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Phone rebooting and freezing after flash....

Hello,
I think i need some help here....
I have flashed dozens of roms and have not had any problems but i have just tried another there going from LeeDroid to AuraxTSense and now my phone either goes in a boot loop or freezes.
I can get into recovery and have wiped everything and tried to recover my nanadroid backup but it still freezes at bootscreen or loops.
I noticed at the end of the nandroid restore it said MD5 Mismatch.
Can anyone help me out here?
Cheers.

I had the same problem a few weeks ago. The problem came from my sdcard.
After installing a rom try booting without the sdcard/with an other sdcard. You can also try to format the sdcard on your computeur (sd-ext included).
You could also run a logcat when stuck/bootloop, this will give u more information.
Hope this help

jpopgt said:
Hello,
I think i need some help here....
I have flashed dozens of roms and have not had any problems but i have just tried another there going from LeeDroid to AuraxTSense and now my phone either goes in a boot loop of freezes.
.....
Cheers.
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i seem to be having the same problems, other sdcard did not help though
Trying to go back to some older ROMS to get another kernel..
EDIT: a little summary:
wiped everything, partitioned the SD card (tried with swap, without swap, with ext3 and ext4 partititons)
-tried both 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 and 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14 radios
-tried switching back to 7.8.1 (worked) and than to 7.9 again (didn't work)
-with 7.8.1 tried to flash the OC kernel alone (didn't work)
What does didn't work mean:
White HTC BootScreen Loop maybe 10 times .. than just stays there (tried to wait for 2 hours - still nothing)
HBOOT version 0.80
Flashing with Clockworkmod Recovery using ADB (maybe i could try a newer one.... any links plz? couldn't google it down)
T-Mobile HTC Desire - unbranded and rooted
16GB Class 2 Kingston SD

The problem came from your sdcard.
You dont need to change the sdcard.
Take it out, format on your computer (use usb format tool maybe better), copy your ROM to sdcard, install it.

uroif said:
The problem came from your sdcard.
You dont need to change the sdcard.
Take it out, format on your computer (use usb format tool maybe better), copy your ROM to sdcard, install it.
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Are you sure about that ? Bcs i don't have an SDCard reader now - would have to buy one ...
EDIT: Why would the ClockWorkMod SD format not work for us and for the others it would ?

I have the same problem but it's happen to me in the 2nd boot !
I flash a rom , Evreything works fine .. But after I shutdown the phone and then Turn on
My phone stuck on HTC screen .. But some thing weird , The phone work with my leedroid 1.9a nandroid
Please help
Thanks

shnizlon said:
I have the same problem but it's happen to me in the 2nd boot !
My phone stuck on HTC screen .. But some thing weird , The phone work with my leedroid 1.9a nandroid
Please help
Thanks
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mine works too, just with older ROMs without an overclocked Kernel ...

iDaddy said:
mine works too, just with older ROMs without an overclocked Kernel ...
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But the phone works for you after flashing ?
Mine works great after flashing a rom , It's happen to me only in the 2nd boot
Edit :
Some one tell me to do this :
"full wipe+dalvik+ext partition from the advenced option of your custom recovery. reflash and then start installing apps. it will work but rremember to wipe ext from the advanced option."

shnizlon said:
But the phone works for you after flashing ?
Mine works great after flashing a rom , It's happen to me only in the 2nd boot
Edit :
Some one tell me to do this :
"full wipe+dalvik+ext partition from the advenced option of your custom recovery. reflash and then start installing apps. it will work but rremember to wipe ext from the advanced option."
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Nope any ROM with an overclocked kernel does not work for me - it only boot loops and than freezes at the white htc boot screen.
Wiping didn't help - look up - tried nearly everything....

Sometimes Clockworkmod doesn't format the sdcard properly.
Same problem happenned to some people trying to flash Sense HD rom and getting bootloop.
You can try with adb in recovery :
cd /sd-ext
rm -r *

Pierrot94200 said:
Sometimes Clockworkmod doesn't format the sdcard properly.
Same problem happenned to some people trying to flash Sense HD rom and getting bootloop.
You can try with adb in recovery :
cd /sd-ext
rm -r *
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will try that - thx
however i already formatted the card like 15 times now (using the clockworkmod gui)

Pierrot94200 said:
Sometimes Clockworkmod doesn't format the sdcard properly.
Same problem happenned to some people trying to flash Sense HD rom and getting bootloop.
You can try with adb in recovery :
cd /sd-ext
rm -r *
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No, did not help

iDaddy said:
No, did not help
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I have this problem too. And in my opinion - sd card not a reason of phone freeze and reboot. I think here is a problem with kernel. I change 2 sd cards, a lot of rom's and problem did;nt dissapears. After, I flash unroot rom - phone was dead. Now I waiting for the phone , when they will return me from a service. So I think the problem is on kernel, not ROM.

Thanks for the replies.
I formated my card but the only rom that seems to be working for me is Leedroids, nandroid restore is still not working with other backups i saved on my PC.

jpopgt said:
Thanks for the replies.
I formated my card but the only rom that seems to be working for me is Leedroids, nandroid restore is still not working with other backups i saved on my PC.
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Did You formatted your EXT3 too ?
"Enter to recovery, do a Wipe Factory reset, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, format/wipe partition Ext2, 3 or 4."

really seems like some kernels are not compatible with OUR phones ... are your phones branded too ? (unbranded now - my was T-Mobile)
Another question- i've been trying cyanogenmod now - it boots, but repeatedly freezes - can you gyus please try it too ?
thx

shnizlon said:
Did You formatted your EXT3 too ?
"Enter to recovery, do a Wipe Factory reset, Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, format/wipe partition Ext2, 3 or 4."
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tried everything...

Moved to Q&A as not development.
Please do not make a new thread in development to ask a question.

Seems I am able to only flash my last working rom (no matter if 7.7 or 7.8.1 AuraxTsense) ... others don't work...
really weird
unrooting and trying to root again...

So maybe the real question should be - We can't I flash another kernel - please check it too - we than need to create another thread !
P.S. I'm unrooting now and will try to root again than...

MIUI: Stuck on BOOT

Yesterday, I decided to flash a MIUI (beta) rom, but I am stuck on the 'shiny android boot loading screen'. Before flashing the ROM I had Wiped all user DATA/CACHE/DALVIK-CACHE/EXT and all other as well as formatting my SD card to the following:
HTML:
Swap Size: 0MB
EXT 4: 1GB
No matter what I do, whether it's pulling out the battery and leaving it or wipe cache again it just gets stuck on the same old boot screen doing nothing.
Here are my phone specs:
HTML:
S-OFF PVT1 Revolutionary
HBOOT-6.93.1002
RADIO-5.17.05.23
I know I dob't have USB Brick because it works fine and I can boot into Recovery and Bootloader/FastBoot. I don't understand why this has happened as I had flashed a MIUI ROM 2 months agao and everything went well, it could be that my H-BOOT is different or I have S-OFF.
Please help me resolve this issue.
Many Thanks.

Latest version happened to do the same for me.
I just flashed it a couple of times. It works now.
The strangest thing was, that it was no bootloop or any error - it just sat there for infinity.

Does the Rom require a different hboot? Or might it need an ext 3 partition?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

davebugyi said:
Latest version happened to do the same for me.
I just flashed it a couple of times. It works now.
The strangest thing was, that it was no bootloop or any error - it just sat there for infinity.
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Yes, that is what is happening here, but I flashed it several times and no go. The setup seems so quick to be installed...it only lasts 40 seconds and says it's complete.
ste1164 said:
Does the Rom require a different hboot? Or might it need an ext 3 partition?
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I have no idea, surely not?

I have alpharev sense HBOOT, but MIUI should work with all others (except for oxygen/oxygenr2)
I'd recommend to download the .zip again and check md5 sum - then flash again.

Which version of MIUI is it that you flashed?
Mine has to have an EXT3 partition or it wont work ..

EDIT:
/facepalm
I can't believe I expected the ROM to be installed just by flashing the 'Pack' which I didn't reliase is just an language pack. I thought the term 'Pack' meant everything including the ROM, lol.
ISSUE Ressolved. Thanks anyways guys.

Deeco7 said:
... Ressolved...
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And this to your topic's name to help others.

Aha I'm glad you solved it.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[Q] Issue : HTC Desire doesn't reboot in Runnymede AIO 2.5.1...?!

I flashed Runnymede AIO 2.5.1 yesterday and everything went well. But now, my wi-fi doesn't work well. It senses the presence of an wi-fi connection but fails to connect , and keep saying "Obtaining IP Address". So, I re-started; after then it shows a frozen boot screen (HTC in green with white background).
Later, I went to Recovery mode and re-flashed once again but all the above said problem existing and again it freezes at boot screen.
Can anybody help me or Did I bricked up my phone?!

Full wipe - reflash.

davebugyi said:
Full wipe - reflash.
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Davebugyi, I did that too. No use. Now the plot thickens that it keeps looping in between HTC Booting and Beats audio logo. I am now trying to rollback to my prev. 2.5 version. Will see if there are any improvements.....
EDIT : The rollback version works fine for me. But still wondering how can it be so unstable. Maybe, I am bypassing/skipping something which would have caused this problem.
Any help in switching back to the latest version is highly appreciated ...!!!!

Make sure you are using the correct version and data script:
- stock Hboot, stock version, A2SD+ script (select NO during install; XD2SDX NOT WORKING ON STOCK HBOOT!!)
- cm7r2 Hboot, cm7r2 version, XD2SDX script (select YES during install)
Is your SD-card partition correct? FAT32, then EXT4 with 1,5 GB MAX!
Cheers

Coempi said:
Make sure you are using the correct version and data script:
- stock Hboot, stock version, A2SD+ script (select NO during install; XD2SDX NOT WORKING ON STOCK HBOOT!!)
- cm7r2 Hboot, cm7r2 version, XD2SDX script (select YES during install)
Is your SD-card partition correct? FAT32, then EXT4 with 1,5 GB MAX!
Cheers
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Yep I did and I had a EXT4 with 2GB. Having EXT 4 to 2GB, I don't see any problems in AIO V2.5. Also, I gave 'No', so as to use with A2SD+ version.
BTW, what is the diff b/w XD2SDX & A2SD+? Doesn't a Stock HBOOT allow XD2SDX Scripts?

xda rocks said:
... Doesn't a Stock HBOOT allow XD2SDX Scripts?
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As it seems, no.

I roll-back to AIO V2.5 version and everything worked as it was.
A quick question, Does frequent re-flashing of ROM or SD-Card Partitioning or Root & Un-rooting will in anyways make the phone work slowly?

xda rocks said:
I roll-back to AIO V2.5 version and everything worked as it was.
A quick question, Does frequent re-flashing of ROM or SD-Card Partitioning or Root & Un-rooting will in anyways make the phone work slowly?
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Most probably the answer would be NO

HTC Bootloop Help plz

I have recently downgraded my HTC which was T-Mobile Branded. Ruinning android 2.2.2 and had HBOOT 0.93.
I downgraded the phone in order to root it, so i followed this tutorial successfully. It worked fine on downgraded firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
I then rooted phone using unrevoked. which was not compaitable with firmware, 2.2.2
I then S-off the phone using Alpha 1.8
I then looked around for some roms, Now the issue is whenever, i attempt to install a rom which involves sense. It installs successfully, but then the bootscreen just continues in a loop.
This can be resolved by restoring back to the downgraded firmware?
Now my question is what is the possible cause of this bootloop and sense roms etc?
any suggestions are much appreciated

You didn't read the instructions carefully. Those Sense roms requires ext partition on the sd card.
via xda app

stankyou said:
You didn't read the instructions carefully. Those Sense roms requires ext partition on the sd card.
via xda app
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I forgot to mention, with or without partitioning i have no luck. With partition it just freezes at boot screen. Whereas, without partition, it is in a loop.

Yea...first boot can take up to 30 minutes.

Adz1 said:
I forgot to mention, with or without partitioning i have no luck. With partition it just freezes at boot screen. Whereas, without partition, it is in a loop.
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Did you wipe system partitions prior to flashing? Also did you check what hboot type the rom requires? Stock hboot, cm7r2 hboot, etc.
Try to download Cyanogenmod7 rom here http://get.cm/?device=bravo&type=
Flash this and see if this boots up for you. If you are s-off and is using custom recovery already then you don't really need to go through the whole process again.

stankyou said:
Did you wipe system partitions prior to flashing? Also did you check what hboot type the rom requires? Stock hboot, cm7r2 hboot, etc.
Try to download Cyanogenmod7 rom here http://get.cm/?device=bravo&type=
Flash this and see if this boots up for you. If you are s-off and is using custom recovery already then you don't really need to go through the whole process again.
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Thanks, for the reply. This is an e.g of the rom sense roms i have tried.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431908 and runnyrom which both have similar results.
I have just installed Cyanogenmod7 which installs and functions properly.
and have tried this rom which works fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355660
i seem to only face such problems with sense Roms?
I assume the HBOOT is related to the alpha 1.8 which i used to S-OFF.
Im confused as i have the Desire S and have not had such problems before? It normally takes no longer than 5 mins to be up and running with the desire s. However, it seems to be the opposite with this desire?

Tell me what recovery are you using? I haven't used ICS roms in a long while so I'm not sure if it implements the use of sd ext partition out of the box. I feel it's your sd-ext partition (or the lack of it) is the problem.
I suggest to look for 4EXT recovery. It's in the desire forums just do a search. Download the apk and sideload it to your device on a running rom like Cyanogenmod it will replace your current recovery. Use 4ext recovery to partition your sd card. Make sure you backup your sd card to your computer before doing anything.

stankyou said:
Tell me what recovery are you using? I haven't used ICS roms in a long while so I'm not sure if it implements the use of sd ext partition out of the box. I feel it's your sd-ext partition (or the lack of it) is the problem.
I suggest to look for 4EXT recovery. It's in the desire forums just do a search. Download the apk and sideload it to your device on a running rom like Cyanogenmod it will replace your current recovery. Use 4ext recovery to partition your sd card. Make sure you backup your sd card to your computer before doing anything.
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I just installed 4EXT recover and will post results back.
Just a brief question having just browsed the Alpha webpage http://alpharev.nl/
and have realised a partition table, now i am wondering if that has any influence on the installation of Roms
i Currently have a 1gb Mem partitioned to 126? if this is having effect on it not booting?
just to be sure what partition size would you recommend for sense roms?
thanks

Adz1 said:
I just installed 4EXT recover and will post results back.
Just a brief question having just browsed the Alpha webpage http://alpharev.nl/
and have realised a partition table, now i am wondering if that has any influence on the installation of Roms
i Currently have a 1gb Mem partitioned to 126? if this is having effect on it not booting?
just to be sure what partition size would you recommend for sense roms?
thanks
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Alpharev is for hboots - Stock, Data++, Cm7r2, Oxgenr2, etc
SD ext - for your sd card. safe bet is to have 1gb-2gb of ext partition size.
If you just have 126mb for your ext partition then obviously you don't have the minimum requirement for Sense roms to run.

stankyou said:
Alpharev is for hboots - Stock, Data++, Cm7r2, Oxgenr2, etc
SD ext - for your sd card. safe bet is to have 1gb-2gb of ext partition size.
If you just have 126mb for your ext partition then obviously you don't have the minimum requirement for Sense roms to run.
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When partitioning the memory card It asks to create two separate partitions and if i am correct the 3rd time for the exchange memory?
Ill try attempting with a larger memory card. But what would you recommend in terms of the last partition created related to exchange memory?
thanks.

when u goto tools/partition sdcard, choose this, its probably the most common setup for roms -
1024
skip
skip
then choose ext4
and ur done, dont forget backup anything important on sdcard coz it will wipe everything on it.
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
when u goto tools/partition sdcard, choose this, its probably the most common setup for roms -
1024
skip
skip
then choose ext4
and ur done, dont forget backup anything important on sdcard coz it will wipe everything on it.
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Thanks, ill try this out and post back.

jmcclue said:
when u goto tools/partition sdcard, choose this, its probably the most common setup for roms -
1024
skip
skip
then choose ext4
and ur done, dont forget backup anything important on sdcard coz it will wipe everything on it.
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Mister "chuck norris' man to the rescue. sorry OP i was busy with theming my rom. :highfive:

stankyou said:
Mister "chuck norris' man to the rescue. sorry OP i was busy with theming my rom. :highfive:
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lol
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
lol
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thanks, i did as u suggested and tried this time with a 16gb memory card .i can now install all roms Successfully.

Can't install any Custom ROM with htc sense

Hi all
ok, I don't know what's wrong with my HTC Desire
I can install custom ROMs , but every ROM which has htc sense does not work ! other ROMs which aren't with htc sense , work perfectly
I mean , the installations went ok , but when I turn on my phone it freezes at joker picture (I mean that popular s-off picture)
I carefully followed the installation guide , but no success ! in past I could install ROMs with htc sense , it about 2 or 3 months that I can't install custom roms with htc sense
I even changed the Radio and recovery version , but again I achieved no success
I'm limited to those ROMs which are without htc sense
can anyone help me to install a ROM with htc sense ? what's wrong with my phone ?
any answer is appreciated
thank you

Any details? Hboot and sd-ext?

Sully.E said:
Hi all
ok, I don't know what's wrong with my HTC Desire
I can install custom ROMs , but every ROM which has htc sense does not work ! other ROMs which aren't with htc sense , work perfectly
I mean , the installations went ok , but when I turn on my phone it freezes at joker picture (I mean that popular s-off picture)
I carefully followed the installation guide , but no success ! in past I could install ROMs with htc sense , it about 2 or 3 months that I can't install custom roms with htc sense
I even changed the Radio and recovery version , but again I achieved no success
I'm limited to those ROMs which are without htc sense
can anyone help me to install a ROM with htc sense ? what's wrong with my phone ?
any answer is appreciated
thank you
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Partition your sd-card. Use 4ext recovery or Gparted to make a 1 gb ext4 partition.

twisted_forever said:
Any details? Hboot and sd-ext?
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I have created ext4 partion on SD card long time ago , but what is hboot ? Can you give me more details about Hboot ? how can I check about Hboot?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Partition your sd-card. Use 4ext recovery or Gparted to make a 1 gb ext4 partition.
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My SD Card has ext4 partition , I created it long time ago

I have created ext4 partion on SD card long time ago , but what is hboot ? Can you give me more details about Hboot ? how can I check about Hboot?
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Turn off your phone, press Power and Volume button and you'll get to HBOOT screen.
Hey, did you reformat your sd-card or try another one?

jnovax said:
Turn off your phone, press Power and Volume button and you'll get to HBOOT screen.
Hey, did you reformat your sd-card or try another one?
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yeah , hboot is installed
I also formatted ext4 partition through recovery , but it didn't change any thing ! the same problem still persists
as I mentiend I only can't install ROMs with htc sense ! other ROMs are being installed well
is it possbile that some how the boot of the phone is corrupted ?

Sully.E said:
yeah , hboot is installed
I also formatted ext4 partition through recovery , but it didn't change any thing ! the same problem still persists
as I mentiend I only can't install ROMs with htc sense ! other ROMs are being installed well
is it possbile that some how the boot of the phone is corrupted ?
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Phone does not have permanent "boot". It is flashed with the rom.
There's nothing corrupted.
If you don't know how hboot works, and never changed it, then you probably have stock hboot.
What did you partition your sd-card with?

thanks for reply
I made ext4 partition with a sofware which is called minitool partition.

Sully.E said:
thanks for reply
I made ext4 partition with a sofware which is called minitool partition.
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then this is your exact problem, do not use minitool
this is why your sense roms havent been booting, minitool doesn't make the paritition properly (happened to me as well). other roms can work without a partition which is why they booted, then you need to flash a script to make apps use the partition.
only use gparted or 4ext recovery to make your ext4 partition, as they make them properly aligned.
backup your sd card first, then repartition, and copy everything back. i recommend gparted, step 5 here.

thank you eddiehk6 for reply
I've give a try and post the result