Hi everyone.
I've searched high and low for an answer but haven't found any so here goes...
I've followed this excellent guide by W3D3 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107911) but I'm stuck on the part where I have to install clockwork mod.
When I choose the option "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" the program asks if my phone is a G2. However I have a European Desire Z
Is this going to be a problem and is there any way that I can make the program see that I have a Z?
Thanks
/larmy
This is normal and expected.
The G2 and DZ both contain the same hardware, save for different radios.
Ok, thank you very much for your quick reply
That helps alot!
It won't generate any problems down the line?
It won't.
I personally have a DZ (which was detected as a G2 when I first flashed CWM) and everything has been fine since.
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Hello everybody,
i´m new here and i´m searching for a way to make a SLCD Desire stock.
I wanted to install cyanogen 6, but got a black screen after installing.
because of this i used clockwork recovery to install a custom rom with SLCD support, but now i want to install stock ROM.
Could anybody tell me where to find it? I dont understand everything here, please keep it simple^^
Thank you
From which country/carrier did you get your Desire? That might help.
I don't own a Desire but this thread could be of use:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498
Thank your for posting this link.
I already fixed my problem.
I used this site hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749551 to fix it, but I had a lot of problems while making the GoldCard.
But I will give some more information for others having this problems.
My gf´s Desire is a German T-Mobile one, buyed yesterday.
Hboot is 0.75, but everybody says it must be higher if its SLCD, but it is wrong.
It really is a SLCD.
Installed was Android 2.1 but i don´t know the exact version number.
I rooted with unrevoked and this was a big mistake. After installing clockwork mod recovery the screen was black in recovery. I seachred long and found the SLCD version, installed it via unrevoked by using custom recovery.
Then installed cyanogen, second mistake. Cyanogen doesn´t support SLCD.
By using recovery installed OpenDesire, worked fine but wasn´t what i wanted.
Made GoldCard about 10 times (didn´t work), then used GoldCardTool and installed RUU from link posted on top.
After a short time of sleep phone wanted to install update to 2.2, working for now.
May i should post a new topic because of hboot 0.75 and SLCD?
Hi everyone
I posted earlier asking for help on rooting and flashing custom roms. I was kindly given the link to the complete guide in the desire development section.
I followed all the steps and successfully created a goldcard and flashed the device with the stock rooted desire rom, however that's as far as I got as now my phone's screen won't work at all. This is what makes me think it's an SLCD model as I've heard such problems as well.
I've tried using unrevoked to flash the slcd modified recovery image, that doesn't work either. I've all drivers installed correctly and followed everything precisely.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
What rom exactly did you flash with?
I followed this guide theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-root-the-htc-desire
Basically I got as far as applying a stock Desire rom that was rooted. After that the screen no longer works. The phone itself works as unlocking and locking prompts the phone to light the hard buttons and also receiving calls work.
At this pointI'm not fussed if someone can tell me how to put a rom on there that will work whatever it be, i'll ust have to do it blind as I can't use the screen. I've got the goldcard ready.
A ROM guaranteed to work is the official Froyo. It cannot be rooted:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...3.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe
An earlier ROM may work but it would depend on which ROM you flashed.
Thank you for replying, I will try this in the morning as I need sleep
Can you let me know if this will fix the problem with my screen not working?
Yes, that's the point of it...
You might want to view teppic74's FAQ as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749551
My situation was a bit different.
I got an Asian ROM & wanted the European ROM. I followed 1 of the guides here & somehow i got a black screen (SLCD brick), possibly because I got the wrong RUU.
Found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498
I followed method 1, didn't work.
But method 2 is a cure.
dsymbol said:
My situation was a bit different.
I got an Asian ROM & wanted the European ROM. I followed 1 of the guides here & somehow i got a black screen (SLCD brick), possibly because I got the wrong RUU.
Found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498
I followed method 1, didn't work.
But method 2 is a cure.
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That thread is out of date now. See the FAQ instead.
Thank you ever so much for that link teppic I had come across other stock ROMs however I hadn't come across that one, this has sorted all my problems and got me 2.2.
Thank you ever so much
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Google brings back a lot of people who have this problem but no-one seems knowledgeable enough to have a fix for it hence my post here. Since I followed the How to downgrade, Easy S-Off and the tried and tested radio.img flash guides and flashed Leedroid (13/01 epic stable build) I've had an infrequent (i don't reboot much) problem with my DHD freezing on the HTC screen during boot. I've solved this in the past by reflashing (as I can still enter the bootloader and Clockwork Mod) from an SD card but this is getting annoying.
The people on Google who are having this problem have said they've returned their phones however If I were to do that I would have to go straight to HTC as I got mine from eBay, are HTC going to helpful in this situation?
So Is there a known fix for this that I'm missing? Maybe the latest Leedroid?
On a side note if there is no fix is it even possible revert my DHD to level of stock such that HTC won't know I've been mucking around with it? I took to easy S-Off route that apparently can be reversed and I didn't SIM Unlock it but due to my over confidence I can't be sure I kept all the backups of the stock stuff that I should have kept.
Anyway, thanks guys. I'll just hang out here with no phone for a bit hoping there is a way to get it to boot because I'd really hate to lose some of the MMS message I've been sent .
You should do a full wipe and try a new rom, for example the newest LeeDroid or Android Revolution HD.
It is possible to revert to stock so that HTC will never know, just follow the S-ON instructions in my Radio Tool thread.
jkoljo said:
You should do a full wipe and try a new rom, for example the newest LeeDroid or Android Revolution HD.
It is possible to revert to stock so that HTC will never know, just follow the S-ON instructions in my Radio Tool thread.
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Many thanks for the reply. I did a ClockworkMod wipe and went for the new Leedroid (I've no idea if its the best but it was the first I spotted after rooting my phone), guess I'll have to wait and see if it happens again but touch wood no problems so far.
I've just been looking through the Revolution thread and spotted your wipe tool so if it does happen again I'll try that. I'd also like to say many thanks for your s-off thread, its very well written and easy to understand, and your work supporting the DHD is outstanding.
People have been experiencing this problem mostly have S-ON but after i rooted with visionary i got S-OFF but i got stuck in Green and white boot screen...anyone know how to fix this,am desparate...
NOTE:
The bootloader screen says S-OFF.
Go to this link and flash the custom PC10IMG by hot_hands in post #33 read the entire thread though, also do not flash a stock PC10IMG what ever you do, or you will be bricked for good. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912399
Note. This is for the tmobile G2.
Sent from my HTC Vision
THANX for the quick reply,but how do i flash without a recovery like clockwork...?
I dont see a link?
Place the CUSTOM PC10IMG on the root of your sd card then power off or pull the battery then hold volume down + power on and it will find the file and flash it automaticlly. File must be named PC10IMG.zip
Sent from my HTC Vision
Currently downloading the zip...just reading the thread while waiting...Hope it works, Thank you for coming to a noods rescue
I was on my phone when I replied so i couldn't see your carrier info, this file was made for the Tmobile G2, I am not sure if it will work for the Desire Z. Did you see my note in my first reply.
For the Desire Z I believe they have the RUU's for whatever version you had running on your phone
It still worked...THANX A MILLION{",}
joemm said:
I was on my phone when I replied so i couldn't see your carrier info, this file was made for the Tmobile G2, I am not sure if it will work for the Desire Z. Did you see my note in my first reply.
For the Desire Z I believe they have the RUU's for whatever version you had running on your phone
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If it works on t-mo g2, it will defenetely work on desire z.
Sent from Mars
jecustoms said:
If it works on t-mo g2, it will defenetely work on desire z.
Sent from Mars
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It'll work, but it will also flash the G2-specific engineering HBOOT as opposed to the Desire Z one. Not sure there will be any adverse effects, but in case you weren't aware, the Desire Z does have slightly different partitioning than the G2.
Hi everyone... i was using strawmetal's downgrade pdf guide and successfully managed to downgrade my htc desire z to froyo(earlier it was gingerbread)
it also shows hows to permanently root the htc desire z.. i followed the guide to the point and after checking the md5-3 matches md5-2.... i typed in # reboot
now instead of enjoying my freshly rooted htc desire z ... am stuck at the welcome screen...the white with the green htc...
i ve seen the forum n yes there are xplainations of how to go about saving ur phone...
my query is a lil different ...
see , we did everything correctly ..so am sure we shud be able to start the phone with out losing the permanent root and all the other hardwork... i also installed the recovery clockwork ....
somebody show me the way .....
try flashing rom of choice from recovery
First off, Visionary is known to fail frequently which is why it is not recommended to use.
That aside, try flashing a new recovery via fastboot as some versions of CWM are known to hang on the HTC screen.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA
flanger9 said:
Hi everyone... i was using strawmetal's downgrade pdf guide and successfully managed to downgrade my htc desire z to froyo(earlier it was gingerbread)
it also shows hows to permanently root the htc desire z.. i followed the guide to the point and after checking the md5-3 matches md5-2.... i typed in # reboot
now instead of enjoying my freshly rooted htc desire z ... am stuck at the welcome screen...the white with the green htc...
i ve seen the forum n yes there are xplainations of how to go about saving ur phone...
my query is a lil different ...
see , we did everything correctly ..so am sure we shud be able to start the phone with out losing the permanent root and all the other hardwork... i also installed the recovery clockwork ....
somebody show me the way .....
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I'm in the same dilemma as you. I got s-off and have clockwork recovery installed but i always get an error when i click any options under there. Have you found a solution yet? Please PM me. Thanks
Blaggah said:
I'm in the same dilemma as you. I got s-off and have clockwork recovery installed but i always get an error when i click any options under there. Have you found a solution yet? Please PM me. Thanks
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Did you miss the sticky about how Visionary known to brick phones (especially since it's a very outdated method now).
okay so i've been given a used g2/desire z but the problem is i cannot figure out if it's a g2 or a desire z because no where on the phone it says t mobile but the back plate has a g2 carved on it (the back could have been replaced). Now i looked at some pics of the G2 it clearly says t-mobile on top It's running froyo 2.2 with the build number of 0.90.xxx.x. This stopped me from rooting the phone since i didn't have a way of finding out what this damned thing is. Secondly i tried checking for updates it keeps searching for updates and nothing happens and thirdly if it's a g2 it must be unlocked cause i'm using an other carriers sim. There is no HTC Sense on the phone no shining suns no flip clock or is it just that the version is so old that sense wasn't invented yet ?plus if i went ahead with the desire z method of rooting if what i have is a g2 would i brick my phone ?
I had the same question they are the same the DZ is the international version of the G2 it has a little more memory I believe. And all roms are safe to flash on either device. Some roms like sense need to have the DZ hboot. Simple to install and it gives you a little more ram which is needed for certain roms
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA
the only real difference is the stock rom and the hboot/spl
boot on your phone and see what hboot you have (hold volume down while powering on) and you will know if its considered a g2 or dz
there isnt more ram in the dz just a larger partition for the system which is needed to flash certain roms (sense) it truley wont matter which one you have now and you will only need to change the hboot from g2 to dz if you want these roms. there would be no reason to change from dz hboot to g2.
coldeyes1 said:
okay so i've been given a used g2/desire z but the problem is i cannot figure out if it's a g2 or a desire z because no where on the phone it says t mobile but the back plate has a g2 carved on it (the back could have been replaced). Now i looked at some pics of the G2 it clearly says t-mobile on top It's running froyo 2.2 with the build number of 0.90.xxx.x. This stopped me from rooting the phone since i didn't have a way of finding out what this damned thing is. Secondly i tried checking for updates it keeps searching for updates and nothing happens and thirdly if it's a g2 it must be unlocked cause i'm using an other carriers sim. There is no HTC Sense on the phone no shining suns no flip clock or is it just that the version is so old that sense wasn't invented yet ?plus if i went ahead with the desire z method of rooting if what i have is a g2 would i brick my phone ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26990743&postcount=2
(QUOTE) there isnt more ram in the dz just a larger partition for the system which is needed to flash certain roms (sense)
Thanks my bad that's what I meant to say.
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so i checked my bootloader and the hboot version is 0.78.1000 now as Pnut pointed me to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26990743&postcount=2 where the say this 0.76.2000>G2 so am i right in assuming that what i have is the G2 and it is safe to go ahead with this method of rooting http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting ?
it would be safe even if you had the dz. if you want to understand the phones a bit more look @ the xda wiki on the vision, just go to wiki tab on the top of the screen, the htc phones on the right find the g2/dz aka vision. you ll understand more, same guide for rooting as cyanogens but more of an explanation
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so i read the wiki as you said demkantor and i came to the hboot part so here's what it is
1.1. engineering hboot
Download the appropriate HBOOT for your phone:
T-Mobile G2: vision.hboot-0.76.2000.zip (md5sum 7669AE12DC2FAA10AE555A164980EFD0)
HTC Desire Z: vision.hboot-0.84.2000.zip (md5sum 2CE1BDD5E4C1119CCFCECB938710D742)
Note that the md5sums are for the actual hboot img contained within the zip file, not the for the zip file itself. Note also that the dz, g2, and dhd each use their own version of the engineering boot, as the phones are partitioned differently. (If you have previously installed the wrong HBOOT for your phone, you may need to reflash everything after partition 18 .
According to this it's my choice on which hboot version i want to flash ?
well if you like sense roms id go dz as you have the larger system partition otherwise go with g2, its not a big deal so long as you flash a rom afterwards. this will not cause a brick but if you change your emmc partition the current rom will not be able to boot after you are rooted. thats ok you want to flash a new rom anyhow.
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