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I have an HTC Desire running Cool3D Aces, and recently decided to flash the alpharev recovery so I could partition my SD card etc.
Since flashing alpharev, I have lost all root privileges and have no superuser.bin or whatever in my system files.
Does anyone know what has happened or how I can fix this?
PS. I've tried flashing all of the superuser files and they do not work.
HELP ??!?!?!?!?

Alpharev recovery?! or Amonra?
Alpharev is for Hboot

Do you mean you used the recovery provided by AlphaRev (which is CWM) or what?
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Yes that's what I mean
I'll post some screen shots of the hboot and recovery screens if needed
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A flashable zip is, I believe, available on the Alpharev site containing the su binary and other files. Otherwise, you can get root by flashing any stock based rooted rom-teppic74's rom is the one with least mods.

jsl95 said:
Yes that's what I mean
I'll post some screen shots of the hboot and recovery screens if needed
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Download the superuser 3.0.7.apk file. (Google the term it should be the first result) and flash it via recovery. Alternatively, you can choose one of the many roms available here.
Edit: download su here. http://androidsu.com/superuser/
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I've have tried this many times and it does not appear to work .
Superuser was not found at /system/bin/su.
And now I cannot connect to PC for mass storage to use unrevoke(d) it
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YESS YESS THANKYOU SO MUCH JUST FLASHED THE BINARY AND EVERYTHING IS FINE
THANKYOU
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Advise for a newbie...

I am having hboot 1.02. and pvt1., running 2.3.3(official update)..so what I need is
A) should I use revolutionary or unrevoked?
B) which is a better n easy method for partitioning my SD card? Gparted or through app?
C) I am thinking of clock work mod as I'm still new...is there any better recovery?
THANKS IN ADVANCE...:
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xxx1952 said:
I am having hboot 1.02. and pvt1., running 2.3.3(official update)..so what I need is
A) should I use revolutionary or unrevoked?
B) which is a better n easy method for partitioning my SD card? Gparted or through app?
C) I am thinking of clock work mod as I'm still new...is there any better recovery?
THANKS IN ADVANCE...:
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A. I used revolutionary. It work like a charm.
B. The easy way to do it is from recovery menu [advanced>partitioning SD]. Simple
C. This is one I am using now

xxx1952 said:
I am having hboot 1.02. and pvt1., running 2.3.3(official update)..so what I need is
A) should I use revolutionary or unrevoked?
B) which is a better n easy method for partitioning my SD card? Gparted or through app?
C) I am thinking of clock work mod as I'm still new...is there any better recovery?
THANKS IN ADVANCE...:
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1. Revolutionary only, unrevoked will not work with your hboot.
2. Use 4ext recovery it's better than clockworkmod. Revolutionary will flash CWM but after rooting and rebooting just install 4ect recovery updater app from Play Store and flash recovery through it.
3. With 4ext partitioning is better, partitions are better aligned then in CWM, and you can choose which type on ext partition you want (ext3 or ext4).
But be careful, stock kernel doesn't support ext4 so you will need to flash some other kern if you want it.
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nlooooo said:
1. Revolutionary only, unrevoked will not work with your hboot.
2. Use 4ext recovery it's better than clockworkmod. Revolutionary will flash CWM but after rooting and rebooting just install 4ect recovery updater app from Play Store and flash recovery through it.
3. With 4ext partitioning is better, partitions are better aligned then in CWM, and you can choose which type on ext partition you want (ext3 or ext4).
But be careful, stock kernel doesn't support ext4 so you will need to flash some other kern if you want it.
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+1...This is the proper way to answer this Ques. 4ext is the best recovery i've used and its so much easier to handle ROM management and has very powerful partitioning tools and some advanced features not found in other recoveries.
And for S-off, revolutionary will do the trick.

As stated: revolutionary is the easiest/fastest way to S-off

Can u plz give me guides for using 4ext recovery and partitioning by that recovery... Thanks for advise...
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xxx1952 said:
Can u plz give me guides for using 4ext recovery and partitioning by that recovery... Thanks for advise...
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When you enter recovery there's an option 'tools' and inside 'partition sd'. After pressing yoi will be promped for sizes and types of partitions, choose fat32 for the first, and ext4 for first sd-ext (1-1.5GB not more) without second sd-ext and no swap.
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Jst one more Que..say I made partitioning in 4ext recovery and I decided to move to CWM recovery. My SD ext partition still remain on SD card???
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It will, but you don't want to move back to cwm..if it's because of ROM manager, ditch that, it will break your phone.
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muellersmattes said:
It will, but you don't want to move back to cwm..if it's because of ROM manager, ditch that, it will break your phone.
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+1.
4ext has better options and ROM manager sucks.
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4Ext once bricked my Desire
I got one lesson: don't even dare touch the recovery's configuration files in .4ext folder.
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panpjp said:
4Ext once bricked my Desire
I got one lesson: don't even dare touch the recovery's configuration files in .4ext folder.
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The brick 4ext gives you is a VERY recoverable brick, nothing serious......and you can always flash/change recovery from fastboot.....
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ICS Sandvoid on Desire - FC / Wait / Kill
I flashed my HTC desire (Stock HBOOT) with ICS (Sandvoid) 0.15.
Installed smoothly. Then I ran a2sd install and answered y/y/y (wanted to see how far I can take it
Immediate observation was that when I run some app (facebook/youtube and even some system apps) it used to hand throw up a screen that app is not responding and option to WAIT / KILL etc
If I wait usually the app would come back but it was nagging too much.
My question is if I get a class 6+ SD card would this issue disappear?
By the way, it was beautiful to see ICS on my desire and I want to go there again.
For now shifted to Oxygen 2.3.2 with HBOOT oxygen r2. wondering if it also has an option to move data 2 ext inbuilt? tried a2sd install did not work (I know its inbuilt etc etc)
- Sam

Thank u guys for ur time n effort..just rooted with revolutionary and running cwm as it is default for rev..started using titanium..any ideas about which pre installed apps can b removed without affecting my phone??
BTW will try installing 4ext later after celebrating this little achievement..
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xxx1952 said:
Thank u guys for ur time n effort..just rooted with revolutionary and running cwm as it is default for rev..started using titanium..any ideas about which pre installed apps can b removed without affecting my phone??
BTW will try installing 4ext later after celebrating this little achievement..
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http://4ext.net/
download 4ext recovery updater app, install it then flash recovery from within the app, simples
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Jst installed 4ext recovery..aNd made 1gb partition...NOW.how to get that 1gb available for usage? As gaining extra space is the primary intention of rooting my desire......
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xxx1952 said:
Jst installed 4ext recovery..aNd made 1gb partition...NOW.how to get that 1gb available for usage? As gaining extra space is the primary intention of rooting my desire......
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You need app2sd which can move your application and data to the partition or you use INT2SD which mounts the 1GB partition as internal memory where all the installations will be made. But therefore you need another ROM which supports that.

xxx1952 said:
Jst installed 4ext recovery..aNd made 1gb partition...NOW.how to get that 1gb available for usage? As gaining extra space is the primary intention of rooting my desire......
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On factory build that's rooted the only thing that can be used is link2sd app from the market because it's kernel doesn't have init.d support. Flash some other kernel and some a2sd method (for your case with factory build I suggest darktremor a2sd), or choose some custom rom with built-in a2sd script.
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i went to search for kernals and darktrmor. i found this http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=158809660835039 but it says installing DT on stock rm is not supported for 2.3.3., and also not for EXT4 partitions...i have stock version and GB.. still can i install it anyway or i have to install a custom ROM??
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xxx1952 said:
i went to search for kernals and darktrmor. i found this http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=158809660835039 but it says installing DT on stock rm is not supported for 2.3.3., and also not for EXT4 partitions...i have stock version and GB.. still can i install it anyway or i have to install a custom ROM??
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Flash some other kernel from recovery, any of Droidzone for example, and you should get ext4 support.
After that flash boot.img that I attached you via fastboot (I modded for init.d support while I was using factory firmware. and then without reboot go to recovery and flash Darktremor a2sd script. After that reboot the phone and if it boots follow Darktremor instruction for a2sd that you found.

Flashing not working

I've downloaded several different ROMs today, and moved them to /sdcard. I wipe the phone and the cache, and then go to "install zip from sdcard" on Clockworkmod recovery. I've done this several times, and Virtuous Quattro is still here. I'm fairly certain I rooted my phone and everything when I initially installed VQ, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
(Please keep in mind I'm still relatively new to all this phone business.)
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qmanjr5 said:
I've downloaded several different ROMs today, and moved them to /sdcard. I wipe the phone and the cache, and then go to "install zip from sdcard" on Clockworkmod recovery. I've done this several times, and Virtuous Quattro is still here. I'm fairly certain I rooted my phone and everything when I initially installed VQ, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
(Please keep in mind I'm still relatively new to all this phone business.)
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Reboot to recovery-->Wipe Data factory reset--> Install Zip from SD cad--> Choose Zip from SD Card --> (ROM Name).zip
then the next step is self explanatory

The Android Manual said:
Reboot to recovery-->Wipe Data factory reset--> Install Zip from SD cad--> Choose Zip from SD Card --> (ROM Name).zip
then the next step is self explanatory
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I did all that. It doesn't work. That's why I'm posting.
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qmanjr5 said:
I did all that. It doesn't work. That's why I'm posting.
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An error message of some sort would be helpeful. "doesn't work" isn't detailed enough.

Is your phone a g2 or desire z,and which Roms did you download more detailsbwill help
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kbeezie said:
An error message of some sort would be helpeful. "doesn't work" isn't detailed enough.
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There is no error message. The installation goes through flawlessly, it seems, but when I reboot it's the same. :/
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Go to bootloader and check your S-ON/OFF status.
Tell us the first 4 or 5 lines.
-Nipqer

Nipqer said:
Go to bootloader and check your S-ON/OFF status.
Tell us the first 4 or 5 lines.
-Nipqer
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My computer is unavailable at the moment, so I can't tell you all of it. However, it does say S-OFF
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to reach your bootloader screen, turn off your phone and then power on holding volume down (no computer needed) then see if it is eng hboot or ship hboot along with your soff, depending on what it is will decide your next step
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demkantor said:
to reach your bootloader screen, turn off your phone and then power on holding volume down (no computer needed) then see if it is eng hboot or ship hboot along with your soff, depending on what it is will decide your next step
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I mentioned my computer because I couldn't tell you the entire thing wit4hout it. But here it is.
Vision PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.84.2000 (PC1012000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot

well if you don't get any error and, as it sounds, you are doing everything right. I would assume there is an issue with your recovery, I suggest flashing a new one, also I would suggest using 4ext recovery over clockworks as it is superior in many ways.
go to the 4ext website and grap the .img
boot into fastboot
fastboot -w
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
now reboot to recovery and perform a full wipe, make sure all is partitioned to ext4 (except fat32 partition of sd)
flash rom of choice
any questions feel free to ask
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demkantor said:
well if you don't get any error and, as it sounds, you are doing everything right. I would assume there is an issue with your recovery, I suggest flashing a new one, also I would suggest using 4ext recovery over clockworks as it is superior in many ways.
go to the 4ext website and grap the .img
boot into fastboot
fastboot -w
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot bootloader
now reboot to recovery and perform a full wipe, make sure all is partitioned to ext4 (except fat32 partition of sd)
flash rom of choice
any questions feel free to ask
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I should have mentioned I switched to 4ext. Also, I've done a full wipe and flashed the ROM, but still no.
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so even after a full wipe and flash of the rom, you boot back to os and its the same as before, as if you didn't do anything?
and you get no error codes? and you switched to 4ext recovery and it sucessfully changed to it but you get the same problems as you did with clockwork?
is all this correct?
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Reformat your phone through 4EXT. It's under the same menu as wipe.
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demkantor said:
so even after a full wipe and flash of the rom, you boot back to os and its the same as before, as if you didn't do anything?
and you get no error codes? and you switched to 4ext recovery and it sucessfully changed to it but you get the same problems as you did with clockwork?
is all this correct?
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Yes.
blackknightavalon said:
Reformat your phone through 4EXT. It's under the same menu as wipe.
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Which partition am I formatting? System?
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reformat everything except the fat32 partition of sd card, then for safe messure wipe everything and reboot, if you don't get stuck @ the white htc screen then something is wrong (this should wipe your os completley so you won't be able to boot) if it goes into os after a full wipe/reformat then I suggest logging into irc freenode #g2root and get some realtime help
if you do get stuck @ htc screen the pull battery boot to recovery and flash rom of choice
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qmanjr5 said:
Which partition am I formatting? System?
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In 4ext recovery
Wipe/format -> "format all partitions (except sdcard)"
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demkantor said:
reformat everything except the fat32 partition of sd card, then for safe messure wipe everything and reboot, if you don't get stuck @ the white htc screen then something is wrong (this should wipe your os completley so you won't be able to boot) if it goes into os after a full wipe/reformat then I suggest logging into irc freenode #g2root and get some realtime help
if you do get stuck @ htc screen the pull battery boot to recovery and flash rom of choice
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I do indeed get stuck at the HTC screen, but none of the ROMs but VQ is working. Could it be that I downloaded them on my phone and transferred them to /sdcard?
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check the md5sums of the roms you are trying to flash, make sure you follow all instructions in the op of those roms, (md5 should be listed where you downloaded and inside 4ext there is an option in the menu to check the sum)
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Desire Z suddenly not booting... Help needed please.

Hi All.
Hoping someone can help a relative newbie.
About 3 months ago I upgraded to a Galaxy S3 and gave my Desire Z to my girlfriend. Before doing so I flashed it with virtuous rom and wiped everything.
It's been working fine until a few days ago when it started reacting slowly to screen touches then continuing to react, ie she would start scrolling a list and nothing would happen, and then all of a sudden it'd start scrolling and not stop despite the fact that she had stopped touching the screen.
She pulled the battery and rebooted and it seemed fine.
Then yesterday it was ok and all of a sudden it tried to reboot.. Since then it has failed to boot, instead getting stuck on a white HTC screen for a bit, then the screen goes blank, and it vibrates and comes back to the HTC screen.
If I pull the battery then hold volume of and power it will boot into hboot, flash up some text and then sit on the hboot screen.
At the top is the following.
VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.84.2000 (PC1011000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMmc-boot
Now, I'm hoping I might be able to get it working again but could do with some guidance.
Is it a case of reflashing the rom by sticking it on the sd card and going into the hboot and flashing from there?
If not, then how do I go about it?
Any help very, very much appreciated!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33917375
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Just take out the SD Card and make back-up of it and Format it hardly ( Fill with zeros ) and also you need to flash a new kernel and a swap enabler.
when you finish formatting the sd card make 128 Mb of swap partition and put the sd card back on.
then find the rom u are using and open that zip file and take out the " boot.img " file and flash it directly via fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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this means you just flashed your kernel.
And this should work for you.

MasterKoala said:
Just take out the SD Card and make back-up of it and Format it hardly ( Fill with zeros ) and also you need to flash a new kernel and a swap enabler.
when you finish formatting the sd card make 128 Mb of swap partition and put the sd card back on.
then find the rom u are using and open that zip file and take out the " boot.img " file and flash it directly via fastboot
this means you just flashed your kernel.
And this should work for you.
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This won't help.
Also, seeing as you're S-OFF, you won't ever need to fastboot flash a kernel, recovery can manage that just fine.
-Nipqer

Just had a look through the thread about recovering a desire Z, I'm a bit confuzzled by it all, the there is so much information in it.
Am I right in thinking that the situation I am in is that I have s-off and engineer recovery installed?
So in theory just wiping and reflashing my rom should be ok?
Should there be an option to install from sd card or something like that, or will I need to do it via abd?
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More than likely it is a software issue but there could be more. Best bet is to just wipe clean and flash a ROM via recovery
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That's pretty much as I thought, and to do that is a case of wiping then sticking rom on memory card and it should let me install from the recovery, something like install from sd or something isn't it?
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Same way you did the last one
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Don't really remember what I did... Lol
I'm a bit of a newb when it comes to flashing ROMs etc, and only done it twice!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31249070
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31249070
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Just having a quick look at this, when I select recovery from the hboot menu the phone just goes to the same white HTC screen and stays there until I pull the battery. Would this be because I don't have the rom on the SD card yet or is it that the recovery won't load?
If it's a problem with the recovery, can I just bung PC10IMG.zip back on the sd card to reinstall recovery and go from there?

Possibly, but often that's a sign of a fried emmc, it could be other things though. Can you post all the information I ask for
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Possibly, but often that's a sign of a fried emmc, it could be other things though. Can you post all the information I ask for
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I can try, what info do you need?

If you read through the thread all questions are there
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[Q] weird problem flashing roms

Hi guys, I open this to try to find a solution to a problem that's affecting my desire since years..at first I thought was a rom related problem, but now I think it might be something else.
Here is the link to my other topic with all my phone details http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328353 only change is stock Samsung 4gb SD.
Now let's talk about weird things happening..
I was on official GB with s-off and root by revolutionary.
I've changed the recovery (cwmr) with the latest 4ext recovery & so far is working like a charm, reformatted sd, done wipe all partitions except SD after mounting everything mountable, done these steps 4 or 5 times then reboot to recovery, done the same then reboot to boot loader, flashed hboot stock with pb99img file, reboot to recovery, flashed cyanomod007 reboot..phone boots up, green HTC logo on white screen, cyanogen animation, setup wizard and..got stuck on change language..same thing with a miui rom 4..and weird things are that flashing hboot is the only way to make a rom boot and other one is that i've to flash wit battery charger plugged in..wth is going on?last time with miui I was able to go through first settings and then stuck on lock screen..any idea?
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Jospo84 said:
Hi guys, I open this to try to find a solution to a problem that's affecting my desire since years..at first I thought was a rom related problem, but now I think it might be something else.
Here is the link to my other topic with all my phone details http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328353 only change is stock Samsung 4gb SD.
Now let's talk about weird things happening..
I was on official GB with s-off and root by revolutionary.
I've changed the recovery (cwmr) with the latest 4ext recovery & so far is working like a charm, reformatted sd, done wipe all partitions except SD after mounting everything mountable, done these steps 4 or 5 times then reboot to recovery, done the same then reboot to boot loader, flashed hboot stock with pb99img file, reboot to recovery, flashed cyanomod007 reboot..phone boots up, green HTC logo on white screen, cyanogen animation, setup wizard and..got stuck on change language..same thing with a miui rom 4..and weird things are that flashing hboot is the only way to make a rom boot and other one is that i've to flash wit battery charger plugged in..wth is going on?last time with miui I was able to go through first settings and then stuck on lock screen..any idea?
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im no expert but i think your fastboot is messed up what version are you on?

Fastboot version?where can I "extract" it?
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Anybody? Somebody?
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Jospo84 said:
Anybody? Somebody?
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Can you post all of your bootloader details.

All in link at first post
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Up
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Same thing happens with all ROMs? Try installing MildWild 5.0. See if it works.