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change to CM7 boot

Has anyone got a got a guide on how to change to CM7 boot?
Also, do you need to be s-off to do it?

Go to --> Alpharev
Code:
1) Nandroid backup in recovery.
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table.
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
4) 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'
5) 'fastboot erase cache'
6) Boot recovery, wipe everything and restore.
And: Yes, you need S-Off

Thanks, is it possible to s-off without using a cd?

You don't need to be s-off to flash CW recovery, only rooted. Although Alpharev will do this. (kills 2 birds with one stone). I rooted, z4root, installed CW along with Rom Manager. Flashed ROM.
The only advantage to s-off, is that you can change the "splash image" (not boot animation) Boot animation can be changed without s-off.
You don't need to run from cd.
But.... You have to have drivers installed.

Sure, you can either create a bootable usb-stick or start the image as a virtual system with virtual box. Please use the forum search, there is a really good tut including a step by step guide for each method.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Premium App

Moscow Desire said:
You don't need to be s-off to flash CW recovery, only rooted. Although Alpharev will do this. (kills 2 birds with one stone). I rooted, z4root, installed CW along with Rom Manager. Flashed ROM.
The only advantage to s-off, is that you can change the "splash image" (not boot animation) Boot animation can be changed without s-off.
You don't need to run from cd.
But.... You have to have drivers installed.
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Except that he is talking about a custom hboot and not of cwm recovery.
For flashing hboot you need s-off!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Premium App

Tillus said:
Sure, you can either create a bootable usb-stick or start the image as a virtual system with virtual box. Please use the forum search, there is a really good tut including a step by step guide for each method.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Premium App
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Bootable usb would be perfect, ill search the forum to how to do this.

325i. said:
Bootable usb would be perfect, ill search the forum to how to do this.
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Just download the CD iso image and use this tool (or similar) to make a bootable USB from it:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Moscow Desire said:
The only advantage to s-off, is that you can change the "splash image" (not boot animation) Boot animation can be changed without s-off.
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Not true,there are many many more advantages of having s-off your Desire,and one of them is becoming more useful and needed these days,and that one is precisely what OP of this topic is trying to do: flash CM7 Hboot to have csutom partition sizes,and have more space on /data partition for app or dalvik cache (if using Data++ ROMs). And that can not be done if S-on.

Thats the thread I was talking about.

Tillus said:
Thats the thread I was talking about.
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thxs for that i am now s-off used boot cd. so if i wonted to flash say Rom ([ROM][17/04][Sense2.1 GingerBread]InsertCoin CM7/A2SD+ v01 |Cam working|TV animations)
it says i need CM7 HBOOT how would i install this i cant seem to find this out, i am new to android and have used lee droids and a few other Roms but would like to use the rom i said about but dont know how

tvr84 said:
thxs for that i am now s-off used boot cd. so if i wonted to flash say Rom ([ROM][17/04][Sense2.1 GingerBread]InsertCoin CM7/A2SD+ v01 |Cam working|TV animations)
it says i need CM7 HBOOT how would i install this i cant seem to find this out, i am new to android and have used lee droids and a few other Roms but would like to use the rom i said about but dont know how
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You need the android sdk to get abd and fastboot running. You can download this here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
then open Programfolder/tools in commandline, boot your phone in fastboot-mode (swich off, then switch on while hitting back-key (back!, not vol-down).
Then in commandline type in "fastboot devices" to check if your phone is connected properly (it should show you, if a phone is connected). If yes, use the steps I posted earlier and are described on alpharev.nl

Personally..
I used the CD, followed the prompt to s-off.
Then once s-off and custom bootloader was install, I then used the PB99IMG.zip from AlphaRev to change my partitions to CM7 hboot
http://alpharev.nl/PB99IMG_bravo_cm7.zip
Easy as.

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Tillus said:
You need the android sdk to get abd and fastboot running. You can download this here:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
then open Programfolder/tools in commandline, boot your phone in fastboot-mode (swich off, then switch on while hitting back-key (back!, not vol-down).
Then in commandline type in "fastboot devices" to check if your phone is connected properly (it should show you, if a phone is connected). If yes, use the steps I posted earlier and are described on alpharev.nl
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You don't need to use fastboot to change partition sizes, just use the PB99IMG.zips, even easier.
But having the adb/fastboot stuff sorted, is always a plus.

garpunkal said:
You don't need to use fastboot to change partition sizes, just use the PB99IMG.zips, even easier.
But having the adb/fastboot stuff sorted, is always a plus.
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Hi, I've got fastboot setup etc. But can't seem to find a guide on how to change all the partition.
So all you're saying is that if I put the PB99IMG.zips into my sd card and boot into Bootloader, it'll install automatically AS WELL as do the partitions for me? And one more thing if I may (just for clarity) do I put the PB99IMG.zips onto the root of my sdcard or into one of the subfolders and if so which one?
Thanks and sorry for the bombardment of questions!

You will have costom MTD partitions CM7 for exempl: h-boot 130M sistem, 5M Chace, 302M data.
If you mean the EXT partitions? You must still make a ext partition wit cwm or gparted orrommanager.
Put the PB img on your SDcard, the map doesnt matters, because the phone will recognize it enywhere.

usefull GUI app for flashing boot:
FastbootCommanderV.1.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=823315

tvr84 said:
thxs for that i am now s-off used boot cd. so if i wonted to flash say Rom ([ROM][17/04][Sense2.1 GingerBread]InsertCoin CM7/A2SD+ v01 |Cam working|TV animations)
it says i need CM7 HBOOT how would i install this i cant seem to find this out, i am new to android and have used lee droids and a few other Roms but would like to use the rom i said about but dont know how
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Hi,
about CM7 and the rom you want to try, you can have a look to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13084241&postcount=17
I try to resume my experience...
Hope it will help you.

[Q] installing custom roms

hi...
can any1 tell me how to install custom roms using pc...........
i have searched the forum....but couldnt find any answer.................
sorry for starting a new thread........
thanks in advance

General Method:
- find, download and copy a flashable rom called "fullwipe 1.3" to the sd
- copy the zip with the rom you want to load in it to your sd card
- reboot into cwm recovery
- install zip from sd card
- choose the fullwipe 1.3 zip
- install
- then choose the rom's zip
- install
- reboot
wait for it to load. there you go.
For more advanced rom's, you must make directory's on your sd card for them to work properly. Follow instructions posted by the Rom's developer for proper installation.

thanks bro..........4 all ur help..............
1 more question........
what about using it through the fone......
i mean .....after downloading through the rom manager..........should i follow the same procedure ????

question
I rooted today, s-off & eng-off, installed rom manager
what do i have to do to get clockwork to work
I try booting into recovery but, display goes blank & has a red triangle symbol & after many minutes nothing happens..... can some inform me of the step I may have missed or something i can do to verify that i have the device set up properly.
Hopefully Thanks in advance.

gixer131 said:
question
I rooted today, s-off & eng-off, installed rom manager
what do i have to do to get clockwork to work
I try booting into recovery but, display goes blank & has a red triangle symbol & after many minutes nothing happens..... can some inform me of the step I may have missed or something i can do to verify that i have the device set up properly.
Hopefully Thanks in advance.
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Flash CWM recovery from rom manager again.

Hawks556 said:
Flash CWM recovery from rom manager again.
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I can appreciate that, but I need to know what to do. I try to do that & i get an error while attempting to run privileged commands. Flashing sounds all great but I cant seem to get it to do anything in recovery... error issues trying to do that, or anything else, I also have super user update issues that say they put a recovery image on the sd card & to go boot that from within recovery.
Just hoping to find out why i cant do the simple things everyone speaks of.

gixer131 said:
I can appreciate that, but I need to know what to do. I try to do that & i get an error while attempting to run privileged commands. Flashing sounds all great but I cant seem to get it to do anything in recovery... error issues trying to do that, or anything else, I also have super user update issues that say they put a recovery image on the sd card & to go boot that from within recovery.
Just hoping to find out why i cant do the simple things everyone speaks of.
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Well if you can't flash recovery from Rom Manager then there's something wrong with your root privileges or s-offs... Just to make things clear, how did you try to flash the recovery?

AT THE TOP OF THE BOOTLOADER IT MUST SAY "... ENG S-OFF RL" FOR THIS TO WORK
With the device connected, boot into bootloader and select FASTBOOT and press power once.
It will now show FASTBOOT USB, and give you 4 options.
Download the newest 4.x.x.x version of the cwm recovery from the dev section.
Download My Toolkit and Extract to C:\
In the recovery zip that you downloaded from the dev thread, find the "recovery.img" and extract it to the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit. (make sure its only the recovery.img and not the folders it sits in)
open up a command prompt (windows key + R, type "cmd" and hit enter)
type in: cd "C:\HTC ACE TOOLKIT\RESOURCE" and hit enter.
the prompt should now be in that directory.
now type in the following EXACTLY and press enter afterwards:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Let it flash, and badaboom, you have just flash cwm recovery.

JSLEnterprises said:
AT THE TOP OF THE BOOTLOADER IT MUST SAY "... ENG S-OFF RL" FOR THIS TO WORK
With the device connected, boot into bootloader and select FASTBOOT and press power once.
It will now show FASTBOOT USB, and give you 4 options.
Download the newest 4.x.x.x version of the cwm recovery from the dev section.
Download My Toolkit and Extract to C:\
In the recovery zip that you downloaded from the dev thread, find the "recovery.img" and extract it to the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit. (make sure its only the recovery.img and not the folders it sits in)
open up a command prompt (windows key + R, type "cmd" and hit enter)
type in: cd "C:\HTC ACE TOOLKIT\RESOURCE" and hit enter.
the prompt should now be in that directory.
now type in the following EXACTLY and press enter afterwards:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Let it flash, and badaboom, you have just flash cwm recovery.
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The BOOTLOADER SAYs "... ENG S-OFF but no RL @ the end
Can someone instruct me to what I may have done wrong? I know if I try to s-off or ENG-off I now get a connection problem but the first time I tried it seemed to work properly.
Thanks

Thanks for the help, I have successfuly flached clockwork now & a new rom.... What should I do to update a radio for my device on telus? Thanks

gixer131 said:
Thanks for the help, I have successfuly flached clockwork now & a new rom.... What should I do to update a radio for my device on telus? Thanks
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well, in that toolkit i told you to download is a command script that does pretty much what I told you do to for the recovery.
Since you and I have the exact same phone I recommend grabbing the radio from the 2.52 korean build (Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M), and the rill's as well.
Here is the radio and ril (first 2 links, download via the dropbox links): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630
make sure you're in bootloader > fastboot and it says FASTBOOT USB on the screen
take a radio.img from within the zip and drop it into the resource folder and then run the shorcut in the toolkit.
It will now flash the radio to your phone and reboot.
Now with the rill's you flash via cwm recovery, from the RIL zip you downloaded, off your sd card in the same way you would flash a rom.

JSLEnterprises said:
well, in that toolkit i told you to download is a command script that does pretty much what I told you do to for the recovery.
Since you and I have the exact same phone I recommend grabbing the radio from the 2.52 korean build (Radio_12.59.60.26U_26.11.04.21_M), and the rill's as well.
Here is the radio and ril (first 2 links, download via the dropbox links): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996630
make sure you're in bootloader > fastboot and it says FASTBOOT USB on the screen
take a radio.img from within the zip and drop it into the resource folder and then run the shorcut in the toolkit.
It will now flash the radio to your phone and reboot.
Now with the rill's you flash via cwm recovery, from the RIL zip you downloaded, off your sd card in the same way you would flash a rom.
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I would Like to thank you for your help & support, I was a the step of having fastboot usb And on my pc I unziped the radio And droped the image in the resource folder, a window pops up (disk burner) only option to choose is DVD R Drive.... do I have to have the SD card unmouted as a disk drive to the computer?

leave disk burner outta this. lol
The phone should be in bootloader under "fastboot" so the highlighted area will say FASTBOOT USB (since your phone is connected to your pc).
If radio.img is in the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit, go back to the main folder (HTC ACE TOOLKIT) and just double click the "Flash Radio" shorcut.

JSLEnterprises said:
leave disk burner outta this. lol
The phone should be in bootloader under "fastboot" so the highlighted area will say FASTBOOT USB (since your phone is connected to your pc).
If radio.img is in the RESOURCE folder of my toolkit, go back to the main folder (HTC ACE TOOLKIT) and just double click the "Flash Radio" shorcut.
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Most excellent! Thanks & Thank you, your help has been most usefull & is quite appreciated!

Changed Rom
Changed rom last night & wanted to know weather I should flash the "rill's" & "radio" each time I change roms. I just did the radio now so hope that cures the tinny sound, also it sounded kinda tinny just playing music, is there a patch or something else to do or is all that fixed in the radio?
Any suggestion on roms to try? using Revolution HD right now.

Cannot Access Recovery / Nandroid

PHONE: ROOTED HTC DESIRE GSM S-OFF'D Running cm7
Used ROM manager to update Clockwork Recovery in anticipation of installing the newest CM7 which came out yesterday.
Now i can't reboot into recovery just sticks on the splash screen even when i try and access it through FASTBOOT or by turning on holding down BACK + POWER
There is an article here:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...to-reboot-to-recovery/page__p__4343#entry4343
I just need a little help understanding these, particularly option 1
"Solution 1. - Fastboot
Prerequisites:
Dream/G1 devices with DangerSPL, all other devices (MT3G 32A/32B) with an engineering SPL (S-OFF in HBOOT mode).
Users with SDK tools set up.
How to:
Reboot to bootloader holding Back+Power or Vol.down+Power or whatever combination applies to your device.
Attach your device to a USB port and open up a Terminal/Command prompt of choice
Navigate to the folder where your recovery image is, then flash it like so:
fastboot flash recovery recovery_of_choice.img
Reboot to recovery to verify your work. "
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Not sure how to do this, is this done through SDK??
Attach your device to a USB port and open up a Terminal/Command prompt of choice
Is this something i get from Unrevoked??
fastboot flash recovery recovery_of_choice.img
Sorry for being basic.

Theres a fastboot faq linked in my signature. Tells you all you need to know.
Another thing, NEVER follow instructions for other phones. EVER
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Thanks RootSU, looks useful. What is it that i actually need to do though? Do i need to reflash something that i did during the root process or just set up adb in order to try and access recovery that way?
Really appreciate your help here.
Thanks
Ben

Forget adb, its something totally different.
Just set up your PC to work with fastboot as per the FAQ.
Download the recovery you want to flash (Ensure it is a desire version)
Boot into fastboot on the phone (Back and power from off)
Then use the command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecoveryfile.img
Its all in the faq.

Managed to get it up and running, downloaded clockwork recovery then followed the instructions here:
Thanks

[Q] [Ask]CyanogenMod7.1 (Android 2.3.7)

hello to all Xda member.
im a newbie about CyanogenMod7.1 (Android 2.3.7)
i currently facing a problem about the insufficient internal memory of my Desire.
and i would like to ask that, arent that suppose those apps can be fully move into SD card?
becoz i saw n heard that rooted phone can do so.
is there any assistance to help me out here? thx guys.
i really hate short of internal memory.
btw, if i posted at the wrong section, pls move me to the correct section. thx.

are you s-off?
you can use different hboot to increase data partition or use a2sd script

just install from market an app called s2e
And move application and dalvik to ext!
You will have plenty of space.

Go to alpharev.nl and apply this Bravo Data++. You will have enough storage and your rom will be prepared for ICS.
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Sent from my unstable ROM

i don understand la guys, can giv more guide n explanation?

changing hboot will provide a new partition layout
stock one:
system-250 MB
cache-40 MB
data-147 mb
CM7/r2:
system-145 MB
cache-5 MB
data-287 MB
So you can see the increase on data partition. As you running CM7.1 i would change hboot to cm7 or cm7r2(on alpharev.nl) depends on developer instruction

ClockWorkMod Recovery Problem..
Folks Would really appreciate some advice here stuck with a problem. I have two other phones I have installed custom ROMS on so got a little knowledge but Im a bit stuck with my daughters HTC desire..
I use revolutionary to S-off & aquire root. I then installed ROM manager & flashed latest ClockworkMod (ver 5.0.2.0). After that I copied CM7 & GBAPPS to the external SD card in preparation for the install. I then choose install ROM from SD card, the phone rebooted & nstalled CM7 but no google apps. NOW when i boot into recovery and select install zip from file I only get a clockwork logo so I am now stuck & dont know what to do really appreciate some help !!! Im panicing !!

Don't panic. Go to recovery again. "back button + power button" and then select recovery. Wipe all, cache, dalvik and install again. Don't reboot. Install gapps also then reboot.
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Sent from my Desire CM7 nightly

can you boot normally? if yes uzip the googleapps zip and copy/move them to app directory and reboot

jjjkkklll said:
i don understand la guys, can giv more guide n explanation?
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Download Ubuntu Linux or any other live system. Run it. Download fastboot program. Run terminal. Enter 'chmod 777 fastboot' in terminal . Put your phone in hboot mode. "back button + power button" attach USB to your phone and PC. Run ./fastboot --help in terminal to see options.
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Now I'm at my PC so I can be more specific. Fastboot is a program that you need to download. You can find it on web. It runs on Linux OS. So you need some Linux distribution. Try linux mint debian (my favorite) or Ubuntu. You don't have to install it, just run it in Live mode. After you boot Linux in Live mode, download fastboot-linux program and bravo_alphaspl-data.img from alpharev.nl site. In programs find terminal. Enter these commands and press enter
- sudo su
- cd Download (or where you have downloaded the fastboot-linux and bravo_alphaspl-data.img) files
- chmod +x fastboot-linux
Power up your HTC with "back button and power button" and connect it with your PC with USB cable
Finaly enter this command
./fastboot-linux flash hboot bravo_alphaspl-data.img
That's it. You should see some info in terminal. I'm a Linux sys admin and first time I didn't understand it also what the heck is going on. AlphaRev should make their docs better.
Hope it helps.

Unrevoked Can not Get Root . Is there an Alternative ?????
People/Gurus
Yesterday got one HTC Desire off stock & running CM7 but having problems with my other daughters....
Procedures that lead me to this point
1. Installed revolutionary & gained S-OFF.
2. Used unrevoked 3 to try & gain root but have been unable to do so. All looks good till near the end when it says "running root" then a message that says "Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new ?"
I am desparately needing some advice. Yesterdays went fine, with a little help from you angels of mercy !! Now I need you all again :-(
Thanks for reading
John

did you flash zip file from question 4 from http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
?

kotag82 said:
did you flash zip file from question 4 from http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
?
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I did not. The reason why I did not was because I had read a post that said the CMW recovery that comes with revolutionary can be ignored, so I did not install it. My intention was to install ROM Manager & insall newest version of CWM from there, but now I cannot boot into recovery to install the zip. Is there another way ?

flash one of recoveries(via fastboot) from my signature then flash the zip... without recovery you can push files via adb to proper location then change permission but recovery is safer way and not painful...
See bortak guide step 10

kotag82 said:
flash one of recoveries(via fastboot) from my signature then flash the zip... without recovery you can push files via adb to proper location then change permission but recovery is safer way and not painful...
See bortak guide step 10
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Can I ask your advice on one other thing please. During this adventure I have noticed many references to PVT4 and a size of 40000. This has caused me a little concern as mine does show PVT4 but cat /proc/mdc shows 20000 should I still be able to go ahead safely ?

One of mine is 40000 using rmd and 20000 I was using both rmd and touch recovery without any problem, I think it is related to old cwm recovery 2.x.x.x risk of sdcard and USB brick
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kotag82 said:
One of mine is 40000 using rmd and 20000 I was using both rmd and touch recovery without any problem, I think it is related to old cwm recovery 2.x.x.x risk of sdcard and USB brick
Sent from my HTC Runnymede using XDA Premium App
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Yeah, just found that via google... Just clicked your thanks metre, all good and working, really really really REALLY appreciate your time & patience, thanks again m8..

Welcome anytime
Sent from my HTC Runnymede using XDA Premium App

mlerota said:
Download Ubuntu Linux or any other live system. Run it. Download fastboot program. Run terminal. Enter 'chmod 777 fastboot' in terminal . Put your phone in hboot mode. "back button + power button" attach USB to your phone and PC. Run ./fastboot --help in terminal to see options.
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Now I'm at my PC so I can be more specific. Fastboot is a program that you need to download. You can find it on web. It runs on Linux OS. So you need some Linux distribution. Try linux mint debian (my favorite) or Ubuntu. You don't have to install it, just run it in Live mode. After you boot Linux in Live mode, download fastboot-linux program and bravo_alphaspl-data.img from alpharev.nl site. In programs find terminal. Enter these commands and press enter
- sudo su
- cd Download (or where you have downloaded the fastboot-linux and bravo_alphaspl-data.img) files
- chmod +x fastboot-linux
Power up your HTC with "back button and power button" and connect it with your PC with USB cable
Finaly enter this command
./fastboot-linux flash hboot bravo_alphaspl-data.img
That's it. You should see some info in terminal. I'm a Linux sys admin and first time I didn't understand it also what the heck is going on. AlphaRev should make their docs better.
Hope it helps.
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hey there bro, any page / thread which give me a full guide? coz im new. =(

Stuck on HTC screen - can't access

Hi
I've looked on here already to try to find a (working) solution for my problem but haven't so far. My HTC desire was
downgraded from ICS to a gingerbread rom successfully - however - upon trying to unlock (unbrand) my phone the
software was stopping this so i tried to install a stock rom on it via usb cable. It downloaded successfully and rebooted.
But when it restarted it stuck on the "htc" loading screen. The only way i can turn it off is to remove the battery - also
when i try to enter recovery it just sticks on the HTC screen too.
This is what it says on the HBOOT screen:
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-Revolutionary-
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
SD CHECKING...
Loading ...[PB99DIAG.ZIP]
No image!
Loading ...[PB99DIAG.ZIP]
No image!
Loading ...[PB99IMG.ZIP]
No image!
Loading ...[PB99IMG.nbh]
No image or wrong image!
-----------------------------------------------
If anyone could help me with this it would be great, thanks!

have u tried flashing new recovery via fastboot commands?
u can click PB99IMG 4ext recovery in my sig, extract it and put the recovery.img in ur c:\ drive on ur computer then turn off ur phone (pull battery) then hold back button + power (thats fastboot) plug in ur phone so it says fastboot usb then open fastboot command window and type -
fastboot erase recovery
then type -
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
hopefully it will work and ul 4ext recovery and u can restore a nandroid or flash new rom etc
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
have u tried flashing new recovery via fastboot commands?
u can click PB99IMG 4ext recovery in my sig, extract it and put the recovery.img in ur c:\ drive on ur computer then turn off ur phone (pull battery) then hold back button + power (thats fastboot) plug in ur phone so it says fastboot usb then open fastboot command window and type -
fastboot erase recovery
then type -
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
hopefully it will work and ul 4ext recovery and u can restore a nandroid or flash new rom etc
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Hi jmcclue -
Thanks for your reply, I'll give it a try.
How do you open the fastboot command window? After i plug in the usb during fastboot nothing on my computer pops up.
Thanks!

Banksy12 said:
Hi jmcclue -
Thanks for your reply, I'll give it a try.
How do you open the fastboot command window? After i plug in the usb during fastboot nothing on my computer pops up.
Thanks!
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ok click adb & fastboot in my sig to set it up.
u could just click the PB99IMG 4ext recovery in my sig and follow the instructions, u can change it that way too. its well worth setting up adb & fastboot tho
Sent from my HTC Desire

jmcclue said:
ok click adb & fastboot in my sig to set it up.
u could just click the PB99IMG 4ext recovery in my sig and follow the instructions, u can change it that way too. its well worth setting up adb & fastboot tho
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Okay thanks a lot, just done it now.
I typed in fastboot erase memory and this pops up:
erasing memory....FAILED (remote: partition is not existed!)
Any idea what this means?
I did the second part anyway and it went into recovery fine, i tried to install a zip from sd but it aborted it because it was "bad"

Banksy12 said:
Okay thanks a lot, just done it now.
I typed in fastboot erase memory and this pops up:
erasing memory....FAILED (remote: partition is not existed!)
Any idea what this means?
I did the second part anyway and it went into recovery fine, i tried to install a zip from sd but it aborted it because it was "bad"
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fastboot erase memory?? i said fastboot erase recovery.
ok.. so u have 4ext recovery now?? what zip did u try to install??

jmcclue said:
fastboot erase memory?? i said fastboot erase recovery.
ok.. so u have 4ext recovery now?? what zip did u try to install??
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Sorry - Misread it.
jmcclue - That's worked just great though thankyou so much!
Ive installed cyanogen, but I want to install a stock rom for it (this is what i was doing originally)- do I need to unroot it? What are the steps now?
Thanks a ton.

Banksy12 said:
Sorry - Misread it.
jmcclue - That's worked just great though thankyou so much!
Ive installed cyanogen, but I want to install a stock rom for it (this is what i was doing originally)- do I need to unroot it? What are the steps now?
Thanks a ton.
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If you want it neat and clean to start from beginning, download alpharev downgrade hboot, flash it via fastboot (follow the instructions from site), download 2.3 RUU from htcdev, unpack it and run from your PC.
The previous attempt to return to stock GB ended with failure because you have revolutionary hboot which is write protected and hboot and radio can't be flashed. So, you had the old radio on your device (RADIO-4.05.00.11) and GB needed a newer one and after flashing it didn't want to boot.
With downgrade you will unlock write protection and RUU will overwrite both hboot and radio.

nlooooo said:
If you want it neat and clean to start from beginning, download alpharev downgrade hboot, flash it via fastboot (follow the instructions from site), download 2.3 RUU from htcdev, unpack it and run from your PC.
The previous attempt to return to stock GB ended with failure because you have revolutionary hboot which is write protected and hboot and radio can't be flashed. So, you had the old radio on your device (RADIO-4.05.00.11) and GB needed a newer one and after flashing it didn't want to boot.
With downgrade you will unlock write protection and RUU will overwrite both hboot and radio.
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Thanks nlooooo i understand it better now.
I'll give it a try

Banksy12 said:
Thanks nlooooo i understand it better now.
I'll give it a try
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I've just gone to the AlphaRev site to download the patch - i can't figure out which one to download. I currently have
update-cm-7.2.0-RC2-bravo-signed.zip installed (cyanogenmod7)
Thanks!

Banksy12 said:
I've just gone to the AlphaRev site to download the patch - i can't figure out which one to download. I currently have
update-cm-7.2.0-RC2-bravo-signed.zip installed (cyanogenmod7)
Thanks!
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It's not a patch, it's hboot that you're looking for. It's the last one on table, nicely called "Bravo Downgrader".

nlooooo said:
It's not a patch, it's hboot that you're looking for. It's the last one on table, nicely called "Bravo Downgrader".
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Hi again, thank you for your reply. I'm new to this and when i ran through the instructions on alpharev, it didnt work so im obviously doing something wrong, and don't want to mess it up so could you please say whether this is the correct way to do it
From the instructions on alpharev its goes as:
1) nandroid backup in recovery - I have 4ext recovery, so i just basically click "backup" right?
2) download bravo_downgrade.img
3) go into hboot (power+back button)
Now this is the bit im confused about:
fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
4) 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'
5) 'fastboot erase cache'
6) Boot recovery, wipe everything and restore.
I don't see these options available to me, is this because I have 4ext and just need the normal clockworkmod?
Thankyou.

Banksy12 said:
Hi again, thank you for your reply. I'm new to this and when i ran through the instructions on alpharev, it didnt work so im obviously doing something wrong, and don't want to mess it up so could you please say whether this is the correct way to do it
From the instructions on alpharev its goes as:
1) nandroid backup in recovery - I have 4ext recovery, so i just basically click "backup" right?
2) download bravo_downgrade.img
3) go into hboot (power+back button)
Now this is the bit im confused about:
fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
4) 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'
5) 'fastboot erase cache'
6) Boot recovery, wipe everything and restore.
I don't see these options available to me, is this because I have 4ext and just need the normal clockworkmod?
Thankyou.
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4) & 5) are fastboot commands.. so make sure u have fastboot set up on ur computer. click adb & fastboot in my sig if u dont.
once setup, download the bravo_downgrade.img and put it in ur C:\ drive on ur computer, then put ur phone into fastboot, hold back button + power and plug in ur phone (usb) so it says "fastboot usb" then open fastboot command window and type -
fastboot flash hboot c:\bravo_downgrade.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
then boot into recovery and do what u need to do