Hmmm, got a problem. I created a goldcard and flashed to the debranded 2.1 rom no problems:
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe
As I was reading the OTA update has been pulled I followed the instructions on
geekword.net titled manually-install-froyo-htc-desire/
I put the froyo update.zip on my sd card. Booted into recovery and got a message:
E:can't open /cache/recovery/command
I proceeded to run update.zip anyway (stupid me)
Now my phone boots to the stage where I see the wallpaper and it wants to access my sim card then reboots. This continues until I have to pull my battery.
Is there a way to go back to the debranded 2.1 rom? Can I recover my 2.2 rom from here. Any help fixing this would be really appreciated.
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Check out, this may help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7516349&postcount=3
Put the PB99IMG.zip from the thread downgrade HBOOT 0.92 to 0.80 in the dev section on your goldcard and do the described recovery. Its the only way, just did it myself a couple of minutes ago...
Thanks for the help people. I put the same update.zip I used previously on the goldcard and updated from there. Before I had update.zip on a separate formated sdcard. My phone now boots up.
A strange problem I now have is that my phone reboots everytime I try and install an app from the market. Has anyone seen this before.
photon00 said:
Thanks for the help people. I put the same update.zip I used previously on the goldcard and updated from there. Before I had update.zip on a separate formated sdcard. My phone now boots up.
A strange problem I now have is that my phone reboots everytime I try and install an app from the market. Has anyone seen this before.
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Actually, this problem is fixed just by doing a factory reset. I can now install apps from the market. Thanks again for all the help.
I have a Bell HTC Desire-Z
I am having hell of a time with this. I rooted my phone and have S-OFF. I have currently installed cyanogenmod 6.1 installed with rom manager and clockworkmod recovery 2.5.1 I believe.
I have the tried quite a few things to restore it and have read probably for 15 hours.
I have tried the RUU RUU_Vision_BellMobility_WWE_1.34.666.1_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.18_M2_release_154437_signed.exe
and it recognizes my phone, startes the process but doesn't get past the part "looking for bootloader" and my phone just stays at the black screen with HTC written in white.
If someone can point me in to where I am going wrong here I'd love your life.
Even if you could tell me how to get modaco v8 installed. When I boot into clockwork and install the zip from sd card I get a line error.
Bad download?? Sure it's the complete rom (or just the radio??) Download the rom again and copy it trough USB to the root of your SD card. Be sure you have ENG HBOOT on there also. Reboot into recovery and choose install zip from sd-card.
Which rom are you talking about? The RUU comes in .exe files. I have hbooteng.img on my SD card root.
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I finally got it back to stock, was able to find a backup of Bell HTC Desire Z.
I am a newbie in this rom flashing land.
I managed to root my Desire this morning using unrevoked 3 method. It was successful. I then installed Rom Manager (free) from Market and tried to make a backup. It ran smoothly until the phone rebooted. The reboot looped at HTC logo.
After searching around, I go to Recovery and restore the newly backup image and the phone went back online. I thought I had bricked my Desire already. .
I have the following questions, please enlighten me:
1) What might cause the shocking loop?
2) In the unrevoked 3 program, I notice that the "Disable Security" was checked when I managed to root the Desire. Does that mean I have S-OFFed the Desire as well in the process? If it is still S-ON, how can I tell and if I download a ROM and try to flash it (I still don't know how), will there be any undoable problems?
Thanks
1. Probably ROM Manager - use the flashed recovery - it works all the time.
2. Unrevoked3 does not S-OFF your phone, you need alpharev for that. To make it sure turn off your phone and reboot to bootlader (Holding VOL- and POWER keys). For the ROM part, check each ROM's thread for requirements to avoid problems.
Hi nqk.
I have only been looking into rooting for a couple of weeks and had the very same experience as yourself. (and the security off bit too). Bricked already!!
Before I had S-Off I tried both CM7 and oxygen, they both worked ok, but if your reason for rooting is the gain memory with the desire I would certainly say go down the alpharev road and use a new HBoot.
The stickies on the development section really do explain it well for us "noobs".
Currently I am running Oxygen 2.1.4, Alpharev oxygen r2 HBoot and S-Off running a 1GB ext4 partition.
Just so giddy with the amount of space available!!
I flashed new custom rom with s-on and stock hboot. Everything is fine so far.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
few times when I have rooted using unrevoked3.21 and run a backup from Clockwork recovery 2.5.0.8 (?) it has stuck on the htc screen... not a great problem as I have usually flashed it straight after - but still annoying
Lothaen said:
few times when I have rooted using unrevoked3.21 and run a backup from Clockwork recovery 2.5.0.8 (?) it has stuck on the htc screen... not a great problem as I have usually flashed it straight after - but still annoying
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It happened to me when it was still connected with pc via usb cable. You can try removing that.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
Before I even started to think about posting this, I did some searching to see if others have gotten my problem before. I read the threads and seen that the advice they were given turned out to be solutions.
I'm stuck on the HTC INCREDIBLE boot screen. I've taken out the battery, tried to wipe the phone by doing factory reset, done an old restore, and yet, still no progress.
I'm at HBOOT 0.92, Radio 2.5 if those specs are even necessary to know of. I can get into clockworkmod recovery but the options there aren't working for me.
Any suggestions?
Does your cwm recovery work. If so restore a backup and if you don't have any, download a Rom and put it on your SD card and instal it through cwm recovery. You can buy a 2 gb micro SD from best buy or somewhere and it should have a SD card adapter so you can put it in your computer and put the .zip file on your SD card
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I'd try maybe reflashing your recovery or the stock image (RUU), files are available at www.dougpiston.com
Check if your still s-off in hboot. If not you may have to the dougpiston PB31IMG.zip like the poster above me said.
|☆|P U R E|★|S P E E D|☆| V4
I downloaded the PB31IMG.zip and when I tried to install it, it said "Installation Aborted". So now, I'm going to try the RUU. I'll keep you guys updated on my progress..
UPDATE:
I just tried to run the RUU, but it said there was a USB connection error. I'm out of luck now and have no idea what to do now..
You don't flash the PB31IMG.zip in recovery, you put it on the root of your SD card and boot into hboot. Then it'll ask you if you want to update.
Wow! I am forever greatful for the help you guys have given me! I got it to work, thanks!
Glad that you got it working!
Hi guys!
Today, I was messing with my Desire (S-OFF, rooted, stock android 2.3.3) and I had to do a factory reset (I went to settings and wiped all data (including SDcard))...
So after that, the phone DID work, but Superuser had constant crashes and I didn't have root (no matter how many times I flashed the su or su binary .zip).
And I decided to go with a custom ROM, so I put a NAND backup of Aurora v6 (sense 3.0 rom) into sdcard>clockworkmod>backup.
Tried that and it didn't work... I was stuck in a loop:
boot logo>boot animation>power off>repeat
So I took the battery out, went to recovery and mounted my SDcard to my PC and put the ROM's zip file onto it... Tried installing and it didn't work (again, the boot loop). I also tried with a different ROM (runnymede's sense 3.5), but the result was the same...
Does anyone know what I did to pi** my Desire off so much?
And how do I fix it?
I've been at it for hours now, but no matter what I do in recovery (or hboot or fastboot), nothing seems to work!
EDIT1: Downloading a stock RUU, hope this helps...
EDIT2: The stock RUU didn't work... Guess I'd have to have a working Desire for this...
EDIT3: I've noticed that the boot animation isn't HTC's anymore... It's text, saying 'android'... Now I'm really out of ideas...
EDIT4: I pressed the 'clear data' or something similar button in bootloader... Seems that caused the weird boot animation? Trying to flash ROMs now
A few questions first:
1. Which hboot do you have?
2. Which RUU did you use?
3. What error did you get using RUU?
4. Which method for RUU did you use (run from PC or PB99IMG.zip?
5. How you did partition your sd card and did you make sd-ext (all advance roms sense 3.0 and 3.5 require sd-ext)?
Do these ROMs require ext partitions. Check in ROM threads. If nothing works best to downgrade hboot and run ruu 2.3. Thereafter run revolutionary.
Sent from my HTC Desire
A few answers (only correct if RUU is sort of an android installer)
1.I have the stock hboot (unless I broke that somehow with all my button pressing...)
2.The RUU's name is RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed
3.Well, since I was only able to try in the bootloader and in the recovery (mount USB storage), both times the error was the same; the installer was unable to detect my Desire...
4.I don't quite understand that (I'm a noob when it comes to 'codenamed' thingies)... What I did was I just downloaded the .exe file and ran it
5.I've tried both with a completely blank SDcard and a partitioned one (256MB size, 0MB swap size)...
Just to point out though that the Aurora ROM didn't need a partitioned SDcard the first time I installed it (when my Desire wasn't in this weird state).
Thanks for your quick reply!
EDIT1:
@handy5876: Yes, they both recommend an ext3 or ext4 SDcard partition. But as said above, the Aurora v6 ROM worked just fine with no partition at all!
someone755 said:
A few answers (only correct if RUU is sort of an android installer)
1.I have the stock hboot (unless I broke that somehow with all my button pressing...)
2.The RUU's name is RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed
3.Well, since I was only able to try in the bootloader and in the recovery (mount USB storage), both times the error was the same; the installer was unable to detect my Desire...
4.I don't quite understand that (I'm a noob when it comes to 'codenamed' thingies)... What I did was I just downloaded the .exe file and ran it
5.I've tried both with a completely blank SDcard and a partitioned one (256MB size, 0MB swap size)...
Just to point out though that the Aurora ROM didn't need a partitioned SDcard the first time I installed it (when my Desire wasn't in this weird state).
Thanks for your quick reply!
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Ok, if you mean stock hboot, which stock Alpharev or HTC? If you have HTC one continue reading. If not reboot phone with power and volume down and see what is written on the top of the screen.
Download 2.3 RUU you have a guide in my signature.
Run RUU from bootloader, not recovery just reboot phone with power-volume down and run it from white screen.
I tried with the Aurora ROM again... Now it's just stuck at the bootimage!
Time to listen to a pro
My Hboot doesn't say anything about alpharev... But nobody ever changed that, so it must be HTC, right?
So, the *almost* top of the screen should say 'HBOOT USB PLUG' while running the RUU...?
I already tried that with (I think) Android 2.2 but it didn't detect my phone...
Downloading the 2.3 RUU
someone755 said:
I tried with the Aurora ROM again... Now it's just stuck at the bootimage!
Time to listen to a pro
My Hboot doesn't say anything about alpharev... But nobody ever changed that, so it must be HTC, right?
So, the *almost* top of the screen should say 'HBOOT USB PLUG' while running the RUU...?
I already tried that with (I think) Android 2.2 but it didn't detect my phone...
Downloading the 2.3 RUU
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Then you're ready to go with RUU, just run it from that screen.
Sorry for the slow response, I had to eat meh lunch (while the battery was charging)
I'm getting the 'LOW MAIN BATTERY POWER' error [120]... apparently the battery level is under 30%, even after a 1h charge...
Waiting some more for it to charge, and I have a feeling this 2.3.3 RUU thing just might fix meh problems
Lol the 2.3 upgrade has saved a good few phones this past week
Sent from my HTC Desire
jmcclue said:
Lol the 2.3 upgrade has saved a good few phones this past week
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Yeah, tell me about it
This is the ultimate HTC Desire un-brick tutorial in this thread
Here is the explanation how all that works.
Okay, so my phone is still not working, as the RUU thinks its battery is under 30%, even though my Desire is fully charged up...
Is wiping battery stats a good idea?
@nlooooo: Thanks! Now I finally! have at least part of the idea how it all works
EDIT: The RUU thinks my battery is less than 30%, even though it has been charging since my last post (and the green LED confirms it's full).
Why?? I just wiped the battery stats, should I do anything else?
EDIT2: Switched from BOOTLOADER USB to FASTBOOT USB, it now seems to work...
As I understand, from here on I can restore NAND backups?
I'm only asking so I wont have to go through this all again -.-'
EDIT3: Just installed Revolutionary CWM (the easiest way to get CWM), flashed su zip... Superuser finally works and my su binary was auto-updated (after many months of manual updates)
Still, can I do NAND restores safely right now?
You'll have to s-off your device and the tool you need to use will flash recovery.
For s-off see this:
revolutionary.io
And read the guide given. Don't worry it will ask you for your IMEI when you start download it's just for the purpose of building your beta license key.
After you flash recovery I think you know what to do...
I already s-off'd the first day I got the thing seems like S-OFF never disappears...?
Just flashed CWM with revolutionary, too (I'll update later) and just flashed su zip.
But is it safe for me to restore NAND backups of other roms? Or must I first install the rom and then restore the NAND?
Now you are on stock hboot with data partition at 147 MB. If your NAND backup data partition is more than 147MB you will get into trouble.
How can my NAND backup partition be different than the one I have now (stock) if I've always had it...? This is sort of confusing... :S
someone755 said:
I already s-off'd the first day I got the thing seems like S-OFF never disappears...?
Just flashed CWM with revolutionary, too (I'll update later) and just flashed su zip.
But is it safe for me to restore NAND backups of other roms? Or must I first install the rom and then restore the NAND?
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You can restore just backup you don't need to flash rom. But first try to boot with stock 2.3.
So RUU finished with no problems? Now I'm not sure which hboot you have cause if you s-off with revolutionary on the top of the screen pink revolutionary should be written, and it doesn't disappear because RUU can't overwrite custom flashed hboots (alpharev or revolutionary).
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handy5876 said:
Now you are on stock hboot with data partition at 147 MB. If your NAND backup data partition is more than 147MB you will get into trouble.
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He was on stock before so no problems should occur.
I'd be much happier if you wrote that in your native language (Serbian), since I didn't get any of that... (and yes, I understand Serbian)
I think I have the stock hboot, but I never changed it, so what else could it be?
I S-OFF'd my Desire using Revolutionary, and no RUU, ROM flash or ZIP install could ever make it S-ON'd...
And on top of hboot there is a pink 'Recolutionary' sign...