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Root WARNING - Do Not Use ROM Manager!!!

ok so you are GSM if you didnt use a simcard you would be cdma. you do not need to understand android right now.

how did you get the file onto the sdcard? did you take it out and use a card reader? or did you click 2.usb-ms toggle
if you did the 2.usb-ms toggle then you will need to click it again to turn it off and disconnect device from pc before flashing the zip file

if this still doesnt work we need to find out what provider you are with as you might be able to get a pb99img.zip from shipped-roms to return it to original rom
 
Rastaman-FB said:
ok so you are GSM if you didnt use a simcard you would be cdma. you do not need to understand android right now.

how did you get the file onto the sdcard? did you take it out and use a card reader? or did you click 2.usb-ms toggle
if you did the 2.usb-ms toggle then you will need to click it again to turn it off and disconnect device from pc before flashing the zip file

if this still doesnt work we need to find out what provider you are with as you might be able to get a pb99img.zip from shipped-roms to return it to original rom
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Ι tοοk it out and used a card reader. What provider? O2 germany if you mean that. Here is more info of my phone : bravo pvt3 ship s-on, hbooy-0.93.0001, touchpanel-synt0101, radio-5.09.05.30_2
 
Rastaman-FB said:
ok i think you will be able to use this
HTC Desire

download it, boot to bootloader (volumedown+power)
run the exe
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WTF is wrong with this phone??? :confused::confused::confused:

Everything went fine till the final step. I downloaded the right exe, started the program,followed each step it said, plucked the phone with the usb cable (no failure), fastboot,then fastboot usb, in the exe i klicked "update" and waited the update to start! But after that nothing happens!! Nothing appears or disappears..


i get this message before the update : version-main FAILED (status read feiled (too many links))
 
androidesire said:
WTF is wrong with this phone??? :confused::confused::confused:

Everything went fine till the final step. I downloaded the right exe, started the program,followed each step it said, plucked the phone with the usb cable (no failure), fastboot,then fastboot usb, in the exe i klicked "update" and waited the update to start! But after that nothing happens!! Nothing appears or disappears..
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so it detects the phone?
you might have something conflicting with the process on the computer, make sure htc sync is not running and make sure you have no other programs like myphoneexplorer or droidexplorer installed

if it doesnt work on fastboot try doing it in bootloader
 
Rastaman-FB said:
so it detects the phone?
you might have something conflicting with the process on the computer, make sure htc sync is not running and make sure you have no other programs like myphoneexplorer or droidexplorer installed

if it doesnt work on fastboot try doing it in bootloader
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Yes it detects the phone. HTC sync (only the drivers are installed) or other programs are not installed. I tryed doing it in bootloader too, but i always get the same situation. After update klick nothing happens.
As i said i get this message before the update: version-main FAILED (status read feiled (too many links))
 
ooooh sounds like you are using an after market usb cable and not the htc one. i have seen this before with cheep cables

anyway i am in the process of uploading a zipfile you can put on your sdcard to autoflash from bootloader called pb99img.zip

its the only way if you have usb issues.
this is the same version from your carrier (o2.de) so you wont need a gold card

it will be uploaded in about 15mins
 
androidesire said:
Yes it detects the phone. HTC sync (only the drivers are installed) or other programs are not installed. I tryed doing it in bootloader too, but i always get the same situation. After update klick nothing happens.
As i said i get this message before the update: version-main FAILED (status read feiled (too many links))
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Look at this short video : YouTube - ‪Manually Update HTC Desire to 2.2‬‏
I arrive to 0:36 , klick update and thats all. No next klick for me
 
Rastaman-FB said:
ooooh sounds like you are using an after market usb cable and not the htc one. i have seen this before with cheep cables

anyway i am in the process of uploading a zipfile you can put on your sdcard to autoflash from bootloader called pb99img.zip

its the only way if you have usb issues.
this is the same version from your carrier (o2.de) so you wont need a gold card

it will be uploaded in about 15mins
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I swear i use an original usb cable!!! Thanks anyway. You waste your precious time for me, what can i say? Ι owe you realy. Wait for your upload
 
it could be the usb port on the pc you are using

anyway heres the pb99img.zip
http://dmoproductions.co.uk/rasta1/pb99img.zip
download it and put it on the root of your sdcard using your card reader
once done put it back on the device and boot to bootloader (voldown+power)
it will then prompt whether you want to flash it, it will have a bar on the right side going through the progress.
charge the phone for a bit while its powered off before you do this as you do not want it running out off battery mid flash.
once its complete and you have got back into android, remove the file from the sdcard
 
You just saved my life!! You are a great man i swear.
My phone finaly works!!!

Everything went ok. I owe you a big favour my friend.
Thanks to you i can breathe again!!!
Mate,you are genius !!!

Listen people... Rastaman spent his day searching and helping me out. What a great guy!!!!
 
no problem, we got there in the end, i know you have to go through all the stuff again but at least your phone is back in working order.

couple of things, now your phone is like new. if you do want to go down the rooting avenue safely now is the time.
follow our guides on this forum. they can be long but they are step by step and cover most if not all eventualities.

this type of problem doesnt normally occur and im guessing rom manager has a lot to do with it.

keep that pb99img.zip on your pc as its your return card should anything seriously bad happen.

again glad its sorted.

STAY AWAY FROM ROM MANAGER AND USE THESE FORUMS AS THEY ARE THE BEST :P
 
:(
after eight month of ownership i finally worked up the courage to root my desire two weeks ago. bought this app a couple of days ago. was planning to flash a custom rom today before i came across this thread.
:mad:
out six bucks
:confused:
now im not sure how to do it using the alternative method.
:D
I didnt wrecked my phone
 
Just manually boot onto recovery. Read the rooting faq in the sticky thread, assuming you have a desire.
 
Dunno, not all US carriers are CDMA. Not that you can tell using the app where anyone is from (very useful!!)
 
SUroot said:
Just manually boot onto recovery. Read the rooting faq in the sticky thread, assuming you have a desire.
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If this one was for me, to answer your question yes I do have a desire. I tried to flash the InsertCoin GB Sense2.1 CM7 1.0.8 rom yesterday and I failed miserably. Phone got stuck on boot animation. had to reflash the ruu. Used unrevoked to root again and now im back to :confused::confused::confused::confused:
 
It's specific to the desire due to the evolution of our rooting process. Many phones have no choice but to use Rom manager. The desire was one of these phones.

We cannot comment on other devices as we are not familiar. All we can say is that Rom manager doesn't work well on the desire since the unrevoked method of rooting came about.
 
lryandl said:
If this one was for me, to answer your question yes I do have a desire. I tried to flash the InsertCoin GB Sense2.1 CM7 1.0.8 rom yesterday and I failed miserably. Phone got stuck on boot animation. had to reflash the ruu. Used unrevoked to root again and now im back to :confused::confused::confused::confused:
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Did you have s-off and the cm7 hboot? If not it wouldn't work.

You could have just restored a backup from recovery if you took one. RUU was overkill.

Please do read the faq.
 
SUroot said:
Did you have s-off and the cm7 hboot? If not it wouldn't work.

You could have just restored a backup from recovery if you took one. RUU was overkill.

Please do read the faq.
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I didn't have a backup. That's one of the reasons i bought ROM Manager... to create a backup for me. Anyway my hboot is 0.93 which is not the same as the cm7 but i thought the custom rom would have change it for me...ignorance is never really bliss. No idea what s-off is so i guess i have some research to do.
I'll read the faq again and try to make sense of it. Wish me luck:D

Another thing, this morning i received an ota update. from 2.13.707.1 to 2.13.707.2 when the phone powered off and rebooted the android green robot thingy with the yellow exclamation mark came up. i pressed the power button and it proceeded to the clockwork mod screen. I selected the update from sd option, found the update in the download folder and updated. it went well. my phone updated. before ota updates would just update without me having to do anything. Is it because the clockwork mod recovery replaced the htc recovery when i rooted my phone? I believe i read that happens somewhere idk. I'm just trying to understand the process.
 
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