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can anyone give me a full guide to flash my hboot to CM7 so i can install CM7 ROM because i am afraid to do it without full guidness cause its most likely the smallest mistake bricks the phone and i cant afford that

First off. DO NOT POST MORE THAN ONE THREAD ABOUT THE SAME TOPIC!!!
Second: no that was it. Im not going to help you.
edit: (just kidding throw me a pm i'll guide you through it, and we already have plenty of threads explaining it, so don't need another one, also i was serius on the first part)
edit2: you do know you don't necessarily need to flash the hboot in order to use cm right? You can use the stock one just fine, you will just have a little less space on /data for apps.

Zisi911 said:
can anyone give me a full guide to flash my hboot to CM7 so i can install CM7 ROM because i am afraid to do it without full guidness cause its most likely the smallest mistake bricks the phone and i cant afford that
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You should do exactly as described on alpharev.nl
Edit:
See here for a s-off tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811
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http://youtu.be/JmvCpR45LKA

anderl78 said:
You should do exactly as described on alpharev.nl
Edit:
See here for a s-off tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811
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+1 just download ISO file form alpharev.nl burn it, and let it do it's magic.

new to g2 forum

new to the g2 community. i have cm7 right now, thinking about flashing virtous unity rom. i do wanna change the hboot but if i do change to the zhboot . can i keep that zhboot and just flashed any other rom ? or do i have to go back to my old hboot which is 0.82.0000. and whats the difference between the two hboot? hope you guys can help me out

flipnotiq said:
new to the g2 community. i have cm7 right now, thinking about flashing virtous unity rom. i do wanna change the hboot but if i do change to the zhboot . can i keep that zhboot and just flashed any other rom ? or do i have to go back to my old hboot which is 0.82.0000. and whats the difference between the two hboot? hope you guys can help me out
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Welcome to the Vision Forums
The DZ hboot will work fine with any other roms and will be essential for all future virtuous releases.
Using the DZ hboot increases the size of the system partition meaning that larger roms will fit on to the phone. Sense 3.0 roms are huge and if you use the G2 hboot its very difficult to get the roms to fit on to the phone. There are guides dotted around the forums if you ever needed to return to the stock hboot.

Changing the hboot to the dz one wont hurt. It simply changes how much space is divided between system and data.
You should be all set if u us the dz hboot and it would guarantee that you can use all the roms from the g2/dz forums.
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Was curious, if u use a superwipe while using the dz hboot willit wipe the wrong partitions?
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xsteven77x said:
Was curious, if u use a superwipe while using the dz hboot willit wipe the wrong partitions?
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No, not that I'm aware of any way. I've used it with both hboots. And never had any issues.
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Ty guys. I did hit the thanks button if your wondering.

lol you're welcome. It's a breath of fresh air for someone who actually makes an effort to read and not act self entitled. If you have any other questions that you can't find an answer to, I can try to help you with what I know (not that it's alot, but I can probably handle the mid level questions)

How to upgrade hboot

Hi all, so I've been trying to update my hboot from 0.75.0000 to .93 but have been FAILING miserably. I'm currently on ICS, and have tried alpharev which didn't work. Trying to flash rom to RUU has also failed but I don't know why. Flashed my radio to match the one with the RUU and that didn't work, which i'm guessing is due to the inability to simply flash from ICS to 2.2 or 2.3?
So my question is, any other tips?

Try to flash the hboot downgrade from alpharev then the right RUU. If that works you can root and s-off your phone with unrevoked/revolutionary. If you want to change hboot to cmr7 or data ++ (example) you MUST be s-off......
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MarcelHofs said:
Try to flash the hboot downgrade from alpharev then the right RUU. If that works you can root and s-off your phone with unrevoked/revolutionary. If you want to change hboot to cmr7 or data ++ (example) you MUST be s-off......
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Thanks for tip, I've actually done alpharev and it also failed. Reason being it needs a rom that doesn't already have a2sd, any suggestion as to which rom is suitable?
Thanks
Edit: I've actually online done the hboot reflash, and not the downgrade. Will give that a go first and see what happens.

I think that all the rooted roms have some sort of a2sd, that's why I think you have to start from the beginning. Start with an original ruu.bring it back to its original state wich came out of the box...my knowledge doesn't reach that far ;-) its the easyest way I think.
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Can you post your complete bootloader. Turn of phone, hold down volume and press power. What info does the left upper corner give you ?
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It is:
BRAVO UNKNOWN SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.75.0000
MICROP-031D
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
MAR 5 2010,21:12:15

Still I think what's best is to go back all the way and install a ruu. Then go directly to revolutionary. It will root and s-off your phone and installs the custom hboot.
Maybe I have more time to help tonight, I am at work now :-(
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MarcelHofs said:
I think that all the rooted roms have some sort of a2sd, that's why I think you have to start from the beginning. Start with an original ruu.bring it back to its original state wich came out of the box...my knowledge doesn't reach that far ;-) its the easyest way I think.
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That's what I'm thinking too, hence why I'm trying to flash an RUU onto the device. I however get this error when I do it
Error[140]: Bootloader version error
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again

I conclude that the downgrade did not work ?
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MarcelHofs said:
I conclude that the downgrade did not work ?
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It didn't and wouldn't cause my phone is still on S-On, I'm however dling some newer RUU so fingers crossed that helps.

Ah yes ofcourse. There is a stickie in the Q & A section here that has info and troubleshooting. Maybe point 3 and 4 can give you some more info !
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Is it possible that your phone is branded by provider, in that case you have to create a goldcard first. I have no experience in this. Hopefully I am pointing you to the right direction.
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MarcelHofs said:
Is it possible that your phone is branded by provider, in that case you have to create a goldcard first. I have no experience in this. Hopefully I am pointing you to the right direction.
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Hey there, firstly I would like to thank you for ALL your help and of course the effort you've put in it.
I've actually fixed it by firstly going to page ~16 of the android development forum for the desire, get an old rom, flash it in and then performed the alpharev. Lo and behold it worked because the rom is reasonably old and a2sd was "new" then. Flashed it back to ICS now and I am proud to announced that I S-OFF'ED!!! Partition done and OFF I GO.

That's great !!!! Have fun with your fixed desire )))
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bjornzzz said:
Hey there, firstly I would like to thank you for ALL your help and of course the effort you've put in it.
I've actually fixed it by firstly going to page ~16 of the android development forum for the desire, get an old rom, flash it in and then performed the alpharev. Lo and behold it worked because the rom is reasonably old and a2sd was "new" then. Flashed it back to ICS now and I am proud to announced that I S-OFF'ED!!! Partition done and OFF I GO.
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@bjornzzz Any suggestion on which rom you flashed. I've arrived at this boot loader while going back to stock from alpharevx hboot / ics rom.
Flashing an Ruu before flashing the alpharev downgrade didn't help much. LOL

HBOOT CM7 r2

I used AlphaRev 1.8 to get S-OFF how do i flash HBOOT CM7 r2 ? is there a up datable .zip or is it best to use fastboot option ?

Fastboot is my fave. You can also PB99IMG.zip from hboot
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rootSU said:
Fastboot is my fave. You can also PB99IMG.zip from hboot
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okay to use Android Flasher 2.2.0.5 ? " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638 "
to flash HBOOT image ?

You can. I prefer not to but its your call
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I've only ever used Android flasher and must have changed hboot about 20 times. Works well for me.
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Whichever method you use, wipe all partitions (except FAT32 on SD) after changing.
(If you use 4ext recovery this will be done for you),

wildcardspv said:
I've only ever used Android flasher and must have changed hboot about 20 times. Works well for me.
+1 Used only Android flasher and every time it worked fine
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I have only used fastboot and never had any problems with it. at start it might seem the harder way but when you do it a couple of times it probably is the fastest and easiest way to do it.
also just a reminder, if you wanna change back from cm7r2, flash the downgrader first, then flash the other hboot you wanna go for. (i have learned this a lot later than i should have therefore i feel the need to share it)

hassand said:
I have only used fastboot and never had any problems with it. at start it might seem the harder way but when you do it a couple of times it probably is the fastest and easiest way to do it.
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Plus you're not adding an additional layer of software like these gui apps are.

hassand said:
also just a reminder, if you wanna change back from cm7r2, flash the downgrader first, then flash the other hboot you wanna go for. (i have learned this a lot later than i should have therefore i feel the need to share it)
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Do you mean, everytime one is changing to any different hboot?
I thought this is only needed if one is changing back to stock hboot.
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Personnally I'm a fan of Fastboot Commander. It can be found at the bottom of the Desire Index in the development thread.

You got a few hboots for alpharev then you can make your own layout as you need, so rom will fit perfectly. As I'm trying different Rom flashing hboot as it is required for that specific Rom.
Now I find fastboot much quicker way as fastboot commander with mouse
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malso said:
Do you mean, everytime one is changing to any different hboot?
I thought this is only needed if one is changing back to stock hboot.
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if i remember correctly, you need to use the downgrader first to switch from 387mb system hboot to cm7r2 for example

hassand said:
if i remember correctly, you need to use the downgrader first to switch from 387mb system hboot to cm7r2 for example
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You are remember not correctly. One only needs to use downgrader when one wants to flash RUU or OTA, because the new hboot versions have only overwrite protection against RUU or OTA (Source: http://alpharev.nl).

I've changed from CM7r2 to stock and back again a few times now (when trying out the ICS ROMs that are floating around on here), and have never flashed the downgrader. As MatDrOiD points out, that's only needed if you're going back onto a RUU.
Cheers.

malso said:
Do you mean, everytime one is changing to any different hboot?
I thought this is only needed if one is changing back to stock hboot.
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there are ROM's that doesn't accept a certain boot's, so if you really want that ROM, you must change your boot too

[Q] Oficial ruu 2.3 gingerbread upgrade download

I am trying to find the link to download the official 2.3 gingerbread upgrade.
please help
many thanks

http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
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downloaded it , will this put stock rom back on and S-on again?
thx

htc_desire_luke said:
downloaded it , will this put stock rom back on and S-on again?
thx
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It should do but were u s off before if u were make sure u flash stock hboot then run the ruu.
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right will do that first

S-on
lilsafbig said:
It should do but were u s off before if u were make sure u flash stock hboot then run the ruu.
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how do I S-ON the phone before I install rom?

sorry... I mean I will put stock Hboot on first and then RUU.
got it

htc_desire_luke said:
downloaded it , will this put stock rom back on and S-on again?
thx
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read the troubleshooting guide sticky at the top of q&a, it explains everything

Hmm, i already said all this to OP when he sent me a pm couple days ago. I give up..

the rom upgrade doesnt seem to install, it says its not meant to be flashed and may have to be done from bootloader??

lilsafbig said:
It should do but were u s off before if u were make sure u flash stock hboot then run the ruu.
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eddiehk6 said:
http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo
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tried this one: HTC_Desire_Android_2.3_Upgrade.zip
and it didnt work

after I followed instructions- it was stuch on HTC white boot screen and after booting into bootloader I found it was still S-off???

htc_desire_luke said:
after I followed instructions- it was stuch on HTC white boot screen and after booting into bootloader I found it was still S-off???
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Ur supposed to unzip it and run the RUU software?
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I did unzip and ran software. But after it just stuck on htc white screen, I went into bootloader and found it was still s-off

htc_desire_luke said:
I did unzip and ran software. But after it just stuck on htc white screen, I went into bootloader and found it was still s-off
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Try downloading from htcdev u need to create an account first and then choose ur device and version. And leave it if it goes to HTC screen.
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htc_desire_luke said:
tried this one: HTC_Desire_Android_2.3_Upgrade.zip
and it didnt work
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You have got to be more descriptive..."it didn't work" is not useful and helps no one. We aren't mind readers...
htc_desire_luke said:
after I followed instructions- it was stuch on HTC white boot screen and after booting into bootloader I found it was still S-off???
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Once again:
Read the troubleshooting guide sticky at the top of q&a, it explains everything. Yes it even covers your EXACT situation...
It turns out you're not the first person to try to run an RUU...
Guides like that have been made to specifically explain every single eventuality, so you don't have to open another thread explaining exactly the same thing. We are not here to copy paste the very same instructions. Please read and use it.

That file worked for me. U sure u even got stock hboot.
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S-On help please
So checking Hboot details
I have the following: -AlphaRev-
Bravo PVT4 Ship S-off
radio -4.05.00.11
do I need AlphaRev downgrader??

when I try to boot into recovery it seems to get stuck on the white HTC screen as well-
never had this problem before

htc_desire_luke said:
So checking Hboot details
I have the following: -AlphaRev-
Bravo PVT4 Ship S-off
radio -4.05.00.11
do I need AlphaRev downgrader??
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Maybe Im not sure so please read the guide I don't want to brick your phone.
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