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When I flash roms, my desire wont boot...

Another newbie question sorry... I have successfully rooted my desire as per paul's guide.
I'm now trying to put Pays sparta rom on it but when it has been flashed and i try to boot my phone, it goes to the white HTC screen and then to a black screen with just HTC written on it.... and never gets any further.
If I go back to stock rom or the rooted one, that's fine but I cannot get this or other roms to work.
Am I missing something?
I've wiped to factory defaults, wiped the dalvik stuff etc and then loaded the rom from the SD card.
I'd love to get a custom rom on my phone but am struggling so any help would be massively appreciated.
Thanks!

jaketurbo said:
Another newbie question sorry... I have successfully rooted my desire as per paul's guide.
I'm now trying to put Pays sparta rom on it but when it has been flashed and i try to boot my phone, it goes to the white HTC screen and then to a black screen with just HTC written on it.... and never gets any further.
If I go back to stock rom or the rooted one, that's fine but I cannot get this or other roms to work.
Am I missing something?
I've wiped to factory defaults, wiped the dalvik stuff etc and then loaded the rom from the SD card.
I'd love to get a custom rom on my phone but am struggling so any help would be massively appreciated.
Thanks!
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Did you partition your SD card while in recovery mode just after flashing the rom? That is probably what was causing it.
Try again but remember to partition your SD card before you reboot.

I had the same problem that you are seeing and it's now all ok.
As the first post in the Pays thread says, use AM desire recovery to wipe the various areas and it should then work fine.

I was just being a divvy....
It was taking ages because of the Apps2SD stuff... transferring files to the SD card.
Done and dusted now and loving Pays Sparta rom.

[Q] What to do now, is it a decoration, or can it be saved?

Hi everyone!
I managed to root my DHD last night, used the tool to get S-OFF and ENG-OFF thing, well, everything that I could. I changed my radio, and installed a custom rom, everything went well. Then, I decided I'd want a new theme..... And then everything goes... yeah..
I installed Android Revolution and chose CommonSense as my new theme.
Well, I as I read that you need to use CWM Recovery and install the theme as a .zip from there, so I did. Put the .zip in my sd root and installed the theme from there. But it seems that was not the way to do it.
And as I read the instructions, that was definitely not the way to do it.
So, now my phone boots, HTC with big letters comes up, and then it changes to HTC Quietly Brilliant with a twitch. After being on Quietly Brilliant, it goes to black for 400 ms, and changes back to Quietly Brilliant and starts to loop that.
I tested that I can still do fastboot, and go to CWM Recovery from there..
But, I firstly decided to come up on here to ask what should I do now?

You can reflash the rom or find a working theme and install so that the boot loop will be gone.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

its only a bootloop chillout there are 3 options, 1. find the version of that thme for your rom and flash it again. 2. flash your rom again. 3. push your framework-res.apk to/system/framework/ using adb

Yeah, I think it's being fixed right now.
I tried installing theme again.. THE RIGHT WAY and the RIGHT THEME. But, that didn't help, so now I'm flashing the rom again.
It's a great relief that it was just a "bootloop chillout"
Thanks for your help Lopio & AndroHero!

c4tlub3 said:
Yeah, I think it's being fixed right now.
I tried installing theme again.. THE RIGHT WAY and the RIGHT THEME. But, that didn't help, so now I'm flashing the rom again.
It's a great relief that it was just a "bootloop chillout"
Thanks for your help Lopio & AndroHero!
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if your going to mod your device expect many bootloops best idea is before you flash anything, do a nandroid backup in recovery, it only takes a minute and if anything goes wrong you dont have to mess about flashing a new rom, you can just restore your old one

next time, backup before you flash from the CWM.
if u have a boot loop, you just need to re-flash the rom.

Need help asap

Ok so im having some major issues. After wiping everything, il flash a rom using AmonRa recovery and it will start up like normal with no issues.. But when i need to restart my phone, or pull the battery or shut off or w/e, it wont get past start up screen.. Doesn't matter what rom i use..
All i remember is after flashing a bad Ice cream sandwich rom, i started having the issues.. Heard someone say something about my hboot? if it could be that, its version 6. 16. 1002.
Need help badly =( My phones my main source of communication and i hate having to reflash it daily

I had the same problem I flashed a miui ROM from amonra recovery and it just got stuck on the bootload screen... I fixed my issue by putting another ROM on the root of my SD card and flashed it you made sure you wiped the cache,dalvik cache,and factory reset right?? That's how I messed mine up I flashed cm7 to fix mine.. hopefully this helps if it didn't I'm sorry
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/32459-cyanogenmod-7-for-the-htc-evo-4g-v710-9-oct-2011/
will this cm7 work? not sure if its some system tweak or an actual rom lol

Download that one and I'm sure you won't need the gapps make sure you back up your current ROM and wipe the dalvik cache,cache,and factory reset etc.. plz let me know how it goes
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Didnt work =/ I was ableto run it on first time, but not 2nd.. then tryed wiping and everything else to a new rom.. no changes in start up paterns D=

Damn I have no idea how to fix it then that's crazy I wish I could help you more but i just don't know what else could be wrong LOL sorry
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

Wholy crap,i'm not sure i want to mess with the reaper crowd,i'm not wanting to die anytime soon,ok guys.Anyway,the best thing i can tell you to do is,either install a new recovery and try that route,or unroot,then reroot,to see if that helps,here a link for the rooting and unrooting... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245649

Normally, if you're having probs like this, it might be good to drop 10 and punt.
Run the RUU for your phone's version, and basically start over. I'm not sure about the newer H-Boot versions, but you may still be S-Off after running RUU. I know on mine, it's that way, but mine is from before Gingerbread

From common knowledge around the root community, that sounds completely like the wrong path lol...
Generally there is a much more simple solution lol.. I know that much..
and nice to see my signatures all over this website lol =D Clearly people like the clean slate Team Noctural sig i created.

I've had a ROM or two in the past do something similar. It would boot the first time and everything worked great but upon reboot would stick at the HTC screen. Try wiping your regular cache and dalvik cache and reboot and see if it will start again.

buzz vodafone uk rom needed

need help i got a buzz that really slow so slow that it look like it frozen it doesnt move any way when i enter hboot and can navigate find.. wanna reload the rom but it been of no used so far bcuz i cannot get into the phone to connect it to root it so i can use and rom .. still have s-on and the hboot is 1.10.0002
radio 3.35.20.10 i search for offical rom but to no use i think the phone can get working agin if i install a new rom... any help will do please

Root with the guise in my sig
Sent from my HTC One S using Tapatalk 2

i seen these post but i cannot access the phone when it powered on it just freezes and also it a voldafone cant find the orginal ruu there fore cant get it out of hboot ... no goldcard creation

thee011 said:
need help i got a buzz that really slow so slow that it look like it frozen it doesnt move any way when i enter hboot and can navigate find.. wanna reload the rom but it been of no used so far bcuz i cannot get into the phone to connect it to root it so i can use and rom .. still have s-on and the hboot is 1.10.0002
radio 3.35.20.10 i search for offical rom but to no use i think the phone can get working agin if i install a new rom... any help will do please
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nothing against rooting your phone - the best thing you could do in fact - but to let it become responsive again: did you try an old fashioned factory reset? I don't remember exactly how that worked with a stock ROM but it should be somewhere in the forums. Even better someone who recalls that procedure should tell (if you're missing a user guide) - ah wait, perhaps this one might be of some help How to hard reset the HTC Wildfire - Know Your Cell
--- EDIT --- but don't miss the essential stuff: all your personal data will be deleted (you should at least backup your whole sdcard)

already factory reset i can access reccovery and hboot .. after factory reset still same issue..

thee011 said:
already factory reset i can access reccovery and hboot .. after factory reset still same issue..
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do you have lots of apps on SD? Did you try to boot without sdcard?

All resources that you may need are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318

ok did this last night
use xtc to create a gold card put and update rom which was extracted from a ruu flash it with the gold card and not same situation
it Asian now as i can see it when it boots once it passes the android screen the phone comes to a crawl seem frozen but it actually moving...

Stuck in a very, murky, muddy, Desire HD puddle......

Right. Here we go.
Yesterday, I used HTC devtool and easy ace tool to be rooted and unlocked bootloader. Im still S-On. Ace Pvt Hboot.
Had all sorts of problems. Firstly, with PacMan, which looked and worked fantastic, except no GPS lock, AT ALL, (important to me) soi tried Jellytime and CFX, but all three had issues, and GPS worked on none. I believe this is because the radio is the original one, but dont have the knowledge, skill, or importantly courage to flash an updated radio.
So, tried to flash and EXT4 recovery, with the tool from Google Play. Will not work. Saves to a folder on SD but still boots in CWM recovery So I cant use EXT roms properly. I tried to go back to PacMan, but I cant even do that. I wipe and format, and reflash the boot image, but every time it wont load correctly - something ddoesnt work, and I get errors. Latest was Android Keyboard is not working, so I cant do anything!
Attempted to put ViperDHD rom on to go back to something like stock (GPS worked great on stock!!) and worked ok, with some funny issues on initial boot but settled down. But, STILL no GPS.
Decided stuff it, go back to stock . Downloaded stock RUU and attempted to install, but, of course, it wont work.
So, in short, I have a fantastic Desire HD, that wont flash EXT4, wont go back to stock on RUU, and I cannot find a ROM that will work with GPS. On some, wireless doesnt work either.......
So, if someone could help me to either make my GPS work on ICS or Jellybean, or, help me go back to where I was, (GPS working!!) before I started all this, I'd be eternally grateful. I dont have money to spend on a new phone, so I'll even put some money in your development coffers as a thankyou for helping me out. I just need me smartphone to be smart again, not the useless pile of Sh*te it is right now
My previous post about lack of GPS proved fruitless, no replies. BUt I am hoping that one of you Desire HD gurus will rise to the challenge that I face right now and help. I cant but you a beer, I cant do much at all, but of you help me fix my problem I will, I promise, be eternally grateful. I'll even send your missus flowers by Interflora if that helps!!!:silly: Seriously, I really need someone who knows there stuff to give me a hand out of a hole.
My thanks in advance.
Phil

Hey there. Seems like you've gotten yourself into quite a little mess there.
First of all, I'd recommend you flash BlackICE. Its a Gingerbread based ROM but I know for 250% fact that it is rock solid and the GPS works.
After that, I believe you're going to have to manually flash the recovery using fast boot (hit up the link for the Ace Think Tank in my signature for guides and any additional help you might need)
Finally, another bulletproof ROM I recommend is IceColdSandwich. I personally know that this ROM is 100% stable and that the GPS works.
If you need any additional assistance, feel free to post in the Ace Think Tank. And as always, be sure to drop a thanks if I helped or anyone else helps!
Edit: ViperDHD isn't based on stock my friend. Its based on the One V stock ROM as far as I know, so its been ported from that. An amazing stock based ROM is Android Revolution HD, which I've tested personally and found to be bloody amazing!
Also, the RUU won't flash as you'll have to relock your boot loader. Use fast boot to to that if you still want to return to stock
Edit 2: also. Please refrain from creating multiple threads. I know its tempting but the desire HD is slipping into the legacy stage, where I treat and development is slowing down. If you must get an answer quick, either 'bump' your thread (simply post the word 'bump' and it'll push it to the top of the list, so it'll show as unread. Be aware that you can only do this once every 24 hours) or post in the Ace Think Tank.
Thanks
- Sent from Guy's Super Duper S3

GuyInTheCorner said:
Hey there. Seems like you've gotten yourself into quite a little mess there.
First of all, I'd recommend you flash BlackICE. Its a Gingerbread based ROM but I know for 250% fact that it is rock solid and the GPS works.
After that, I believe you're going to have to manually flash the recovery using fast boot (hit up the link for the Ace Think Tank in my signature for guides and any additional help you might need)
Finally, another bulletproof ROM I recommend is IceColdSandwich. I personally know that this ROM is 100% stable and that the GPS works.
If you need any additional assistance, feel free to post in the Ace Think Tank. And as always, be sure to drop a thanks if I helped or anyone else helps!
- Sent from Guy's Super Duper S3
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Thanks for coming back to me mate, it is greatly appreciated.
Ok, deep breath, and after my above and considering your reply, I ihave flashed an EXT4 recovery from Fastboot, but, this will not load. Goes to HTC screen and stops. Im sure I can put it right with EasyAce which I will try now.
I will try then to put Black ice on as you advised and post back.
really appreciate your advice!

addictR3 said:
Thanks for coming back to me mate, it is greatly appreciated.
Ok, deep breath, and after my above and considering your reply, I ihave flashed an EXT4 recovery from Fastboot, but, this will not load. Goes to HTC screen and stops. Im sure I can put it right with EasyAce which I will try now.
I will try then to put Black ice on as you advised and post back.
really appreciate your advice!
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Seems I cant boot into a recovery at all now. Tried to reflash with EasyAce tool but getting errors. I dont have a working recovery, so cant flash a rom

Ok, somehow, via the red wine and stress induced fog, I managed to get EXT recovery working. Im now tryig to get a rom working. Tried PacMan again, bit straight off I get AOKP keyboard not working error and I didnt have to go through the Google setup - why cant I get a clean boot - this confuses me?? I wipe Cache, Dalvik. Factory reset - same problem. I have even tried formatting system from Advanced - same????
At least I can flash RIMs now!!
Thanks again for your help

You are still s-on yes?
Have you flashed boot.IMG?
If you are s-on you must flash the boot.IMG (contained inside the ROM's zip file) using a PC and "fastboot flash boot boot.img" every time you change to a new, different ROM.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

I have indeed mate, one thing I learned early on.
I have managed to get JellyTime on ok, but, again, no gps and also the potentiometer for the compass etc appears to not work!! Arrrrrgh!!!!
I think the issue must be the radio. Can I flash a new radio if im S-On and bootloader unlocked? Im ok with fastboot stuff if I need that to push a radio, but, I read that flashing a radio is inherently more "dangerous" than flashing the recovery etc.
I hoped the EXT4 recovery would make a difference, but seems not to have at all. FWIW, I also did the GPS antenna mod yesterday, and it hasnt helped either. My gps appears to work, but its very poor. I left it outside for 10 mins last night looking up at clear sky and it didnt show one satellite.
Think it might be time to sell the phone

You need to be S-Off to flash a radio.

I still cant get my head around why I cant get PacMan back on ok? It worked a treat first time, except for gps. Now, it will not install properly at all. It boots ok, but straight away I get keyboard has stopped working, and it doesnt go through the account setup etc.
But the potentiometer works!!!!!

Where I am at now.
Put CWM recovery back on, and tried Cyanogen 7.1. Would not boot. Several attempts at wipe and reflash did not cure this. So I am now running Android Revolution HD7.3. I thought as it was close to a stock ROM it may work, but, still no joy.
I put other halfs Desire HD next to mine and started the GPS on them both. Hers locked in less than a minute. Half an hour later, I had seen one brief flicker of two satellites on mine, Still no fix.
So, I dont know what to do really. I ish I could put the phone back to how it was, but doesnt look like that is going to be an option. Tried the RUU, but it doesnt work
I still cannot understand why none of these roms will work with the GPS when it was perfect before on stock 2.3.5??

What's wrong with the RUU? I would try flashing a fresh recovery image from fastboot, then wiping everything under the sun and flashing ARHD again.