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[Q] Stuck at bootscreen after every single custom ROM flash.

hi
I´ve rooted and flashed my desire several times. rooted with unrevoked3 everytime and tried different roms like leedroid 2.2d, 2.2 f and rcmixhd 0.13. First time i did it i flashed leedroid 2.2d and it worked fine. After 1,5 months running leedroid my phone rebooted due to the overheating problems that 50 % of us suffer from (i rebooted it manually several times during those months and it worked until this day).
It got stuck at the bootupscreen with white background and green HTCtext. couldn´t install RUU via windows, had to grab the PB99IMG.zip onto my SD and boot into bootloader and restore my phone this way. Then i rooted it AGAIN, and flashed rcmixhd 0.13. Success! But only until i rebooted it manually, stuck at bootupscreen again.
I restored the phone from SD with pb99img as earlier. Flashed rcmixhd again and made sure i wiped everything (dalvik, cache, formatted sdcard and created a EXT), success! Until i rebooted my desire...back again.
Now im running stock non-rooted froyo. I´m getting tired of spending the night fixing it but i still want to use senseHD and i like tweaking stuff..
Do any of u guys recognize this problem and what can i do to fix it?
If any of you are from sweden, plz answer in swedish!

Same problem here, the only way i got to install a custom rom was by installing update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip. Then installed a custom rom by using the "Rom Manager" tool.
Downloading and flashing through recovery mode, "No, can do!"

Ok, but "update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip" isn´t that a custom ROM? Did you install that through ROM manager?
And did you flash another ROM on top of it?

Suddenjr said:
Ok, but "update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip" isn´t that a custom ROM? Did you install that through ROM manager?
And did you flash another ROM on top of it?
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yes this is a custom rom, i did a normal flash first to "update-cm-6.1.0-Desire-signed.zip" (some how that worked???). Then i reflashed through the "ROM manager" tool.

Do you remember to always wipe everything in Recovery before flashing a new rom?
Seems like I always used to have a bootloop or bootfreeze when did not do the proper wipe.

remmyhi said:
Do you remember to always wipe everything in Recovery before flashing a new rom?
Seems like I always used to have a bootloop or bootfreeze when did not do the proper wipe.
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i wiped everything even the Dalvik Cache, didn't help a thing.
Could is be that is has something to do with rom's that are not signed?

I have this same problem now, any possible sollutions?

Perdonally i would suggest to reformat your sd cards and try again. Dont forget to wipe everything.
Sent from my LeeDroided Desire HD

Happend to me once or twice.
What to do is, Turn of the phone take out battery do the neccessary wipes and formatting,
root
install clockwork mod from market, go to it and choose install recovery
install rom
install kernel (might affect it somehow)
reboot

Can't flash a new rom

Hi all
can't flash my desire hd anymore
and the phone boot only to the recovery.
after a full wipe,i try to flash a new rom, up to 80% and the progress bar does not move.... meaning that the flash does not complete:-(
my phone is s-off and root
I flashed different rom before and all worked
could someone help me please?
thx in advanced

Hi bassjam
bassjam said:
Hi all
can't flash my desire hd anymore
and the phone boot only to the recovery.
after a full wipe,i try to flash a new rom, up to 80% and the progress bar does not move.... meaning that the flash does not complete:-(
my phone is s-off and root
I flashed different rom before and all worked
could someone help me please?
thx in advanced
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What Rom is it you are trying to install?
Is there any error message showing when it stops?
At a guess It sounds as if you are trying to install a Corrupt Rom, you need to check the MD5 Checksum that come with the Rom to make sure they are not corrupt on download, before you try to install them.
What you need to do is download the Rom again, check it's Checksum With this MD5 Check 2.1 tool.
Then delete the bad Rom that on your SD Card, and replace with the new download [Checked with MD5 Check] Rom, and flash it.
Take Care
TheQuest

Agree with I'm TheQuest. That's maybe because of bad download. redownload back the rom and put back to your SD card. Do the nandroid restore (but if you dont have nandroid backup before, this also can be done by taking out your sdcard and put into your laptop/card reader).

Thx for your answers
The problem appeared with the cynanogen RC4
this rom was installed since a week and i was on RC3 before
one day, I powered off the phone, then powered it on, and the phone boot only to the recovery.
I tried to flash the last leedroid but nothing
After that I knew it was not from the cyanogen rom.
For the moment, to solve the problem, i flashed (on bootloader) the last official WWE ruu(1.72), flash ok but the phone was very very sloooowwww
especially to install the sence, after unlocking simcard, I have a white screen with htc logo during 20 min. and only after that, I can start the configuration.
so i decided to back to ruu 1.32 to root / S-off the phone again
After that I try to install the cyanogen rom again
What do you think about that?

Hi bassjam
bassjam said:
Thx for your answers
The problem appeared with the cynanogen RC4
this rom was installed since a week and i was on RC3 before
one day, I powered off the phone, then powered it on, and the phone boot only to the recovery.
I tried to flash the last leedroid but nothing
After that I knew it was not from the cyanogen rom.
For the moment, to solve the problem, i flashed (on bootloader) the last official WWE ruu(1.72), flash ok but the phone was very very sloooowwww
especially to install the sence, after unlocking simcard, I have a white screen with htc logo during 20 min. and only after that, I can start the configuration.
so i decided to back to ruu 1.32 to root / S-off the phone again
After that I try to install the cyanogen rom again
What do you think about that?
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If you Change ROM's you are always advised to do a FULL WIPE.
Moving to Cynanogen RC4 from RC3 should not have caused your problem, but even when Updating a Rom you are advised to wipe the Cache Partition and the Dalvik Cache
Take Care
TheQuest

My problem is not yet resolved
actually I download rommanager to get the recovery
my phone is so slooooowwwwwww...
after that I will try to flash new rom with a full wipe before ;-)
if it doesn't work --> the phone will go on "after sales service" :-(

Hi bassjam
bassjam said:
My problem is not yet resolved
actually I download rommanager to get the recovery
my phone is so slooooowwwwwww...
after that I will try to flash new rom with a full wipe before ;-)
if it doesn't work --> the phone will go on "after sales service" :-(
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Yes do a full wipe, it should help with the speed, good luck.
Let us know how you get on please?
Take Care
TheQuest

is the first time such a problem that happens
I had a htc magic, hero, desire and windows mobile phone before
with each phone, I had at less similar problem
for the first time, I wonder if this is not a hardware problem like writing speed of the processor...
for the moment i finished radio s-off, eng-off, and i put the recovery with fastboot( problem to get recovery with rom manager)
It's time to full wipe, about 30 minutes to wait if not more...
edit: full wipe ok after 15 min, i'm going to wipe with fastboot to be sur!?
redit edit: flash the phone with cyanogen rc4...
thx

something in recvory or perhaps on i didn't see it before
I actually use CWM 2.5.1.2
i have in the recovery screen:
E: can't mount CACHE: recovery/command
E: can't mount CACHE: recovery/log
E: can't open CACHE: recovery/log
Could someone explain me what does it mean?
thx

Hi bassjam
bassjam said:
something in recvory or perhaps on i didn't see it before
I actually use CWM 2.5.1.2
i have in the recovery screen:
E: can't mount CACHE: recovery/command
E: can't mount CACHE: recovery/log
E: can't open CACHE: recovery/log
Could someone explain me what does it mean?
thx
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You should try to updating CWM to 3.0.0.6, and that should clear that. [hopefully ]
Take Care
TheQuest

amazing!! it works!
flashed leedroid rom with CWM 2.5.1.2 and all is ok( it was impossible to flash cyano with this recovery)
i can now upgrade to cwm 3.0.0.6 and flash cyanogen rc4
very big thx
For those who have the same problem, read the previous post ;-)

Hi bassjam
bassjam said:
amazing!! it works!
flashed leedroid rom with CWM 2.5.1.2 and all is ok( it was impossible to flash cyano with this recovery)
i can now upgrade to cwm 3.0.0.6 and flash cyanogen rc4
very big thx
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Glad to hear you have managed to get it fixed.
Take Care
TheQuest

bassjam said:
amazing!! it works!
flashed leedroid rom with CWM 2.5.1.2 and all is ok( it was impossible to flash cyano with this recovery)
i can now upgrade to cwm 3.0.0.6 and flash cyanogen rc4
very big thx
For those who have the same problem, read the previous post ;-)
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Yes CWM 2.x can't write the ext4 partitions required by Gingerbread so you require cwm 3.x, you could have flashed this from Fastboot without first flashing a new ROM. If you didn't have CWM 3.x in the first place this was probably the source of your problems.

I don't believe it!
phone works during 5 five with cyanogen rom, I put the wifi on, and then bootloop( recognized problem on RC4)
i pull out the battery then restart the phone, and the phone has not started and the stay blocked to htc logo
PB: I have no recovery, impossible to to flash another rom. When I launch recovery, phone blocked on htc screen!
I tried to flash ruu 1.32 or 1.72 on fastboot mode... but phone still blocked on htc screen...
I don't know what to do
pls help
thx

[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.
via xda app

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.

[Q] Problem booting into custom rom

I have a rooted gsm desire with s-off running on the froyo stock rom right now.
Lately, I've downloaded sandvold's beta ICS rom and tried to flash it. I've factory wiped the user data, cache partition and dalvik cache in CWM before that. Also, I have more than 1gb of space available in the sd card, if that is relevant.
The installation finished in less than 30 seconds and ended with "Installation completed". However, when I reboot the phone, I'm still on the original froyo rom.
The same thing happens when I flash the MIUI_AU ICS rom. The installation process takes up less than a minute and I return to the stock rom when I reboot.
Can anyone help?

Hi,
Perhaps it helps if you reinstall the recovery?
Which recovery do you use (clockworkmod?)?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Do you have the correct hboot with the right partitions?
You should find it in the romthread witch one you need.
Sent from my ICS Sensation XE powered by InsertCoin

I've switched my to 4ext recovery. I think I've managed to flash the rom but now it pauses at the white boot screen... it's been at the same screen for 10 minutes now.

What partitions do you have on your SD card?

Erm how do I check that?
I'm not sure if this has anything to do with this but when I select "check partition alignment" it says that my fat32 partition isn't perfectly aligned.

It seems that you dont have the needed partitions then.
via xda app

Is there any way I can fix that?

Read the noob guide in Development section. There is also a step about partitioning the SD card. And in the ROM's thread you find the required partition layout.

Apparently I just needed a stock hboot which I got from alpharev.nl. Everything's alright now.
Really gotta read the FAQ clearly and use the serach function more. Thanks!

[Q] i cant install a custom rom!!

my phone is s-off and runs 2.3.5
ive tried to install custom roms many times but every time the same thing happens: my phone just goes to the white HTC screen and keeps restarting.......i have to revert to my old htc rom every time
please help!!!!!!!!

Can you talk us through the steps you are taking to flash the ROM so we can see what is going wrong?

hamzalateef said:
my phone is s-off and runs 2.3.5
ive tried to install custom roms many times but every time the same thing happens: my phone just goes to the white HTC screen and keeps restarting.......i have to revert to my old htc rom every time
please help!!!!!!!!
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use rom manager from the market. make sure to delete dalvk cash

Clear Dalvk Cache, it makes a big difference

ok
1. so first i put the rom file on my sd card
2. then i go into recovery
3. clear dalvk cache,clear battery stats,clear cache partition
4. go to install zip from sd card,chose my rom and install it
5. restart my phone
i think thats what were supposed to do.
But my phone just keeps restarting,and nothing comes on!!
p.s. my phone is s-0ff
MARVEL PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.08.0000
MICROP-0451
RADIO-7.53.39.03M
0CT 31 2011,20:38:16

hamzalateef said:
ok
1. so first i put the rom file on my sd card
2. then i go into recovery
3. clear dalvk cache,clear battery stats,clear cache partition
4. go to install zip from sd card,chose my rom and install it
5. restart my phone
i think thats what were supposed to do.
But my phone just keeps restarting,and nothing comes on!!
p.s. my phone is s-0ff
MARVEL PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.08.0000
MICROP-0451
RADIO-7.53.39.03M
0CT 31 2011,20:38:16
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you need to perform a full wipe before flashing a new rom
it's the "wipe data/factory reset" option within recovery. this will format the phone properly. if you don't do this bits of system and data partitions get mixed up hence it won't boot. dalvik cache and cache are just caches...wiping them rarely solves anything.
also check that your SD card meets the ROM requirements, for instance it may require that you have an ext partition, use gparted or recovery for this, but backup your sd card to PC first

eddiehk6 said:
you need to perform a full wipe before flashing a new rom
it's the "wipe data/factory reset" option within recovery. this will format the phone properly. if you don't do this bits of system and data partitions get mixed up hence it won't boot. dalvik cache and cache are just caches...wiping them rarely solves anything.
also check that your SD card meets the ROM requirements, for instance it may require that you have an ext partition, use gparted or recovery for this, but backup your sd card to PC first
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i even wiped data/factory reset numerous times, my sdcard is partitioned but the roms never work

hamzalateef said:
i even wiped data/factory reset numerous times, my sdcard is partitioned but the roms never work
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i m facing the same problem though my device is s-on...the problem occurs only if i try to flash a rom having an overclocked([OC]) kernel...else i m able to flash other roms like cm7 stable build etc...does anyone have a solution for this...(i even tried flashing the overclocked kernels separately...doesnt seem to work)

You can try this before you install new rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524955
If it doesn't help try to reinstall ClockWorkMod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213229

sky_86 said:
You can try this before you install new rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524955
If it doesn't help try to reinstall ClockWorkMod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213229
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Tried the first option ie Superwipe...no changes...still not able to flash an overclockable kernel or a rom with it...the second option of Clockworkmod wont work for me as its for s-off devices and mines s-on....is it necessary to be s-off to flash an overclockable kernel???

sky_86 said:
You can try this before you install new rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524955
If it doesn't help try to reinstall ClockWorkMod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213229
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so am i supposed to flash a file thats made for HTC sensation?
will it work?

sky_86 said:
You can try this before you install new rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524955
If it doesn't help try to reinstall ClockWorkMod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213229
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the first link has a sensation file......will it work on wfs?
and i already have unofficial CWM

siddharthmani said:
is it necessary to be s-off to flash an overclockable kernel???
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Nope, if your unlocked by HTCdev method should have no problem.

what other roms do you know of that arent overclockable??
ill try them if they work........
can you send me the links?

siddharthmani said:
Tried the first option ie Superwipe...no changes...still not able to flash an overclockable kernel or a rom with it...the second option of Clockworkmod wont work for me as its for s-off devices and mines s-on....is it necessary to be s-off to flash an overclockable kernel???
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can you tell me which roms you know off that are non-overclockable.........i want to see it they work

Hello,
I have a S-ON phone unlocked with htcdev.
I tried two ROMS from m1ndh4x8r, with or without overclock, but it always failed like you. White screen with HTC logo and nothing starts. I am 100% sure I did everything right...
Then I tried another ROM, HenseMod5, and it worked perfectly at the first try ! I don't know what's wrong with my device (if anything). Now HenseMod6 is out, I am installing right now.
So, try this ROM (I took the stock one):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434497
I am very pleased with this.
Cédric

cdricx said:
Hello,
I have a S-ON phone unlocked with htcdev.
I tried two ROMS from m1ndh4x8r, with or without overclock, but it always failed like you. White screen with HTC logo and nothing starts. I am 100% sure I did everything right...
Then I tried another ROM, HenseMod5, and it worked perfectly at the first try ! I don't know what's wrong with my device (if anything). Now HenseMod6 is out, I am installing right now.
So, try this ROM (I took the stock one):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434497
I am very pleased with this.
Cédric
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thanks alot bro.......HenseMod worked for me too!!!!!!!
although im not sure why the others dont work for me..........maybe because of some of the feature the have and HenseMod doesnt.......

Glad to know it helped you
I don't know either why the others don't work, but I haven't really tried to figure it out. HenseMod is fine and works great for me, so I don't need another one.
By the way, I upgraded from HenseMod5 to 6 and everything's fine.