Hello,
I'm currently using Gingervillain 3.3 with root access but S-On.
Because I want to use the 4Ext Recovery i need S-Off but the revolutionary patcher tells me caroline had a segmentation fault when I am trying to use it.
Does anyone have a clue why it does not work with gingervillain?
Do i need to flash back to a stock rom?
Thanks in advance
Nico
i'm not sure if you need to s-off your device.
i use the clockwork mod recovery (with ICS), and it works fine with s-on.
--> 2GB ext3 + amarullz app2sd
you could try the same.
have you partitioned your SC card correctly? most people have reported that it works best if you partition 1GB of your SD as ext4 via your computer (not in recovery)
@BU7CH4
partitioning sd card has nothing to do with s-off...
@OP
- nandroid backup
- try bortak's troubleshooting guide, stickied to top of Q&A, number [3]
- (optional) change hboot to cm7r2 to gain more space, look for guides on how to do this, i recommend using fastboot
- nandroid restore
- install 4ext recovery, use app from 4ext.net is easiest
A nandroid Backup is something im gonna do, too, did a CWMR Backup yesterday.
Borkat Troubleshooting tells me i need Stock ROM to change S-on to S-Off.
So do i need to put a stock rom on there, change s-off and then reload my old Recovery image and restore it to get my current system with s-off?
Edit: I'm gonna oull a backup with CWMR - and then do a full wipe and install the stock rom. Gonna change s-off then full wipe again and restore my backup.
That should work, shouldnt it?
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Ok so i have a Deisre, which is rooted.
I have the following running:
HBOOT: Alpharev Oxygen - HBoot-0.93.1000
Radio: 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
Recovery: RA-desire-v2.0.0
Rom: Well currently nothing since it won't get past the initial boot image.
I have tried restoring from a nand backup but to no avail.
I can get into HBOOT, recovery and can access my phone from my pc using fastboot.
As i said earlier i have tried restoring and i have tried loading various roms but nothing. it just sits at the first image screen.
If anyone can help - that would be awesome!
try using newer recovery ? amonRA 2.0.1 or CWM 3.0.0.5 (dont use newer CWM, they cause problems)
also make sure your SD is partition well (either for a2sd+ or data2ext) and that EXT partition are working fine (mountable and formatable from recovery)
I would recommend trying to go to a stock Desire rom. If unbranded phone then this is easier to find, but if branded then you can probably find one through some searching.
Stock ROM sounds good but before try to change SD and do wipe for all what you can.
Have you tried oxygen rom? I notice you have that hboot, and I think I'm correct in saying that only oxygen (or devnull) will work with that partition table.
you can try a other SD card !it may have some mistakes on your SD card!
Random_Sheep said:
Ok so i have a Deisre, which is rooted.
I have the following running:
HBOOT: Alpharev Oxygen - HBoot-0.93.1000
Radio: 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
Recovery: RA-desire-v2.0.0
Rom: Well currently nothing since it won't get past the initial boot image.
I have tried restoring from a nand backup but to no avail.
I can get into HBOOT, recovery and can access my phone from my pc using fastboot.
As i said earlier i have tried restoring and i have tried loading various roms but nothing. it just sits at the first image screen.
If anyone can help - that would be awesome!
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From which rom do you want to restore the nandroid backup?
Alright mate.
Have you actually tried to install the Custom ROM which you were on without trying to restore the Nandroid Backup? This has happened to me a few times where the Nandroid Backup just fails to flash back on to the phone.
As annoying as it may be - Whatever was on your Nandroid may in fact be lost (well not lost, as it's on your SD Card) but download a fresh version of the ROM you were on and install it that way. Remember, even if you're flashing a ROM, factory reset + wipe everything the moment the new ROM has been flashed through the Custom Recovery Menu (whether it be AmonRA or CWM) then reboot the phone.
If that doesn't work, then luckily your phone isn't bricked per se. Just flash a Stock RUU which matches your phone and boom - You can go through the process again. Granted, you'll have to S-OFF your phone again as well.
Dan
Whoops, sorry, wrong thread.
Hi had the official 2.3 RUU installed on my Desire, I have used Reveloutinary.io to S off my phone, i have now r0oted my phone.
I have created an ext 3 partition on the SD card and took a nandroid backup.
The info i really need is my HBOOT v is 6.93, i want to install the "[ROM][15/08][STABLE][Sense2.1+3.0 GB]InsertCoin CM7 HBOOT/STOCK 1.1.1" on my phone, the question i have is can i simply flash the ROM straight on the phone, or will i have to downgrade the ROM to an official 2.2 RUU first.....
Sorry for the noobness but this is my first post ever so please go easy on me.
If you successfully s-off'd you dont need to downgrade anything, just copy the ROM to the SD Card and for this particular ROM make sure your ext partition is atleast 1GB.
Then Full Wipe/Factory rest + Cache wipe + Dalvik Cache Wipe in recovery.
Now flash the .zip file, after turning off signature verification (should be under "install from sdcard")
Also make sure you download right version of the ROM.
Stock A2SD version if you didnt changed HBOOT, and CM7 version if you changed your HBOOT to CM7.
Also if this is your first ROM, then take a look if you have any WIFI/GSM problems after you booted up, if so it means you might need to update your radio to 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23 (search forum for it, there are guides how to flash it too), if you dont have any issues then just ignore it.
Thank you so much for your help, will try it tomorrow and see how i get on.
I jumped the gun and tried it, i took an online backup using My backup pro and whe i have come to restore all of my apps and settings it has restored nothing.
Is there anything i have missed off this?
Sorry no idea i have no experience with My backup pro.. using Titanium Backup.
as i'm not so much into these flashing stuff, here's a very simple question...
i wanted to flash a new hboot because the small data partition is rly annoying me, even with a2sd++
so only problem that i have is now, can i flash a new hboot that simple or do i have to reflash ROM, do a full wipe or something like that?
my desire is s-off @leedroid HD port, rooted for sure...
thanks for any answers
Make a complete nandroid backup, flash new hboot via fastboot, go back to recovery, wipe everything and restore backup.
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so nandroid backup includes all app installations and settings, but not the partition table(hboot)? also, isnt it problematic to restore the backup into a new hboot, as the partition spaces have changed?
and another question: do i get problems if i have some apps moved to sd card with android system a2sd?
It will cause problems if your /system is bigger than /system on your new partition table. Which hboot you use now and which you plan on using?
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So, I'm planning to finally S-OFF, mainly for the extra internal storage, and the extra speed since I won't be needing my ext3 parition any longer, so just to get some things straight -
1) I am currently on the latest Oxygen ROM, is it OK to S-OFF with this ROM?
2) I've made a nandroid backup of my ROM for restore, thing is, once I re-partition without an sd-ext, what happens when restoring the nandroid? Because when restoring, it needs to restore sd-ext... What do I need to do?
Thanks
As far as I know, Oxygen has a built in a2sd enabled when it sees that you have an EXT partition and might mess up Alpharev's (and or Revolutionary's) S-off process accourding to their site. I suggest you flash CM7 rom temporarily then S-Off with this installed since natively it doesn't support A2SD.
I'm not sure about the 2nd question. My logic tells me that I leave the ext, and do a nandrestore because it will obviously look for an ext partition to flash the data files back. The problem is once, restored and rebooted I don't know if there is a command or zip file you can flash to undo the a2sd and transfer the data from the ext to the data partition of the phone.
It would be better to go do a fresh reinstall of the rom and use titanium backup to restore your apps back.
Thanks, I probably will do the long TB restore process.
Re. the ROM issue - Will flashing Leedroid 2.5.0 Froyo ROM be good enough? As it seems to be pretty stock-ish.
Quoting Alpharev.nl
Requirements:
The only requirement right now is that the ROM you're running is rooted.
As techniques such as 'data2ext' have been popping up, these might disturb our finely-tuned flashing process.
Please revert to a rooted stock ROM if possible. Your /data partition is used for temporary storage of important files.
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For my understanding as long as the ROM doesn't use data2ext, or 'anything'2ext out of the box it's good to go. I've S-off with Cyanogenmod rom on my phone so I can only speak from what I experienced.
Hi all,
Please excuse the n00b questions, recent convert from iOS.. and apologies if this has been covered 1000 times, I could not find what I was looking for with the search function.
I currently own an HTC Desire (Bravo GSM) running 2.2.2 which I have set to Rooted/S-Off. I've been reading about Cyanogenmod and want to give 7.2 a go however I would like to have the option of being able to restore exactly what I've got currently i.e. retaining the Rooted/S-Off without having to go through Revolutionary again etc if at all possible.
There are plenty of guides detailing how to install Cyanogenmod which look straightforward, and I've seen mention of restoring to stock being easy, however there isn't much in the way of info regarding retaining my current Rooted/S-Off status and how to actually perform the restore. I've installed ClockworkMod/Nandroid and have copied the contents of the SD card to my PC as I understand the SD card is cleared during Cyanogenmod's install.
If anyone could give me an insight on whether my aims are possible and a quick guide to restoring (ie, which files I'd need to chuck back onto the SD card to restore), I'd be most grateful.
S-off, root, cwm recovery, SD card partition and the radio survive every time you install a new ROM. You don't/can't back them up. When you do a nandroid backup, it backs up all your data (apps, messages, etc).
Since you already took a nandroid backup, you're good to flash cyanogen mod. Just ensure you've partitioned your SD card correctly and full wipe is done before flashing.
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Dont forget, download gapps to flash after the rom.
Gentlemen, I can see why this forum is so highly regarded. Thank you.
Could anyone let me know if a guide exists to restore from the Nandroid backup?
I would also recommend 4ext recovery, its way better than CWM recovery.
And just so u know if uv made a nandroid backup using CWM recovery, u wont be able to restore it with 4ext recovery (if that makes sense)
So first thing, google 4ext recovery, download and install the "4ext recovery updater app" then open the app and flash 4ext recovery. Once thats done ul have to backup all important files etc + nandroid backup and save to PC coz ul need to partition ur sdcard and that will wipe everything.
Theres a guide in my sig for partitioning with 4ext.
After reading this some time ago, I wonder why everyone wants or needs S-Off.
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/P1i8qzLfkTm
mzrdisi said:
After reading this some time ago, I wonder why everyone wants or needs S-Off.
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/P1i8qzLfkTm
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U need s-off because the desire internal memory is piss poor and with s-off u can change ur hboot to maximize data/user memory. Also u can use fastboot commands, flash radio etc etc.
Desire internal memory partition is 250/40/147 (system, cache,data) so if u flash a custom rom that is only 80mb then ur wasting 170mb in system partition so by using a custom hboot u can maximize ur data partition. Like if u use a rom like mildwild and the rom is 80mb then u can use a hboot that i made where the partition layout is 90/5/342 so ur not wasting any mb
jmcclue said:
U need s-off because the desire internal memory is piss poor and with s-off u can change ur hboot to maximize data/user memory. Also u can use fastboot commands, flash radio etc etc.
Desire internal memory partition is 250/40/147 (system, cache,data) so if u flash a custom rom that is only 80mb then ur wasting 170mb in system partition so by using a custom hboot u can maximize ur data partition. Like if u use a rom like mildwild and the rom is 80mb then u can use a hboot that i made where the partition layout is 90/5/342 so ur not wasting any mb
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That's a great point. And now I realize I posted my response in the completely wrong forum, somehow. Haha
mzrdisi said:
That's a great point. And now I realize I posted my response in the completely wrong forum, somehow. Haha
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Haha i was wondering coz u posted a link for the htc One. The htc desire, u really need s-off but for newer devices u dont (not sure if u can even s-off them anyway) coz they all have enough memory and an unlocked bootloader is enough in my opinion.