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Unable to update ClockworkMod Recovery on HTC Desire to latest version

I have a HTC Desire, which I rooted using Unrevoked.
This updated my recovery to ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7 - which was great and I was able to backup/restore/apply new roms. Also ROM Manager worked and I could use that application to access the recovery modes/scripts.
ROM Manager then got updated, including the ClockworkMod (5.0.2.0). Now ROM Manager fails to run any of the scripts when starting in recovery mode.
When I manually boot in to recovery, I am still on the 2.5.0.7 version and not the latest. I've tried applying the 5.0.2.0 update - which updates for that boot, but on a reboot reverts back to 2.5.0.7.
So, my questions are;
- To update my recovery program do I need S-OFF? Currently still have S-ON.
- If S-OFF, will a simple 'apply update from sdcard' update it?
Thanks, A
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HTC Desire (Bravo) - ICS 4.0.3 CM9, b0.2.5 ROM.
Samsung Galaxy 10.1 - Stock ROM.

I have S-ON on my Hero and I always updated my recovery. I don't think it would be a problem.
Don't use rom manager. Just copy the file to your SD and flash it manually trough recovery (flash/install zip from SD), it should work.

Thanks.
but.... nope! It's stuck on ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7! As I said I can flash it to 5.0.2.0 and use it, but next time I enter recovery it's back to 2.5.0.7!
If it's not S-ON that's causing it, could it because I rooted with Unrevoked? Some how that's locked it to 2.5.0.7?
Thanks, A
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HTC Desire (Bravo) - ICS 4.0.3 CM9, b0.2.5 ROM.
Samsung Galaxy 10.1 - Stock ROM.

It could be unrevocked, but not sure. I rooted a Desire owned by a friend but with S-OFF.
He never had any issue.
Sent from my Hero using xda premium

Same problem
I have the same problem.
Some help?
Thanks
O.

same here...tried everything!
Same here.
Rom Manager fails. (says it's worked, but upon boot to recovery it's the same 2.5.0.7
Rom Toolbox just fails and admits it.
I tried following this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1608042 thread, and tried basically the same thing via the android-terminal as well. Every time it fails.
When trying via the terminal (android or adb) I get erase and write fails, and a run out of memory error. I would like to update CWM so that I can partition the SD using the phone.
Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.

The Answer
Well I found the answer for me. My problem was that I still had S-On and had to get that to S-Off as apparently my phone (HTC Desire) has an advanced security feature put on by HTC that stops you writing to /System, which is a necessary location to write to to update CWM. I got S-Off by using revolutionary, which was pretty noob friendly despite the scary words on the page. (google for revolutionary s-off)
Revolutionary just requires the HBOOT version and the Serial Number of the phone, which you find under the battery. DLed the fastboot drivers as they recommended as well. Once I got S-Off, I was able to use Rom Manager to update the CWM to 5.0.2 or whatever the latest is now.
Hope this helps you as it did me.
PS I have previously tried re-running unrevoked whilst the phone had BCM ICS (CM9), which didn't work (error was "is your firmware too new?"). I then downgraded to CM 6, and tried again with unrevoked, but the Rom Manager still wouldn't upgrade CWM. I checked HBOOT and as suspected still had S-On...Revolutionary is your answer methinks

so which CWM RECOVERY is latest without S-OFF and with option to partition SD EXT2/3/4 etc? thanks.

[Q] S-Off then T-Mobile ICS OTA / Undo?

Hi Everyone,
Just doing a sanity check. I have just made my stock GB sensation 4g (t-mobile) S-OFF using revolutionary and choose not to install a recovery. My phone is working fine after reboot.
My next plan is T-mobile ICS update.
Questions
1) If I download the update OTA will I be able to undo later and choose a custom rom? if yes how?
2) Same as Q1 but what if i FIRST install "4EXT Recovery Control" before the OTA?
3) If instead (of 1 and 2) install "4EXT Recovery Control" and then install the rooted ZIP of the t-mobile update what radio and RLL do I need to install and where do I get those?
4) If I proceed with 3 and then choose to flash a "pure" ICS custom ROM what are people thinking of the new ICS Tmobile wifi-calling app APK install on these more custom roms ? - i.e. how stable is it?
Many thanks !
Aside: I ask not only for myself but also for x3 other people with (stock GB) Sensation 4G's that I will help out with.
For others, here were my steps so far for S-OFF:
1. Download v1.1 tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497404 and run.
2. Install HTC drivers.
3. Remove battery from phone. Put battery back in. hold down power+ VOL DOWN – wait until boot screen.
note down HBOOT version number. Then reboot phone
4. Use tool to start “revolutionary s-off method”, make a note of the serial number in the key prompt.
5. Connect phone and select htc sync mode
6. Go to: http://revolutionary.io/ and chose windows download so you can unlock a beta key.
7. Enter the serial number from the console and copy your beta key (CASE SENSITIVE)
8. Paste beta key into console and hit enter
9. Choose NO to clock work recovery
10. Reboot phone

htcsens2 said:
1) If I download the update OTA will I be able to undo later and choose a custom rom? if yes how?
Yes, by flashing a custom recovery with a PG58IMG.zip and then flashing the rom with recovery. This will work with ICS roms, but if you want to go back to GB then there's a little more involved.
2) Same as Q1 but what if i FIRST install "4EXT Recovery Control" before the OTA?
The OTA will fail if you do not have stock recovery.
3) If instead (of 1 and 2) install "4EXT Recovery Control" and then install the rooted ZIP of the t-mobile update what radio and RLL do I need to install and where do I get those?
This is the stock firmware for TMOUS ICS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1656413
4) If I proceed with 3 and then choose to flash a "pure" ICS custom ROM what are people thinking of the new ICS Tmobile wifi-calling app APK install on these more custom roms ? - i.e. how stable is it?
It's not reported to work well with AOSP roms.
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GROGG88 said:
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Thank you !
I have a follow up (noob) question:
Status:
Stock GB with S-OFF (see above)
I have purchased and installed Ext4 control.
I have purchased and installed titanium backup pro.
I have installed busybox app.
4) All of the above require root before I can use them. All of the guides for root I have seen instruct me to install Clockwork Mod. If I do that (install CWM, get root, set CID to 111111 etc.) will I then have issues using EXT4 control? anything to be aware of?
5) Suggestions for how to proceed to get the rooted t-mobile ICS on and matching radio?
Thank you.
Aside: I now helped get one more sensation to S-OFF (2 of 4) , 2 more to go.

htcsens2 said:
Thank you !
I have a follow up (noob) question:
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Ok, I have now got Clockwork mod on my phone.
I somewhat followed : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
actual steps:
1) Isntall CWM 5.2 from the "Sensation_All-In-One_Toolkit_v1.1" (phone connected on usb and in htc sync mode.
2) rebooted
3) copied "PG58IMG.zip" to the rood of my sd card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=706572&d=1314848127
4) remove battery, re-install, hold down power+ vol DOWN until boot menu. Press volume UP to install the .ZIP
5) rebooted
6) REMOVED "PG58IMG.zip" to the rood of my sd card
7) copied "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip" to the root of my SD card
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=670828&d=1311991644
8) remove battery, re-install, hold down power+ vol DOWN until boot menu.
9) selected recovery, select choose zip form sd card. scroll down and find "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip". apply that update.
Aside: I tired twice and both times the install ended with an error 0. However on reboot I do have superuser (SU) shortcut in apps draw and it does work.
10) Reboot
11) Look for superuser app on phone. load it.
12) Run busybox app (installed previousl) and install busy box.
13)Run titanium back up pro and start backing up EVERYTHING.
Next is Super CID .....

Sorry I didn't get back to you right away. It looks like you got it all figured out though.

Flash 4ext recovery from the app you downloaded for 4ext. Be sure to make a backup of your stock Rom once you flash 4ext
Sent from my sensational sensation 4g

GROGG88 said:
Sorry I didn't get back to you right away. It looks like you got it all figured out though.
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Yep. All working on routed tmobile ics
I will post my full noob guide tonight
Thanks everyone :-D
Btw wifi hotspot tethering seems to work strange????
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA

[Q] BRICKED - Sorry, need to ask for help

Hi. My Norwegian HTC ONE S (S4) cid: HTC__y13, unlocked with HTCDEV.
(I have spent 16 hours now trying to get any ROM back up, so yes I have been searching for everything)
I have been running Cyanogenmod but wanted to go back to stock because the official Jelly Bean is just around the corner. In Clockworkmod I went a bit crazy with deleting all /sdcard /data.... etc.. I dont know if this made the problem?
I thought the easiest way to go back to stock was with an RUU, but it stops in the middle of the installation. (the info file contains my cid: HTC__y13)
I later read that the phone must have S-OFF to use RUU, and S-OFF is not possible with HTC One S??
Also tested the trick with manualle installing the ROM.zip off %temp% (relocked, but fastboot returned (remote: 44 hboot version check fail)
I have tried to go back to custom rom, I install the zip from Clockworkmod, after reboot it shows the ROMS Logo, but it doesn`t start up, tried the Cyanogenmod I was running earlier + MIUI.US and Untøchåbles.
Last fix i tried was this, with the same result:
Yes, I just fixed my problem yesterday after some serious trial-and-error.
1) Use the All-in-One-Kit and flash your recovery back to stock
2) Boot into the bootloader and choose to "clear storage" and afterwards to reset to factory defaults.
3) Go back to the all-in-one-kit and flash a CWM recovery version again.
4) Reboot into recovery (CWM). Your /sdcard should now be mounted and visible.
5) Now, try the UTB rom (it worked for me), rename the zip file to something short (i.e. utb.zip), and push it to the sdcard using adb as follows:
Code:
adb push utb.zip /sdcard
6) While still in CWM, flash the zip.
The trick here is that only the stock recovery is capable of restoring access to the sdcard by it's proprietary "clear storage" option.
Good luck!
Sorry to bother you all, but is there any obvious reasons why my phone won`t boot?
Thank you in advance

You don't need soff to run ruu unless It's specific for this device. I never soff'd my amaze and still was able to flash ruu after renaming it
Sent from my HTC VLE_U using xda app-developers app

ERROR 155
Ok, maybe not... but I get ERROR 155 after a few minutes with RUU....
But If I only could get any custom rom running ...... argh!
I have a norwegian HTC one S, cid: HTC__y13, I can`t find an RUU for "Telenor" so I guess the "EUROPEAN" RUU is the correct one?

FIXED, Finally
Took only 20 hours of testing and failing....
Finally got the right RUU
1. Boot into bootloader
2. Flash stock boot - "ville_recovery_signed.img"
3. Clear Storage
4. Factory Reset
5. Most important of all.... get the right RUU... "RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655_signed"
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ryvaenge said:
Took only 20 hours of testing and failing....
Finally got the right RUU
1. Boot into bootloader
2. Flash stock boot - "ville_recovery_signed.img"
3. Clear Storage
4. Factory Reset
5. Most important of all.... get the right RUU... "RUU_Ville_U_ICS_40_S_HTC_Europe_2.31.401.5_Radio_1.06es.50.02.31_10.09a.50.04L_release_275655_signed"
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Thanks!
But I'm installing the RUU with TWRP recovery

[Q] Please help no OS on phone.

I don't know all of the technical language here so I'll just say this as simply as I can.
Wanted to go from stock ICS to a JB rom.
I unlocked the bootloader using the X-Factor 2.20 method.
Then using the All-in-one toolkit I installed the included recovery.
Next I stupidly did not make a recovery file on the phone and tried to flash the boot.img file from a JB rom in the kernel section of the All-in-one tool.
So instead of having a working rom I just have a splash screen and can either boot into the bootloader or go into recovery.
Also when I reboot from recovery it tells me there is no OS installed on the phone.
Now reading through a lot of these roms it seems that the proper way to install is to first backup, then to put the file onto the phone's memory and install through the recovery. Where I am right now I cannot find a way to get any files onto the phone so that I could try that.
Where do I go from here?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Boot into recovery by holding power+vol down
Mount usb in twrp
On your computer, go to "my computer" right click on removable storage
Choose format.. This will take some time, so in the meantime download cleanrom 5.1 from your computer
When format is finished, transfer cleanrom onto your phone.
Unmount sdcard in twrp. Now choose install, install cleanrom zip. (It will flash boot.img for you.)
Now you have a stable ROM to work with. Report back when your stable again
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

I will definitely try that. One thing that I also want to bring up is that the phone goes from the normal HTC white splash screen to one with the HTC logo and red letters "this phone is for developmental purposes only..." does that matter or will it go away with the install of cleanrom?
Edit: Answered my own question. Thank you!

Nope... That what happens when you unlock boot loader. It will never go away till we achieve s-off
Sent from my HTC One XL using Tapatalk 2

[Q] Issue with a 'soft bricked' phone? tried hboot and recovery, no avail

So this is the first time I was trying to unlock bootloader/root and then install jellybean on my htc inspire 4g
I was able to unlock the bootloader using EasyUnlockTool
Then I was able to root it using EasyAceRootTool
I tried to be oversmart and downloaded a rom of Jellybean called cm-JellyTime_42_R7.zip and tried to install through the clockworkmod app on Android and when it rebooted, it got stuck on the HTC inspire white screen with HTC logo. I knew something was wrong.
I formatted the SD Card (Fat32) full format and put a PD98IMG.zip and first tried to go through HBOOT but it was hung on Parsing....[PD98IMG.zip] for 4 hours
Then I took the battery out. and the sd card. made it go through the hboot screen, down to recovery and it rebooted to the ClockworkMod recovery tool. Where I tried the PD98IMG.zip again and it says Installating then says Installation Aborted.
before trying PD98IMG.zip I did try and download to RUU it using
RUU_Ace_Gingerbread_S_Cingular_US_2.47.502.7_Radio_12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M_release_200368_signed.exe
then RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe
but they all said this utility cannot install the rom on your phone , get the right utility, that happened right after 'sending...' portion of the RUU install.
So Now I am stuck with this and I don't how to move forward. any suggestions?

Because you are S-On, you need to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip and fastboot flash it each time you flash a ROM. I strongly advise that you search a little more before you freak out next time; that fact has been all over the forums recently.

bananagranola said:
Because you are S-On, you need to extract the boot.img from the ROM zip and fastboot flash it each time you flash a ROM. I strongly advise that you search a little more before you freak out next time; that fact has been all over the forums recently.
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Thanks. that worked!