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HTC Desire not booting - please help

Hey guys,
So I got bored of the Rom on my Desire and tried a new rom with Sense 3 on it. I also flashed recovery to latest version and Hdboot to CM7 R2 and also latest radio. I also repartition sd card in recovery and converted it to 512mb.
However phone is always stuck on S-off splash screen and goes no more. I have tried two roms now - same story.
Im out of ideas - anyone can help, please?

Did you wipe before flashing?
Punched in..

Before and after, yes.
Maybe I must use GPart to partition the card?

yes You should Gpart to partition youe SD card

When your recovery supports partitioning sd card, you can do it there as well.
Furthermore make sure you flashed the CM7 version of the rom you want to flash.
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Okay so I partitioned the SD card using GPart (512mb ext4) and rest Fat32. Wiped all data, flashed cm7 version of the rom I want on there and still same issue.
Please help - completely stuck now.

Tander_ZA said:
Okay so I partitioned the SD card using GPart (512mb ext4) and rest Fat32. Wiped all data, flashed cm7 version of the rom I want on there and still same issue.
Please help - completely stuck now.
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Which rom do you want to flash? I am pretty sure because it's a sense rom you want to flash 512 MB ext4 is not enough. Check the roms corresponding thread.

Trying to flash Cool3D Sense V8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040121
But now I changed from CM& R2 boot to Stock boot (Think this was a bad idea..) and it still didn't work, so I loaded CM7 R2 Hboot and its on - but when I try flashing anything in recovery - roms - it started for 1 sec then just goes back to last menu - no errors..
What have I broken now?
Please help
Appreciate comments so far!
Thank you

Okay - I have got it to flash again via recovery. I have increased ext4 to 1GB. (Should be enough?) and still - it won't boot up the Rom. Really wanted this rom!
So, I will just have to go back to sense 2.1 Can I just load the Bravo Sense Hboot from AlphaRev 1.8 and flash a normal non CM7 Rom afterwards?
Thanks guys

How long do you wait? First boot can take up to 15 minutes.
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It's still not booting. Changed Hboot to the above one - flashed normal Rom and it stays on the S-Off screen. I have waiting longer than 15 mins, too.
I did flash a boot fix file from the Cool3D thread via the FastBoot v1.51 software on my pc - I think this is why Desire is no longer booting though?
Where do i find a orginal boot file or one that will reverse that fix I did?
Thanks for your help.
Just want my Desire running again - sigh.

Please post the thread's link you are talking about.

[Q] Desire only shows HTC logo

I have rooted my Desire and have been running Insertcoin 1.09 and 1.13 for some time. I thought i go to cool sense 3d rom.
I have repartitioned my SD card.
Created an ext3 partition.
flashed de allignment zip to go to ext4.
Wipped alle data
flashed the ROM.
And flashed the stockboot fix (since i am still on stock hboot).
But when i reboot my phone all i see is the green HTC logo and notting happens.
Let it run for 20 minutes. But still notting happens.
Have downloaded the rom several times and tried to install is several times. But still no luck. Can install insertcoin without any problem.
Any idea?

With witch software did you partition your sd card?
Furhtermore, on the offical download side I cannot find a stock hboot fix. Just a cm7 version and an A2SD+ version. The last one is for you, because you are on stock hboot. So I recommend to flash this version without the stock hboot patch.

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

I have no problems with the insertcoin roms.
But i wanted to test cool3d sense from coolexe. I'm stuck with that rom.

same problem any solution?

spyderbvg said:
same problem any solution?
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Read my post?

First off all, you have to go in to your recovery, wipe all the data, dalvik, sdext, simply everything except your sd card...
Then you flash the allignment zip (to go to ext4).
flash the ROM.
flash the stockboot fix (since you are on stock hboot).
And then reboot...
And let it wait for minimum 10 min to start the first time...

Did exactly that. Even waited for 20 minutes. Don't think i should wait longer.
Will try once more

Try what happens if you flash a2sd+ version and then not the stock hboot fix.
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Did you use the stock hboot file after the Rom? You didn't say if you were stock or cm7r2?
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

yes also did the stock boot converter. still no luck.
I tried aurora (looks a lot like cool sense). And that rom works like a charm.
Nu running happely on android 2.3.5 with sense 3.0.

unfortunatly the rom was unstable, for me any way.
phone was really slow. unable to answer incomming call because of it.
looking for other rom

perhaps going for an ICS ROM.
think that will rock

Think i wil try an ICS ROM.
Altough i like sense. Plain vanilla ICS looks really good to me also

are there better batteries for the desire. Mine seems to be EOL

OK found ICS beta ROM. This looks cool.

Woehoe ICS looks great

wish the desire had a front cam. For face unlock.
A well never tought the old desire would be able to run ICS

[Q] Any Sense 3.x ROM: Stuck at splash screen

Hi,
I have a PT4 SLCD-Desire. Was normally S-ON with modified CWM recovery. Yesterday I went S-OFF with revolutionary. I tried several recoveries: CWM 5.0.2.0, AmonRA 2.0.0 and 2.0.1 and RMD 1.0.3.4.
Have an 16 gb sd card with 1 gb ext3 or ext4 partition (depends on ROM).
I can't boot any ROM with Sense 3.x, either with stock hboot table nor with cm7/cm7 r2 table. I get stuck at the splash screen. I attached the logcat files for three ROMs (Aurora, Cool3D and Ace3D).
What I've done so far:
- tried another sd card
- partitioned sd card with gparted and with recovery
- tried sd-ext alignment
- tried another kernel
- flashed RUU to be S-ON und unrooted. S-OFFed and rooted again with revolutionary
- do a full wipe of course before flashing
I am no on InsertCoin 1.1.4. Everything works fine so far. But I want to use a 3.0 ROM What's wrong? Could you help me, please? Thank you very very much.

Could be a bunch of things. Usually it's because all files didn't go onto a specific partition (like everything not going on /system). Could need to wipe cache and dalvik cache (usually works for me). Pretty sure there is a solution on these forums somewhere. You're not the first with this problem.

Could it be a problem with busybox? InsertCoin in principle works but hangs sometimes. Wanted to copy a file to /etc/init.d/ by terminal emulator as I did many times before -> didn't work.
Tried to update busybox. Didn't work. Rebooted: Stuck at splash screen!
Or something is wrong with permissions...? RMD Recovery has no options to fix permission. Will flash CWM and try this.

Salem24 said:
Could it be a problem with busybox? InsertCoin in principle works but hangs sometimes. Wanted to copy a file to /etc/init.d/ by terminal emulator as I did many times before -> didn't work.
Tried to update busybox. Didn't work. Rebooted: Stuck at splash screen!
Or something is wrong with permissions...? RMD Recovery has no options to fix permission. Will flash CWM and try this.
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Try the simple steps, make an 1gb ext 4 , get cm7r2 hboot, keep cwm recovery , do a full wipe before installing another rom
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

jory9 said:
Try the simple steps, make an 1gb ext 4 , get cm7r2 hboot, keep cwm recovery , do a full wipe before installing another rom
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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I did that serveral times with several cwm versions.
Edit: It boots!!! Tried CWM 5.0.2.3 and it worked. What I did before flashing the ROM was mounting the partitions.

Hi,
me again with the same problem. Before was on MIUI and ICS ROMs but as I bought me myself a Galaxy Nexus and gave my Desire to a friend I wanted to bring a Sense ROM back on the Desire.
I tried six different sense ROMs, four different recoverys, formatted complete sd card and partitioned new, tried ext3 and ext4, cm7/r2 and stock hboot. No chance. NO HTC Sense related ROM boots, logs look quiet similar, will post one later.
Any idea to get a Sense ROM booting?

Did you try 4EXT Recovery already? Give it a shot. And try not to use that sd-ext alignment zip if you are still using it I had more problems with that than good. Besides, 4EXT recovery aligns it when you format ad cards with it.
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Yes, 4ext recovery touch was one of them. Tried with and without alignment zip.

Downgrades to Froyo (RUU), rooted and S-OFFed again and installed a Sense ROM, didn't work. Attached is the logcat.

And here is the install log:

how did you make the partition on the sd card ..
use minitool partition tool ... search the forum you will get the guide ... I had faced the same issue and found that I need to have atleast 1Gb of ext4 partition on SD card to have my RSK ROM working ...

Tried with gparted and CWM and 4EXT recovery. Will try another sdcard, too. Thanks a lot.

Also, you need lot of patience ... you need to wait around 10 min on boot first time ... it will keep on blinking then ... remove the battery and insert again ... then try to boot and wait ... it should come up...

But I already see in the logcat that it is on bootloop. It doesn't even pass the splash screen. Cyanogen and MIUI pass this faster. And I waited more than 10 minutes, pulled battery, wiped only cache, flashed several times without wipe - none did work.

Tried All Possible ROMs NONE work HELP!!!!

Hi,
So i have a HTC Desire flashed to CM7r2 Hboot (just moved from stock) and i have tried flashing all possible custom roms from xda (BlissMod007, AceS, Starburst, RevolutioN Aurora, LeeDroid etc etc....) NONE of them work on my desire.. I checked my hboot...checked my root everthing is fine...i even have a 1GB ext partition on my card that the ROM's want...Majority of the ROM's are stuck on the lockscreen others freeze after some time ..
I really want to know whats wrong! I CANT live with the original froyo bc that gives me only 25mb of free internal memory.
SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!

rappersup said:
Hi,
So i have a HTC Desire flashed to CM7r2 Hboot (just moved from stock) and i have tried flashing all possible custom roms from xda (BlissMod007, AceS, Starburst, RevolutioN Aurora, LeeDroid etc etc....) NONE of them work on my desire.. I checked my hboot...checked my root everthing is fine...i even have a 1GB ext partition on my card that the ROM's want...Majority of the ROM's are stuck on the lockscreen others freeze after some time ..
I really want to know whats wrong! I CANT live with the original froyo bc that gives me only 25mb of free internal memory.
SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!
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So you flashed the CM7r2 HBOOT and used every rom but CM7? If those roms aren't designed to fit on the CM7 HBOOT you'll end up with half a rom flashed on there.
Did you wipe everything between flashes (including dalvik cache)?
Last thing, try flashing back to the stock HBOOT partition layout and see how that goes. Might've got a corrupted partition file (you should always an MD5 checker on stuff like this).

yes when i flashed the CM7 hboot i flashed the CM7 ROMs for which i wudnt get past the white screen with htc in green
and when i had the stock hboot the ROMs wud get flashed the first boot would go smooth (wud take some time obviously but thats normal right?)
and yes everytime i flashed i wiped everything including dalvik cache.
and i also dont understand what with the MD5 how is that important... because i completely ignored it before.

From your posts looks like you did not read the tutorials carefully.
EXT partition made correct?
What Recovery do you have?
What version did you download from the ROM?
MD5 Checksum is fine?

i had this problem aswell before so all i did was flash the alpha rev downgrader hboot then on the phone click on restart bootloader then just flash the cm7 hboot..
then just wipe everything and flash the rom ..
also some sense roms take up to 15 mins to boot and some of the sense roms resarts the fone three times so just wait for a maximum of 20 minutes

yes ext partition is correct i had a 2GB ext4 previously but then i read on the forums that not all ROMs were compatible with a ext4 so then changed it to a 1GB ext 3
Clockwork Mod Recovery 2.5.0.7
Whats this MD5 Checksum ?? How do i verify it ?
Also whats the alpha rev downgrader ? do you have to downgrade the hboot ?
Because i moved from CM7 to stock just by reflashing it and on my bootloader i saw the change just fine.
I have 10MB free internal memory WT*

rappersup said:
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Clockwork Mod Recovery 2.5.0.7
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Use Amon ra recovery. CMR didn't work for me either.

Is that true could it be CMR ??
And how do i get amon ra ? i got CMR by default like when i rooted using unrevoked.

If CWM 2.5.0.7 doesnt work at all, it may be because you have a PVT 4 erase size 40,000 device.
Not sure why my guide is one of the only guides that mentions this, but there you go.

rappersup said:
Is that true could it be CMR ??
And how do i get amon ra ? i got CMR by default like when i rooted using unrevoked.
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Some people have trouble with clockworkmod. Normally they solve it by switching to another recovery so it may be the reason to what you are experiencing now.
To get AmonRa recovery, download AmonRa recovery here. Then plug your phone into the computer and use this utility to flash the recovery.

itachi1706 said:
To get AmonRa recovery, download AmonRa recovery here.
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Actually, I think the test 2.0.1 is better (for SD-ext backup), which you can get here for a limited time only:
http://db.tt/z7hzdp34

No mine is a pvt 3 atleast that's what it says in my bootloader
I think I'll try amon ra

Hey Guys,
So i flashed AmonRa and then flashed a ROM and it works fine so far.
Thanks alot will get back on how its performance is in the long run.
Thanks a lot

okay no as soon as i rebooted it got stuck on the lockscreen and froze....rebooted again same story....rebooted again same story done that about 5 times now

sorry false alarm its like the problem never went...back to the same old situation...
can someone please help me out..
also is there a way to go back to cmr ??

Try changing to a different kernel. It may be a problem with the kernel. What Rom are you using now?
Sent from my HTC Original Desire using Tapatalk

Well I tried RevolutioN - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300224 which worked for 30 mins before it froze
and then i tried ReflexS - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054435
which worked for about 15 mins and then froze.
which kernel should I flash ? thats the only thing left to flash now
And now i have switched back to CMR as i had a CMR backup of the stock ROM.
So im running the stock ROM now.

Try snq 111005 or gingercakes 0.6d. They are the stablest kernels for sense roms for me. Use the search function to find the kernels.
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im sorry but i cant find either of those kernels
i found gingercakes 0.8f and many other versions that were 0.8d/e/etc etc
can u post a link or something like that....also i dont know how to flash a kernel is it just like a rom zip thru clockworkmod ??

rappersup said:
im sorry but i cant find either of those kernels
i found gingercakes 0.8f and many other versions that were 0.8d/e/etc etc
can u post a link or something like that....also i dont know how to flash a kernel is it just like a rom zip thru clockworkmod ??
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Can't help you with finding the kernels I'm afraid. But to flash one just do it through recovery like you would a rom. No need to do all the wipes, just wipe your dalvik cache before you flash it.

[Q] S-Off/Rooting/ROM Questions for Virgin Mobile HTC Wildfire S

Hi,
I recently purchased the HTC Wildfire S from Virgin Mobile and would like to root it. After reading some great tutorials put out by you guys, I'm fairly confident I can successfully root my device. How ever I have a few concerns:
1. Is my device the HTC marvel, marvelc, or marvelct?
2. Are there custom ROMs for my device?
3. Can I remove the bloatware/re-partition the internal memory without a new ROM?
Thanks ahead of time to those that help, and sorry for taking up your time with n00bie questions
EDIT: Also do I need to do anything to my bootloader just to root? My understanding is that its only necessary for changing ROMs.

Marvelc or a510c, there are custom roms and modified roms and roms that are being built like cm7 for the marvelc, check out the development forum and see whats crackin
HTC Wildfire S (VM) "s-off" "rooted" Stock Rom

Thanks I will take a look over there. When I started looking I saw a lot of people saying there are only ROMs for the marvel

No theres ssrom, simonstock rom that rom is sweet! Check it out
HTC Wildfire S (VM) "s-off" "rooted" Stock Rom

Can I get links to these? I think I found the SSROM already but glanced over it. I will revisit that one. As of now SS may be the only ROM I have found for the marvelc.
Thanks again guys

Just wait a little bit, some are being built
HTC Wildfire S (VM) "s-off" "rooted" Stock Rom

I have the HTC Wildfire S from VM, rooted, CWM 5.0.2.6, S-off, and when i try to install any custom rom, it will install fine then ill boot it up and it will be at different points during the bootup process animation screen where it will freeze and restart over and over. Sometimes it will get to the lockscreen and freeze there. The only rom that hasnt done that so far is the CM7 alpha. I have tried to install: .sense, jmz, and team marvelUS rom for the marvelc, and still not able to do anything. Has anyone encountered this problem and fixed it, anyone can give me anything extra to try? i have wiped data/factory reset, wiped cache/dalvik, and battery stats, also tried not wiping any of those. The custom stock rom still works fine if i install it.

XIONTAZ said:
I have the HTC Wildfire S from VM, rooted, CWM 5.0.2.6, S-off, and when i try to install any custom rom, it will install fine then ill boot it up and it will be at different points during the bootup process animation screen where it will freeze and restart over and over. Sometimes it will get to the lockscreen and freeze there. The only rom that hasnt done that so far is the CM7 alpha. I have tried to install: .sense, jmz, and team marvelUS rom for the marvelc, and still not able to do anything. Has anyone encountered this problem and fixed it, anyone can give me anything extra to try? i have wiped data/factory reset, wiped cache/dalvik, and battery stats, also tried not wiping any of those. The custom stock rom still works fine if i install it.
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Did u make a partition before trying jmz and teammarvelusc? I haven't tried .sense yet but I know that at least on jmz u need at least a 512mb partition or u may encounter some problems. Also, what hboot do u have? U could also try formatting /boot to see if that helps. Could also be too high of a CPU oc. Cm7 alpha is set at 600mhz, jmz and teamusc have their kernels oc'd to 806 by default if I'm not mistaken.
Sent from my HTC_A510c using xda premium

Thanks for your quick reply! I did try the partition of 512mb and just in case a swap of something too haha. My hboot version is 1.06. And on the processor speed that makes sense. Is there a way to change that in the rom before I load it or do I have to luckily catch my phone before it freezes?

There may be a flashable stock kernel out there for marvelc, if anyone would know it would be Simon or insink. There should be one around this forum somewhere I would think.
You could also try m1ndh4xr8's kernel, its oc by default but I've had good luck with it.
Sent from my HTC_A510c using xda premium

Well I did install that kernel and it actually worked with stock rom, but my wifi now says error haha any ideas. Btw thanks for the clues on the kernel I may just use that one with other roms and see if that works. But any clues on the wifi?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504329
Try this its made especially for marvelc
Sent from my HTC_A510c

Or check out ROM Manager for flawless ROMs

Well problem with jmz is that it keeps my phone on a reboot loop. And rom manager I tried but it never worked for me on any of my phones for installing roms haha but I did download the rom and installed on cwm.

help
does anyone know where too get the offical img files for virgin mobile usa. like kernel,recovery,system and so on.

No I couldn't find them from VM I found the stock rom on the forum I believe but don't remember where. I still got it do u need it? The rom has the stock kernel in it obviously lol

XIONTAZ said:
Well I did install that kernel and it actually worked with stock rom, but my wifi now says error haha any ideas. Btw thanks for the clues on the kernel I may just use that one with other roms and see if that works. But any clues on the wifi?
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Ya i remember encountering that problem back when there wasn't really any support for marvelc. I attached the 2 kernels i have on my sdcard that i know for sure work completely with no errors. Copy them to your sdcard, then the first thing i would try is boot into cwm, wipe cache and dalvik cache. then flash the attached m2ndh4x8r kernel, as thats the one i currently use. See if that fixes your wifi problem. If it doesn't, then do the same for the attached jmz kernel. If neither of those are fixing the wifi issue, then u will need to install a different rom. When i first bought my phone and was on stock, the wifi didn't even work at all, till i rooted and went custom.

tommyjesanders said:
does anyone know where too get the offical img files for virgin mobile usa. like kernel,recovery,system and so on.
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go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432425
Use the virgin mobile ruu if you want to go back to stock. This will basically do everything except make u s-on.