Help HELP desire 0.93 can't boot/mount

[markopo]

Hello to all members, I am noob but since my desire was running out of internal space i wanted to do something. Read few root guides and I ve managed to root ands-off.

root - unrevoked 3,21
s-off - revolutionary

at this point I haven't flashed ROM, just stayed with htc sense

then I wanted to partition tried with

- Gparted (It created the partitions but in practice my internal memory was still low).

- Ext4 I tried with this but also no success (here troubles begin)
When entering into ext4 rec, i got error saying that some parts of SD are not accessible, and that i should FORMAT SYSTEM.

I did it and after that my phone doesn't boot any more. At this point I've done my second mistake, i went to a backup/restore and by mistake taped backup.

Now if I want to restore, i got message that SD card cant be mounted.

so

1. I can't boot, (HTC logo freezes at begging of booting)
2. SD card cant be mounted (restore ext4 not possible)
3. I tried to RUU but something wrong with USB (error 107).


I only can come into HBOT and ext4 recovery but here the story ends.
Phone is ROOTED and S-OFF
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HBOOT 0.93
baseband 32.49.00.32U_5.115.27
build V 2.29.405.14 CL345208
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I was trying to find answers already but could just find similar problems not exactly the same as mine. I would be very thankful if anyone of you geeks can put back to life my old but good desire hope it is not dead forever.

PS (sorry about English)

 

[nicka3200]

Oh dear, you've got a little ahead yourself but don't worry it's recoverable.

Firstly an ext partition won't work with your stock rom because it doesn't have the correct scripts. You'll need to flash a custom rom.

You can't boot because you formatted system so you have no ROM.

Please boot into the boot loader (vol down & back) and tell us exactly what it says on the screen.

Can you boot into recovery?

 

[markopo]

Thanks for reply, this is what I get if I hold VOL DOWN+BACK+POWER

-Revolutionary-
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT 6.93.1002
ICROP-051d
TOUCHPANEL SYNW1010
RADIO-5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010, 17:52:18

HBOOT

vol up - previous item
vol down - next item
power - select

FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK

I can enter to 4EXT recovery touch, but preparing boot ....................long time count.............and at the end error message "can't mount your sd". Than I get the menu from 4EXT

 

[nicka3200]

Ok, the good news is you are indeed still s-off and the fact you can get into recovery is a bonus. It sounds like your sd card might be scrambled. Do you have another one handy?

Can you confirm that this is a gsm Desire? ie does it have a SIM card?

What I suggest is that you install Teppic74's stock rom via recovery. This is a stock htc sense gingerbread rom which will support apps2sd scripts.

Let me know about if you have another sd.

 

[markopo]

My SD came with phone, It is genuine non branded HTC DESIRE, SD CARD is class 2 i think 4GB. SD was working fine until I formatted my system. I am afraid i don't have another SD.

 

[nicka3200]

Do you have a card reader? Can it be seen by any other devices (camera, etc)?

I suspect your card is frazzled. Can you borrow another or perhaps buy a one. I would recommend atleast class 4 for apps to sd anyway.

 

[nicka3200]

Anyway leaping ahead:

Put your alternative sd into the phone. Boot into recovery & mount sd. plug into pc & copy this file onto the root of the card (not in any other folders):

http://www.brutzelstube.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/3.14.405.1-signed.zip

unmount sd & reboot recovery.

Wipe data (factory reset) from recovery.

Select install .zip from sd > choose zip & select the file above.

Reboot phone which might take 10 minutes.

Update me at this point.

 

[markopo]

hmmm I have CardReader integrated in laptop, but it is only for bigger cards I think. SD card from my camera goes in.

I can buy one can you recommend one?

Can I buy this one? Will it work on Desire?
Micro Secure Digital (microSDHC) kartica Kingston 16 GB (Class 10)

 

[nicka3200]

16 gb is probably the way to go because it's best to make a 1gb partition. However I can't remember the highest class the desire supports. Perhaps Hadron can advise. Class 4 will be cheaper & fast enough.

 

[markopo]

I've read in internet that 16 Gb (max32) and 10 Class are working good with desire, although max speed will probably be in a rage of Class 6. Anyway tomorrow I should get new SanDisk Ultra 16GB, class 10 + Adapter, so we can go on.

 

[nicka3200]

In that case put the micro sd into the reader & continue as before:

copy this file onto the root of the card (not in any other folders):

http://www.brutzelstube.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/3.14.405.1-signed.zip

Insert into phone & boot into recovery.

Wipe data (factory reset) from recovery.

Select install .zip from sd > choose zip & select the file above.

Reboot phone which might take 10 minutes.


Then boot into 4ext recovery & partition the card. I suggest 1gb ext3 partition, the rest Fat32, both should be primary partitions & swap = 0. (4ext will probably take care of all that for you.)

The ROM I recommend initially is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200261

To activate the apps2sd+ you will need to put this add on onto the sd & flash it like you did the ROM (without wipe) via recovery. You can read all about it in the above thread. Don't flash the radio because you have that one already.

 

[markopo]

OK here I try with new SD, first i got this message, then I proceed,

The recovery hasn't been configured. Use 4EXT recovery control or the free app 4EXT Recovery Updater, which is available......Hint: check out recovery settings.

WIPE/WIPE DATE FACTORY RESET (wipe all user data? YES)....wiping complete

INSTALL FROM SD CARD/CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD/3.14.405.1-signed.zip
...........about to install 3.14.405.1-signed.zip
.......... Continue install? YES

and here my installation is aborted I get this message:

Amend scripting (update script) is no longer supproted. Amend scripting was deprecated from Google in android 1.5. It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to ClockWordMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.

Please switch to Edify scripting (updater script and update binary)to create working update zip packages.

Installation aborted

Now what?

 

[nicka3200]

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Been at A & E all afternoon with my daughter.

I have not come across that last problem myself. Try flashing this rom instead. It might not be to your taste but I will confirm if there are any other issues.

http://www.mattman.org/rootsu/rootSU/dGB_01_28_2012_eng.zip

 

[markopo]

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. Been at A & E all afternoon with my daughter.
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No problem, I am not in a hurry. Thank you for your help, let's hope we find some kind of solution.

 

[markopo]

One question more, while doing all this flashing and installing or partitions... must all the time the SIM card be in the phone or I can do it without SIM card?

 

[markopo]

Yess, this works,

Now I don't want to mess it again. How to make 1 GB internal memory + 15 GB SD storage.

BTW i like the rom.

 

[markopo]

Then boot into 4ext recovery & partition the card. I suggest 1gb ext3 partition, the rest Fat32, both should be primary partitions & swap = 0. (4ext will probably take care of all that for you.)

The ROM I recommend initially is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200261

To activate the apps2sd+ you will need to put this add on onto the sd & flash it like you did the ROM (without wipe) via recovery. You can read all about it in the above thread. Don't flash the radio because you have that one already.

1. Is this still valid after installing your second rom (the addon).
2. should I not choose the ext4 for internal memory? My card is 16 gb class 10

 

[nicka3200]

The dGB Rom does NOT support apps to sd on ext partition. With a stock partition table (hboot) you will lose space because there's only 60mb on the 250mb system partition. I only suggested that Rom because if anything will boot it will be dGB. If you like dGB you'll like most AOSP ROMs.

There is a list of ROMs here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328
Mildwild's gingerbread AOSP ROMs are good & his oxygen & Redux2 versions activate apps2sd ext partition by default.

4ext normally does a good job of partitioning cards. I think your sd issue was probably caused by some kind of conflict with what Gparted had done. I suggest you use 4ext to add a 1gb ext 3 or 4 partition then flash a Mildwild Rom.

Take a full back up before flashing a new Rom.

 

[nicka3200]

Check which partition types your chosen rom works with. They should just about all support ext3 & most will probably support ext4.

 

[markopo]

Take a full back up before flashing a new Rom.

Following now this thread, hope it is ok.

http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-all-things-root/631481-4ext-recovery-how.html

 

[nicka3200]

Spot on. :thumbup:

 

[markopo]

Done backup
Done 4ext partitions (partition1 = 1048, partition2=sikip, swap=skip)
Done flashing MildWild V-4.9 JG Based on Oxygen 2.3.2 HTC Desire GSM

Only problem I have now is that seems like I still haven't extended memory. If I go to SETTING/STORAGE I see 1 GB less of all available space, but still only 148 MB(same with diskusage) of internal memory.

Am I missing something?

EDIT I tried with ANDROID TERMINAL

"su"..........enter

grand su permission

"a2sd install"............enter

but i get answer

a2sd not found

 

[nicka3200]

Your phone won't show increased memory.

Download titanium back up. It's home page will tell you how much of each partition is being used.

 

[markopo]

Titanium shows this:

System ROM 262 MB (143 MB free)
Internal 154 MB (125 MB free)
SD card 14,8 GB (12,3 Gb free)
SD card (a2sd) 1,05 (943 MB free)

And moving apps to SD working just fine Is this OK? Is my internal memory extended now?

 

[nicka3200]

So your Rom is automatically moving apps to the ext partition. You don't need to move any to sd in the way you used to on the stock Rom, although that would work, 1gb should be plenty for apps.

Be advised that app data will still be saved to internal memory but that will take absolutely agrees to fill up.

Congratulations - mission accomplished