[Q] Flashing a stock ROM via SD card? - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, I have flashed my custom ROM using unrEVOked, I am happy. But I want to install Amon RA over Clockwork Mod Recovery, however it just keeps hanging and won't load onto the phone.
EddyOS suggested to another member reinstalling the stock OS, however HTC Sync is probably the worst program known to mankind and it won't stay connected to the Desire long enough to boot up the RUU and install I keep getting an error and it disconnects from the phone.
My question is, can I boot the RUU from the SD card and skip using HTC Sync? I know it's not a zip, and as far as I know a zip is the only way to update via the SD card. The contents of the RUU cannot seem to be extracted either, I'm at a bit of a loose end.
*edit* Before posting I had a final search and found this post, will that apply to an O2 ROM? More specifically the renaming of the RUU to 'PB99IMG.zip'?

Can someone confirm it is actually possible to flash a ROM from the SD card? Surely you must be able to?

Does Rom manager not have an option to switch to amon ra?
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Kalavere said:
Can someone confirm it is actually possible to flash a ROM from the SD card? Surely you must be able to?
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Yes it is possible just download the ROM zip and put it into your sdcard.
Then reboot in recovery mode and go where it says install zip from sd card, choose the zip file and that will be it.
Remember to wipe cache and data before, and if wished to back up the ROM you have before installing the new one.
Hope this helps
However if it is not a zip file then I do not really know if it is possible or not

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My Beatiful Desire is DEAD :(

I have no clue what has hapened. I have my phone for some days and today I rooted my phone. After that I made my SD able for Apps2SD and in the end I thought of flashing the Radio. Something happened and now my phone gets stuck on the white screen with the HTC green letters. I don't know what to do. I reflashed with the some radio, reflashed with an older radio, searched on USB Bricked phone but from what I understand a USB bricked phone has nothing to do with my situation because you can actually start a USB bricked phone. I am so desperate and I have no clue what to do. PLEASE HELP!!!
Does it boot into bootloader mode?
Just do a factory reset and wipe cache if you can enter the recovery and ofc flash a rom.
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Yes it loads in bootloader mode and in recovery. I have tried to wipe the cache and to do a factory reset. Nothing worked.
Tried a new rom?
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Trying now, but the thing is that I didn't touch anything on the rom.
What exactly did you flash? Radio? Kernel?
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Mmm this sounds familiar.... you have to do a wipe for the ext partition in your sd card, try to power on without sd
I had this exact same issue when I made an EXT4 partition for Apps2SD. Despite the fact that the kernel in MCR, and the UVOC kernels apparently support EXT4, if you have an EXT4 formatted card, it won't boot. Format the Apps2SD partition back to EXT2 or EXT3 and it should work.
Also, you need the FAT32 partition at the beginning of the card, and the EXT partition at the end.
Tried powering on without the sd, no luck. The problem was created when flashing the Radio. I downloaded the official WWE ROM but in what mode should I bee for the installation to get the required information to continue?? Bootloader, fastboot, or recovery???
Get the rom.zip file from the update, and put it onto the root of your SD card named as PB99IMG.zip, and then boot into bootloader mode, with volume down and power. The phone should automatically detect the presence of the zip file and prompt you to flash it.
Did you try my other tip about formatting the A2SD partition?
I put it ni fastboot mode and it was recognized through the USB so new ROM is on its way and about the App2SD I tried to boot without the card to see if its that and it would still not boot
Guys that was fast... My phone is BACK!!! THANX EVERYONE... YOU ARE AWESOME!! One last question... now that I flashed with the original ROM does it mean it has been unrooted???
Most rooted roms have a superuser apk pre-installed.. have a check in the menu.
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Probably. I'd recommend you download the latest R6 risk free root from Modaco, it's far less likely to give you issues like that, as it omits the steps that caused the potential bricks.
Shane2 said:
Probably. I'd recommend you download the latest R6 risk free root from Modaco, it's far less likely to give you issues like that, as it omits the steps that caused the potential bricks.
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Exactly what I did but still after trying to update the radio through the rooted phone my Desire was dead
An update to what has happened.
So, I have installed the original ROM " RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2 _release_126984_signed.exe" and have managed to get my phone back.
And then I rooted it again using the prementioned R6 risk free root from Modaco and all was OK. I turned it on and everything was fine. The, I wanted to push the Apps2SD and I followed the steps and then the phone wouldn't start again. (The SD was wiped cleaned just to be sure it was not a matter of the SD).
I did this 2 times to replicate the results and see where it actually gets stuck. So, I concluded that putting the Apps2SD to the rooted ROM of Modaco doesn't work.
Am I correct or am I doing something terribly wrong and I don't know about it???
HI there
i have the same problem like it switch on and white screen with htc logo while updating maybe i made something wrong\, this guide will work for m i think but can someone explain in detail cos i am not good in computer programing and zip and other things i really appreciate if some one help me in understanding language
the problem is same as this thread
thanks in advance and if someone can help me in messenger i will pay for the time which will take to fix this problem
So the radio Rom was not the issue?
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Shane2 said:
Get the rom.zip file from the update, and put it onto the root of your SD card named as PB99IMG.zip, and then boot into bootloader mode, with volume down and power. The phone should automatically detect the presence of the zip file and prompt you to flash it.
Did you try my other tip about formatting the A2SD partition?
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I`v got the same problem with Desire. Where can I this "rom.zip" file ?
My phone-brand 2.2 froyo - rooted.

Format SD Card with ext

Hi all
A very noob question but I cannot find out how. How to format my sd card with ext partition? I tried the clockwork but did not work. I tried ROM Manager and its telling me that there is an error.
Can someone point me to something were it shows how to do this?
Thanks a lot for your help
jmonfu said:
Hi all
A very noob question but I cannot find out how. How to format my sd card with ext partition? I tried the clockwork but did not work. I tried ROM Manager and its telling me that there is an error.
Can someone point me to something were it shows how to do this?
Thanks a lot for your help
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Get a SD card reader?
i don't have one, is there another procedure through the phone?
No need for card reader. I did it using the one in rom manager, but as you are not able to use this, i would go with the pushed recovery from the older rooting methods from modaco. You just enter the black recovery screen with the !
Then your insert the cable, and run a batch file on your computer. This recovery should have the ability to partitionate.
just search for the r5 root or pm me for link (cant post links as i'm a new user)
You must use the file called "recovery-windows.bat" or the one for your system.
but if you have clockwork installed, the black screen with <!> will not appear becaus clockwork recovery is loaded automaticly.
if i push the recovery from the r5-root img (while beeing in clockwork recovery) it seems like there are both recoverys running at the same time.
how can i uninstall clockwork recovery or block it from beeing autostarted ?
It doesn't. Normally it boots into normal recovery, and then you have to apply update.zip (which is Clockwork Recovery). THEN it boots into CMR.
ye it is because you have flashed the unrevoked permanent recovery. I prefer the fakeflash as it is easy to change and work just as well.
In that case if there is another easy method to format the sd other than using your computer. I have seen som suggestions on using the amonra recovery.. You could try that.
And i only think you can remove the permanent recovery by flashing stock ruu for now, but then you will have to reroot, as it also unroot the device.
pain in the arse isn't it.. I came across this exact dilemma today
hopefully the unrevoked guys will sense this and make some changes on their next release?
Ok managerd to do it by flashing the ROM
Thanks for your help guys
oursoul said:
pain in the arse isn't it.. I came across this exact dilemma today
hopefully the unrevoked guys will sense this and make some changes on their next release?
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Can only flash roms in rom manager...

So, as the title says, I've had my incredible since september, I'm pretty sure its a slcd since it shipped with 2.2. I rooted it immediately with unrevoked forever, so I have soff, recovery installed, rom manager, set cpu, etc.
So I do know I'm rooted for sure, and I even can flash roms. But with a catch. I can only flash roms if they're downloaded and flashed from rom manager. I've tried downloading roms from xda or other forums. None have worked. Upon getting to the point of opening the package in cwm by applying either update.zip or choosing a specific one.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
I know that when I tried to use the name update.zip, it wasn't update.zip.zip I know I'm rooted with soff and can flash roms, only through rom manager so far, and overall I think I have a good idea of what I'm doing.
Obviously I'm screwing something up SOMEWHERE. so I know it's probably user error.
I'm on a snow leopard mac, and when I download roms I have to compress them to .zip, i know its a .zip for sure, but that could be the problem? And yes I'm putting all these .zips on the root of my sd. Cwm recognizes the.zips, just has trouble with them or something.
Here's what I do in cwm, go to apply .zip says opening package, then goes straight back to the cwm screen with all the options you get when you boot into recovery.
Any help or advice would be great!
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Not sure if this is the problem, but when I download Roms from anywhere I don't have to compress them to a zip file, I just put them on my SD card and flash away. Have you tried simply downloading them and then flashing without compressing them?
No I've tried that before, but because its un compressed cwm doesn't like it
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Is your SD Card in Fat32 format? I know if you aren't in FAT32 format the update.zip won't work - well it didn't for me anyway!
EDIT:
It's safari, somewhere/somehow when it unzips .zips something goes wrong. When I downloaded a rom using chrome it flashed perfectly.
So hopefully anyone who has a mac having this problem as well won't be as dumb as me >.>

[Q] Flashing New ROM

When I have Rooted my HTC Desire and I am ready to Flash a new ROM I see I have to Back Up my original ROM to the Root of an SD Card and Download the new Rom to here also. Can I do this on my Original SD Card or do I need to purchase a new one. Chris
You should do that on your SD card and then put it on your computer
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No you do not. Your backup will be named differently.
Make sure you do you wipes of caches, and Delvik cache (advanced) before flashing.
Also, it is wise to install Rom Manager, and flash your recovery before you flash your new ROM.
Oh, and seeings you have a Desire, it is advisable to make a Gold Card of your sd in case you wish to go back to stock, or problems arise. Do this first before flashing.
Do NOT install the piece of crap that is ROM Manager. It's a waste of time.
Learn to use the custom recovery properly (be it CWM or AmonRA) and you'll find it simple as anything
EddyOS said:
Do NOT install the piece of crap that is ROM Manager. It's a waste of time.
Learn to use the custom recovery properly (be it CWM or AmonRA) and you'll find it simple as anything
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I see somebody has had some bad experiences.
Personally, I use it to flash my recovery. As for a ROM, I always copy directly to the SD.
But, everybody is entitled to their opinion. And in this forum, there are LOTS of them

Installing ICS rom on HTC Desire.

Hi,
I have rooted my HTC desire and have S-OFF enabled.
Now I wanted to installed sandvold's ICS rom, but I dont have a clue where to start and I am not attempting to do anything in fear of brick.
I have backuped my phone using titanium backup. Installed Rom Manager.
Now I'm just unsure about installing the rom. I read you needed to install a radio.zip, but I cant see anything like that in the ICS rom.
Also not sure about the micro SD situation, as I'm sure you need a partition for it, so not sure where to start with that.
Basically, I just need a guide to help me with installing this rom and taking all the precautions along the way.
Thanks!
By guide, I dont neccessarily mean for you to make a guide, just a link to one if there is one you know of.
Thanks again.
Okay... umm ditch rom manager would be my first suggestion.
Then check my sig and install 4ext recovery. There is an app on page1 of thread to install it. Its better than rom manager.
Then use 4ext recovery to create a new nandbackup of your current rom.
Then copy ALL contents of your sd card to your computer.
Then use 4ext recovery to create an EXT partition on your sdcard. This will wipe everything on the SD.
Put all your files back to the sd card and the zip file of the rom you wish to flash. And flash the ROM.
About the radio, don't touch the radio for now. Unless you are running froyo you don't need to mess with it yet. But if needed my sig would point you to where the radio files are.
Whats your current radio version anyway?
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