HTC Desire doesn't take most Custom ROMs - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My HTC Desire "breaks" most times I'm trying to install a Custom ROM.
The only ROM that has worked so far was Sandvold Beta 0.11.
I've also tried: D-Sense 4.0 Alpha 0.4, Cool 3D Runny v7.
Every time I flash those ROMs via Clockwork Mod Touch 5.8.0.2, the installation process finishes without any problems, but when I reboot the phone it hangs at the ROMs boot screen forever (not the HTC screen).
I have a GSM Desire (Bravo) S-OFF, Stock Hboot 6.93.1002, PVT1, Radio 5.11.05.27
I hope someone can help me as I'd love to have the Desire running ICS and some kind of HTC Sense...
Thanks in advance for any help.
land.apfel

land.apfel said:
The only ROM that has worked so far was Sandvold Beta 0.11.
I've also tried: D-Sense 4.0 Alpha 0.4, Cool 3D Runny v7.
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Sd-ext configuration?

I'm a bit ashamed to say, but how do I find out what my SD-Ext configuration is?
I haven't changed it, so I assume it's standard...
PS: I have now tried MIUI Android 2.4.13 which (wait for it) worked!!
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Most Sense roms require ext partition as they store their data there because of the limited internal memory Desire has. No roms that have ext in their requirements will work this way.
Find some guides on how to partition you SD-card.

OK, I have created a 1GiB sd-ext with ClockworkMod and both ROMs install but they still don't want to boot.
I've checked the SD card in a PC and there is a 1GiB ext3 partition at the end of the card.
What am I doing wrong?
land.apfel

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both ROMs install but they still don't want to boot.
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What both roms? I see one rom and one unusable pile of binary data at this point
Have you downloaded the versions for stock hboot?

erklat said:
What both roms? I see one rom and one unusable pile of binary data at this point
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Well that's true ;-)
But I'd still love to try Sense 4.0.
erklat said:
Have you downloaded the versions for stock hboot?
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I think so. Both say they're installing the Stock HBOOT version.
land.apfel
EDIT: Cool3D always installs CDMA while I have a GSM phone.

land.apfel said:
Well that's true ;-)
But I'd still love to try Sense 4.0.
I think so. Both say they're installing the Stock HBOOT version.
land.apfel
EDIT: Cool3D always installs CDMA while I have a GSM phone.
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It asks to install CDMA or not you must press the x button and it won't install CDMA files
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What do I have to press? It doesn't ask me at all, it just does!

land.apfel said:
What do I have to press? It doesn't ask me at all, it just does!
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So I think your recovery is not 4ext touch, if it isn't install one and then try flashing the ROM again.
If I could help you, you can just go for the thanks button and hit it!!
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No, my recovery is not 4ext touch, I've been using CWM Touch 5.8.
So I'll see that I can bring 4ext onto my Desire
Is there anything else I have to pay attention to?
Sorry for all those n00b questions but it looks like I'm a bit inexperienced with the Desire as I only got Nexus phones (excluding the N1) until Wednesday...
land.apfel

land.apfel said:
No, my recovery is not 4ext touch, I've been using CWM Touch 5.8.
So I'll see that I can bring 4ext onto my Desire
Is there anything else I have to pay attention to?
Sorry for all those n00b questions but it looks like I'm a bit inexperienced with the Desire as I only got Nexus phones (excluding the N1) until Wednesday...
land.apfel
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For that you must download the 4ext recovery updater and follow the instructions there, (it needs internet connection to download the recovery)
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Thank you very much for your help, it's now working with 4Ext Touch Recovery
land.apfel
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Weird situation. Desire wont past HTC boot after installing any MIUI rom

Yes. ****ing weird. I tried many different ones from different developers and none of the work.on my desire. They all install fine boot up and get stock on HTC logo foreever ...I have a 512 partition made and all. Do I need a 1gig partition to run MIUI? I have no problem running any gingerbread or sense rom ...can't run MIUI. And ****ing love them. Have them on my N1 one of the best roms out there. Messenger kick ass. That's how android messenger should be ...
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Wtf. Anyone?
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ajftl said:
Wtf. Anyone?
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ajftl said:
Yes. ****ing weird. I tried many different ones from different developers and none of the work.on my desire. They all install fine boot up and get stock on HTC logo foreever ...I have a 512 partition made and all. Do I need a 1gig partition to run MIUI? I have no problem running any gingerbread or sense rom ...can't run MIUI. And ****ing love them. Have them on my N1 one of the best roms out there. Messenger kick ass. That's how android messenger should be ...
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Your first sig says you used a Nexus S and the second says Desire. Are you trying to flash a desire ROM onto a nexus S???
Also do you have an a2sd+ partition?
cs
How exactly is your phone modded? If your running cmtd then you either need to change the partmap.txt and flash the boot patch after flashing rom.
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Issues upgrading Rom from Oxygen 2.1.3

For some reason, my Desire will NOT let me change roms after Oxygen 2.1.3. I've tried multiple roms today.
I wanted to try a 2fast MIUI version... nope.
Tried a CM7... nada.
Upgrade to latest Oxygen... forget it.
I do not know what is wrong here. I load up, and reboot, and it hangs on the HTC screen. Forever. So I reboot into recovery and flash back to Oxygen. It works. I try to flash a different rom, same hangup. So I flash back to Oxygen. And on and on.
I'm pretty sure I'm doing it right, since I can always flash back to old Oxygen, but I just don't get why this is happening. Any help?
Thanks!!
Which Desire do you have?
M_T_M said:
Which Desire do you have?
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US Cellular cdma version.
nic.hitchins said:
US Cellular cdma version.
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Desire, Desire Z, Desire HD?
M_T_M said:
Desire, Desire Z, Desire HD?
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Plain ole Desire. (It's the only one they have offered)
I'd guess that you've changed your Hboot to the Oxygen one and that the other ROM's don't fit in that size system partition.
Try this,
boot into recovery, go under mounts and storage Format :system,cache,data then do a factory reset and then try and flash a new rom. Also Get quick system info in market and what dose your system, cache, data space say?
I think the rom needs to be made for cdma, your prolly flashing gsm roms on your desire hence it hanging on the bootscreen, majority of the roms available are gsm, check the wiki page I think it has a list of cdma roms for the desire.
Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats Hoooooooooo
M_T_M said:
Desire, Desire Z, Desire HD?
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Surely as a mod you should know what a cdma phone is?
Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats Hoooooooooo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
Here ya go this thread has links to all the roms including the cdma ones
Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats Hoooooooooo
Thoughts on upgrading via rom manager?
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Do you have the old oxygen bootloader
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I have the old oxygen rom zip I'm using still on my card in my phone.
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Multiboot for Desire

I was looking for this but i didn't found anything intresting. It is possible to multiboot/dualboot on Desire?
I don't think so, i was searching a lot for it, but didn't find anything at all. Nexus One can do it, but why not the Desire then?
TopGear63z said:
I don't think so, i was searching a lot for it, but didn't find anything at all. Nexus One can do it, but why not the Desire then?
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Bad news :/. I know Nexus One can do it. I wondering what will happend if I flash Nexus One recovery?
nothing ive tested and doesnt work not entering on recovery
What a pity. I'll try boot this recovery via fastboot. There's still hope.
EDIT
Yep. Doesn't working on my phone too. There's no hope :/ Maybe someone can convert this recovery?
Sorry to ask, but why?
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You can't multi-boot but you can do a Nandroid of your favorite ROM's and simply restore whichever backup you prefer for that day. This assumes that you don't use custom hboots however as that would not work but sticking to say the stock or CM7 hboot and only installing ROM's designed for that hboot will work fine.
dexter93 said:
Sorry to ask, but why?
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Because I want cm 7.1 and oxygen 2.1.6 installed in one time.
Parva4 said:
You can't multi-boot but you can do a Nandroid of your favorite ROM's and simply restore whichever backup you prefer for that day. This assumes that you don't use custom hboots however as that would not work but sticking to say the stock or CM7 hboot and only installing ROM's designed for that hboot will work fine.
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Thx. I hadn't thought about this way. I can do Nandroid but if i install new app or change something i must Nandroid again. Backuping and restoring every day is very annoying. But If i have no choice probabbly i'll do what you say.

Cool3D Aces v7 stuck in bootloop

I'm trying to flash Cool3D Aces v7. Here's some info on my phone
BravoC DVT2SHIP S-OFF (achieved by Revolutionary)
HBoot 6.06.1002
Radio 2.15.00.02.17
I've wiped everything except my SD. I've created an ext-4 partition using 4ext. I've checked the alignment with 4ext and it was perfect.
I flashed v6. I then flashed hboot_stock. Then I flashed v7, and then the hboot_stock again for good measure.
I continue to get stuck in bootloop.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
As you have a BravoC you need to flash CDMA converter from coolexe
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kotag82 said:
As you have a BravoC you need to flash CDMA converter from coolexe
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v7 is the GSM-CDMA converter. I've done everything to the letter. Would changing to the cm7/r2 bootloader have any impact?
What you mean changing to cm7? did you or not?
all alpharev hboot are DESIGNED for DESIRE GSM
where did you find V7?
kotag82 said:
What you mean changing to cm7? did you or not?
all alpharev hboot are DESIGNED for DESIRE GSM
where did you find V7?
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First of all, thank you for responding.
I have not changed. I'm using the stock bootloader, as far as I can tell. I am, however, currently running a cm7 nightly(which I know has no impact on this conversation).
V7 is the gsm to cdma script I found on www(dot)cooldevs(dot)com/archives/394
I miss HTC sense in some regards, and really liked the looks of this rom. That is why I wanted to give it a go.
thank god you did not...
1. do back up with recovery
2. wipe all partitions + dalvik
3 flash in this order: Rom.zip > GSM_to_CDMA.zip > weather_pack.zip > stock_hboot.zip
4 reboot
btw one guy posted is not working properly on cdma... Could be your case too?
just have a go... fingers crossed for you...
if not try to pm coolexe for any advice
Still didn't work. I guess I'll have to msg cool exe.
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[Q] Rock solid ROM required to enable sale. Any suggestions

After trying several different ROMs (mainly Sense 1.9 up to 3.5) and 3 different memory cards I am still having reliability problems with my Desire. The main problem is now and again I press the wake button and nothing. The power button doesnt even work I have to take the battery out and reset.
I also get a fair bit of lag, especially with incoming calls, even after having a play with Daemon Controller settings.
I can just about live with it but as I am likely to want to sell the phone soon i was wondering if anyone could recommend the most solid ROM. Preferably one that doesn't use an EXT3/4 partition as it could possibly be running apps from this that's causing the problem. I'm not bothered about Sense either.
I am currently running AceSMod007 v42, Recovery 4EXT v2.2.7 RC6, Stock HBoot.
The easier it is to install the better and even if its vanilla android I'm not bothered. I just don't want any comebacks when I sell it as the phone has caused me enough headaches.
ps Is a new battery likely to help or is that clutching at straws?
Put it back to stock like it used to be. That will eliminate or at least lessen the possibility of buyer comebacks caused by buggy custom roms. If the buyer wants it rooted, he/she should do it themselves.
How do you do that exactly?
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Reflash the Froyo RUU which you can pick up at www.shippedroms.com, or the Gingerbread RUU which you can find at www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads.
Good luck!
plinders said:
Reflash the Froyo RUU which you can pick up at www.shippedroms.com, or the Gingerbread RUU which you can find at www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads.
Good luck!
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Thanks! Can I flash that straight over any ROM? and does that mean it won't be rooted anymore either?
Steveh8204 said:
Thanks! Can I flash that straight over any ROM? and does that mean it won't be rooted anymore either?
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I haven't done it personally but I believe you can flash it over as long as the phone is on stock hboot which I think it is. If you are s-off, you may need to flash a downgrader from alpharev. (Can anyone confirm this is required for stock hboot? I had the impression it's only for cm7r2 and oxygen hboots.)
You'll lose root and s-off (if you s-offed your device before). Make sure you chose the right RUU for your phone.
stankyou said:
Can anyone confirm this is required for stock hboot? I had the impression it's only for cm7r2 and oxygen hboots.
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Only r2 hboots.
I think I might have to give it a try as my phone is very unreliable now as it keeps just switching off and won't reset unless I pull the battery. Happens about once a day.
Do I flash it through recovery as usual?
Also, if you want a solid rom, you can't get much more solid than Cyanogenmod. It's actually more stable than the stock rom for my part. Another option is MIUI, but the iPhone-like interface might be a bother.
Thanks, do you mean CyanogenMod-7 for Desire GSM V7.0.3 rom as the download link was broken when I checked?
Steveh8204 said:
Thanks, do you mean CyanogenMod-7 for Desire GSM V7.0.3 rom as the download link was broken when I checked?
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You're selling the phone. Stick to your original plan.
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Possibly not for another 6-8 weeks so I don't fancy returning to Stock and still having problems and having to mess about getting it S-Off and rooted again.
And to be fair if it wasn't randomly switching itself off I might consider hanging on to it longer as when it works properly its a pretty decent phone, I just cant live with the unreliablility.
So has anyone got a link for the CM Rom?
Steveh8204 said:
I don't fancy returning to Stock and still having problems and having to mess about getting it S-Off and rooted again.
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If this is the way it turns out, I think you should start considering RMA.
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Look in desire android development it should be there
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Ok thanks, just a couple of things though, what is RMA and how do I flash the stock? can I do it through 4Ext recovery and do I need to wipe anything first?
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&sourc...jLn2Aw&usg=AFQjCNH-nCOyaY1Gor2f_Iah8MF8Wxwjbg
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http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&sourc...jLn2Aw&usg=AFQjCNH-nCOyaY1Gor2f_Iah8MF8Wxwjbg
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Thats CM official page
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Steveh8204 said:
Ok thanks, just a couple of things though, what is RMA and how do I flash the stock? can I do it through 4Ext recovery and do I need to wipe anything first?
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Consult Bortak's guide on that, I'm not writing it over again here.
RMA is a warranty claim.
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Steveh8204 said:
Ok thanks, just a couple of things though, what is RMA and how do I flash the stock? can I do it through 4Ext recovery and do I need to wipe anything first?
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Go to desire android development then go into stickies everything u need to know will be there and thank OP if they helped
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