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[Q] Please help, weird Desire, dont work with any custom ROM !

Maybe you think im just too stupid or whatever, but im not i know how to root, to debrand, to wipe and so on. Im using a PVT4 desire which was vodafone branded (2.33.161...) with hboot 0.93. I downgraded and rooted it sucessfully and have (2.29.405.5) everything works fine. If i want to flash any custom rom, sense or sense hd (using amonra 2.0.0) ..everything works until standby ..on nearly each standby the phone freezes or hangs up or whatever ..the only thing that helps , is pulling out the battery and insert it again. So not any custom rom works for me and i hate it. i love the htc sense on hd roms and i really like some themes, but i cant really use it please anybody could try to help me why this happens. i really did nothin wrong for partition i used gparted like described mostly and in the end i set my phone s off (cuz i thaught this maybe would help) of course sucessfully. i tried diffrent ext partitions, i tried another battery, i tried another sdcard, i stopped the automatic email refresh ...,i tried app2sd+ and data2sd, i actually did nothin and let the rom the way it was ...but again it freezes on standby (not the first, not every, but the most of a day) ... my boyfriend has the same phone, also with pvt4 ...and for him everything works great without any issues. so please anybody help to fix this or at first find out why that happens
greetings

FlyGirly said:
Maybe you think im just too stupid or whatever, but im not i know how to root, to debrand, to wipe and so on. Im using a PVT4 desire which was vodafone branded (2.33.161...) with hboot 0.93. I downgraded and rooted it sucessfully and have (2.29.405.5) everything works fine. If i want to flash any custom rom, sense or sense hd (using amonra 2.0.0) ..everything works until standby ..on nearly each standby the phone freezes or hangs up or whatever ..the only thing that helps , is pulling out the battery and insert it again. So not any custom rom works for me and i hate it. i love the htc sense on hd roms and i really like some themes, but i cant really use it please anybody could try to help me why this happens. i really did nothin wrong for partition i used gparted like described mostly and in the end i set my phone s off (cuz i thaught this maybe would help) of course sucessfully. i tried diffrent ext partitions, i tried another battery, i tried another sdcard, i stopped the automatic email refresh ...,i tried app2sd+ and data2sd, i actually did nothin and let the rom the way it was ...but again it freezes on standby (not the first, not every, but the most of a day) ... my boyfriend has the same phone, also with pvt4 ...and for him everything works great without any issues. so please anybody help to fix this or at first find out why that happens
greetings
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Have you tried flashing a ROM using CWM recovery?

No i didnt. Could that be the reason for this problem ? I used amonra because cwm could not flash zip files as far as i know ?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

i had a similar problem with my g/f's phone, had been rooted for 6 months, had several custom roms, ( though she only likes sense roms ) i did an update, and it just kept freezing, so i tried several other sense roms, and they all kept freezing, no matter how many full wipes i did, they would just freeze.
so i installed a stock android rom, then from the stock android rom, flashed the sense rom, it worked after that, i duno why it did, i just know it worked for me, duno if it helps but might be worth a try.
Also i use CWM too.

Amon Ra Latest
Is this the version of Amon Ra you use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9447821&postcount=152

mintvilla said:
i had a similar problem with my g/f's phone, had been rooted for 6 months, had several custom roms, ( though she only likes sense roms ) i did an update, and it just kept freezing, so i tried several other sense roms, and they all kept freezing, no matter how many full wipes i did, they would just freeze.
so i installed a stock android rom, then from the stock android rom, flashed the sense rom, it worked after that, i duno why it did, i just know it worked for me, duno if it helps but might be worth a try.
Also i use CWM too.
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i dont really understand that stock rom part ...at downgrading i used the pb99img (2.29.405.5) from shipped .like it was told on some german site cuz i normally got an radio_V2 fail pu at the image loading on hboot ...with that there were no failures..so i guess this is my "base" that i rooted and with that i did everything else.. do u mean i should install a custom stock rom !? or maybe give me an example please

papadcha said:
Is this the version of Amon Ra you use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9447821&postcount=152
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yes thats it

FlyGirly said:
No i didnt. Could that be the reason for this problem ? I used amonra because cwm could not flash zip files as far as i know ?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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CWM flashes zip files with no problem. Just use an older version like 2.5.1.8 or something.

ShirazSuleman said:
CWM flashes zip files with no problem. Just use an older version like 2.5.1.8 or something.
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ok i will try this out ..but i need to know ..could the nand backup i did with amonra be restored with cwm !?

FlyGirly said:
ok i will try this out ..but i need to know ..could the nand backup i did with amonra be restored with cwm !?
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Don't think so.

FlyGirly said:
ok i will try this out ..but i need to know ..could the nand backup i did with amonra be restored with cwm !?
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nope, it definitely won't work. if you wanna try cwm, v2.5.0.7 is the best and most rock solid. is your phone s-offed?

Yes i have s off ..the easiest way to get clockwork in my opinion is using s off again and install it (can i do this or does that some damage to my phone ?) I read that v2.5.1.8 is suporting pvt4 desires. So i guess thats the best ?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

oops my bad. didn't notice the pvt4 part. you can just download the android sdk and use the fastboot command or you can use android flasher which has a simple straight forward gui.

could i also use unrevoked !? and use instead the ra desire 2.0.0 img the cwm img !? i like using things i already know instead of new stuff ..and im not so good at fastboot commands ...and i cant find the cwm 2.5.1.8 from alpharev

FlyGirly said:
could i also use unrevoked !? and use instead the ra desire 2.0.0 img the cwm img !? i like using things i already know instead of new stuff ..and im not so good at fastboot commands ...and i cant find the cwm 2.5.1.8 from alpharev
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flashing with unrevoked can screw up your superuser app. ra 2.0.0 doesn't backup the whole ext partition only app if i recall correctly. i'm not sure if ra supports pvt4. couldn't find any mention of it in the thread's first post.
the alpharev cwm is here

MrDevil said:
flashing with unrevoked can screw up your superuser app. ra 2.0.0 doesn't backup the whole ext partition only app if i recall correctly. i'm not sure if ra supports pvt4. couldn't find any mention of it in the thread's first post.
the alpharev cwm is here
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i guess i expressed myself wrong ..i have ra desire 2.0.0 ..and i guess it works ...i meant that img i flashed by getting root with unrevoked ... my question was if i easily could flash the cwm image with unrevoked ....but in the meantime i read that a rooted phone cant be rooted again ..so nevermind

FlyGirly said:
i guess i expressed myself wrong ..i have ra desire 2.0.0 ..and i guess it works ...i meant that img i flashed by getting root with unrevoked ... my question was if i easily could flash the cwm image with unrevoked ....but in the meantime i read that a rooted phone cant be rooted again ..so nevermind
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yes u can flash it with unrevoked. just mentioning that it screws up your superuser app.

after searching the whole time ..the alpharev version ..i finally saw that u already posted
using unrevoked worked fine dont care about superuser dont have it atm... trying an custom rom now ...hope my issue will have an end

Just my 2 cents... AFAIK for PVT4 desires AmonRA is recommended, cause CWM has issues. At least that's what I read about PVT4 (earsize 40000).

Hi guys, i only got my desire yesterday (bye bye cliq/dext at last) and can confirm what nagypapi is saying as i have a uk desire pvt-4 with 40000 errorsize and CWM definately doesn't work, i had a small problem where unrevoked 3.32 wouldn't properly install amonRA or CWM, in the end i had to use unrevoked 3.21 and i'm now running ReflexTSenseHD 1.8 Sense DHD 2.2 FRF91 A2SD+ OC'd to 1113Mhz. Have tried flashing a lot of the roms available and not all of them seem to work for me. CyanogenMOD7 and Oxygen v2.0 RC7 get to the setup screen and then go into an endless bootloop, whilst DeFroST 6.1a, RCMixHD v3.0 and Amethyst RC7 won't load past the htc splash screen. I have H BOOT S-ON still as i'm not entirely confident at attempting the AlphaRev 1.8 method just yet, could this be the cause?
Thanks in advance for any replies, kingears

HiApk vs InsertCoin

Hello there,
I'm looking for a gingerbread ROM with 3.0 Sense to it, and both HiApk and InsertCoin look amazing.
What are the major differences and which is recommended?
Thanks in advance!

InsertCoin is better !i use it for a long time !

Also, I would definitely go for InsertCoin. I tried both, but HiApk was a bit laggy.

Kudos you two

Just FYI, InsertCoin is mostly based on RcMixS.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Another question:
I had my desire rooted by using unrevoked few months ago. I now notice I have ClockWork 2.5 and my device is S-ON.
Correct my humble try to understand:
I need to make a nandroid backup, go S-OFF (1. by using unrevoked? alpharev?), update ClockWork to 3.2 (2. what is the difference to amon-ra?), and flash InsertCoin (3. do I have to flash a radio or does it come with one?)
Thanks!!

The-Q said:
Another question:
I had my desire rooted by using unrevoked few months ago. I now notice I have ClockWork 2.5 and my device is S-ON.
Correct my humble try to understand:
I need to make a nandroid backup, go S-OFF (1. by using unrevoked? alpharev?), update ClockWork to 3.2 (2. what is the difference to amon-ra?), and flash InsertCoin (3. do I have to flash a radio or does it come with one?)
Thanks!!
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S-OFF using alpharev, also i would suggest going for CM7 HBOOT if you gonna use InsertCoin, and yes you probably need CWM 3.x.x.x because its supporting new installer scripts which are required in some ROM's.
Use 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08 or 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23 Radio, see which is best for you.

InsertCoin is constantly developed and the stable version is very reliable and fast.

Insertcoin!!!

InsertCoooin

More questions:
1. Which alpharev version should I use?
2. What is the difference between "download" and "PB99IMG" on alpharev website?
Thank you for your time!

HBOOT and recovery...
The-Q said:
More questions:
1. Which alpharev version should I use?
2. What is the difference between "download" and "PB99IMG" on alpharev website?
Thank you for your time!
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hboot partition table
if you mean which HBOOT to use,
then you need
"Bravo Stock 1.8" for ROM InsertCoin a2sd
"Bravo CM7" for the ROM InsertCoin cm7 (hence the cm7 in the name)
The "download" files are for updating the hboot with fastboot command from your computer (you need the ADB toolkit or one the of fastboot GUI interfaces you can find in the HTC Desire development thread).
The "PB99IMG" files are for updating the hboot directly on your phone without computer. It requires to boot the phone in bootloader/fastboot mode and is probably riskier than the computer method.
Anyway you need to first S-OFF with alpharev iso (which will also update the recovery to CWM-AlphaRev 2.5.1.8 with dark blue color and keep the default bravo stock 1.8 partition table) and then you can update the partition table to CM7.
Correct my humble try to understand:
I need to make a nandroid backup, go S-OFF (1. by using unrevoked? alpharev?), update ClockWork to 3.2 (2. what is the difference to amon-ra?), and flash InsertCoin (3. do I have to flash a radio or does it come with one?)
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Radio
InsertCoin rom does not come with radio.
You should flash the recommended radio. it is better to do it with fastboot command (or GUI tool) from a computer. And it is the only way to do it after flashing the CM7 HBOOT as the cache partition is then too small (5Mb) for allowing radio flashing from recovery.
Recovery fake flash
If you don't want to change your recovery you could try to fake flash the 3.2 recovery when you need it.
Fake flash means to load another recovery (3.2) while in recovery (2.5) by simply applying a zip file. You then have all the feature of the 3.2 recovery without permanently installing it.
1) put the zip with 3.2 recovery on your SD card (zip in thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039954)
2) boot in recovery
3) apply the zip (like you would flash a rom, but it only loads the 3.2 recovery operating system without removing/deleting any file in your phone). You should notice the text color change and a few more options in the menu.
4) enjoy
I've been doing this for all the InsertCoin GB versions (well at least 30 times so...) and never had any problem. This allows to flash zip with amend and edify scripts by selecting either the default recovery or the 3.2.
You can also use the fake flash method to run Amon-RA recovery.
Fake Flash is more or less what what Rom Manager is doing when you use it to reboot in recovery mode (but it only supports a restricted set of recovery versions that have been tuned to work with Rom Manager).
Another benefit of fake flash is that you can still use your old nandroid backups, as it it not recommended to restore with recovery X a backup made with recovery Y.
[advanced] You can also fake flash the img recovery with fastboot from your computer
By the way there are also detailed info in the wiki (it was for the InsertCoin HD but most of it still applies):
http://insertcoin.baadnwz.eu/wiki/InsertCoin_Data%2B%2B_RoM
Hope it helps...

Helps? This is golden! Thank you so much for your time and effort!

I prefer IC, more than HiApk.
I don't mean to be OT but what about IC vs Reflex? I tried both and maybe Reflex is a little faster than IC.

I prefer InsertCoin for gingerbread and Sense over other ROM. I tried both , but InsertCoin is faster and more stable.

1. Why can't I flash alpharev's Bravo CM7 .img immediately?
2. Where is alpharev's livecd .iso? Is it necessary to use it and not to fastboot flash immediately?
3. Why shouldn't I use "unrevoked forever" (1) s-off tool?

1. If s-off goes wrong, it won't change partition table's sizes
2. http://alpharev.nl/alpharev.iso
3. It supports only few Desires

JUst to throw a cat among the pigeons...RCMix, FTW!!

Update:
First of all, I gparted the sd-card (3.5 fat32, 512mb ext3, 32mb swap).
Then I had success doing s-off (I flashed a stock rom prior to that) using alpharev's cd, flashbooted (so easy using these tools on linux) alpharev's Bravo CM7 .img, wiped it all, flashbooted CWM 3.2 and now flashing InsertCoin v45 Nightly <3 <3
More updates soon, and ofcourse, many thanks to all of you!

Update:
It's working quite good, besides few lags and slow-downs of Sense.
Flashed a new radio as well, and right now it seems wonderful.
Kudos to alpharev, baadnwz and all you guys too!

[Q] Recovery and Stock HBoot

Hello,
some question about the recovery (clockworkmod) and Stock HBoot.
At the moment my Desire works with 2.5.0.7 and yesterday i tried to update it to 3.0.0.5 after few problems it was working fine but after the new cwm i couldn't flash a new Radio Rom -> Back to 2.5.0.7
Today i have read some sites and will try it again with that steps
- install the RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00. 32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed
- root with unrevoked again using Recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-bravo
- start phone in recovery and "update" to cwm 2.5.0.7
- flash the new radio 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
- restart
- restore insertcoin
So its that right?
If i "update" to 2.5.0.7 i get temporary the older cwm and after reboot the newest back?
Is that really temporary or is this permanent?
its an other way to do this?
The phone should be still S-ON

If you're S-ON, it means it shoud work as you have described it.

Why do you want to use the newest version of clockworkmod? Do you have any problems with 2.5.0.7?
Anyway, the steps are in the correct order.

Why?
Because in an other board the "pro's" says me that the 2.5.0.7 is a very old one that no more supported, with the old it can be comes to problems and at least "it gives newer ones"
The 2.5.0.7 works fine to me, only that i can't chosen more than 512MB sd-ext is an little "problem" but i can do this with gparted.
When it is not remommend to update i can let it too
Ok Thanks a lot

Jan Itor said:
Why?
Because in an other board the "pro's" says me that the 2.5.0.7 is a very old one that no more supported, with the old it can be comes to problems and at least "it gives newer ones"
The 2.5.0.7 works fine to me, only that i can't chosen more than 512MB sd-ext is an little "problem" but i can do this with gparted.
When it is not remommend to update i can let it too
Ok Thanks a lot
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Now, it's easier to get S OFF..
with S OFF you can flash recovery that you want with fastboot..
simple and maybe faster than run RUU and use unrevoked againn...

S-Off i dont wont at the moment
that i can faster flash an recovery is not a reason for me.
Changing the recovery we do not needs so often
And when it comes an important update can i flash that whit the new om version
Also the reason from other board is "bull****"
they think "newer is always better"
EDIT:
So i have now the cwm-4.0.1.4-bravo with radio 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23

And the next Probelem is coming to me
I will restore my OS backup (done with 2.5.0.7) but he frozed on Restoring sd-ext
What must i do to get the backup restored?
Edit:
False Positiv xD
It takes a bit longer as before now all is running good

[Q] Cannot get a working clockwork backup, always md5 mismatch

Alright, I've been playing around with this for a week with no luck, so Im hoping someone here can shed some light on the problem.
I want to flash my HTC Desire with a custom ROM, but Im not going to attempt that without a working recovery first. Im using the newest version of clockwork recovery (5.0.2). Every recovery I've tried to make on this phone always gives me a md5 mismatch error.
I've only gotten around the problem one way, and thats to create a recovery in clockwork, and restore the backup right away after it's made. If I do that I dont get an md5 mismatch. But anytime the phone is rebooted, any recovery I make does get the error. Ive tried multiple versions of clockwork with no success.
Things I havent tried:
Different SD card
Different recovery
Anybody have any advice?

Please post the details of your Hboot and which rom you are currently running.
SwiftKeyed from CyanogenMod with Transparent XDA App

Would definitely recommend either trying a different SD card, or downloading h2testw.exe to test the SD for errors. This is step 1. Rule out the SD card.
Out of interest, step 2 is using a different recovery. CWM 2.5.0.7 or Amon-RA 2.0.1 depending on what your erase size is:
Download terminal emulator, open it and type:
Code:
cat /proc/mtd
and press enter (note the space between cat and /proc)

Alright, as far as rom and hboot, Im running stock. The phone is S-OFFed.
rootSU: I ran that h2testw on the sd card. Formatted the card and ran the test, came back with no errors. Still having the same problem though. Right now Im using clockwork 2.5.0.9 (oldest one on rom manager). Im thinking of trying a different recovery next. I tried the code you posted and it says my erasesize for everything is 0002000

Kaninm said:
Alright, as far as rom and hboot, Im running stock. The phone is S-OFFed.
rootSU: I ran that h2testw on the sd card. Formatted the card and ran the test, came back with no errors. Still having the same problem though. Right now Im using clockwork 2.5.0.9 (oldest one on rom manager). Im thinking of trying a different recovery next.
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Go on my guide, I have several links for many different recoveries. Try Ra-Desire it's probably the best.

MatDrOiD said:
Please post the details of your Hboot and which rom you are currently running.
SwiftKeyed from CyanogenMod with Transparent XDA App
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The rom is stock with hboot 6.06.1002

Kaninm said:
The rom is stock with hboot 6.06.1002
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I'm 99% sure that there is no such HBOOT version as "6.06.1002"

bortak said:
I'm 99% sure that there is no such HBOOT version as "6.06.1002"
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I swear thats exactly what it says. Could that have something to do with the problem, or cause problems in general?

Kaninm said:
I swear thats exactly what it says. Could that have something to do with the problem, or cause problems in general?
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err just out of curiosity is your phone GSM or CDMA (Have you got a simcard).. maybe it goes to that on CDMA phones if you S-OFF

bortak said:
err just out of curiosity is your phone GSM or CDMA (Have you got a simcard).. maybe it goes to that on CDMA phones if you S-OFF
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Unrevoked sees it as a CDMA, so does rommanager

Kaninm said:
Unrevoked sees it as a CDMA, so does rommanager
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ahh okay, don't know about CDMA phones - just don't flash anything from the alpharev site or any radios
I'd just suggest trying Amon Ra's recovery and see if that works for you.

Alright, so after awhile of fiddling around I found a way to flash Amon Ra's recovery. I just used unrevoked and set it to custom recovery. However, it didnt work. Booting into recovery after that would just hang at the HTC screen.
I ran unrevoked again to get clockwork back and it went fine, but after it boots into recovery I get this:
Verifying system type...
E:unsupported radio version
E:Update failed. Check /sdcard/soff.log
E:Error in /data/local/unrevoked-forever.zip
(Status 42)
Installation aborted
I got the same thing the first time I rooted it, but i have superuser so I figured it was fine.
Is this a possible cause for concern?

Kaninm said:
Alright, so after awhile of fiddling around I found a way to flash Amon Ra's recovery. I just used unrevoked and set it to custom recovery. However, it didnt work. Booting into recovery after that would just hang at the HTC screen.
I ran unrevoked again to get clockwork back and it went fine, but after it boots into recovery I get this:
Verifying system type...
E:unsupported radio version
E:Update failed. Check /sdcard/soff.log
E:Error in /data/local/unrevoked-forever.zip
(Status 42)
Installation aborted
I got the same thing the first time I rooted it, but i have superuser so I figured it was fine.
Is this a possible cause for concern?
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Why didn't you just follow my guide on flashing a custom recovery?

[q] flashing radio error

Hi all... Never tried this before but I am trying to upgrade to the latest Radio (20.10). After flashing the Radio.zip and rebooting to complete installation, I get this not enough space error (So fast I couldn't get the exact words).
I Nandroided, wiped data to get more space but still got same error.
BTW, I used CWM 2.5.01 as recommended.
Help would be highly appreciated.

I had the exact same problem.
I had mtd partitions, so i removed it by flashing the recovery from the Hboot, then rebooted to recovery, flashed radio, booted the phone, then went back to recovery to get my mtd partitions back.
If you don't have mtd partitions then sorry i can't help.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk 2

Was thinking bout that too... I have MTD partitions... Imma flash that now. Thanks.
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Err... Sorry, how do you flash recovery from HBOOT please?

It's very simple.
I'm away grom home right now. So I'll upload the recovery when i go back home.
You will put the file I'll give you in the root of the SDcard, boot to the bootloader, it will scan for the file automatically, then it will install.
Tell me which CWM version do you want?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk 2

As lo2ay said, just download the .zip file found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566677, put it on your SD card (on the root, not inside any folders) and just boot into the hboot.

use the link nejc121 wrote to get CWM version 5.0.2.8 which is the latest one
if you want another version refer to the second post in the complete wildfire index found here