasher’ or Cyanogen roms automatically do this for you? As it is with my 3.6.8.1 rom, if I download an app from the market does it automatically save it to sd? Has it already partitioned my sd? If I need to do this, what is the simplest way? I thought I saw a vid on youtube where I think the guy simply renamed something FAT32 ? Sorry for being so clueless!
Thanks in advance for any help!
August 19th, 2009 at 10:27 am
@parker777: you need to be running the stock firmware to recieve the OTA updates
August 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
@RyeBrye I made a backup of my stock rom b4 i began the rooting process. I tried to restore it yesterday just for kicks and I got an error message. It would not restore it was so ever. something about the card being unmounted but the sd card was in the device. any ideas?
August 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
sorry if I posted this twice but my pc has been acting strange lately.@RyeBrye I made a backup using Nandroid b4 I flash to a new rom on mytouch. Just for kicks I wanted to flash back to the stok rom and it wouldnt work for me. I got the error message that backup can not be restored. Did I miss something or do something wrong?
August 19th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
is the radio update included? if not, when i have to flash the radio? befor or after i flash the ROM? and also flash as update.zip on SD root?
August 19th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
i did it and works like a chram, but now i have CRC1 insted CRC37 this mornig!!! what is that
August 19th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
After updating to CRC37 OTA the rooting worked fine.
Either the method do not work on 123099 or the problem was that I had already received notification about the OTA update but not yet accepted it. I was afraid that an update would patch this method of rooting.
Thank you for saving me a lot of trouble rooting!
August 19th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
i r newb, hear me roar..
:p wondered if some nice guru would mind helping me.. im new to this whole rooting business.. i have a stock uk t-mobile g1 with nothing moded at all, ideally i would like hero on my phone..
so what exactly does this recovery flasher app do? does it just flash the new recovery screen? or does it apply new spl radio etc? because thats what rooting was? downgrading to old rc7 and installing new radio and spl??
so after i have used this app, backed up through nandroid, what do i need to do to get hero? save the jac hero skiv rom to my sd card and then apply it through the recovery image?
please can you layout for me step by step what i need to do in simple terms for me to have hero?
MANY many thanks.
August 19th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Fantastic, bit of messing around today allowed me to install custom ROM play around and then re-install original ROM as was, ie all apps sms data intact within thirty minutes. I cannot thank you enough for this it takes me back to the old Shadowmite days on the Treo
August 19th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
BTW I was doing all this on a Vodafone UK HTC Magic using Cyranogen’s latest 4.0 ROM
August 19th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
followed your instructions as to download to my G1, installed recovery flasher. started recovery flasher, clicked on “backup recovery image” than clicked on “Flash Cyanogen Recovery 1.4″ an hour later still says Flashing.. (under that it says) WORKING, DO NOT INTERRUPT dont know what to do.
baseband 62.50s.20.17h_2.22.19.26i
kernal version 2.6.27-00393-g660756
crc1
August 19th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
just wondering if this would work on a htc dream from rogers in Canada?
firmware – 1.5
baseband – 62.52s.20.18u_3.22.20.17
kernel – 2.6.27-9af60ed4 u70000@android-x01
build number – 1.85.631.5 146733 cl#33863 release-keys
August 19th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
How long does the backup process take? I’ve had the phone sitting on “WORKING. DO NOT INTERRUPT.” for about ten minutes or so now– is this normal?
August 19th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Hey there RyeBrye, sorry to bug again. i’m stuck on the cynogen updater. I downlaoded the update and appled but after it rebooted into recovery made and was done installing the update the recovery menu came back up and im not sure what to salect. i’v rebooted system now a couple twice but it doesnt apply the update. I know this is kinda off the subject of this thread a lil bit but i was hoppin you couls help me out. Thanx either way, you’ve been an incredible help to me and alot more people it seems like.
August 19th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
EHi first let me say thanks. You have pointed me in a direction I was unsure off. I use the 1 click root, it worked however it seemes like I have less space. I read somewhere a while back after I rooted my phone, I should have 90mb. I still have 74mb . Before rooting I had 34 mb free, now I have 8mb. Please help it u can. Thanks
August 19th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Thank for the help i went a got a new sd card and it works great u rock
randy k
August 19th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
it doesnt work it displays backup failed
August 19th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
The rooted image might have less space on it than the previous one. The easiest way aroudn that is to go pick up a 4 GB class 6 MicroSDHC card and read up on apps2sd (you basically just partition the card with an ext2 or ext3 partition and you can put your apps on your SD card.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013DXVYK?tag=rye-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0013DXVYK&adid=037CR52FNXR7FXKFH7PY&
Having a few gigs of space for android apps means you’ll never have to worry about “is this app too big?” or not again
August 19th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
dear,
This is the 1st time that i have tried to root my G1 which is still in official cupcake version(CRC1). So i think i need your kindly help before i do that.
Just found “cyanogen updater” in the market, so i really would like to know if i just install the “recovery flasher” (which is also in the market) first, and “updater” later, then i can install any rom from cyanogen(including “hero” rom), right? Or should i do something before that, eg, format my SDcard, backup all my data, etc?
Looking forward to your quick turnaround on this, thanks so much!
email: xy0704@gmail.com
August 19th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
@RyeBrye
This is the 1st time that i have tried to root my G1 which is still in official cupcake version(CRC1). So i think i need your kindly help before i do that.
Just found “cyanogen updater” in the market, so i really would like to know if i just install the “recovery flasher” (which is also in the market) first, and “updater” later, then i can install any rom from cyanogen(including “hero” rom), right? Or should i do something before that, eg, format my SDcard, backup all my data, etc?
Looking forward to your quick turnaround on this, thanks so much!
email: xy0704@gmail.com
August 19th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I was successfull at 1-clicking my G1 (T-mobile USA) to Cyanogen v4.0.1 with no real problems (I lost some contacts, but I think that might be related to some syncing issues prior to rooting.)
Here are some ramblings about what I did:
Before 1-clicking
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I used Astro (free version) to make backups of most of the installed apps (i.e., saved non-private APK files to SD card) via Astro’s menu -> Application Mananger.
I used MyBackup to make a backup of my ‘Data’ (contacts, call log, sms, mms, system settings) to the SD card.
I used VCardIO to make a secondary backup of my contacts. (I’ve been having sync issues with google and didn’t know how reliable I could get the contacts back in any case).
I used BookmarkBR save my (google) browers’ bookmarks.
After 1-clicking
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The interesting thing after 1-clicking: when I use Astro (which I had to reinstall via Market), the list of ‘backed up Apps’ does’t see what I had backed up earlier. This is no biggied because I can navigate throught the SD card in Astro itself (/sdcard/astro_backups/apps) and open/install the APKs as needed.
BookMarkBR restored my bookmarks.
I’m still having problems getting my contacts back in order. VCardIO got most of my contacts back, but not exactly ‘intact’. (I save my contacts as “last name, first name”, which got messed up, because of the embedded comma).
About Cyanogen v4.0.1
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Being new to rooting, and not up-to-speed about all of the various ROMs available, I’m still playing with Cyanogen v4.0.1. From my understanding, it’s Cupcake with some Donut goodness.
I can ’su’ via Terminal Emulator (but haven’t tried anything beyond that — still learning linux)
A couple of apps that I like that came with v4.0.1 are PDF Viewer and QuickOffice (from HTC). I’ve been looking for a PDF Viewer before this whole rooting thing and this the icing on the ‘Cake.
I’m gonna try and Astro backup the APK for QuickOffice and see if I can restore it back on my girlfriend’s G1 (Cupcake, non-rooted). For some reason, Astro does not see PDF Viewer (bummer!!)
I’m looking forward to A2SD and tethering my G1!!!!
August 19th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Dood. just wanted to thank you for a killer root-process! i did this on my Rogers 32A and it want off with out a hitch. Hero roms are SWEET. this n00b is empowered!
August 20th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Alexxue,
I do not think you can install other roms that are not for our perfected SPL 32b and HBOOT 1006 or 1010 unless you go rooting through goldcard method. I am not a pro, but that what seems to be the case. One click root is kind of semi-root.
One thing for sure, it helps with Bluetooth issue if you buy Bluex apk from market.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Hey RyeBrye, I was successful in the one click root process, but I have to go back to the original software for warranty issues I followed all the steps in the updated section of the guide, however, when I went back to Recovery Flasher app, i clicked restore backup recovery image, it tells me “Flash FAILED” and now I can’t access my recovery mode. It just stays on the myTouch 3G screen after I do HOME + POWER. Is there anyway to fix this?
August 20th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Your directions are clear as crystal. My tmmt3g seems to run faster. Could this be? Also do you recommend a theme or even a rom that operates like rosie? One as good as this rom at least…
Bill
August 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
@Ado -
As far as I know, every time you boot into normal android it will reflash your recovery image. If you are running a modded cyanogen image, it should reflash it with cyanogen 1.4 (unless he altered that to remove that step – in which case you can easily replace it)
If you want to manually reflash your recovery.img you should download one to your sdcard (like the one from here: cyanogen’s 1.4 recovery image for the HTC Dream/Magic (32B). )
and then in the terminal type:
“flash_image recovery /sdcard/(name of the image you downloaded and put on your sdcard).img”
This will repalce the recovery.img
To restore it to factory settings, go into recovery mode and hit “nandroid restore”
This will restore the backup you made before you applied the update.zip. When you reboot into normal mode, you can delete the “recovery flasher” apk and all traces of rooting it will be gone.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Hello Ryebrye, I just started with your app to rrot the G1. I just pushed the button “backup recovery image”How long would this normally take ? I am waiting for 25 minutes now. I sthere some way to restart this ?
kind regards,
Jan
August 20th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
One question. If i wanna switch to the hero rom do i need to root a different way or will i be ok with the one click root ? Thanx for the help.
August 20th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
@Jan
Try quitting it and opening it again.
It’s usually less than 30 seconds.
Check to see if your sdcard is full – if it is, delete some stuff to make room for the backup.
August 20th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
i try to download the rom. but it tells me no support? what im i doin wrong?
August 20th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Hi
I’m on a HTC Magic build 2.16.401.5 146733 CL#33743 release-keys.
Both “Backup Recovery Image” and “Backup to Flash” fails every time.
I’ve downloaded the image file from your link (guess I’m on a 32A?)
Renamed it to recovery.img
Typed /sdcard/recovery.img in the text-field.
When I safe boot I just get the “HTC Magic” splash, and it lasts forever. Have to pull battery out for normal boot.
Anything I can do? – help will be much appreciated.
Thx in advance.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Firstly thanks to RyeBrye and anyone else responsible for creating this ‘one click’ method, becauase as a 1st time rooter the old method seemed very daunting!
OK, so sadly I have a few questions.. if anyone can help I would appreciate it very much!
1) To play it on the safer side I used the ’stable’ CyanogenMod 3.6.8.1 rom however, should I want to update to say the 4.0.1 or another rom how exactly would I go about this? I would guess I get the new rom of my choice, power off, then safe boot up, followed by selecting ‘apply any zip from sd’?? Should I also chose wipe data/factory reset’ and if so before or after installing the new rom? Do I also have to rename the rom (update, or update.zip)? I do have the Cyanogen updater… does this makes the method any different (I don’t suppose it automatically installs the rom for you!)?
2) As far as roms go, as much as Id love to have a stable Hero type rom I think for the time being I’ll stick to Cyanogen roms as I get the impression this is a safer more noob friendly option. Anybody tried the 4.0.1 rom and if so is it totally fine? I’ve read a some comments over at xda-developers that give me the impression it may need a few fixes… Also, would anyone recommend any stable, fast, Hero type roms with all features working (including autorotate etc)?
3) Do I need to do anything as far as my sd card is concerned or does ‘recovery flasher’ or Cyanogen roms automatically do this for you? As it is with my 3.6.8.1 rom, if I download an app from the market does it automatically save it to sd? Has it already partitioned my sd? If I need to do this, what is the simplest way? I thought I saw a vid on youtube where I think the guy simply renamed something FAT32 ? Sorry for being so clueless!
Thanks in advance for any help!
August 20th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Why does the cyn. ROM come up as unknown!!? i have a mytouch 3g.
someone please help me
August 20th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Rye… I did’nt see any mention of updating the radio before doing the flash. As you have mentioned xda in a few places, I would recomend that you advise these people to do a little research there before attempting this else they might run into problems. People. This process takes steps that are important to follow. Please go and do some reading on the xda (http://forum.xda-developers.co.....448)forums and save yourself some heartache and frustration. No one needs to feel that their phone is going to be toasted.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
@buzzdroid
The reason the radio is mentioned nowhere in these instructions is because it’s not necessary. The people who are using this app are on stock, and are already on the latest radio.
The radio is only necessary when you downgrade via an nbh to an older version and have an older radio.
The reason the radio is flashed separately when you are doing it is because we don’t like flashing the radio more often than we need to – and people doing modded images tend to flash images quite a bit – so people packaging and redistributing them will often not pack the latest radio update in with their update.zip. Carriers ship the radio updates out as part of their normal OTA updates.
Now – when this method gets closed and we have to start downgrading to use it again the radio will matter (if there is a radio update that is newer than the one we are downgrading to)
But yes – reading up on things always makes sense.
August 20th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Can you explain the procedure for unrooting/restoring the phone the phone without the nandroid backup?
August 21st, 2009 at 12:24 am
what to do if someone flash the recovery img and not cyanogen ?
the g1 only boot into nirvana and the bootloader isn´t the recovery-loader, it´t the normal one.
is it bricked ?
August 21st, 2009 at 1:13 am
@RyeBrye
i have the apk downloaded. Now i just need the ROM however when i attempt to download ANY ROM it is unsuccessful. and says download not compatable. meanwhile i have a mytouch. What iam i doin wrong?
PLEASE RESPOND; i would hate to not get my root for such a premature reason
August 21st, 2009 at 1:41 am
How long does flashing usually take?It’s been running for like 20 minutes now…
August 21st, 2009 at 1:48 am
Guess I forgot to Enable USB debugging. I’m such a n00b!
Running HERO now on my magic – it’s brilliant.
Thank you so much for this.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:34 am
@jaycee
Same here… donno what it is.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:42 am
@jaycee same here.
What I did was go to the recovery mode, made a backup, did a whipe, and then restored the backup. But then the phone was bricked. I’m gonne try to do it the “old fasion” way now: http://wiki.xda-developers.com.....am_Rooting
August 21st, 2009 at 6:13 am
i have many problems. 1.when i open the recovery flasher i cant back up or flash
2. update.zip wont work i keep getting errors
3 and when i go to bootloader to go back to rc29 it says no image and i cant do anything
4.my nandroid backup is gone
idk i think its because i partitioned my sd card so i could flash the hero rom but nothing worked.
PLEASE HELP!
August 21st, 2009 at 7:36 am
I tried this on a vodafone htc magic and it seems to work EXCEPT the 3G wont work, anyone know any fixes?
August 21st, 2009 at 8:08 am
Does sms not work for anyone else running the latest cyan rom? I get a force close everytime I open messaging.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:21 pm
something must have went wrong while installing this. i followed the directions to a T and i continue to have numerous problems. i made a nandroid backup as stated in the directions and when i tried to load it i got an error message and i couldnt go any further. i continue to get force closes on basic apps like messaging. phone lags a ton. id like to start fresh and try again but i dont even know how to get back to phase one because recovery flasher wont allow me to do anything now. i get a failed message when i try to do anything with it.
August 21st, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I’ve tried multiple ROM download locations, but keep getting the error: “Cannot download. The content is not supported on the phone.”
Little help …
August 21st, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Thanks for all the help on this. I have read through and didn’t see anyone with my same problem.
How long is the flashing of the Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 supposed to take. I have had it running for 15 minutes saying “Working do not Interrupt”
Thanks again for helping!
August 21st, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I got the “Backup FAILED” message on my Rogers HTC Dream. Attached a USB cable, mounted the SD card, poked around, unmounted it again. Then the backup worked fine. Maybe it just needed the extra juice from the usb cable–the power was down to about 32% at that point. Anyway, another data point for those struggling at that stage.
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:00 am
Thanks RyeBrye. Worked perfect for me, I’m using the HTC Magic.
You may want to update this page now though because Cyanogen has released version 4.0.1 of the rom now.
One more thing, the only problem I am having is that in “terminal emulator” it doesn’t register when I press the number keys on the on-screen keyboard. I know this isn’t to do with the firmware flashing and OS install but it’s worth a mention. Could it be to do with an ascii/unicode clash?
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:04 am
Note that T-mobile pushed an update that seems to have patched this exploit. System shows now as CRC37. I have rooted a G1 CRC1 on 17/08, i tried to root another G1 few days later however build number was updated to CRC37 and i couldn’t go in safemode. Fortunately this system was pretty safe and did not break the phone.
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:10 am
KirD:
In regards to your problem where you can’t get 3g on vodafone.
I had this problem. It is very easy to fix. Basically the internet settings have been cleared and you have to enter them manually.
If you are on contract internet (not pay as you go) then do this:
menu > settings > wireless controls > mobile networks > network operators
select vodafone once it has finished searching.
Then go back a page
Make sure “data roaming” is checked.
Now click on Access Point Names
Press menu and add a new APN
Enter the following info:
Name: Vodafone (this can be anything you want)
APN: Internet
Username: web
Password: web
Other settings can be left as they are
now press menu and save.
Should all be working now.
If you are on pay as you go, or want wap apn settings then you can find them here:
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/in.....opic=21071
google cached version of above link (for longevity):
http://209.85.229.132/search?q.....&gl=uk
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
kirk: i rooted my CRC37 build without many probems. only thing i had to do which wasn’t mentioned here explicitly was that i needed to download the recovery image located at http://forum.xda-developers.co.....p?t=523558 to the root of my sd-card and then it worked perfectly..
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:26 am
Hi Dinyar
You downloaded “Recovery 1.4″ and installed it from your SDcard instead of downloading and installing “recovery flasher 0.1 APK” as suggested on this post.
In this case on your memory card you had 2 files
- cm-recovery-1.4.img
- update-cm-3.9.11.2-signed.zip
Can you confirm that…
I still inted to root the other G1
thank you
kirk
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm
i think i screwed up somewhere and now i cant get past the G1 loading screen =( and when i try to boot into recovery all i get is a triangle with an exclamation point and a phone next to it….help?
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I would recommend installing cyanogens regular version over the experimental. Especially for the average user like myself.
http://forum.xda-developers.co.....p?t=537204
then get “cyanogenmod updater” from the market and you are set.
August 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
ugh i think i bricked my phone i need help please email me with some help!!
August 22nd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
any one have MMS settings for g1?
August 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I know it might seem dumb, but when I try to download, on my phone, the flashrec-20090815.apk from the link provided, ( http://g1files.webs.com/Zinx/flashrec-20090815.apk ) I only download a 8.45kb files, when the file is 4mb.. it’s weird I’m sure it’s something stupid, but I can’t find a way to install the software otherwise.
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:23 am
kirk: no, i did download Recovery Flasher (the version before 1.1.2, which was the last one in the market) from the market. at first neither the backup button nor the flash button worked. it claimed something like “image corrupted” or something similar.
only when i had update.img in the root of my sd-card together with update-cm-3.9.11.2-signed.zip it worked. (both backup and also the flashing)
August 23rd, 2009 at 3:27 am
ah, i forgot: i renamed cm-recovery-1.4.img to update.img for some reason.. not sure if i entered /sdcard/update.zip into the field above the buttons though.. don’t think it was necessary in the end..
August 23rd, 2009 at 1:47 pm
So how do I get the HTC Sense UI after doing this? Thanks
August 24th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Helloo..I’m from |Serbia and I just got my HTC Magic and got a little dissapointed about Bluetooth,cause it’s not working.I followed some of these steps you guys mentioned before but it simply wont workon my \magic.It wont restart and always showing just a logo magic for long period of time..
i would appreciate any help,thanks
August 24th, 2009 at 6:58 am
ryebrye
I rooted my Tmobile MT3G and installed Hero rom in it. But, I made a serious mistake of overlooking the backing up my original rom using nandroid. How could I possibly go back to the original T-mobile rom? Does anyone have their backup available for download? What is the process? Or, am I screwed? Thanks.
August 24th, 2009 at 11:02 am
Question: I just rooted my MyTouch 3G, but I don’t want to install a new OS on the phone. All I’ve done is use the nandroid backup and installed Open Overclocker, and I’m perfectly happy with just that change. However, will I still be able to get auto updates from T-Mobile/Google?
August 24th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
No Keyboard for us Softies hurts..the console is useless without tethering for adb support.
August 24th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
I just rooted my German G1 running on CRC37 – it works absolutely fine! No problems at all during installation. And I finally could access the data/data/…package../databases/… which I was looking for so long. MANY THANKS to everybody who contributed to this effort. very well done! best regards schrotti
August 24th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I tried this on a Rogers HTC Dream, however the process failed.
The actual application runs smoothly, it claims to be ‘rooted’, however I cannot reboot into recovery mode – it gets stuck at the ’splash loader’ screen (Rogers). I’ve reinstalled the application, tried the 32A Sapphire recovery.img, and nothing has been successful.
Is there any possible solution? Or will I have to do root it the non-lazy way?
August 24th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
sorry if I sound like a n00b for saying this but:
will rooting my phone with this app erase all of the data already on it? how about installing the cyanogen mod?
August 24th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I tried the above method on a South African HTC Dream with the following info:
DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON d
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (DREA20000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2 2009,21:33:16
Firmware: 1.5
Baseband: 62.525.20.18U_3.22.20.17
Kernel: 2.6.27-9af60ed4 u70000@Android-X01
Build: 1.87.421.1 146733 CL#47295 release-keys
I am able to make a backup of the recovery flasher and then flash the new recovery-image. When I power down the phone and Home+Power, the phone just sits on the HTC Dream logo. I restarted a several times – how long does it take for the recovery screen to pop up? (When using Camera+Power this is instant)
When I boot into normal phone mode and then reflash the backup recovery image, I only get the triangle logo without any options. Any help?
August 24th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
This does not work on my South African HTC Dream with following info:
DREAM PVT 32B SHIP S-ON d
HBOOT-1.33.0010 (DREA20000)
CPLD-4
RADIO-3.22.20.17
Jun 2 2009,21:33:16
Firmware: 1.5
Baseband: 62.525.20.18U_3.22.20.17
Kernel: 2.6.27-9af60ed4 u70000@Android-X01
Build: 1.87.421.1 146733 CL#47295 release-keys
The backup and flash of the recovery image works fine. I am unable to boot into the recovery mode (the phone sits on the HTC Dream logo forever – how long does this normally take – I thought it would be instant, similar to Camera+Power).
When reflashing the backed up recovery image I get the “triangle-logo”, but no recovery options – any advise?
August 25th, 2009 at 3:22 am
RyeBrye,
I had this up and running successfully last week when it was first released on my original US G1 that was running CRC1. I just received a warranty replacement phone today (the old G1’s screen is fading in one of the corners)…the new one runs CRB43 and I can’t get it to load at all…am I screwed? I was hoping that I would still get one before they patched the security flaw that allowed this 1 click hack, but it looks like I’m going to have to choose between the screen issue, or being able to run root without having to go through all of it the old & complicated way.
The other problem I had when I was running it on the old phone was I couldn’t get my SD card partitioned to utilize the apps2sd, so I was still running out of room even though cyanogen’s rom’s were running noticably faster. Thoughts?
Thanks for all your work on this…
Thx
August 25th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
All I get is no signature
Verification failed
Installation aborted
Thanks any help would be greatly appreaciated
August 25th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
All I get is no signature
Verification failed
Installation aborted
I am on t-mobile g1
Thanks any help would be greatly appreaciated
August 25th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Hey I’m on a us t-mobile g1 and all I get is
E: no signature(1 files)
E: verification failed
Installation aborted
Any help on this would be cool
August 25th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
does this root the phone? or just install CRC1?
August 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
mytouch is rooted running cyanogenmod 4.0.2 with sd partitioned to ext 2 and swap. I’m not understanding the benefits of the swap partition. can anyone explained to me. Also I am unable to mount sd when connected to usb, how would I transfer files or apps to my sd?
August 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
FYI this method does work for flashing the recovery image on the Samsung Galaxy/GT-i7500
August 27th, 2009 at 9:38 am
HTC Dream – Canada/Rogers
Trying this after a friend tells me I will be much much happier with a rooted phone. When I reboot into recovery mode one of two things happens.
1) It freezes on the Rogers logo and just sits there until I remove the battery, upon reboot it just goes back to normal. Have tried flashing the Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 several times with no luck, went in and removed the backup image and started from scratch, also no luck (obviously).
2) The exclamation point with the triangle and no options. Again will just sit there until the battery is removed.
Am I doing something wrong? Following the instructions exactly, holding down the Power+Home buttons.
August 27th, 2009 at 10:00 am
HTC DREAM – Rogers
Ok, a friend told me I’d enjoy my phone a lot more if it was rooted, and given that I mostly trust this friend (and am always curious to hack something new) I went ahead and downloaded this lovely little program. Thanks btw, awesome idea.
Put the latest stable Cyanogen on the SD, backed up all the stuff I had on it, put the apk from g1files on it and installed it.
I backup recovery image and then flash cyanogen 1.4, turn off the phone and reboot into recovery mode. One of two things happens, the first being the most common, the second happening sometimes.
1) Freezes on the Rogers screen. It will sit there until I remove the battery.
2) The exclamation point with the triangle and a graphic of the phone, no options. This will also sit there until I remove the battery.
What’s going on?
August 27th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Hi,
Please help. I am not sure what I did wrong following how to root and partitioned my sd card but my g1 won’t work anymore. I followed this step…
When I boot, all I see is a an android and it sits there FOREVER If it takes more than 10 minutes to reboot, you almost certainly forgot a key step. WIPING. Pull the battery out, and put it back in. Hold down “home” and “power” to reboot into recovery mode, and then select “wipe data/factory restore” and THEN apply your update.zip – this will almost certainly fix your problem.
and still it will not work. I just got the screen with an android sits there forever.
Is there anyway to resurrect my phone?
Thank you,
Dar
August 27th, 2009 at 11:56 am
Thank you very much RyeBrye, it worked like a charm. However, I do have a question for you. I did a back up using nandroid. Is it possible for me to restore my old text messages?
August 27th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
No luck for me using the 1 click… first, getting the Backup Failed. I have an 8GB card with nothing on it. Tried it on a 16GB card, same thing. Well, no problem, bypass the backup and do the flash. Ok, recovery flashed it says.
Reboot into Recovery and I just get the multicolored screen with “Serial0″ in the middle. I think that’s the fastboot screen? Anyway, doesn’t do anything at all, have to remove the battery. If I boot normally it goes back to the normal phone so at least it’s not a brick.
So what am I doing wrong? I have a TMobile G1, CRC1.
It’s not that difficult and yet I’m doing something wrong
August 27th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
As far as MT3G or My Touch from T-Mobile goes….
I now successfully updated to Cyanogen mod 4.02 which is much more stable than 3.9 and installed Khuonk’s Hero Mixed Theme for Magic/Saphire/MT3G.
Before installing new version of Cyanogen Mod I wiped previous version, but didn’t do that for the theme.
Why Cyanogen? Why Khuonk’s Hero theme? Simply because both mentioned My Touch as compatible. Just being a cautious noob.
I have My Backup apk and before wiping I put it back on SD card so I can install it and restore my backed up apks and data.
One Click Root with Cyan Mod offers you SuperUser option and installing a Bluex (bluetooth apk from Market) allows you to receive as in rooted phone.
Aside of occasional forcecloses it runs much faster than stock. I know because me and my partner received our MT3Gs in the same box from Timo and I share apks with him.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:52 am
The cellular phone that I am using is HTC magic.
It fails in the download of Recovery Flasher on your site and the installation.
The improvement is requested.
The content of the error is as follows.
flashrec20090815.apk
Perse Error
There a problem parsing the package
August 28th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Anyone having SMS problem when you root the phone: just reboot your phone and it should work. Weatherbug on the other hand does not seem to play nice with the update-cm.3.9.11.2-signed.zip. Good thing Weather.com’s app is much better, huh? Main reason i wanted to root my phone was for internet tethering. But here’s a bad side effect: all stock ringtones are deleted. I was wondering if anyone can send them to me. javon14@yahoo.com
August 28th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
I am not sure what i am doing wrong. I have tried several times. Every time i load a rom and i let it go to black screen and press menu to wake up the phone. The display is all messed up looking. It looks like there are lines going through the screen and i can hardly read any of the text. I am using a T-Mobile myTouch 3G. Any help would be awesome.
August 29th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
please help me, i have that problem where i have the exclamation point and 3 options. my device has been wiped too and i cant get pass the sign in screen because i dont have a data plan and i dont know how to do that ADB stuff to get past it. i did load rc29 on my phone with bottloader, btw. any help would be appeciated ^^
August 30th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Ok I’ve run into (hopefully a common) problem. When I try to flash the backup rec img, it says failed. So I skipped it and used the invisable button, and flashing the cyn 1.4 it failed as well. Idk what to do. I’m runnin (kernal version) 2.6 25-01843-gfea26b0 jesusfreke@androiddev#1
Build number kila-user 1.1 PLAT-rc33 126986 ota-rel-keys, release keys.
If someone could email me (jlrobinson3@gmail.com) with a possible solution id be greatful
September 1st, 2009 at 2:41 pm
This is my first post, I’d like to start by saying THANK YOU SO MUCH “RyeBrye”, FOR THIS, with out it I would never have rooted. While I did flash official T-Mobile updates in the past to have RC33 & cupcake before the OTA went out; rooting seemed too risky before your app, it worked flawlessly. I flashed cm-recovery-1.4.img with your app, did a nandroid back up, wiped, and applied update.zip (Cyanogen 4.0.1.. Couldn’t have been easier.
For others like me, who rooted with the one click perfectly, got Cyanogen (which I’m now running 4.0.4 with Hero theme get it at xda)I also flashed the new 33.2005 SPL, and only knows the Linex script to remove the Amazon.mp3 application, but still wants the new: “Amon Ra’s Recovery Image” here’s the step by step script
I downloaded it here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/27.....1.2.1G.img
and here’s the script, everyone kept saying to use:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-rav1.2.1g.img
——————————————————————
but I couldn’t get it to work, till I found it in details, so here it is, make sure you Remount as Read/Write (I used DroidSans Tweak Tools to Remount):
Su
(enter)
flash_image(space)recovery(space)/sdcard/recovery-rav1.2.1g.img
(enter)
Exit
(enter)
Exit
(enter)
then turn off your phone, turn it back on holding home+power, and FLASH AWAY……. I hope this helps some who are new to root.
P.S. don’t include the (space), I know it might seem obvious to most, but I’m sure not to all. Good luck
September 1st, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Thank you very much, worked perfect for me!!!!
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:53 am
Hi RyeBrye,
I backed up recovery image + flashed my phone + did the nandroid backup and loaded cyanogen’s 4.0.2. The phone booted up normally. So far so good.
Now when I try to sign into my google account, it says I dont have a network connection.
‘You dont have a network connection.
This could be temporary problem or your sim card may not be provisioned for data services. Please try again when you are connected. If it continues, call Customer Care.’
I’m stuck at the same place since yesterday. I flashed and restored the original rom 2-3 times and now im sick and tired of this.
I dont have data so I cant access the Market and download Astro. Which means I cant access my old data + restore my apps (???) (is there some other way of restoring my apps and data to this install?)
I have nothing on my phone except the few apps cyanogen 4.0.2 comes with. No wifi. No Market. Nothing. Just some boring apps and 2 additional screens. yay. joy.
Help? Somebody?
- Michelle.
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:55 am
HTC Magic – Vodafone Germany
32B
- Michelle.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Uhh, I seriously hope someone can help, I think I bricked my phone…
I have a T-mobile G1 from UK.
First I downloaded the Recovery flasher from ryebrye.com/files/flashrec.apk and downloaded the v4.0.4 – stable version, updated 8/28 from cyanogen’s page on xda developers. I renamed the zip file to update.zip.
On the G1 I made a “backup recovery image” followed by a “flash cyanogen recovery 1.4″
I then rebooted into recovery and made a nandroid 2.2 backup.
Then I wiped data. When I chose the “install any zip” there was no zip file listed.
Therefore I chose “restore latest backup” and then “reboot system now”
Then it just kept showing the “android” startup text and nothing happens…
When I try to get back in recovery mode it shows a picture of a phone and a big exclamation mark..
Please help I don’t know what to do….
(
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:21 pm
i flashed, then rebooted, backed up, then applied update.zip. my phone is stuck at recovery screen it says formatting cache. am i doing something wrong?
September 4th, 2009 at 9:00 am
thank you so moch for posting these instructions and kudos to whome ever created it turned my g1 into the phone its was ment to be visit my page for other android needs @ androidplayground.yolasite.com once again thank you very much for rhese easy to follow directions .
September 6th, 2009 at 8:52 am
I Rooted my G1 following this method few weeks ago and all worked flawless.
Last week i decided to buy a SDcard class 6 and managed to make 2 partition on it 600MB EXT4 and the rest (bit more then 7GB) FAT32.
Should/Can I use the “recovery flasher 0.1 APK” to flash my phone again and update to Cyanogen 4.0.4?
thank you
Kirk
September 6th, 2009 at 8:53 am
I Rooted my G1 following this method few weeks ago and all worked flawless.
Last week i decided to buy a SDcard class 6 and managed to make 2 partition on it 600MB EXT4 and the rest (bit more then 7GB) FAT32.
Should/Can I use the “recovery flasher 0.1 APK” to flash my phone again and update to Cyanogen 4.0.4?
thank you
Kirk
PS I have deleted nandroid back-up since i didn’t need it after i flashed the phone
September 7th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
First thank you for your hard work. I have a g1 and rooted the old fashion way i directed two of my friends who wanted to root to try this method due to its less complicated nature. They did it very easily with success. But they did not do a nandroid back up before applying one of cyanogens custom roms. I have a third friend who did this method and he did do a nandroid backup of his stock phone. My question is can I use his nandroid back up to flash the other two phones back to stock or are the back ups phone specific. Please email me a response if you are able.
Thank you
Craig
September 8th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Hi
I’m trying to get this to work on my UK HTC Hero.
I downloaded the latest H version of Amon_RA’s image as above.
I copied it to my sdcard, and instructed the recovery flasher to use that path to flash the recovery partition to.
I rebooted into recovery mode, well I tried.
How long does it usually take to load? I have the HERO logo up for several minutes now, but nothing seems to be happening. I can get back to my normal build by removing the battery and it all seems OK after that, but obviously no root access.
In the meantime I”ll try doing it through the android SDK.
Thanks,
Ben
September 8th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Hi, it is still rebooting(with the skatedroid now
) but can anypoint me to a good noob site how to go on after the device is rooted. Nice must have aps.. etc.. Thx in advance..
Mark
September 9th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
So the recovery image was successfully flashed onto my myTouch3G.
My intention is to load the JACxHERO 1.8(xx) which states that I need the 1.33.2005 SPL. My fastboot is telling me that I am on the “perfected” 1.33.0006 SPL from TMobile.
Can i simply flash the HERO Mod after performing a clean wipe (yes I have already performed a nandroid backup) assuming i have the update.zip file available at the root of my sdcard.
Or do I need to perform any other steps. I am really confused after having gone across several Sapphire/Magic/32A/32B related posts over at XDA-Dev site and now I’m just really really hoping I don’t brick the device within my first two weeks of usage.
Please do let me know. Thanks for the informational post and step by step guide by the way.
Thanks.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Hi,
Doesn’t work on my HTC Dream (Based in South Africa)
Tried doing a custom Upload of cm-recovery-1.4.img as well.
When doing the update recovery, that all goes well but when rebooting (to get to the recovery screen) it just hangs on HTC Dream startup Screen.
Details of phone are as follows :
Model # : HTC Dream
Firmware Ver : 1.5
Baseband Ver : 62.525.20.18U_3.22.20.17
Kernel Ver : 2.6.27-9af60ed4u70000@Android-X01
Build # : 1.86.421.1 146733 CL#47295 release-keys
I have also tried the usual rooting procedure with DREAIMG.nbh method with no success.
Can you possibly help ?
Many Thx
September 10th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I followed the directions and it worked but every time i have to power the phone and power it back on it freezes on the Tmobile G1 screen. I have to do a wipe data/factory reset (alt w) to get it to boot up again. Its a pain to have to reinstall apps over and over again. I tried Alt s to reflash my phone and then a data wipe but i still have that problem, HELP!!!
September 12th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
if i use this and get it working properly will it revert to stock software after a power cycle/reboot?
September 14th, 2009 at 11:25 am
So this is the best thing since sliced bread. Worked flawlessly with My MyTouch and is sooo much f-a-s-t-e-r than the stock build. A couple of things though. While in terminal emulator if you loose the keyboard (like when authorizing su) how do you get it back? Also at least one app (Anti Theft Droid) wont run on Cyanogen 4.0.4. It fc’s and after an install, looks like it’s running but isnt – (it never ativates the GPS or send a confirming email). Yes, GPS is turned on. Any ideas? Permissions?
September 15th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Update: The firmware http://n0rp.chemlab.org/androi.....signed.zip is no longer available. Today I’ve tried update-cm-4.1.9.2-signed.zip on my T-Mobile G1 and on reboot it just sits on the “Tmobile G1″ splash screen. I did wipe, but I think I’ll try wiping again and see if that works. (Right after I test the restore
)
September 15th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Update1: On the SECOND reboot, the new firmware, update-cm-3.9.11.2, came up ok. Yay now I have a new phone to play with.
September 15th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Hey guys
I can’t get payed apps in my country (Australia) which is a pain in the ass, so I want to install the “Market Breaker” (look it up if you don’t know what it is) so that I can buy paid apps. But you need a rooted phone to do so.
I don’t want to install any Custom roms, just root it – so does this mean I just follow the recovery flasher steps and I’ll have super user access to my stock 1.5 cupcake build? At what point do I stop so that my phone is rooted but not running a custom ROM?
Thanks if I get a reply
September 16th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Chiraq,
With our perfect SPL you should not do that without replacing it as far as I know. Use ROMs that specifically made for T-Mobile 32b MT3G like Cyanogen 4.04 stable. If you want Hero look then use AndroidRemix theme 2.0 from Sapphire forum at XDA. imho
Troy, I have rebooted for one of the apks and it stays with applied ROM.
September 17th, 2009 at 9:20 am
I did everythig as said, all was working fine then fone said i should format sd card… What shoul i do? please help
September 18th, 2009 at 2:52 am
@ AlecMcWeapon
Visit this site, it is the simplest way to get what you need:
http://neilandtheresa.co.uk/Android/
September 18th, 2009 at 3:16 am
@ Mark
Check out the advice I left for Armando
@ Craig
I’ve heard it can be done, but I tried and failed, I got an error message and had to Re-Boot and try something else. But again, I take no responsibility I’m a former noob who happens to have a lot of time on my hands recently, my job/ company went out of business (so I’ve spent days cramming info, ad tring to learn Android while looking for work online… lol)
@ Kirk
Once you use the recovery flasher APK, the recovery image it flashes should still be there so I doubt you’ll need to use it again, but on the off chance you go to recovery and you don’t see the custom recovery image, just reboot, run the app again to flash the recovery image and then when u go back to recovery it should be back.
@ Dennis
You might need an app called, “Better Terminal” it’s in the market. And as for the Anti Theft Droid app FC it sounds like an app issue no so much a rom issue, try uninstalling and then reinstalling the app, I’m also running Cyanogen 4.0.4, and luv it, (I’m eagerly awaiting 4.2)
September 19th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I have tried all the custom Recovery images on my T-Mobile G2 branded hero, and nothing seems to work.
It will not boot into recovery mode at all. No matter what I try, it just seems to freeze at the G2 splash screen.
Any ideas?
Cheers.
September 19th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
@ James
I might have am idea or two on how to fix, but first…
What radio do you have?
What SLP do you have?
Did you do the radio before the SPL (if you changed it)
you mentioned it’s your G2 branded hero, do you have a G2 that you flashed Hero on? or do you have and actual Hero phone?
Did this happen when you flashed Hero? or did you have Hero runnning and then chose to flash something else, and then got stuck.
Last did you wipe before every flash?
The more details the better, and the faster you post back, the faster I can help..
Good Luck…
September 19th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I need somehelp, can anyone tell me what does this mean:
mtd: read all-zero block at 0×00000000;
skipping
#
I was trying to Flash the Amon Ra recovery image using this script:
flash_image(space)recovery(space)/sdcard/recovery-rav1.2.1g.img
The firt time I did it, it gave me a long line of script, I closed out and tryed again which is when I got:
mtd: read all-zero block at 0×00000000;
skipping
#
September 20th, 2009 at 6:15 am
@Big-o thanks for the help!
It is a stock t-mobile branded G2 fresh from the store with the t-mobile G2 standard ROM on it. It has never been flashed successfully.
The ONLY thing that has been done is to try using Recovery Flasher, i followed the instructions on this site to backup and then flash the recovery image. When rebooting the handset it freezes at the t-mob “G2 Touch” splash screen. I have also tried the Sapphire 32A recovery image and the one recommended for the Hero all no go.
ok, so baseband is 63.18.55.06U_6.35.04.25
Kernel is 2.6.27-a5504199
Build is 1.76.110.6 146733 CL 47214
Software version is 1.0.0.A6288
I havent touched the “SLP” as far as i know!
thanks again!
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
@ James
So just to be clear, you can still turn ur phone on and use it, your trouble is when u go into the recovery screen (that’s the screen u get when u turn on ur phone while holding power and home) that’s where u get stuck? I’m really surprised u didn’t see the CM Recovery image (the one with all the options) Well If this is the case its not that bad. Let’s get u root access first this time using an app called “Instant Root”, and then run “Recovery Flasher” again right after to get the recovery image flashed, I’m betting with Root Access already acquired your phone has no choice but to accept the recovery image, (this is not the case most of the time as “Recovery Flasher” worked great for me, but some phones are stubborn, lol) ok so download and install “Instant Root” all u do is install it, as installing it is what initiates it, its that simple. Then use Recovery Flasher to get the recovery image. Try this and let me know if this resolved ur issue. Also having root access first means as a last resort u can download terminal emulator from the market and try manually flashing the recovery image using code (worst comes to worst)….. if u want post ur Gtalk, and I’ll get back to you. Here’s the link:
http://neilandtheresa.co.uk/Android/
~Omar
September 23rd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
@ Asheyna
The exclamation point with the triangle and a graphic of the phone, is the original stock version of the recovery screen, if when u see it, you press “Alt and L” you will get the options. I’d recommend using this recovery screen your describing to do a wipe “Alt + W” (also known as a factory reset) when you get to the exclamation point with the triangle, press “Alt and L” to go into the options section of that recovery screen, and then press “Alt + W” to do the wipe. Then restart your phone and hopefully it’s not freezing on the Rogers screen anymore. Also, Watch this video and read the details in this step by step instructions for the one Click Root: http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/.....one-click/
September 24th, 2009 at 5:15 am
@Big-O
Thanks for the help so far, i have done the instant root and tried flashing the recovery image again using recoveryflasher but still just freezes at the G2 splash screen. I think maybe i need to run the commands in terminal manually or use fastboot to boot into the recovery image?
links to easy guides for either of these things would be greatly received!
my gtalk is jamescadman@gmail.com
Thanks again!
September 24th, 2009 at 7:57 am
@Big-o/All…
I managed to get my Hero into recovery mode using a different recovery image. I used the instant root from above, and i downloaded the zip from from http://android.modaco.com/cont.....rmanently/ and extracted the “cm-her-recovery.img”.
Then i went into recovery flasher and in the text box entered “/sdcard/cm-her-recovery.img” and clicked “Flash custom image”. When completed my handset went straight into recovery mode and i am now using the latest Modaco 2.2 hero ROM!
Thanks for all your help, Big-O!
November 14th, 2009 at 12:16 am
@RyeBrye
TMOBILE G1 BUILD NUMBER DRC83
SD CARD Total Space 0.95GB, Available Space 581MB
I HAVE THE T-MOBLE G1 AND MY BACK UP FAILED AS WELL, IS IT STILL UNSAFE FOR ME TO USE THE HIDDEN BUTTON BECAUSE I DONT HAVE A HERO??, AND IF NOT IS IT BECAUSE I DONT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE?? SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
February 21st, 2010 at 4:12 pm
I was wondering if anybody can gimme a bit of help. I got
sapphire pvt 32b ship s-on g
hboot-1.33.0006 (sapp10000)(that’s perfect spl)
I tried your method: I installed the .apk, i put the recovery.img and update.zip on the root of my card(tried more than 1 card). When I start the program I get:phone type is EBI0/32B. Clicking on backup recovery gives me an error: couldn’t run command. I tried flash recovery button and I get the same error: couldn’t run command.
I tried before this method,creating a goldcard,I have 4 microsd cards, none of them seem to be compatible with goldcard. I am retty much at the end of my patience with this damn phone.
Any help will be highly appreciated.I realy wouldn’t mind paying just to get this phone rooted again.I had it rooted but I somehow managed to flash this rubbish rom with the perfect spl on it.
Thanks.
Again I am willing to pay anybody if they can root this phone.