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Root rom upgrade stuck at bootup after flash

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HELP PLS!!:thinking: been trying and trying to get custom rom but always stuck at reboot after the usual 'pink arrow-circle' with vibrate. tried wiping options and installing the radios for the roms... story so far....

-started on t-mob desire

-used Lekky's droid den hboot0.8 guide and rooted without goldcard

-confirmed rooted by installing shootme and autokiller apps which shows on superuser permissions.

-went for the defost 3.0b rom and suggested radio and followed Lekky's install custom rom guide.

-used rom manager and flashed

-reboot... got the usual 'pink arrow-circle' with vibrate and then the four colour turning into 'X' animation that never stopped:eek:

-after doing some googling... pulled battery and nanroid restored back

-made a new 1gb goldcard using the goldcard tool on this forum, checked all directories are present before trying again

-tried flashing using the recovery menu + wipes

-tried flashing r8 modaco instead but again stuck after the splash screen

PLS PLS any suggestions

thanks in advance:eek:
 
too right.... i've chewed down to my bones! and isnt it great this nanroid backup + restore :)
from what i've done is there any thing missing?... should i still be getting that 'pink arrow-circle' with vibrate even though its (i guess) rooted.

the 'pink' btw is like the t mob font colour!

I'll give it another go later
cheers
 
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too right.... i've chewed down to my bones! and isnt it great this nanroid backup + restore :)
from what i've done is there any thing missing?... should i still be getting that 'pink arrow-circle' with vibrate even though its (i guess) rooted.

the 'pink' btw is like the t mob font colour!

I'll give it another go later
cheers

If when you select recovery you get a black screen with the options in green writing, then you are definitely rooted.
Always best to do a nandroid backup from a working rom as it gives you a safety net
 
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yes I get blacks screen with green lettering :)

is there a definate way to check the goldcard is 100%?

cheers

Go here

How To: Create a Goldcard | TheUnlockr

Download the hex editor & you can use it to compare the goldcard image to your gold card.
If you are like me & the majority of people it won't make much sense to look at, but to compare between the 2 is easy
 
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Thank you all very much for all your kind advices...
I followed ajanu's commets last night and tried again with rom manager, the boot up took about 4mins but finally I have a 2.2 now :))

After a day on defrost, still getting use to how... plain it is, but guess i just need to get use to things!

Ive put flash 10.1 on and it rocks!
 
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Thank you all very much for all your kind advices...
I followed ajanu's commets last night and tried again with rom manager, the boot up took about 4mins but finally I have a 2.2 now :))

After a day on defrost, still getting use to how... plain it is, but guess i just need to get use to things!

Ive put flash 10.1 on and it rocks!


Which Defrost are you on? If its 3.x, go settings>CyanogenMod Settings>User interface>Notification colors> and look for Custom Notification bar and custom pulldown bar. You can set to whatever colour yo want. Should change a bit of it.

Also, I recommend LauncherPro as you launcher.
 
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Yes I've put Defrost 3.0b on.

Thanks for the tip danfrance, i'll try it now!

And yes I just started using Launcherpro, btw, do I have to clear the old launcher if im not using it anymore?? If I dont will it take up resources+battery??

Lastly, I think Im just using the 2.2 a2sd because I havent done anything to my sd card, is there a up to date guide on how to do the partitions and other tweeks to save internal memory pls?

From the Android System info app, I've only got 22mb left out of max 147.62mb, this isnt good right?

cheers
 
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