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[Q] help!! files cannot be found in clockworkmod recovery.

Hey everyone. I need help here, I am still a noob. Currently I am using a htc desire. i managed to root my desire after setting the install location back to 0. Previously i did what this website ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13557827#post13557827) said, to move my apps to sd since i am still using unrooted stock rom.
Apparently, after rooting, the clockworkmod recovery was not installed properly. it says that some files cannot be found. So i end up rebooting the device.
this is what that is shown in the recovery mode.
clockworkMod Recovery v 2.5.07
E: Can't find MISC:
E: Can't mount CACHE : recovery / command
E: Can't find MISC
E: Can't mount CACHE : recovery / log
E: Can't find MISC:
I tried to update the fake flash for S-ON users from
udK's thread on the clockworkmodrecovery. But the same things as above still appear on the recovery screen. i also downloaded the update.zip file from leedriod and update thru zip from recovery mode. the same thing is shown on the screen. So, Can i still use the clockworkmod recovery to flash custom rom? P.S. i had rooted my desire, the next thing left to do is to S-OFF my desire, partition my sd card and flash the custom rom. What should i do next?
this is the information when i check my hboot version.
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT - 0.93.001
MI CROP - 051d
TOUCH PANEL - SYNW0101
RADIO - 5.09.05.30.2
AUG 10 2010 17:52:18
the software info is as follow:
baseband version 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2
android version
2.2
Kernel version
2.6.32.15-gd96f2c0
[email protected]#1
Build number
2.13.707.2 CL274424 release keys
Software number
2.13.707.2
browser version
webkit 3.1
since i am using a stock rom, previously i had received an update OTA. I can't seem to find any RUU which the software number 2.13.707.2, i can only find 2.13.707.1. Can i use this one in case anything happens? if not, can anyone give me the link to download this RUU?
Thank you for helping!!

Did you try to reformat your SD card to FAT32? I suggest you do so (unix preferred, as windows isn't as tedious) and do a clean install.

Csharpe said:
Did you try to reformat your SD card to FAT32? I suggest you do so (unix preferred, as windows isn't as tedious) and do a clean install.
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no, i have not reformatted my sd card yet. was planning to partition my card after rooting. i was following the [Video Tutorial] Noob Proof Everything Desire Guide UPDATED [04/04/11][Video Tut] to root my hp. currently i stopped after the rooting step since the clockworkmod recovery is not installed properly. what do you mean by clean install??

can i use amon_ra recovery as a custom recovery for unrevoked 3 and use unrevoked 3 to flash the img ? currently my desire is still S-ON. I had downloaded the recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.0 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621 .

dunstan92 said:
can i use amon_ra recovery as a custom recovery for unrevoked 3 and use unrevoked 3 to flash the img ? currently my desire is still S-ON. I had downloaded the recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.0 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621 .
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Yes you can give that a try though, I highly doubt it has to do with the recovery itself as you were able to start CWM.

You have PVT4 device, which means CWM 2.5.0.7 won't work on it. Either use AmonRa 2.0.1 or CWM 3.x.x.x

Csharpe said:
Yes you can give that a try though, I highly doubt it has to do with the recovery itself as you were able to start CWM.
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Thank you. Will update asap
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

davebugyi said:
You have PVT4 device, which means CWM 2.5.0.7 won't work on it. Either use AmonRa 2.0.1 or CWM 3.x.
I tried to update the CWM 3.x.x.x by using recovery via zip file. After that, same thing happen. Smth is missing and the next time I enter into recovery is 2.5.0.7 again .. what should I do ? Currently my software number is 2.13.707.2 , can I flash the RUU with the software number 2.13.707.1 ? Might want to start from scratch again.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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davebugyi said:
You have PVT4 device, which means CWM 2.5.0.7 won't work on it. Either use AmonRa 2.0.1 or CWM 3.x.x.x
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I never experienced problems with that on my PVT4 device. Also has to do with nand alignment?

Csharpe said:
I never experienced problems with that on my PVT4 device. Also has to do with nand alignment?
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But my desire had never been rooted before until yesterday. The only thing I did was changing the install location via pc for unrooted stock Rom. But I did not change the location back when I start to root my desire. After that I change the location back to 0 and the root was successful until the installation of CWM recovery.
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may i ask, can i use a RUU with software 2.13.707.1 to flash over my current 2.13.707.2. my current one is a rooted stock which is stuck halfway due to the CWM recovery's missing file.

I had exactly the same thing about a week ago and in the end used alpharev
created a ISO CD and installed alpharev and cwm that way was really simple
Once it did its trick took about 5min I was s-off and had working clockwork
Google it worked perfect
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Would add I was trying to put a rom on my missus desire
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

wakers said:
I had exactly the same thing about a week ago and in the end used alpharev
created a ISO CD and installed alpharev and cwm that way was really simple
Once it did its trick took about 5min I was s-off and had working clockwork
Google it worked perfect
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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oh man. you were like 5 mins late. i had just flashed the RUU successfully and going to start from scratch to root my hp. Nevertheless, thank you very much!

no worries did my head in reading about for literally hours and especially when the Alpharev solution took about 5min

wakers said:
no worries did my head in reading about for literally hours and especially when the Alpharev solution took about 5min
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oh ya.. currently, i had burn the alpharev into my cd. but my computer wouldn't seem to boot from cd. the options i had in my setup is choose priority of hard disc ( which the cd/ dvd rom is not there. and the device to boot from, only has the hard disc and removable device. i chose removable device but nothing happen at all. what can i do ?

If you can't boot into CD then your in a bit of trouble trying to use the CD option ?
Maybe the USB option might work for you, all i had to do on my pc was F12 on boot select cd once the screen went dark plugged my phone in and followed the onscreen instructions really was that simple.
Have you actually shut down the PC rather than restart ?

wakers said:
If you can't boot into CD then your in a bit of trouble trying to use the CD option ?
Maybe the USB option might work for you, all i had to do on my pc was F12 on boot select cd once the screen went dark plugged my phone in and followed the onscreen instructions really was that simple.
Have you actually shut down the PC rather than restart ?
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i guess i overlooked. I managed to go into the boot from cd. guess what? my desire is now running on ledriod 2.4.1. XD may i ask whether should i flash the latest ledriod v3.0.5?

may i ask whether should i flash the latest ledriod v3.0.5?
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Thats up to you, you can always flash back to the 2.4.1.
Personally i think it depends what your after i'm running a GingerBread rom on my desire HD which is pukka good but if battery life is your main priority certainly for the Desire HD the froyo roms still last longer imo, but i can only speak from the DHD perspective as thats the phone i have may be different for the desire...

To avoid later problems flash cwm 3.0.2.8 with fastboot
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[Q] Cannot access Clockwork on S-off Desire PVT4

Hello,
I'm a real newbie and decided to root my Desire PVT4. The problem is that after that I decided to go back to the stock ROM and here's what happened:
1. In the beginning I rooted it with unrEVOked.
2. Then I used alpharev 1.8 to turn S-off
3. Then I played with various ROMs after I backed up my stock ROM from ROM Manager (don't know if that's called Nandroid backup).
4. But this morning I flashed a different HBOOT (first one for Oxygen, then one for Cyanogen) to the phone and from then on didn't manage to restore the stock ROM at all, I tried using PB99IMG_stock from alpharev's website but that didn't work. The phone was still working.
5. So I decided to flash what I think it's called RUU which I downloaded separately. It loaded in HBOOT and said it cannot change bootloader (probably because I've left it S-OFF) but itand then finalized it's thing.
6. Now when I turn it on normally it loads the white HTC screen and then gives me a phone with a red triangle sign in it.
7. When I turn it on with the power key + volume down key it loads HBOOT but I cannot access Recovery to flash another ROM.
Can you tell me if there's a way I can flash a recovery tool? And if yes - is there a way to turn S-ON back on that phone in order to install a stock ROM?
Thanks

I had the same problem a while back. And I am still a noob.. but this is how I fixed it... I ran an ruu just like u did to fix a bad partition. When u do that it overwrites ur recovery partition an u loose root and clockworkmod. So now u should just be able to run unrevoked again an see if that fixes it!
Let me know if it helps!

Thank you, but does unrEVOked work when there's no access to the Android itself?
EDIT: I managed to make it run - just flashed the stock HBOOT from alpharev and then reinstalled the RUU from the HBOOT. But why is it running now, the phone is S-OFF and it now DOESN'T have root? Is there a way to remove S-OFF or it's not worth bothering?

Hmm.. I would have thought unrevoking it would have turned it to s-on.. but thats beyond me. I think if you google "Unrevoked Forever" they have something called s-on that turns it back on. but i dont think they have it for desire.. But you have to have root access and Clockworkmod i believe.

I have it running now, but like you said - couldn't find a way to turn it S-ON with Unrevoked Forever.

Clockworkmod recocvery does not work on pvt4 desires. You have to flash amonra recovery. You are s-off, so you can do it via fastboot.

Lol just a heads up. Unrevoked forever doesn't work for gsm.
Swyped...

Clockwork DOES work with PVT4 phones. I have one and, so I know. I used it to flash yesterday (if someone wants to do a guide on how to get Amon-RA, then I'm all for that, please post it)
Download ROM Manager, if you can get into your phone and you can boot to CWM from there.
When I used AlphaRev 1.8 to S-OFF it installed Clockwork for me.
However, there's a thread here that guides you through S-OFF'ing, and there's a bit at the bottom of the first post about losing recovery and how to get it back.
How to flash your recovery using ClockWork's image :
Download Clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 recovery image from official AlphaRev thread for bravo.
Move the file into "C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" (default sdk android folder's installation).
Verify MD5 checksum of the image with a freeware like HashCalc or something (IMPORTANT !).
Go to the main menu of your AlphaRev HBOOT (turn on your device with return button pressed).
Go to "FASTBOOT" mode.
Go to your computer and open a new terminal (Administrator privileges required if Windows Vista or 7).
Enter exactly this (without ") : "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img".
Now you will have a ClockWork Recovery image installed and working
Note 2 : If your device freeze on boot logo, apply your Nandroid backup that your did before S-OFF.. that should do the trick.
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you are still s-on cause the new alpharev hboots are made this way (so the ruu doesnt overwrtie them)
if you want to S-ON download bravo_downgrade from alpharev.nl, flash it using fastboot or PB99IMG method and then run a RUU
if you want to go-on with custom roms just flash new recovery image with fastboot and then a custom rom, you dont even need to root your current rom

Thank you all, your advices really helped me. Thanks!

[Q] Stuck on standard recover

I unrooted my htc desire with a ruu rom and everything was working fine.
After a while i wanted to root it again and u used unrevoked
I have now a root user
But the clockwordmod wil not install
I still have the factory recovery
It shows the nice triangle with the !
I can press up and power but this is not the niceley clockword recovery.
My hboot version is 0.93
How can i fix this ?
Regards
kraakie256

Did you try to install the rommanager and download the cwm with it?

Yes i tried no luck it doesn't boot in recover if i choose so from the rom manager

Anyone have a sollution ?????????????????

Just re-root again??!
simples

Which hardwarerevision does your desire have (boot into bootloader, look first line; it's the number behind the word pvt.
Sent from Oxygen

Thnx for the reply
PVT1
S-on
Hboot 093.00001
Radio 5.11.05.27

At first, go back to stock ruu to make sure your phone is unrooted. And now, flash amonra with unrevoked, maybe this will work.
Here you have the how to:
Download: AmonRA 2.0.0
md5sum: 4d6d17dcddc632579dcf88af6fbde0e1 - check it after downloading to make sure the file is not corrupted.
I guess all drivers are still installed (hboot, htc sync drivers) correctly?!
So put your phone again in "only charge" (plus "never ask for connection"), enable "again usb debug mode" and set again "unknown sources" (like when running the first unrevoked).
Now reboot your desire, just to be sure, because sometimes when the phone is running too long, some processes awkward.
When your desire is rebooted successfully, start unrevoked. Before connecting your phone to your computer again, press "file>custom recovery". Now choose the downloaded amonra recovery.
Then connect your phone to your computer and run the unrevoked process again.
When this is finished, try to boot into recovery again.

Thnx m8 i will try tonight when im home

Wel i reflash the stock rom Radio 5.11.05.27
But and installed the hboot driver etc but it will not root now any more
Guess the hbot driver is to new ?
it saus running root after running revoked but no root user to be found
Also the recoverimage is not pushed.

Does unrevoked give you an error?
Sent from Oxygen

Nope it said running root
But no root there
Tried two times no effect

Try to install superuser app from market.
Sent from Oxygen

It installs what now ?

kraakie256 said:
It installs what now ?
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What do you mean with lt?
Sent from Oxygen

It installs the application superuser

Sorry, i am out.
Sent from Oxygen

OK ah well thnx for the help
I will try to downgrade the hboot and see if it then work

[Q] probelm in rooting & flashing recovery

Sirs,
I need your help for my problem.
I tried to root & flash ClockworkMod Recovery image by using UnrEVOked_3.31. so by mistake the image file for ClockworkMod was corrupted. So during rooting & recovery process and after several reboot of my phone "HTC Desire", the UnrEVOked_3.31 said fail can't flash recovery image.
Then after I repeated the process again but by valid and good file image of recovery. but the process did not success, UnrEVOked_3.31 said failure.
Here, I stop and check my phone, it is working fine and I found Superuser app in application, So What does that mean, Is my phone rooted?
also, I went to HBOOT, then I selected RECOVERY in there, I saw HTC sing for part of second then return back to Hboot.
My desire information: SLCD display, Hboot v 0.93, S-ON, android 2.2
So, please give help, and I hope to heare you soon.
Regards

If You have Superuser app in application Your phone should be rooted , but if You can't open recovery something is wrong. Mayby try unroot phone to stock, and root again.
2) Or You can s-off with revolutionary and flash recovery with fastboot.
http://revolutionary.io/

Thanks for your kindly help.
before just half hour, I decided the following steps:
1.copy from SD the recovey v.2.5 have been downloaded from Rom Manager .
2.disable SIM lock and screen lock
3.use UnrEVOked_3.31 again for last time to flash recovery.
4.never touch phone until finish.
So, this time I sucessed and I flashed the recovery well.

You can use Alpharev's tool also, so go S-OFF and to use a new partition table with more data space.

phonedroid said:
You can use Alpharev's tool also, so go S-OFF and to use a new partition table with more data space.
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To use alpharev, you have to be rooted.
@OP:
Which error message did you get when flashing?
Anyway, I recommend to use revolutionary (you get root and S-OFF in two very easy steps) :
http://revolutionary.io.
BUT read documentary page before doing anything.
SwiftKeyed from CyanogenMod with Transparent XDA App

[Q] Rooted Desire Can't install a2sd , can't gain S-OFF,can't flash new recovery

Hi everyone,
I had my HTC Desire rooted and running CyanogenMod 7 since a couple of years ago.
I remeber I used Unrevoked to root it but I can't tell if I did s-off it back then.
All those years I was able to partially move the apps to the SD withou much effort.
My nightmare begun when I recently flashed the CM10.1 VJ Jelly Bean 4.2.2 v6.3 ROM
The problem is I am not able to install a2sd and overcome HTC Desire's lack of memory.
When exectuing "a2sd install" I realized I didn't had a sd-ext partition.
So, next step would be to partition the 4Gb SDCard half FAT32 , half EXT4.
I have tried to do it using several Windows apps (Easeus Partition Master, Minitool Partition Edition) , also with Gparted on Ubuntu thru VMWare . In any of those cases the phone wouldn't recognize the SD , neither inside the system , neither in recovery . It is detected as damaged and I must reformat thru the System in order to use the SD .
My current recovery is ClockWorkMod Recovery 2.5.0.7 and I can't partition thru it.
As recommended in this thread I had tried to flash the latest 4ext Recovery using fastboot in the command prompt but I have no success, probably because the phone isn't S-OFF.
Ok. So I tried to gain S-OFF using Revolutionary. Also with no success.
I was getting the following message:
"Sending in Caroline...
Retrieving Caroline from certain doom...
Retrying Caroline...
Caroline failed, but had this to say: entation fault"​
As suggested in that forum I have tried flashing a Rooted gingerbread stock sense Rom (HTC_Oficial_Stock_2.3.3_signed , downloaded from that forum) and use Revolutionary . Also no success.
I kept receiving "failed to get root" message .
I have tried using AlphaRev 1.8 and Unrevoked 3. No success at all.
I flashed back the CM10 VJ Jelly Bean Rom. Tried it all again.
And still the same results.
I am probably missing some step or some information, althought I had read different forums during the whole weekend.
There is any good soul out there that could help me ?
Some info about the mobile that may be useful:
Bravo PVT4 Ship S-On
HBoot 0.93.001
ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.7​

lucianosantana said:
Hi everyone,
I had my HTC Desire rooted and running CyanogenMod 7 since a couple of years ago.
I remeber I used Unrevoked to root it but I can't tell if I did s-off it back then.
All those years I was able to partially move the apps to the SD withou much effort.
My nightmare begun when I recently flashed the CM10.1 VJ Jelly Bean 4.2.2 v6.3 ROM
The problem is I am not able to install a2sd and overcome HTC Desire's lack of memory.
When exectuing "a2sd install" I realized I didn't had a sd-ext partition.
So, next step would be to partition the 4Gb SDCard half FAT32 , half EXT4.
I have tried to do it using several Windows apps (Easeus Partition Master, Minitool Partition Edition) , also with Gparted on Ubuntu thru VMWare . In any of those cases the phone wouldn't recognize the SD , neither inside the system , neither in recovery . It is detected as damaged and I must reformat thru the System in order to use the SD .
My current recovery is ClockWorkMod Recovery 2.5.0.7 and I can't partition thru it.
As recommended in this thread I had tried to flash the latest 4ext Recovery using fastboot in the command prompt but I have no success, probably because the phone isn't S-OFF.
Ok. So I tried to gain S-OFF using Revolutionary. Also with no success.
I was getting the following message:
"Sending in Caroline...
Retrieving Caroline from certain doom...
Retrying Caroline...
Caroline failed, but had this to say: entation fault"​
As suggested in that forum I have tried flashing a Rooted gingerbread stock sense Rom (HTC_Oficial_Stock_2.3.3_signed , downloaded from that forum) and use Revolutionary . Also no success.
I kept receiving "failed to get root" message .
I have tried using AlphaRev 1.8 and Unrevoked 3. No success at all.
I flashed back the CM10 VJ Jelly Bean Rom. Tried it all again.
And still the same results.
I am probably missing some step or some information, althought I had read different forums during the whole weekend.
There is any good soul out there that could help me ?
Some info about the mobile that may be useful:
Bravo PVT4 Ship S-On
HBoot 0.93.001
ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.0.7​
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man you are still S-on just follow http://revolutionary.io/ and you will be ok

tcris45 said:
man you are still S-on just follow http://revolutionary.io/ and you will be ok
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lol did you even read his post?!? His problem is that he cant get s-off cause revolutionary is giving errors.
From what i read it seems like you have done everything correctly except using those windows tools for partitioning. Use this guide for partitioning. But like you said, you will first need s-off to flash 4ext and partition.
You could try flashing this ruu through hboot. Put the zip on the root of your sd card (dont rename it) and then boot the phone into the bootloader using volume down + power. It will search for the file, and will ask you if you want to install it. Press volume up and user power to select yes, and then reboot. After flashing the ruu successfully try running revolutionary again, and see if it works.

chromium96 said:
lol did you even read his post?!? His problem is that he cant get s-off cause revolutionary is giving errors.
From what i read it seems like you have done everything correctly except using those windows tools for partitioning. Use this guide for partitioning. But like you said, you will first need s-off to flash 4ext and partition.
You could try flashing this ruu through hboot. Put the zip on the root of your sd card (dont rename it) and then boot the phone into the bootloader using volume down + power. It will search for the file, and will ask you if you want to install it. Press volume up and user power to select yes, and then reboot. After flashing the ruu successfully try running revolutionary again, and see if it works.
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yh think ur right, i think that for revolutionary to work u have to be Not rooted, stock rom etc etc.

chromium96 said:
lol did you even read his post?!? His problem is that he cant get s-off cause revolutionary is giving errors.
From what i read it seems like you have done everything correctly except using those windows tools for partitioning. Use this guide for partitioning. But like you said, you will first need s-off to flash 4ext and partition.
You could try flashing this ruu through hboot. Put the zip on the root of your sd card (dont rename it) and then boot the phone into the bootloader using volume down + power. It will search for the file, and will ask you if you want to install it. Press volume up and user power to select yes, and then reboot. After flashing the ruu successfully try running revolutionary again, and see if it works.
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Thank you very much chromium96 !
Everything is rocking and rolling . The "key" I was missing was to flash the RUU . After that Revolutionary worked just fine, I was able to S-OFF the phone , flahed 4Ext, partitioned my SD . and right now I'm downloading Paranoid Android 3.56 to give it a try.

lucianosantana said:
Thank you very much chromium96 !
Everything is rocking and rolling . The "key" I was missing was to flash the RUU . After that Revolutionary worked just fine, I was able to S-OFF the phone , flahed 4Ext, partitioned my SD . and right now I'm downloading Paranoid Android 3.56 to give it a try.
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Glad you got it working. Have fun with PA, the rom is great.