yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] enuazeal:
will try that, i have Ubuntu image.
[Desire General] dergago:
Ok, it says:

--- AlphaRev ---

Is it Encrypted ;)

Perhaps my version is very old and there wasn´t a version number in old releases...?
[Desire General] hispeedworm:
ok my bad i must be blind .... mine just says alpharev too :D but i used the latest v1.8

btw why do you wanna check your alpharev version?
[Desire General] hispeedworm:
hey ieftm can you please post the md5sum of the pb99img.zip files too:)

on your website
[Desire General] dergago:
Puh.... than I´m not blind ;)

Because I want to know if I already have the new version....

Because I think for some new Custom Roms I need the new AlphaRev / Clockwork Recovery Mod....
[Desire General] hispeedworm:
I think the alpharev website says you don't need to s-off again with cd .... just update your hboot .... download the latest hboot from alpharev website ... stock hboot 1.8 and flash it via fastboot or pb99img method :) because you were on stock hboot
[Desire General] Thorm:
Tried to run S-OFF on my HTC Desire with HBOOT 0.93.0001 and Oxygen-TEST ROM.

It did everything as it should, and got to to step 3/3, where it got stuck.

on my PC-screen it says "Waiting for flashing to complete"

on my telephone screen it displays the white background and the small green HTC-logo.

What went wrong? Is it safe to disconnect and reboot my phone?

If so; what will happen?

Reboot into OS as normally?

Or simply into HBOOT, where I can (hopefuilly?) select recovery and recover?

perhaps I can do anything to fix this from inside the Alpharev-linux build? It is still open as we speak.

I will wait for a reply here...

USB development was enabled, battery charged, etc.
[Desire General] Flashmaniac:
The problem might be the oxygen rom. You should have read the information regarding custom roms. You should have revert to a noa2sd rom like leedroid noa2sd. Heard a lot of people got that problem. All you can do is to take it off.
[Desire General] nyunyu:
I update my hboot just now, just wondering how can I be sure that I have the latest version? Does 0.93.1000 means the new version? I just confused between Alpharev 1.8 and 0.93.1000 :p

Thanks.

[edit]

This is what happened. I'm using InsertCoin DHD ROM for my Desire. Just recently upgraded to CWM 3.0.0.5.

1. I make nandroid backup.

2. update hboot to Alpharev 1.8 downloaded from their site.

3. Wipe everything

4. Restored nandroid.

Unfortunately, in recovery it said everything restored but sd-ext.img not found. When I reboot to system, I don't see my usual homescreen, all my apps were not loaded and a lot of app missing.
[Desire General] temka:
Sorry, pressed POST accidentally.
[Desire General] temka:
Guys, I have read through tons of posts and info, but still cannot find a CLEAR answer to the following:

If one has a GSM Desire

- originally from T-Mobile UK (HBOOT 0.93.0001)

- Rooted via Unrevoked

- LeeDroid 2.3d A2SD installed (with an ext3-partition on SD card)

and does the following to S-OFF

- NANDroid backup

- flash LeeDroid 2.3d NO-A2SD

- follow AlphaRev instructions precise and to the point

- NANDroid restore

The result will be an S-OFFed phone with MINIMAL risk during the S-OFFing process.

Please, correct me if I am wrong. I am especially curious about having the SD-Card with the ext3-partition inside the phone during Alpha-Rev's s-offing. Can it somehow "spoil" the process, despite having a non-a2sd-rom?

Great thanks.
[Desire General] Flashmaniac:
Revert to a non A2SD/A2SD+ Rom. Then Run the s-off and make a new clean installation.
[Desire General] temka:
I guess you mean "full wipe" and "fresh ROM install".

Is that necessary? I heard people just did NANDroid restore afterwards..
[Desire General] Flashmaniac:
Yeah but a Rom with A2SD is more danger than a normal one. When you succesfully flashed the new HBOOT you gotta match the md5 sum of the backup with a2sd rom. I advice you to flash a none a2sd rom before flashing. Not matching the md5 sum might give you an usb-brick.
[Desire General] temka:
Flashmaniac, thank you for your reply, but wasn't that exactly what I have written?..

1) NANDroid Backup

2) flash non-a2sd rom

3) run S-OFF

.... at this point I have an S-OFF'ed device with a fresh'n'clean NON-A2SD rom

now, there are two ways, if I still want to use a2sd:

4a) flash a new, fresh A2SD rom (requires reinstall of all apps, settings etc)

or

4b) NANDroid restore (from the A2SD-rom that I have backed up ***before*** S_OFF'ing, see step "1")

Does it make a lot of difference whether to go for "4a" or "4b"? The new HBOOT is already flashed at that point anyway...
[Desire General] qsdf55:
Since I went S-off, I can't flash the the I was using before with CM7 RC1 (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=852023)

Recovery sais everything went ok, but when I reboot, my theme is not applied.

Anyone could help me?

Thanks.
[Desire General] mattman83:
Ok need some help.

flashed new devnull rom (for non-a2sd base rom)

went through alpharev livecd, all good

flashed oxygen hboot via android flasher tool.

Now gets stuck on Why So Serious screen, fastboot says:

Model ID Incorrect!

Update Fail!

Do you want to reboot device?

Yes/No

I have a PVT4 SLCD Desire, fastboot does report me as s-off and as having the oxygen hboot.

Where to from here? Phone currently stitting in fastboot

EDIT - should say that I checked both hboot img and livecd img and M5D5's were fine. Also cannot access recovery.

EDIT - FIXED.... embarrased...

I was initially going to flash the hboot via the pb99img.zip, but changed my mind to going through android flasher. Of course I left the .zip in the SD root so it got all confuddled.

Interestingly it seems I now have to go through fastboot to get to recovery? But meh, it's all working... flashing rom now.
[Desire General] aca85:
i kinda have a prob.

Want to flash this rec,but i already have the Clockmode 2.5.07 rec...And when i try to flash the Alpharev via unrevoked ,all goes well and then the app tells me cant push recovery - root not done.
[Desire General] MrDevil:
I don't get you. Are you trying to s off or flash recovery?

Sent via homing pigeons
[Desire General] beeflin:
failed attempt

It didn't succeed in turning S-OFF for me, there was a "soft failure". No explanation in the app or the literature and no reply in an hour waiting for helpon IRC :-(
[Desire General] Category:
Well, I recently got a new UK T-Mobile HTC Desire GSM (Bravo). I had success getting ClockworkMod Recovery onto it using the unrEVOked 1.8 tool.

Downloaded this ISO, burnt it, but when I plug my phone in, it says model not recognized! Thought I'd have a poke in ADB, see if I could find any irregularities, and when running the command 'adb devices' i get this output:-

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
????????????	no permissions

Have there been any changes to the new Desire that T-Mobile are shipping in the UK? I just want s-off!

If anyone else has had this, and knows a fix, can you drop me a PM?
[Desire General] colonia27:
try: sudo ./adb devices
[Desire General] Category:
same result. didn't try that before, as I never had to use sudo with my G1
[Desire General] filipefumaux:
Change table

Guys,

I'm trying to follow the instructions on apharev's site, but I can't do table upgrade.

How can I put Oxygen table on S-off desire?

Tried to boot in fastboot (back + Power) and use adb after turn it on, but my computer didn't recognize device.

Already tried to find it googleing, but without success.
[Desire General] Fieser-Kardinal:
Just put my Desire PVT1 to S-Off without a Problem, all working fine! ;)
[Desire General] Category:
Derp. I've been an idiot - my /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules file was mistyped. So now I'm picking up my phone on adb, at least.

Double derp - re-rooted my phone with unrEVOked (even though there were no errors the first time around), and ran the LiveCD again, and now I have S-OFF. Cheers guys, still unsure why it wasn't recognized the first time though...
[Desire General] 3tybagig:
I would suggest flashing a new Hboot manually with fastboot. details

Also this thread has a lot of great details on the whole process.

Also please download a different rom. If the one you downloaded has errors in it because of a bad download it could cause these kinds of errors.

I use Oxygen 2 and highly recommend it.

Ty
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
I have a suggestion for the Alpharev CD. It would be nice to be able to choose the partition table schema before overwriting the HBOOT and setting the stock partition table as default. Maybe emphasizing the stock partition is the hassle free choice for the beginners.
[Desire General] 3tybagig:
Awesome idea!
[Desire General] ieftm:
been suggested before, not gonna happen.

we want users to actually READ what they're doing. Not point and click something and come running for help.

Learning to use FASTBOOT is one of those things that's required, imo.
[Desire General] najar360:
i notice in alpharev website, let say i pick cm7 table..but it has only one md5 checksum. which file this md5 belong, img or zip?
[Desire General] Piti8576:
Can anyone make a hboot table for MIUI?

/system -> 140 MB

/cache -> 40 MB

/data -> rest
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
Reading is a sensible point! I must say that I have run quite a long time for pieces of information before proceeding to root my phone and then overwrite the HBOOT with yours. The main cause is the sparse information. And I am not a dumb with the computers. I know few places where a user may read the step-by-step procedures with example photos about rooting, S-OFF-ing and installing a custom ROM and that place is a Romanian forum dedicated to HTC (there's a hicup, however, because one must register in order to see the pictures and the authentication does not work through google translate). The advanced users might not need this kind of guides, but for the beginners it is a pain to look for all that information (plus, they don't know exactly how the phone should look like after a step)! Have a look at the compressed PDF file I have attached to see what I mean (it is the guide I have found on htc-club.ro)! With that guy agreement, I can help you with writing a wiki page on xda-developers.com, if you want me to!

After such a guide, you may allow an expert mode in the procedure. I agree this expert mode should be triggered in a difficult manner.

The MD5 is the img file.
[Desire General] Fieser-Kardinal:
Although i'm S-Off, i'm not able to integrate system app updates via Titanium Backup. e.g. Market 2.3.2 updated to 2.3.3. Just wanted to integrate this via Titanium Backup -> Fail ...

Any ideas?
[Desire General] pranavd1980:
Nothig Happning...What To Do Now???

I help up at the step as attached picture....

What Should i do now????

Need urgent help please......
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
Well, you have to wait! S-OFF is quite a long process.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
Well, is not a long process..it need less than 5 minuts if done in the right way following the instructions
[Desire General] pranavd1980:
Will i overcome the ERROR[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR...With S-OFF?
[Desire General] affmalg:
I have a quick question:

After i have successfully done S-OFF, i have now tow ClockworkMod Recovery, one blue coloured form AlphaRev 2.5.1.8 when i start the recovery through fastboot and the other through the Rom Manager with version 2.5.0.7.

How could that be? Are there any risks when backup with one and restoring with the other?
[Desire General] MrDevil:
Your "true" recovery is 2.5.1.8, rom manager fake flashes to version 2.5.0.7. Yes there are risks.
[Desire General] affmalg:
Okay and i would update to 3.0.0.5 this would be the "true" recovery?

Is there a way i can "link" the ROM Manager to the "true" recovery because else it would be useless...
[Desire General] MusiQ1:
Question; i succesfully s-offed my device, cheers for alpharev.

I also like the joker, but then, i want my own splash screen. Is there a topic with splash screens and how to flash them? Or sumthing like that? It's not like I don't like the one I have now it's just a bit uh...to much for me :P
[Desire General] affmalg:
Try out Android Flasher and with one look you find Splashscreens in the Theme and Apps forum...
[Desire General] MusiQ1:
I get the message splash01.img allready exists when i try it =(
[Desire General] affmalg:
I don't know if this is the solution but check the data folder off Android Flasher and delete all splash files... but adb.exe fastboot.exe adbWinapi.ddll Debugbat and nbimg.exe have to be there.
[Desire General] ziggy1001:
Does the fastboot screen confirm S-OFF?
[Desire General] MusiQ1:
Well, Android Flasher and my phone go frozen solid when i try to flash the splash screen. I'll have to try it some other way =(
[Desire General] mr.stylo:
I hade the same thing today, the mistake was that i was in de Bootloader and not in fastbootmode. Make sure you did it ride.
[Desire General] Fieser-Kardinal:
When i start into Bootloader it says i'm S-Off. But after i booted Android the /system and /data is mounted as read only ...

I cannot unterstand why ... My Model is HTC Bravo GSM PVT1 and S-Off was done without any problems.
[Desire General] psygbert:
its normal in /system but /data should be rw. just remount it read write via mount or adb
[Desire General] Fieser-Kardinal:
I thought with S-Off that the /system and /data would be automatically rw. So am i right that Titanium Backup will fail to integrate App Updates into the Rom due to /system read only?
[Desire General] psygbert:
haven't use titanium backup but you can easily remount /system rw while the phone is booted if you're s-off. a simple adb remount or mount -oremount,rw would do the trick.
[Desire General] Large Hadron:
Well I received a maps update today, so just tried it and it seems to have worked (maps isn't on SD-ext and the apk in /system/apps was last modified a few minutes ago).

According to root explorer /system is currently mounted r/w. Don't think that was the case time I'd looked, but I didn't check before running Ti. Maybe Ti is smart enough to mount it r/w if needed?
[Desire General] radiosilence:
Slight issue. I just ran the latest version and I think it's worked, however my phone just goes into HBOOT now instead of loading Android. Any ideas?
[Desire General] brandall:
Help - Bootloops after oxygen hboot

Help please folks

S-off went without hitch, so then I flashed the oxygen hboot. Wiped everything and restored my nandroid backup. The device booted up, I get a list of forces closes for just about everything and then it goes back to the oxygen screen and the loop continued.

I flashed the sense and the stock hboot, but nothing seems to sort this!? I tried booting without restoring the nandroid backup, but it doesn't get past the oxygen screen.....

What am I doing wrong? I saw a post to check the size of the nandroid backup, but I don't know how to do this...

An explanation like you're talking to someone dumb would be really appreciated!

I won't be offended....
[Desire General] brandall:
Update on my previous post - flashing the Oxygen ROM stopped the bootloops so I can use my phone, but frustrated I can't restore the nandroid backup - have so many apps and settings etc!!

Any ideas why I can't do this and how to solve it...?

Thanks in advance.
[Desire General] virus2013:
Just to be sure, I'm S-OFF since 1.5 version. Now, I wanna flash a custom table partition. Can I just do it with fasboot and it will work and update me to 1.8 or do I need first to redo the stuff with the iso cd ?

And what about the recovery? Will it stay like it was or do I have to flash it again also?
[Desire General] fatspirit:
Just flash new hboot - recovery should stay. And use backups.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] cro-tattoo:
How do I flash the newest recovery,the newest clockwork mode,after having the phone rooted with unrevoked,and after having the hboo flashed with AlphaRev,which also installed AlphaRev recovery !! ??

AlphaRev installed me CWM-AlphaRev recovery,but I want cClockworkmod recovery instead.

How do I flash it? :)

Thanks
[Desire General] virus2013:
Just download the img of the recovery you want then boot in fastboot mode then open a terminal and type

# fastboot flash recovery yourrecovery.img

HTC	Desire S-off

Ginger Villain 1.4 with new RIL

Kernel 1.6 havs bfs
[Desire General] stanleywinston:
at what point should i see the partitions change? I'm s-off (since an earlier version) and I want to change my partition table to use cm7. I'm coming from a desire z rom so I didn't think it;s wise to follow the nandroid backup/restore route so I just did all the other fastboot steps and rebooted into recovery. I was expecting a df -h to reveal changed partition sizes but it is still showing the previous ones that i was using (stock). can i not do this without restoring a nandroid backup?
[Desire General] virus2013:
Someone tried the PB99 zip way? Bored to turn on my pc, want to try this way but a little bit afraid...

HTC	Desire S-off

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[Desire General] stanleywinston:
it just briefly flashes up no image! for me
[Desire General] ieftm:
The instructions are pretty clear.

-flash new hboot

-fastboot reboot-bootloader

-erase partitions (by fastboot, preferably)

Done. It does not matter if you want to restore a nandroid or install a new ROM, obviously.

'bored to turn on your pc' ? Do you really expect people to provide you with proper information after such a comment? Geez. get your act together.
[Desire General] virus2013:
Thanks man, great answer. I'm gonna find my answer another way.

HTC	Desire S-off

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Kernel 1.6 havs bfs
[Desire General] bradmax57:
Its people like you that cause the problems! some people ask for help that others think is simple but the fact is if you going to post a useless comment you might aswell post a usefull one or shut the hell up!!!!!! no wonder the bloody threads get so clogged up!
[Desire General] mikep99:
@ the 2 posts above.

Please note who the OP on this thread is and rethink your comments you've just written that are aimed at the same guy!
[Desire General] stanleywinston:
I understand the instructions are clear I was saying they weren't working for me. It appeared to have been related to my recovery. I went back to the ISO and now am able to switch to different tables ay will. Thanks.
[Desire General] virus2013:
If I was saying that my pc was broken, is that make any difference? You just fired me but the only question I was asking is tio know if the zip method is as sure as the fastboot one can be, that's all. No mather why I have to know.

HTC	Desire S-off

Ginger Villain 1.4 with new RIL

Kernel 1.6 havs bfs
[Desire General] stanleywinston:
The zip method seems just as good to me. A bit less fiddley but you probably have to remember to remove the zip afterwards.
[Desire General] ieftm:
Instead of acting all hurt, you could just take advice and be clear when posting.

If you'd taken 5 seconds to search or actually read some of the thread, you would have your answer.

If you don't like it, step off. It's not a useless comment. It's about educating people to be clear about what they're asking, and make an effort before randomly posting crap.

This has nothing to do with 'things that are simple'. This has to do with being informed, and reading.

Please note that AlphaRev is my project, it's not intended to be newb-friendly, I expect people to make an effort. If not, fine, don't use it.

I'm not above criticism, obviously. My comment was sincere, and intended to make people rethink the way they behave when dealing with stuff like this.

It does not make any difference. It's also not our (my) problem. Use either method, they're both fine, but don't go asking stupid questions 'if anyone tried it', that has been covered hundreds of times in this thread. If you made an effort before posting, you would've known.
[Desire General] virus2013:
you did really great job. But it's annoying to see that a simple question starts fire like that.

I'll continue to use your great job but I think it was my first and last question here.

HTC	Desire S-off

Ginger Villain 1.4 with new RIL

Kernel 1.6 havs bfs
[Desire General] hispeedworm:
same problem here ... i didnt see anyone telling solution on the thread about linking the 2.5.1.8 recovery to rom manager and making its recovery 2.5.1.8 aswell.... is there a way or not possible?
[Desire General] andQlimax:
Not possible..because the 2.5.0.7 that rom manger fake-flash to ur desire is a modified version of it, needed to work with rom manager..To link it to an other recovery, u need to do some changes on the recovery..So not possible, untill the dev of rom manager will release a new recovery..By the way, just dont use rom manager ;)
[Desire General] hispeedworm:
yea thats wht ill do for now....but incase my rom dev releases ota update ... that would be done via fakeflash.... which worries me ......

there is a way that i see where we can link rom manager with recovery....

thats if we use the alternate recovery option and provide it with apharev 2.5.1.8 recovery.....

that way they both would be linked.... i put the img file of 2.5.1.8 in the sd card.... but thats not detected... i guess we have to put it in update.zip format for rom manager to detect it or somehting.....
[Desire General] andQlimax:
But the update.zip contains a MODIFIED version of the recovery..

To make it work with rom manager, u should have the source code of the 2.5.1.8, then modified it (id dont have idea what to modify) , build it, put the new update.zip on sdcard..this the way will probably work..
[Desire General] hispeedworm:
exactly......

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2011/01/rom-manager-any-recovery.html

you can see on this post by koush that any recovery can be made to work with rom manager..... we need to properly encode the recovery file so that rom namager software sees it in the sd card and once thats sorted .... we can have 2.5.1.8 on both recovery and on rom manager and fakeflash issues would be resolved.... and like you i am not a programmer.....

i only wish someone with the technical skills help out the whole community by making a properly scripted alternate recovery file for alpha rev 2.5.1.8

:)

the people who can do it really easily are ieftm, amon-ra, Kali and Udk

fingers crossed that one of them will eventually help us out :)
[Desire General] pranavd1980:
Gave 2nd trial today with CD Method.....Same result...

Device is not booting up after below message.....

Step 1 of 3 is done, rebooting your phone.

Waiting for bootloader..OK!

Booting to Android for the next step.

Waiting for your device… ??????

I have seen here that ppl are having problem at step 3..but my case is different it seems....What to do????????????????????

Please some one help me.....I need S-OFF on my desire......
[Desire General] andQlimax:
Try with an other PC / laptop..Maybe something wrong in ur usb port that doesn't allow to recognize the device when it restart..

And make sure usb debug is enabled on ur phone
[Desire General] pranavd1980:
Tried it with 2 diff system..running 7 & XP...Same result :( :( :(
[Desire General] andQlimax:
The OS doesn't make difference..because u booting ur pc from the CD right? Or u using the virtual box method?
[Desire General] pranavd1980:
1st try was with USB and 2nd with CD
[Desire General] andQlimax:
Try the cd method on an other laptop, ur friend laptop for example, or try also with a clean rom (rooted of course)..There aren't others thing to try..Anyway s-off is not really needed..with root u can already do the most important things..

I dont have other ideas..Good luck :)
[Desire General] Fieser-Kardinal:
A friend of mine has a PVT4 Device. We want to S-Off his device too this evening. Will AlphaRev flash a compatible Recovery or do we have to flash a compatible recovery on our own?

Which Recovery is compatible with PVT4 Devices? (CWM 2.5.0.7 installed by unrevoked fails with "Can't find MISC" Errors)
[Desire General] andQlimax:
The latest Alpharev iso flash a compatible recovery
[Desire General] Fieser-Kardinal:
All went fine, thank you! I've got a new question:

Has anyone a flashable CWM Alpharev Recovery 2.5.1.8? I really like the blue color :D