yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Android Development] markyboyWATP:
Thanks for the reply.

I will try this now.

edit: I have tried this now and it looks as if it has worked. moving only the dalvik cache and applications to sd/ext seems to have worked and sorted the laggy sluggy issue. Thanks :)

Would you be kind enough in pointing me in the right direction here?.I have never done the hboot before, would i have to replash my rom and gapps and that after completing the new hboot? I will have a look about the forums on how to get a new hboot and how to flash it.

Thanks very much again for the reply and the assistance.

Marky

edit:

i think i have successfully completed this to. I followed the following thread post number 6 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1223856. At first when hboot loaded it asked me if i wanted to update, i pressed volume up to update then when it rebooted it froze at the HTC boot logo, i just went into recovery and wiped data wiped cache ect and reflashed my ROM and GAPPS.

When i returned to the hboot screen it asked me to update again and i just selected no, then hboot displayed version cm7r2 and when i loaded into my phone and set it up i noticed my internal memory had risen from 150mb to 250mb.

Thanks very much for the help again.

Marky
[Desire Android Development] Chromium:
Yep, it sounds like it worked successfully.

Sent using xda-developers app
[Desire Android Development] StipeP:
Im am stuck when installing Windows HBOOT driver . Windows says that USB device is not recognized, and phone never says HBOOT USB PLUG on screen.

What's up with that?
[Desire Android Development] athar_200312@yahoo.co.in:
links are broken

step optional / 8 .. links are broken please do update it asap .. m trying from v long time to get the software .. as my phone take more then 20 mins to turn on .. its stands on a image for 15mins when i start it .. tell me what do i do ..
[Desire Android Development] abaaaabbbb63:
Changing the spash screen won't help with boot time. How many apps do you have installed? What ROM are you using?
[Desire Android Development] darkman088:
Hello,

are you sure, that the instructions from this thread is still valid ? Many download links are broken, for example,

I am totally failing on downloading the stuff from unrevoked. It looks like their entire website downloads.unrevoked.com is down. Can you pls upload all this directly on this forum, or on

RELIABLE download locations... Many thanks!
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
The 1GB is supposed to be used for apps. What rom are you using It should be an a2sd+ rom.

To understand this a bit better, pelase read the FAQ in my signature.
[Desire Android Development] LINKSLOVESANDROID:
Hello All! sorry ive been away on a wonderful voyage with my magical desire hd! then in august ill b hoping on a sensation. im sorry 4 lacking updates on this thread friends! i see its still being used and highly loved by the site. so ive decided maybe its time i pass this thread to another dedicated user whos willing to put down some time to update it. if any1 is interested, plz msg me. as much as i love the thank you button being clicked, id perfer to make all u dedicated desire users happy. so plz if any1 is interested, plz msg me
[Desire Android Development] drmulchandani:
Noob question.

Do we partition the sd card i.e phone memory or the ext sd card.

Also once this is done, is the rom meant to be placed at root sd or sd ext?

I have already done the rooting and s-off.

Waiting to flash....

Sorry if this doesn't belong here!
[Desire Android Development] markdexter:
I have owned a HTC magic rooted it and done the whole custom ROM thing, recently got a Samsung Captivate, the same thing Rooted.

Last night got a HTC Desire for a 'very' good price, and used this Tutorial, I must say Hats off to you Sir, an amasing Tutorial, it couldn't have been any easier, every other Thread in XDA should take a look at this.

Thank you so much
[Desire Android Development] bortak:
Quick question:

I flashed a new radio (5.14.05.17) on my desire, does that matter when installing my stock RUU? (I had 5.11.05.27 before) or Would I need to downgrade the radio?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
RUU's return the device completely to stock. This means it flashes NAND, recovery, Hboot and Radio. Whatever Radio is in the RUU filename is what radio will get flashed when using the RUU
[Desire Android Development] salahzantout:
first thanks for replying

second, i have CM7 ROM, the same one u put in the tutorial and eeven have flashed, everything is working perfectly but the ext4 partition is killing me its not even being used, but i must mention that i put the install location to external ( assuming it to install on sd card )

however everytime i click on move to sd card they go to the fat32 partition

finally, i read ur faq, as u stated i now put the install location to internal, and ive checked info system and the a2sd is there and the free is less than the total..., but unfortunately its barely used... i assume that was because i changed the installation loccation to external right ??

and at last, from now on after i followed ur steps... will every app - even from market - get installed on the ext4 partition ?? and is there any recommendations u might add for that ?? and how will the real internal memory - the one provided by htc - be used ? will it stay the same since all apps will get installed on ext4 partition ?

ps : its the first time i flash a rom and great thanks to u ur tutorials have helped alot
[Desire Android Development] ruwan_ace:
Many Thanks my friend.. just installed RcMix Gingerbread.. couldnt have done it without your guide.. Respect!. (bow)
[Desire Android Development] Donnie87:
!!!SOLVED!!!
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Download simple2ext from the market. Use it to use the ext for apps and dalvik cache
[Desire Android Development] 1234556789:
Hello !

I had the following problem: the desire always boot in Fastboot.

I tried both : Bootscreen ( Hboot 093 s-on-rom clockmod 2507rcmix2.0)

Fastboot( at the top of screen) is coloured red.

and h-Boot coloured blue.

Both times boot need 5 seconds and only if i put out batterie it needs more.

-Whats wrong ?

Found it for myself ( settings/power /fastboot)

kind regards

gandalf
[Desire Android Development] salahzantout:
thank u, i did it and it worked but ofcourse after reflashing cm7 again,

i hope u try modifying ur discussion board by adding this, it would be great for others to know, because without this partitioning ext4 wouldnt be that efficient
[Desire Android Development] clads:
Very usefull thank you so much, best tut' ever :)

(I've flashed my desire with insertcoin's rom, all work perfectly !)
[Desire Android Development] turshija:
Hello,

first of all, great tutorial, I've watched all the videos and read everything.

Just before I start, I would like to ask few things:

1. I've already rooted my Desire using UnRevoked method few months ago, now I can just continue from step 4 (S-OFF) without any problems ?

2. in the step 1, I can't find my version of RUU, is that really necessary ? Since I don't have any provider warranty, etc so If something goes wrong with my phone, I don't have to unroot it and hide evidence that I've played with it etc, I'll just take it to random service and pay for the repair :)

3. the thing that bugs me the most:

you didn't mention anything about Radio update ?

in step 7 video (where you install cyanogenmod 7), you just put cyanogenmod file on SD card and flash it, and thats it ?

but in the cyanogenmod thread I see this:

3. Update your radio! New radio from HTC 2.2+ roms is required

as I can see, my current radio is 5.09.05.30_2, is that enough or I have to update it ?

I didn't find any Linux version of "how to flash radio", only windows version here, can anyone point me the link ?

3.1 How risky is radio update ?

3.2 Do I need some particular version, or the newest should work just fine ?

Kindly waiting for a response and I'm ready to start with everything :)

4. about the step 5 (partitioning SD card) I have only 2GB SD, and I'm planning to buy bigger one these days, so what will I have to do when I upgrade to new card ?

Should I partition it like this again ? What will be stored on this ext4 partition in the meantime ? Only apps that I move with app2sd, or system will store some vital files there also which I will have to transfer manually ?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
1. Yes

2. You would have HTC warranty for 2 years providing you have an RUU. If you're not bothered about warranty, dont worry. Ensure you have a goldcard as RUU's are sometimes neccessary for recovery purposes.

3. If your phone had official 2.2 on it, then your radio is sufficient. No need to change it.

3.1 it can be risky. Radio is in NVRAM which is not very accessible. If you flash a bad one, you risk a BRICK. One thing to do is check MD5 of the radio once downloaded. If it matches the file is safe. Then you just have to ensure you dont lose power during the flash. If you're S-off though, you will be fastboot flashing (Do not use recovery if S-off) which also means you need to ensure that you do not break usb connection during the flash. My advice, if everything works, leave the radio alone. However I dont want to scare you. Ive flashed countless radios with no issue. Just be careful you do your checklist first

3.2 Its just what works for you.

4. If you chose a rom with a2sd+, all your apps (/data/app) will be symlinked (moved) to /sd-ext/data/app and possibly /data/dalvik-cache/ will be linked to /sd-ext/data/dalvik-cache/.

Partition the new card how you like. If you are using Clockwork recovery 2.5.0.7 or newer or AmonRA 2.0.1 or newer, best thing is:

1) Nandroid backup

2) Copy SD FAT32 partition (including hidden files) to PC

3) Partition new card ( I recommend Gparted personally)

4) Copy PC data back to FAT32

5) Nandroid restore.

Nandroid on the recovery versions mention ed backs up the EXT so all your apps will be restored on the new card.
[Desire Android Development] turshija:
Many thanks for an excellent reply :)

I've flashed CyanogenMod 7 on my phone, didn't touch Radio and everything works just fine :)

From my small SD (2gb) I've made 256MB ext4, and left the rest as FAT32.. ;)

Now what is the procedure if I decide to switch back to other ROM ?

Is it the same as installing CM7 ?

Just put the ROM zip on SD card, wipe all my data and flash it from recovery ?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Making sure you backup first, yes ;)
[Desire Android Development] Arkasius:
Thank you for this guide.

I have my first android phone and it happens to be a HTC Desire and this was really a nubbins guide to flashing this phone.

Once again Thank you very much.
[Desire Android Development] knudsen19:
1. succes, 2. not so much :(

First off, many thanks for this amazing guide, followed it to root my first Desire gsm, which unfortunatly got stolen. Now trying to follow it on my second, but I get stuck at pt. 3, trying to S-off it with Alpharev 1.8. It finds my device, but says it can't identify it as a supported device. My device is rooted, however I'm still official RUU, no custom Rom and Hboot is 0.93 - I can't find any answer anywhere how to get Alpharev to reconize my device as a supported, since it is! :(

Any help is much appriciated.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Assume you're using the same USB cable and USB port as before?
[Desire Android Development] knudsen19:
It's so long time ago I don't remember which one I used, but i only have 4 ports, where as 2 always has the same plugged in (mouse + keyboard) and I've tried both of the 2 remaining ports - and yes it's the same cable.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Should be fine with a stock ROM them. You could flash an older rooted froyo rom and see if that helps. Obviously back up your current one first.

If that still doesnt work, perhaps contact Alpharev
[Desire Android Development] zolmajstor:
is it necessary to make step 4 ? s-off? or i can just skip it? and is it necessary to partition sdcard with program you mentioned or i can use mini tool partition wizard for format sdcard?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
S-off isn't essential. Use gparted to partition. Mini tool partition wizard = pile of crap
[Desire Android Development] zolmajstor:
is formating sdcard "a must" with any tool or i can just format it using CWrecovery?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
If you want to use a2sd+ or data2sd, you will need the partition. I ALWAYS recommend Gparted and recommend against the use of rom manager for anything. It seems to cause issues since the unrevoked method of rooting came about. This is just for the desire however, ROM manager works perfectly well on other devices.
[Desire Android Development] kraakie256:
No matter what i try i can't get my phone rooted.

Info phone

PVT1

S-on

Hboot 093.00001

Radio 5.11.05.27

Unrevoked says running root but no root user there and clockword recovery not installed ??

Can it be that Hboot 0.93 is the problem ?

And if so can i downgrade the Hboot ?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Hboot is not a problem here. Can you give more information on what unrevoked says please?
[Desire Android Development] zolmajstor:
i have a problem, every time i plug in cable, before i can even select charge only and tick don't ask me again, desire conects to PC using removable disk(sdcard). I can set then option charge only, but i dont have option don't ask me again :(

what can i do? i don't have any program such as winamp that automaticly mounts sdcard to pc or such.

how can I reset somethin so i can get don't ask me again check box?
[Desire Android Development] zolmajstor:
solved, settings>connect to pc>ask me :)
[Desire Android Development] Cyler:
I keep running into issues with unrevoked giving me the error "Failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?"

I am running the Telus OTA update of Froyo:

Android Version: 2.2

Radio: 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27

Software: 2.25.661.2

I'm confused, my phone isn't that new, bought it back in Sept.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Don't know if this helps from my rooting FAQ:

If not you may need to try downgrading using Teppic74's down grader.
[Desire Android Development] Cyler:
Thanks for the help. I remember setting my phone to install to the SD when I first got it, so that must be the issue.
[Desire Android Development] kokaine:
Thanks LINKSLOVESANDROID. I followed your guide and it all worked great. Im running the latest version of Leedroid and I love it :)
[Desire Android Development] Jakedude2011:
A really nice guide. Would have loved looking in to this, when first started,

instead of reading a million threads, and picking up pieces all over the forum,

untill ready to do the steps.

:)
[Desire Android Development] UberNoobster:
I wound up partitioning my SD Card using ROM Manager since I was having bother with this tutorials method using the USB stick.

I also couldn't S-off.

So I have a 512mb partition with a 32mb swap partition and I'm S-On...what ROMs can I put on my phone?
[Desire Android Development] bedobela:
Hey this helped me a lot thanks, finally had the guts to S-OFF. Until now i was stuck with the stock hboot ROMS but now I can go for the CM7 versions which are supposed to be better.

Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Bela
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
:confused:

Stuck at step 3

getting a hub error, saying, "cable might not be ok" what a BS.

luckily my phone didn't brick :/

after waiting, doing nothing, this showed up:

tc@box:~$

did exactly with the instructions ....i'm pissed now...

tried 3 times, allways the same.

any idea?

thnx

hboot 0.83
[Desire Android Development] frem:
Hello,

Thank you very much for this wonderful guide that I used step by step.

I just wanted to suggest a simpler way to deal with step 4 and 5 for Windows Users, in order to not go through the pain of burning a CD, then booting on it, or using virtual machines, etc, ...

For Step 4 : "S-OFF your device" (htc Desire for me) I used the new Revolutionary tool : http://revolutionary.io/ worked like a charm for me.

For Step 5 : "SD Partitioning" I used "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" Windows application and used this tutorial : http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning

Thank you again for your great guide which probably saved me days and days of research being new in the android rom scene. I used to be a WM6 user :).
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Please don't recommend thsi application. Yes it works for some but it causes grief for many. EXT is an alien format to Windows. for the Best and most reliable results, use Gparted.
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
I 'm still getting the same errors like yesterday

at step 3

/home/tc/alpharev.sh: line 331: [: -eq: unary operator expected
/home/tc/alpharev.sh: line 343: [: -eq: unary operator expected
/home/tc/alpharev.sh: line 353: [: -eq: unary operator expected
/home/tc/alpharev.sh: line 361: [: -eq: unary operator expected
/home/tc/alpharev.sh: line 366: [: -eq: unary operator expected
tc@box:~$

nothing happens...no brick no software errors on the phone, the phone keeps rebooting at step 3 2 times, then keeps starting..

I thought i might be coz of my usb devices,..I unpluged evey, except of mouse and keyboard. hmm

btw, will I need any driver for doing this on a diffrent computer?

hboot 0.83

radio: 17.05.23

thnx for helping me

UPDATE

I just tried it the 5th time, on a diffrent computer, and again, same errors :/

maybe my ISO is damaged? but I downloaded it directly from alpharev....

sux...
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
You always need the hboot drivers and the HTC sync drivers installed. You need both installed.

The download could have corrupt the ISO. Download a fresh copy.
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
ok i will try to reload every driver..

but my hboot is ok to s-off?

0.83?

coz I'm looking for a way to downgrade it to 0.80.

UPDATE:

the 6th time, same.

I reinstalled every driver...

before I burned if on cd, I redownloaded it from alpharev, ( you never know )...

what now?

again again,...allways the same. at step 3,...waiting to complete flash...> nothing

errors appear
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Hboot is fine. No need to "downgrade".

Have you done any tricks such as forcing all apps to sd or anything like that before?

Are you using unrevoked 3.21?
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
it that the issue?

I only moved user apps to sd...?

puh I rooted it a while ago, I thought I don't have to unevoke it nother..

do I need to?

thnx!
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Wait, are you already rooted?

I'm confused. What are you trying to do?
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
yes i already rooted. but never s-offed it until now,...trying to set to s-off.

hboot0.83

radio. 17.05.23
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Sorry I was getting confused.

Drivers are irrelevant if you are booting up into the alpharev CD. It comes with everything you need. What rom are you using? You need one as close to stock 2.2 as possible. Would recommend Teppic74's rooted stock.
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
ok ah that might be the prob...ok thnx so far, will try and let you know!
[Desire Android Development] rafian:
Hi there,

what I'm missing in this awesome thread is a video tutorial how to flash a new partition table. It would be great to have it here.
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
HAHA lol , well, you never stop learning!

It wouldn't have worked in tousands of years, unless I flashed a froyo on it!

Good to know!

S-off-ing worked fine, with hboot 0.83!

thanks rootSU for helping me
[Desire Android Development] hasnain721:
Hi guys,

Kindly bear with me coz this is the 1st time i'm doing it and am a complete android noob lol! Anyways I successfully managed to unlock my desire using that utility i found on this forum. Now a bit about my device :

It has got an orange branded ROM with all the orange crapware instaled. I'm running 32.48.00.32u_5.10.05.30 (baseband version) and build number is

2.17.61.3 CL274424 release keys. For following step 1, downloaded this RUU :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=869048

and the following problem comes up :

EDIT : This is for step 1 btw!

Help plz!!!
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Step 1 is to download (not run) your RUU. There is no Orange RUU. be aware rooting your Orange device permanently void's your warranty.

If for any reason you need to run an RUU for recovery purposes, you must do so with a goldcard.
[Desire Android Development] htc-fanboy:
--deleted--
[Desire Android Development] hasnain721:
Right! So should i ditch step 1 and create a goldcard? Basically i was following this tutorial :

http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/221212-faq-rooting-updated-24th-june-2011-a.html#16

to the point where it says you go to this website to get something off an email :

http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html

The problem is that the above website is down!!! Is there another one that does that? Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Hmm thats my FAQ, so you're using the goldcard tool.

Someone reported they couldnt access it before, but a few of us tried and could.

Try this one:

http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard
[Desire Android Development] bukethead32:
Videos dont work.....
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
I just tested every video and they are all working.
[Desire Android Development] bukethead32:
found the problem!! fixed and now I can see the videos!
[Desire Android Development] tczabumba:
Nice tutorial man ;) loved it :)

But I have one small question, is it necessary to do the S-off in order to flash a custom ROM, or you just need the rooting ?

I know that the S-Off is important... I just wonder if it's possible to flash the ROM after the root is done.

Thanks a lot , Cheers

Some say that the S-OFF is purely optional ....
[Desire Android Development] euqilobaid:
solved

I had previously rooted the phone, but had to send it for repairs. Now it's back from service but i have trouble rooting it.

I have successfully done first 2 steps. When i run Unrevoked v3.32 i get an error

"Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?"

Before my phone went to repairs i had no trouble rooting it with Unrevoked, please help!

My phone is HTC Desire SLCD, HBOOT 0.93, Erasesize 20000

Software number 2.29.405.5

My PC is running on Windows 7 64 bit pro

EDIT: solved by resetting the phone to factory defaults (though it was so the first time i tried to root it, so dunno if that mattered), and started Unrevoked from my laptop for 2nd time. Also i entered my PIN when Unrevoked rebooted the phone trying to access root.
[Desire Android Development] pr0orz1337:
I succesfully rooted the phone.

but trying to s-off it with apharev 1.8 disk, the procedure system has stopped at this point

in my phone the last line I can read shows:

...

"Flashing new bootlock: ok"

but my phone doesn't continue showing the next expected line "Flashing splash1: ok" <- this line doesn't appear

My laptop shows :

"Waiting for flashing to complete..."

My model is desire AMOLED - GSM - HBOOT 0.93 - stock official FROYO 2.2 - Unbranded free SIM lock -

Should I disconnect the phone and try to restart it? :confused::confused: :(

Time to worry?
[Desire Android Development] pr0orz1337:
well after an hour I decided unplug the USB, remove the battery and restart the phone.

Phone doesn't load Android OS

But AlphaRev bootlader seems to work and the device seems to be S-OFF.

Recovery also is available with clockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.7

---------------------------------

Should I perform a wipe data/factory reset? (if I do so..., Can I lose root and s-off?)

or should i perform a custom ROM Flash?
[Desire Android Development] euqilobaid:
Just do factory reset and wipe everything, and after that you can install whatever custom ROM you like. Enjoy your FREED phone :D
[Desire Android Development] Lothaen:
think we may need an update to this to include revolutionary.io S-OFF for at least the new gingerbread people...