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[Q] Rooted Desire can't load AmonRa for Nandroid backup

I rooted my Desire using Unrevoked3 which flashed ClockworkMod to my phone. I tried and then failed to make a Nandroid backup. Looking at the error messages I realised that I have a PVT4 / erase size 40,000 model.
So I tried Unrevoked again and tried to flash AmonRa's recovery. I've tried it three times but the phone is still on CWM.
I want to play around with some different ROMS but would like to have a backup first.
What is the best way to get the ability to backup the phone? I have Titanium Backup Pro but understand that doesn't backup the Rom? Or should I just kiss the Rom goodbye and start flashing?

no i meet the same probleme and solved by using this one unrevoked 3.21 then i made a nand backup.
start alpharev to S-OFF and then you shoul be able to flash your recovery with fastboot

do a unroot and try to root your device again coz you have PVT4

nixit said:
I rooted my Desire using Unrevoked3 which flashed ClockworkMod to my phone. I tried and then failed to make a Nandroid backup. Looking at the error messages I realised that I have a PVT4 / erase size 40,000 model.
So I tried Unrevoked again and tried to flash AmonRa's recovery. I've tried it three times but the phone is still on CWM.
I want to play around with some different ROMS but would like to have a backup first.
What is the best way to get the ability to backup the phone? I have Titanium Backup Pro but understand that doesn't backup the Rom? Or should I just kiss the Rom goodbye and start flashing?
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stay on what you have right now if you need a nand backup
i had a similar issue and it was solved by making s-off and then flashing recovery through fastboot "fastboot flash recovery (recovery name).img"

You cant use unrevoked when you are already rooted.
To flash a different recovery, follow this tutorial.
I wouldnt just tell someone to S-Off - there is a chance to brick your phone and unless you really want/need to (flash hboots for example) I wouldnt do it.

Thanks Tillus, this sounds like what I need to do.

So when I followed the instructions to flash_image I get the message that image is not found.
Checking around the place I see that possibly the flash_image command isn't supported in the stock ROM?
Should I use ROM Manager to flash AmonRA?

Hi, you shouldn t try to ash an another recovery while your phones is already rooted and cw on it. As I told I had the same issue. Phone rooted with cmw 2513 but unable to made I nand bkup. I just reload unrevoked which has cmw 2518 and succeed with nand bkup. It s only from that point I started the alpharev hboot. So be caution when using different (cmw or amon ra) recovery. I read lot of ppl bricked their phone doing so.
Sent from my HTC Desire

nixit said:
So when I followed the instructions to flash_image I get the message that image is not found.
Checking around the place I see that possibly the flash_image command isn't supported in the stock ROM?
Should I use ROM Manager to flash AmonRA?
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No you should not since, it will be a fake recovery... Once the phone rebooted, previous recovery would be there.
sorry for spamming , can't edit from xda app
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edit: back to my computer, try with this one unrervoked 3.21 it install cmw 2518 with this one you should be able to nand bkup

fragargon is right, with your PVT4 Desire only certain recoveries work, they are AmonRa 2.0.1 and CWM 2.5.1.8.
There can be problems using unrevoked once you have applied it once and then try to use it a second time to flash a different recovery. Look for an apk called zysploit, uninstall this and try unrevoked again. If that doesn't work, then use fastboot (which is the easiest way to flash a recovery).
I have the same model, and got there in the end
| AmonRa 2.0.1 | PVT4 40000 S-Off Alpharev 1.8| HBoot 0.93.1000 | Radio 5.17.05.08 | LeeDroid 3.0.2 (A2SD) | HTC Desire A8181 | UOT Kitchen Mods |

Great! I unistalled zysploit, then used unrervoked 3.21 to flash AmonRa 2.0.1. And it worked.
I now have a Nandroid backup and so I can embark on my new ROM journey. Thank you ghalalb and fragargon!

Hey good to read this... Have fun
Sent from my HTC Desire

looking for guide

I'm looking for guide step-by-step howto install CM7 on HTC Desire, Phone is not rooted so this need to be done first, also need some guide.
Problem is that phone is PVT4 40000, is there any way to install that CM7, S-OFF nad other stuff without problems?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084

Partially wrong/right.
You have PVT4 so when you root you need to have AmonRA recovery installed instead of CWM recovery (this comes with Unrevoked). Download the Amon recovery and when you run unrevoked, don't plug your phone in. Go into the menu, top left in the program, select custom recovery and select the AmonRA.img file. This will flash the right recovery for you. I should point out just in case that when you have rooted, backup your current rom by going into recovery and going to backup and restore then backup.
S-Off isn't necessary but you can do it. All you do is go to http://alpharev.nl, download the Flash Utility, burn it to CD or USB and boot it in the POST check. Read the stuff on the utility and also follow the instructions on the website.
After you have rooted at least, you can flash CM7 (if your S-Offing then do this after that). Put CM7 on your phone and gapps (links are both in the CM7 thread), then flash CM7. Reboot then flash gapps then your done.

So as I've understood, first CM7 then S-OFF, right?

mesiu84 said:
So as I've understood, first CM7 then S-OFF, right?
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I own a PVT4 Desire as well and what I did was: first root it by Unrevoked, then update Clockworkmod Recovery, S-OFF and CM7. Worked as a charm.

mesiu84 said:
So as I've understood, first CM7 then S-OFF, right?
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Just dont flash any d2ext ROM if you wanna S-OFF, some stock one would be best.
After you S-OFF and change partition table to your preferences, flash the ROM you wanted. ;-)

I've got warning "is your firmware to new?" is there any way to fix this without wiping all data?

fixed by installing once more unrevoked (normal) there were errors when entering recovery, and then I've once more installed unrevoked but this time using amon-ra and all is OK now, so the phone is rooted and S-OFF, tomorrow I will try do nandroid backup and update to CM7

[Q] help!! files cannot be found in clockworkmod recovery.

Hey everyone. I need help here, I am still a noob. Currently I am using a htc desire. i managed to root my desire after setting the install location back to 0. Previously i did what this website ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13557827#post13557827) said, to move my apps to sd since i am still using unrooted stock rom.
Apparently, after rooting, the clockworkmod recovery was not installed properly. it says that some files cannot be found. So i end up rebooting the device.
this is what that is shown in the recovery mode.
clockworkMod Recovery v 2.5.07
E: Can't find MISC:
E: Can't mount CACHE : recovery / command
E: Can't find MISC
E: Can't mount CACHE : recovery / log
E: Can't find MISC:
I tried to update the fake flash for S-ON users from
udK's thread on the clockworkmodrecovery. But the same things as above still appear on the recovery screen. i also downloaded the update.zip file from leedriod and update thru zip from recovery mode. the same thing is shown on the screen. So, Can i still use the clockworkmod recovery to flash custom rom? P.S. i had rooted my desire, the next thing left to do is to S-OFF my desire, partition my sd card and flash the custom rom. What should i do next?
this is the information when i check my hboot version.
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT - 0.93.001
MI CROP - 051d
TOUCH PANEL - SYNW0101
RADIO - 5.09.05.30.2
AUG 10 2010 17:52:18
the software info is as follow:
baseband version 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2
android version
2.2
Kernel version
2.6.32.15-gd96f2c0
[email protected]#1
Build number
2.13.707.2 CL274424 release keys
Software number
2.13.707.2
browser version
webkit 3.1
since i am using a stock rom, previously i had received an update OTA. I can't seem to find any RUU which the software number 2.13.707.2, i can only find 2.13.707.1. Can i use this one in case anything happens? if not, can anyone give me the link to download this RUU?
Thank you for helping!!

Did you try to reformat your SD card to FAT32? I suggest you do so (unix preferred, as windows isn't as tedious) and do a clean install.

Csharpe said:
Did you try to reformat your SD card to FAT32? I suggest you do so (unix preferred, as windows isn't as tedious) and do a clean install.
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no, i have not reformatted my sd card yet. was planning to partition my card after rooting. i was following the [Video Tutorial] Noob Proof Everything Desire Guide UPDATED [04/04/11][Video Tut] to root my hp. currently i stopped after the rooting step since the clockworkmod recovery is not installed properly. what do you mean by clean install??

can i use amon_ra recovery as a custom recovery for unrevoked 3 and use unrevoked 3 to flash the img ? currently my desire is still S-ON. I had downloaded the recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.0 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621 .

dunstan92 said:
can i use amon_ra recovery as a custom recovery for unrevoked 3 and use unrevoked 3 to flash the img ? currently my desire is still S-ON. I had downloaded the recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.0 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621 .
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Yes you can give that a try though, I highly doubt it has to do with the recovery itself as you were able to start CWM.

You have PVT4 device, which means CWM 2.5.0.7 won't work on it. Either use AmonRa 2.0.1 or CWM 3.x.x.x

Csharpe said:
Yes you can give that a try though, I highly doubt it has to do with the recovery itself as you were able to start CWM.
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Thank you. Will update asap
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

davebugyi said:
You have PVT4 device, which means CWM 2.5.0.7 won't work on it. Either use AmonRa 2.0.1 or CWM 3.x.
I tried to update the CWM 3.x.x.x by using recovery via zip file. After that, same thing happen. Smth is missing and the next time I enter into recovery is 2.5.0.7 again .. what should I do ? Currently my software number is 2.13.707.2 , can I flash the RUU with the software number 2.13.707.1 ? Might want to start from scratch again.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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davebugyi said:
You have PVT4 device, which means CWM 2.5.0.7 won't work on it. Either use AmonRa 2.0.1 or CWM 3.x.x.x
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I never experienced problems with that on my PVT4 device. Also has to do with nand alignment?

Csharpe said:
I never experienced problems with that on my PVT4 device. Also has to do with nand alignment?
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But my desire had never been rooted before until yesterday. The only thing I did was changing the install location via pc for unrooted stock Rom. But I did not change the location back when I start to root my desire. After that I change the location back to 0 and the root was successful until the installation of CWM recovery.
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may i ask, can i use a RUU with software 2.13.707.1 to flash over my current 2.13.707.2. my current one is a rooted stock which is stuck halfway due to the CWM recovery's missing file.

I had exactly the same thing about a week ago and in the end used alpharev
created a ISO CD and installed alpharev and cwm that way was really simple
Once it did its trick took about 5min I was s-off and had working clockwork
Google it worked perfect
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Would add I was trying to put a rom on my missus desire
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wakers said:
I had exactly the same thing about a week ago and in the end used alpharev
created a ISO CD and installed alpharev and cwm that way was really simple
Once it did its trick took about 5min I was s-off and had working clockwork
Google it worked perfect
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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oh man. you were like 5 mins late. i had just flashed the RUU successfully and going to start from scratch to root my hp. Nevertheless, thank you very much!

no worries did my head in reading about for literally hours and especially when the Alpharev solution took about 5min

wakers said:
no worries did my head in reading about for literally hours and especially when the Alpharev solution took about 5min
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oh ya.. currently, i had burn the alpharev into my cd. but my computer wouldn't seem to boot from cd. the options i had in my setup is choose priority of hard disc ( which the cd/ dvd rom is not there. and the device to boot from, only has the hard disc and removable device. i chose removable device but nothing happen at all. what can i do ?

If you can't boot into CD then your in a bit of trouble trying to use the CD option ?
Maybe the USB option might work for you, all i had to do on my pc was F12 on boot select cd once the screen went dark plugged my phone in and followed the onscreen instructions really was that simple.
Have you actually shut down the PC rather than restart ?

wakers said:
If you can't boot into CD then your in a bit of trouble trying to use the CD option ?
Maybe the USB option might work for you, all i had to do on my pc was F12 on boot select cd once the screen went dark plugged my phone in and followed the onscreen instructions really was that simple.
Have you actually shut down the PC rather than restart ?
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i guess i overlooked. I managed to go into the boot from cd. guess what? my desire is now running on ledriod 2.4.1. XD may i ask whether should i flash the latest ledriod v3.0.5?

may i ask whether should i flash the latest ledriod v3.0.5?
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Thats up to you, you can always flash back to the 2.4.1.
Personally i think it depends what your after i'm running a GingerBread rom on my desire HD which is pukka good but if battery life is your main priority certainly for the Desire HD the froyo roms still last longer imo, but i can only speak from the DHD perspective as thats the phone i have may be different for the desire...

To avoid later problems flash cwm 3.0.2.8 with fastboot
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Boot loop with HBOOT 2.10.0001 and Radio 2.15.00.11.19

I am trying to unroot Unrevoked Forever and every time I flash a radio that is supported by the S-ON tool I get stuck in a boot loop and can't get into recovery. If I flash a newer radio via PC36IMG then it will get out of the boot loop and let me into recovery. I have tried flashing the rooted 3.70 OTA and downgrading to an old CWM and RA and flashing RA after the radios, none of which seem to work. Here is my bootloader info:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I rooted a long time ago and cannot be sure that I used Unrevoked Forever, however I tried the revolutionary HBOOT fix and it didn't seem to work, so I would assume that I used Unrevoked.

lineman78 said:
I am trying to unroot Unrevoked Forever and every time I flash a radio that is supported by the S-ON tool I get stuck in a boot loop and can't get into recovery. If I flash a newer radio via PC36IMG then it will get out of the boot loop and let me into recovery. I have tried flashing the rooted 3.70 OTA and downgrading to an old CWM and RA and flashing RA after the radios, none of which seem to work. Here is my bootloader info:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-2.10.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-2.15.00.11.19
Oct 15 2010, 12:07:00
I rooted a long time ago and cannot be sure that I used Unrevoked Forever, however I tried the revolutionary HBOOT fix and it didn't seem to work, so I would assume that I used Unrevoked.
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Your current radio is supported by the S-ON tool, so I'm confused. Have you tried just flashing the S-ON tool in recovery?

Captain_Throwback said:
Your current radio is supported by the S-ON tool, so I'm confused. Have you tried just flashing the S-ON tool in recovery?
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I would love to, but it loops at the white evo screen when I try to go to recovery with this radio. I have tried 4 different recovery images including CWM touch, CWM 2.6 and RA. If I update to the Gingerbread radios I can get into recovery but they aren't supported by the S-ON tool.

lineman78 said:
I would love to, but it loops at the white evo screen when I try to go to recovery with this radio. I have tried 4 different recovery images including CWM touch, CWM 2.6 and RA. If I update to the Gingerbread radios I can get into recovery but they aren't supported by the S-ON tool.
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Have you tried pushing a recovery via fastboot? Perhaps your files are corrupted.

teh roxxorz said:
Have you tried pushing a recovery via fastboot? Perhaps your files are corrupted.
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Yes I tried pushing a new version of RA, but like I said when I push the PC36IMG with the 4.22.651 radios I can get into the recovery just fine and also boot just fine, so they aren't corrupted.

lineman78 said:
Yes I tried pushing a new version of RA, but like I said when I push the PC36IMG with the 4.22.651 radios I can get into the recovery just fine and also boot just fine, so they aren't corrupted.
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Have you tried the radio just before .11.19? That SHOULD work as well.

teh roxxorz said:
Have you tried the radio just before .11.19? That SHOULD work as well.
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No such luck... I am now HBOOT 2.02.0000 and RADIO 2.15.00.09.01 and I still get the boot loop trying to get to recovery. I tried going all the way back to Radio 1.36.00.04.02 which ended badly and I got the 5 buzz instead of the single buzz boot loop I get on 11.19 and 09.01. Could there be any reminants of having flashed CM9 or SavagedZen screwing it up even though I flashed 3.70.651.1 deodexed on top. Do I maybe need to make sure that I use a CWM with a Froyo base?

lineman78 said:
No such luck... I am now HBOOT 2.02.0000 and RADIO 2.15.00.09.01 and I still get the boot loop trying to get to recovery. I tried going all the way back to Radio 1.36.00.04.02 which ended badly and I got the 5 buzz instead of the single buzz boot loop I get on 11.19 and 09.01. Could there be any reminants of having flashed CM9 or SavagedZen screwing it up even though I flashed 3.70.651.1 deodexed on top. Do I maybe need to make sure that I use a CWM with a Froyo base?
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Well flashing and wiping with cwm has known issues; amon ra being the recovery of choice. I would flash the original 2.3 amon ra or updated smelkus mod ra > wipe cache and dalvik > flash the .11.19 radio in recovery > reboot > attempt to flash the s-on zip.

teh roxxorz said:
Well flashing and wiping with cwm has known issues; amon ra being the recovery of choice. I would flash the original 2.3 amon ra or updated smelkus mod ra > wipe cache and dalvik > flash the .11.19 radio in recovery > reboot > attempt to flash the s-on zip.
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Finally got it to work with a combination of Amon Ra 2.3; HBOOT 2.02.0000 and Radio 2.15.00.07.21. So I'm not sure what actually fixed it, but it finally worked after almost 24 hours of trying. Thanks for the help.

lineman78 said:
Finally got it to work with a combination of Amon Ra 2.3; HBOOT 2.02.0000 and Radio 2.15.00.07.21. So I'm not sure what actually fixed it, but it finally worked after almost 24 hours of trying. Thanks for the help.
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Glad that you got it working. I personally believe it was the recovery; I've seen similar scenarios in the past.

thanks im having same problem. so ur out of bootloop and s-on now?
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[solved] Help me unbrick my unusually bricked Desire

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-051D
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010
I was running an Euroskank CM7 rom, but I decided to flash newest Tiamat kernel.
So I did and after reboot, things worked fine. But after few reboots, the phone stopped seeing SD Card and the system booted very crippled because I am using mount2sd script. So, I though that it's because the kernel was too new. Newer kernels have the well-known problem with timingout too soon while waiting for the sdcard to initialise. This leaves some SDcards undetected during 9 out of 10 boots.
The only strange thing was that the card was also invisible from CWM recovery which never had this issue.
Anyway, the only way left for me to fix it was to try to flash *.img files from nandroid backup using fastboot. However, the only thing I achieved by doing that is that now my phone doesn't boot at all into system. After the S-OFF splash screen it restarts, and goes back into recovery.
I have since uploaded AmonRA 2.0.0 recovery and tried copying to the phone /system/ and flasing boot.img from oen of the cm7 euroskank kangs, but it didn't change a thing.
The phone still does not boot and it cannot mount the sdcard (I tried three - two are know for having this timingout problem on newer kernels, but the third one I _think_ was compatible with all kernels).
So, what can I do at this point? I am running linux but can switch to windows if necessary.

Try flashing 4ext recovery, u can click the PB99IMG 4ext recovery in my sig and download the zip file and extract it then flash the recovery.img or u can do it the PB99IMG method, instructions in the link. Then try restoring nandroid or flash the rom again. 4ext recovery is way better than CWM or Amon-ra
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
Try flashing 4ext recovery
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Yes, I know it is better. Unfortunately it is also unusable because it is using the newer kernel than CWM or AmonRA and therefore is burdened with the bug (affecting all linux systems, not just android, but while on computer it is an inconvenience, on android it is a killer) of not seeing some sdcards.
However, I managed to solve the problem using paragraph 13 from this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632
I just wish I found it 10 hours earlier.