HTC Desire Bravo Cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1 ROM installation

I have never tried install any custom ROM, because I know that after upgrade there can be lot of problems and only internet can help you :-) I thought that it is wise to "not break anything if it works". From other side there were some existing small problems (black screen during call so it was not possible to choose any numbers for answering, old HTC Sense interface, ...) with my phone and if my colleague came and insested to upgrade then I thought - Why not.

Cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1 ROM was ROM that my colleague use and he has very positive experience so it was easy to decide which ROM to install. I installed ROM Manager from Google Play (despite some negative comments) and from ROM Manager I installed ClockMod Recovery and downloaded HTC Desire Bravo Cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1 ROM to my sdcard.

I backup my existing configuration and started upgrade. Problem occurs when Cyanogenmod first time bootup - new splash screen runs and runs and runs ... I was really disappointed and first thing that come to mind was restore from backup. Afterward I know this was mistake, but you must learn from you own experience.

After restoring from backup system bootup, but in really bad shape:
WIFI - ok,
Mobile network - ok,
sdcard - not recognised
usb - unkown device from win7
So I was ready that in worst case I must buy new mobile phone.

In such cases google search is your best friend, but you must be lucky guy to find right article to your problem (and if this article is not in top20 then you will not find it). This day I was lucky guy :-). Article that save my HTC Desire - "USB brick" fix.
After running "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" and reboot I was able to connect to my sdcard and usb - long step forward :-)

Of course it take much longer to find solution - actually 1 day and there were lot of other things that I try
1. Is sdcard accessible from sdcard reader - of course it was
2. Maybe problem is 2 primary partitions in sdcard - so I do repartioning to 1 4GB FAT32 partition which does not help to recognize my sdcard from phone
3. Some other steps in wrong direction ...

I tried to install Cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1 ROM once again and got same Cyanogenmod start splash screen. Short googling gave me tutorial "How to get out of a bootloop" and it does what it promise!!

From positive side I know much more about Android Custom ROM-s, negative side is that I loose almot 2 days and its not finished yet.

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