Formatting SD Card for Gingerbreak - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey, I want to install custom roms on my phone, therefore I need it to be rooted and S-offed, but to s-off it I need to downgrade it, but to downgrade it, I need to root it and what not.
So I decided "just" to root it via Gingerbreak.
It tells me to have a FAT32 formatted SD card. I have backuped all my relevant data, anything else can be deleted.
Can I just plug my DHD into my PC and format the SD Card with windows?
Will my phone work still?
Regards...

PS: My Android Version is 2.3.3, my HTC Sense version is 2.1, my kernel is 2.6.35.10, my software number is 2.50.405.2, if this is relevant (all stock)
I can't edit my post, that's why I'm double posting.

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newbie - help clear my confusion

1. Do you need a goldcard to root? i read somewhere that you do not need to is this true? if it is for the root guide for windows do you just copy the files to the memory card?
2. anyone know a good solution to back up your phone completely before root?
1. You only need a GoldCard if your phone is branded. A GoldCard is a special SD card which, when inserted into your device, allows you to flash RUU files with a different CID to your own device. For example, if you own a T-Mobile branded device, this will allow you to flash a generic ROM. Therefore, a GoldCard is only necessary if your device is an operator supplied device.
2. You can use MyBackup Pro version to backup all your apps and data to the sd card.

Couple of Rooting questions

Guys,
I read this forum every single day and learned a great deal. I've got a good idea about rooting, flashing etc, but have couple of Yes/No questions, so please bear with me.
I have a T-Mobile NL desire, branded and locked, and my questions are:
1. Can I make 4 GB stock SD card currently I use a Goldcard? It came preinstalled with the phone and I haven't even taken it out. Would I lose any data?
2. Can Goldcard and APP2SD card be the same? I know APP2SD require partitioning. Does it also require formatting? If I understand correctly Goldcard only changes some "internal sectors" of the SD card, so I thought that might be possible?
3. I see a lot of recovery methods on the development forum (Clockwork, AM recovery, Fake-flash, unrevoked etc). Some require USB connection some dont. Which one at the moment do you think is the best to root your device and install APP2SD?
4. As I understand Nandroid does a full ROM backup while Titanium backs up your apps and settings. Can I backup my current T-Mobile ROM with Nandroid before rooting, and restore it later if needed?
Many thanks in advance, this is a great community to learn and share!
manisa236 said:
Guys,
I read this forum every single day and learned a great deal. I've got a good idea about rooting, flashing etc, but have couple of Yes/No questions, so please bear with me.
I have a T-Mobile NL desire, branded and locked, and my questions are:
1. Can I make 4 GB stock SD card currently I use a Goldcard? It came preinstalled with the phone and I haven't even taken it out. Would I lose any data?
2. Can Goldcard and APP2SD card be the same? I know APP2SD require partitioning. Does it also require formatting? If I understand correctly Goldcard only changes some "internal sectors" of the SD card, so I thought that might be possible?
3. I see a lot of recovery methods on the development forum (Clockwork, AM recovery, Fake-flash, unrevoked etc). Some require USB connection some dont. Which one at the moment do you think is the best to root your device and install APP2SD?
4. As I understand Nandroid does a full ROM backup while Titanium backs up your apps and settings. Can I backup my current T-Mobile ROM with Nandroid before rooting, and restore it later if needed?
Many thanks in advance, this is a great community to learn and share!
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1. The stock card will be fine, and I think you will lose everything on it. Never needed on my self so I'm not 100% on that. Just copy everything from SD to your PC.
2. Not sure about the gold card bits, but If you partition your SD card it will delete all data on it.
3. Use fake flash or unrevoked after you have completed step 1. The old usb method leaves you at risk of semi bricking the phone.
4. You only have access to the nandroid option after the rooting process. So you can't backup your current rom.
A2SD will format your card, so I recommend having two cards - original 4 gig card which will be used as goldcard, and other (preferably bigger) card which you will use everyday.
After you wipe everything and flash new rom with gold card inside (according to instructions), you will have to turn off your phone, change gold card with another one, enter hboot, recovery and partition new card before rebooting.
There are two reasons why I would recommend recovery with pushfiles_windows.zip (which you can find here: http://nimbu.amorvi.com/2010/05/how-to-root-your-htc-desire/ ) instead of fake flash:
- fake flash desn't have power off/turn off option which pushfiles has, I had to turn phone off with power button, and I wasn't sure if I turned it off or put it to sleep before pulling battery out... too much stress
- when I exchanged gold card with new one, I wasn't sure will I be able to enter recovery with fake flash on it, so I used old school pushfiles with USB
Beware that free and full Titanium Backup are two different things: full is a great backup tool that will restore everything like it was after first reboot, and I wouldn't recommend free version to anyone

Firmware update using goldcard question

I have a Desire running froyo which has been debranded and i have also invoked apps to sd using adb method.
Hopefully, in the near future, we may get another firmware update so, in readyness for this i have a few questions that i need answering.
To upgrade firmware, i need to insert my goldcard which is a different card to the one i use reguarly in my phone. Is there any way i can maintain all of my applications after upgrade of firmware ie. Insert goldcard, upgrade return original goldcard containing app data and after having done this, maintain my adb push status and original applications.
I may be wrong (bit of a noob!) but i don't think this is straightforward as apps are split between sd and phone storage.
Please advise!
First thing to do is make your everyday card into your gold card as this sorts out having to faff about with changing cards...
OTA updates shouldn't remove apps/data so you should be fine

AAHK downgrade not completing

So I recently acquired a Desire HD, and now i'm trying root it to install a custom ROM. I used to own a Desire so i'm not new to flashing ROMs and Android hacking in general.
I'm using AAHK, and after following all the instructions and opening the script it asks to downgrade the firmware to be able to root. I tell it to do so, and it continues. After a while it says that if succesful, the device should prompt me with something and that i should confirm by pressing volume up. However, it does not do so and i end up in HBOOT. After restarting the version is the same and AAHK asks me to downgrade again. I've tried it a couple of times but it doesn't seem to have an effect.
This leads us to my question, which is what is the minimum size requirement for the SD card inside? Also, i could not find a clear answer on if the downgrade process will format the SD card when making the goldcard. I'm using a 256 MB card but i do have a 16 GB one, i just don't want to lose the data in it.
Will the card i'm using do? Am i doing something wrong? Will the SD card's data be erased in the process?
Thanks in advance,
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[Q] Phone stuck on boot loop

Hi,
my phone stuck on boot loop, as i mentioned at the title. I mean it comes to HTC screen and then black screen and then again HTC screen. It happened when i try to move com.htc package to sd-card, i was trying to open some more place for my internal storage ( i didn't know that can happen.)
how can i fix this ? can you please help me thanks !:crying:
Unfortunately you tried to move an important system component (didn't even know it would let you).
In future, if you don't know what it is, you should research it first. If you can't find anything, don't touch it
To get it back, you will likely have to run an RUU, but you will lose everything except stuff on your sd card.
Find bortak's troubleshooting guide at the top of Q&A, find the bit on RUU, find and flash the 2.3.3. GB RUU.
In future, if you really want to make more space on the Desire, the only proper way is to research how to S-OFF, root and partition your sd card.
Do you have a Nandroid? You must take nandroid backup using CWM before going fishy with /system
Else try factory reset using stock recovery
To free system space, instead of moving important files, use Link2SD for moving apps to SD partition
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thanks, i will try
I'm appreciated for your helps, i'm now at work, when i go home i 'll try your suggestion that installing RUU.
I don't have a nandroid and don't know what it is. And i tried all choices on HBOOT none of them worked !
And one more question my usb driver looks like broken when i connect computer my phone and go into HBOOT, it says "USB Device not recognized" but i can plug my sd card to my laptop, can i run RUU and flash proccess by my sd card and how ?
rsercano said:
And one more question my usb driver looks like broken when i connect computer my phone and go into HBOOT, it says "USB Device not recognized" but i can plug my sd card to my laptop, can i run RUU and flash proccess by my sd card and how ?
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In the same troubleshooting guide there should be a section on how to extract the ROM.zip from the RUU
Then you rename it to PB99IMG.zip exactly, put it on the root of the sd card (not in any folder), and run it from the sdcard without cable.
Alternatively, if you search directly for the 2.3.3. RUU as PB99IMG.zip is should be available.
eddiehk6 said:
In the same troubleshooting guide there should be a section on how to extract the ROM.zip from the RUU
Then you rename it to PB99IMG.zip exactly, put it on the root of the sd card (not in any folder), and run it from the sdcard without cable.
Alternatively, if you search directly for the 2.3.3. RUU as PB99IMG.zip is should be available.
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YOU ARE AWESOME ! BUT my phone now works i opened it, but can't use my Vodafone TR line, it says NO SIM CARD What should i do now ?
EDIT: I MADE IT WORK BY REBOOTING, Thanks a lot again !!!!

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