OK the last few days I finally rooted tried a few ROMS and seem to run into all sorts of issues that have got me to this point...
Redux: Home and Search Buttons stop working
CM7: Cannot get Marketplace
Oxygen: Will not load
Miui: Did not like it
Now I cannot clear Davlik Cache which I am sure is causing a lot of issues. I never made an original back up before all this.
Question: How do I clear all this crud off as if I never installed a ROM and was going to for the first time? How do I get access to Dalvik Cache? I just want CM7 or Redux to work and not have any issues but I obviously did something wrong at some points. If I clear all the contents off my SD card except the Redux install will I be free and clear? Or is there something in the phones internals I need to do also?
I am also tempted to just return it to complete stock and start all over if I have to. Any suggestions would be great and appreciated. If you need more info let me know....
TYIA
I have an evo so Idk your procedure to get to your recovery image but that's where u need to go when u rooted u should have installed one hopefully amon recovery then once u get into recovery there will be a wipe option then do all the wipe options and u will have a clean cache and be ready to install a new rom. And as far as cm7 goes with u not having a market u gotta make sure u flash the gapps after u boot into the rom so its a 2 part process. Im sure that if u search engine u can find a guide specific to your phone explaing how to access the recovery from a phone off state. But id guess that if u hold vol down while pressing power it will prolly pop up with the bootloader then u can pick recovery from the menu but Idk for sure cuz I don't have ur phone but im sure there is a guide for u if use a search engine
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have you been flashing each rom over the other without doing any wipes?
The first ROM or two I did without a wipe (noob)
I flashed GAPPS twice and still no market but all other Google Apps. Besides that CM7 was good. I did run into an issue where I could not sync with GMAIL but factory reset took care of that.
Also I am on Unrevoked
- For each flash it is better to wipe everything including "dalvik cache".
- Have you read the prerequisites of each ROM before flashing like recommended radio+RIL, S-Off+nand partition table (CM7, Bravo, etc.), and/or EXT partition/s?
It would be very wise to read/learn and ask around first before doing anything st*p*d which could brick your Desire.
Now...to have at least a working desire.
Flash a rooted stock ROM if you do not have any EXT partition.
[edit] or any simple A2SD+ ROM if you have an EXT partition on your SD-Card. Stay away from Data2EXT, Data2whatever, CM7, etc.at this point of time because you need to learn more first. [end of edit]
Learn more and flash the any ROM you want after proper preparations
Thanks..
Like I said though Dalvik cache will not get wiped as Recovery keeps telling me it cannot mount, but will mount the card.
One thing I never did was partition the SD card and its just one big mess. I think a lot of stuff has been installed on the actual Desire itself.
Clipse79 said:
Thanks..
Like I said though Dalvik cache will not get wiped as Recovery keeps telling me it cannot mount, but will mount the card.
One thing I never did was partition the SD card and its just one big mess. I think a lot of stuff has been installed on the actual Desire itself.
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Just wipe everything from recovery, and I would also wipe and reformat the sd.
Then you can flash whatever with no conflicts!
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First of, to not make everyone dismiss this question...
This is NOT another problem involving missing gapps.
The problem is, no matter what i do (factory reset/clear cache/clear dalvik + remove ANY TRACE of the google apps from the sdcard, and then reboots before installing a basic version of cmod6), i still cant get rid of those damn google apps.
Seems right not that they are installing on their own from absolutely nowhere(!)?
Doesn't matter what i do, have tried to look at every possible scenario from where the cmod flash-process finds, installs, and puts a copy in system/apps-folder without any success at all.
Posted this issue a few days ago, got no answer and then i marked it as solved, but it weren't. Just one single time did i manage to get the flashing to leave a clean copy, but haven't been able to reproduce that since then.
It is car home, gmail, latitude, maps, navigation, places and voice that is stuck in there. Does anyone have any idea of what to do?
Have, except the above, tried to clean out the sdcard completely, plus download+md5check the latest rom...didn't work. Also tried with verification and script assets ON when flashing directly from clockwork, and have tried to flash from rommanager aswell. same results.
Gonna buy a new sdcard tomorrow since im using the stock one which isn't that great (so it needs to be changed sometime anyway), because all i can think of now is if the card itself is bad and clockwork cant read from it properly. Longshot, but im just that badly out of ideas.
Sorry about this wall of text, but that pretty much explains every aspect i tried with no success of removing them. Desperately seeking for help about this now.
You might be able to wipe the system partition completely via fastboot although I don't know if this is a smart thing to do. Than you would be able to do a clean install without Gapps.
You can also try to flash a different rom boot up and then flash cyanogen mod again or you can manually delete the apps from the system partition either with root explorer or with adb while in recovery.
And are you absolutely sure that there are no Gapps in the rom file?
The install script of all CyanogenMods have a backup function for the gapps lol
So also if u wipe all and reflash the rom, the installer backup the gapps, then format system, then install rom and restore gapps..
If u want remove all gapps, just format the /system partition from the clockworkmod recovery (the option its under mounts and storage)..After that, install the rom zip
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You might be able to wipe the system partition completely via fastboot although I don't know if this is a smart thing to do.
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'fastboot erase system' is completely safe to do, and a very good idea
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If u want remove all gapps, just format the /system partition from the clockworkmod recovery (the option its under mounts and storage)..After that, install the rom zip
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If you want to do this from Amon's recovery (no clear system option), flash the attached update (unsigned).
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If u want remove all gapps, just format the /system partition from the clockworkmod recovery (the option its under mounts and storage)..After that, install the rom zip
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Sorry for being such a slow replyer lol, have completed the personalized rom-package and are about to flash it right about now (...or when i got an answer).
First of, before doing it...that answer were really awesome, just curious, there is no way that will brick the base filesystem in any way? In other words, formating /system trough cwork is "completely safe"?
I ofc know things always can go wrong, like the phone bursts into fire or my apartment gets blown away by nuclear war...but it wont mess with anything by default making a restoration towards working state a pain in the lower back?
EDIT: Thought this could make me sound like a damn nervous user, which im not...but the hate i would have at not being able to use my phone during workhours exceeds all measurements known to man. it would get really really boring, not kidding.
Hey all XDA members
Im sorry to ask any of you this but please help me !!
I had no problems rooting my phone with unrevoked and just left it at that but knowing me i downloaded a app on android market place called... ROM MANAGER - clockworkmod or whatever .. it seemed ok i went to backup my phone to my sd card and it said i had 897mb of storage left ... so i thought great ill back it up now so i wont brick my phone and if i ever did i could back up it said it finished succesfully or what not turns off my phone then every time it boots i get telstra next G boot logo then after abit it re F$#cking starts.. excuse my french i can access recovery menu and even clockworksmod recovery tryed formating the cache and everything
ATM im paying for a brick per month and it just seems so easy to fix but im obviously mistaken .. I really dont know what to do i wanna send it to htc but dont know how they would respond if they found clockworkmod in the recovery menu I dont even care if i have to pay them just so i can get my desire back ...
FAQS that ive learnt about this issue so far
#1 it makes a bootloop because i didnt have enough storage on my sd card so im puting the blame atm with the guys at clockmod for not giving users a clear warning that if you dont have enough memorey it will cause a boot loop ... and they make you pay for the app ... go figure >.>
Have you tried restoring the backup you made? This normally happens after the very first backup.
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If you made a backup, power off device -> hold down the volume-down and start the device. There you can select Recovery (using volume rocker). And in recovery you will be able to restore your backup.
If you don't have a backup, you can connect the phone to computer, in recovery you can mount usb storage, and copy a rom from your computer to your sd-card and flash it.
The general flow is to make a nand backup right after rooting, in case you have that just restore it and everything should be fine. The backup should be @600MB. If now just flash an official rom with a RRU and then root again.
radu_wizu said:
The general flow is to make a nand backup right after rooting, in case you have that just restore it and everything should be fine. The backup should be @600MB. If now just flash an official rom with a RRU and then root again.
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I just used gingerbread rom and restored it but I want to know how to fully wipe all custom roms with just a fresh phone so i can load 1 cfw
jsmit366 said:
I just used gingerbread rom and restored it but I want to know how to fully wipe all custom roms with just a fresh phone so i can load 1 cfw
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Do a Full Wipe, Full Wipe means:
wipe data/factory reset -- yes
wipe cache Partition -- yes
advanced --> wipe Dalvik Cache
and, if you want to: --> wipe Battery Stats
I have the same problem.
I have just backed up my orange branded desire and its in a boot loop all the time.
What do i have to do????
I am getting soo worried now
Ahoy! I apologize in advance if this question has been asked and answered before (I'm sure it has - but I couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for via search.)
I currently have the Android Revolution HD v2.0.13 ROM installed.
I'm now looking to install Version 3.0. A 'full wipe' is suggested when flashing 3.0. I remember doing this via ClockworkMod recovery when I changed from my Stock ROM to ARHD, but I've forgotten exactly how to do it.
I see there are a lot of wipe/format options in ClockworkMod Recovery, but I just don't know exactly which one to use.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Bonus Question!: I've only had my phone for three weeks or so. The SD card has gotten /extremely/ messy due to faults of my own, mainly just lazyness. I'd like to just wipe the SD card of all data and start again fresh and clean. Is this possible? If so, how do I do it and will it mess up my ROM or anything? I'm OK with losing ALL my data and just having a freshly-installed ROM and nothing else.
Just go into clockword mod and choose install rom off sd or second option is to power off device and then hold down volume down key and power on...this will enable recovery console and there you can do a full wipe and then flash new rom ....make sure new rom is already on sd card.
As for sd card im not entirely sure but think you should be ok if you really wanted to wipe it....but probably be better off just trying to tidy it up .....up to you though
hope this helped
Yeah, I know how to get into Clockworkmod Recovery and all, but to actually perform a 'full wipe', I don't know what option to choose specifically.
Thanks though!
......wipe data/factory reset is the one to choose.
Hi,
You can either format your SD via ROM-Manager or CWM there's definitely an option for doing that but I can't remember where exactly!
Rgds
menov321 said:
......wipe data/factory reset is the one to choose.
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Also wipe /cache and /dalvik-cache, these are actually the most important as this is where files reside that may cause you problems as it's not overwritten by flashing a new ROM.
As for clearing out the SD card, go ahead and format it if you want, the ROM will install all required folders on boot up so don't worry about losing anything important
safestrap is uninstalled
guys , i have motorola razr xt910 and i have just installed an aokp rom through the safestrap and then i have just uninstall the safestrap with the boot manager also now i just cant have any rom as safestrap is uninstalled .after the reboot of the phone it simply shows motorola logo .
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guys , i have motorola razr xt910 and i have just installed an aokp rom through the safestrap and then i have just uninstall the safestrap with the boot manager also now i just cant have any rom as safestrap is uninstalled .after the reboot of the phone it simply shows motorola logo .
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You won't get very much help in the desire HD forum.
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Sorry new to Flashing. I am on the OTA GB 2.3, does it matter what kind of Rom i flash Or does it have to be a GB Rom? It says to wipe data, is that a standard factory reset? I seen another Rom i wanted to flash & it says to petition your SD card, Will this affect any other Roms i decide to flash after i petition it? Is there a certain way to petition a 16GB memory card? I know i can do it through recovery but what options do i select? What does petitioning the SD card do? I am using RA as my recovery. Does only the sense 3.0 Roms require you to wipe SD card? I have read a lot about flashing but haven't really seen anything about these questions. Thanks
Exiled44 said:
Sorry new to Flashing. I am on the OTA GB 2.3, does it matter what kind of Rom i flash Or does it have to be a GB Rom? It says to wipe data, is that a standard factory reset? I seen another Rom i wanted to flash & it says to petition your SD card, Will this affect any other Roms i decide to flash after i petition it? Is there a certain way to petition a 16GB memory card? I know i can do it through recovery but what options do i select? What does petitioning the SD card do? I am using RA as my recovery. Does only the sense 3.0 Roms require you to wipe SD card? I have read a lot about flashing but haven't really seen anything about these questions. Thanks
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First it is PARtition, not petition. It creates basically a place on your SD card that you can install apps to and save data to do free up system memory. It is not necessary, but sometimes useful. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121538&highlight=partition+sd+card
You don't need a GB ROM I don't think. You do need to wipe the Caches and device. In Amon RA, look for wipe cache and dalvik cache.
It's not difficult, just stick with it. And Search before posting. You aren't the first to ask this questionl.
nickelghandi said:
First it is PARtition, not petition. It creates basically a place on your SD card that you can install apps to and save data to do free up system memory. It is not necessary, but sometimes useful. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121538&highlight=partition+sd+card
You don't need a GB ROM I don't think. You do need to wipe the Caches and device. In Amon RA, look for wipe cache and dalvik cache.
It's not difficult, just stick with it. And Search before posting. You aren't the first to ask this questionl.
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I know i get in a hurry & spell wrong. Lol I know about wiping caches. Some Roms require you to wipe SD card like sense 3.0 based Roms? I have searched a LOT & read a lot. I'm just ready to start flashing & try not to run into a thousand problems, that's why i made this thread, sorry if it's already been posted. Thanks for the help.
Try using rom manager to start with it does all the work for you. they have a couple of good roms if you have something that's not included in rom manager, try to read up more on how to flash it. or you can also youtube it. i have seen pretty good tutorials on flashing roms on youtube.
Hope that helps...
Truballa4real7 said:
Try using rom manager to start with it does all the work for you. they have a couple of good roms if you have something that's not included in rom manager, try to read up more on how to flash it. or you can also youtube it. i have seen pretty good tutorials on flashing roms on youtube.
Hope that helps...
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I have watched many video's on youtube about flashing. All the really popular roms i want are not on youtube for some reason. Just seems like Synergy,Cyanogen & a few others that i didn't really like. Are older Roms that were made last year still usable on the Evo 2.3? Just curious... Thanks
Exiled44 said:
I have watched many video's on youtube about flashing. All the really popular roms i want are not on youtube for some reason. Just seems like Synergy,Cyanogen & a few others that i didn't really like. Are older Roms that were made last year still usable on the Evo 2.3? Just curious... Thanks
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Yeah you can still use them, probably wont see any updates if they have bugs. wouldnt recommend it unless the dev is still working on it..
Truballa4real7 said:
Yeah you can still use them, probably wont see any updates if they have bugs. wouldnt recommend it unless the dev is still working on it..
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Great, Thanks. I'll take your advice & stay away. lol
I'm about to flash the Koni's ELITE Series 3 Rom
It says
Flashing instructions:
1. Download ROM and Calkulin FORMAT_ALL.zip and place both on the root of your SD card.
2. Reboot into Recovery.
3. Perform Nandroid backup
4. Wipe dalvik cache, cache and data for best performance.
5. Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip....then in same recovery, flash ELITE ROM.
Reboot.
I have it all setup but am i sup-post to wipe ALL userdata/Factory reset?
I already wiped both Cache & data, did Nandroid backup but i thought when you flash a rom you have to do a factory reset.
Exiled44 said:
Great, Thanks. I'll take your advice & stay away. lol
I'm about to flash the Koni's ELITE Series 3 Rom
It says
Flashing instructions:
1. Download ROM and Calkulin FORMAT_ALL.zip and place both on the root of your SD card.
2. Reboot into Recovery.
3. Perform Nandroid backup
4. Wipe dalvik cache, cache and data for best performance.
5. Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip....then in same recovery, flash ELITE ROM.
Reboot.
I have it all setup but am i sup-post to wipe ALL userdata/Factory reset?
I already wiped both Cache & data, did Nandroid backup but i thought when you flash a rom you have to do a factory reset.
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Can someone please answer this real fast, I am in recovery right now lol waiting on what the next step is before i move on to flash format.zip. Do i need to do a factory reset before i flash? I was just looking in forums & it says that format.zip is for 2.1 & 2.2. Will this work on the OTA GB 2.3? Since i already wiped all cache & data, if i go out of recovery will it affect my Official 2.3 stock Rom?
I'm pretty sure you can you have to wipe b4 flashing I always do atleast just to be safe..
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That's what i thought then i just looked up the Format all.zip again & it said that it wiped everything but i'm not sure if it works for the Official 2.3 I already wiped the Cache/Daviks cache + Data & if the format doesn't work not sure if i can go back to my stock rom without any problems. Hate finding this stuff out when I'm in the middle of it. lol. Think i should just get out of recovery & try to go back to stock rom, hope it works.
The best thing to do is a nandroid backup. It will backup your stock Rom so if you have any problems you can always flash back.
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I haven't seen anything on needing to wipe the SD card. Partitioning only gives you extra space for apps but it will format or wipe the SD card in the process. If you don't partition, you should be fine. Always backup anything you don't want to lose though because something could always go bump in the night.
For that I'd use Clockwork Mod Recovery to back up your ROM and SD card. You can even use ROM manager from the market. It's free and easy to use.
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Easiest way to do it is to just folllow the directions that the developers put in the threads with their roms. if you follow those EXACTLY nothing will go wrong just jump in and get your feet wet and enjoy all the custom roms out there
Also there are several threads on xda that are tutorials on how to flash roms. if you follow all directions completely and exactly you will not have any issues with flashing as long as your files arent corrupted
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Also there are several threads on xda that are tutorials on how to flash roms. if you follow all directions completely and exactly you will not have any issues with flashing as long as your files arent corrupted
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What he said! Lol
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Thanks guys for all the advice! I don't care what others say XDA members are the best. lol. I made a Nandroid backup now im ready to start flashing. When i did do the Nandroid backup i checked cache & Sd ext i think it was along with every other check box, took a very long time, Should i have saved the cache in the Nandroid backup? Does it really matter? I think it used like 100 more MB saving cache. Do you guys do it?
Hello all!
I am currently running the lastest MIUI on my HTC desire.
However.... i so desperately want sense 3/3.5.
I cant get ANY of the roms to work! Most get stuck in a boot loop, even after flashing a boot loop fix zip file.
AND when they do finally get past the boot loop, they load with the boot image and the top bar (with the battery/signal etc etc.) and nothing more and I cant access anything.
When I first started flashing roms, i could just wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and flash a rom and it worked perfectly.
Now there is all these apps2SD, ext2/3/4 etc etc and i dont get it! and with no full wipe zip for desire, im obviously doing something wrong!
Can someone please tell me how to flash sense 3/3.5 in a nooby/easy way so i can stop stressing!!!
Many many thanks!
electric29 said:
Hello all!
When I first started flashing roms, i could just wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and flash a rom and it worked perfectly.
Now there is all these apps2SD, ext2/3/4 etc etc and i dont get it! and with no full wipe zip for desire, im obviously doing something wrong!
Many many thanks!
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Which ROM are you trying to flash?
and
Do you have an ext partition of any kind?
ive tried to flash the aurora ,cool sensation, kingdom and then the 3.5 ones, bliss, blissymeade etc. they all seem to get stuck. The aurora and blissymeade got past the boot loop, but still didnt load properly.
and not that i know of :/ how do you do that!? haha
thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
Step 5...
It's a great guide, helped me out no end when I first rooted - and if you need a refresher
You'll need to create a fat32 main partition, and a ext4 second partition. Your second (ext4) partition can be any size but I'd recommend 1gb (big enough for most rom's).
All of the current newer sense rom's require an external partition to store the rom data on. I'd recommend a nandroid backup before you do anything, save any apps you've got by using Titanium backup from the market, and also save all of your sd card contents onto your pc so you'll have your pics and music etc.
(You can also make a partition other ways. ROM Manager can do it (but not recommended), and you can also do it in Recovery (or so I believe but I've always used GParted, like in the guide)).
Well if you bother to read the requirements you would know you need an ext partition.....
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zedmarcus - Thanks so much! thats just the kind of easy speak i need! i'll try it now
elliottg61- thanks for your help to...... not
No probs.
Don't forget the thanks.
follow these steps.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
it will make ur job easier
try insert coin
Why not follow the noob guides and then post a question if they dont work??