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Problems installing custom rom.

Hi!
I upgraded my phone to the official FroYo release from HTC and then decided to root my phone.
I followed the clockwork mod downgrade tutorial from android-tutorials.org and it worked smoothly.
After a while I was wanted to try another rom (White rom), and did the last steps of the tutorial I followed the last time.
I downloaded the rom, put it on the SD card and booted my phone into recovery (clockwork mod recovery), and installed the zip file on my SD card.
Installation came up as completed successfully, and i rebooted my phone.
It started up with the white HTC screen, and did not go any further for a 2-3 hours :/
I again followed the tutorial for downgrading bootloader, and tried another rom with the same result, stuck on the white screen.
Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong?
My bootloader is v 0.80 and I am now running Android 2.1 with superusers, so I am rooted for sure!
Thanks

Have you tried wiping your phone before flashing a new ROM?
If not, try it.
Regard,
Dave

Tried wiping the phone in clockwork mod menu now, rebooted and then installed the zip file from the SD card.
Same thing happened again, "installation successfull" and when i reboot it gets stuck on the white screen with the HTC logo...
Any more good ideas?

Kulset said:
Tried wiping the phone in clockwork mod menu now, rebooted and then installed the zip file from the SD card.
Same thing happened again, "installation successfull" and when i reboot it gets stuck on the white screen with the HTC logo...
Any more good ideas?
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Try different rom? or restore back to your previous rom (if you made Nandroid back up)

Downloading the rom I installed when i downgraded and rooted the phone, and hoping that will fix the problem.
Did not make a Nandroid backup, but will do it this time!

It worked
Used Bluefrost rom, and it worked
Thanks for the advice

Help with htc hero please!

hi there i was using a custom recovery image on my htc hero and now my phone wont load up its stuck on the t mobile screen
the recovery image i was using was the psfreedom one i was trying to figure out how to use it then i noticed my phone wouldnt get past the t mobile screen and now im wondering how to fix it
i did have a nandroid backup but i formatted my sd card and forgot to do another one
only things i can do it get onto the recovery via holding power and home and get onto bootloader via back and power
is there a way to fix this through bootloader maybe loading a different or official rom or recovery image and if so how do i do it as iv never used anything like fastboot before

Did you try installing a new rom? wipe the phone and install a new rom through the recovery

Diamond_dawg said:
Did you try installing a new rom? wipe the phone and install a new rom through the recovery
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do i just need to get a rom as a zip file and install zip from sd card?

the problem iv got now is that i cant seem to access my sdcard in windows as my phone wont boot up. so i cant put a rom on there to flash

Try using SD Adapter

iv got one somewhere but i cant find it lol
il pop into town later and get a new one i guess

ok i got a card adapter for my sdcard and put a rom file on it
went through the recovery mode and went to apply update from .zip file
went to choose zip from sdcard and selected the zip file
it started installing and came up with this
E:board does not support mtd utils.E:failure at line 72:
write_raw_image Package:boot.img
BOOT:
installation aborted.
can anyone give me advice on how to fix it? or is it screwed?

would it be possible to wipe and then flash a different rom onto it via fastboot im guessing id need a rom img and not a zip? or through adb
if so how do i go about doing this?

kendal21213 said:
would it be possible to wipe and then flash a different rom onto it via fastboot im guessing id need a rom img and not a zip? or through adb
if so how do i go about doing this?
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Try different roms, and before flashing a new rom, wipe the phone and cache everything

Diamond_dawg said:
Try different roms, and before flashing a new rom, wipe the phone and cache everything
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sorry im a complete noob iv tried doing this on the recovery mode with the stock htc roms rooted versions of htc roms and with a modaco rom aswell and it fails everytime with the same error
if anyone could explain to me what im doing wrong (apart from messing with stuff i dont have a great knowledge) then that would be great
on the plus side if i really cant fix it myself then the local mobile repair shop said theyl fix it for £25 as its only a software fault they said

kendal21213 said:
sorry im a complete noob iv tried doing this on the recovery mode with the stock htc roms rooted versions of htc roms and with a modaco rom aswell and it fails everytime with the same error
if anyone could explain to me what im doing wrong (apart from messing with stuff i dont have a great knowledge) then that would be great
on the plus side if i really cant fix it myself then the local mobile repair shop said theyl fix it for £25 as its only a software fault they said
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Try posting this in the HTC hero Gsm section, as i'm sure this fault is simple to fix and free =)

sorry i thought this was in the right section
i will try in the hero section

Desire boot loops and I can't get into recovery

I've been happily running CM7 for the past year and yesterday while I was browsing the phone suddenly turned off and starts bootlooping, I then tried to get into recovery to flash one of my backups but I couldn't get into recovery anymore. I can get into the bootloader (vol down, back and power key) but if I select recovery from the menu it starts bootlooping again. I was hoping someone knows what's going on.
I used revolutionary to root the phone, had clockworkmod recovery installed (don't think it was the latest version, haven't updated it since I've installed it a year ago) and was running CM7.2 (latests stable version).
I also apologise in advance because you guys must be sick of people asking what to do with a 'bricked' phone but I'm still hoping someone can help me.

You have the explanation how it all works in my signature.
Just flash recovery.img via fastboot.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Flashes and Thunders

nlooooo said:
You have the explanation how it all works in my signature.
Just flash recovery.img via fastboot.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Flashes and Thunders
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Thanks for the post, I'm guessing you mean the third link? running the RUU? in that thread there is a link 'http://htcdev.com/' but that link is dead.. so I can't get it there but I will google around to see if it's somewhere else.

the catfishman said:
Thanks for the post, I'm guessing you mean the third link? running the RUU? in that thread there is a link 'http://htcdev.com/' but that link is dead.. so I can't get it there but I will google around to see if it's somewhere else.
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Not sure what link you said is dead, they all work. I meant on this one "Before Crying for Bricked Device - How Nexus One and HTC Work ".
All you need is recovery.img download it from here:
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/
and flash it via fastboot.

Both your ROM and recovery are bootlooping. But importantly your bootloader is fine and therefore you can easily recover. First get your recovery in order by flashing recovery from fastboot. Thereafter when you are able to get into recovery flash your ROM in the normal manner or restore your nandroid.

Thank you both! I flashed the recovery.img and could get into the recovery mode again! it's restoring my last back up as we speak, so hopefully it's working again.

If it all work go here:
www.4ext.net
and get rid of that buggy cwm recovery.

Well.. today it started bootlooping again in the same way as described in the first post and now the method I used yesterday to fix it doesn't work anymore. If I flash a new recovery.img now and subsequently try to go into the recovery mode it starts bootlooping again... so now I'm wondering if I should just flash the RUU via pc to at least get my phone working again... do you guys think that would work?
edit: can I even run the RUU in fastboot usb?

RUU is the solution if all else fails. But only use 2.3 Android RUU. And remember to downgrade hboot first.
Before you get into that I would try :-
- Flash a different recovery and try to get into recovery. But this time dont restore your nandroid. Flash a ROM afresh.
- Remove your sdcard and try to get into recovery. Wild guess !
- Also try formatting your system, sdext etc partitions as given in Bortaks thread.

I tried flashing a different recovery (amon ra) but that also didn't work, when I tried to get into recovery mode it got stuck on the HTC boot screen (with some weird extra lines through the image).
I will try to remove the sd card.
Another weird observation, the phone doesn't seem to be charging anymore, at least... the led doesn't turn on when it's plugged in.. it get's weirder and weirder.

like handy says full wipe, wipe/factory reset, wipe dalvik and format all partitions except sdcard then do a clean install of a different rom. restoring the nandroid, u could just be restoring the problem.
edit: just read ur post bout charging, looks like HW not rom or recovery problems
Sent from my HTC Desire

yeah but the weird thing is that this started this morning, I charged it last night (when all of this stuff was already happening).

Run 2.3 ruu as fast as you can, you're on a good way to hboot or radio brick.
:banghead: constuction material guaranteed...
Sent from my HTC Desire using Flashes and Thunders

Well.. the RUU worked, I'm back on sense (ugh).. but at least it's working again.

the catfishman said:
Well.. the RUU worked, I'm back on sense (ugh).. but at least it's working again.
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You can easily go s-off and root now just go here:
www.revolutionary.io
And the rest is history...
Sent from my HTC Desire using Flashes and Thunders

yeah, I will probably do that in a few weeks, I just moved to another country 2 days ago so I kinda need a functional phone these weeks... aand.. thanks for the help guys

Bricked and boot loop

Hi there, i need help
My phone was with S-OFF that i did form the guide [GUIDE] Comprehensive S-OFF/Root Methods, and was perfecting working. I flashed the CM7 rom
But yesterday when i was on a call my phone just rebooted and got in boot loop, i was in CM7 with .312 radio.
When i try to enter in the recovey, the phone boot again
I tryied the PG32IMG.zip from all official RUU. The phone in fact flash the RUU but keeps in the boot loop again.
Please i need help!

Alamusatche said:
Hi there, i need help
My phone was with S-OFF that i did form the guide [GUIDE] Comprehensive S-OFF/Root Methods, and was perfecting working. I flashed the CM7 rom
But yesterday when i was on a call my phone just rebooted and got in boot loop, i was in CM7 with .312 radio.
When i try to enter in the recovey, the phone boot again
I tryied the PG32IMG.zip from all official RUU. The phone in fact flash the RUU but keeps in the boot loop again.
Please i need help!
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No one? To help a little more i cant get ADB working, it just says that the driver isnt installed propretly. Tryied all of solutions but nothing

Alamusatche said:
No one? To help a little more i cant get ADB working, it just says that the driver isnt installed propretly. Tryied all of solutions but nothing
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Umm... When you flashed the ruu, you DID remove it from your sd card before trying to go back to recovery, right? What version Rom did your phone come with before you rooted? There are known bootloop issues with phones that had been updated before shipped...
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2 using xda premium

Macrodroid said:
Umm... When you flashed the ruu, you DID remove it from your sd card before trying to go back to recovery, right? What version Rom did your phone come with before you rooted? There are known bootloop issues with phones that had been updated before shipped...
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2 using xda premium
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Yes i disconected the Sd card and tryied to enter recovery.
My phone was in 5.10.605.9 GB

[Q]Unable to boot into recovery

Hi,
i'm using HTC Desire
Bravo DVT1 ENG S-OFF
HBOOT 0.93.2001 (PB992xxxx)
MICROP-031d
And my phone is rooted, but i am unable to run recovery, i tried flashig via fastboot then with Rom Manager but it still doesn't work. When i try to boot into recovery i stuck at HTC sreen (tried from ADB, Terminal, HBOOT, Rom Manager. Tried with different recoveries for ex. CWM,RA,TWRP,..

Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751258

tried all the instructions, but the problem persists .... zip file will be installed through the bootloader but nothing changed and the desire to restart the htc logo when i was trying to boot into recovery

Just a theoretical question, is it possible to root device, s-off and flash hboot without unlocking bootloader via HTC DEV?

icefun said:
Just a theoretical question, is it possible to root device, s-off and flash hboot without unlocking bootloader via HTC DEV?
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Yes. With revolutionary, or alpharev, hboot >1.02.0001
// Edit. DVT1? Hboot 0.93.2001? Interesting
This is one of them special desires out there.

Yeah i noticed that i got this phone rooted with s-off, but recovery is still not working, even the stock recovery wasn't working

icefun said:
Yeah i noticed that i got this phone rooted with s-off, but recovery is still not working, even the stock recovery wasn't working
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Well, you could try flashing a recovery through fastboot. Maybe it will work. If it won't, then flash the 2.3 ruu and restart the rooting process.

ok, i tried to flash RUU, and i have a question, why was my bootloader bypassed? is it normal?
After RUU i tried to flash EXT4 recovery, but when i tried boot into recovery i just get white screen with HTC logo, still same issue
and i am still facing problem with revolutionary etc., waiting for device

icefun said:
ok, i tried to flash RUU, and i have a question, why was my bootloader bypassed? is it normal?
After RUU i tried to flash EXT4 recovery, but when i tried boot into recovery i just get white screen with HTC logo, still same issue
and i am still facing problem with revolutionary etc., waiting for device
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Tick "usb debugging".

i know, still waiting

icefun said:
i know, still waiting
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Did you properly install adb, fastboot and hboot drivers?

yes i did, i tried it in win and ubuntu,still the same problem

still stucked..somebody with ideas?

icefun said:
still stucked..somebody with ideas?
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you have quite a rare DVT1 device. it would indicate cdma device, but have seen case where it can be gsm as in this thread. is yours a cdma or gsm device (gsm has sim card)?
in that thread the only recovery that would work is RMD recovery, try flashing that through fastboot. i've never used it myself before.
also i've only skim read the first page, also make sure you uninstall rom manager, you don't need it, it's not good for desire.

Big, no HUGE THX mate. finally! my recovery is alive the only working recovery on my device is RMD recovery and my desire is GSM fyi

icefun said:
Big, no HUGE THX mate. finally! my recovery is alive the only working recovery on my device is RMD recovery and my desire is GSM fyi
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glad to see you got it working
for whatever reason, RMD recovery is the only compatible one for your rare device (DVT1 and GSM). don't bother switching recoveries as long as RMD can backup, wipe and install roms.
if you're about to install a custom rom which requires sd card partition (most do), we'd normally recommend partitioning sd card with 4ext recovery, but since that doesn't work i'd recommend Gparted.
oh and again, make sure never to use rom manager with desire.

Well everything worked fine, till i faced new issue i haven't found working rom yet, everytime i flash rom i get only HTC splash screen. And i still haven't found fix for it. I am thinking about trying rom for CDMA phone despite the fact that my phone is GSM, but i am not sure what can happen i hope it won't brick my desire