yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] Mohsin...:
Thank you so much! Can't use revolutionary as I'm on Mac, but will flash a stock ROM now. Thank you again!
[Desire General] andQlimax:
don't forget that the rom must be a rooted one anyway..the important thing is that the rom doesn't have app2sd/data2sd..roms like cm7 or oxygen are ok for example
[Desire General] Mohsin...:
I installed CM7 ROM and it s-offed without any problems :D. Thank you once again, the knowledge and willingness to help on this forum is wonderful.
[Desire General] nektario:
can be deleted
[Desire General] Nikhil_007:
error flashing soff

Hi got error (see attachment) while trying soff with latest alpharev version. i checked everything..virtual machine settings usb controller etc..heck even tried it with burning a live cd still get same error..

any help ill be appreciated
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
What ROM do you use?
[Desire General] Nikhil_007:
official stable cm7
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
Try to flash the rooted stock ROM and see if it works.
[Desire General] Nikhil_007:
tried that..doesnt work...any suggestions..??
[Desire General] andQlimax:
Do you have an htc desire right? Because in ur screen-shoot i see device model PB992..is that normal? (maybe im wrong)
[Desire General] Nikhil_007:
Yes its an htc desire...orange branded uk phone.
[Desire General] moleculezz:
Hi,

I S-offed my desire, but I'm afraid that something is not right. Can't say for sure what the cause is.

First... It doesn't work when I press power+voldown. I have to pull out battery and then press power+voldown to access hboot.

Second... Sometimes my phone just reboots. not sure if this is the rom, but I'm using a rooted stock sense gingerbread rom. The reason why i'm not sure this is the rom is because when it reboots I get the s-off screen "Why so serious". Which normally when I reboot the phone, I don't see.

Any advice as to what I should do to figure out the problem. Or what to do to fix the problem?
[Desire General] k3lcior:
Vol- + power works only when phone is shut down (turned off).

"Why so serious" always is always popping up when you restart your phone, its normal..

Reboot's are mostly like ROM issue... are you using apps like SetCPU or Daemon Controller to overclock/undervolt CPU?
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Try this. It's also posted somewhere here on XDA, I can't find that post right now though.
[Desire General] Nikhil_007:
thanks..

saw it here earlier too..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=912883

but didnt attempted as wasnt sure of it..

done as per the article..

now have a s-off alpharev hboot..

Y so serious..lol... :)

btw which partition table does the default alpharev hboot loads..??

EDIT: found out..its stock..

changed it to CM7 partition table...woooohoooo
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
Ah, yeah.. That's the exact thread I was looking for last night. It isn't described too well in that thread though, which is (if I remember correctly) why I ended up bookmarking the other link instead.

Either way, glad you got it sorted. :D

By the way, not sure if you've already seen it, but you might want to take a look at this thread too... For one day when you get tired of the Joker splash screen. :D
[Desire General] moleculezz:
I figured out that the fastboot option was preventing me from usng vol- + power.

as for the ROM. I'm using a very basic pre-rooted ROM. I guess I will try a different one. I saw GingerWally, which looks promising as stock.
[Desire General] moleculezz:
So I wanted to flash HBOOT Data++, and on the site there are 2 files for it. I'm not sure I understood it correctly. From what I understand, the files do the same thing but using a different method. Is this correct? And also, which is the best/safest way to do it?

Right now I have an SD with an extended partition. Should I be aware of anything before flashing this new HBOOT?
[Desire General] StarFriend:
Hi,

I have an s-off phone and I would like to change it to "Bravo CM7 r2"

I put this image on my sd-card and after that I switch into the fastboot mode with back + Power.

And now I need your help for the next steps. In the Fastboot Menu I have the possibilitys

Bootloader

Reboot

Reboot Bootloader

Power Down

And at this point I don´t know further

tia
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
As long as the file is named 'PB99IMG.zip' (remember it is case sensitive) and is located on the root of your SD card, then as soon as you enter the boot loader it should flash it, you don't need to do anything manually.

If this doesn't work for you, use the other method of running the fastboot commands from the command prompt on your PC while your phone is connected to the USB.
[Desire General] Alas2708:
Hi,

That's because you are in Fastboot mode and not in bootloader mode...

From fastboot mode, hit the powerbutton with "bootloader" selected

or boot the phone holding VOL-Down instead
[Desire General] besuikerd:
Hi,

I have an HTC Desire with rooted HBOOT 0.80.0000

this one is not supported by the revolutionary tool :S

how can I update my HBOOT to 0.93/1.02?
[Desire General] fatspirit:
Rooted HBOOT? Or just rooted phone with mentioned hboot version?
[Desire General] neostrata:
Was at the same roadblock.

S-off using Alpharev instead. Same thing. Otherwise you could S-off using Alpharev and then undergo the S-off procedure once more using Revolutionary to get the Revo hboot. Worked for me :p
[Desire General] Salem24:
Hi,

I have a PT4 Desire and successfully got S-OFF with the Revolutionary tool. Made a Nandroid of my Sense-GB-ROM before. I flashed the CM7 r2 table, everything worked fine so far.

I tried to flash several Sense ROMs - 2.1, 3.0, 3.5. None of them booted. They all stuck on splash screen (waited more than 15 min). I tried two ASOP ROMs, they worked!

Well, I flashed the Stock table and recovered my Nandroid mentioned before: stuck on splash!

It seems that it is not possible to flash a Sense ROM. What's wrong?

Rooted stock froyo ROM is working. No I am totally confused :(
[Desire General] fatspirit:
Have done a full wipe? Maybe you have faulty recovery?
[Desire General] rikee:
you have to partition SD card with Gparted and in some cases to do partition alignment, maybe changing HBOOT version probably CM7 R2 ... first post in every sense thread has necesary information
[Desire General] Salem24:
Have tested Sense roms with stock hboot as I had before S-OFF: don't boot

Have tested Sense roms with cm7 r2 hboot: don't boot

Have tested Clockworkmod 5.0.2.0 and RMD Recovery: don't boot

Have recovered my Nandroid backup: don't boot

Of course, have done a full wipe. Have partitioned the sd card completely new.
[Desire General] erklat:
Have you flashed hboot downgrader prior to flashing stock hboot back on?
[Desire General] Salem24:
What do you mean? I have tested both hboots: downgrader and stock hboot (the one from alpharev). Both don't work.

Update: I've checked another sd card, doesn't boot. I flashed a RUU to be totally stock. Used Revolutionary again. Everything worked. Wiped, flashed a Sense ROM: doesn't boot... :(
[Desire General] Salem24:
I have attached a logcat file. Maybe it helps.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
this has nothing to do with s-off anyway..that problem is rom related

some sense gb roms, require an extra partition on the sd card..u need 2 partitions on the sd card..1 fat32 and 1GB ext3/4 (both primary) depends from the rom

read the rom installation instructions, and ask in the rom thread or in the q&a section
[Desire General] Salem24:
I have two partitions. As I had before S-OFF and it worked. Asked in the ROM thread. Thank you very much.
[Desire General] Road Runner 7-11:
Can someone direct me to some GOOD and EASY READABLE page about upgrading HBOOT or give me some directions. I installed AlphaRev 1.8 Desire HBOOT but now i would like to change it to CM7 r2 or something with more internal memory, but I don't know how to install that CM7 r2 file over the one I got now.

Any help greatly appreciated.
[Desire General] andybondy:
AlphaRev stuck at Stage 1

Hello all,

I am trying to run Alpharev.iso in Virtualbox. I have a stock rooted desire ROM on my phone. I have hboot 0.75 and Clockwork v2.5.0.1. Alpharev gets to stage 1.

The screen says 'waiting for bootloader' and then doesnt go anywhere.

I have had my phone rooted for a while. I used unrevoked about last August.

I have trawled the 200-odd pages here and now I think I need new, stronger glasses. Can anyone point me the right way forwards?

Thanks

AndyBondy
[Desire General] younxta:
It's very easy using this program called Android flasher, just select the hboot file and let it do the rest.
[Desire General] cesar67:
Could someone advise me on how to obtain S-OFF on a GSM Desire with non functioning USB port please ?

Thank you.
[Desire General] gronph:
tried this?:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=691639
[Desire General] cesar67:
Thanks for the reply mate but, The USB port is physically damaged, I can't fastboot.

It would likely be a flash from SDCard ?
[Desire General] fatspirit:
I guess not. You could only change hboots once you're already s-off. Repair your Desire or get Sensation (:
[Desire General] tehcyz:
Hey guys...

i just tried to s-off my desire with the given .iso... im on step 3 now, my comp says its waiting for flashing to complete. my desire says that flashing hboot succeeded and the new bootblock has been flashed too... now it doesn't do anything for like an hour.. afraid of rebooting it so dunno what to do >.<

(rooted cm7.1.0)
[Desire General] srkhan:
why we need "Vmware7?
[Desire General] Terepin:
You don't.
[Desire General] Chronic404:
I get to this stage:

/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

and it stalls on a green tc@box:~$_ type thing, and nothing happens, my details:

HTC Desire Bravo CWM, Android 2.3.3

Kernel 2.6.35.10-g3f43272

Baseband: 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.08

Any ideas? Have tried it twice now and same result both times...
[Desire General] fatspirit:
You're trying to get s-off on leedroid? With a2sd stuff enabled?
[Desire General] Chronic404:
Yeah, i was, i downgraded the ROM to an official Release, and then it worked.

I didn't see anywhere that A2SD caused problems, only Data2EXT, that should be in the OP

Anyway, SUCCESS! :D
[Desire General] fatspirit:
Alpharev says:
[Desire General] grandem:
I boot from a burned CD but it always fails to push files.

I am using RCMix as a Rom
[Desire General] fatspirit:
1. Nandroid backup

2. Wipe

3. [Flash] rooted stock

4. [Get] S-OFF

5. Nandroid restore

6. Profit!
[Desire General] bemymonkey:
Are you saying it would work? :eek:
[Desire General] bubble:
Successfully flashed from VMware on Win7x64.
[Desire General] ph0rce:
Flashed mine & it works fine, could anyone give me a quick rundown of how to flash the HTC boot screen back?

I've downloaded the file & copied the following command from the AlphaRev page:

fastboot flash splash1 desire_stock_splash1.img

But I don't know when / where to run this from?

Cheers.
[Desire General] xtcislove:
Run this from Terminal or easy use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638

Many thanks for this! Now i have System R/W with Root Explorer =) Nice !

My Girl as splashscreen ;-) Nice =)
[Desire General] Bip44:
Realy ? In this case, we must install custom ROM first ?
[Desire General] VK7HSE:
Ha well Telstra being the PITA they had to appended 0.83001 but likewise no trouble updating either...
[Desire General] teorouge:
HELP!!

I tried via VirtualBox: got till step 3, now the virtual pc window got black and desire is in HTC screen with a little "HBOOT USB PLUG" writing on the top left... I still have the USB "htc, Inc Android 1.0" indication.

I'm waiting since 15 minutes or so, now I'm getting scared as hell... :(

ps. please give some help here as I'm at work and I can't use IRC! :(

EDIT: back to life, thanks guys! ;)
[Desire General] Mekrel:
Just a FYI, I use Estrongs file manager and I selected allow root by choosing the HiAPK ROM option and it works.

So I can now mount /system with write permission without buying Root explorer.
[Desire General] TheAshMan:
You had any luck with reviving it?
[Desire General] ph0rce:
I'm on linux so the tool won't work, I had to download a pre-compiled binary from:

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fastboot

Which worked just fine once I'd put the phone into Fastboot.

Cheers.
[Desire General] VK7HSE:
Hmm... I'm not understanding why people are insisting in adding multiple layers of trouble by attempting to use virtual solutions when the .ISO burnt to cd will provide the direct comms the kernel is expecting to see.

Now you wouldn't run a diesel vehicle on petrol (gas) or run an engine with no oil... think about it, after all its your phone but I know the path I would take... virtualisation is fine for certain tasks, just not firmware updates!

(steps off soapbox!)
[Desire General] ghiki:
Flashed another desire succesfully again, at this time with Virtualbox 3.2.8 r64453 (latest)/Win7 Ult. x86/Ledroid 2.1a with HBOOT 0.83 and SLCD screen...you're gods!!!
[Desire General] ghiki:
Without Virtualization have issues (error 60 or something like this) caused by another USB devices (Internal USB Bluetooth/reader, i think) and in virtual machine, screen drivers (With GTX 260 first screen is duplicated) and ALL works good, without interfering USB/PCI... devices.
[Desire General] Beppemi:
Really nice new for Desire community...
[Desire General] xtcislove:
Now we can have the real APP2SD.

Anyone any news on this already? :D
[Desire General] marinierb:
I'm waiting for a way to repartition. Add 100MB to your /data partition and there is no need for A2SD :cool:
[Desire General] Shane2:
Original: Modaco Custom Rom R9 latest revision (based off the 2.10 HTC Release) original HBOOT version 0.80 new HBOOT version 0.93.0001

I did my S-OFF from within Virtualbox and it worked perfectly, you just have to know what you are doing.
[Desire General] ghiki:
@VK7HSE, I'm talking about this:

and this

Ind the second image i have no touch anything, even the keyboard (they not responds, it's Asus P5Q Pro-Turbo and yes, have Legacy USB in BIOS), but with the virtual machine, works fine.

Oh! And the bootable was made with Unetbootin (theorically they works)
[Desire General] ephumuris:
Ok turns out i'm not bricked yay! Phone started charging this morning. Battery must have died. It broke my current rom. Doesn't boot at all and my Nandroids do not boot. I an flash a new rom though and that boots fine.

Tried again just for fun. Booted CD, phone reaches step 3 and just hands on waiting for flashing to finish. I left it for 15 minutes at white HTC screen and nothing. My guess would be the HBOOT flash never actually starts!

Pulled my battery and same result as before. Rom broken, no nandroids but i can flash a new rom. HBOOT remains 0.75.0000 S-ON.

STUCK FOR IDEAS!
[Desire General] Chronic404:
The man speaks the truth!
[Desire General] dhunzi10:
I decided to S-OFF my Desire, but I'm a bit worried about using Revolutionary, as it says it is a developer preview.

Should I used Alpharev 1.8 of Revolutionary ?

I wanted to use the search function then I realized I didn't know what to type, so I'm directly asking.

Also, my power button doesn't work every time, I have to press it very hard. My question is do I need this button during the process ?
[Desire General] shankly1985:
Some help please I have finally s-off my desire, but now when I go to download the PB99IMG_cm7r2.zip and check its md5sum with the one on the page it dont match? but if I download the img file it matches?

So whats the md5sum for the zip file?

Edit

I found out my problem, I just had to extract the img file and md5 check it :)
[Desire General] chad84:
Issues with my desire

Hi good morning all.

My phone was working perfectly up until last night. I flashed CWM5 recovery to my phone to test it. Then I realised I lost my Alparev recovery. I tried many things to get it back, but failed. So I decided I would unroot my phone and put s-on again.

I was using Alparev CM7r2, CWM5 recovery and Incert Coin Rom.

Then I prceeded to run the RUU HTC WWE 2.29 Stock rom from the exe and it failed.

I was then advised to run bravo_alpaspl.img and then bravo_downgrade.img and then the RUU would be successful. The 2 imgs ran fine but the RUU failed again.

It said CID incorrect, update failed or something like that.

The phone is no longer s-off now

Bravo PVT3 SHIP s-on

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYN0101

Radio-5.11.05.27

Aug 10 2010,17:52:10

When I bought the phone on amazon it was advertised as the international ulocked version.

Please assist me.

---------- Post added at 05:48 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:22 AM ----------

OK so I wasn't willing to give up. I kept getting another error asking for 2.13.707.1

Researched and it was the HTC RUU WWE Asia Froyo my phone came with.

I flashed with that and my phone is stock Froyo with s-on.

Can I just run revoltuion now and s-off and get custom Alpharev hboot?
[Desire General] fatspirit:
You should flash downgrade hboot first to be able to flash any other hboot.
[Desire General] rJWhofAvtx:
Hi,

Does anyone know if a stock + root gingerbread such as this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1200261

Is suitable to flash before running Alpharev?

Or should it be an older version such as Froyo?

Thanks
[Desire General] ascot17:
Hi - you don't say what the status of your phone is currently. Assuming that the phone is already rooted with a custom recovery installed, you should have no problems with that ROM.
[Desire General] Random User69:
Nothing to do with the rom mate.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
alpharev.nl:
[Desire General] rJWhofAvtx:
Running CM7 at the moment but the instructions state to use a rooted stock. I was just wondering if a Gingerbread one was suitable being newer than Froyo.
[Desire General] ascot17:
My understanding is that the main requirement is to avoid 'add-on' scripts. By using a 'clean' ROM as near to stock as possible, you avoid this risk. Gingerbread vs Froyo should not make any difference.
[Desire General] rJWhofAvtx:
Thanks, presumed that would be the case but just wanted to double check.
[Desire General] alina8627:
lets give it a try :)
[Desire General] rJWhofAvtx:
Had a few problems with Alpharev so I had a look at Revolutionary, was quick and easy.
[Desire General] nowaard:
power button off

Hi, let me explain my problem:

I have a desire with power button broken.

last 6 months i use it normally wiht a rooted room (but s-on). When i want to turn on the device I pull off and on the battery twice.

Recently i installed an application and after a reboot the device keeps stuck in the initial splash animation.

So, i ONLY can access to HBoot (0.93 S-on). But i can't enter to recovery to erase userdata and format all and reboot a new room (as usual) because Hboot enter key is the ****ing power button XD.

I tryed to S-OFF in linux with alpharev 1.8 or revolutinary when showing splash but they start and suddenly stop because smthg was wrong.

So the only thing i can do is send basic HBoot commands.

ANY IDEA!?!? please...
[Desire General] rjvrijn:
Try fastboot from the Android SDK. As i remember correctly it has a fastboot to recovery option.
[Desire General] djkaija:
Nearly dead phone

Hi guys,

First off, apologies if this is in the wrong thread.

Problem: HTC Desire not booting - I can get into recovery, flash a rom (reports back that it flashed successfully etc but it never reboots and stays on splash screen)

Now that was two days ago...

Tried again in recovery and it 'went' to HBOOT, saying

SD Checking...

Loading [PB99DIAG.zip] That file is NOT on the SD card so I don't know what's going on there.

The phone was working perfectly 6months ago and has been off since I got a new phone.

The phone details:

AlphaRev CM7 r2

Bravo-6.93.1002

MICROP-031d

Radio-5.17.05.23

I've looked at some other threads and not entirely sure where I should head with this.

Thanks for listening/reading, any help/pointers appreciated.

*EDIT*

Reading other threads led me to believe there might be a problem with HBOOT so I tried to flash a new one using Android Flasher but device couldn't be seen...
[Desire General] fatspirit:
Are all required drivers properly installed?
[Desire General] djkaija:
I believe so - I was using my work machine, I've done stuff to my phone on that machine before. I'll try and reflash from my home PC tomorrow and report back. Thanks.

Sent from my Sensation XE via osmosis
[Desire General] sirlukas:
Hi All,

Can anyone explain what this means?

=============================================

| Revolutionary S-OFF & Recovery Tool 0.4pre4 |

=============================================

Brought to you by AlphaRev & unrEVOked.

Waiting for device...

Found your device: HTC Desire (bravo-0.93.0001, Android: 2.3.7, ROM version: 3.1

4.405.1)

This is a beta release and requires a beta release key.

Please visit: http://revolutionary.io for more information.

Enter beta key [ serial: HTxxxxxx ]: xxxxxx

Beta key accepted - thank you for participating!

Root acquired!

Sending in Caroline...

Retrieving Caroline from certain doom...

Retrying Caroline...

Caroline failed, but had this to say: Segmentation fault /data/local/arx-

...

Press (almost) any key to exit.

Does it mean that my internal memory has failed.

Is there a way to fix it?
[Desire General] arghness:
I've got a GSM Bravo with HBOOT 0.75, S-ON.

I see that Revolutionary only supports HBOOT 0.93.0001 and 1.02.0001 , so I'm trying to update the HBOOT.

My phone was Orange UK branded, and currently rooted and flashed to Leedroid. It has A2SD and doesn't appear to work with Alpharev, unfortunately (runs through to step 3, then boots to Android without the HBOOT changing).

I've SIM Unlocked the phone now, so I should now be able to flash any standard RUU, I think.

I've looked on the XDA Desire wiki at which ROMs have these HBOOTs, but I can't find the RUUs for the only 2 ROMs that appear to have it. It looks like the stock Gingerbread ROM had 1.02.0001, but all the links point to the front page of htcdev.com and I can't find it anywhere there.

I'd appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction for this, please.
[Desire General] Pudl:
Bravo Downgrade img nut burnable

Hello,

do I need a special CD burning program to burn the bravo_downgrade.img to a CD. All program I tested tell me "unknown format".

Thanks in advance

Pudl
[Desire General] ZaLiTHkA:
It's not a CD image... The instructions are on the website directly below the download link for that file.
[Desire General] Pudl:
"who can read has a big advantage ;-)"

Thank you.
[Desire General] kmetek:
sorry total n00b here, can someone write step by step what should be done for s-off and change of table, because 147MB is really too low for applications. Thanks!
[Desire General] jmcclue:
click the "Desire All Things Root" in my sig

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] icecreame:
follow instructions here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
[Desire General] xxxlux:
Problem with HBOOT SOLVED

Please help,

I have changed my hboot from cm7r2 to stock, unfortunately I had not used downgrade or wipe. After this I could not format the system in recovery mode. I restored cm7r2 but again I couldnt format the system. In attempt to solve the problem I tried to install the RUU ROM but it stuck with "error 140 bootloader version error"

Now I have the following situation, I can enter the bootloader and recovery (with error), but further than this nothing.

I have the following informations when I run bootloader:

BRAVO UNKNOWN SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.75.0000

What can I do to get back into the life my Desire.

SOLVED!!!

Help by jmcclue

flash the 2.3gb upgrade from htcdev