Comments on: Force Android RC 30 update on your T-Mobile G1 and keep root access!

By: sultan

sultan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:40:16 +0000

the link is broken, please update it!

By: Marcello

Marcello — Wed, 20 May 2009 06:07:57 +0000

Having the same problem with the /sdcard/recovery.img… Followed the “easy” video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua8ljJAnTpc and had the same problem using to copy this file… The /sdcard/ is empty when I type “ls”, and I can’t move on… I’m stuck on RC29… Please help…

By: winstorm

winstorm — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:16:15 +0000

does rooting ur phone help u to send music through bluetooth and get moving text messeges or what? if not how thin? does anyone know?

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:34:03 +0000

Hi could someone please help me? i have root access on my G1 this i know as i rolled back to rc7 from rc9, i can connect to telnet, i can use my G1 as a tether and access the internet, however i cant get the phone to read the new recovery image or update,zip file, please be patient as i explain, i have root on the phone after following the guide, how ever when i come to flashing the update from the sdcard all it ever says is “no such file or directory? i have checked and re-checked that the recovery_image.img is on my sd card, and i have changed the name of the Jfv1.1 etc to update.zip, i can imput the following in telnet and in terminal emulator :
* mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system

but when i imput the rest below it just says NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY??? I HAVE FORMATTED THE SD CARD TO FAT 32, CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE?
* cat /sdcard/recovery.img > /data/local/recovery.img
* cd /system
* cat /sdcard/recovery.img > recovery.img
* flash_image recovery recovery.img

By: Bryan Russell

Bryan Russell — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:32:35 +0000

lmao… whatever is in his pipe is deadly!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:27:24 +0000

got the same issue; I had root access RC 29, but noot after upgrading to RC30 with these instructions.
Needless to sa, the Tether did not work with or without root access.

By: rojjas

rojjas — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:37:41 +0000

HELP! HELP! HELP! HELP!HELP! HELP!HELP! HELP!
This erase the memory of the movil as I return to a restore point

By: tom

tom — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:12:22 +0000

this didnt work for me if i do a factory reset will i get the regualar updates please respond or will i still be stuck with r29

By: thedown_side

thedown_side — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:41:07 +0000

“Michael says: I need a employee password and user id so i can get service”

Your kidding right? If not, please let us know what your smoking… some of us might like some too.

Keep it REAL
the down side

By: Amol

Amol — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:19:08 +0000

do I need T-mobile SIM to do this update process or there is some work around for this???

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:59:08 +0000

I need a employee password and user id so i can get service i just got a G1 today and cant use it when i was 17 i made a bill that will take me years to pay off so for the mean time i could really use the help if someone dont wanna give me the info maybe they could do it for me

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:08:34 +0000

Can somebody update the link, It’s broken…

By: Ethan

Ethan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:15:21 +0000

Hi:
I followed your instruction, and found I can’t start telnetd after the update. Anything wrong?

-Ethan

By: LeeLaa000

LeeLaa000 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:23:59 +0000

um… i don’t get it :/

By: Martin Leventon

Martin Leventon — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:30:46 +0000

It is tempting but only because T-mobile UK doesn’t seem to want to push anything over RC8 to my G1. My settings says I am on RC8 and I got a update OTA last Friday.

By: Will Park

Will Park — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:01:28 +0000

Right you are, Gary. Guide is updated to include instructions on how to restore OTA update capability.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:16:23 +0000

yes, you will need the recovery.img from an original RC30 and retrace your steps on flashing the recovery.img back to the “REAL” recovery…its a simple process..

By: chris

chris — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:39:41 +0000

Uh, so what if I want to make it so I can just get ota updates again, even if I lose root? Actually, this process didn’ work as an update, but now because of the switched update source I can’t even get otas. Is there a command to undo this change? Anyone?