Upgrade recovery with S-ON - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.
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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.

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[Q] ClockworkMod update issue

Hello.
I have HTC Desire rooted with Unrevoked and installed CyanogenMod 7.1 RC1 some time ago. My problem is that ClockworkMod version was 2.5.0.7. When I enter into Rom Manager I can see that mu current version of ClockworkMod is 5.0.2.0. But when I click on "enter into recovery" my phone restars and enters into recovery but then I see on top of my screen that it's still 2.5.0.7 version. So my question is, how can I update ClockworkMod with Rom manager?
a recovery need to be stable and need to be working..cwm 2.5.0.7 is still the best
stay away from rom manager and do things manually
anyway if u want update the new recovery (some users reported problems) from rom manager u need s-off
andQlimax said:
a recovery need to be stable and need to be working..cwm 2.5.0.7 is still the best
stay away from rom manager and do things manually
anyway if u want update the new recovery (some users reported problems) from rom manager u need s-off
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Thank you very much for your help. Problem is solved. I simply didn't know that I have to s-off. And I want to have newer ver. of CWM to partition my SD card from ROM Manager. But since you wrote it's better to do it manually then I'll try I think

[Q] Changing from CWM to EXT4 recovery

Hi folks,
As the title says, I want to change from CWM to EXT4 recovery for future use (mainly for ICS 4.x and ICS 4.x MIUI)
Can someone guide me how to get rid of the CWM recovery?
I only have the recovery flashed so I'm not using CWM ROM manager.
All help is appreciated.
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Go to 4ext.net. download recovery updater app. Install it then use it to install 4ext recovery. You should try the touch version is pretty sweet
Thanks,
So it will overwrite CWM?
And do I need to install recovery updater first and recovery touch on top of it, or will touch be installed through the main app?
EDIT: Well I answered my own questions .. .. It went pretty smooth, so thanks again!!
Got the same issue!
Unlocked my bootloader fallowing HTCdev.
My device is still S-ON. Currently using CWM to flash ROMs and fastboot to flash boot.img.
Is there anything to take care about when switching to 4EXT in my situation?
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[Q] How to root HBOOT 1.02.0000 and HTC boot Unlock

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

[Q] cm7r2 hboot, I need help flashing 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:

Problems with downgrading from Evervolv Kitkat to Oxygen

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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