[How To] Activation over Wifi

[living_sword]

1. You need to set up ADB for this to work. Read here.

2. In the command prompt, enter "adb shell" to log into the phone, then at # enter,

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

This should bring up the wifi settings dialog. Configure the wifi, press Back and proceed with registration as usual.


Thanks to JesusFreke for the instructions.

[otto888]

Oh thank you! now I can use my g1 on the day I get it instead of the next day t-mobile support is open!

[nupdyxa]

Well, I must be missing something, but according to this guide, the phone must be put into USB Debug mode. The question is how do I do it, if the phone is stuck at the google registering page. WHen I connect the G1 to a USB port, Win XP just installs the driver automatically (without asking me to provide a path to a driver). Now when I am trying to launch the "adb shell", I am getting an "error: device not found" message. I am lost at this point. Please help.

[living_sword]

Well, I must be missing something, but according to this guide, the phone must be put into USB Debug mode. The question is how do I do it, if the phone is stuck at the google registering page. WHen I connect the G1 to a USB port, Win XP just installs the driver automatically (without asking me to provide a path to a driver). Now when I am trying to launch the "adb shell", I am getting an "error: device not found" message. I am lost at this point. Please help.

I guess you will have to go with the conventional way of activation.

Meanwhile, I'll check if there is any solution to this.

[AirSonic]

I must be missing something here. I set up ADB exactly as instructed in the link. But I have no idea what is meant in step 2. I tried command prompt in windows via CMD and no luck.
EDIT: Forget it. Fixed it.

[format13]

Well, I must be missing something, but according to this guide, the phone must be put into USB Debug mode. The question is how do I do it, if the phone is stuck at the google registering page. WHen I connect the G1 to a USB port, Win XP just installs the driver automatically (without asking me to provide a path to a driver). Now when I am trying to launch the "adb shell", I am getting an "error: device not found" message. I am lost at this point. Please help.

I am having the same problem, it seems impossible to connect the G1 to the computer using the mentioned driver without actually having the phone activated to get to the USB debug menu, which means you wouldnt have to activate over wifi...
???

How did you get it to work Airsonic?

[AirSonic]

Well I just popped in a SIM card. Installed the driver, did the whole adb thing (It is crucial that the directory to ADB is in your PATH or you will get errors from the start.) and then typed in adb shell. Followed by the command posted up there. It is crucial to do the following;

- If you have an official RC29 or lower phone, type the following command on the phone keyboard to enable adb:
<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter>

- If you need to get root access on an official RC29 or lower phone, while it's at the registration screen, or the "no sim card" screen, enable adb (see first tip), and then type the following command on the phone keyboard:
<enter>telnetd<enter>

Your problem with the driver is that somewhere in Windows XP you have it set to automatically install drivers. A simple google search will show you how to disable this/reinstall a new driver for the phone.

[bigwil96786]

when i connect with ADB shell i get the $ prompt and when i try su it tells me access denied. is there another command i should use to get the #???


nevermind just put in an old sim card and abra cadabra i'm surfing on wifi.

[format13]

Hmm, this is frustrating. It keeps auto installing as a USB hard disk, I go to device manager, try to update the driver but windows says the driver I downloaded from the tutorial does not contain info on my hardware or something similar.

Blech.

[living_sword]

Hmm, this is frustrating. It keeps auto installing as a USB hard disk, I go to device manager, try to update the driver but windows says the driver I downloaded from the tutorial does not contain info on my hardware or something similar.

Blech.

read this guide, step 5.

[toooitwo]

Worked like a charm. Thank you.

[zul200289]

Thanks a LOT Living_Sword! Finally activated and also got pass that pesky google sign up (no internet over here.. at least for me)

Just in case anybody else's reading this.. To save you guys from hours of frustration like I did.. Follow EXACTLY these steps... It'll WORK!
(Only for RC29/RC7 or lower though.. And you'll need Wifi access)

1. First.. Check whether you actually have RC29/RC7 or lower or not.. To do that type this on the G1 Keyboard..

<enter>reboot<enter>

If the phone reboot that congratz! You have the old version! What happened is that when you type in RC29/RC7 and lower models you're also typing into the hidden shell (something like command prompt, correct me if I'm wrong) "behing the scenes". So when you type "reboot" and press <enter>, the shell will run your command.

If you got the later models.. Then you might want to follow this method instead.. But if you really don't have internet access without Wifi.. you'll need to downgrade first

2. Now you need to set up Android Debug Bridge (ADB) which'll allow you to control your g1 phone console (something like command prompt - msdos) and have root access to it as well

3. Assuming you're using windows.. Download this Windows USB driver. Extract. Mac users don't need to do anything.. For Linux users you might want to go to the wiki..

4. Then.. Download this small zip (for windows). If you're on other platforms then download the Android SDK. Unzip the files to a folder and add its location to the PATH environment variable.

eg: So if you extracted the files on step 4 to "C:/mysuperfolder/android" then you should add "C:/mysuperfolder/android" to the PATH environment variable

5. Follow these steps on how to do that:

• Windows

• Mac OS X

• Linux

5. Done? Now get the usb wire and connect your G1 to your PC

Okay so this is the part that gave me a lot of headache and confusion so read this carefully.

If you get a 'new device found' prompt, point it to the android_usb_windows folder, the same one you used during ADB setup.

a. If you don't get a driver prompt, goto Device Manager(Click Start, click Run, and then type "devmgmt.msc"), check if there is an entry ADB Interface in the list and has HTC Dream Composite... inside that entry. If you don't see that entry, Windows has automagically detected the phone as USB Mass Storage Device.

b. Scroll down to Universal Serial Bus controllers, check if you have at least one "USB Mass Storage device". If you have multiple ones, you'll need to go through each to find the correct one.

c. To find the correct one, right click on the USB Mass Storage device and click Properties. Go to the Details tab. In the combo box at the top that says "Device Instance Id", bring up the pull down and choose "Compatible Ids". If that is the correct device, then you will see 3 entries:
* USB\Class_ff&SubClass_42&Prot_03
* USB\Class_ff&SubClass_42
* USB\Class_ff

d. Once you find the correct device, go to the driver tab, and click "Update Driver". Choose "No, not this time", then "Install from a list or specific location", then "Don't search, I will choose the driver to install", and then choose the same usb driver that you used to get ADB to work.

6. Now type this on your G1 keyboard..

<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter>

7. Now.. Open the command prompt on your PC ( Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt )

8. Type "adb shell" without the quotes.
(Just in case typing that doesn't do anything.. Navigate to the folder you've unzipped the ADB Files and type there instead)

9. Then when the '$' comes out .. type this:

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

9. Take a look at your G1 and now it'll be in the WiFi settings section. Configure it.. Connect to your network.. And done!

Hope this helps.. and Good luck

[tkwal]

Thanks a LOT Living_Sword! Finally activated and also got pass that pesky google sign up (no internet over here.. at least for me)

Just in case anybody else's reading this.. To save you guys from hours of frustration like I did.. Follow EXACTLY these steps... It'll WORK!
(Only for RC29/RC7 or lower though.. And you'll need Wifi access)

1. First.. Check whether you actually have RC29/RC7 or lower or not.. To do that type this on the G1 Keyboard..

<enter>reboot<enter>

If the phone reboot that congratz! You have the old version! What happened is that when you type in RC29/RC7 and lower models you're also typing into the hidden shell (something like command prompt, correct me if I'm wrong) "behing the scenes". So when you type "reboot" and press <enter>, the shell will run your command.

If you got the later models.. Then you might want to follow this method instead.. But if you really don't have internet access without Wifi.. you'll need to downgrade first

2. Now you need to set up Android Debug Bridge (ADB) which'll allow you to control your g1 phone console (something like command prompt - msdos) and have root access to it as well

3. Assuming you're using windows.. Download this Windows USB driver. Extract. Mac users don't need to do anything.. For Linux users you might want to go to the wiki..

4. Then.. Download this small zip (for windows). If you're on other platforms then download the Android SDK. Unzip the files to a folder and add its location to the PATH environment variable.

eg: So if you extracted the files on step 4 to "C:/mysuperfolder/android" then you should add "C:/mysuperfolder/android" to the PATH environment variable

5. Follow these steps on how to do that:

• Windows

• Mac OS X

• Linux

5. Done? Now get the usb wire and connect your G1 to your PC

Okay so this is the part that gave me a lot of headache and confusion so read this carefully.


6. Now type this on your G1 keyboard..

<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter>

7. Now.. Open the command prompt on your PC ( Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt )

8. Type "adb shell" without the quotes.
(Just in case typing that doesn't do anything.. Navigate to the folder you've unzipped the ADB Files and type there instead)

9. Then when the '$' comes out .. type this:

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings

9. Take a look at your G1 and now it'll be in the WiFi settings section. Configure it.. Connect to your network.. And done!

Hope this helps.. and Good luck

thnx man...this thing worked great...cheers.>!!!!

[domex]

I live in the Dominican Republic so, it has been a serious pain in the arse, trying to Activate,since there is no Tmobile down here,an the APN settings didi not seem to work from my provider, and so finally i did it!!!

Thank YOU so very much for all your help living_sword, zul200289,oshay and the rest of the members who ran across the same problems as myself and asked the questions.

[negroblanco]

...according to this guide, the phone must be put into USB Debug mode. The question is how do I do it, if the phone is stuck at the google registering page.p.

Here's how I did it very quickly without installing Android SDK:

1.) Downgraded to RC29, from RC30 (To get root - and you DON'T need an activated phone for this)

2.) If you have an official RC29 or lower phone, type the following command on the phone keyboard to enable adb:
<enter>setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1<enter> (<-- Thank you JesusFreke for the tip!)

3.) Then I simply followed living_sword's original instructions, and the Settings popped right up on the phone. This was almost too easy... Thanks for the great instructions!