Dear All,
I am new to rooting, Custom ROMs etc ....
I have been reading for a couple of days several tutorials on how to root, install custom ROMs on my HTC Desire, so far I reached 80% of my goal, searching the internet and this forum I found ALOT of threads and tutorials and I wasn't totally sure which one to follow, but eventually I decided to have the InsertCoin ROM on my Stock Desire, so those are the following steps I did:
1- Rooted my Desire successfully using unrevoked.
2- Due to hardware limitation as you know the HTC Desire internal memory is so small, I have seen that I can partition my memory card in a way that the new ROM will be installed on the SD card and not the internal memory and I can benefit from this by having more space for apps, so I partitioned my 4GB SD into 3 partitions (According to the Tutorial): 2.86GB (Fat32), 1GB (EXT2), 32 MB (SWAP). Now this same tutorial suggested to convert the 1GB partition from EXT2 to EXT3 then to EXT4 (Optional) however it failed to convert, everytime I write the command I got an error like (image 1995 something, I can get the exact name if needed) so I continued my quest with the 1GB partition being EXT2.
3- Now I flashed my phone using the CM7 r2 HBOOT from alpharev.nl successfullly.
4- Then went to download InsertCoin there was 2 options InsertCoin Sense 2.1 A2SD+ 1.1.3 and InsertCoin Sense 2.1 CM7 1.1.3, I got the second one since I used the CM7 r2 HBOOT ... and installed this custom ROM on my phone and booted successfully.
Everything went fine, the new OS is Gorgeous and full of features except one thing, the 1 GB partition that I thought it was dedicated for the new ROM was untouched the new ROM was installed on the phone internal memory and after the installation I went to the phone info and found out that I have 32 MB of internal memory left, and this of course sucks I havent installed anything yet, so excuse me guys probably someone asked this before but I am too confused to find the correct answer ? what did I do wrong ? can I fix it from here or I must install the InsertCoin Sense 2.1 A2SD+ 1.1.3 ? Maybe there is something wrong in the way I am interpreting this could you please guide me?
My Goal: To have InsertCoin installed on the 1GB partition and to see like I have 700-800 MB left on my internal memory like some screen shots posted in this forum.
Best Regards
First, congratulations on rooting your phone. Trust me, it's the best thing you could have done to it.
Second, which tutorial did you use? The most tried and tested one on xda is this one... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
In reality the best way to partition your sd card is with only 2 partitions. The first (primary) partition should always be fat32, and the second should be either ext3 or ext4. Follow the guide I gave you to partition using GParted. It's one of the best ways to partition your sd card. Not too sure about the swap partition, I've never used one on any of the rom's I've used.
CM7r2 is possibly the best hboot to have as it's so widely used. Well done for flashing it succesfully.
The InsertCoin rom you downloaded would have been the right one for you. The a2sd+ one is for stock hboot.
As for your final internal memory space it sounds a little low. The rom itself will never be installed on your sd card, it will always stay on your internal memory. But from what you've said it sounds like you partitioned your memory card incorrectly.
More information can be found here...
http://docs.insertcoin-roms.org/2.4/en-US/installation/
and...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17482966&highlight=a2sd#post17482966 (read this page and the couple after it)
Always try to read as much on the specific rom thread that you can as there's loads of useful info on them.
If I was you I'd repartition my sd card again and reinstall the rom.
Hope it helps.
Thank you very much zedmarcus for your fast and detailed reply, the tutorial above is the best one I have seen so far, its sad that I did not follow it in the first place, I still have some things to ask, concerning the steps in the Tutorial:
Step One: Silly me I didnt do it.
Step Two: Done correctly (Similar to the way shown in this Tut).
Step Three: Done correctly (Similar to the way shown in this Tut).
Step Four: now I read about S-OFF somewhere but I didnt give it attention, but the thing I have done is I have downloaded CM7 r2, renamed it to PB99IMG.zip put it on my SD card, and booted in Recovery Mod (ClockWork) and chose "Install zip from sd card" and guided it to PB99IMG.zip. Can we consider this as an alternative way of what the Tutorial author did using the ISO way ? or am I talking total Gibberish ?
Step Five: I will totally follow this one and partition my SD card using Gparted live CD, the way I did using adb shell was a total mess.
Step Six: Done it correctly.
Step Seven: Done it correctly following this official InsertCoin docs.
Anyway I think I will read the tutorial again and carefully, before I start over.
No problem. XDA is all about learning and sharing
1) No problem really with downloading your RUU first. You can always find out which one you need and download it later if you ever have to. Personally my phone is out of warranty (so it'll never go back to HTC for a fix), and you can find answers to pretty much any problems on here.
4) Yes thats another way to s-off - I think . Easiest way to check if you are s-off (and check your hboot) is to turn off your phone, then press and hold volume down and press the power button to turn it on. It'll then turn on to a white screen, and at the top in pink it should say "AlphaRev CM7 r2" (your current hboot). Just below that it'll say whether you're s-on or s-off. Then just use the volume buttons up and down to go to reboot, or recovery if you're flashing a new rom/kernel/add-on (power button makes the selection).
5) There's no problem with partitioning your sd card again. I've done mine a couple of times.
Only other advice I can give is to make sure once you've got your new rom up and running is to make a nand backup. You'll need it if your phone ever messes up and you wanna go back to an earlier backup (think of it like a backup on your pc where you can go back to a particular date before it was messed up). Step six in the guide I gave you shows you how to do it.
Enjoy your "new" phone
Quick question, I found out that my phone is still S-ON, and in fact I did not HBOOT reflash it correctly, I jumped this step and installed teh CM7 r2 patch (Which I suppose went successfully), now my question, can I HBOOT reflash my phone like step 4 in the above tutorial, then apply CM7 r2 again ? will it brick my phone or anything ?
Ok today was tuff day, some things cleared up and other things are still ambiguous, my phone is actually S-ON I tried the video in the tutorial, but at some point it failed but my phone is still OK and still S-ON, however I managed to partition my SD card correctly this time, and reinstalled InsertCoin but still straightly after the installation I had 32 MB of internal memory left, now here is the weird part for me can someone explain what is the role of the 1GB EXT4 partition that I made and which is required for the InsertCoin ? I thought after the installation I would see a huge internal memory like the one I saw in this forum in a screenshot in the Supernova Rom, or is it different with InserCoin ?
In addition after the ROM installation, I took my SD card, plugged it in a memory card ready and started Gparted just to see the usage and I was surprised that out of the 1 GB EXT4 partition there was 363 MB used so in fact it was "touched" during the installation, can someone clear this thing up for me please ?
SpeedyStick said:
Ok today was tuff day, some things cleared up and other things are still ambiguous, my phone is actually S-ON I tried the video in the tutorial, but at some point it failed but my phone is still OK and still S-ON, however I managed to partition my SD card correctly this time, and reinstalled InsertCoin but still straightly after the installation I had 32 MB of internal memory left, now here is the weird part for me can someone explain what is the role of the 1GB EXT4 partition that I made and which is required for the InsertCoin ? I thought after the installation I would see a huge internal memory like the one I saw in this forum in a screenshot in the Supernova Rom, or is it different with InserCoin ?
In addition after the ROM installation, I took my SD card, plugged it in a memory card ready and started Gparted just to see the usage and I was surprised that out of the 1 GB EXT4 partition there was 363 MB used so in fact it was "touched" during the installation, can someone clear this thing up for me please ?
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Droidzone's Supernova ROM uses data2sd which means you can install any amount of app storage room on your sd card as you want. InsertCoin is different to this in that it doesn't use data2sd.
If you really want a lot of room for app storage Supernova is the way to go.
If you s-off then change your hboot, you will need to re-flash. It's worth it though.
To s-off, go to alpharev.nl, download alpharev 1.8 hboot reflash utility, burn it onto a cd, put it into your pc and boot to it, then follow the instructions on the screen. It should only take about 5 minutes, but it gives you access to everything.
Once you're s-off, download fastboot commander, bravo_alphaspl-cm7r2.img also from alpharev.nl, and recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-bravo.img. Start up your phone into fastboot (hold down volume- and power, then select fastboot), plug it in, and start up fastboot commander. In the main text box, it should show that your phone is connected via fastboot. If it is, then select Hboot/spl and select the bravo_alphaspl-cm7r2.img file, and click Flash SPL. Do the same for Recovery, with recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5.bravo.img.
Enjoy
zedmarcus said:
Droidzone's Supernova ROM uses data2sd which means you can install any amount of app storage room on your sd card as you want. InsertCoin is different to this in that it doesn't use data2sd.
If you really want a lot of room for app storage Supernova is the way to go.
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Thanks, I think I will give Supernova a try, even though I liked InsertCoin, it looks like the Desire HD inside and have Internet Pass-Through (Which is very useful to me) While Supernova, according to the pics looks like a stock Desire with big internal memory , but I was wondering, InsertCoin is made for HTC Desire and seems very popular with over 200 000 Downloads, those who are using it, what are they doing about the memory thing ? I would like to know if you have an answer they dont install applications ? or choose applications that are movable to SD ?
@bbbbqq thanks but you said alot of things I am not sure if I can do it
ah, ok, I think I see your problem now (I've re-read all that you've said in your posts)...
If you are still s-on then you will still have the stock hboot instead of CM7r2. If this is right then you don't want to install the version of InsertCoin you have already, you will want the a2sd+ version.
Did you turn off then turn on with volume down and the start button? If you did and at the top in pink it didn't say "Alpharev CM7 r2" then you are still on stock hboot.
The version of InsertCoin you downloaded is for CM7r2.
Try the s-off procedure again to s-off and then flash CM7r2 using "Android Flasher" - found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638&highlight=android+flasher
Then you can try reinstalling the rom you've downloaded.
Or...
Download the InsertCoin Sense 2.1 A2SD+ 1.1.3 version from here http://insertcoin-roms.org/htc-desire/download
Put it on your sd card, reboot into recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, advanced/wipe dalvik cache, back, install zip from sd card, choose zip from sd card, then select the new InsertCoin a2sd+ 1.1.3 version you just downloaded.
Flash 1.1.3 first and see how it goes, then afterwards if it's working ok for you, you can then download the "InsertCoin Sense 2.1 A2SD+ 1.1.4" from the same page and flash it on top of 1.1.3 (but don't do all of the wipes, just do the wipe dalvik cache one).
(1.1.4 is only an update, so you can't do it unless you do 1.1.3 first)
Ok, hope it helps. Let me know how it goes.
Dont give up ! Insertcoin is worth trying
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
zedmarcus, you are my savior thank you again, your post made it clear finally, my phone is still S-ON and I dont have the Alpharev CM7 HBOOT, I downloaded the A2SD+ edition of insertCoin and used it, that's exactly what I want Gingerbread 2.3.3, Desire HD look, smooth, Internet Pass-through, Internal memory is almost all free (130MB out of 148MB) all newly installed application are being installed on the A2SD storage (the 1 GB EXT4 partition), the phone is running great as if I purchased a new device and I am sure there is even more to explore
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Now on a side note, for the future, if I would like to install ROMs that CM7 r2 HBOOT, I must S-OFF my phone, however the process of S-OFFing is failing at the end, following the video from the TUT you gave me in your first post, I am following the guy step by step at the end his S-OFF succeed and mines fail, have a look on this:
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After the "waiting for flashing to complete" there should be another message showing that the flash was successful, that's the thing preventing me from S-OFFing my phone I guess, if you or anyone have an answer for this please let me know, otherwise its ok I am happy with my InsertCoin A2SD+
If this helps, probably this is happening because previously I did flash the CM7 r2 HBOOT file that I downloaded from alpharev.com the zip file and named it to PB99IMG.zip and did "install zip from sd card" before even using the alpharev iso flash utility, and later I knew that the CM7 r2 PB99IMG.zip file is only a PATCH that should be applied after the flash.
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@ boscovich, I didn't give up I am a happy InsertCoin A2SD+ user now
I also had this error on the first try. The second try was ok
Gr4v3 said:
I also had this error on the first try. The second try was ok
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This pic is taken from the second try
No problem. Glad you are happy with InsertCoin and your "new" phone
As for your s-off... Not really sure why it's not working for you. But...
What is your hboot version number? Find it by turning off and turning on with the volume down/power. Second line down under Alpharev (in pink) it says...
Let me know
That's what I got:
Code:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
If I am not mistaken, that's the stock hboot right ?
You are right.
Ok... I'm not sure (and someone will probably correct me) but I'm sure I read somewhere that you have to have a stock rom to be able to s-off...
So in your case what you could do if you wanted s-off that badly, download your ruu and flash which will put you back where you were when you first began, and then go through the whole process again using the guide I gave you, doing it all in the correct order.
In reality, if you are happy with your phone now you could just stick with stock hboot for now, keep reading and learning, and then at a later date do it all again, s-offing at the right point.
Enjoy.
You do not need stock rom to go S-OFF. With revolutionary, it depends on the hboot. With alpharev, there sometimes were problems with gingerbread custom roms.
Cheers MatDrOiD...
I wasn't sure about this but I read it in another thread in Q&A.
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New to the forum and spent all day looking for a fix and searched throughout the forum so posting here for a response. I've found the same question via other sites with it being the last comment with no answer.
My desire is rooted and has clockworkMod installed. Neither the redux-v1.0RC6 or AuraxTsesnse_8.4 roms will install either via clockworkmod recovery or the rom manager app.
I've been though the wiping of cache, data, dalvik and factory reset and makes no difference.
It goes to installing update and then E:\error in /sdcard/updateversionname.zip (status 0) Installation aborted.
I've seen it mentioned that the SD card needs to be formatted with FAT32, it already is.
Don't know where to go from here.
thanks in advance.
The SD acrd needs to have an EXT (3 or 4) partition too, at least 512 MB. Not just only FAT32.
I thought it odd that people were suggesting FAT32 for the SD card, I know linux / android cant read FAT32 preboot. Obviously windows needs FAT32 for getting stuff on and off the device.
Thanks a lot.
Well for stock Android it is FAT32 you need, but for custom ROMs with A2SD+ you need to have an EXT partition, as well. But this is written almost in every ROM's thread.
I copied data off my sd card, formatted with rom manager which created 512 mb ext file system and the rest fat32. Then copied all my data back to card.
Booted to clockwork, cleared cache and wiped data and tried to install again, no difference, same status 0 error.
Running nandroid restore for the umpteenth time today :-(
Strange, what ROM do you want to install? Filename? I never had status 0's...
ROM's from this forum:
AuraxTSense_8.4_Official_OTA_2.2_FRF91_A2SD+.zip
Redux-v1.0.0-RC6-signed.zip
Those should work, so can't understand. Disable signature verification, maybe that helps.
Also your phone is PVT4? MAybe that's the cause.
I'm running redux Rc6 rom.
I have clockworkmod 3.0 installed which i used to flash the zip, and I had already partitioned my SD card using gparted as it is the ONLY way I found to successfully partition it (750mb ext3 partition). Rom manager definitely did not work for me, don't use it!!
Hope this points you in the right direction, cost its an awesome rom!!
Wildcardspv
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
@ nagypapi
I'm not familiar with what pvt4 is, a quick read through the forum mentions pvt3 & pvt4 desires. I haven't waded through the hundred page thread yet to find what this is and which applies to my device. It was a UK T-mobile device bought 2.5 months ago and I unlocked it from T mobile network and rooted it with unrevoked. Also signature verification on or off makes no difference.
@wildcardspv
Which would you recommend, the Froyo or Gingerbread ROM ? I read only 0.4% of Android users are running Gingerbread compared to 52% running Froyo. I'm inclined to try Froyo first as I would hope there would be fewer bugs and less likelihood of app related problems.
I'm actually pretty happy with 2.1, it does everything I need it to except it does not have Thai fonts installed and the hack looks like a headache. Can you confirm if Froyo or Gingerbread have Thai glyphs installed ?
I'm pretty sure my problem is SD card related as I couldn't install the droidsans Thai glyphs zip either. I'll give gparted a go and see how I get on.
Thanks to all for helpful responses.
Well, to check that, boot your phone into the bootloader, hold down power + volume down and you should get a screen like this.
If you have PVT4 with earsize 40000, you must flash the latest Amon RA instead of CWM.
Anyways what version of CWM are you using right now?
Moreover, using the Gparted method to partition your card is better than using ROM manager. Mount your card from recovery (mount & storage > mount usb storage). and try to partition with GParted.
Booted into HBOOT and doesn't mention anything about 3 or 4 version of PVT and nothing about earsize, it just says below:
BUZZ PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.80.0007
MICROP-0622
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELC03_16ac
RADIO-3.35.19.01
Aug 9 2010
CWM is v2.5.0.1
Anyone know of any gparted live CD mirrors ? Taking forever to download from gparted site and it's not my connection.
I partitioned with gparted a 768 ext2 and the rest FAT32. It made no difference, same status zero on any ROM I try to install.
Sorry bump for some help..
Would really appreciate some help with this, surely I can't be stuck on 2.1 forever. It seems odd that I can back up and restore ROMS with ROM manager and clockwork pre-boot no problem. But I've no idea why I cant install any other ROM.
Just noticed... your radio is 3.35.19.01? Never seen that before... I've always seen Radios starting with 5.xxx
Also no PVT numbering (BUZZ PVT - never heard on the Desire - on Wildfire, yes)
Are you sure you have a HTC Desire? Because from those data I have to think , you have a WILDFIRE.
And the prize for the biggest idiot in the rooms goes to...
Thanks for pointing out my monster faux pas, lol.
No probs, happens sometimes, but I have to admit, it was a big one
Hello everyone,
I have rooted my Desire a long time ago, now I want to try out a few custom ROMs. However, I think I made a few mistakes because Data2SD doesn't work for me.
Can i just start off new ? For example just running Unrevoked³ again ?
If yes : Why doesn't Unrevoked³ work ? It just says "Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?". Currently I have installed Android 2.3.3 SuperNova ROM. My H-BOOT version is "HBOOT-0.75.0000". I think my Display is SLCD.
Thanks in advance !
Cheers Limette =)
if you are already rooted, this is what unrevoked should show.
anyway, your root was succesful, and it has got nothing to do with Data2SD.
if for some reason you think it might not work, make sure you have EXT partition AFTER fat32 one. and make sure it works ok, Gparted for example.
other than that you should provide more info, like what you did with your sdcard (how did you partition it, what layout etc.) and why do you think it is not working.
Thanks for your reply.
Actually I did partition the SD card how the tutorial told me to.
1st partition = ~14GB FAT32
2nd partition = 1GB EXT4
Then I installed the custom ROM and booted once. Then i went into Recovery mode and installed Data2SD installer. Everytihng should be ok so far, but the Phone wont boot after that, even tho the blue LED flashes. So I thought starting off new would be a good idea ^^.
So Umm, now I'm not quite sure what to do :O
Thanks in advance.
Cheers Limette.
well, a good thing to try now is installing some other ROM (possibly one with DATA2XXX already included) and checking if this works
also, what rom are you trying to flash
and have you used any aligment.zip flashable that were supposed to do some cool stuff with your ext ?
I only tried this ROM so far : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045824
Here is what I did :
1. Partition my SD card ( 14GB FAT32 primary, 1GB EXT4 primary)
2. Recovery mode -> install zip from SD card -> new radio version
3. Reboot
4. Recovery mode -> install zip from SD card -> SuperNova ROM
5. Reboot
6. Recovery mode -> install zip from SD card -> Data2SD installer
7. Reboot (system is stuck here)
If I remove the SD card the SD card the system will boot and if I dont even install Data2SD system will also boot. It just wont boot if Install Data2SD. I did nothing more.
However, I just tried to install InsertCoin CM7 but that won't even start at all. Thats pretty much the reason why I'm trying to redo all of my first steps. Or do you think my problem is somewhere else?
please let me know if you need more information and thanks for your help so far
Cheers Limette
insertcoin CM7 version would require you to be s-off and running custom hboot (partition layout in phone) so that is why it is not booting up.
try insertcoin A2SD+ STOCK HBOOT, if it works, then your EXT is fine, if not then i suggest you double check it.
Limette said:
I only tried this ROM so far : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045824
Here is what I did :
1. Partition my SD card ( 14GB FAT32 primary, 1GB EXT4 primary)
2. Recovery mode -> install zip from SD card -> new radio version
3. Reboot
4. Recovery mode -> install zip from SD card -> SuperNova ROM
5. Reboot
6. Recovery mode -> install zip from SD card -> Data2SD installer
7. Reboot (system is stuck here)
If I remove the SD card the SD card the system will boot and if I dont even install Data2SD system will also boot. It just wont boot if Install Data2SD. I did nothing more.
However, I just tried to install InsertCoin CM7 but that won't even start at all. Thats pretty much the reason why I'm trying to redo all of my first steps. Or do you think my problem is somewhere else?
please let me know if you need more information and thanks for your help so far
Cheers Limette
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Hboot 0.75 means you are still s-on so InsertCoin cm7 will never work for you.
I suggest you to soff (read some tutorial first) and flash cm7 hboot.
Then u will be able to flash IC cm7. With that version u will not need those weird data2something scripts
Thanks for the replies !
I just tried the InsertCoin A2SD v20 ROM its booting but its not working correctly. I get crash messages like every 3 seconds
"The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again"
I might try to S-OFF my phone after i read the tutorial. But until then, do you guys know what I did wrong ?
Cheers Limette
Few people with hboot below 0.93 experienced some problems with installing gb roms.
1. What is your recovery? AmonRa or CWM and what version?
2. Would you consider using Froyo rom? They are extremely optimized and stable, while gb still have some glitches.
3. You can of course s-off, but i'd check/repartition sd card first. Stick with ext3 partition for now, a bit more support for it if you get mad with flashing different roms
tinky1 said:
Few people with hboot below 0.93 experienced some problems with installing gb roms.
1. What is your recovery? AmonRa or CWM and what version?
2. Would you consider using Froyo rom? They are extremely optimized and stable, while gb still have some glitches.
3. You can of course s-off, but i'd check/repartition sd card first. Stick with ext3 partition for now, a bit more support for it if you get mad with flashing different roms
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Thanks for your reply
1. CWM v2.5.0.1
2. I used a Froyo ROM for like 9 months now ^^ So I want to try Gingerbread out ^^
3. I'll try to repartition my SD card with Ext3 , if that won't help I'll try to S-OFF my Phone.
I'll let you know if it worked.
Cheers Limette.
I managed to Fix the Error message "The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again". I accidentally forgot to wipe all data before flashing :$
Thanks for all the help =)
you wrote you have clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.1 ? you sure it is not 2.5.0.7 ?
anyways, both of them are really old, and this can cause bootloops when new updater script is used in a flashable.zip file
since you are S-ON, you cant premanently flash new recovery, but you can fake-flash which is putting clockworkmod_3.0.2.8.zip file on sdcard, and then flashing it while in 2.5.0.7(or .1) and this will boot up the newest version (but you have to do this everytime you enter recovery)
then you can try flashing both ROM you chose and the DATA2SD installer with 3.0.2.8, this might fix it
http://www.deltaxent.com/rb/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.8-bravo.zip
CRC-32: 6a0885a9
MD4: a883bac75062e139cbee8674eec73c6f
MD5: ac6a2f71de8a8a0d7d9f6799e079a2b6
SHA-1: cba6c646a05ac611015306581751c90bb6dcd73d
Hi all. I've just rooted and s-offed my desire stock 2.2. using the revolutionary method and now I'd like to flash my first custom rom. I need a gingerbread based rom that'll give me speed and space for apps. I was thinking of oxygen because it seems quite simple to flash but now not so sure. Do I need to partition my sd card (16gb class 4) and/or do I need to change hboot to oxygen hboot ? Not really sure/confident enough to do this and would like to avoid it if possible. Would you guys recommend another rom that is even easier to flash, like redux, gingervillain, etc. Would be very happy if there's one rom (that would give me speed/space) that I just plonk the file to my sd card and flash it without having to tweak anything else. Not being lazy, just not confident yet, It only took a year to get the courage to finally root the phone . All advice greatly appreciated.
To get more space, you will always need to do something. Either change the partition layour of the NAND memory in the phone with a Hboot, or Partition your SD card. Simply flashing a ROM and nothing else will not give you more space.
Great answer, thanks, think I'll just partition the sd card through cwm. If I feel brave I might try installing oxygen hboot. One question, I already backed up my sd card to my computer, after I partition the sd card and go and transfer files back from computer to phone will the sd card appear on computer exactly the same as before (before partition) like external device (can't remember the exact word/name) or will it show different partitions. I'm just thinking ahead of where I should place the files from the computer to sd card after partition. Hope I explained it clearly.
You have to ensure that the ROM you want to flash fits in the Oxygen Hboot. You can easily flash new Hboots though.
I was the same as you and unsure about changing the hboot. However I took the plunge and did it using fastboot commander. It was really simple and took about 30 seconds. Now I have 174mb of used space and 113mb still free.
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Now I have 174mb of used space and 113mb still free.
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Don't get me started
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Right...I'm confused again. I read that cm7 r2 hboot is compatible with oxygen, redux, cm7. Am i correct to think that I can flash this hboot by downloading the file from alpharev site PBIMGcm7_r2 and simply rename it to PB99IMG.zip. then put it in sd card, turn phone on (holding volume down) press on option fastboot, then will be automatically asked if I want to install update and presto, new cm7hboot, also can I do this before flashing any rom, I'm still on stock but rooted/s-offed revolutionary method.
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Right...I'm confused again. I read that cm7 r2 hboot is compatible with oxygen, redux, cm7.
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Correct. The reason is that Oxygen and Redux roms uses a smaller System partition space (100MB). CM7r2 hboot has a slightly bigger system partition (145MB) that is why Oxygen and Redux roms work because they fit. On Oxygen r2 hboot however, you wouldn't be able to flash CM7 rom simply because the System partition space required by the rom is larger.
If you are going to be flashing ROMs often, I would go with CM7r2 hboot since a lot of roms are compatible with this hboot.
Hello everyone,
I am new to this forum and to rooting and installing new roms, but since the issue with the lack of space on my Desire was giving me problems I decided to root, s-off and install a new rom this weekend.
I must say at first I thought I was way over my head, but after reading around the forum I started to understand a little bit of how the whole thing works.
I was sucessfull instaling everything and had the Runnymede up and running with 4Ext Recovery till the last hour. I was having a little bit of lag so I saw my sdcard was not formated as it was suposed to, or as it is listed on the developers forum of the Runnymede.
I had created the 1Ext with 512Mb, the 2Ext with 1024 and the swap with 1024, nevertheless everything was working properly with just a little lag.
So a few minutes ago I decided to format the sd card as per indication of a member here with the following guide 4ext_Partition Guide.zip - [Click for QR Code] (6.35 MB, 20 views).
After I booted the phone it won't pass the galaxy nexus splash screen, it just keeps splashing and never enters the rom. I retried to format the sd card but still with no success.
Did I do something wrong? Should I reformat the sdcard with another arrangement? Or do I need to wipe everything again and reinstall the ROM? I would like to avoid this last one since I had already everything ready and synced.
Looking forward to receive your expert comments, I remain sending you my best regards and thanking you for your help.
José
After reformat you need to flash rom again for that reason you stuck in boot loop
Runnymede AIO requires only FAT32 + 1-1.5 GB EXT 4, No second EXT, No swap
Regarding your question about back up: use titanium backup
Hi,
Thank you very much for your fast reply, I had no idea that reformating the partitions in the sd card I would to reinstall the rom. I am always learning
Well I have reformated the sd card and I am now installing the rom again, I hope everything goes well.
Thanks again.
Don't forget thanks button if helped, please
Done, thanks again
Well hello again, i have been watching the thread of the ROM i have installed from Runnymede and I have some doubts, could someone please help.
Thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315961&page=1160
Here are my questions:
- The reason I have rooted and s-off my desire was to install a new ROM to have space available for apps. The ROM is running perfectly but on the storage menu my internal space available was around 140 Mb, I have installed a few apps from the market and the space is now 101 Mb. Did I do something wrong and still don't have space available?
- Here are the steps I took: I had a stock HTC Desire with Hboot 0.93, so I rooted with unrevoked, s-off with revolution, installed 4Ext touch, formated the sdcard with 1 ext4 partition (1024Mb) and the rest fat32, wiped the phone, installed the rom, and that's it.
I can't remember if it installed the a2sd or ad2sdx, I did a typical install and only changed the camera option to record 720p.
The phone is working perfectly but I am wondering if I will be out of space after installing a few more apps?
If you need more information feel free to ask.
Thank you.
José
Hi,
I cannot find an answer for my problem. I have rooted Desire. I have installed 10 different ROMs on 2 different sd cards and my phone is regularly freezing at least twice per day. Phone dos not answer for calls, screen is black and I cannot switch it on, I have to remove battery. It happens that it freezes 5 or more times per day. It is really annoying. I have no idea why it happens. Freezing is wierd because the screen is black and not responsive but e.g. radio is still playing. First I thought it is ROM's fault so installed few of them. Then I changed sd card but this also didn't help. I think the problem may be in storing apps in sd card because if there is no apps installed the phone is working fine.
Please correct me if I am wrong. Is it possible to install custom Sense ROM on e.g. CM7r2 so there is more space for apps but without sd-ext partition? I have tried to do it with one custom ROM but it did not even start. So how to remove/disable/switch off app2sd, data2sd or int2sd from custom ROMs? Or is there a CM7r2 ROM that is not using sd card for apps storing? I don't want to return to stock hboot and stock system because then I have too little space for apps (147M) but with CM7r2 hboot (287M) should be enough.
I am not sure if my thinking is correct, I will appreciate any help. Maybe there is another solution for freezing system problem?
Piotr
My phone now:
Recovery: 4ext
S-Off, CM7r2
Radio: 5.17.05.23
hboot 6.93.1002
Card: 8GB class 10
You may be having a faulty sd-ext partition. How did you partition your sd-card?
Any AOSP GB rok should fit in the cm7r2 hboot. Just delete a2sd scripts from the system>etc>init.d folder, and you shouldn't have problems.
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You may be having a faulty sd-ext partition. How did you partition your sd-card?
Any AOSP GB rok should fit in the cm7r2 hboot. Just delete a2sd scripts from the system>etc>init.d folder, and you shouldn't have problems.
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Thanks. I partitioned sd card using linux, alligment is checked. Should i partition it using 4ext recovery? does INT2SD has scripts in the same folder? if I remove sd-ext partition totaly will android still work?
Roms with int2sd won't work without an ext partition.
And yes, follow the guide in my sig for a correct partition.
It works now!
Before I was always using Sense ROMs and all of them were freezing on my phone. I have done sd card partitioning again using your guide and I have installed system you use MildWild.Since I installed it I didn't have any problems! Thank you very much. I don't know if it is partitioning or new system that helped but most important is that works fast and stable for 2 days now with all my apps installed!
This is great I don't remember when was the last time my phone was working for 2 days in a row without freezing and taking battery off! So much better now
Thanks!!
No problem.
Installing CM7/r2 HBOOT
This is actually realy simple,
Before you do anything, Backup everything PLEASE.
This will erase your current rom, so you have to install it again.
go to alpharev.nl and scroll down till you see Bravo CM7 r2. Click on Download. Not the regular Download,
But the download after that. it's called : PB99IMG_cm7r2. Download that, and remove the _cm7r2 text. So
that the file is named PB99IMG.
Put your SD Card into your computer, and take this file ( PB99IMG) onto your SD card.Boot into the bootloader, ( By pressing Volume down + Power ) and wait. it will say something like : '' Would you like to update? '' Volume up for ''yes'' Volume down for ''no'' .
do ''yes'' . After that , it will ask you to reboot. You want to do that.
After that, i faced the problem that 4EXT Recovery didn't work. Solution: Go again into bootloader, and select clear storage.