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[Q] Wrong (stock) partition layout after flashing CM7Hboot ROM

A noob here...
I just did the whole thing - rooted my stock Desire, did S-off, flashed Amonra recovery, partitioned the SD card with Amonra (FAT32 + 1GB ext4), and then flashed RCMixS A2SD CM7Hboot ROM.
Everything went well and was OK, except after flashing the ROM it didn't reboot 3 times as it is supposed to because of A2SD. It just booted normally straight away.
Everything looks and works OK except there is only 15MB available on internal memory, which has total of 147MB.
So, it looks like that I still have the stock partition layout of system, data and cache instead of the one from CM7 Hboot.
What have I missed?
Is it possible now to change to normal CM7 hboot partition layout, with 300MB available for data?

The ROM won't change the partition layout for you. You have to download the file (the CM7 partition layout) from http://alpharev.nl and flash it manually. Instructions on site.
Sent from my customized HTC Desire using TTP

You can also change hboot by using android flasher:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
I did it and worked well.
Here is a good faq how to use abd/fastboot:
http://androidforums.com/desire-all...stboot-windows-published-17th-may-2011-a.html
No warranty for any damage.

Thanks guys!
You saved my life - after I wrote that post I went into recovery and wiped everything, but then ROM didn't want to boot at all after that... Just a "why so serious" joker on the screen for hours... Scary! Well, for a beginner...
So, after I read your posts I fastboot the correct alpharev CM7 hboot and flashed the rom again, and it was all OK.
Enjoying the full freedom now of a much more advanced ROM but also finding out some bugs and niggles that you don't normally have in a stock rom prison life.
I somehow missed that part that ROM itself won't change the partition. From all those scattered posts, videos and instructions all over XDA I was reading last days, I got an impression that alpharev is all just about s-off, and that's it, when you're done with s-off you go to a "next step".
All those instructions seriously need to be put together in coherent form, it is really a hassle to have to look through hundreds of scattered posts to find out all kinds of little details, it's like assembling a puzzle from tiny little pieces scattered all over. All that for basically just a half an hour of work that is needed to go from stock device to a chosen ROM...
Well, I know, it is good to learn, and it's a precious knowledge, but it doesn't NEED to be hard way, it can be made much easier... And less prone to errors like this one.
All is good in the end.

[Q] Can't install any custom rom on Telus Desire

I'm having trouble installing any roms on my girlfriends desire. Installing roms seems to work fine, right up until i try to boot the phone, it just gets stuck at the HTC screen, I've pulled the battery and tried again, but nothing works. I've tried multiple roms, and with every one, the same problem.
The phone is rooted, HBOOT 0.93.0001, S-ON, Baseband 32.54.00.32U_5.14.05.17
Anyone know what's going on? It's been a while since I've played with android phones, so I'm not current with all the lingo. I'm currently a WP7 user
Thanks for the help!

I'm assuming then it would be a2sd Rom?? Your ext3 or 4 setup? ROM manager sucks for this, use gparted or minitools(I've never used this one) and preferably a card reader.
Sent from my HTC Desire

Ya, I tried ROM manager for the partition, I'll give gparted a shot. thanks!

Ok, formatted the sd card, and repartitioned to FAT32, and 512mb of EXT3 and the same thing happens, it just hangs at the HTC screen after installing a rom.

How long are you giving it before pulling the battery? It can take 10 or 15 minutes on first boot. I'm assuming you've tried a couple of different roms.

yes, I have tried a few different ones. I'd say the longest I waited was around 25-30 minutes. In my previous experience flashing hero roms, the most I had ever had to wait for those was about 5 minutes, so I assumed the 30 minutes was long enough, and decided that nothing was going to happen.

A Dustman said:
yes, I have tried a few different ones. I'd say the longest I waited was around 25-30 minutes. In my previous experience flashing hero roms, the most I had ever had to wait for those was about 5 minutes, so I assumed the 30 minutes was long enough, and decided that nothing was going to happen.
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i'm a previous hero owner, same thing happend to me, desire is different.
on all desire roms the op will tell you what hboot is made for and then to flash the alignement zip even if your sdcard is partioned , you have to otherwise the will never bootup and then you flash the rom plus whatever updates they suggest .
i think your hboot is stock, same as mine, but you need to S-off your phone in order to flash any roms, follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
try cool sensation or what ever takes your fancy
1-download the alignement zip , the rom and the updates if there are any
2- put all of them on your sd card (mount it or use usb card adapter)
3- go to recovery and flash them in sequence, usually alignement zip first + the rom and then reboot should be about 5 to 10mn any longer you in a bootloop means something wrong.
just have a good read before flashing any rom , and follow what they say.from step 1 till the end.
you'll get there, don't worry it wont brick your phone

I was under the impression that S-Off wasn't necessary for all roms, for example insert coin cm7. I could not get my computer to successfully boot from my flashdrive to perform the s-off with alpharev, so I skipped that step
I also flashed the alignment zip, and still had the same problem.

A Dustman said:
I was under the impression that S-Off wasn't necessary for all roms, for example insert coin cm7. I could not get my computer to successfully boot from my flashdrive to perform the s-off with alpharev, so I skipped that step
I also flashed the alignment zip, and still had the same problem.
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You don't need s-off to flash roms, I'm not and flashed many. Make sure your installing roms for the stock hboot, cm7 won't work. From what I've seen unless your having problems with your ext the alignment patches can be more trouble than good.
Sent from my HTC Desire

Thanks a lot! I found a rom that works with the stock hboot, and it worked perfectly!

What rom are you using with the stock hboot? I'm having same problem.
Also I'm assuming cm7 is cyanogenmod7, i thought it worked with the stock hboot?

Ok, so I'm having another issue now... The market is not working, I tap it, and it brings up a white loading screen for about half a second then disappears. I tried a reset, and I still have the same problem. Is there something I need to flash in order for it to work? The rom I'm on is cool sensation v6, and I didn't see anything there about anyone having market issues, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
Thanks again
EDIT: I notice that under accounts and sync, it says that sync is currently experiencing problems
EDIT EDIT: I just remembered that with my old hero, I had to first sync over 3g only, tried that, and it solved my problem.

Under Applications, find the market and try clearing the cache

A Dustman said:
I could not get my computer to successfully boot from my flashdrive to perform the s-off with alpharev, so I skipped that step
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Did you create a bootable usb drive?

firepanda said:
What rom are you using with the stock hboot? I'm having same problem.
Also I'm assuming cm7 is cyanogenmod7, i thought it worked with the stock hboot?
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It's a bit misleading, cm7 does not refer to cyanogenmod7 but cm7 partion table.
You will usually find 2 different versions of most popular ROMs.
1. A2sd
apps2sd, usually A2sd+. This requires the stock partion table. You do not need to be S-off to flash these ROMs
2. CM7
This refers to the CM7 partion table (custom Hboot). To repartion your nand you need to be S-off. These ROMs are data++ ROMs.
So, no you do not need to be S-off to flash custom ROMs, you do need to be S-off to resize your partion tables. More info in this thread:
This explains Data++ versus A2SD very well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14615477#post14615477

[Q] Stable root impossible =(

Hello everybody,
I am trying to root my mobile phone on something stable, but it is impossible... I used more than 20 different root, and always the same :
Crash after some hours, by different ways :
- I want to unlock, but the screen stays off (the led of the hardwired buttons lights on, but nothing more)
- When I unlock, it stay in the unlocking phase
- In use, reboot without any visible reason
- When I receive a message, the app make the phone crashing (I missed the born of the child of my best friend by this way ^^)
- ...
My phone informations :
Htc Desire, S-OFF with Unrevoked3
Hboot : stock or cm7r2 (depending the recommandation of the developper of the rom)
Radio : 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
4Ext Recovery touch
Thank you very much,
Olivier

I am guessing your phone is "rooted" and you are having problems with stable roms?
Do you have an ext partition on your sd card? Are you wiping all partitions in recovery before flashing rom?
Try good old Leedroid rom here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703 using stock hboot

Thank you for your answer.
Yes, my phone is rooted and I'm having problems with roms, not root as I said, sorry!
All the roms I tried were "stable", except perhaps 3.
I have done an Ext4 a week ago, to try if it is better (with MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Editio), but before, I had an Ext done by the recovery. I think Ext2
I wipe all partitions every time (except SD card, for my data) before flashing.
I will try this one, and hope it will be good =p
Thank you very much!
Olivier

piroli5 said:
Thank you for your answer.
Yes, my phone is rooted and I'm having problems with roms, not root as I said, sorry!
All the roms I tried were "stable", except perhaps 3.
I have done an Ext4 a week ago, to try if it is better (with MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Editio), but before, I had an Ext done by the recovery. I think Ext2
I wipe all partitions every time (except SD card, for my data) before flashing.
I will try this one, and hope it will be good =p
Thank you very much!
Olivier
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Never partition with minitool. You made a faulty ext partition.
Check out my sig for a guide to correctly partition your sd-card.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Never partition with minitool. You made a faulty ext partition.
Check out my sig for a guide to correctly partition your sd-card.
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Done. I made it by the recovery (4Ext)
bigpeet666 said:
I am guessing your phone is "rooted" and you are having problems with stable roms?
Do you have an ext partition on your sd card? Are you wiping all partitions in recovery before flashing rom?
Try good old Leedroid rom here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703 using stock hboot
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This was very very very instable... I made installation (as they asked, from a to z), but it crash.
I tryed this one again with the new ext3 : http://downloads.nikez.nu/
We will see how many hours without crash (yes, I count it in hours =( )
Thank you for helping, I tell if the ext3 made with this method was helpfull!
Olivier

What make of sd card do you have? Some are better than others?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

The SD Card is a SanDisk 16GB Micro SD
I tryed the leedroid rom again : 2 crashes in one day... As for every other : unstable for me... But why, I don't know.
I put my very old version back (the one which was on my phone before beginning rooting and other pretty things like this). I need something stable before having an issue.
If you have other ways to explore, I take it! I want a new version of android, and not the original 2.2.2 as back now
Thank you

Same Problem
piroli5 said:
Hello everybody,
I am trying to root my mobile phone on something stable, but it is impossible... I used more than 20 different root, and always the same :
Crash after some hours, by different ways :
- I want to unlock, but the screen stays off (the led of the hardwired buttons lights on, but nothing more)
- When I unlock, it stay in the unlocking phase
- In use, reboot without any visible reason
- When I receive a message, the app make the phone crashing (I missed the born of the child of my best friend by this way ^^)
- ...
My phone informations :
Htc Desire, S-OFF with Unrevoked3
Hboot : stock or cm7r2 (depending the recommandation of the developper of the rom)
Radio : 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
4Ext Recovery touch
Thank you very much,
Olivier
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Ive been having the same problem with my Desire since the last year or something. I haven't been able to find a single stable ROM since I rooted my device. I'm pretty sure I have tried almost all the ones available in this forum. I'm also quite sure that I have rooted my device properly.
In addition to the above mentioned problems my phone also has problem accessing data from the sd card. I am using a SanDisk Ultra 8GB, with 512mb ext4 partition made using Gparted live boot cd.
My phone information is:
HTC Desire soff with revolutionary
hboot - 6.93.1002
radio - 5.17.05.23
ROM - currently trying out PARANOIDANDROID v2.99 betaNINE+ | PIE | TabUI | QUICKTOGGLES
It will be of a big help to me if someone can help out with this issue.

Now, we are two with the same problem...
I have two crash in one day since I put my original version back. Not so bad, but so old! =p
Olivier

[Q] Unable to boot many roms

So, like a half of a year ago I've got my Desire, second hand. Now I didn't want to be stuck forever on Android 2.2 and old Sense, so I decided to root and install a newer rom. Rooting and S-OFF were succesful after a bit messing around, but it worked. So, I've tried a lot of roms, but just a few of them seemed to work, Usually the ones, I didn't need. Right now I'm on the Touchwiz 5 JB rom, but it sometimes has a problem with the microphone. Else than that, it works nicely stable, many times more stable than the 2.3.3 RUU from HTC. But don't really like the interface, I'm a huge fan of Sense.
Now I didn't get any Sense rom to work, all the way from the 2.1 Sense roms to the newest 4.1 rom (where the number is the Sense version). I only got some plain roms to work, which I've used a little time, but they don't really satisfy me.
So, the tech information: rooted with Revolutionary, so the recovery is the ClockworkMod. The phone is also S-OFF, runs on HBOOT 6.93.1002, and currently runs on the Touchwiz 5 JB rom. I've tried almost all roms with Sense, exept for some new ones (4.0+) since they still have a lot problems with things I need to have.
So, I hope somebody is able to help me.
Looking right now, I haven't tried the latest Cooldroid Revolution yet, so I'll try that right now.

Tell us a little about your sd-ext partition.

I'm 99% certain you didn't create EXT partition on SD card, or you didn't do it correctly.
Use 4ext recovery to partition your SD (create 1GB ext4 partition and nothing else, rest will be FAT32 where you store your media etc.)
Reason why Touchwiz 5 JB worked for you, is that it doesn't require EXT partition to boot, since you have to activate a2sd script manually using terminal.
And without a2sd you will run out of space rather quickly.

Well, I indeed have no EXT partition, since I've tried that once, but resulted into a USB brick and malfunctioning SD-card. I will google it whenever I've tried this rom.

Scoutsassin said:
Well, I indeed have no EXT partition, since I've tried that once, but resulted into a USB brick and malfunctioning SD-card. I will google it whenever I've tried this rom.
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Check out the partitioning guide in my sig.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Check out the partitioning guide in my sig.
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oooh nice and simple!

Good, with the EXT 2 partition it all works now. Got RSK Satelite (whatever it's called) running, Thanks for the help everybody!

[Q] Desire; S-OFF, rooted to partition SD card, now won't get past hboot?

Hello all,
I've done a search on this but can't find anything describing a problem exactly the same as mine (although I have a feeling it is what people mean when they say bootloop?).
So with the eventual aim of freeing up the internal storage on my Desire by partitioning the SD card (and using link2sd), I have gained S-OFF with the Revolutionary method, got root with superuser.zip and used 4ext Recovery Touch to format the SD card by using this guide. Now this is where things went a bit wrong. 4ext kept saying I was in safe mode and didn't seem to be doing anything. I followed some more instructions from here to wipe the cache and possibly some other things (this is probably where I went wrong..). I do believe I now have a 2GB sd-ext partition (ext3) and 6GB FAT32 (it's an 8GB card).
Now, when I boot the phone it goes straight to the hboot screen (white screen with skateboarding androids). No matter what options I choose it won't boot into Android-proper. I can however, get back into Recovery (4ext) so I'm assuming I'm not in a huge amount of trouble and have perhaps just screwed up my stock install.
I was planning on keeping it stock (it is actually my girlfriends so I didn't want any hassle), but now I am thinking I could just install a new ROM? Just wondering what my best route from here is..
Should I attempt to go back to stock by following a guide like this (2nd post) with a 'Desire 2.3 RUU (PB99IMG)'? Will that work? Will it undo everything else I've done? Having read up on here about RUUs I'm a bit scared of that to be honest..!
Or should I follow post #1 on the troubleshooting guide and use 4ext to install a brand spanking new ROM?
Thanks for any advice.

No need to RUU, that would undo everything.
So you're already s-off, with 4ext installed, and you can boot into recovery :good: You've partitioned your sd card correctly too (ext4 should in theory be faster than ext3, you can convert it quite easily in 4EXT, but may not make much difference)
Now just install a new rom from scratch is the easiest way. Pick one from the development section, still plenty of choice. You can even find the stock rooted 2.3.3 Rom there somewhere if she wants that. Use the "wipe all partitions except sd card" option within 4EXT, then install the ROM.zip.
When you pick a ROM, you should also check which hboot is more optimal for space within each thread. You're currently still on stock hboot I take it, which has 250MB system size. A lot of ROMs have smaller system than this, so using a more efficient hboot with smaller system size (and larger internal memory (/data) partition ) is beneficial. You'll need to go to alpharev.nl to find the hboots, and I recommend to flash them using fastboot commands
Depending on the ROM, you may not need to use link2sd at all as it likely has an A2SD script built in, or you may need to activate it via terminal commands, read/search the individual rom thread for details.
If you're still worried about space, I always recommend to use an app like 'diskusage' to browse all your partitions.

Thanks, very helpful. I did originally partition the ext-sd as ext4 but when it didn't work I thought I should perhaps try ext3. I thought perhaps the Desire wasn't recognising the ext4 format. As it turns out I think it was just because I had done it all in safe mode? Will the Desire recognise a 2gb ext4 partition? If so, I may as well reformat again..!
Unfortunately I'm at work now so don't have the phone infront of me. I remember it says 'Revolutionary' in pink at the top in hboot, but I can't remember the numbers.
As for ROMS.. hmn so many options. Any recommendations for something stable and reasonably fast. Stable being the top priority I suppose. I'm tempted to try a JB ROM but I'm assuming that wouldn't be particularly fast or stable! Might be interesting to try though. I will use Apex Launcher over the top of it anyway...

Scamm0r said:
Thanks, very helpful. I did originally partition the ext-sd as ext4 but when it didn't work I thought I should perhaps try ext3. I thought perhaps the Desire wasn't recognising the ext4 format. As it turns out I think it was just because I had done it all in safe mode? Will the Desire recognise a 2gb ext4 partition? If so, I may as well reformat again..!
Unfortunately I'm at work now so don't have the phone infront of me. I remember it says 'Revolutionary' in pink at the top in hboot, but I can't remember the numbers.
As for ROMS.. hmn so many options. Any recommendations for something stable and reasonably fast. Stable being the top priority I suppose. I'm tempted to try a JB ROM but I'm assuming that wouldn't be particularly fast or stable! Might be interesting to try though. I will use Apex Launcher over the top of it anyway...
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Try deleting the 4ext folder on your sd card to fix the safe mode issue, or also try going into wipe and select "Format all partitions (except sd card)."
I would recommend any of milwilds roms. My personal favourite is this one. Its very fast and stable, based on gingerbread, and its usually what i install on other peoples desires.
As for jb roms go, i wouldnt recommend one if your installing it for someone that doesnt know much about phones. They arent particularly fast, but the one i use (in my signature) is quite stable in my opinion.

Scamm0r said:
Unfortunately I'm at work now so don't have the phone infront of me. I remember it says 'Revolutionary' in pink at the top in hboot, but I can't remember the numbers.
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If you don't remember changing hboot, you're still on stock hboot.
As for ROMS.. hmn so many options. Any recommendations for something stable and reasonably fast. Stable being the top priority I suppose. I'm tempted to try a JB ROM but I'm assuming that wouldn't be particularly fast or stable! Might be interesting to try though. I will use Apex Launcher over the top of it anyway...
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I can also vouch for mildwild roms. These have much smaller system sizes, so best to change hboot before you install them as instructed above. Most of them fit into cm7r2 hboot, but check each thread for compatibility.

Thanks guys. Would you recommend that MW ROM over something like CyanogenMod 7.2.0.1 off their site? I see CM banded around quite alot, seems to be a go-to ROM for alot of people?
I'm home now, this is what I see on hboot:
-Revolutionary-
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH-PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Also, before I do it. Any problems for the Desire to see a 2GB ext4 partition? With the rest as FAT32? She won't be putting alot of media on it as she has a separate iPod.
Thanks.

Scamm0r said:
Thanks guys. Would you recommend that MW ROM over something like CyanogenMod 7.2.0.1 off their site? I see CM banded around quite alot, seems to be a go-to ROM for alot of people?
I'm home now, this is what I see on hboot:
-Revolutionary-
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH-PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Also, before I do it. Any problems for the Desire to see a 2GB ext4 partition? With the rest as FAT32? She won't be putting alot of media on it as she has a separate iPod.
Thanks.
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I would go with mw over cm. Cm 7 feels old and stale, while milwilds redux ROM feels fresh and different. In terms of stability and speed they are pretty much the same.
2gb shouldn't be too much of an issue, but usually the max recommend ext partition is 1.5gb.

Thanks again. I'm now up and running. Looks very nice indeed! I'll be honest though, I bailed out of flashing a new hboot. Too scary. After incurring the girlfriend's wrath after one day with a dead phone, I wouldn't want to brick it entirely!
A couple of questions now..
- Do I need to install link2sd? I'm looking at 'diskusage' but I'm struggling to make much sense of it. I can see my sd-ext on there though which I guess is good!
- Are there any peculiarities installing generic apps like Facebook, Youtube etc? At first glance the market seems to work ok.
- Does the cpu underclocking (whilst screen off) work well? Is it risky at all if I use the generic settings?
Also, I was going to chuck Apex launcher on it for her (I love it, and she wants a scrolling dock) but it's not compatible. Any others that are good? Nova isn't compatible either

Scamm0r said:
Thanks again. I'm now up and running. Looks very nice indeed! I'll be honest though, I bailed out of flashing a new hboot. Too scary. After incurring the girlfriend's wrath after one day with a dead phone, I wouldn't want to brick it entirely!
A couple of questions now..
- Do I need to install link2sd? I'm looking at 'diskusage' but I'm struggling to make much sense of it. I can see my sd-ext on there though which I guess is good!
- Are there any peculiarities installing generic apps like Facebook, Youtube etc? At first glance the market seems to work ok.
- Does the cpu underclocking (whilst screen off) work well? Is it risky at all if I use the generic settings?
Also, I was going to chuck Apex launcher on it for her (I love it, and she wants a scrolling dock) but it's not compatible. Any others that are good? Nova isn't compatible either
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No need to install link2sd. A2sd is installed by default and is already activated. Dont worry about it.
Apex and nova need 4+, so i would recommend holo or go launcher. i think the default cpu settings work good enough.

Scamm0r said:
Thanks again. I'm now up and running. Looks very nice indeed! I'll be honest though, I bailed out of flashing a new hboot. Too scary. After incurring the girlfriend's wrath after one day with a dead phone, I wouldn't want to brick it entirely!
A couple of questions now..
- Do I need to install link2sd? I'm looking at 'diskusage' but I'm struggling to make much sense of it. I can see my sd-ext on there though which I guess is good!
- Are there any peculiarities installing generic apps like Facebook, Youtube etc? At first glance the market seems to work ok.
- Does the cpu underclocking (whilst screen off) work well? Is it risky at all if I use the generic settings?
Also, I was going to chuck Apex launcher on it for her (I love it, and she wants a scrolling dock) but it's not compatible. Any others that are good? Nova isn't compatible either
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You won't brick your phone by flashing an hboot, as long as you follow all the instructions . It's beneficial just in case your girlfriend starts installing many apps. App data still gets stored on the internal memory (/data) partition, so it may get the low memory warning again which kind of defeats the purpose of doing this in the first place.
Open diskusage again, choose /system. You'll see a lot of free space on this partition....that's basically all completely wasted on stock hboot. At least you can see you sd-ext partition fillling up though.
There's another way to flash hboot without fastboot commands if you prefer. I always recommend that way simply because it forces the user to understand a little about what they're doing, plus it's always handy to install adb and fastboot drivers anyway
So:
- Download the PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip from alpharev.nl, rename it to PB99IMG.zip exactly, not PB99IMG.zip.zip, put it on the root of your sd card
- Reboot directly into recovery, nandroid backup (hard to go wrong now, no need to worry)
- Power down, boot into bootloader (vol down + power)
- It should find the file, and ask you to flash it, select yes
- Reboot into recovery, full wipe and nandroid restore
- It's exactly the same, but enjoy the extra internal memory. Open diskusage again, you'll find that there's less free space on /system, and /data has increased

Thanks Eddie, you're right of course. How safe is that method compared to using Android Flasher? I already had that installed on my PC for one of the steps previous.
So the nandroid backup will keep the phone set up as it is? I know she will have been customising her homescreens etc already now that it's up and running haha. OR is it best to reinstall the ROM again anyway and start from scratch?
I presume the backup option in 4ext recovery is a nandroid backup? I think I did one of those before after I got MW up and running.
Thanks again.

Scamm0r said:
Thanks Eddie, you're right of course. How safe is that method compared to using Android Flasher? I already had that installed on my PC for one of the steps previous.
So the nandroid backup will keep the phone set up as it is? I know she will have been customising her homescreens etc already now that it's up and running haha. OR is it best to reinstall the ROM again anyway and start from scratch?
I presume the backup option in 4ext recovery is a nandroid backup? I think I did one of those before after I got MW up and running.
Thanks again.
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Android flasher is the same as fastboot really. It's just a program so you don't type things. I've never used it personally, but it should work. I believe you flash the cm7r2.img directly (not the.zip file). All 3 of those methods (fastboot, android flasher, PB99IMG.zip are safe, get the same result eventually)
The thing to remember (which I should have mentioned before) whichever method you use, check the md5 sums of the .img files before you flash them (you should be able to see those long text/numbers on the alpharev page). Search for a program called md5check. (It just basically verifies the file against that md5 sum like a barcode so you know haven't downloaded a bad file.)
Nandroid backup is an exact image of the phone as it is. Homescreens, saved game data, texts, everything. So you won't lose anything after restoring it. I suggested that you change hboot before you install the rom for this exact reason, so you wouldnt have to backup and restore, but we're here now already