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[RECOVERY] PRE/Post OTA Stock Recovery Images

For anyone who wants it, here's the STOCK PRE & Post-OTA recovery images. (I just added PRE-OTA if for some reason it's needed down the road.)
If you plan on flashing it back over the ClockWork recovery image, make sure S=OFF otherwise the flash won't complete successfully.
You can turn S=ON back after the flash.
THIS IS NOT A FLASHABLE ZIP - I only zipped it to get it to upload as an attachment! You will need to do a Fastboot Flash to install (there may be other methods but Fastboot is what I used).
Below are instructions I am borrowing from the Amen-Ra recovery installation from the N1 - they will apply the same here!
via fastboot
Code:
Copy recovery.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your phone into fastboot mode (power on while holding volume down, then select fastboot)
Connect your phone via usb to your pc/mac/...
fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your phone)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
via terminal app
Code:
Copy recovery.img to the root of your sdcard
start the terminal app
su(press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)
I hope this proves to be useful to at least 1 person!

Thanks a lot!
MYT4G (Glacier)

sounds like a good way to restore...now all we need are some roms

The reason I dug this up was that I am very curious as to whether after having rooted, if you have stock recovery and S=ON whether or not further OTAs will come to you.
Back in my N1 days if the stock recovery was not present an OTA couldn't install.

Sweet! Was looking for the stock recovery before exchanging my mytouch. Where/how did you get this?

Great contribution

c_licious said:
Sweet! Was looking for the stock recovery before exchanging my mytouch. Where/how did you get this?
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Actually I merely extracted them from the stock Rom here on xda and from the ota update file someone posted but nobody has figured out how to apply. Both have been tested on my phone.
I figured I would make it easier on everyone who simply wants to download the recovery as opposed to the entire rom or update.

Does this then solve the problem people have of not being able to root because they downgraded? If so, we may not need that OTA update link anymore.

kitsunisan said:
Does this then solve the problem people have of not being able to root because they downgraded? If so, we may not need that OTA update link anymore.
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Check this thread out - I was just reading it, should help out!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843428

Nevermind, wasn't paying attention when I posted, thought it was something else. Still, will come in very handy for me, I just got my replacement today, and replacing clockwork recovery was the last thing I needed to do.

JWhipple said:
The reason I dug this up was that I am very curious as to whether after having rooted, if you have stock recovery and S=ON whether or not further OTAs will come to you.
Back in my N1 days if the stock recovery was not present an OTA couldn't install.
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Thanks for making these available. I also wanted to get the recovery to hopefully let me get OTA's again (got the first one).
I was hoping I could do so with everything stock (unroot with visionary) but also being able to leave s=off - does that absolutely have to be set back =on?

You got the first one after reverting back from being rooted?
gaww said:
Thanks for making these available. I also wanted to get the recovery to hopefully let me get OTA's again (got the first one).
I was hoping I could do so with everything stock (unroot with visionary) but also being able to leave s=off - does that absolutely have to be set back =on?
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gaww said:
Thanks for making these available. I also wanted to get the recovery to hopefully let me get OTA's again (got the first one).
I was hoping I could do so with everything stock (unroot with visionary) but also being able to leave s=off - does that absolutely have to be set back =on?
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Not sure - but if you want to "appear" to be 100% stock w/ OTA update, probably best to set it to S=ON.
The thing is though, my understanding is that if even if you use the unroot, you still will have persistent root unless HTC or Google somehow patches the exploit that was used to get root in the first place. So, you'll have root but won't be able to change anything on the ROM unless you turn S=OFF again. I ran the unroot and S=ON and still have the ability to do everything (other than mess with the ROM) that your standard Rooted phone would be able to.

jjlean said:
You got the first one after reverting back from being rooted?
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You can force install the first OTA, but without forcing it I don't believe it's going to happen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843428 shows how to do it.

JWhipple said:
You can force install the first OTA, but without forcing it I don't believe it's going to happen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=843428 shows how to do it.
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I got the first OTA before doing s=off (needed the OTA to make it work at the time - did it first day).
I am trying to find out about the second OTA, about which there is practically no information available. I would I assume I have to have the first one installed to get the second (but what is it?).
Again - thanks for posting the original stock recoveries - have a feeling I may need one down the road (like when 2.3 finally comes out and I have a reason to go back to stock).

I've yet to see anyone say that they have actually received a 2nd OTA... Go figure?

Would I be able to use this recovery image to get my phone back up an running again?
I was messing around trying to apply the custom animations and somehow ended up getting my phone stuck in a constant reboot mode.
I have done some research and think that I am on the right track, but can someone verify this for me?
I have permroot with S-OFF, factory reset from the bootloader menu does not get me anywhere, but the phone is recognized through the "fastboot" prompt.
Would I just place the recovery image in the root of the sd card and run these commands?:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery.img
Thanks in advance for any help

From terminal im getting image not found? Do I have to mount or something?
Also... From pc ....Put .img in a place where fast boot can see it, where is thay
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Ok guys, the absolute easiest way to do this... This is dependent upon you having S=OFF.
1) Install the android SDK....
2) In my case, fastboot is in C:\sdk\tools as I installed the SDK to C:\SDK. For fastboot to see the image file, I placed the image file (after extracted from the .ZIP) into the C:\sdk\tools folder.
3) Shut down the phone. Turn it back on while holding down the VOL-DOWN button.
4) On the bottom of the screen you'll see:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
5) FASTBOOT should already be highlighted. Press the POWER button.
6) If your USB isn't already plugged in, do it now.
7) Give the PC max of 30 seconds to recognize the bootloader mode.
8) From a DOS prompt, navagate into the C:\SDK\TOOLS folder.
9) Type "FASTBOOT DEVICES" (less the quotes) and press ENTER. If your phone is recognized it should show the serial info of your phone.
10) Type "FASTBOOT FLASH RECOVERY RECOVERY.IMG" (again, less the quotes) and press ENTER .
11) You should see the send and receive. If you do, SUCCESS.

I was able to do all of the steps listed, but I keep getting stuck at a boot loop.
Fastboot recognized my phone, flash recovery from fastboot says that it is successful, but still no luck.
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[Q] I'm stuck with Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 recovery !!

I cannot upgrade to a newer version of Clockworkmod recovery !
I have tried everything, fastboot flash returns failed signature verification, rom manger also cannot update to a newer version.
Also tried Unrevoked but it fails.
the phone is rooted and I have flashed several ROMs in the past without any problem.
Any idea?

Fastboot flash doesn't return verification failed error.
You need to be s-off to change recover using fastboot. Before you do anything, read some tutorials, you need to differentiate among most basic terms.
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erklat said:
Fastboot flash doesn't return verification failed error.
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It can do if you try to fastboot flash connected in hboot or are s-on

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions &
Read the Forum Rules Ref Posting
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I get this error from fastboot
< waiting for device >
sending 'recovery' (3256 KB)... OKAY [ 0.468s]
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 0.952s
I have tried to flash clockworkmod 5 and also tried the touch version, but with no luck.
Maybe the S-OFF is messed up, but only if rom manager did something wrong, because last time when I have upgraded the recovery it was from ROM Manager.

Fail on my part...
That seems like there is no device tho. My money is on broken drivers. There is a guide how to do in development so search for it as it works 100%.

unrevoked connects to phone, sends the file to phone then at the end it fails.
I have tried revolutionary for S-OFF the program connects to phone then displays the phone serial number, asks for the key then after I enter the key, the connection is lost.
So I really don't know what to do anymore, and I need a newer recovery since the one which I have does not have options to partition the SD Card and ICS is eating a lot of memory without SDExt.
The phone is ok, it's not broken, I flash every 2-3 days a newer ICS ROM and it works.

why dont you try a different recovery.i have been using ext4 recovery for a while and imo it is way better than cwm....

I use clockworkmod because I have purchased the ROM manager tool and it works with their recovery.
I finally managed to flash a newer clockworkmod recovery and very strange after reboot it has reverted back to the old 2.5.0.7 version !!! At least I was able to partition my sd-ext...
I have tried the boot CD with alpha-rev it freezes in the final stage, but after that I was able to flash the new recovery using the recovery itself, but as I said after reboot the new recovery has gone !
Now I have tried to flash again a newer recovery from ROM manager it says it finished successful, but the recovery still remains 2.5.0.7

evolution_x said:
I use clockworkmod because I have purchased the ROM manager tool and it works with their recovery.
I finally managed to flash a newer clockworkmod recovery and very strange after reboot it has reverted back to the old 2.5.0.7 version !!! At least I was able to partition my sd-ext...
I have tried the boot CD with alpha-rev it freezes in the final stage, but after that I was able to flash the new recovery using the recovery itself, but as I said after reboot the new recovery has gone !
Now I have tried to flash again a newer recovery from ROM manager it says it finished successful, but the recovery still remains 2.5.0.7
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Because all you are doing is a fake flash. You need to flash it from fastboot in order to stick.
Ditch the Rom manager. That pos app is guilty of more usb bricks than most of us can count.

And how can I flash it from HBOOT ?

evolution_x said:
And how can I flash it from HBOOT ?
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You need to read ADB for dummies guide to gain knowledge how to set ADB up.
Then you go into hboot by pressing vol- and power button.
Select fastboot.
Download your recovery.img and place it in the same folder your fastboot.exe is, then type in cmd:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache.
Return to hboot and boot in the recovery.

erklat said:
You need to read ADB for dummies guide to gain knowledge how to set ADB up.
Then you go into hboot by pressing vol- and power button.
Select fastboot.
Download your recovery.img and place it in the same folder your fastboot.exe is, then type in cmd:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache.
Return to hboot and boot in the recovery.
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Erklat, thanks for this - I have the same problem.
i have finally got round to get adb, etc, working..and it kinda works, except that when flash a newer version of CWM (v5.0.2) on fastboot it still doesn't work. I tried using the Rom manager, which failed straight away, and I followed your steps above. But still didn't work.
So my story's background:
I rooted my Desire with Unrevoked so I could install ICS (sandvold) - and it has been working beautifully. But now I want to create an ext3 partition and the GParted method is far too complex for me to follow through.
CWM i have installed doens't partition, and so I though I'd update the recovery tool so I could use it to partition.
Any suggestions on what I could do?

KitkatKlub said:
Erklat, thanks for this - I have the same problem.
i have finally got round to get adb, etc, working..and it kinda works, except that when flash a newer version of CWM (v5.0.2) on fastboot it still doesn't work. I tried using the Rom manager, which failed straight away, and I followed your steps above. But still didn't work.
So my story's background:
I rooted my Desire with Unrevoked so I could install ICS (sandvold) - and it has been working beautifully. But now I want to create an ext3 partition and the GParted method is far too complex for me to follow through.
CWM i have installed doens't partition, and so I though I'd update the recovery tool so I could use it to partition.
Any suggestions on what I could do?
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Do you get an error when you flash a new recovery via fastboot or does it say it successfully flashed the recovery.img file? If you didn't get an error, do you always go to Rom Manager to access recovery? If yes, I say ditch rom manager. Try vol down + power like on erklat's instruction, this time select Recovery. See if the recovery you flashed is booted.
If you are s-off it's better you flash 4ext recovery. It's by far the best recovery you can use for Desire.

stankyou said:
Do you get an error when you flash a new recovery via fastboot or does it say it successfully flashed the recovery.img file? If you didn't get an error, do you always go to Rom Manager to access recovery? If yes, I say ditch rom manager. Try vol down + power like on erklat's instruction, this time select Recovery. See if the recovery you flashed is booted.
If you are s-off it's better you flash 4ext recovery. It's by far the best recovery you can use for Desire.
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Hey thanks sthankyou.
This is what i get on fastboot:
sending recovery...
OKAY
writing recovery
(bootloader) signature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 1.054s
I also tried flashing RA, just to see if it would work (and also heard its better). But nothing. It's quite bizarre.
My phone is not S-OFF - I used the HTC official software and I dont' think it does it - I have no problems in doing it if it will resolve this problem.
I have also tried this flashing using the terminal, Which I found in the Q&A's but i get several error messages, and then finally:
"error writing recovery: No space left on device"
So I uninstalled a couple of apps (freeing some 10mb+) but still the same issue.

As you are not s-off you can't flash recovery, get s-off and flash any you like
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KitkatKlub said:
I also tried flashing RA, just to see if it would work (and also heard its better). But nothing. It's quite bizarre.
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RA has not been maintained for quite some time. 4EXT is probably the best and it's developer is very devoted to his project.
KitkatKlub said:
My phone is not S-OFF - I used the HTC official software and I dont' think it does it - I have no problems in doing it if it will resolve this problem.
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You made your life a whole lot complicated by using that official tool.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

erklat said:
RA has not been maintained for quite some time. 4EXT is probably the best and it's developer is very devoted to his project.
You made your life a whole lot complicated by using that official tool.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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Ah that really sucks. Will I be able to gain S-Off by using AlphaRev? Revolution doesn't work because my HBoot is 1.0.3... and thus not supported.
Once I get it to be S-Off I'll switch to 4EXT.
Thanks, for the help so far!

KitkatKlub said:
Ah that really sucks. Will I be able to gain S-Off by using AlphaRev? Revolution doesn't work because my HBoot is 1.0.3... and thus not supported.
Once I get it to be S-Off I'll switch to 4EXT.
Thanks, for the help so far!
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theresa way to downgrade. check resources on my guide.

i had the same problem. s-off solved everything.
i had problems with s-off. i had ISC 4.0.3. and i couldn't get it to s-off and i installed some stable rom. cant remember which one, but i'm sure it was on of stable ones. and then tried to s-off again and it was over in few minutes.
and then i flashed recovery with adb

[Q] HTC Desire Recovery Problems

Hello
I have a small problem to get to the Recovery, every time I try to get the Recovery mode, it keeps getting an error, I want to upgrade it to android 4.0 for HTC Desire, and I have Android 2.3 on it now.
Could anyone please help me.
Thanks in advance
Jaxa

Get s-off and flash custom recovery (4ext)

In short. You don't have recovery, it's not an error.

Guys I have a similar problem (i think), I bought this used. I have an s-off boot screen with the Joker on it and have clockworkmod 5.02.. recovery plus a .90 Hboot on. It was on cm7 or sth and when ive tried flashing ics sense and supernova, Im stuck on that screen.
I've to take off my battery then insert it back to go to recovery. Volume down+power aint working for me, looks like the whole (-) button is messed up.
Kindly point me in the right direction. Thanks

Abu-7abash said:
Guys I have a similar problem (i think), I bought this used. I have an s-off boot screen with the Joker on it and have clockworkmod 5.02.. recovery plus a .90 Hboot on. It was on cm7 or sth and when ive tried flashing ics sense and supernova, Im stuck on that screen.
I've to take off my battery then insert it back to go to recovery. Volume down+power aint working for me, looks like the whole (-) button is messed up.
Kindly point me in the right direction. Thanks
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Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

bortak said:
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Where should I get that recovery.img from? Also, isn't htc fastboot a terminal on its own meaning a program?
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Abu-7abash said:
Where should I get that recovery.img from?
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Usually from the recovery-thread.
But if you want to flash 4EXT-recovery, you do not need an img-file. Just download the 4EXT Recovery from thread (free) or from Play Store (paid, for donation), start the app and follow instructions.
Abu-7abash said:
Also, isn't htc fastboot a terminal on its own meaning a program?
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After downloading the fastboot-files, you can extract them and then start CMD in Windows, switch to the extracted folder and you can run ADB / Fastboot just fine [at least for Windows, for Linux / Mac it's a little more complicated (see the guide jn my sig)]. So it's not really a "stand-alone"-program.

[Q] General Assistance on HTC Desire A8181

I just got an HTC Desire A8181, and it is my very first time using an Android Device. The thing is that I already know that you can do a lot of things with Android devices (thats why I swapped from iOS to Android). Now here is my point, I basically need to know:
Basics about software and OS customizing for Android.
Basic things to know before do anything to my phone.
Tutorials for root the device (HTC Desire A8181)
Want to know if it is possible to make the phone work faster in terms of Manage the Processor and Ram Usage, how to do it, and understand the process.
And any other information that could be useful in order to make my phone work a lot better (take into consideration that I'm new with the OS and the phone, so there are a lot of things that I dont know about this theme.)
I also want to know if it is possible to install the latest Android Version on my HTC Desire and make it work fast.
Thanks in advance for your help!!!

The desire comes with sense 2.3 gingerbread. Sense is HTC's skin that they overlay ontop of the android operating system. Although it may look nice (doesnt really look that good to me), it is heavy and causes decreases in performance. When you s-off your device, and install a custom recovery you will be able to flash an aosp based custom rom. Aosp = android open source project, and basically means stock pure android...nothing running on top. As you can probably predict, this will result in faster speeds, less ram usage, and better battery. I think that answers the first few questions.
Next Ill move on to how to root it (make your phone good). I honestly think the term "root" is deceiving to most new users. I see people asking "how do i root my phone", but i think what they really want is to install a custom recovery and flash a custom rom. Being rooted on stock rom is pointless to me. Custom roms are where the good stuff is at.
Post your bootloader details here and ill walk you through the process. To get these details turn the phone off, then hold power + volume down until the phone boots into the bootloader. It should look similar to this. Post all of the first couple of lines at the top. The whole process summarized is this: s-off, install custom recovery, flash custom rom
There are also some other things that i would recommend doing so that you can have extra space for apps (you probably noticed you barely have any space at the moment), but ill get to that later when i give you more instructions.

Thanks for response so fast!
Chromium_ said:
The desire comes with sense 2.3 gingerbread. Sense is HTC's skin that they overlay ontop of the android operating system. Although it may look nice (doesnt really look that good to me), it is heavy and causes decreases in performance. When you s-off your device, and install a custom recovery you will be able to flash an aosp based custom rom. Aosp = android open source project, and basically means stock pure android...nothing running on top. As you can probably predict, this will result in faster speeds, less ram usage, and better battery. I think that answers the first few questions.
Next Ill move on to how to root it (make your phone good). I honestly think the term "root" is deceiving to most new users. I see people asking "how do i root my phone", but i think what they really want is to install a custom recovery and flash a custom rom. Being rooted on stock rom is pointless to me. Custom roms are where the good stuff is at.
Post your bootloader details here and ill walk you through the process. To get these details turn the phone off, then hold power + volume down until the phone boots into the bootloader. It should look similar to this. Post all of the first couple of lines at the top. The whole process summarized is this: s-off, install custom recovery, flash custom rom
There are also some other things that i would recommend doing so that you can have extra space for apps (you probably noticed you barely have any space at the moment), but ill get to that later when i give you more instructions.
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Really thanks for all the information, I'll post the information you are asking me for when I go back to my house since now I'm working
But thanks for offer me your help with this, is my first Android and I would like to have fun with it, and you are right I barely have space for my apps now... Will be some other information needed in this process that I can post later on?

StheveO said:
Really thanks for all the information, I'll post the information you are asking me for when I go back to my house since now I'm working
But thanks for offer me your help with this, is my first Android and I would like to have fun with it, and you are right I barely have space for my apps now... Will be some other information needed in this process that I can post later on?
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Nope, just your bootloader details for now.

Please tell me that I did not ****ed my phone
Ok so here is my problem now on, I tried to flash the CyanogenMod, but I dont know if i ****ed my phone or im just missing something...
Here is what I did:
1- I followed the instructions on another thread about the HTC_Unlock_Bootloader_Tool in order to unlock the bootloader.
2- I copied the CM-7.2.0.1-bravo.zip file into the sd card manually and also by using the "adb push" command.
But now my phone turns on, but every time that I try to access the Recovery option from the Fastboot menu just gives me an icon of the phone with a red advertise sign and then I press "Volume Up + Power" and got access to some sort of recovery options... But cannot go further than that... What can I do? Please tell me that I did not ****ed my phone?

When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)

Thanks for your response.
jmcclue said:
When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
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Ok so here is my new actual situation, cause I went to sleep at 3.00am just to keep working with the phone...
After check within some forums and stuff I realized that there was an app called ROM Manager that can flash the Recovery and also the ROM (Cyanogenmod is the one I want to install), I started researching for another way to do it since every single time that I tried to start in FastBoot and use the recovery option in order to flash anything I just got a black screen with an icon that seems to be the same phone with a red alert sign on its corner (icon which i really did not like at all!!!), so I started checking for another way to work with this and found ROM Manager, but when the app was installed and I tried to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery but ROM Manager was giving an error related with permissions, I thought that my HTC Desire was already Rooted since it said "*** Unlocked ***" on the Fastboot menu (My fault!) but I realized that it is not Rooted after download the Root Checker app from the Store... So basically here is the case resumed: Fastboot "Unlocked" (Via easy unlocker tool), ROM Manager App (Installed but no permissions to Flash the ClockworkMod Recovery nor CyanogenMod ROM), Root Checker App (Installed and seems that my phone is not rooted)... How do I need to proceed now on???
Thanks in advance for all your help! I never thought that Android were this complicated, but I like it ****ing so much!!! So I think that it is most likely a beginner issue

StheveO said:
Ok so here is my new actual situation, cause I went to sleep at 3.00am just to keep working with the phone...
After check within some forums and stuff I realized that there was an app called ROM Manager that can flash the Recovery and also the ROM (Cyanogenmod is the one I want to install), I started researching for another way to do it since every single time that I tried to start in FastBoot and use the recovery option in order to flash anything I just got a black screen with an icon that seems to be the same phone with a red alert sign on its corner (icon which i really did not like at all!!!), so I started checking for another way to work with this and found ROM Manager, but when the app was installed and I tried to flash the ClockworkMod Recovery but ROM Manager was giving an error related with permissions, I thought that my HTC Desire was already Rooted since it said "*** Unlocked ***" on the Fastboot menu (My fault!) but I realized that it is not Rooted after download the Root Checker app from the Store... So basically here is the case resumed: Fastboot "Unlocked" (Via easy unlocker tool), ROM Manager App (Installed but no permissions to Flash the ClockworkMod Recovery nor CyanogenMod ROM), Root Checker App (Installed and seems that my phone is not rooted)... How do I need to proceed now on???
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Well, to root it, you need to flash a Superuser zip from recovery. To flash it, you need a custom recovery. To get a custom recovery, you do what @jmcclue said 2 posts above.
StheveO said:
but I like it ****ing so much!!!
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I think it's " but I like it so ****ing much!!!".

More questions
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Well, to root it, you need to flash a Superuser zip from recovery. To flash it, you need a custom recovery. To get a custom recovery, you do what @jmcclue said 2 posts above.
I think it's " but I like it so ****ing much!!!".
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Hahahahaha yeah sorry about that but I'm working so it is difficult to be on the phone talking about Hard Drives and troubleshoot them, while trying to figure out whats going on with my phone hahahahaha
So Basically and if I'm not mistaken (hopefully not, let me know if I am) I need to do the following:
-Download and Flash the 4eXT Recovery as PB99IMG from the previous response: After download the file can I go to CMD and use "adb reboot bootloader" then "adb fastboot flash recovery PB99IMG.zip" (that must flash the recovery right?)
-Then I need to Flash the Superuser from a Zip file: By accessing the new Recovery Interface installed previously, wipe chache / install from sd card / install from zip (that must root my device right?)
-After that I should be able to turn on my phone as normal and use the ROM Manager in order to Flash the CyanogenMod 7.2 right?
Sorry that I bother all of you in this way with so many question and ****, but I really want not only to flash my drive but also to learn about the process and what I'm doing to my phone... Thanks for everything.

StheveO said:
Hahahahaha yeah sorry about that but I'm working so it is difficult to be on the phone talking about Hard Drives and troubleshoot them, while trying to figure out whats going on with my phone hahahahaha
So Basically and if I'm not mistaken (hopefully not, let me know if I am) I need to do the following:
-Download and Flash the 4eXT Recovery as PB99IMG from the previous response: After download the file can I go to CMD and use "adb reboot bootloader" then "adb fastboot flash recovery PB99IMG.zip" (that must flash the recovery right?)
-Then I need to Flash the Superuser from a Zip file: By accessing the new Recovery Interface installed previously, wipe chache / install from sd card / install from zip (that must root my device right?)
-After that I should be able to turn on my phone as normal and use the ROM Manager in order to Flash the CyanogenMod 7.2 right?
Sorry that I bother all of you in this way with so many question and ****, but I really want not only to flash my drive but also to learn about the process and what I'm doing to my phone... Thanks for everything.
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In my sig, you'll find a link "The PB99IMG method" under the "How to flash the 2.3 RUU" link. Use it to flash the recovery. Ignore the parts about the 2.3 RUU.

Another question...
abaaaabbbb63 said:
In my sig, you'll find a link "The PB99IMG method" under the "How to flash the 2.3 RUU" link. Use it to flash the recovery. Ignore the parts about the 2.3 RUU.
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Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S

StheveO said:
Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
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You don't need to go to recovery for the PB99IMG method. Only bootloader.

StheveO said:
Ok, so after check the other post with the PB99IMG method the phone should ask meto install something after put the zip file into the sd card and start the bootloader??? The thing is, if that doesn't happen what can I do? Because if I try to go to the Recovery option the phone gives me the Black screen with the Icon of the phone and a red alert sign... :S
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Yes thats what you should do. If that doesnt work you would try flashing the recovery via fastboot.
When you go into recovery right now and see the red warning thing, that is normal. It is the stock recovery, which makes sense because you havent installed a custom recovery yet. Once 4ext is installed you will no longer see that screen.

Another problem
Chromium_ said:
Yes thats what you should do. If that doesnt work you would try flashing the recovery via fastboot.
When you go into recovery right now and see the red warning thing, that is normal. It is the stock recovery, which makes sense because you havent installed a custom recovery yet. Once 4ext is installed you will no longer see that screen.
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Ok, now here is the thing, I just used the BP99IMG method... But at the moment of go to the bootloader I just got an error message:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
What Can I do!?

StheveO said:
Ok, now here is the thing, I just used the BP99IMG method... But at the moment of go to the bootloader I just got an error message:
Main version is older!
Update Fail!
What Can I do!?
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I forgot you weren't S-off. Pardon me.
Do this:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
Then extract the .img file from the PB99IMG zip, and put it on your C drive, do the path would be C://recovery.img.
Then, open CMD, connect your phone in fastboot mode, and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery C://recovery.img

jmcclue said:
When u unlock the bootloader u must then flash recovery via fastboot commands. In my sig ul see 4ext recovery as PB99IMG, download and extract the recovery.img and flash via fastboot. U can find a fastboot guide in bortaks troubleshooting guide (in my sig also)
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:thumbup:

Here I go again!
abaaaabbbb63 said:
I forgot you weren't S-off. Pardon me.
Do this:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-set-up-android-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-tutorial/
Then extract the .img file from the PB99IMG zip, and put it on your C drive, do the path would be C://recovery.img.
Then, open CMD, connect your phone in fastboot mode, and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery C://recovery.img
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Ok so If I understood it is necessary to have the phone S-Off which means that the bootloader is unlocked, right??
Because my bootloader says "Unlocked" on the top of the menu... What I'm not doing right?

StheveO said:
Ok so If I understood it is necessary to have the phone S-Off which means that the bootloader is unlocked, right??
Because my bootloader says "Unlocked" on the top of the menu... What I'm not doing right?
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Unlocked does not mean s-off. You are Unlocked, but S-on. Just flash the recovery through fastboot, like jmcclue originally said.

Some good news
Sello I'm glad to let you know that finally I got my phone.cpletely flashed with the CM7 and this works just great... the only thing that I were not able to do is to partition my 4Gb SD card to assign 1Gb as phone extension and the rest as external storage...
Can you help me with this last thing, I just used a previous post...
With the 4ext recovery y created a first partition of 1024Mb as the ext of the system but my phone does not sees it, it keeps saying that only have 140Mb total as internal

StheveO said:
Sello I'm glad to let you know that finally I got my phone.cpletely flashed with the CM7 and this works just great... the only thing that I were not able to do is to partition my 4Gb SD card to assign 1Gb as phone extension and the rest as external storage...
Can you help me with this last thing, I just used a previous post...
With the 4ext recovery y created a first partition of 1024Mb as the ext of the system but my phone does not sees it, it keeps saying that only have 140Mb total as internal
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Yes thats normal. Ur partition is there doing its job, dont worry.

Help with installing twrp

Hello I am new to flashing roms but I would like to get into it. I downloaded cyanogenmod but I can't install because I haven't installed a custom recovery. I tried using rom manager to make one as well as goomanager. I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong. Yes I am rooted, unlocked, and soff. I used the recently posted hack, rumrunner I believe. If anyone could kindly help me out I would greatly appreciate it!

Supcello said:
Hello I am new to flashing roms but I would like to get into it. I downloaded cyanogenmod but I can't install because I haven't installed a custom recovery. I tried using rom manager to make one as well as goomanager. I'm not sure exactly what I'm doing wrong. Yes I am rooted, unlocked, and soff. I used the recently posted hack, rumrunner I believe. If anyone could kindly help me out I would greatly appreciate it!
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Here is everything you need.
Team Win Recovery Project 2.6, or twrp2 for short, is a custom recovery built with ease of use and customization in mind. We started from the ground up by taking AOSP recovery and loading it with the standard recovery options, then added a lot of our own features. It’s a fully touch driven user interface – no more volume rocker or power buttons to mash. The GUI is also fully XML driven and completely theme-able. You can change just about every aspect of the look and feel.
Downloads:
Here: http://goo.im/devs/Flyhalf205/M7VZW/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7vzw.img
Mirror: http://d-h.st/KT1
Installation:
Boot phone into fastboot
Perform command fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7vzw.img
Boot into HBOOT and select recovery
XDAevDB Information
[RECOVERY] TWRP 2.6.3.0 touch recovery, a Tool/Utility for the Verizon HTC One
Contributors
Flyhalf205
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2013-09-12
Last Updated 2013-09-14

Chilidog said:
Here is everything you need.
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Downloads:
Here:
http://goo.im/devs/Flyhalf205/M7VZW/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7vzw.img
Mirror: http://d-h.st/KT1
Installation:
Boot phone into fastboot
Perform command fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-m7vzw.img
Boot into HBOOT and select recovery
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Well when I first started with rooting and installing ROMs, I was totally thrown by "simple instructions" like those. You first have to understand that there's some semantic overload in 'fastboot'. It is a STATE into which you put an Android phone, and it is also a COMMAND that you then run from a computer connected to that phone by a USB cable.
You have to download an Android SDK (software developemnt kit ; easy to find using Google) to your computer. In a subfolder, you'll find the fastboot comand. In that same subfolder, place that .img file mentioned above. You'll have it easier if you shorten its name, e.g. make a copy called twrp.img.
Shut down the phone. Reboot it while pressing Power and VolumeDown at the same time. This gets you to the "HBOOT' state. Press VolDown once onto the FASTBOOT label, then press Power to get into the 'fastboot' state.
Connect phone to computer via USB. then change into that subfolder where you have the fastboot command and the .img copy. Now you can type "fastboot recover twrp.img".
Reboot the phone as above, Power+VolDown. This time use the Volume buttons to select RECOVERY, and you should be running TWRP.

Try Flashify from the play store, it worked for me, took about 15 seconds.
Sent from my 4G LTE HTC One

@Supcello
You can try download the IMG file then use this app to install. "Flashify (for root users)" http://bit.ly/12iiMQP
If this help, tapping the thanks button very much appreciated

jbh00jh said:
Try Flashify from the play store, it worked for me, took about 15 seconds.
Sent from my 4G LTE HTC One
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It doesn't work for me. it says: Your devicedidn't pass the compatibility test, therefore it isn't fully supported yet. Flashing boot will not work.
I'm gonna try do it manually like the dude said up above. Never done it before though, so wish me luck haha.

Supcello said:
It doesn't work for me. it says: Your devicedidn't pass the compatibility test, therefore it isn't fully supported yet. Flashing boot will not work.
I'm gonna try do it manually like the dude said up above. Never done it before though, so wish me luck haha.
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Hope it works, if you have problems just ask.