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[Q][ANSWERED] Hboot and Ginger Roms

hello everyone,
this is my 1st post, and sorry if wrong section...
i have desire rooted.
bootloader : 0.83 S-ON (INCORRECT)
CORRECTION: bootloader : 0.80 S-ON
i've tried to flash a ginger-based custom rom.
and it was stuck on the HTC splash screen (no boot i guess)
tried every thing, from wipe, repartion, wipe all, reset data ....
so my question, is there a minimum version of bootloader required to install and run a ginger-based rom? as i had never applied an OTA update, once i rooted the device, i flash custom roms all the time, and never updated the hboot.
thanks in advanced.

Bootloader version does not matter. Are you using the a2sd versions?
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stinger1 said:
hello everyone,
this is my 1st post, and sorry if wrong section...
i have desire rooted.
bootloader : 0.83 S-ON
i've tried to flash a ginger-based custom rom.
and it was stuck on the HTC splash screen (no boot i guess)
tried every thing, from wipe, repartion, wipe all, reset data ....
so my question, is there a minimum version of bootloader required to install and run a ginger-based rom? as i had never applied an OTA update, once i rooted the device, i flash custom roms all the time, and never updated the hboot.
thanks in advanced.
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Can you please provide more details like:
1.What rom are you trying to flash?
2.How did you partition your sd-card?
3.What recovery are you using?

TheGhost1233 said:
Bootloader version does not matter. Are you using the a2sd versions?
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yes, the ROM i was flashing was supposed to be app2sd+
Can you please provide more details like:
1.What rom are you trying to flash?
2.How did you partition your sd-card?
3.What recovery are you using?
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1-ROM:
AuraxTremeGinger v8.6 Gingerbread Sense 2.3.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052761
2- 1 GB ex3 using Amon RA.
3- Amon RA to flash the rom to.

To be honest mate I tried most of the Gingerbread roms and only a few of them worked until I alphareved, I think the gingerbread roms defo require a different hboot, I could be wrong but until I changed to s-off nothing worked

stinger1 said:
yes, the ROM i was flashing was supposed to be app2sd+
1-ROM:
AuraxTremeGinger v8.6 Gingerbread Sense 2.3.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052761
2- 1 GB ex3 using Amon RA.
3- Amon RA to flash the rom to.
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Well, Before I was s-off, I have successfully flashed many times the Insertcoin sense rom by baadnewz and many other similiar roms. I used 1GB ext 3 partition+96MB swap partition and the rest was fat32.
You should try this configuration.
In addition, what version of Amon ra's recovery are you using, for me both 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 have worked perfectly.
Good luck

Jonnibravo said:
To be honest mate I tried most of the Gingerbread roms and only a few of them worked until I alphareved, I think the gingerbread roms defo require a different hboot, I could be wrong but until I changed to s-off nothing worked
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well, thats what i feel to.
Well, Before I was s-off, I have successfully flashed many times the Insertcoin sense rom by baadnewz and many other similiar roms. I used 1GB ext 3 partition+96MB swap partition and the rest was fat32.
You should try this configuration.
In addition, what version of Amon ra's recovery are you using, for me both 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 have worked perfectly.
Good luck
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Mike:
when i reboot into recovery
i got at the bottom of screen
Build: RA-Desire-v1.7.0.1-R5
is it too old?
please can you provide the link to download the version of amon ra u r using
it will be last step before alpharev
thanks all.

stinger1 said:
well, thats what i feel to.
Mike:
when i reboot into recovery
i got at the bottom of screen
Build: RA-Desire-v1.7.0.1-R5
is it too old?
please can you provide the link to download the version of amon ra u r using
it will be last step before alpharev
thanks all.
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Yeah, it is quite old , download 2.0.1 from here

hi guys, I recently failed to flash Auraxtremeginger 8.6 and I finally figured out why. It seems that Gingerbread prefers HBoot 0.93 so I...
1) flashed my phone with the latest official RUU(2.29 with HBoot 0.93 and I needed a gold card flashing from Auraxtsense 8.4 with Hboot 0.80)
2) and then reroot it with unrevoked
3) and then reset to factory settings, wiped Dalvik
4) and then install from zip in the clockwork recovery... and success...
*Note: No S-Off done in the process.

S-On, Hboot 0.93, never had any problem flashing GB roms. All worked fine (around 3 i tryed)

hello everyone
i confirm, changing to Amon Ra 2.0.1 fixed the problem
now i have the Ginger rom flashed and running
CORRECTION: i have bootloader : 0.80 S-ON
Not 0.83
thanks all

Error while performing S-off procedure

Hello folks,
First of all I must say that Xda is best place for android user..
Ok..Here is the problem
I tried to S-Off my desire,so I downloaded AlphaRev 1.8 HBOOT reflash utility
(MD5SUM: 3ca4c4803fe1eb309c980420788ad3fe )
I verified the Md5 sum too..After that I burned it on a Cd..
I then rebooted my pc and
When it asked 'Do you want to flash alpharev Recovery?' My answer was NO
everything went fine till step 3..Where it says If you unplug,you will Brick..In this step I got some error..I have uploaded pic of that error
For your info My phone's specifications are
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
MICROP -051 d
Touch Panel-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.14.05.17
Jun 10 2010,12:12:05
The Rom I am using LeeDrOiD V3.0.6-R2 GB 12th May | Android 2.3.3 | A2SD | FAST | STABLE | TV | WWE
which is obviously rooted..
Please note that My phone is S-On and is working perfectly
Can any one tell what went wrong??

I believe I got that when i tried to s-off,
I tried a diff usb port on the 3rd time it completed,
I found out as well that it doesnt play too nice with non AOSP roms - its still possible to do but u might get errors.
Best advice I can give is backup your current rom and install a AOSP rom and try again then when it completes apply backup and u should be good to go
edit:- I also chose No to alpharev recovery on 2nd/3rd attempt

I think you must have a froyo official rom
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I also chose no to installing recovery whilst running s-off. I could only get it to work by flashing an aosp rooted rom (I used oxygen), prior to that it consistently failed to recognise my device.
You can always flash back to leedroid or other sense rom after gaining s-off.

1.) Make a complete nandroid-backup
2.) Flash an aosp-froyo-rom like defrost:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690477
3.) Do the s-off-procedure with live-cd
4.) Restore nandroid-backup
5.) Have fun with s-off and previous rom
I followed these steps and it worked fine without any problems. No warranty for any damage! If problems still exits, use the irc-channel of alpharev.

Thanks for advice..will flash a Aosp and let you know..
Btw flashing the Aosp rom is same as flashing any other rom or does it requires some special techinque??
Normal i just put rom.zip in sd card, go to recovry do a full wipe and then install zip from sd card..
I have never tried Aosp so was just a lil curious..
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For me S-off got stuck while flashing splash screen, hboot was successful. Then it ended up by booting into bootloader. Flashing a ROM fixed it. Now am using Reflex S 2.0.41.

you need a rom without data2ext or a2sd+ or any of this solutions
so try with stock rooted rom, or some AOSP without these scripts

just install this rom and repeat the procedure and you r good to go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997

dzumagos said:
you need a rom without data2ext or a2sd+ or any of this solutions
so try with stock rooted rom, or some AOSP without these scripts
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Thats a very important info..thnx
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torqtech said:
just install this rom and repeat the procedure and you r good to go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997
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Thnx a lot.vil giv it a try n let you know
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

lordvoldemort said:
Hello folks,
First of all I must say that Xda is best place for android user..
Ok..Here is the problem
I tried to S-Off my desire,so I downloaded AlphaRev 1.8 HBOOT reflash utility
(MD5SUM: 3ca4c4803fe1eb309c980420788ad3fe )
I verified the Md5 sum too..After that I burned it on a Cd..
I then rebooted my pc and
When it asked 'Do you want to flash alpharev Recovery?' My answer was NO
everything went fine till step 3..Where it says If you unplug,you will Brick..In this step I got some error..I have uploaded pic of that error
For your info My phone's specifications are
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-ON
MICROP -051 d
Touch Panel-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.14.05.17
Jun 10 2010,12:12:05
The Rom I am using LeeDrOiD V3.0.6-R2 GB 12th May | Android 2.3.3 | A2SD | FAST | STABLE | TV | WWE
which is obviously rooted..
Please note that My phone is S-On and is working perfectly
Can any one tell what went wrong??
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aosp rom is fine..i had this issue

orsidoc said:
aosp rom is fine..i had this issue
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Depends which ASOP ROM.
I had trouble to S-OFF when I was on Gingervillan, but after flashing my phone with an old Redux ROM, I was able to S-OFF it.
I think the stock rooted ROMs are the best bet for safe S-OFF though.

MrUsta said:
Depends which ASOP ROM.
I had trouble to S-OFF when I was on Gingervillan, but after flashing my phone with an old Redux ROM, I was able to S-OFF it.
I think the stock rooted ROMs are the best bet for safe S-OFF though.
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Me too, it works with stock froyo - btw if u use the latest ruu you have hboot 0.93.
You can use unrevoked to root your desire and s-off is working.

[Q]Flash Problem...Please Help me...

Hello there i have an HTC Desire A8181...I had the CM7 Hboot S-Off using the revolutionary system and MIUI ROM and all goes well...Yesterday i was trying to Install the Runnymage Sense ROM but that ROM was needed CM7R2 Hboot so i upgrade my HBoot to CM7R2...The rom was ok but not in enough quick like MIUI so i decide to return to miui...I try to reflash the official gingerbread sense rom first and then to install the MIUI rom again...When i try to flash the off rom i get an error 152 and the device has stuck into a screen with the htc logo and /!\ all around the corners...Could you please help me with that?I dont know what to do in order to make my phone work again...
Kind regards John!

JohnDaKinky said:
Hello there i have an HTC Desire A8181...I had the CM7 Hboot S-Off using the revolutionary system and MIUI ROM and all goes well...Yesterday i was trying to Install the Runnymage Sense ROM but that ROM was needed CM7R2 Hboot so i upgrade my HBoot to CM7R2...The rom was ok but not in enough quick like MIUI so i decide to return to miui...I try to reflash the official gingerbread sense rom first and then to install the MIUI rom again...When i try to flash the off rom i get an error 152 and the device has stuck into a screen with the htc logo and /!\ all around the corners...Could you please help me with that?I dont know what to do in order to make my phone work again...
Kind regards John!
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You flashed an RUU to revert to Stock Gingerbread right? Stock Gingerbread requires the stock hboot, CM7r2 is not big enough to contain it. Hence the HTC logo and 4!. Go and flash hboot downgrader from AlphaRev and reflash RUU again. The 4! screen acts as fastboot so just fastboot flash from that screen.
Sent from my HTC Original Desire using Tapatalk

You are absolutely right...I was trying to revert it to stock...:/ And now i am stuck on the 4 /!\ screen...Now how can i flash the hboot downgrader?Cause my device stucks in this screen...I cant boot to bootloader...

Sorry for double posting thanks for your help itachi1706 problem solved!

You should have posted how you solved the problem to help others.

I fix it using this method...
itachi1706 said:
You flashed an RUU to revert to Stock Gingerbread right? Stock Gingerbread requires the stock hboot, CM7r2 is not big enough to contain it. Hence the HTC logo and 4!. Go and flash hboot downgrader from AlphaRev and reflash RUU again. The 4! screen acts as fastboot so just fastboot flash from that screen.
Sent from my HTC Original Desire using Tapatalk
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Oh My GOD!

Problem

Hello, my problem is that I updated my phone's Hboot, but my phone is S-ON and I updated it but it needed S-OFF. Now when I Turn it on it gets stuck on the Boot. Please help me! Thanks alot :laugh:

Well since you updated your hboot have you flashed a Sense JB ROM? Because there would be absolutely no point in upgrading hboot if you're not going to be using a Sense JB ROM.
Don't worry about the S-OFF stuff, you don't need it.

tomascus said:
Well since you updated your hboot have you flashed a Sense JB ROM? Because there would be absolutely no point in upgrading hboot if you're not going to be using a Sense JB ROM.
Don't worry about the S-OFF stuff, you don't need it.
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I updated using JBFWtool. Because I was gonna use a rom that needed Hboot version 1.31 and I updated it but it needed S-OFF now my phone doesn't want to turn on after the Boot

MySlimey said:
I updated using JBFWtool. Because I was gonna use a rom that needed Hboot version 1.31 and I updated it but it needed S-OFF now my phone doesn't want to turn on after the Boot
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Did it successfully update to latest hboot? Have you reunlocked bootloader? Have you reflashed custom recovery? Have you flashed custom ROM?

tomascus said:
Did it successfully update to latest hboot? Have you reunlocked bootloader? Have you reflashed custom recovery? Have you flashed custom ROM?
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Nope, it did not update to the latest Hboot. I have no problems with the custom recovery and no I have not flashed a custom rom

MySlimey said:
Nope, it did not update to the latest Hboot. I have no problems with the custom recovery and no I have not flashed a custom rom[/
have you tried restoring a nand back up with your custom recovery ?
sounds like you are stuck in boot loop,fast boot erase cache should work if the nand back up will not flash ( restore )
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If the hboot didn't stick its relatively easy..take everything back to stock..or just update recovery again
Try various Roms...some can just simply be a pain in the ass
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[Q] How to install CM10 on HTC Desire

Hello,
I wanted to install CM10 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1945441)
on my HTC desire.
It is rooted-soff (I am running MIUI 2 indeed) and got ClockworkMod 5.8 (the latest from their official site).
When I download and try to install the above mentioned rom I always get an error with code "7".
Any clues ?
Thanks in advance to anyone helping.

Wrong hboot. Flash stock hboot and try again.

kostelo said:
Wrong hboot. Flash stock hboot and try again.
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Edit:
now I understood, and writing here the solution:
I had my htc desire with th4e Apharev CM7 partition table. This wasn't allowing me to install the new CM10.
I flashed the stock partition table, from the alpharev site, and then installation worked.
Thanks for helping me

ghepardo said:
I got the alpharev one (http://alpharev.nl/) isnt this good ? wouldn0t flashing stock hboot remove my s-off/root ?
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No, it won't make you s-on.
Anyway, you have the stock hboot if you didn't change it. Try flashing it again (The rom), then, if it doesn't work, flash the stock hboot from the alpharev site.