Hi I am new to XDA Developers forums but I rooted my desire about a year ago. Today Im planning to flash the cm7r2 hboot, however im having trouble. I put the PB99IMG.zip on to the root of my sdcard but hboot doesn't detect it. Can someone tell me how to do it or did I do something wrong? please help thanks!!!:good:
BrendanWk said:
Hi I am new to XDA Developers forums but I rooted my desire about a year ago. Today Im planning to flash the cm7r2 hboot, however im having trouble. I put the PB99IMG.zip on to the root of my sdcard but hboot doesn't detect it. Can someone tell me how to do it or did I do something wrong? please help thanks!!!:good:
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- Make sure you have a nandroid backup before attempting any of this
- You need to be S-OFF to flash a different hboot. Search 'revolutionary' if you are S-ON
- If the PB99IMG.zip method doesn't work for some reason, try flashing it manually through fastboot
- Remember you can't just flash cm7r2 hboot without a ROM which is compatible with it, otherwise it won't boot up (phone will get stuck on splash screen otherwise). You must either:
be already on a cm7r2 compatible ROM. After flashing the cm7r2 hboot, reboot into recovery, full wipe and then restore the nandroid
or have a cm7r2 ROM.zip alreay on the sdcard to make it easier. After flashing the cm7r2 hboot, boot into recovery, full wipe and then flash new ROM.zip.
eddiehk6 said:
- Make sure you have a nandroid backup before attempting any of this
- You need to be S-OFF to flash a different hboot. Search 'revolutionary' if you are S-ON
- If the PB99IMG.zip method doesn't work for some reason, try flashing it manually through fastboot
- Remember you can't just flash cm7r2 hboot without a ROM which is compatible with it, otherwise it won't boot up (phone will get stuck on splash screen otherwise). You must either:
be already on a cm7r2 compatible ROM. After flashing the cm7r2 hboot, reboot into recovery, full wipe and then restore the nandroid
or have a cm7r2 ROM.zip alreay on the sdcard to make it easier. After flashing the cm7r2 hboot, boot into recovery, full wipe and then flash new ROM.zip.
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I fastboot flashed it! Thanks For your help!:good:
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I S-Offed my desire yesterday and now I'm having lots of issues with it. No matter what ROM I'm using then it won't open any launcher and force closes it when I boot it. This started happening this morning after I did 3 things:
S-Offed my phone
created a 1GB ext partition with no swap
install amon ra recovery
shozzking said:
I S-Offed my desire yesterday and now I'm having lots of issues with it. No matter what ROM I'm using then it won't open any launcher and force closes it when I boot it. This started happening this morning after I did 3 things:
S-Offed my phone
created a 1GB ext partition with no swap
install amon ra recovery
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You could: Try flashing a new recovery.
If it doesnt help, flash the stock Pb99img.zip (not alpharev one) after removing hboot.nb0 and recovery.img
Alternately, you could manually "fastboot flash " boot.img, system.img, userdata.img and radio.img of a stock rom. Nandroid before doing it.
I have
unrevoked-forever-son.zip
for restoring s-on
and
PB31IMG_3.26.605.1_RUU.zip
for the default rom.
Do I wipe everything in cwr 5
then flash the ruu.zip in cwr
then flash s-on.zip?
I'm asking what the order of application
should be?
Thanks
fuzzynco said:
I have
unrevoked-forever-son.zip
for restoring s-on
and
PB31IMG_3.26.605.1_RUU.zip
for the default rom.
Do I wipe everything in cwr 5
then flash the ruu.zip in cwr
then flash s-on.zip?
I'm asking what the order of application
should be?
Thanks
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1. Flash stock froyo radio 2.15.00.07.28 (http://pvillecomp.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Radio/PB31IMG-radio-2.15.00.07.28.zip) thru hboot as a PB31IMG.zip
2. Flash s-on.zip thru clockwork recovery.
3. Ruu thru hboot as a PB31IMG.zip
DONE Your phone is complete stock again.
I have a Wildfire as above.
I was given it with 2.2.1 installed and have boot unlocked thru the HTC Dev website. The bootloader shows that the handset is currently S-on.
Can I root from here to install a custom ROM? And if so, how?
all you need its here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035 ...you will need to downgrade your HBoot first, but everything its explain in the link, its not very difficult but it takes a while and its a bit scary first time haha.
You can follow that guide posted above, or a far simpler method would be to flash a Custom Recovery (Via Fastboot) and then flash the ROM of your choice.
Custom Recovery flashing steps can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21310836&postcount=22
Once you have Clockworkmod installed, the instructions to install a Custom ROM can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8926457&postcount=4
Good Luck
CWM is now installed and backup complete.
Will be installing ROM soon. Thank you all for your help!!
hi Fedrat,
I have followed 3xeno' instructions and successfuly installed CWM, however I do not see CWM as an app or an option anywhere when I reboot.
It doesn't solve my S-ON problem and doesn't root my phone still showing HBOOT 1.02.0000 and cannot move to flashing a new rom until that gets out of the way.
What did I miss? and did you successfully install a new ROM?
Thanks
Cwm is an advanced recovery, it's written to the recovery partition which is hidden so the average Joe cannot mess with it.
Press volume down + power to get into hboot when the phone is off, then choose recovery and it will take you there.
Unlocking the bootloader doesn't give root access but it does set you up for it, most roms come pre rooted so once you get into Cwm first backup your stock rom then wipe cache, data, dalvik cache and flash your new rom from the install zip from sd menu.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using xda premium
Hi,
I have the following setup (attachment)
I would like to install CM. Do I have any options with this HBoot? When installing CWM over Fastboot I get an OKAY, but can not boot into recovery.
Would really appreciate any help.
Thanks!
Downgrade your hboot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564644
Or try flashing another recovery, like 4ext.
Hi,
I'm not content with the performance of KitKat ROMs on the desire and wanted to try an older Gingerbread ROM. I wanted to try MildWild 5 or Oxygen 2.3.2 but I'm having problems.
I was on HBoot Alpharev Jelly (250/5/182) and was running TWRP 2.7.1.0. I tried to flash the HBoot oxygen r2 alpharev, which worked fine, but then I couldn't boot into TWRP any more I just get stuck at the TWRP boot logo.
I guessed it was maybe due to system partition being too small for twrp (?) and flashed cm7r2 hboot, but that didn't help, still stuck at TWRP boot screen. After that I tried to flash 4ext v1.0.0.5 RC9 recovery, but this one boots without showing me any buttons (really strange). I can drag down the "Welcome to 4EXT Recovery Touch by madmaxx82 (...etc)"-screen so this recovery seems to work a little bit?! Useless without any buttons tho.
I'm really confused and don't want to continue as I'm apparently not as certain about what I'm doing as I thought I was.
Do I need CWM Recovery for gingerbread ROMs? Are TWRP and 4EXT not working because system partition is too small? (as I said above, I'm atm on Bravo CM7 r2 (145/5/287) from http://alpharev.nl/
What do I need to do to get older ROMs working?
Recovery is installed to a separate partition, not the /system partition so that's not the problem.
TWRP or 4EXT should work fine for installation of any ROM. I personally used 4EXT for older GB ROMs no issue.
All I can suggest is to redownload the 4EXT recovery.img, check the md5sum and flash using fastboot
As a last resort, backup everything (apps/contacts/SMS etc), and flash the 2.3.3 RUU to go completely stock (+stock recovery)
Then S-OFF and flash 4EXT again.
I'm very puzzled at the moment.
I thought running the 2.3.3 RUU won't get you back to S-On as alpharev hboots are protected? I also don't quite see the reason for going S-On again.
I tried flashing TWRP 2710, TWRP 2630 and 4EXT v1.0.0.5 RC9 using either fastboot or PB99IMG-method. I get no errors while flashing, but the recoveries don't work properly. TWRP always gets stuck at its boot screen and 4ext boots, but then doesn't show me any buttons. I checked the MD5 of the images before flashing every time.
My bootloader atm shows me:
AlphaRev CM7 r2
BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-OFF
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.17.05.23
Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18
I was on TWRP 2710 when I changed my hboot from alpharev jelly to alpharev oxygen r2 (or now alpharev cm7 r2). This recovery has a bug which deletes the tmp directory all the time (you can't flash from this recovery unless you run "mkdir tmp" in a terminal). Could this be the reason why the recoveries now are not working any more?
I think I'll try to flash alpharev jelly and restore a nandroid (to see if a recovery would work then) before running a RUU.
Flashed alpharev jelly hboot and the recovery is working again (atm twrp 2630)
So how do I do this properly without running into the same problem again?
Simply wipe everything except for the SD card of course and then flash your new hboot.
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It works now.
What I did: Flash 4EXT recovery on alpharev jelly, flash manwild from recovery, wipe everything except sdcard, flash alpharev cm7r2, flash Manwild
No idea what went wrong in the first place, but everything works now and the ROM is great!
Thanks!