Bypass T-Mobile G1 Google Activation by PhoneCareCenter

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Ok, so I confirmed that the reboot thing works on my phone. I just got android 1.5 so I need to bypass the screen.

When I connected USB it automatically installed the drivers for me.

I took my sim out and then went to the screen and followed step 2: setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1

Then I rebooted my phone and put in a sim card this time. However, when i type in "c:\adb devices" in Command Prompt it says "List of devices attached" and nothing appears..

what did i do wrong?
 
Hi dud.

Thanks for the instructions it's just great...

I need you help on the 5fth step whe i opend CMD an tipe c:\ adb devices it reads" that the command is not recognize the drivers were installed correctly also did the step for setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1 it even shows on the hardware manager under ADB interface HTC Dream composite ADB interface... so i', stuck and i really apreciate our help

I'll wait foro your responce.

Than u so much

Have a great day
 
@arturo79



If you have the same problem you're not tying the right commande following the intructions please just copy and paste after this line: c:\Documents and settings\my computer\ this commande:
c:\adb device then press "Enter"
 
@chinodetujefa

U have to Download, Extract ADB Application to C:\ .................. Good Luck
 
Thanks a lot for your tutorial.Worked like charm.All steps done flawlessely.I used RC29 firmware and BINGO..!

Wbr,
Gs.!~
 
Hi there,

I spent a couple hours trying different versions of the file and it kept failing left and right. I finally got it working so I wanted to post what I did and things I noticed with troubleshooting.

If after you've followed all these steps a dozen times like I did and its the RC29 for G1 is not being installed triple-check the following:

1. File Size and Naming
The correct RC29 file size is 91,564,352 bytes. As stated many times earlier, the file name but be DREAIMG.nbh (and not DREAMING.nbg, DREAMIMG.nbgh, DREAIMG.nbh.txt). The file must be placed in the root folder "/" of the SD card and you should try and use a clean card.

2. Installing
After installing the card back in you should not plug it in to the USB. You should have as full a charge as possible -- if it turns off during the process you could break your phone. With your phone off, hold the Camera button and hit Power. If after the tri-color screen the screen goes to gray and stays gray then you win. If not, then keep reading.

3. No image file!
If it quickly flashes "No image file" the phone simply cannot read the DREAIMG.nbh file. And if you're reading this most likely you've followed the instructions so now you want to bang your head into your desk. Here are the possibilities I've encountered:

A. File named wrong. The case-specific "DREAIMG.nbh" works for me, and I do not know and have not tested if other cases for the names work whether people claim them to work or not.

B. Zip file renamed to DREAIMG.nbh instead of extracting DREAIMG.nbh. You may have read that you can use update.zip to update your phone to RC29. This is only if you have less than RC29. The update system verifies you are upgrading and not downgrading.

C. Wrong formatting of Micro SD Card. I tried several times on my Micro SD card. Windows Vista said it was a FAT32 architecture. I downloaded Pocket Mechanic for my windows mobile device so I could run some tests on the card and, lo an behold, it called it FAT16. Make sure you format your card FAT32 and try again. If you're still this far and it doesn't work, reformat the card FAT32 and try again.

D. Bad Micro SD card. The Micro SD card that I had was a 2GB ******* Micro SD card. It worked fine in Windows Vista. It worked fine on my Windows Mobile Device. Apparently, the G1 was not properly reading it. I spent $14 at WalMart getting a 4GB ******* HC Micro SD card (it was preformatted FAT32), copied the file, stuck it in the phone and the update worked.

Now, if you're trying to root the phone, good luck, I haven't done that and can't be of any help on that.

If you are trying to develop for the G1 or check your mobile sites on G1 (which is what I'm doing), you need to activate it over T-Mobile. I obviously do not want to pay for T-Mobile service just to activate my phone so I needed to enable wifi.

To make sure your phone is RC29, insert the sim card and type in reboot. If your phone reboots, its good to go. When it comes back up, plug your phone into your computer. Type in setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1. If you have your speakers on your Windows computer you'll hear the USB disconnecting and reconnecting. ADB will work at this point.

The final error I got after enabling wifi:

There is a problem communicating with the Google servers.
This could be a temporary problem or your SIM card may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care.

It doesn't seem to be using wifi. From ADB shell, launch the command: "am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity" to load your browser. If google does not connect there is a problem with your wifi.

This problem seems to be too many wifi devices competing for your wifi bandwidth. Keep trying and eventually it will go through. If it does not, try forcing your phone to only use 2G connections in Settings > Wireless Controls > Mobile Networks > Use only 2G networks checked.

I'm now on the phone and wifi is working!

Good luck, and if its still not working for you you've had it rougher than me :/

Total time wasted by having a bad SD card: 3 hours.
 
**Bows** Thank you for your hard work. It took a little while to get the interface flashed to the older firmware, and to get the rest set up, but the end result is a working and activated G1 on Simple Mobile with no Cell Data. PS... I hit the thanks button, and I owe you a beer!
 
i've used this metod and have worked on me many times, but this time, i got stocked on this step:
4- Click Start>Run>cmd> to Command Prompt
5- Type c:\adb devices (If your Device is Connected u will see it)

even do it is shown as adb interface on hardware administration, it is not recognazed on cmd it just says "list of devices attached" and no thing appears, does any body know about this problem ?
i allready downgrade the phone, it doe reboot when i type, enter/reboot/enter
 
I still cannot get this set up, I correctly flashed to an older version. On the first try I connected my g1 to my laptop and I entered the complete setprop persist...etc. and everything was installed. I then went to cmd and entered the c:\adb devices and of course it wouldn't work. I have now tryed about 20 times and for some reason cannot get it to work....I have no idea what is going wrong. I am in dire need of getting this to work and could use any help possible.

I download the usb drivers from the first post as well as the adb rar file at the end of the first post. All I did was extract each to my desktop on C:/
 
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