yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] ddee:
Hi Guys,

PVT4, 40000, S ON. Rooted with Leedroid 2.3d.

A mate of mine just played with my phone and has just done me a favour, NOT!!

He's installed Rom Manager and overwritten my amonra recovery with clockwork 2.5.0.7, very kindly telling me that it will be easy for me to try out new ROMs now.!!!!! I know that I can reinstall amonra with unrevoked when I get home, but is there anyway that I can reinstall it from the sd card now. I want to put Leedroid 2.4 on my phone , but can't without a recovery that works for my phone. My Nandroids are also all Amonra so i'm stuffed without a working recovery.

Edit. I've just rebooted the phone into recovery and it starts with amonra going through an update package cycle and then it comes up with clockwork 2.5.0.7 menu. This happens on every reboot. Phone appears to be working fine apart from this.
[Desire General] LaMpiR:
I have installed Clockwordmod and then my recovery didn't work as well. I was only able to root the phone. After that I have installed Aplharev but since I haven't previously backup up anything because of the non-working recovery I had to patch small recovery additionally from their website. After that I installed leedroid 2.3d and today I have updated to 2.4.

My phone is now rooted, Sim-unlocked and S-off :) I can't image doing anything else on it :)
[Desire General] xristosdino:
could you please help a noob?

I have a PVT4-new, confirmed acording to the first post, but no istructions on what to do next. I want to install a custom rom, oxygen for example, i have already rooted and flashed amon_ra recovery (cwm didn't work). Can I just flash any rom I want? Or should I notice/take care of something else first?
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
You should be able to flash a custom ROM using amon_ra.
[Desire General] jjbbb:
thx for sharing
[Desire General] traderjean:
Thanks a lot interesting
[Desire General] theliquid:
Thanks for that advice!
[Desire General] maxvanni:
nice dude!
[Desire General] zukers:
can you help me I'm trying to root my Desire

It's already S-OFF and my HBOOT is

BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.93.1000

Unrevoked giving me error:

"..is this firmware too new?" the same is on custom image (amonra 2.0.1)
[Desire General] Tillus:
are you sure you're not already rooted? Afaik you can't S-Off without Root-permissions.
[Desire General] slukk:
This metod work. My phone is PVT-4.
[Desire General] skiecloud:
thank u for the method..
[Desire General] fidjit:
After reading this thread and various other on various sites FINALLY ( 3 am gave up last night ) worked out a procedure that worked for me:

Australian Telstra Desire.

The issue:

Unrevoked 3.32 ( current version at this point ) will work but you'll get strange E: messages when trying to nandroid or load roms like:

E: Can't find MISC:

E: Can't mount CACHE: recovery/command

E: Can't find MISC:

E: Can't mount CACHE: recovery/log

E: Can't find MISC:

You'll have root for Titanium Backup but Adfree won't work.....

Confirmation:

HBoot/Fastboot screen shows PVT4.

Use terminal emulator to get

"cat /proc/mtd (from adb shell or terminal emulator)

Erasesize will say either 20000 or 40000, whereas the last one identifies your device as being PVT4 New. This has a different NAND chip, which uses a bigger pagesize and changed partition offsets."

Alpharev 1.8 wouldn't even recognise my phone

Solution:

The trick is to use Amon Ra 2.0 for Desire

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=839621

and Unrevoked 3.21.

http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash_package.exe

Before you plug in your phone, run Unrevoked 3.21, goto File -> Custom File and choose the Amon Ra .img file.

Plug in your phone and do your unrevoked 3.21

You can do this after you've already Unrevoked 3.32 , you DON'T have to run a stock ROM back over.

If you try and do the Amon Ra with 3.32 it will tell you " Your software version is too new".

Not sure if JUST unrevoked 3.21 will work as I tried whatever I could to get going as easy as possible.

Hope this helps :):)
[Desire General] kayz73:
Thanks a lot.
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
I had no problems with AlphaRev 1.8 with my PVT4, but before AlphaRev I rooted the phone with Unrevoked 3.32 (which was able to root, but didn't s-off).

AlphaRev was used as LiveCD, VirtualBox method didn't work (v4.xx has something wrong with USB passthrough)
[Desire General] jerdna87:
ok guys, cuz in this thread i can write ill ask here...

i tried s-off with alpharev... and booted of cd... everything went fine until it got to step 3. Then it got stuck. it did nothing for a 1.30h. So i read that i need to get my battery out. I did, and it didnt even boot.. Luckely i ented into recovery and safely restored my phone...

I had expresso sense hd rom.. with unrevoked root phone.

Its amoled with 0.93 hboot.

i dont know what went wrong but i got scared i bricked my phone:(

Mabye i should change ROM? can you please help...

sorry for bad english:)
[Desire General] Tillus:
when you are afraid of a bricked phone, I suggest you read before you do anything. ;)

On alpharev's Homepage it says

"Requirements:

The only requirement right now is that the ROM you're running is rooted.

As techniques such as 'data2ext' have been popping up, these might disturb our finely-tuned flashing process.

Please revert to a rooted stock ROM if possible. Your /data partition is used for temporary storage of important files."

So, yes, flash another rooted close-to-stock-ROM - that'll solve your problem. :)
[Desire General] owen1978:
I have just s-offed my desire today using the latest alpharev,

and installed Oxygen rom

Do i need to install the oxygen hboot or does it automatically recalculate sizes?
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
AFAIK h-boot needs to be changed only if you want to have different partition sizes.
[Desire General] jerdna87:
thx for replay, but what does mean rooted stock? and what are examples of those roms?

so rom that was originally on mobile when i bought it, and after i rooted it... thats rooted stock?

and how do i reflash to stock?
[Desire General] gruyon:
hello

i did what you said ' i put the file in the sd and then pressed power + volume down and then it did nothing .

sould i enter recovery and run the file ?

if yes sould it be throw update ?
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
First power the phone off, then press VolDown+Power
[Desire General] jautjaut:
worked for me!
[Desire General] eoinzy:
I managed to do this myself, using the guides on here, though I USB_Bricked my phone the first time. I then found another guide on here for fixing that and since then its been perfect!
[Desire General] Glenn.Bre:
I also had no issues using Alpha Rev... work flawlessly the 2 times i have used it!
[Desire General] eoinzy:
Also, I used the VMware method. Even through that, it was pretty quick on my old laptop.
[Desire General] eoinzy:
By the way, is the only reason to have S-OFF so you can edit the hosts file? Or is there any other reason?
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
I thought the main reason was to be able to repartition NAND to increase memory or something like that (I haven't actually done it, just from what I've read).
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
Main reason is to unlock NAND memory- flashing is simple (and I couldn't get fakeflash to work on my PVT4)
[Desire General] hamid es:
Rescue

I bought a htc desire 2 weeks ago. for flash a new rom on my device i rooted that.

then i copy the new rom to my sd card and cvm ver 2.5.*.*:confused:(i miss)

after reboot that it stuk on htc logo with 2 black line.:eek::(

i went to repairman and he Said me your device Has died:confused:. and i will fix it for you.

after a week he said to me i do hardspl your device and I can not flash any rom on that:(. and return the device to me.

i came to this forum and read every thing on this post.

now my htc desire just boot on htc logo with 1 black line on the top of screen or (by holding volume and power) go to "recovery menu" and same it "fast boot".

On the recovery menu this Message Is shown:

Bravo pvt4 ship s-on

Hboot-0.93.0001

Microp-051d

Touch panel-synt0101

Radio-5.09.0530-2

aug 10 2010,17:52:18

it's serial number is:sh13zpl06677

I tried to run ruu on it but said plz find the correct rom.

plz help me

what I shod to do that I will can fix my phone
[Desire General] LaMpiR:
That is just hboot. You go to recovery by vol down and clicking power buton on recovery option. Can you enter the recovery?

I have the same PVT4 version and for me worked:

http://alpharev.nl/

I am not sure, please wait for more experienced user to post. You will probably have to flash recovery and then new rom but i suggest waiting.

Btw, repairman is an idiot. Hardspl is for windows phones. I did it on my htc diamond.

Please wait as you can damage your phone permanently.
[Desire General] hamid es:
yes i can enter the recovery

Is it mining you alpharev your device and then flash new rom?

how Could you alpharev your device? which of that MD5SUM you select?
[Desire General] LaMpiR:
That is already s-off phones. Link is:

http://alpharev.nl/alpharev.iso

You rooted it with unrevoked 3.2.1?

I used unrevoked to root it. But unfortunately, I couldn't get into recovery. Then I flashed alpharev and installed new rom.

Doing this without making sure that your phone is rooted can brick it!
[Desire General] hamid es:
yes i rooted by unrevoked and i can go to recovery menu.

just i can't underestand what shold i do.

must i make a cd in first to or not?????????

plz help me.
[Desire General] jann32:
well i think that whatever is wrong with your phone, if u can go to fastboot, you can repair it like that:

-search for the right official rom type .exe (if it's the wrong one your screen might not work - that happened to me so be carful which type of screen u got)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=695667

with the .exe in the end

-go to fastboot mode

-link phone to computer

-run .exe file on your computer

-follow the stepps

-done

this will restore all setings and install everything from the start. rom will be official... like the first time u bought it. you will have to root it again if u want to have a custom rom. and u will have s-off too

if nothing works trie this. it worked for me. i had a different problem but i think this should work no mather what since it installs everything again... its like a fresh start ;)
[Desire General] hamid es:
is your device Exact me.

which of rom is ok for your device
[Desire General] hamid es:
is your device Exactly like mine?

which on of that are ok for yours
[Desire General] jann32:
Here you can get the RUU:

Its on >>Shipped Roms<< , 7th from top.

RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00. 32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe

http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Bravo

you can read more here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096109

my problem was diferent, but again as i sad... this restores and installs EVERYTHING like u would buy a new phone... so i guess what is wrong with the phone doesn't matter

i have htc desire, but i don't know which type of screen i got

mybe this type of ruu isn't right for u, so be cerful
[Desire General] Outbreak Monkey:
Restoring a CWM 2.5.0.7 Backup

Hey..

My HTC Desire blew up.. Luckily my carrier replaced it for me, the new on seems to be PVT4 (erase size 40000).

Unfortunately, my original desire was older. I used unrevoked 3.32 and did a 'backup' with CWM 2.5.0.7..

I should have RTFMed.. But just went through the same root process using unrevoked.. It got root fine (I can 'su' in Terminal), but I see errors when starting ClockWork Mod 2.5.0.7:

I'm happy to re-flash with AmonRA, but before I do. I'd REALLY like to try and recover the backup! I see that the backups between CWM and AmonRA aren't compatible.. BUT I assume if I can restore the backup with CWM (somehow), I can then re-flash with amonra, and do another backup?)

Questions:

Is it possible to restore the backup using CWM 2.5.0.7 even though I'm getting the error message?

Is it likely to be harmful to try restoring the backup even with the error message (assuming no one here has tried)?

Any other thoughts on ways to restore my old CWM backup? (Different versions of CWM that support the Erase Size 40000 etc?)

Thanks in advance,

ObM.
[Desire General] Meaple:
If you restore a backup from CWM using RA then look forward to a bricked device. By the time that you've tried to find a solution you may as well of started again. You shouldn't reply purely on 1 single backup. You should backup with say Titanium Backup as well since that will do all of your apps and the data for the apps.
[Desire General] Outbreak Monkey:
Restoring via ADB

Yeah, I gave up on that tack..

Mainly I wanted to restore contacts (No, I don't keep my contacts on my google account) and SMS/MMSeseses..

SO, I used "unyaffs" to unpack the CSM backup (which I copied to my Mac).

I pushed the contacts and sms databases back to the SD card, then used a root shell (to copy the mmssms.db, contacts2.db, and the app_parts folder) back to their respective directories (PS.. remember to change ownership and permissions to match the original)..

I restored the Contacts, SMS and message attachments no problem!!

Apps and app data were backed up with Titanium, so that worked for my notes and stuff..

Cheers,

ObM..
[Desire General] Exiled_SouL:
@Outbreak Monkey

If your desire is pvt-4 with erasesize-40000..then you should use amonra-2.0.1..as for some reason cwm after 2.5.0.7 cause problems.i myself usb bricked 2times but after using amonra i flashed more than 20 times without even single issue.
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
I have PVT4

AmonRA 2.0.1 works fine

CWM 2.5.0.7 works fine but older versions don't.

Right now I have CWM 3.2.0.1 which also works fine, but AmonRA has advantage of compatibility with both Amend and Edify update scripts (CWM 3.xx can only use Amend)
[Desire General] Exiled_SouL:
Ya for some people it work without problem for other it won't.

i was usb bricked twice after i updated cwm-3,weired.

Usb brick is weired problem nobody exactly know what causes this..there are 2 thing which can cause usb brick faulty recovery(which happened with me) and rom manager.

As i see on forum Experienced root user recommend amonra-2.0.1 for pvt-4,erasesize-40000 and i am smooth sailing with amonRa after faced issue with cwm :)
[Desire General] xlenz:
Same for me. I was usb bricked in cmw 2.5 two times one by one few weeks ago. I don't know what was the problem. Nevertheless, I've got no problem with amonra. And it is quite enough for me.. I don't know any pluses in cwm. But I know that the minus is that I can have usb brick ))
[Desire General] Theliels:
use unrevoked to flash amon ra recovery image, them try ledroid again
[Desire General] fireball2k:
Theliels: I can give it a try in the european evening ;)
[Desire General] fireball2k:
Ok - for now, we know, that defrost and CM6.1 don't work either.
[Desire General] MichelN:
What is the diffrence ? i have PVT1 :)
[Desire General] duryard:
Leedroid 2.2f works fine. Installed via clockworkmod
[Desire General] Bubach28:
I had the same thing!

I went on this page http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bravo/

downloaded PB99IMG_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.zip (third one from above) , renamed it to PB99IMG.zip

and put it on sdcard and flashed it in bootloader and everything back to normal!

I tried downgrading but fail.Now waiting for more info how to install custom rom :(
[Desire General] fireball2k:
Use unrevoked with Amon-ra 1.7 or 2.0 recovery image instead of built-in clockworkmod.
[Desire General] ste1164:
I have PVT4 and I can do all these things fine.
[Desire General] Bubach28:
My friend has also pvt4 and everything went fine, other friend has with the same name pvt4 and he cant root properly!
[Desire General] fireball2k:
ste1164: Could you please adb shell into your device and do a "dmesg > /sdcard/dmesg" and check the log for lines containing "revision"?
[Desire General] ste1164:
I will when I'm on my mac adb isn't set up on my dads computer.
[Desire General] skullz:
Hi,

I have the new PVT4 device (Erasesize = 40000). Will I still be able to flash custom rom using Amon Ra recovery? Thanks in advance
[Desire General] zardoz99:
Does "unrevoked" always try and place a new recovery image on the phone, or can you tell it just to root the phone and not install a recovery image?

I've asked this before but never got an answer. It seems quire relevant now that the built-in recovery image can render a PVT4 phone inoperable.

Z.
[Desire General] izglory:
I seemed to have the same problem, got my desire 2 days ago.

In the recovery mode it shows all these errors.

E: Can't find MISC:

E: Can't mount CACHE: recovery/command

E: Can't find MISC:

E: Can't mount CACHE: recovery/log

E: Can't find MISC:
[Desire General] protuger:
good for you but im googling every possible ways but i just cant bring it back to normal. You have the same issue like the MISC? or almost the same with me in 2 lines at htc logo and cant boot? I will try the radio. Thanks for the info.

Could you please guide me how you did it? i cant afford to messed up again. Do you mean you have flashed it via bootloader under recovery? By the way are you using ClockWork Recovery or AmonRa?
[Desire General] protuger:
ClockWork recovery is a default recovery image for unrEVOked but you can always opt to change it (ex. AmonRa recovery).

When you downloaded the unrevoked3 tool open it and don't plug your phone yet, go to options and select custom recovery. Now select the AmonRA to flash with unrevoked3. Now plug in your phone and relax.
[Desire General] andQlimax:
To go back to normal just put the PB99IMG.zip in the root of ur sdcard, then swithc off the phone, then press volume-down and the power button and then the update will be found automatically (without go in recovery). that's it.

To root again just use unrevoked (without downgrade..no need to downgrade to root)..unrevoked root everithing, also PVT4 as some user told in this thread, if u cant u are doing something wrong in the procedure.
[Desire General] protuger:
It says no image found, wrong image.. nothing happens after iv done this..:(
[Desire General] protuger:
WHEW...repeatedly chants "Our Father...." Gotcha!!! My desire is reborn!!! Thanks you sooo much XDA members i owe you BIGTIME!!!. andQlimax, Bubach28 your guides worked. After sleepless nights finally my ordeal is over. Next is to root again...What's your recommendation AmonRa or Clockwork?
[Desire General] Lennyz1988:
AmonRa, but that is just personal :)
[Desire General] =JP:
just a quick question have pvt4 desire rooted & I wanted to s-off can I simply fastboot flash alpharev or unrevoked forever ?? please help =J
[Desire General] MatDrOiD:
Why asking the same question in two sections?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1141338
[Desire General] psilakos:
I will start by apologising if this has been asked before, I searched the thread but didn't find any references to my question.

I've got a PVT4 Desire and was running the latest Oxygen ROM with ext3. I recently used Alpharev to S-OFF and also flashed the respective HBOOT table.

I abandoned a2sd since I flashed the new HBOOT table and reformatted my SD card deleting the ext3 partition.

Curious things:

While I boot on HBOOT mode, the phone displays:

Alpharev Oxygen r2

Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-6.93.1002

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.14.05.17

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

My phone never displayed the Alpharev splash screen on boot. Neither when I initially flashed the phone or the oxygen HBOOT table.

Also, after I deleted the ext3 and reformatted the SD card, I wiped cache and dalvik cache, and did a fresh install of the latest Oxygen ROM. However, when I run Quick System Info I have an A2SD storage space. The weirdest thing is that upon doing the fresh install, the A2SD Total space was approximately 5MB and Free was around 2.9MB.

Now that I've installed my apps, A2SD Total space is 7.13MB and Free is 4.57 :confused:

I also noticed that Quick System Info displays most of the apps installed on the SD card despite the fact that the phone's Internal Storage is Total: 336MB, Free: 144MB.

I've no issues with the phone so far, although it's less than 24 hrs since I flashed with Alpharev.

Any input on this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
[Desire General] AlxMAX:
@psilakos: It is normal that Oxygen R2 HBOOT displays that. Even the old HBOOTs displayed something with Alpharev on the first line. Concerning the A2SD in Oxygen, the mechanism is implemented by a script which is run at boot. The script checks for an ext partition on the SD card and if it finds one, it mounts it, then moves the /data/app contents and then makes the proper symbolic links. If it doesn't find any ext partition, then it does nothing and this should be your case. Try to open a terminal and run df -h. If it displays something about /dev/mmcblk0p2 then you haven't got rid of the ext partition.
[Desire General] psilakos:
@ AlxMAX

Thanks for the reply.

I ran df -h and got the following:

#df -h

Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on

tmpfs 203.0M 32.0K 202.9M 0% /dev

tmpfs 203.0M 0 203.0M 0% /mnt/asec

tmpfs 203.0M 0 203.0M 0% /mnt/obb

/dev/block/mtdblock3 100.0M 92.0M 8.0M 92% /system

/dev/block/mtdblock5 335.8M 197.0M 138.7M 59% /data

/dev/block/mtdblock4 5.0M 1.5M 3.5M 30% /cache

/dev/block/vold/179:1

7.5G 5.1G 2.4G 68% /mnt/sdcard

/dev/block/vold/179:1

7.5G 5.1G 2.4G 68% /mnt/secure/asec

/dev/block/dm-0 2.0M 452.0K 1.6M 22% /mnt/asec/klye.plugin.el-1

/dev/block/dm-1 2.0M 368.0K 1.7M 18% /mnt/asec/gr.androiddev.SentraGoal-1

/dev/block/dm-2 3.1M 1.8M 1.3M 58% /mnt/asec/com.quoord.tapatalkinso.activity-1

Guess I still have the ext. How can I get rid of it? The last time I tried it, I deleted the ext3 and FAT 32 partitions, created a new one for the whole SD card in FAT 32 as Primary.

Is there something I should have done differently?

P.S. Apologies for the alignment above
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
tmpfs are temporary ram drives:

Internal flash partitions:

SD card:

and native AppsOnSd (on fat32 partition, all programs stored there have their mountpoints as well):

No, you don't. You've already got rid of ext partition.
[Desire General] psilakos:
Thanks for putting my mind at ease there. Just out of curiosity, would you know why my phone displays an A2SD Storage with both Total and Free values increasing while I was restoring apps? Also, why would some apps show as being installed on SD? Shouldn't all of them be saved internally unless the user decides to move to the card? Could these two things be something related to restoring apps from the google account after fresh install?

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
In Settings? If yes- A2sd storage is shown as all aviable space on SD card (fat32 partition)

Default behaviour is that system decides if app should be in internal memory or on SD. Of course you can change this, option is aviable in system Settings or as external app

Possibly yes. Apps stored on fat32 partition are encrypted, encryption key is generated during first boot of the system (so these apps are useless on other phones). After a wipe apps installed to SD are useless (encryption key doesn't match) and can make problems with future app installations. I suspect that during phone restoration system wiped "old" apps on SD making aviable space bigger
[Desire General] psilakos:
@gen_scheisskopf

That's really useful info, I will fiddle with the phone a little bit more and probably experiment :D

Will see how it goes. Cheers.
[Desire General] stoffetix:
Im stuck at step 3 in the alpharev 1.8 program
[Desire General] psilakos:
Have a look at this

http://alpharev.nl/instructions.txt

I hope it helps.
[Desire General] buenso80:
Hi. I've just managed to root and install oxygen on my new black desire( orange branded ) still sim locked though. Any easy solution besides paying for a sim unlock code?

Sent from my ZuluZulu powered Nexus S
[Desire General] RoryHa:
Here's how to sim unlock the desire, note it can take a numbers of tries... it worked for me on the second attempt.
[Desire General] sr.coco:
that will be VERY useful hehee