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Hello everyone,
I just got myself a new HTC Desire with Vodafone Branding.
HBOOT : 0.800
Software number: 1.19.161.5 (I believe this should be Android 2.1)
Kernel version : 2.6.29-b7e82785 (I guess this is still HTC original)
I wanna root my phone and if I guess that I can do further, I am also thinking of using another rom.
My main concern is that the internal memory can not fit any more apps and I still want to add more, after searching in the internet I found out that I need to root and/or to use other rom.
Second concern...I just wanna learn..
I have downloaded Unrevoked3 and the H-Boot USB driver.
From what I have read, I am all set for rooting (gonna do this tomorrow evening after work and after I have calmed down a bit, I am a bit nervous cause this is my first time ).
I have removed the HTCsync but still keeping the drivers.
I also know that I will need ClockworkMod. Make EXT2/3/4 partition with at least 512MB (I would like to make it 1gb) and optional SWAP (perhaps I will make it 256mb, do I really need SWAP?).
So, please teach me on :
1. Now about the rom, I need an Android 2.2 with optimum stability and speed, to tell you the fact, I don't even now which one and where to get it.
2. Beside the main rom, do I need also the camera and radio rom to get them running? again where to get them? How do I install them? The same way as installing the main rom (from HBOOT recovery)? Before or after installing the main rom?
3. How to make the back up of my current rom, setting, and apps? I don't have much apps yet but perhaps I would need the backup if something went wrong.
I still a whole bunch of questions but I guess those will do for now.
Please be kind and help me one this one pleaassssseeeeeeeee...
Anyway...thanks in advance.
Read in development.
Sent from my Evil Lair using Doomsday Device
1. This thread has all the rom's in it. It's all about personal taste but if you like sense i would recommend Leedroid to start with.
2. When you come form 2.1 you will need to upgrade your Radio, if you OTA upgrade to 2.2 before rooting you do not have to update your radio but you can. A link to the radio thread is also in the above link.
3.
Once you are rooted with unrevoked you can preform a nandroid form recovery or you can download Rom Manager from the market and backup via that.
If you just want to backup apps you can use titanium backup or you could sync your apps with appbrain and reinstall them.
About the ext partition, i think swap is not necessary and if you want a 1 gig partition use Gparted
Thank you very much for the answer.
I will look into those first.
If I found any trouble, I will ask you guys again.
Thank you again.
First, I wanna say thank you again.
I have read some review about the LeeDroid. It sounds very good.
I will pick LeeDroid as my first after market rom.
I will thus flash (.zip files are already downloaded in the PC) :
Leedroid 2.2e
Latest Radio ROM; 32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.27
LeeDroid 2.2e Kernel Boot Fix (Just to be sure, because I don't how my desires proc can be OCed)
DSP Manager.
My last questions:
- Is there any particular order which rom I should flash first?
Example : LeeDroid - Radio - Kernel Fix - DSP manager
-Can I flash them all with only 1 reboot (flash everything and choose reboot only once in H-Boot recovery menu)? or Do I have to flash only one at a time, reboot, and flash the next one and reboot again?
I'm not sure about radio's.
But if you flash leedroid 2.2e you need to flash it and after it (without reboot) flash the bootfix kernel.
Addons and theme's should be flash after the first full boot.
that is the correct order
you must flash the rom first, reboot, then flash the rest all in one go. REMEBER the first reboot is important!!
Got it!
Radio (I need the radio rom cause my radio rom is old, belongs to original 2.1) , Leedroid main rom and Kernel Fix in one go, then 1st reboot.
And then the other addons in one go.
and of course reboot again.
Thanks a lot guys!
aaa said:
Got it!
Radio (I need the radio rom cause my radio rom is old, belongs to original 2.1) , Leedroid main rom and Kernel Fix in one go, then 1st reboot.
And then the other addons in one go.
and of course reboot again.
Thanks a lot guys!
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check here for improved gaming performance, you can download leedroid kernel with boot fix, SD speed fix and GPU driver patch http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825304
h3llb3nd4 why is it important to reboot after rom flash?
It needs to install the boot images for the Rom.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
lots of things came up to me this weekend, I am not able to flash my Desire.
Since I am doing this for the first time, I would like to have a quite time for myself alone, so that I am calm during the flashing just in case if something went wrong.
well...I will do it (I hope) on next friday evening...
I will write again the progress next week.
Untill now all I have done is the rooting via Unrevoked3, and installing the rom manager from android market. I haven'T even formatted the sd card.
Thanks again.
OK, Go to hell with quiteness.
I can not wait hehehehe just to anxious to start flashing.
and.....
I did it...it works...
Thank you
Flashing is not that hard...hehehehe...
I have played with LeeDroid and I have to say...This can do a lot more than the original.
Hmmm...I a fan of Sense although some say it slows down the phone.
I have tried the HTC HD ROM on my Desire, I like the new sense but too bad the camera still doesn't work. I have to go back to LeeDroid just because of the camera problem.
|OP|,
I joined this forum because I am a newbie just like you (before you got your Jedi-Flashing Wings).
I too have a HTC Desire running Android 2.2 (Kernel 2.6.32.15). I have exactly the same problem as you had - I've run out of room for apps on internal memory and the standard Froyo apps2sd thing can't shift anything else to the SD card.
I'm really interested to learn how your phone handles apps now. Does your phone think it has 1 gig of internal memory? Are you able to shift every app to the SD card? Did you have to give up your HTC apps and widgets?
I would really appreciate any feedback.
Cheers!
Yup...limited room for installing apps is my main or perhaps my only reason of flashing my desire with modified rom.
- About the 1GB thing, well I didn't do it since I wanna try the flashing procedure just as it is described in youtube desire rom flashing guide (not confident enough to do it all alone), and it is shown in youtube using only 512MB
But, I will try it later (planned on december after I finish my university assignment).
-Well, I have flashed and used it only for about a day or two, so I am still not 100% sure, but all the apps I have downloaded and installed are all going to the SDCard. I guess all of them will eventually go to the SDCard.
-HTC Apps and widgets? Everything is there, as far as I noticed until now.
Now, I am enjoying the DSP equalizer, apps to SDCard (16GB ), but still afraid of OCing.
SMS, WLAN, Camera, E-Mail, etc. seem to work smooth, no bugs found so far.
My Desire seems to run faster than with the original rom, but it is just my subjectiv comparison.
The phone won't 'see' your EXT partition but when you install apps the quoted storage will barely go down...I have a 1GB EXT3 partition on my SD card for when I use a custom ROM, its 16GB so I don't miss the space as I'm on a stock ROM at present and don't use many apps
EddyOS said:
The phone won't 'see' your EXT partition but when you install apps the quoted storage will barely go down...I have a 1GB EXT3 partition on my SD card for when I use a custom ROM, its 16GB so I don't miss the space as I'm on a stock ROM at present and don't use many apps
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If the storage are going down or used slowly, is it worth to have 1GB as EXT3 or just leave it be at 512MB?
Depends on the ammount of unneccessary apps you plan to install
EddyOS said:
Depends on the ammount of unneccessary apps you plan to install
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Hahahahahahaha....
You got that one right on the spot.
Most of my apps are games.
Games are not considered as necessary apps.
I will stick with 512MB
Thanks EddyOS and |OS|,
This sounds awesome! I've got 14 MB remaining on my internal memory and a long list of apps I still want to play with.
With this news I'm going to jump into the whole flashing/rooting thing (incidently why do both of these terms have sexual overtones?).
LeeDroid here I come!
|O2| did you use the Unrevoked root method? Could you possibly post the youtube link that you mentioned? I am, as you were, quite anxious about turning my beloved Desire into an expensive paperweight so any extra tips would be very appreciated. (I have heard that it is fairly simple and has a very low risk but I'm still a bit hesitant)
Thanks again! What a wonderfully helpful community this is!
First time flashing a rom. Went for CM7. Was surprised how poorely packaged up stock android is. Things such as the dialer, calender, alarm etc. on stock look half complete, with very lacklustre UI's. Rather than spend hours looking for and downloading part decent alternatives, I just resorted to flashing a sense rom on it again. I think for speed, stock has the upper hand, but it seems faster primary because it's so lightweight.
Well it depends... I like the sense features but I like minimal design too. After putting the pros and cons together my opinion is that the sense ROMs are more complete for users like me. I am very sensible when it comes to design and I like everything to have the same design everwhere all over the OS. Only HTC does this and that is a winner for me. even if the closest thing to minimal is the slate theme... Nice looking though.
When it comes to speed there is no comparison between CM7 and any sense ROM. CM7 beats the Sh.. out of sense ROMS but I can live without that ultimate speed.
I have tried to like CM7 but I just end up going back to Sense ROMs. Now with InsertCoin CM7 + GingerBread + Sense 3.0 goodies, I don't see myself changing any time soon. The ROM is fast responsive and relatively quite bug free.
I agree I tried Ginger Villain and CM7 used them both for about 3 days and yeah the speed is blazing and the UI does very well at delivering a smooth stable experience, but soon afterwards i found my self missing that Sense touch, widgets, how hTC sense links your facebook contacts, the hTC mail widget, specific things like those found me flashing back to my beloved AuraxTSense. Right now the GB Sense 2.1 ROMS are IMO up right up there in terms of speed.
and what about mix of ginger sense? with sense 3.0?
what do you think of those ROM.s?
i flashed a couple of different 2.1 sense roms and love them, but i can't get them to work (can't install apps, and asking in the official threads gets you being called a moron)
What error/issues are you getting?
neoghio said:
What error/issues are you getting?
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aaawww, thanks...but i've been trying for 2 nights now and my brain is fried...i'm pretty sure i've given up
i've only ever used Cyanogen with S2E, with an sd-ext via Rom Manager, i'm S-On, rooted via Unrevoked, and after backing up and trying new roms and wiping and restoring, i realised when they say "CM7" they don't meant CyanogenMod7, they mean hboot (but i did laugh at myself!)
so yeah, i may try again in a couple of weeks
n7of9 said:
aaawww, thanks...but i've been trying for 2 nights now and my brain is fried...i'm pretty sure i've given up
i've only ever used Cyanogen with S2E, with an sd-ext via Rom Manager, i'm S-On, rooted via Unrevoked, and after backing up and trying new roms and wiping and restoring, i realised when they say "CM7" they don't meant CyanogenMod7, they mean hboot (but i did laugh at myself!)
so yeah, i may try again in a couple of weeks
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Download the A2SD+ version, that should work fine for you.
neoghio said:
Download the A2SD+ version, that should work fine for you.
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ok, thanks, i'll try again on the weekend...do i just use the terminal emulator instructions to move cache and dalvik to make more space for apps?
actually, that was one of the problems...market was trying to autoinstall and space was getting full so i couldn't install terminal emulator
If I am not mistaken A2SD+ installs the dalvik and all your applications automatically on the EXT partition.
I may be wrong as I am not using the A2SD+ version, I am on the CM7 Hboot version.
I like Sense, it's well designed, packs good features and all, but once i tried the speed of aosp roms i can't really go back . Customizing a bare aosp looking rom can be fun and challenging also, and i must say i quite enjoy that
vnvman said:
I like Sense, it's well designed, packs good features and all, but once i tried the speed of aosp roms i can't really go back . Customizing a bare aosp looking rom can be fun and challenging also, and i must say i quite enjoy that
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I agree with you that cutomisation can be fun... but it can also be very very time consuming. Sense provides most of what you need in one neat package. Stock android just seems half done. Simple things like the interface for the alarm clock, the dialler etc. really bring down the overall look and feel of stock.
Now I'm running sense with ADW gingerbread skin. Feel like I got best of both worlds.
neoghio said:
If I am not mistaken A2SD+ installs the dalvik and all your applications automatically on the EXT partition.
I may be wrong as I am not using the A2SD+ version, I am on the CM7 Hboot version.
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i think this worked i can't downloading from market (asking for help in official thread), but i was able to dropbox a titanium apk to install essential apps...i've had it for a couple of hours and it all seems to be working ok
i can't believe all the messing about i did with the wrong version!!
Help,
All,
I just bought HTC desire official froyo and rooted it. I want to use ROM such as CM7 or MIUI or other. can i just flash the zip. or need to upgrade kernel, radio, do nandroid back up and bla bla bla, what should i do step by step. i felt like i've lost in tracking this forum. (lazy actually)
I hope there will be some nice guy helping me.
Sorry, i just a newbie..
My desire :
froyo
Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT - 0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
Radio - 5.09.05.30_2
Clockwork Mod Recovery v2.5.0.7
kernel 2.6.32.15-gd96f2c0
[email protected] #1
coverall said:
I just bought HTC desire official froyo and rooted it...what should i do step by step.
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i can help with Cyan7
do a NAND backup just in case you don't like the ROM (trust me, sometimes you just want Sense back)
the ROM threads will tell you if you need to flash any extras, or sometimes you can flash them if you are having problems with something, but this can be done after the ROM flash...i did install the GAPPS after CM7
-backup the entire contents of you SD card to pc
-get Rom Manager from the market and create an ext-partition
-copy card contents back to SD card
-install Titanium Backup from market and periodically create backups...this will help to restore your apps and app data after flashing new ROMS
-NAND backup
-flash ROM
-get S2E from market, this will move your cache/dalvik/apps to SD
-in CM7, make sure you select to install apps to INTERNAL because S2E makes the phone think the ext partition is internal memory
(i think that's it, from memory)
coverall said:
All,
I just bought HTC desire official froyo and rooted it. I want to use ROM such as CM7 or MIUI or other. can i just flash the zip. or need to upgrade kernel, radio, do nandroid back up and bla bla bla, what should i do step by step. i felt like i've lost in tracking this forum. (lazy actually)
I hope there will be some nice guy helping me.
Sorry, i just a newbie..
My desire :
froyo
Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT - 0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
Radio - 5.09.05.30_2
Clockwork Mod Recovery v2.5.0.7
kernel 2.6.32.15-gd96f2c0
[email protected] #1
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Definitely do a nandroid backup.
I CM7 was the first ROM I flashed after hearing its reputation and to be honest yes it was blazingly fast and good but I missed the sense goodies and within a day I ended up restoring my backup of Sense.
n7of9, thats an odd issue you keep having with the market...
Did you factory wipe + wipe cache partition? SD Card formated with 1gb EXT and the rest fat32?
neoghio said:
n7of9, thats an odd issue you keep having with the market...
Did you factory wipe + wipe cache partition? SD Card formated with 1gb EXT and the rest fat32?
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both wipes, yes
ext, 512mb
so far i was looking at my app storage, which still have 100mb, but i just restored an app called Free Space and it tells me that my system space used is 97%...*sigh*
i will redo the ext partition (i wanted to avoid gparted because linux scares me)
but hey, yesterday i was installing "CM7" 2.1 sense roms because i thought it meant CyanogemMod (sshhh, don't tell anyone)
n7of9 said:
both wipes, yes
ext, 512mb
so far i was looking at my app storage, which still have 100mb, but i just restored an app called Free Space and it tells me that my system space used is 97%...*sigh*
i will redo the ext partition (i wanted to avoid gparted because linux scares me)
but hey, yesterday i was installing "CM7" 2.1 sense roms because i thought it meant CyanogemMod (sshhh, don't tell anyone)
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You don't need linux for gparted, you can use the live cd/usb and boot to it
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Try to use a DeSensenized ROM like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=789830
I'm having trouble installing any roms on my girlfriends desire. Installing roms seems to work fine, right up until i try to boot the phone, it just gets stuck at the HTC screen, I've pulled the battery and tried again, but nothing works. I've tried multiple roms, and with every one, the same problem.
The phone is rooted, HBOOT 0.93.0001, S-ON, Baseband 32.54.00.32U_5.14.05.17
Anyone know what's going on? It's been a while since I've played with android phones, so I'm not current with all the lingo. I'm currently a WP7 user
Thanks for the help!
I'm assuming then it would be a2sd Rom?? Your ext3 or 4 setup? ROM manager sucks for this, use gparted or minitools(I've never used this one) and preferably a card reader.
Sent from my HTC Desire
Ya, I tried ROM manager for the partition, I'll give gparted a shot. thanks!
Ok, formatted the sd card, and repartitioned to FAT32, and 512mb of EXT3 and the same thing happens, it just hangs at the HTC screen after installing a rom.
How long are you giving it before pulling the battery? It can take 10 or 15 minutes on first boot. I'm assuming you've tried a couple of different roms.
yes, I have tried a few different ones. I'd say the longest I waited was around 25-30 minutes. In my previous experience flashing hero roms, the most I had ever had to wait for those was about 5 minutes, so I assumed the 30 minutes was long enough, and decided that nothing was going to happen.
A Dustman said:
yes, I have tried a few different ones. I'd say the longest I waited was around 25-30 minutes. In my previous experience flashing hero roms, the most I had ever had to wait for those was about 5 minutes, so I assumed the 30 minutes was long enough, and decided that nothing was going to happen.
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i'm a previous hero owner, same thing happend to me, desire is different.
on all desire roms the op will tell you what hboot is made for and then to flash the alignement zip even if your sdcard is partioned , you have to otherwise the will never bootup and then you flash the rom plus whatever updates they suggest .
i think your hboot is stock, same as mine, but you need to S-off your phone in order to flash any roms, follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
try cool sensation or what ever takes your fancy
1-download the alignement zip , the rom and the updates if there are any
2- put all of them on your sd card (mount it or use usb card adapter)
3- go to recovery and flash them in sequence, usually alignement zip first + the rom and then reboot should be about 5 to 10mn any longer you in a bootloop means something wrong.
just have a good read before flashing any rom , and follow what they say.from step 1 till the end.
you'll get there, don't worry it wont brick your phone
I was under the impression that S-Off wasn't necessary for all roms, for example insert coin cm7. I could not get my computer to successfully boot from my flashdrive to perform the s-off with alpharev, so I skipped that step
I also flashed the alignment zip, and still had the same problem.
A Dustman said:
I was under the impression that S-Off wasn't necessary for all roms, for example insert coin cm7. I could not get my computer to successfully boot from my flashdrive to perform the s-off with alpharev, so I skipped that step
I also flashed the alignment zip, and still had the same problem.
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You don't need s-off to flash roms, I'm not and flashed many. Make sure your installing roms for the stock hboot, cm7 won't work. From what I've seen unless your having problems with your ext the alignment patches can be more trouble than good.
Sent from my HTC Desire
Thanks a lot! I found a rom that works with the stock hboot, and it worked perfectly!
What rom are you using with the stock hboot? I'm having same problem.
Also I'm assuming cm7 is cyanogenmod7, i thought it worked with the stock hboot?
Ok, so I'm having another issue now... The market is not working, I tap it, and it brings up a white loading screen for about half a second then disappears. I tried a reset, and I still have the same problem. Is there something I need to flash in order for it to work? The rom I'm on is cool sensation v6, and I didn't see anything there about anyone having market issues, so I'm not sure what the problem is.
Thanks again
EDIT: I notice that under accounts and sync, it says that sync is currently experiencing problems
EDIT EDIT: I just remembered that with my old hero, I had to first sync over 3g only, tried that, and it solved my problem.
Under Applications, find the market and try clearing the cache
A Dustman said:
I could not get my computer to successfully boot from my flashdrive to perform the s-off with alpharev, so I skipped that step
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Did you create a bootable usb drive?
firepanda said:
What rom are you using with the stock hboot? I'm having same problem.
Also I'm assuming cm7 is cyanogenmod7, i thought it worked with the stock hboot?
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It's a bit misleading, cm7 does not refer to cyanogenmod7 but cm7 partion table.
You will usually find 2 different versions of most popular ROMs.
1. A2sd
apps2sd, usually A2sd+. This requires the stock partion table. You do not need to be S-off to flash these ROMs
2. CM7
This refers to the CM7 partion table (custom Hboot). To repartion your nand you need to be S-off. These ROMs are data++ ROMs.
So, no you do not need to be S-off to flash custom ROMs, you do need to be S-off to resize your partion tables. More info in this thread:
This explains Data++ versus A2SD very well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14615477#post14615477
I rooted my Desire (SLCD; Unrevoked 3) and it seems to be ok. Non-sense ROMs (and stock rom) are working correctly - no problems. But sense ROMs hang my desire. I have to reset phone. Any ideas to fix it?
sorry for my english, I tried to write correctly
I've tried some sense ROM (2.1, 3.0, and mix), and for me too, the phone become laggy.
Actually I'm testing the gingerburst ROM (GB+sense 2.1) witch uses Data2SD to increase memory.
working perfectly - very smooth
b.andy said:
I rooted my Desire (SLCD; Unrevoked 3) and it seems to be ok. Non-sense ROMs (and stock rom) are working correctly - no problems. But sense ROMs hang my desire. I have to reset phone. Any ideas to fix it?
sorry for my english, I tried to write correctly
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When you say it hangs your Desire do you mean on boot or when you get to the homescreen/lockscreen?
(The english is ok by the way)
It hangs when it gets lockscreen. I wait about 10 minutes. On non-sense roms (cyanogenmod, aosp) and stock rom there are no problems. But I bought desire only for sense (especially for Sense 3.0)
@black3yed
I have never used data2sd, I will try that ROM.
Make sure you download correct version of the rom and configure your sd card correctly.
Swyped from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
Similar issue here...
I have an unbranded original AMOLED Desire on Froyo.
Unrevoked 3 and AlphaRev S-OFF went fine. Took a nandroid backup.
I thought bravo_alphaspl-sense.img was supposed to allow the use of the original stock ROM, but installing it and restoring the backup makes the phone hang at "WHY SO SERIOUS?". After restoring the original partition table and reloading the nandroid backup it now seems fine again.
Is there no way to use the patched HBOOT partition tables with the stock Froyo ROM?
Any suggestions? I tried the IRC but no-one answered, but I'm a total IRC noob so I might have been doing it wrong.
I have tried searching for this, with little luck.
Alan
amh15 said:
Similar issue here...
I have an unbranded original AMOLED Desire on Froyo.
Unrevoked 3 and AlphaRev S-OFF went fine. Took a nandroid backup.
I thought bravo_alphaspl-sense.img was supposed to allow the use of the original stock ROM, but installing it and restoring the backup makes the phone hang at "WHY SO SERIOUS?". After restoring the original partition table and reloading the nandroid backup it now seems fine again.
Is there no way to use the patched HBOOT partition tables with the stock Froyo ROM?
Any suggestions? I tried the IRC but no-one answered, but I'm a total IRC noob so I might have been doing it wrong.
I have tried searching for this, with little luck.
Alan
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With a nandroid backup, you make a complete image of the phone's state. This includes all partitions on the phone (/data, /system, /cache) and maybe on the sd card (sd-ext).
The sense partition table and the stock partition have different partition sizes for /system and /data. Important here is the /system partition. Stock roms (or better all sense roms) use not less then around 200 mb of the /system partition. All different partition tables than the stock one have a maximal size of 180 mb /system partition.
So if you restore a backup from a stock rom using a different partition table than the stock one, you want to move 200 mb to a place that has only max 180 mb free. That's why you get stuck at the alpharev splash screen.
The exceptions of this explanation are the sense roms here, from which mostly two different versions exist: One for stock hboot, one fore cm7 hboot. But this exception is not the case here.
Conclusion: When you use a stock rom, you cannot use any other partition table than the stock one. Unless, you do some modifications (see the post below).
MatDrOiD said:
Conclusion: When you use a stock rom, you cannot use any other partition table than the stock one.
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Wrong.
erklat said:
Wrong.
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Nice, thanks. Never heard about it.
I've got s-on, is it important?
No it's not, you either:
1. Trying to flash a ROM for non stock hboot (you need S-OFF and custom Hboot for this)
2. Didnt partitioned you SD Card with ext partition (or did it wrong)
amh15 said:
Similar issue here...
I have an unbranded original AMOLED Desire on Froyo.
Unrevoked 3 and AlphaRev S-OFF went fine. Took a nandroid backup.
I thought bravo_alphaspl-sense.img was supposed to allow the use of the original stock ROM, but installing it and restoring the backup makes the phone hang at "WHY SO SERIOUS?". After restoring the original partition table and reloading the nandroid backup it now seems fine again.
Is there no way to use the patched HBOOT partition tables with the stock Froyo ROM?
Any suggestions? I tried the IRC but no-one answered, but I'm a total IRC noob so I might have been doing it wrong.
I have tried searching for this, with little luck.
Alan
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HBOOT zip files (update with alpharev recovery) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1147184
Custom HBOOT (update with alpharev recovery): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=806321
And look at my sig for a very good sense2.1 + sense3.0 addons
Hmm, i am e newbie here with the same problem on my HTC HD2.
all roms work fine except the ones WITH sense. Every one hangs at boot screen.
(the screen where it shows HTC originally i believe) just before the lock screen appears.
now i see i MUST partition my SD card (EXT3/EXT4) in order to use roms with sense ?
Yes.. I believe most ROMs require an EXT Partition on your sdcard. Can use gparted or minitool to partition it.
Another point to note is that sense 3 ROMs sometimes take AGES on first boot... sometimes it's a good idea to just leave it.. go do something, watch some tv.. go to the crapper, watch some more tv.. and then find it booted
bortak said:
Yes.. I believe most ROMs require an EXT Partition on your sdcard. Can use gparted or minitool to partition it.
Another point to note is that sense 3 ROMs sometimes take AGES on first boot... sometimes it's a good idea to just leave it.. go do something, watch some tv.. go to the crapper, watch some more tv.. and then find it booted
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Thank you for your reply.
it is driving me nuts.
i will take your advice.
an hour will be enough i guess ?
after that, it just doesnt boot, right ?
Nachoman2010 said:
an hour will be enough i guess ?
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If it isn't booted after 20 minutes tops, it is likely it will not boot at all.
Hello guys!
First of all I would like to thank everyone who participates at XDA Developers. Incredible Job!
Since a few weeks I'm having problems with my HTC Desire using several ROMs.
I've been using Mildwild 3.2 since a few months and it went like a charm, so there was actually no need for me to change it. But then Mildwild 4.0 was released and for some reason I thought it might be a good idea to update my Desire to the latest Version.
I took my AData 16GB Class 10 SD Card and used GParted to partition the Card like it was supposed to be. 1GB Ext3. But when I installed Mildwild 4.0 I always had the same problem that when installing Apps the phone just "rebooted".. I'm using quotation marks, as it does not completely reboot, but instead only shows the "Mildwild" Logo (not the green HTC text on white background). The app is not installed. When i completely reboot the phone it is most likely to happen, that i can install the app without any problem.
As I did not find any solution to this and Mildwild started working on an ICS ROM i decided to switch to a different ROM that i already experienced a few months ago (at leat its predecessor) - Redux2 ZM 4.4. As I always thought that the problem is caused by my SD Card i decided to buy 4EXT Recovery from market and clean up everything before installing it. I formated everything /boot, /sdcard/, etc. - everything! And repartitioned the SD Card with 1GB Ext3 and 15GB Fat32. After installing Thalamus r4 kernel and redux2 everything has been restored from google servers like a charm, but for some reason some apps could not be downloaded. When I tried to install them manually after the automatic download finished.. guess what happened? The phone rebooted with the "redux" animation..
I actually dont have any idea anymore, what the reason could actually be. Maybe you can help me with my problem, as i just want to use a stable ROM on my beloved desire.
Thx in advance and sorry if i didnt find a thread that already discusses this problem!
i suggest you unstall some apps,because i've gone through this problem.It happens when there was a little space left.
Well, it says 130 MB left on internal storage
Same problem - no solution yet
Hi - I have also been having the same problem for the last 3 or so days. However, I am on an HTC Desire using LeeDroid ROM - so it would seem that this problem is not dependent on the ROM. Would be very grateful for a solution. This is starting to drive me nuts.
Im still struggelin with the problem. I thought it might be caused be a corrupted partition table? The idea with low space might also be the problem. Actually there are like 110 MB free whenever i look it up, but there might be peaks where it is lot less.. seen 40mb space left already. But why is this possible anyway? Thought this is the reason i have a sdext partition..
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Still struggling..
Me too. Just out of interest, are you running wavesecure? Long shot, but I was wondering if this is somehow connected. Nasty piece of software!
What is wavesecure?
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ok, i just wiped everything, formatted everything, repartitioned everything (1 gb ext4), flashed stock hboot, wiped everything again, flashed cm7r2 hboot, wiped everything again, flashed mildwild 4.0, flashed kernel r4.. booted once, set SD-EXT to active, rebooted, set sd-ext to default installation location, rebooted again.. now apps are downloading from the google servers and everything seems to work like a charm.. no "reboots" which i had the last few weeks.. ill keep u up to date
Sry for bringing this thread up again, but looks like I'm having the same problem as mentioned in the first post. Almost everytime I try to update or download new application, phone does the same as thread author described.
I'm on stock HBOOT if it means anything, Mildwild 4.8 based on Oxygen. Do I have to update HBOOT to fix this or is there another solution ?
Domido said:
Sry for bringing this thread up again, but looks like I'm having the same problem as mentioned in the first post. Almost everytime I try to update or download new application, phone does the same as thread author described.
I'm on stock HBOOT if it means anything, Mildwild 4.8 based on Oxygen. Do I have to update HBOOT to fix this or is there another solution ?
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Changing hboot doesn't help.
Just do what the OP did. Wipe everything, repartition your sd-card, and then see what happens.
I'll give it a try, I see Nobizzle did flash cm7r2 hboot so that is the reason I asked that. Nevermind, I'll stick with stock and report result after I finish.