Hi,
I have an htc desire with recovery RA_Desire 2.0 and radio 5.11.05.27.
I was trying to install the rom found in the post below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833310
I have the ext partitions, wipe everything i can wipe and then flash the zip file.
The flashing has no problems.
The rebooting has. In fact, it loops on the first white htc screen.
Did anybody encounter a similar problem?
More, i can't run the script attached in that post to unistall apps from the main rom.
Thanks a lot
Hi and welcome to xda,
I haven't been stuck in a boot loop myself, but from what I have heard you should either flash another rom, reflash the current or flash the stock rom, some people have reported that they had the problem if they had a swap partition on their sd card, that would be worth checking as well, hope this helps
Bootloops are a pain sometimes but they happen rarely or if you do something wrong. Just a simple flash and check that everything is setup fine (if your using something like A2SD) and flash. Should be ok by the time you reboot.
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I was trying to flash defrost ROM but after the flash it just stucks at the HTC logo, I leaved it for about an half an hour but no difference. Then I restored my nandroid backup and it worked fine again. Then I tried flashing a few other Roms too, none of them work EXCEPT untouched and just-rooted sense ROMs. I tried both sense and non-sense based ROMs, same result. I've upgraded my radio once to which I think is the latest. I tried restoring an old nandroid backup which was native-htc 2.1 and flashing eclair there didn't help either. I ALWAYS did a full wipe before flashing.
It's an rooted amoled-desire.
What should I do?
Big thanks in advance, zlayaa
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try installing this rom its worked fine for me every time rom then radio then reboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741661
What happens when a rom has finished installing (what does it say?) or does it not get that far?
Hello! Thanks for the tips, I first did a full wipe. Then I flashed DeLite through Recovery (Power + Rocker Down, then Recovery and Install from Zip in the black-green custom recovery screen). I got this output:
Installing: SCARD:FroyoDelite_1.1_Odexed.zip
Finding update package..
Opening update package..
Installing update..
Welcome to Froyo Delite 1.1!
Verifying current system..
Clearing /system..
Unpacking new files
Symlinks and permissions..
Installing busybox..
Patching boot image..
Install from sdcard complete
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Then I flashed the radio file, got this output:
Installing SDCARD:Radio......
Finding update package..
Opening update package..
Installing update..
Extracting radio image..
Installation complete.
Reboot via menu to complete installation.
Install from sdcard complete.
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After the flash I went back and hit restart, it completed the radio flashing and rebooted. Then it once again stuck at HTC logo for 20 minutes until I pulled the radio. I tried flashing OpenDesire with the latest Radio and the same result.
I am having the exact same problem. Have tried flashing many roms and radios while wiping before each flash and every one freezes at the white htc screen after reboot. Only thing that works is restoring my original nandroid backup. Any help would be appreciated!
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(how long time do you need to wait to be allowed to bump?)
try downloading rom manager from the market and try it that way, could be that your update.zip is screwed
I tried using the flash method in ROM Manager, no difference. I haven't renamed it to update.zip, I've always used flash zip file method in clockwork recovery. Does that make any difference?
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Hy all.
I'm experiencing the same kind of problem than yours, EXCEPT for ModacoCustomROMs : I successfully flashed MCR8 and then MCR9 ROM.
But, for any other Custom ROM, I get stuck in the HTC green logo screen, and never come to the animated boot screen, or, in some cases, I come to the animated boot screen, but enter in an infinite boot loop.
I discovered that I have two "bad blocks" in the /data partition, but do not know whether it could come from that (in recovery mode, I mount /data, and then, type the following command
Code:
adb shell dmesg|grep bad
and get the following message
Code:
[xxxxxxx]block 643 is bad
[xxxxxxx]block 727 is bad
I perhaps have also bad blocks in the boot partition, but do not know how to check ...
Hey! Thanks for the tip, I flashed the Modaco ROM and it worked fine! How do I check my system for the bad blocks?
I'm happy now though, I was mainly looking for a ROM which was de-odexed and had some simple mods. But it'd be interesting to know why this is happening!
EDIT: I missed that you described the commands, I'll try it and tell you the output
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I've now checked the phone with the command and I got no output, so I guess I don't have any bad blocks.
I've tried to flash MiUI but it failed too! I'd really like to get this to work so I'd appreciate all help, big as small; and because I'm fairly new to android so I'm not sure what info I should provide either, I understand that it can be very hard for you guys to debug this.
Thanks in advance. Zlayaa
Edit: I saw an option in ROM Manager, Fix permissions, and i tried it. After that I flashed miui and it worked!
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This might work for all of you
This is if you still want to run on Defrost.
WAIT, BEFORE YOU START, CREATE A GOLDCARD. IT IS VERY NECESSARY. THINGS WILL GO WRONG IF YOU DONT.
EDIT: YOU MUST BE ABLE TO BOOT GO TO THE BOOTLOADER MENU.
Firstly, download this file. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13240777/Desire Downgrade.ZIP
Extract the files.
Run the win-down.bat file.
Follow on screen instructions.
After the process is completed, Head to the root of your SD card and check if there is a file named P99***IMG (FORGOT THE EXACT NAME BUT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THIS) there should be one.
Secondly, disconnect your phone and turn it off.
After that boot up your phone while pressing the volume down button and the power button.
The bootloader should be checking for files after awhile and once it found the file that is supposed to be in the root of your sd card, press the volume up button (NOT EXACTLY SURE, SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT SAYS YES AND CONTINUE)
It should be writing files to your phone. and replaces everything. E.G: HBOOT, RECOVERY,RADIO and such.
It should be writing files successfully and then it would ask you to reboot. Continue with the reboot and you should be having your Desire back to stock. Perfect.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE RISKS INVOLVED LIKE FAILURE OF WRITING TO THE HBOOT. PLEASE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. MAINLY, DO NOT BLAME ME FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG.
FINALLY, YOU SHOULD BE READING EVERYTHING UP TO HERE AND THAT YOU MUST HAVE A GOLDCARD (A GOLD SD CARD)
Hope this helps you and please ask if you have further questions. PM me if the questions cannot be answered here. Good Luck
Big thanks! This seems to have fixed my problems!
hi
I´ve rooted and flashed my desire several times. rooted with unrevoked3 everytime and tried different roms like leedroid 2.2d, 2.2 f and rcmixhd 0.13. First time i did it i flashed leedroid 2.2d and it worked fine. After 1,5 months running leedroid my phone rebooted due to the overheating problems that 50 % of us suffer from (i rebooted it manually several times during those months and it worked until this day).
It got stuck at the bootupscreen with white background and green HTCtext. couldn´t install RUU via windows, had to grab the PB99IMG.zip onto my SD and boot into bootloader and restore my phone this way. Then i rooted it AGAIN, and flashed rcmixhd 0.13. Success! But only until i rebooted it manually, stuck at bootupscreen again.
I restored the phone from SD with pb99img as earlier. Flashed rcmixhd again and made sure i wiped everything (dalvik, cache, formatted sdcard and created a EXT), success! Until i rebooted my desire...back again.
Now im running stock non-rooted froyo. I´m getting tired of spending the night fixing it but i still want to use senseHD and i like tweaking stuff..
Do any of u guys recognize this problem and what can i do to fix it?
If any of you are from sweden, plz answer in swedish!
Same problem here, the only way i got to install a custom rom was by installing update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip. Then installed a custom rom by using the "Rom Manager" tool.
Downloading and flashing through recovery mode, "No, can do!"
Ok, but "update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip" isn´t that a custom ROM? Did you install that through ROM manager?
And did you flash another ROM on top of it?
Suddenjr said:
Ok, but "update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip" isn´t that a custom ROM? Did you install that through ROM manager?
And did you flash another ROM on top of it?
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yes this is a custom rom, i did a normal flash first to "update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip" (some how that worked???). Then i reflashed through the "ROM manager" tool.
Do you remember to always wipe everything in Recovery before flashing a new rom?
Seems like I always used to have a bootloop or bootfreeze when did not do the proper wipe.
remmyhi said:
Do you remember to always wipe everything in Recovery before flashing a new rom?
Seems like I always used to have a bootloop or bootfreeze when did not do the proper wipe.
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i wiped everything even the Dalvik Cache, didn't help a thing.
Could is be that is has something to do with rom's that are not signed?
I have this same problem now, any possible sollutions?
Perdonally i would suggest to reformat your sd cards and try again. Dont forget to wipe everything.
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Happend to me once or twice.
What to do is, Turn of the phone take out battery do the neccessary wipes and formatting,
root
install clockwork mod from market, go to it and choose install recovery
install rom
install kernel (might affect it somehow)
reboot
Hi all
I have a HTC Desire which I initially rooted using the UnRevoked method. Using Clockworkmod Recovery, I began installing ROMs to my hearts content. Everything was perfect, and I was changing ROMs every few days, testing them out, trying to find the perfect ROM for me, restoring back to the one which was currently my favourite
Later, being a newbie, I discovered that when I try to use ADB to push apps to the phone, I realized my NAND was read only, and my phone was S-ON. I then used AlphaRev HBOOT to S-OFF my phone, and this is where things have taken a turn...
It seems that since I have done the S-OFF, I can install ROMs fine, I can back them up and restore them too, all with no problems or errors during the process. But now it seems that whenever I restore to any backup, when the phone boots up, it gets to the point where the screenlock is visible, and then once I unlock the screen, I seem to get loads of force closes for various apps popping up on the screen and not letting me do anything! I can no longer rely on my Clockworkmod backups anymore
Extra information:
HTC Desire S-OFF via AlphaRev 1.8 HBOOT, CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.8Problem seems to occur with 2 ROMs I tested after S-OFF. Currently running InsertCoin1.8h DHD ROM port, and my last backup of this ROM when restored gave same problem as above. Previously running Oxygen 2.0 RC7, last backup also gave force closes when restored. With the Oxygen ROM, I managed to solve the problem by re-flashing the original ROM zip without wipe, but all my customizations and themes are lost. When I flash any ROM, I always wipe using the "Wipe user data and cache" option, then wipe the Dalvik cache, and then flash. I do the same thing when restoring to any backed up ROM too. My phone is rooted, I have SU permissions, I can push files to /system/app via ADB without any errors, so it is S-OFF. I do not get any problems using the ROMs, they are fast and very fluid, I can install themes and zips cooked in UOT kitchen, other kernels, patches, etc. I have formatted my SD card 3 times, and re-partitioned it each time using ROM manager initially, and later Clockworkmod Recovery 3.0.0.5 (temporarily installed this recovery to create 1GB EXT partition, presumably on EXT4?)
Sorry for the huge dump of information, its just to provide as much information as I can, so to not frustrate anyone kind enough to help me (assuming you are not already frustrated because I asked a complete newbie question with a simple answer!)
Any ideas what the problem can be? I thank anyone in advance and really appreciate any responses
Did you wipe data and cache?
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I (and some other users) had the same problem with the 2.5.1.8 alhpa rev recovery..I solved using the 2.5.0.7 recovery
Did you wipe data and cache?
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Yes, I always do, it is something I am weird about
I (and some other users) had the same problem with the 2.5.1.8 alhpa rev recovery..I solved using the 2.5.0.7 recovery
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Initially I did not install the AlphaRev recovery, and was running 2.5.0.7. I think I still had the same problem, thats why I installed the AlphaRev. But honestly speaking, I cant remember properly, so I cant be sure. I will try other recoveries and post back.
Thanks for the suggestion!
I tried to flash the only pre-rooted 2.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=947481
I was s-off before I flashed this and still am after obviously. The first time I flashed it, it worked no problem. I forgot to back a few apps up, so I formated and restored a nandroid back to 2.1 - still no problems.
I get the data I need and format again, then flash the rom from above. It gets stuck at the white HTC screen every time. I have waited for over 25 minutes and it never does anything. I have made sure to format boot,system,data,cache each time and it won't work.
I have clockwork 2.5.0.9 - I am just sick right now that I'm never going to get this working.
I have also tried a second sdcard with no luck.
I have tried both roms on that page (radio included and radio not included)
Please help... anyone???
Ok..............
so maybe all it takes is a post on xda to fix it!
Just to try something different, after a failed attempt to flash the rom, I went into clockwork and only formated data/factory clear, and then flashed the rom. It worked now! Can someone at least explain what I was doing wrong?
I feel like a noob but coming from the EVO (desire is my GFs phone) I format boot,system, etc before I flash any rom.
As per my first post in that thread, a FULL wipe is needed before flashing the ROM
I had been doing a full wipe before each and every time. It seems like manually wiping each partition one by one doesn't really do anything. I'm not used to clockwork as I run a different recovery on my EVO.
I'm still unsure what happened, and why it worked this time. When it did finally work, I didn't wipe the boot and system partitions before flashing the rom. ???
Am I able to flash a newer clockwork on this bravoC ?
I have a rooted gsm desire with s-off running on the froyo stock rom right now.
Lately, I've downloaded sandvold's beta ICS rom and tried to flash it. I've factory wiped the user data, cache partition and dalvik cache in CWM before that. Also, I have more than 1gb of space available in the sd card, if that is relevant.
The installation finished in less than 30 seconds and ended with "Installation completed". However, when I reboot the phone, I'm still on the original froyo rom.
The same thing happens when I flash the MIUI_AU ICS rom. The installation process takes up less than a minute and I return to the stock rom when I reboot.
Can anyone help?
Hi,
Perhaps it helps if you reinstall the recovery?
Which recovery do you use (clockworkmod?)?
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Do you have the correct hboot with the right partitions?
You should find it in the romthread witch one you need.
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I've switched my to 4ext recovery. I think I've managed to flash the rom but now it pauses at the white boot screen... it's been at the same screen for 10 minutes now.
What partitions do you have on your SD card?
Erm how do I check that?
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with this but when I select "check partition alignment" it says that my fat32 partition isn't perfectly aligned.
It seems that you dont have the needed partitions then.
via xda app
Is there any way I can fix that?
Read the noob guide in Development section. There is also a step about partitioning the SD card. And in the ROM's thread you find the required partition layout.
Apparently I just needed a stock hboot which I got from alpharev.nl. Everything's alright now.
Really gotta read the FAQ clearly and use the serach function more. Thanks!