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!
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Hi everyone. I'm having some problems with my Recovery which I can't seem to figure out:
I tried to mod my phone with CM6.1 the other day using ROM Manager. ROM downloaded and started to install, no problems. When it tried to boot up again, it got stuck in a loop at the CM loading screen. When I tried to reboot in to Clockword Mod Recovery, all I got was a picture of a phone with a triangle (can't remember which colour - think it was green). Eventually I realised that was a stock recovery and managed to get my phone restored to my backup but I can't seem to get my recovery to go to anything but the stock one. Rom Manager reports Clockwork Recovery reports ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7 installed and I've tried using Rom Manager, Android Commander and UnrEVOked to flash ClockworkMod and Amon-Ra and nothing works - I'm still at the built-in recovery.
Now, If I boot in to recovery, I get the red triangle and a message on screen stating "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command".
If I do use the built-in recovery to flash ClockworkMod as an update.zip, ClockworkMod launches but when I reboot, it's gone again and I'm back to stock.
Any ideas?
Thank you!
"Android Commander and UnrEVOked to flash ClockworkMod and Amon-Ra and nothing works" make sure youre trying to flash a .img file
"Clockwork Recovery reports ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7 installed" that because the recovery (.zip) is saved on the SDCARD. When booting Recovery from ROM Manager, youre fake-flashing the file (.zip)
"If I do use the built-in recovery to flash ClockworkMod as an update.zip, ClockworkMod launches but when I reboot, it's gone again and I'm back to stock." thats fake-flashing
what HBOOT are you on??
EDIT: You should S-OFF your Desire "http://alpharev.nl/".
WARNING: When using S-OFF your flashing a custom HBOOT. If that goes wrong, it may brick your Desire. If you use S-OFF, then you can flash a permanent recovery using fastboot
Thanks Chris. Any idea why it would have reverted though? I used to have a permanent version of ClockworkMod until the other week
Edit: HBOOT just says 0.80.0000 and has 3 androids on skateboards
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Go back to stock, download the original ruu for you phone. After that try rooting again.
Rats - had a feeling that may be the answer. Think I'll be able to restore a backup?
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I fake-flash all the time. I once messed up a ROM's installation and got stuck because it messed up the recovery too.
The loop startup is probably caused by older cache from your previous ROM. Just boot up recovery again, clear cache and restore factory settings and then flash your CM again. Should do the trick.
Chris016 said:
what HBOOT are you on??
EDIT: You should S-OFF your Desire "http://alpharev.nl/".
WARNING: When using S-OFF your flashing a custom HBOOT. If that goes wrong, it may brick your Desire. If you use S-OFF, then you can flash a permanent recovery using fastboot
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Flashed my HBOOT with AlphaRev - those guys are brilliant, coding that!
Thank you for your help!
Bingo!
Think I've nailed it now!
I used Fastboot Commander [v.1.0] to flash Amon-RA which took and stayed!
To confirm: I installed AlphaRev bootloader to S-OFF then Fastboot Commander to flash Amon-RA. Hopefully, I'll now be able to flash Clockwork Recovery again (as I use Rom Manager) and be back up and running!
Think I may skip CM6.1...
Today I did S-OFF with AlphaRev 1.8 on my HTC Desire.
All sems okay but then I would to boot my phone but it just boots into FASTBOOT. And if I press reboot it boots again into FASTBOOT so I cant boot my Desire!
What should I do?
In the FASTBOOT main stand that I have "BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-OFF".
I use CyanogenMod 7 RC1.
Does recovery not work at all or is it just booting in to fastboot?
If recovery works you need to restore a nandroid or reflash your rom.
If recovery doesn't work flash a recovery image via fastboot and then flash a rom.
@TheGhost1233
Thank you very much for your fast help!
I resored my NAND backup and now it works fine again. But what did I made wrong that my phone doesn't work?
I followed the Tutorial from pocketpc (I can't post links because I'm new here). My Desire was rooted with unREVoked before.
Spent 2 days on a desire trying to flash a custom rom and totally doing my head in...
It has been rooted and s-off with alpharev
If I use clockwork recovery to flash Bravo_WWE_2.29.405.5_v5 it installs and boots fine but if I flash any custom rom it just sits on the "why so serious" screen
Have tried everything, have upgraded radio & ril, tried a few different roms all the same result
A stock ruu is an exe which has to be run on your computer.
Try using an RUU to bring you back to a stock ROM, then go through the process again WITHOUT alpharev. So just unrevoked then flashing a custom ROM. If this works, then you can backup your custom ROM then flash alpharev and restore your backup (nandroid).
Hope this helps.
Dan.
Swyped from my Oxygenated HTC Desire
Tried reflashing Bravo_WWE_2.29.405.5_v5 which worked before (.zip rom not a .exe RUU) and wouldnt flash
Have now flashed TMO UK 1.15.110.11 RUU, flashed fine but reboot still freezes in same spot (with a red circle now though)
Any more ideas?
ViaraiX said:
Tried reflashing Bravo_WWE_2.29.405.5_v5 which worked before (.zip rom not a .exe RUU) and wouldnt flash
Have now flashed TMO UK 1.15.110.11 RUU, flashed fine but reboot still freezes in same spot (with a red circle now though)
Any more ideas?
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Why couldn't you flash Bravo_WWE_2.29.405.5_v5? CID Error? If yes, create goldcard, put this in your desire and then flash again.
none
clear user data and cache
had same problem and this fixed it! pull battery go into hboot go into recovery etc
the flash error was something to do with symlinking su, after flashing RUU got rid of recovery so couldnt try again to get exact error
reflashed using TMO 1.21 and phone loaded fine, now unrooted obv.
when I first tried I just used unrevoked to root which worked fine, downloaded clockwork from market and flashed custom rom which did not work (same all the time)
afterwards I used s-off via live CD, tried flashing same rom, again did not load
radio wouldnt flash via recovery so flashed via fastboot
tried different hboots from alpharev including CM7 (and using a CM7 rom) and bravo stock
tried 4 different custom roms
every time I flashed I have cleared data / cache
this is on GF's desire, I have a DHD which has been reflashed numerous times with no issues so not a total noob but this has me completely lost
info from bootloader:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
RADIO-4.06.00.02_2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
This is how i did it follow this guy
ever fixed it??
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:
I have a spazedog 4.0.x ROM installed. HBoot is 0.75, S-ON and recovery is ClockworkMod 2.5.0.1. And I dont have a sdcard here at the moment. I can boot the ROM, but I have no play services.
I want to flash this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-desire/development/rom-slimkat-slimmest-fastest-rom-htc-t3283117
What is the fastest way to do so? Here are so many tutorials, I don't know where to start.
Do I even have to upgrade recovery? That seems to be the only problem.
The latest TWRP or 4EXT Recovery. Old versions of CWM may cause issues.
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fly23 said:
I have a spazedog 4.0.x ROM installed. HBoot is 0.75, S-ON and recovery is ClockworkMod 2.5.0.1. And I dont have a sdcard here at the moment. I can boot the ROM, but I have no play services.
I want to flash this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-desire/development/rom-slimkat-slimmest-fastest-rom-htc-t3283117
What is the fastest way to do so? Here are so many tutorials, I don't know where to start.
Do I even have to upgrade recovery? That seems to be the only problem.
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First S-off your device, after install 4ext recovery, then update your hboot to be compatible with the rom you'd like to install and finally to enable A2SD format your SDcard with 4ext in two partitions, one fat32 and another ext4 (1.5gb):
1. S-off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805811
2. 4ext recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408936
3. hboot for slimkat rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48063010&postcount=22
4. Create partitions with 4ext: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513
5. Install your rom following the developer advice.
Best
kuskro said:
2. 4ext recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408936
3. hboot for slimkat rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48063010&postcount=22
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Ad.2.
Must be v1.0.0.5 RC9 , see here
Ad.3.
SlimKat 9.0:
- An hboot with at least 250mb on system. These include stock hboot or @jmcclue's 250/5/182 hboot.