yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] szubert51:
I've Desire PVT4 but AlphaRev 1.8 didn't detect PVT4 device :cool:. Strange.
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
1. you can't use apps2sd or similar scripts

2. phone must be rooted (unRevoked works fine)

3. if you have root don't power off phone's screen- you will have to allow root access for /system/bin/sh or phone won't be detected
[Desire General] szubert51:
I rooted and s-off but I don't know how. I have PVT4 phone and AlphaRev 1.8 didn't see PVT4 :)
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
I also have PVT4 and Alpharev worked without any problems after rooting with newest Unrevoked
[Desire General] fipo:
Hi guys, I have a question: I want to S-OFF my wife's Desire ... It is PVT4, erase size 40000 ... I've already rooted this phone with AmonRa 2.0 and have installed LeeDrOiD Froyo ROM ... Everything works just fine ... I do have an boot CD with Alpharev 1.8 at home so I am ready to S-OFF (I have done it before with my Deisre, but mine is with size 20000). How can I find if the Alpharev I have burned onto my CD is the newest one? (so it will support size of 40000)? As I understand it correctly - it should be fine to S-OFF even if it is 40K, right?

Thanks a lot for quick answer ...
[Desire General] ajaneesh:
What is the real need to s-off. I am able to use a2sd on my rooted desire with cm 7.1 even with s-on.. alpharev failed to s-off my ptv4 desire but it has not really bothered me as such
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
Start your Alpharev ISO and connect the phone, if it fails to detect phone you need to download current release.

Note

-apps2sd must not be activated

-Alpharev's tools/scripts need SU permission (for system/bin/sh)- I had to start all over because of alpharev's timeout before I granted SU

First of all painless flashing- there is no need to worry about correct signatures and you get full RW access to system files so you can customize system in the way you want.

Also you can change partition layout to get bigger /data- with CM7r2 alpharev h-boot I don't need apps2sd :)
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
Something about custom HBOOT partitions allowing Data2SD++ instead of just A2SD+ (I don't know exactly, but it involves moving more from the NAND to SD giving you more space and possibly increasing speed [as long as your SD card is fast enough]).
[Desire General] ajaneesh:
Did some reading on this. Looks like what you can do is shrink the system partition and reclaim that space for apps. Same with the cache partition which apparently needs to be atleast 30 odd mb to handle downloads and ota updates. Also read that all of this also means a customized kernel would be required for dealing with the new partition sizes. Interesting stuff....

from XDA App on HTC Desire running CyanogenMod-7.1.0-RC1-Desire
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
5 MB cache is enough:

-most roms have script changing market download folder to /data/download

-only kernel and radio flashing uses /cache but radio can be flashed using fastboot and 5 MB is more than enough for kernel
[Desire General] ajaneesh:
Hmm... good to know. Thanks....

from XDA App on HTC Desire running CyanogenMod-7.1.0-RC1-Desire
[Desire General] bigwesside:
looks like everything worked via virtualbox. Thanks for all the help! Much appreciated!!!
[Desire General] bortak:
Strange I've got a PVT4 device and my Erasesize is still 2000
[Desire General] lightson:
yeah me too...

-----

bought around June 2011, and just have the courage to S-Off 2 days ago :P and it was a success. Had some problems first when running Alpharev on Virtualbox, and I decided to use the USB method. And now "S-Off"ed :D
[Desire General] islam_ashraf:
i have PVT4

but my device is updated to the official gingerbread

is there way to root ,S-OFF and flash recovery ??

i searched and i didn't find method to do it
[Desire General] islam_ashraf:
im trying to S-OFF & Recovery by Revolutionary

and it always give me

and my device Info. is

(bravo-1.02.0001, Android: 2.3.3, ROM version: 3.14.405.1)

and as shown in RootWiki

my device is officially supported

so where the problem ???
[Desire General] Toney1985:
:D

great, this tool is veru powerful
[Desire General] asbains:
Problems with pvt4 desire

Hi guys, I found this thread ans have a similar problem. I've read through a lot if this thread and still cant get definitive answers. I have a Desire running froyo 2.2 on network three in the UK. I know I have the new version of the desire because when I enter bootloader the following comes up:

Bravo PVT4 Ship S-ON

HBOOT 0.93.0001

(I also checked the erasesize, its 40000)

I followed this procedure when rooting my phone:

1. I used unrevoked v3.32 to root and it also flashed clockworkmod recovery 2.5.0.7 (which i wasnt expecting)

2 I installed rom manager from market which told me i needed to flash clockworkmod recovery again, so I did.

My problem is that when i enter clockworkmod the following error messages come up:

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:

and then when i try to backup from there the following messages come up:

SD card space free: 1174MB

Backing up boot...

Error while dumping boot image!

E:Can't mount CACHE:recovery/log

E:Can't find MISC:

Now from reading some threads I know that the new pvt4 desire has some issues with clockworkmod and some people have recommended using amon-ra or CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 instead. I just want to create a backup before i flash a custom rom. I have a few questions:

1. Is there any way to make CWM 2.5.0.7 work on my phone?

2. Do I need to flash a different version on CWM? If so, where do i get it from and how do i flash it, with unrevoked?

3. Is amon-ra or CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 better than clockworkmod for the new version pvt4 desire and how would i go about flashing them, unrevoked again?

4. Does amon-ra or CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 work with rom manager?

5. Do i need to use alpharev?

Any help and advice is appreciated
[Desire General] Nidzo80:
I will partially answer you @asbains

I had same problem and I solved it with UnRevoked 3.21 and AmonRa 2.0.1 custom recovery.

I wanted to make NANDROID backup but couldn't with CWM 2.5.0.7.

After installing AmonRa, backup went smooth. Didn't flash custom ROM yet but I think it should not be a problem.
[Desire General] danarama:
No, its built for 20,000 sized blocks

You can but IMHO CWM 2.5.0.7 or AmonRA 2.0.1 are the best 2 recoveries. Everythign else is either still in development or flawed (IMHO)

I have seen issues with the Alpharev CWM that works with 40,000 too. I find its a bit dodgy

Dont use ROM manager on your desire. Its great on other devices, but we have a true flash recovery. ROM manager only supports upto 2.5.0.7 which was the last official CWM for the desire.

http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/356192-warning-do-not-use-rom-manager.html
[Desire General] googleroid:
ok,now i can root my device.
[Desire General] nick w:
BALLS

Your device, bravo, with HBOOT 0.75.0000 is not supported at this time.

DAMN!

N
[Desire General] danarama:
.75 should work with alpharev...
[Desire General] caruhe:
Thanks

It is ver nice, thank you
[Desire General] WRson:
Hi

Just wanted to s-off my desire but Revolutionary got stock at the point :

Zerging to get root ..failed to get root

press any key...

What could i do ?

My phone is already rooted and runs a gingerbread sense rom

Hboot 0.9300001 and its a pvt3 model.

Thank you for your help !
[Desire General] gen_scheisskopf:
AFAIK Revolutionary/Alpharev won't work properly if you have any kind of apps2sd enabled.

I didn't use rovolutionary but it is likely that you have to allow root access for /system/bin/sh on your phone- Superuser popup should appear
[Desire General] NirvaniX:
I use alpharev-x to s-off and then install superuser from market to root it after that it work fine for every custom rom :)
[Desire General] WRson:
I will try it on rooted stock tomorrow.

Hope it'l work !:D
[Desire General] shinchan03:
Well done Alpharev!
[Desire General] amirbendet:
:)

AlphaRev 1.8 worked for me like charm :) THanks!
[Desire General] dscoular:
Help! I'm trying to s-off my desire pvt-4 (/proc/mtd 2000). Alpha rev 1.8 stops at "flashing new bootblocks: OK". Still connected via adb, no /tmp/logfile... Help! If I reboot the phone will it be bricked ?
[Desire General] DaveRichardson:
Just used Revolutionary (http://revolutionary.io/) to S-OFF and install CWM on my PVT-4, HBOOT 1.06, CDMA Desire. I then flashed Superuser in CWM (paste this zip: http://goo-inside.me/superuser/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip in your SD root).

Worked like a champ.
[Desire General] googleroid:
now, i can root it, okay.
[Desire General] joseandres182:
tnx man :)
[Desire General] babs2er:
thanks man
[Desire General] ZAIN_1:
my desire says pvt4 but its almost 6 months old
[Desire General] davidmeyis:
AlphaRev + unrevoked = revolutionary .................... Desire and you will never be the same ..... incredible work of these people .... many thanks for giving life back !!!!!!
[Desire General] phsetaknev:
@baadnewz: My Desire is PVT4, and its rooted, s-offed and with custom rom

What is the custom ROM you are using now? And how is it? Will you recommend it to others?
[Desire General] KhI:
+1
[Desire General] scwt917:
right
[Desire General] kmetek:
i have 0.80.00 hboot...unbranded desire....

how to change hboot to appropiate hboot for revolutionary method instead of alpharev?
[Desire General] Mato_K:
has anyone md5 checksum for alpharevs PB99IMG_cm7r2 file?
[Desire General] skullz:
Successfully flashed cyanogenmod using amon ra, thanks guys for the tip!

PVT4 s-on
[Desire General] mrmattis:
Exactly how did you do it? I have unrevoked my desire now, with amon ra 2.0. What is the next step to flash a custom rom? Should I use rom manager? should I use amhgsk and push adb?
[Desire General] mad-murdock:
Just go to recovery and flash any custom rom. Details about installation should be in the rom thread. You reach recovery by power off, press and hold volume down then power on. in the menu select recovery with vol down key and finish selection with power key.

But this is really off topic. For further questions, better stock to one off the beginner threads or the rom thread. I suggest leedroid if you want sense and cyanogen if you want features and speed

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire General] mrmattis:
Thanks for the info - I flashed DeFrost, seems to work really nice. I guess it's just the clockwork mod that doesn't work with PVT4.
[Desire General] izglory:
thanks guys, gona try to flash amonra 2.0 later.
[Desire General] Bubach28:
Confirmed, amon ra is working, defrost rom. everything went fine :o
[Desire General] lobobo:
@fireball2k

Hallo,

ich habe exakt das gleiche Problem und weiß nicht mehr weiter.

Leider ist mein Englisch aber auch derart schlecht das ich mich hier nicht wirklich sicher unterhalten kann.

Ich habe, deinem Tipp folgend "AmonRA Recovery" Version 2.0.0 über SDK-Android (Windows)geflasht, aber ich sehe keinen Unterschied zu dem normalen clockwork recovery.

Außerdem scheint es, soweit ich das Englisch richtig verstanden habe, konntet ihr dem User protuger erfolgreich helfen.

Bitte kannst Du mir auch aus meiner misslichen Lage helfen, ich müsste das Handy sonst Montag einschicken und hoffen das sie es reparieren können. Ich Idiot habe es erst eine Woche.

Ich weiß echt nicht mehr was ich tun soll. Bitte helf mir (wenn es möglich ist in Deutsch)!

L.G.

Lobo
[Desire General] lobobo:
Im übrigen bekomme ich bei dem Versuch AmonRA zu flashen die Fehlermeldung "FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)", der Befehl "fastboot oem unlock" ergibt die Meldung "INFO[ERR] Command error !!!".

Also bekomme ich das AmonRA welches evtl. helfen könnte garnicht erst geflasht.

Es ist zum Haare raufen . . . . :mad:
[Desire General] psygbert:
yups seems not all pvt4 are built the same. my one desire has 40000 erase size. i'm using amonra recovery and seems opendesire failed to load. changing to s-off using alpharev renders the phone unbootable (htc logo with black lines) however recovery mode still works.
[Desire General] acmilann:
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON.

Desire HBOOT 0.93001

unrEVOked works fine on these devices, meaning it's possible to root, but ClockworkMod recovery does not work on these devices, nor is it possible to use AlphaRev S-OFF on these (yet).

Flashing custom ROMs fails, unable to recover besides RUU'ing these devices.
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
Hmm, I didn't realise before this was mentioned but my Desire is PVT4 and I've rooted, installed ClockworkMod Recovery, am running a custom ROM and have successfully done AlphaRev's S-OFF.

Fastboot now says:

--- AlphaRev ---
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.10.05.23
Aug 10 2010,17:52:18
[Desire General] psygbert:
hi, what's the erasesize of your desire? if it's 20000, you're lucky, you have the old pvt4 desire. my other desire is 40000 :-(
[Desire General] duryard:
I have used clockworkmod to install leedroid on my pvt-4 How do you find the erasesize??. It would not install cyanogen nor old back ups tho??
[Desire General] psygbert:
it's in /proc/mtd
[Desire General] wings400:
so is AmonRA working or not? some people say it does, other say it doesnt. Ive got the latest Clockmod Recovery and it is not working. Im on PVT4 4000. pls somebody reply :)
[Desire General] alex_hk90:
All mtd (0 to 5) are 20000 erasesize, thankfully. :)
[Desire General] skidmcmarx:
Im on the new 40000 unfrotunately. Thank god i found this thread. It was driving me crazy trying to figure out why i couldnt create a backup
[Desire General] tanw:
hi,i just got a white desire 2 days ago.

my is Bravo PVT4 Ship S-ON

Hboot 0.93.0001

does that means i can root but cant install custom ROMS?
[Desire General] psygbert:
you can root and you can install roms, however using alpharev on my 40000 erasesize device makes my phone unbootable but still can access hboot and recovery so no real brick there just lost of data (in case you haven't backed up).
[Desire General] tanw:
Oh,because i was reading a few pages back and acmilann had the same situation and he said clockworkmod is not workable on this.need enlightenment:)
[Desire General] psygbert:
amon ra works fine. seems a bug in clockworkmod.
[Desire General] wings400:
FINALY I HAVE GOT MY PVT4 4000 DESIRE ROOTED!

This is what i did:

Problem: I used unREVoked3 to root my phone and it flashed on the Clockmod Recovery. - Clockmod recovery was not working, I could not do any kind of flashing nor have any root access to files.

My solution: I opened unREVoked app again. In the upper left corner clicked File -> Custom recovery...; then i downloaded AmonRA rceovery for my Desire (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=839621), I selected the *.img in the Custome recovery window in unREVoked3; then just plugged in the phone standard like the first time (chagrge only+debugging usb mode) and hit OK in the popped up windows. I waited till it finished and there it was! - The AmonRA recovery. With that Ive successfuly flashed the Radio and the ROM. Now Im on DeFrost 6.0k ROM and the 5.11.05.14 radio
[Desire General] tanw:
thanks for replies.pardon me for noobie.

how can i check if my desire is pvt 2000 or 4000?
[Desire General] mad-murdock:
How about reading the first few pages? That's how I found out and I even don't have such a phone...

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire General] yenemy:
2010.Dec.6

I have a new Desire GSM PVT4 (SLCD), and have been running into many of the same issues with some mods (black screen with vertical colored lines on boot). It's apparently a kernel issue. From what Kali of CM says, it's not an incredibly difficult fix, just a matter of waiting for developers to roll the change into their mods. That said, it's not easy to tell which mods have problems and which don't, so I'll post what I know.

In my experience:

CyanogenMod 6.0.2 works just fine.

LeeDroid v2.2f_No_A2SD works fine.

CyanogenMod 6.1RC1 did NOT work (black screen w/ colored lines). You need to flash a new kernel after flashing the ROM; however, while the system will then boot and work generally fine, the kernel supplied by Kali (and included with CM releases up until nightly 201) induced screen tearing on SLCD models. The screen tearing appears to have been fixed in nightly 201, I'll be trying CM6.1 final for the Desire GSM tonight to see if it made it into the final.

OpenDesire 4.0.36 does NOT work (black screen w/ colored lines). Have not tried it with the .37 update.
[Desire General] hca2000:
psygbert confirmed that Oxygen 1.0 works on the PVT 4 with erasesize 40000.
[Desire General] superste2201:
O no I only just saw this thread while flashing my desire with Alpharevs HBOOT. It's a PVT4.

I have rooted, have custom rom and clockwork.

My desire is now stuck on htc boot with black lines, although Alpharevs guide says this is normal.

I will let you guys know what happens.

EDIT:

Worked, just pulled out the battery after 20minutes and I'm S-OFF. Guess I have the old PVT4.
[Desire General] psygbert:
what is the message displayed by alpharev? does it state that flashing hboot failed?
[Desire General] ieftm:
OP updated with CWM-AlphaRev recovery 2.5.1.3. That should work with PVT4 40000 devices as well as normal ones.
[Desire General] acmilann:
I updated with CWM-AlphaRev recovery 2.5.1.3,also failed……

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT--0.93.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO 5.11.05.27
[Desire General] frulex:
OK, I checked the erasesize and, as I supposed, it's 40000; the errors in CW Recovery are the same:

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 fint MISC:

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT 0.93.0001

MICROP-051d

RADIO-5.09.05.30_2

I rooted my Desire just today with Unrevoked on Slax LiveCd (it seemed easier than Windows) and after seeing the errors I didn't flash and later stumbled upon this page (just in time I guess :-). So, what would you suggest to do first - try this CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 or something else?

EDIT:

I reflashed with unrevoked and CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3, it worked like a charm, I can finally backup! Tnx, everyone...
[Desire General] tanw:
luckily mine is pvt4 20000..
[Desire General] papabol:
when i do backup of my current ROM using amon ra 2.0 it did work well.. but, when i turned it on, it seems that my phone doesnt detect my sd card already.. all my apps disappeared..

whats the problem?

BTW, my sd card it is not partitioned..

do i need to partiton my sd card first before creating a back up of my current ROM?
[Desire General] LoveMyNewTelephone:
I've the exact same situation. Where did you get the "unrevoked and CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3" ??
[Desire General] mad-murdock:
Maybe take a look at the topic or first post... Just an idea though..

Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
[Desire General] LoveMyNewTelephone:
Oops, sorry

Oops, sorry! Been tracking this thread for a while, and was always only checking the last message. This new recovery wasn't there when I started reading the thread.
[Desire General] LoveMyNewTelephone:
I've flashed CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 with Unrevoked. And it worked, I no longer have errors on the ClockworkMod screen. However, it still has version number 2.5.0.7. How is that possible? It has blue lines now, while it previously had green lines. Some programs (like Titanium Backup) say that it still isn't rooted properly. Is this because it isn't S-OFF?
[Desire General] wikan76:
It worked

My desire is a PVT4, 4000.

I´ve flashed with CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 with unrevoked, and it worked for me. Now I can backing up current system. Whats next step, can I flash cutom ROM now, like LeeDroid v2.2f_No_A2SD? Have anyone tested custom ROM after reflashing with CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3?

Thanks for this forum!

/Johan
[Desire General] frulex:
Of course, you can flash any Rom now, I'm using Ultimate droid for the moment...
[Desire General] wikan76:
I´m trying to flash LeeDroid v2.2f_No_A2SD and it failed with this errors,

.E:Can´t symlink /system/bin/sendevent

E: Failure at line 330:symlink toolbox SYSTEM:bin/sendevent

Installation aborted.

Whats the problem? Any tips?
[Desire General] frulex:
I forgot to mention - I also got errors while trying to install some ROMs - I think Leedroid and Sense HD gave me errors - but CM 6.1, Oxygen and Ultimate Droid flashed just fine, so it didn't bother me much...
[Desire General] wikan76:
Thanks frulex! Going for Ultimate druid now!
[Desire General] LoveMyNewTelephone:
I still hope someone could answer these questions for me:

I've got a PVT4, 4000

I've flashed CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 with Unrevoked. And it worked, I no longer have errors on the ClockworkMod screen. However, it still has version number 2.5.0.7. How is that possible? It has blue lines now, while it previously had green lines. Some programs (like Titanium Backup) say that it still isn't rooted properly. Is this because it isn't S-OFF?
[Desire General] sakai4eva:
I have come upon a more curious case... Someone with a PVT4, 20000 couldn't get root the unrEVOked way... He seem to have done the steps right, but unrEVOked couldn't get root no matter what.
[Desire General] Simba91:
Thanks for the info! This clears up my doubts...

My friend just bought a new Desire with "BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON". I failed to root it by unrevoked 3.21 with default ClockworkMod recovery at first time. In fact it can be rooted but the recovery doesn't work correctly (error message say something like 'can't find misc' or 'can't mount the misc partition'). When I re-run the root process with AmonRA Recovery 2.0.0, everything completed successfully without any error message.

The new Desire is a generic (unbrand) phone shipped with stock Froyo 2.13.707.1 (Asia WWE) ROM and radio 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2. I just rooted it, deleted several unused apps and updated google apps to latest market version.

The other strange problem my friend encountered was: When he connected the phone to PC (e.g. Sync with PC or copy files to SD card, etc), the screen accidently blacked and the system stuck. Then you have to pull out the battery and restart the phone. I was confused by this because I never experienced such problem on my Desire since I bought it in June. Anybody can help?
[Desire General] lavive:
Hi, I'm also an unlucky owner of a DESIRE BRAVO PVT4 S-ON with Erasesize of 40000 using stock RUU of Asia.

I managed to ROOT it with unrEVOked 3 using the Amon-RA recovery image (was not working with CWM). Now I'm stuck.

Besides waiting for a solution to S-OFF this type of HW config (like alpharev in HBOOT),

==> How could I permanently mount the /system an /app folders with R/W permissions using my ROOT access and maybe some tools/apps?

I'm not that experienced so far, I've read quite a lot of posts and websites but didn't find the answer. Is the S-ON preventing from any possible changes in the system?

Other question:

==> Is it possible to install an app as System app from the recovery mode using Amon-RA with my stupid PVT4 S-ON?

My objective is to install CPU tuner that nags it doesn't have write access for updating min&max CPU speed.

thanks a lot for your tips.
[Desire General] psygbert:
1. no other way afaik. you can mount /system rw only via recovery if you're not s-off.

2. you can try putting the apk in /system/app only via recovery, be wary of the other dependent libraries though (e.g. adobe reader have a lib in /data/data that should be put in /system/lib)
[Desire General] m4dm4n123:
Is it confirmed that with PVT-4 board, and 4000 type, flashing CWM-AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.3 with unrevoked allows us to safely backup system and flash custom AOSP ROM-s like CyanogenMOD6.1 ?

Poorly constructed sentence but i think everybody gets the point. :)