HELP!!! how do i use nandroid to get to rc33 from cupcak 4.5

[Darrien13]

Ok before all this cupcake stuff came up I installed a custom flash boot and got the Adb Interface ok So I have upgraded to cupcake 4.5 but I want to go back to rc33 so wen I try it to flash everythin it says failed to start because AdbWinApi.dll was not found.. Wen I check device manger it has not Adb under my computer mange but wen I turn on my g1 regualry and put it in usb it say Adb and stuff what do I do so I can go back to rc33
Thanks

[Darrien13]

Also wen I plug it in in flashboot mode it reconizes it as uknow android 1.0

[xdavidn88]

See ward? not so simple eh to the common user.

[Darrien13]

How. Do I go back tpo rc33.@wenever I plug my g1 in through fastboot it says unknow driver and android 1.0 do I just update it. Wen I put my g1 in regular usb mode it says the ADB Stuff but when I put it in fastboot mode its not their and says the unknow devuce this reall suck I wat back rc33

[dashed]

If you have hardspl, or the magic spl on your phone you dont need nandroid as long as you can get the JF RC33 on your SD and rename it update.zip. I went from JF RC33 to magic 4, to magic 4.5, to magic 4.9, and back to JF RC33 all by using the bootloader (home+power) and renaming them update.zip. Make sure you wipe at the bootloader before you flash any update. Once you go back to JF RC33 you might want to install the RC33 radio the same way, which can be found here> http://jf.odiness.com/RC33/RC33radio...e_testkeys.zip

[gbk1]

. You need to perform the backup before making changes to use nandroid.

[Ward]

Ok before all this cupcake stuff came up I installed a custom flash boot and got the Adb Interface ok So I have upgraded to cupcake 4.5 but I want to go back to rc33 so wen I try it to flash everythin it says failed to start because AdbWinApi.dll was not found.. Wen I check device manger it has not Adb under my computer mange but wen I turn on my g1 regualry and put it in usb it say Adb and stuff what do I do so I can go back to rc33
Thanks

It's in the Android SDK... put it in C:\Windows\System32 along with adb.exe from the SDK.

[JohnnyLicious]

isn't there a thread about this already?

[Ward]

isn't there a thread about this already?

Who knows. I know I made reference to a script I wrote in order to install a bunch of .apk files in a folder, and it's similar to this here.

Or you could read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459830

And like GBK1 said, you can't restore a backup that doesn't exist. If you want to just go from one of haykuro's backups back to a JF version of the OS, you really only need to rename it update.zip and flash.

How. Do I go back tpo rc33.@wenever I plug my g1 in through fastboot it says unknow driver and android 1.0 do I just update it. Wen I put my g1 in regular usb mode it says the ADB Stuff but when I put it in fastboot mode its not their and says the unknow devuce this reall suck I wat back rc33

Jeez buddy, you're in a whole lotta trouble right now aren't ya. You really need to read that entire article I posted above, read it and follow it - that is how you do it.

In fact, I'll just quote it here:

Originally Posted by trmacdonal

How to Restore your phone on a Windows PC using a Nandroid backup

I am going to assume you already have a Nandroid backup created on your SD card using JF 1.31's recovery Alt-B feature. The backup will create a folder called nandroid on your SD.

What you need:
The Android SDK:
Fastboot Windows Binary in this post:http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...53&postcount=1
From your Nandroid backup you need three files:
data.img
system.img
boot.img

Steps to restore your phone
1) Put the files Adb and AdbWinApi.dll from the tools folder in the Android SDK into C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder on your PC. Substitute the correct drive letter if windows is not installed on you C: drive
2) Put the Windows Fastboot.exe into the C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder on your PC
3) Create a folder on the C: drive of your PC called android. The path should be C:\Android.
4) Copy the Nandroid backup files data.img, system.img, and boot.img from your SD card to the folder called Android you created by mounting your SD card as removable disk.
5) Unplug the USB cord and power off your phone
6) Power up your phone by holding CAMERA+POWER, you should see three androids on skateboards. If you don't see this go install the Engineering boot loader
7) Plug the USB cord back into your phone and press back. The screen on your phone should say fastboot.
8) Make sure your pc is using the correct driver. Open the device manager on your pc. It is helpfull to have all other USB storage devices besides your phone unplugged for this part. Look for a USB Mass Storage device in the list of the USB devices. Right click on it and update the driver. Pick the option to browse for a driver on your pc. The driver is located in the Android SDK your downloaded in the folder called usb_driver. If this is done right you will now see a device called HTC Dream
9) Press start, go to run and type cmd (If you are on Vista just type cmd in the search box and hit enter). The command prompt will pop up.
10) Type cd C:\android
then enter the following commands:

fastboot flash system system.img
it will say Sending, then writing and say OKAY if it was successful
then type
fastboot flash userdata data.img
wait for the second OKAY and type
fastboot flash boot boot.img
wait for the second OKAY and type
fastboot reboot

Your phone should now be restored exactly as you had it when it was backed up.