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newbie problem?

Hi
Playing around with my rooted htc deisire i tried to flash the new RcMic HBOOT
After doing god knows what
i cant start my phone and keep having this message
Error in CACHE: recovery/log (No space left on device)
please help

Give us more information what you did before.
Did you full wipe/factory reset & wipe cache? What partitions do you have on SD Card, are you S-OFF?

yes
i am s-off
i did wipe cache/wipe factory reset
i tried to restore to my lee droid 2.4 but my phone keeps looping from the start

What partitions do you have on SD Card, which HBOOT you are using, which version of the ROM you flashed?

i flashed this rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988570
i have no partition
hboot 6-93.1002

Did you read first post?
It clearly says you need 1GB+ EXT2/3/4 partition on SD card. Thats why you getting errors and end up with bootloop.
Also if you have Stock HBOOT be sure to flash A2SD+ version, and CM7 version if you flashed CM7 HBOOT partition table.
Before flashing again be sure to perform Full Wipe/Factory reset and Cache wipe!

theo.as said:
yes
i am s-off
i did wipe cache/wipe factory reset
i tried to restore to my lee droid 2.4 but my phone keeps looping from the start
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I cannot find rcmixs hboot. Only recommend one for this rom, which is cm7. You flashed this one? If, you cannot restore leedroid rom, because the /system partition of cm7 hboot is to small. If not, wright partition sizes of your hboot here.
Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App

sorry guys cant really follow
what you are suggesting?
right now i cant flash anything

Reformat your SD Card, make FAT32 partition + 1GB EXT4 partition. (backup data if you have important files on SD)
Full wipe/Factory reset + Cache wipe.
Download RCMixS_v2.0_A2SD+_BravoHboot.zip if you have Stock HBOOT or RCMixS_v2.0_A2SD_CM7Hboot.zip if you flashed CM7 HBOOT earlier and put it on SD Card.
Flash it, and wait... it takes a bit longer on first boot!
Enjoy.

if i dont want to flash rcmix and want to go back to my old lee droid rom, i have to do all these things you describe?

Yes you need, but just flash LeeDroid ROM instead of RcMix.
You need to do the rest tho because LeeDroid require 512MB+ EXT2/3/4 partition too for A2SD.
Btw. you need to repartition your SD card only once, then you just wipe and flash other ROM if you want, but EXT partition is mandatory!

repartitioning using which method?
g parted or through windows?
sorry for all the questions

theo.as said:
repartitioning using which method?
g parted or through windows?
sorry for all the questions
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GParted. With windows you cannot create an ext partition, because ext is a linux file system. But i would always use gparted or recovery of phone to partition sd card and never windows.

If U dont wanna use Gparted, then
use "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" in windows. (freeware-use google)
Can make all partitions, with no problems!

thanks very much guys
just finished
everything as before
followed your direction and i am back to business

Will this work for partitioning htc desire in windows. Tried Gparted but for some reason it wasn't working for me on boot.

[Q] Can anyone please suggest or help on what to do in my situation?

I recently followed the video noob guide on rooting my desire and installed the Leedroid 3.0.7 rom.
Everything was working perfectly until recently my phone started to freeze and the only option was to remove the battery to switch it off. This kept on occurring more and more often and now it refuses to go past the splash screen. It is just stuck there until the battery dies.
The bios works so i went there wiped data/factory settings, wiped cache and dalvik cache and installed the newer leedroid 3.0.8 rom. It installed without errors but still after reboot doesn't go past the splash screen.
Does this mean it's bricked? and what can i do make it work again?
More info:
It's the amoled unbranded htc desire.
I did all the steps in the noob proof guide here on xda including the custom splash screen.
Bios info:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT - 0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO - 5.11.02.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

Did you follow the steps and create an EXT3 partition on your SD card and align it before flashing the ROM?

I have a 4gb card, i created a 3gb fat32 partition and a EXT4 1gb partition
basicly everything was done 100% same as in that guide

The first page of the 3.0.8.2 LeeDroid ROM says to use and EXT3. It probably doesn't recognize EXT4 partitions. I'd start with re-formatting your card, aligning the partition then flashing the ROM again.

thnx i will try that

I need a working phone to use gparted, don't I? I can't enable usb mode from bios or anything

P.S. If i use my friends xperia with my sd card in gparted will the partition work later on my desire? thnks

figure099 said:
I need a working phone to use gparted, don't I? I can't enable usb mode from bios or anything
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no you dont need a working phone to use gparted. if u can or want to, connect your sdcard via usb or some sort and use gparted to partition it.
if i were you, i'd flash AmonRA recovery. you'll be able to partition your sdcard and format it to ext2/3/4. no need to connect to pc to partition it. hassle free.

well i got a card reader made an ext3 1gb partition, still same problem when it doesn't go past the splash screen. tried leedroid and reflex s roms.
any suggestions?
how do i go back to stock from this point?

If I were you I'd try a different ROM. THE absolute most stable, most worked at, and most widely used is Cyanogenmod, and personally I have never had any issues with that. It is an AOSP (Android Open Source Project) ROM, so you don't get HTC Sense, but you do get a lot more in speed etc.
If you're looking for a good sense ROM, I'd recommend RCMixS, or Cool Sensation V6 (If you don't mind your phone being a little slow for looks etc.)

[Q] Problems Installing InsertCoin - Stuck on S-Off Screen. Run Out of Ideas!

Hi All,
I've been on here trying to sort this out for hours (I should really be asleep now!) and I've looked through hundreds of posts, webpages etc. and I can't find my answer and I'm losing the will to live!
I've only just started rooting my Desire, because if I'm honest I had no real reason to swap from the stock and Android scares me! When I had my TouchPro, I had a different rom on that every day!
Anyway, I had the MIUI rom, and I didn't like it, so I was trying to look for something better and stumbled on a few (had Oxygen, Villian and RCMix), but the one I liked was InsertCoin. So I did the everything the tutorials and posts said but I can't get passed the the S-OFF screen.
Here is what the my phone says when it's in HBOOT:
AlphaRev CM7 r2
Bravo PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:10
I have formatted my SD to (16GB) so 1.16GB is EXT2 and the rest is FAT32. There's nothing else on there other than the .zip
I read somewhere else that CWM needed to be a newer version, so I just put on 3.0.0.5 and then tried to install again, but that didn't help. I've wiped the data, dalvik cache and cache partition so many times!
When it installs, it doesn't seem to take very long, but it comes up with the "fingers crossed" at the end which seems to suggest it worked, but nothing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't think of anything else, nor can I find any other information on what else I could try.
Thank you in advance

1)have you downloaded the correct rom?? i.e. the rom for Cm7/r2 hboot???
2)how did you partition the memory card??
the right way is first fat32 partition and after that remaining for ext3 or 4..try formatting in ext3 or 4
3)wipe everything not just dalvik cache and cache partition if coming from another rom
4)first boot takes a lot of time approx 15-20 mins..did u wait that long for rom to boot up??
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Thank you for your quick reply
lordvoldemort said:
1)have you downloaded the correct rom?? i.e. the rom for Cm7/r2 hboot???
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I downloaded InsertCoin Sense 2.1 CM7 1.1.3 from http://insertcoin-roms.org/htc-desire/download.
lordvoldemort said:
2)how did you partition the memory card?? the right way is first fat32 partition and after that remaining for ext3 or 4..try formatting in ext3 or 4
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I did it on my computer (XP) using EASEUS Partition. I did the FAT32 first and then the rest in EXT3. I didn't have an option for 4. I will get another program and try that.
lordvoldemort said:
3)wipe everything not just dalvik cache and cache partition if coming from another rom
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I did all of them.
lordvoldemort said:
4)first boot takes a lot of time approx 15-20 mins..did u wait that long for rom to boot up??
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I've started the phone again, just to leave it for 15-20 minutes to see if it'll work now. It's been 7 minutes and still on the WSS screen.

I wouldn't trust Windows partition tools that claim to format EXT partitions (such as minitool partition wizard). Either format the SD card from recovery or use GParted from a Linux boot disk. Also, you did partition both sectors as 'primary' partitions I hope? Sorry, just trying to think of ideas and the EXT partition is the most likely culprit I can think of provided you did a full wipe beforehand.

Convert your ext2 in ext3 or ext4. Might help.
SwiftKeyed from dGB using Transparent XDA App

Thanks for the reply
Parva4 said:
I wouldn't trust Windows partition tools that claim to format EXT partitions (such as minitool partition wizard). Either format the SD card from recovery or use GParted from a Linux boot disk. Also, you did partition both sectors as 'primary' partitions I hope?
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I did read somewhere (on here I think) that partitioning from recovery on CWM (can't remember the version) bricks phones.
Parva4 said:
Sorry, just trying to think of ideas and the EXT partition is the most likely culprit I can think of provided you did a full wipe beforehand.
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When you say "full wipe" - do you mean going through all the options in recovery? Like 'Wipe data/factory reset', 'wipe cache partition' and 'wipe dalvik cache' - because I did all that and still no luck.
When you say it's fine to partition in recovery, then I'll try that. I'm not smart enough to use Gparted!

GreenSaints said:
Thanks for the reply
I did read somewhere (on here I think) that partitioning from recovery on CWM (can't remember the version) bricks phones.
When you say "full wipe" - do you mean going through all the options in recovery? Like 'Wipe data/factory reset', 'wipe cache partition' and 'wipe dalvik cache' - because I did all that and still no luck.
When you say it's fine to partition in recovery, then I'll try that. I'm not smart enough to use Gparted!
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Yes,your wiping procedure is correct..Afaik these sense 2.1 roms run better on EXT3 or 4o.. Easues does not support ext4..Even I use to partition using that..USe Gparted.....I guess it should work..verify checksum of the downloaded zip file..Incase it might be a corrupt download

I did the partitioning through GPart thanks to this tutorial http://android.modaco.com/topic/293461-how-to-partition-sdcard/
When I copy the .zip file across from my computer, I normally do it through a card reader, but this time I've mounted USB storage through recovery to see if that makes any difference. Just dragging it across is ok?
It's installing yet again, so fingers crossed (again!)

IT'S WORKING! I'm up to the Insert Coin screen anyway, so it's better than seeing the Joker's face over and over and over and over!
I guess it'll be 15-20 minutes from now?
Thanks for all your help - super happy

It's working! It took only about 5 minutes to start from the Insert Coin load screen.
But I haven't got the 'cube' style scrolling like this video shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FeZJ0ktSrw
How do I get that please?
Then, that'll be my last question, promise!

GreenSaints said:
It's working! It took only about 5 minutes to start from the Insert Coin load screen.
But I haven't got the 'cube' style scrolling like this video shows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FeZJ0ktSrw
How do I get that please?
Then, that'll be my last question, promise!
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you can ask as many questions as you want dude!! afterall knowledge spreads through sharing...there may be four possibilities
1)That ROM in a video is a 3D ROM you need to install ROMs like [Cool3D Sense 3.0][19 Sep]Cool3D AceS v3 |Android 2.3.5|FAST|STABLE|STOCK|CM7/r2 or AceMod007 3D ROM
2)your animations may be off,if yes..go to Settings---Display---Animations---All animations..
3)Developer may have removed the 3D feature from the ROM
4)It may be another ROM by same developer
According to me the ROM you downloaded does not have 3D home-screen
IMHO don't go for ROM with 3D home-screen cause it has proved a little laggy for me..although ROMS with sense 2.1+3.0 work great..I am using AceMod007 v37 (sense 2.1+3.0)it has worked like a charm for me so far..InsertCoin is also nice ROm..Tried both...
Hope you enjoy the ROMS

Hey,
Thanks for the reply.
As I did a bit of searching - I think they were using Launch Pro, which I installed and then quickly removed!
I'm finally happy

[Q] Rooted my desire... flashing a ROM?

Hi all. This is my first post so if it’s in the wrong section or anything please let me know!
So, my contract (finally) ran out with Orange UK and I bit the bullet and rooted my HTC Desire. I was a complete noob to it when I started so I followed what seemed to be the easiest method. I used the Revolutionary method and installed Clockworkmod as it offers at the end of the process. Then I installed the rooted version of stock Gingerbread (2.3.3).
For the sake of clarity, here’s all the info of my phone as it stands:
Model Number: HTC Desire A8181
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.10-g3f43272
[email protected] #1
Tue Jun 14 21:11:23 CST 2011
Build Number: 3.14.405.1 CL96875 release-keys
Software Number: 3.14.405.1
Browser Version: WebKit/533.1
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT: 6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL: SYNW0101
RADIO: 5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
RECOVERY: Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4
My question is where to go now. The main reason I rooted (I guess as with most Desire owners) was so I could gain more storage space. I’ve read about repartitioning the SD card which I will probably go for in the long run, but I wanted to try flashing a custom ROM first just to get a feel for things. Would flashing a custom ROM free up some memory in itself, due to losing the HTC stock apps and sense UI, etc?
Can anyone recommend a light ROM that would work with the version of HBOOT and CWM I have? I’ve looked at Oxygen which is supposed to be a very light Gingerbread based ROM? Does flashing a ROM require me to format my SD card or factory reset first, etc?
Any recommendations and pointers toward the process involved would be great!

greenstarthree said:
Hi all. This is my first post so if it’s in the wrong section or anything please let me know!
So, my contract (finally) ran out with Orange UK and I bit the bullet and rooted my HTC Desire. I was a complete noob to it when I started so I followed what seemed to be the easiest method. I used the Revolutionary method and installed Clockworkmod as it offers at the end of the process. Then I installed the rooted version of stock Gingerbread (2.3.3).
For the sake of clarity, here’s all the info of my phone as it stands:
Model Number: HTC Desire A8181
Android Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.10-g3f43272
[email protected] #1
Tue Jun 14 21:11:23 CST 2011
Build Number: 3.14.405.1 CL96875 release-keys
Software Number: 3.14.405.1
Browser Version: WebKit/533.1
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT: 6.93.1002
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL: SYNW0101
RADIO: 5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
RECOVERY: Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4
My question is where to go now. The main reason I rooted (I guess as with most Desire owners) was so I could gain more storage space. I’ve read about repartitioning the SD card which I will probably go for in the long run, but I wanted to try flashing a custom ROM first just to get a feel for things. Would flashing a custom ROM free up some memory in itself, due to losing the HTC stock apps and sense UI, etc?
Can anyone recommend a light ROM that would work with the version of HBOOT and CWM I have? I’ve looked at Oxygen which is supposed to be a very light Gingerbread based ROM? Does flashing a ROM require me to format my SD card or factory reset first, etc?
Any recommendations and pointers toward the process involved would be great!
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Install 4ext recovery. (4ext.net)
Partition your sd-card (Back it up first) 1gb ext, and skip the rest.
Install a rom that uses any a2sd type script.
Or install mounts2sd, and enable stuff from terminal.
Light roms: Mildwild, Cyanogenmod 7, Redux
To flash a rom: Factory data reset +Wipe cache+ wipe dalvik cache
No need to wipe sd-card.

Installing above ROM's is not a best idea with Stock HBOOT which you have.
To use them flash a cm7r2 hboot or look for something else. (or you'll just waste loads of internal memory)
Try this one for example if you interested in Sense 2.1/3.0 (A2SD version for your hboot, make sure you partitioned your SD with 4ext recovery) - http://revolutionrom.com/
Do some reading ADB/Fastboot guides, once you'll understand flashing hboots it's a cake, takes like 10secs and you're setup for any ROM's out there.

Hi guys, thanks for the replies.
So if I understand it right, I'd need to flash the HBOOT to use a ROM such as Cyanogenmod (but could use my current Clockworkmod recovery), but to use Revolution ROM, I have to flash to 4EXT Recovery and partition the SD?
Would I flash 4EXT recovery first (with my stock HBOOT and ROM), then partition the SD card, then install Revolution ROM?

You can do that.
Sent from my toaster

greenstarthree said:
Hi guys, thanks for the replies.
So if I understand it right, I'd need to flash the HBOOT to use a ROM such as Cyanogenmod (but could use my current Clockworkmod recovery), but to use Revolution ROM, I have to flash to 4EXT Recovery and partition the SD?
Would I flash 4EXT recovery first (with my stock HBOOT and ROM), then partition the SD card, then install Revolution ROM?
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#1 If you wont flash required hboot, it will work too but you'll waste about 150Mb internal memory in this case.
#2 4ext is not requirement for anything, it's just better recovery and you can partition SD card with it. (partitioning in CWM usually doesn't work properly)

Ok, I think (since I would in the long run anyway) ill try flash 4ext recovery and then give the Revolution ROM a go.
However I just turned on my PC to find my graphics card has died so apologies if my replies are erratic!
In the meantime, does 4ext recovery partition the SD card from the recovery on the phone itself? Does it format the SD in the process?
Thanks again
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

greenstarthree said:
Ok, I think (since I would in the long run anyway) ill try flash 4ext recovery and then give the Revolution ROM a go.
However I just turned on my PC to find my graphics card has died so apologies if my replies are erratic!
In the meantime, does 4ext recovery partition the SD card from the recovery on the phone itself? Does it format the SD in the process?
Thanks again
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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Yes, partitioning happens from the recovery, and yes, data on the sd card will be lost since it's being reformatted. Also, if you flash a new ROM, your apps will be gone, so it's mainly a good idea to back them up with an app such as Titanium Backup or MyBackup and restore them to your new rom.

And dont forget to make a Nandroid backup in recovery before u start flashing anything.
Then copy it to ur computer before u format the sd card.

R.ik said:
Yes, partitioning happens from the recovery, and yes, data on the sd card will be lost since it's being reformatted. Also, if you flash a new ROM, your apps will be gone, so it's mainly a good idea to back them up with an app such as Titanium Backup or MyBackup and restore them to your new rom.
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You can choose to not format FAT (windows) partition, in that case your data on the sd card will be untouched. (but you should backup it anyways, just in case)
Also you dont need to "flash" 4ext recovery, you just download the 4ext application and it will do the rest.

k3lcior said:
You can choose to not format FAT (windows) partition, in that case your data on the sd card will be untouched. (but you should backup it anyways, just in case)
Also you dont need to "flash" 4ext recovery, you just download the 4ext application and it will do the rest.
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Hmm... I downloaded the 4Ext Recovery.apk and tried to use it, but when I hit "Online Install/Upgrade" I get a message saying BusyBox could not be found. So I downloaded BusyBox from the market and tried again, same message.
I opened the BusyBox app and it gives me a message that it was denied SuperUser access, even though I set the "default action" in SuperUser to Allow.
I'm using SuperUser version 3.1.3 (46) and su binary v3.1.1 (17), both of which are as far as i can tell the latest?
Thanks!

open the superuser app and change the permission for busybox from denied to allowed, see if that works
Sent from my HTC Desire

indefinitely ckaygr
Got there in the end!
I did some uninstalling / reinstalling but what seemed to work was setting Super User's default action to "Prompt", then clicking allow at the time the app requested access. Perhaps something was wrong with SuperUser's auto allow setting. In any case I Smart Installed BusyBox and then installed 4Ext, ran the flash from the app and all fine.
So, my next step would be to make a full backup from withing 4Ext recovery (is that what's called a 'nandroid' backup?), plus copy the contents of my SD card to a PC for safe keeping, before I look at partitioning the SD?
With regards to formatting the SD, I don't have all that many apps installed (I couldn't because of low internal memory!) so I'm up for formatting it if that would work better?
What I'm not sure about is, if I partition and format the SD card, presumably that will stop me booting into my current ROM? If I manage to partition successfully, would I then switch the phone off, put the SD card in my PC, copy the Revolution ROM zip file to the root of the SD, boot back into recovery and install the ROM?
Sorry for being a rambling noob!
Thanks again,

greenstarthree said:
Got there in the end!
I did some uninstalling / reinstalling but what seemed to work was setting Super User's default action to "Prompt", then clicking allow at the time the app requested access. Perhaps something was wrong with SuperUser's auto allow setting. In any case I Smart Installed BusyBox and then installed 4Ext, ran the flash from the app and all fine.
So, my next step would be to make a full backup from withing 4Ext recovery (is that what's called a 'nandroid' backup?), plus copy the contents of my SD card to a PC for safe keeping, before I look at partitioning the SD?
With regards to formatting the SD, I don't have all that many apps installed (I couldn't because of low internal memory!) so I'm up for formatting it if that would work better?
What I'm not sure about is, if I partition and format the SD card, presumably that will stop me booting into my current ROM? If I manage to partition successfully, would I then switch the phone off, put the SD card in my PC, copy the Revolution ROM zip file to the root of the SD, boot back into recovery and install the ROM?
Sorry for being a rambling noob!
Thanks again,
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Just install 4ext, nandroid backup, backup sd content to hdd, partition it with 1GB ext3 or ext4 (doesn't matter if you decide to format FAT partition), then do full wipe (data, cache+dalvik, system, boot), put the rom.zip on SD and flash it.
If you formatted SD now you can also copy back the music, pics etc. back on your SD.

k3lcior said:
Just install 4ext, nandroid backup, backup sd content to hdd, partition it with 1GB ext3 or ext4 (doesn't matter if you decide to format FAT partition), then do full wipe (data, cache+dalvik, system, boot), put the rom.zip on SD and flash it.
If you formatted SD now you can also copy back the music, pics etc. back on your SD.
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Ok so I made a nandroid backup and then copied the entire SD to my PC. I'm currently downloading the A2SD+ version of RevolutionROM.
Just a couple of (probably silly) questions:
1. I've not read about wiping boot before, presume this won't affect HBOOT or Recovery?
2. Once I've partitioned and assuming I do format the FAT partition, how do I then get the ROM.zip onto the SD? Will I be able to power off the phone after partitioning, remove SD card, copy from PC, put back in then boot into recovery again without a problem?
Cheers

greenstarthree said:
Ok so I made a nandroid backup and then copied the entire SD to my PC. I'm currently downloading the A2SD+ version of RevolutionROM.
Just a couple of (probably silly) questions:
1. I've not read about wiping boot before, presume this won't affect HBOOT or Recovery?
2. Once I've partitioned and assuming I do format the FAT partition, how do I then get the ROM.zip onto the SD? Will I be able to power off the phone after partitioning, remove SD card, copy from PC, put back in then boot into recovery again without a problem?
Cheers
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1. No it wont affect.
2. You can mount USB storage from recovery and copy files from there.

Sorted!
Writing this from the xda developers app installed on my Desire running revolution ROM.
Massive thanks to you all for your help getting me here! Could I just ask, how do I manage the apps and their caches/data? Do I need to use App2SD anymore or are they automatically using the newly created EXT4 partition?
When I go to manage applications, the phone still only shows around 134MB remaining?
Thank you so much again!
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

Well if you want more space for apps, another step would be flashing hboot appropriate for ROM, most of them supports cm7r2 hboot which has nearly twice more internal memory reserved for apps.
With cm7r2 hboot i would recommend trying some AOSP ROM's as they are much smaller and fits nicely.
For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1453287&page=379 (it's easy to settle with as it's automatically moving apps/dalvik to ext partition, dont need to setup any a2sd scripts)
Or any other AOSP rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
Just keep looking for something that you'll like.

Ah, so I might have misunderstood, I thought partitioning the SD card would cause Revolution ROM to read the 1GB EXT4 partition as internal memory. Or that I would have a function to move app and dalvik from within the ROM? Is that not the case or is it just a manual process to move them?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

Sorry, just noticed something strange:
When I booted into 4EXT recovery, I got this message:
Recovery is in safe mode. This is because the following partition is not accessible: "system"
Please enter the wipe menu and format system! If you changed hboot you should choose to format all partitions (except sdcard).
Afterwards please reboot recovery.
I thought something had gone wrong in the install of Revolution ROM yesterday, so I re-did everything (formatted all partitions, formatted SD FAT32, re-partitioned SD card). After a reboot the message was gone, so I re-installed Revolution ROM, which started ok. But then I rebooted to recovery and the message was back!
The recovery itself seems to work ok, but what would the reason for this message be??

[Q] flashing a new ROM, HTC reboots all the time

Hi,
i have flashed many ROMS until now on my HTC Desire.
But now I have a problem.
I wanted to go back to an fast and stable ROM, so I selected:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426339
this one.
I formatted my SD card, with an fat32 partition and 1GB ext4 partition.
cleared all the cache (dalvik too)
Installed the ROM.
The installation complets, and says, you must reboot your phone, the first time it will spend 10-15 minutes.
I am waiting now about 30 minutes the second time I installed it
But its always rebooting to the HTC Flash Screen.
I am on HBOOT 80.000
an S-ON
with the newest radio on it.
i'll take the stock Rom, not the data rom.
Whats wrong?
Can you help me?
Thanks in advance. (I wanted to post in the thread of the ROM, but i havent the privilege to do that)
cheers

you need to full wipe, not just wipe caches
you are still s-on, so assume you are on clockworkmod recovery. use the wipe data/factory reset option at a minimum. then go to advanced and wipe cache and dalvik anyway, no harm.
this completely formats the whole device, you currently have bits of different ROMs installed which is why it doesn't boot.
if you want, it is better to s-off, then you can switch hboot and use data++ version of that rom for more app space.
for s-off, search for guides, I think you'll have to upgrade to stock RUU rom as your current hboot version is not supported.

eddiehk6 said:
you need to full wipe, not just wipe caches
you are still s-on, so assume you are on clockworkmod recovery. use the wipe data/factory reset option at a minimum. then go to advanced and wipe cache and dalvik anyway, no harm.
this completely formats the whole device, you currently have bits of different ROMs installed which is why it doesn't boot.
if you want, it is better to s-off, then you can switch hboot and use data++ version of that rom for more app space.
for s-off, search for guides, I think you'll have to upgrade to stock RUU rom as your current hboot version is not supported.
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sorry, I forgot, i already have wiped data/factory,
I wiped all possibilitys
Thanks for your quick response!
before i do the s-off, i want to check the rom in s-on mode.

Did you partition your sdcard using clockworkmod recovery or minitool partition wizard? If so, these are not recommended methods as they create bad partitions for desire.
Use gparted to completely format the sdcard and recreate the partitions, search for good guide in general section.
If you were s-off you could flash 4ext recovery which makes good partitions easily.

eddiehk6 said:
Did you partition your sdcard using clockworkmod recovery or minitool partition wizard? If so, these are not recommended methods as they create bad partitions for desire.
Use gparted to completely format the sdcard and recreate the partitions, search for good guide in general section.
If you were s-off you could flash 4ext recovery which makes good partitions easily.
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i've did it with gparted on an linux laptop,
Its an 8GB SDCard, at first i have the ca. 7GB FAT32 partition, and behind the ca. 1GB ext4 partition.
I deleted the hole card before i formatted it.

kexxek said:
i've did it with gparted on an linux laptop,
Its an 8GB SDCard, at first i have the ca. 7GB FAT32 partition, and behind the ca. 1GB ext4 partition.
I deleted the hole card before i formatted it.
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as long as the partitions are done correctly (both primary partitions), then i'm not sure why it's not installing.
try downloading the rom.zip again, check the md5 sum before flashing, details given in the first post of the thread.
full wipe and try again.
eventually i still recommend you s-off, but yeh try and get this to install first.

eddiehk6 said:
as long as the partitions are done correctly (both primary partitions), then i'm not sure why it's not installing.
try downloading the rom.zip again, check the md5 sum before flashing, details given in the first post of the thread.
full wipe and try again.
eventually i still recommend you s-off, but yeh try and get this to install first.
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i've did it again, but nothing works!
same problem again...
i have downloaded the rom again, checked MD5.
deleted the hole SD Card and formatted it again with fat32 an ext4 (both primary partitions)
deleted all the cache, data, factory reset
installed the ROM, it installed "successfully"
But when I reboot, the desire is rebooting all the time to the HTC logo.
Whats wrong?
Is the ROM incompatible with my phone?

kexxek said:
i've did it again, but nothing works!
same problem again...
i have downloaded the rom again, checked MD5.
deleted the hole SD Card and formatted it again with fat32 an ext4 (both primary partitions)
deleted all the cache, data, factory reset
installed the ROM, it installed "successfully"
But when I reboot, the desire is rebooting all the time to the HTC logo.
Whats wrong?
Is the ROM incompatible with my phone?
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to be honest i'm running out of ideas! you appear to have done all the steps correctly as far as I can see...
in the OP, it says "If you get problems with a flash, try to mount sd-ext in recovery before flash" but not sure if this will make a difference, might as well try, should be an option within clockworkmod.
you say you have flashed many ROMs, which ones? out of interest, when you switch off your phone and volume down + power, what does it say at the top of your bootloader screen?

eddiehk6 said:
to be honest i'm running out of ideas! you appear to have done all the steps correctly as far as I can see...
in the OP, it says "If you get problems with a flash, try to mount sd-ext in recovery before flash" but not sure if this will make a difference, might as well try, should be an option within clockworkmod.
you say you have flashed many ROMs, which ones? out of interest, when you switch off your phone and volume down + power, what does it say at the top of your bootloader screen?
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Oh i cant remember them all. My last one was an "stable" ice cream ROM, but this is too slow for me.
Now i just want a phone, which doesnt lag if i just want to call a number or write a sms.
I dont need the features in the newer ROMs!
Just want my desire working fast and stable!
The bootloader screen displayed:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.80.0000
MICROP-031d
TOUCH-PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Mar 29 2010,21:34:33
and in the RECOVERY:
psfMod 0.9.7.2
i will try to mount sd-ext in the Recovery now...
so long..Thank you so much for your help :fingers-crossed:
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nope, no difference with mountin sd-ext
*edit2*
before trying to flash the new ROM i have xmiui installed.

kexxek said:
Oh i cant remember them all. My last one was an "stable" ice cream ROM, but this is too slow for me.
Now i just want a phone, which doesnt lag if i just want to call a number or write a sms.
I dont need the features in the newer ROMs!
Just want my desire working fast and stable!
The bootloader screen displayed:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.80.0000
MICROP-031d
TOUCH-PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Mar 29 2010,21:34:33
and in the RECOVERY:
psfMod 0.9.7.2
i will try to mount sd-ext in the Recovery now...
so long..Thank you so much for your help :fingers-crossed:
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nope, no difference with mountin sd-ext
*edit2*
before trying to flash the new ROM i have xmiui installed.
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i've run out of ideas to be honest, still looks like everything is set up correctly before flashing...and yet some other roms work fine.
last resort, assuming you have a nandroid backup and titanium backup of apps etc:
- flash 2.3.3 RUU to get it back to full stock
- s-off with revolutionary
- flash 4ext recovery, i recommend using fastboot
- (optional) change hboot to oxygenR2, again using fastboot
- full wipe again, and flash data++ version of rom.
at worst, if this rom still doesnt install, you'll still be s-off, so more flexbile flashing other roms.