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hi all. I’ve been trying to unlock desire HD for a while and eventually managed to get it sorted.
The info was on this site, but scattered around a bit, so if this is useful (i.e. all in one place) let me know..
Like all these things:
IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE, AND YOU SHOULD ONLY DO THIS IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING...!
IT WORKED FOR ME FIRST TIME. I DID THIS AS AN EDUCATIONAL EXERCISE ON A BRANDED ORANGE UK HTC DESIRE HD PHONE.
This was done with no sim card installed at any point, just a formatted SD card.
First do a factory reset of the phone with an SD card inside, no sim.
Start the phone, and go through the basic setup, by skipping most things, just so you can get to the home screen.
Step 1. Put your device in USB debug mode.
Press 'settings', then 'applications', press 'development', then tick 'usb debugging'
Step 2. Get visionary and install to the phone to do temproot, then permroot.
The apk file you need is com.modaco.visionaryplus.r.14.apk
I will try to upload, if the site lets me. Otherwise a quick search will find it.
Once it is installed to your phone (i used the htc desktop sync tool to install the app) by connecting my phone, select htc sync as the type of connection (as opposed to charge only) then from HTC sync suite (on your PC) select application installer, then select the visionary .apk file.
Once installed, disconnect the phone and power cycle the phone. (With all the power cycles mentioned in this post there is no 'holding of other keys' required)
Once back up, go into settings on the phone and you will see the visionary logo in your list of applications.
Start the application, and you will see the temp root option. Select this, and then come out of the application and power cycle your phone.
Once you do this, and the phone is back up again, go back into the visionary app, and then select permroot option.
Then again power cycle your phone. BTW, i did not select the tick box to make the folders r/w, some instructions said to do this.
Once you have restarted the phone for the second time, it should be perm rooted. To confirm its rooted, you can take the time to install a terminal program, and run an 'SU' command, but i did not bother. I just figured that the permroot worked.....which it did...
OK we are finished with visionary, thanks visionary guys..!
Step 3:
You need to get hold of the 'HD easy radio tool', again, i will try to upload the file.
Basically you need to unzip the zip file to a folder on your PC. Connect your HTC Desire HD, and then select 'charge only' in the phone selection. (i happened leave the HTC sync suite running on the PC, even though it was idle)
Go to the folder you unzipped on your pc and run the desire hd easy radio tool_V2_2.exe. you then get several options to choose. I went the whole way and selected the first option 'super CID,s-off, unlock'
Then proceeded to do it. It took about 30s to 1m. You should get a message that it was successful.
Thanks easy radio tool guys!!
Step 4.
You need a ROM, or RUU file. I chose this one. Its quite a large file and i will try to upload. I got it from this (xda) site, but cant find it now. From what i understand this one is completely 'blank' ie it does not appear to have lots of modifications, and it appears (from what i see on my phone) to be a clean factory rom. I tried to upload, but too big for site. You may need to google it.
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.72.405.3_R_Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_release_161342_signed.exe
Connect your phone (again in charge only mode) and then start the 'RUU_Ace....' application on your PC.
It will start an HTC installer application that will try to connect to your phone. It will then show the current ROM you have installed, and confirm that you want to update to the one shown.
Remember to have a good charge in your battery, and don't disconnect during this point, you will brick your phone if you do. Make sure your PC does not go to sleep, and have it on external power if its laptop.
The flashing process takes about 2-5 minutes.
Once complete the pc htc application will tell you all was good.
The phone needs to be rebooted, if it has not done so already, and when it starts up, the phone will be brand new. No orange logos, no orange s/w, and fully unlocked to use any SIM card.
Good luck!
The only thing is using the 1.72 ruu you will lock yourself out of hboot and you missed off eng s-off as you would need this if you decide to flash a different Rom or update the radio
You also will not have root access once flashed as its been explain in the forums including the thread warning do not flash 1.72
The method is good but add the eng s-off and advise to flash 1.32.405.6 not the 1.72
E=Mc2
Thanks, this worked for me first time.
what does the eng s-off mean and will I have any problems with OTA updates?
sorry new to this
Thanks
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what does the eng s-off mean and will I have any problems with OTA updates?
sorry new to this
Thanks
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Eng s-off will give you access to flashing radio updates and other hboot uses and give you complete unlock and access to the phone as for the updates not sure if you will get them now
E=Mc2
leith51 said:
Eng s-off will give you access to flashing radio updates and other hboot uses and give you complete unlock and access to the phone as for the updates not sure if you will get them now
E=Mc2
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Thanks.
is it possible to reflash with 1.32.405.6 using this guide or am I stuck because I can't root?
I'm sorry, but lol. You've made a guide which is utterly useless due to the fact you are telling people to flash an official 1.72 ruu. Bad mistake.
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smeg90 said:
Thanks.
is it possible to reflash with 1.32.405.6 using this guide or am I stuck because I can't root?
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Can you get into bootloader which is turn fastboot off in applications then power off then power up while holding volume down and power button keep pressing till phone powers up if it does might have a chance of going back to 1.32.405.6 let me know if it does I will help you get back if I can
Also my guide how to flash radio.img gives the same information here on how to debrand your phone with links to the threads with the tools to use
E=Mc2
liam08 said:
I'm sorry, but lol. You've made a guide which is utterly useless due to the fact you are telling people to flash an official 1.72 ruu. Bad mistake.
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
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What makes it worse mate is all he done is downloaded the tools then made a guide then uploaded the tools what could work well if it was the right ruu and included how to do eng s-off which is required
My guide on how to flash radio.img has also got all the info all ready and links to the right threads to do everything you need before flashing anything
So this thread is pointless really the op should have read better
E=Mc2
Hi got into bootloader ok.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Please remove the easy radio tool from the attachments and give link to my thread to download it. I like to keep count of downloads and keep it from spreading
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Hi got into bootloader ok.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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good good
right here goes nothing once again like every one else if you attempt this its at your own risk you can leave the phone as it is if you choose to do so
here is a link to another thread how to downgrade to 1.32 you can follow this guide as there is a high chance it will work but it is difficult to get your head round
but the other option you could try is the way i did it when i wanted to clean my phone of everything i had done including installing custom rom with build 1.72 it did work but it does not work on every phone im told download the signed.exe ruu of 1.32.405.6 from >>>>>here<<<<< 7th one down from top of list
you will need htc sync installed then plug phone in set to charge only
extract the zip folder to the desktop
then run the ruu.exe as you would any other application double click it
follow on screen instructions yes it does take a while and it will wipe your phone of anything you had on it so do a back up of what ever you want to keep
dont forget you can back you contacts up to sd card using people>menu>export to sd card
like i said it is your choice if you use this information i take no responsibility if anything goes wrong but the second option is the way i did it and my phone is running
good luck if you do do it either way let me know how it goes
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Please remove the easy radio tool from the attachments and give link to my thread to download it. I like to keep count of downloads and keep it from spreading
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i dont blame you for saying that mate but to be honest the whole thread should be taken down as it gives false impression and tells ppl to flash 1.72 so in turn losing root
leith51 said:
good good
right here goes nothing once again like every one else if you attempt this its at your own risk you can leave the phone as it is if you choose to do so
here is a link to another thread how to downgrade to 1.32 you can follow this guide as there is a high chance it will work but it is difficult to get your head round
but the other option you could try is the way i did it when i wanted to clean my phone of everything i had done including installing custom rom with build 1.72 it did work but it does not work on every phone im told download the signed.exe ruu of 1.32.405.6 from >>>>>here<<<<< 7th one down from top of list
you will need htc sync installed then plug phone in set to charge only
extract the zip folder to the desktop
then run the ruu.exe as you would any other application double click it
follow on screen instructions yes it does take a while and it will wipe your phone of anything you had on it so do a back up of what ever you want to keep
dont forget you can back you contacts up to sd card using people>menu>export to sd card
like i said it is your choice if you use this information i take no responsibility if anything goes wrong but the second option is the way i did it and my phone is running
good luck if you do do it either way let me know how it goes
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Will give it a try and report back
Thank you for your time..
So is it possible to debrand an/or sim-unlock the Desire HD without to root your phone because I would like to update my phone with regular ota updates from HTC ?? And because my phone is sim-locked I can't download the new software version OTA 2.2.1 ??
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So is it possible to debrand an/or sim-unlock the Desire HD without to root your phone because I would like to update my phone with regular ota updates from HTC ?? And because my phone is sim-locked I can't download the new software version OTA 2.2.1 ??
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Trying to do both at same time I do believe if its locked to network you need to create a goldcard first
E=Mc2
Can you point me to the link on how to create goldcard aor the whole proces of unlocking the desire hd,...
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Can you point me to the link on how to create goldcard aor the whole proces of unlocking the desire hd,...
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Sorry I'm at work so no where near computer I can only suggest googling how to create a goldcard it should bring up unlocker.com normally really good for info on there
E=Mc2
connection problem
Hi I have a vodafone branded DHD its not sim locked, and Its already rooted and I'm trying to flash a different rom.I've downloaded the RUU and when i run the .exe it says Verifying pda phone etc then error 170 it can't find the phone.I have it in charge mode and it shows up under device manager as. ADB interface> My HTC .I've tried every connection option but it won't find my phone.all the drivers are installed and i can use htc sync to install aps. anyone got any ideas thanks.michael
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Hi I have a vodafone branded DHD its not sim locked, and Its already rooted and I'm trying to flash a different rom.I've downloaded the RUU and when i run the .exe it says Verifying pda phone etc then error 170 it can't find the phone.I have it in charge mode and it shows up under device manager as. ADB interface> My HTC .I've tried every connection option but it won't find my phone.all the drivers are installed and i can use htc sync to install aps. anyone got any ideas thanks.michael
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An RUU is a pre-packaged install from a vendor? Do you mean a proper custom rom?
If not, then you will unroot your phone
I recently "unlocked" my HTC Sensation 4g through HTC's official method. However, after successfully unlocking it, my phone is still set on S-On. Because of this, I am not recognized as a superuser, and so I cant boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery. Can anyone who knows more than me about this please give me a hand? This is my first time attempting any of this.
to make sure i understand this correctly- your phone now says "unlocked" at the top,but is still s-on?
what have you done to root?
once you have a truly unlocked bootloader,you can install a recovery thru that bootloader,and then flash superuser in that recovery.
having superuser permissions within a rom and being able to boot to a recovery shouldnt have anything to do with the bootloader.
if you are unable to install clockwork,or some other custom bootloader thru htcs "unlocked" bootloader,then they have lied to us... its not truly unlocked. that or something happened during the unlock process,possibly.
sorry im not of more help,its been awhile since i looked at the developer website. are there support forums there?
if everything is functioning correctly and you cant load whatever you want thru hboot,this unlock program is a joke. you could have gotten s-off with revolutionary or an xtc clip and not alerted them to the fact that you were messing with software and potentially "voided all or parts" of your warranty.
please keep us updated on this- im very interested to know how it turns out.
Thats exactly what it says. The method I used is on the front page of the htc dev site.
(the forum wont let me post outside urls yet)
The top of my H-boot screen says
"*** UNLOCKED ***
PYRAMID PUT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.80.0000
eMMC-BOOT"
So this is a problem. I think...
I just figured the official method through HTC would be the easiest and safest
Oh and when I try and flash Clockwork Mod Recovery through ROM manager this is the message I get
"You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superusuer was not found at /system/bin/su or /system/xbin/su. Use Google Search on your computer to find instructions to root your phone."
or
"An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands."
So what have you done to root besides unlocking the bootloader? Just tried to install rom manager and clockwork?
Unless you have done something else,you are not rooted,you are just unlocked. Search the sensation forum for a PxxxIMG file that is clockwork recovery. When named that,and placed on root of your SD,hopefully your hboot will find and flash it.
Once you have done that,delete the PxxxIMG From your SD card,and place the superuser.zip file on it. Enter recovery thru hboot,and flash superuser.zip.it will install the root files.
After that you should be rooted.
Later I can try and find some links if you can't find them. PxxxIMG will be specific to the pyramid,I'm not sure what it is. For example,this type of file for the thunderbolt is PG05IMG.
Hope that helps.
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here are some links for you:
download clockwork from here or multiupload (found the download in this thread)
download from one of those 2 places. rename the download "PG58IMG" and place on the root of your sd card. boot to hboot(power+vol down). when asked to update chose yes.
download superuser from here (this is the one i always use. found it here)
after deleting or renaming PG58IMG from your sd card,put the superuser.zip,boot to hboot,select recovery,then flash the superuser.zip.
hope it helps
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Well I tried what you recommended and it did not work. But then I tried revolutionary and I managed to get s-off. However HBOOT doesnt recognize the P58IMG file. It just keeps saying P58IMG.*** NO IMAGE. (*** being different file types).
Im not sure if I need to try the recovery now that Im s-off but I cant flash the superuser file either.
gah! i wish you hadnt run revolutionary yet,as now we wont really know if your "unlocked" s-on hboot would have allowed the flash like a truly s-off one will.
one thing i know for certain,is that the troubles youre having werent because you were s-on. being able to place the superuser app,aND matching binary within the OS is not dependent on the hboot being s-off. s-off is handy,as it allows another method of flashing partitions like the radio and recovery. in the old days,before all the exploits were patched,alot of devices were rooted and a custom recovery installed from within the OS without ever bothering with the bootloader. the eris is a good example- prolly 95% of the eris community is still s-on and they change roms and such all the time.
-so i guess you downloaded the PG58IMG from multiupload? when i tried the first link,there was no valid attachement.
-you did name PG58IMG,correct? if you did name the file "P58IMG" maybe thats the prollem?
-make sure your SD card is formatted FAT32( not just plain FAT) and make sure you put the file on the root(not inside another folder)
*assuming you named the file correctly,have a FAT32 sd card,and placed the file onto the root of the SD,what happend when you went to hboot?
heres what should happen: the green writing flashes,hboot finds a PG58IMG file,then youll see a blue status bar on the far left as the phone unpacks it,then gold as it checks it. since the recovery file is small youll see that very fast. then you should get the "vol up to update" prompt.
if you have named the file correctly,FAT32 card,etc. maybe you just got a bad download. try downloading it again.
i downloaded and checked it- it contains a recovery image and an android info file,so it should be good to go. if you want to verify the integrity,the md5 i got is: 940fa14af3dcd055132adf292f668ad3
last and not least,if you ran revoltuinary it should have installed clockwork for you. if you dont want to keep messing with PG58IMG files,just run revoltionary again. it should detect your s-off,then ask if you want to install clockwork.
im sure youre getting a lil fustrated,but the method for rooting new phones is what im reccomending you to do:
1)unlock bootloader(revolutionary or htc unlock)
2)install recovery thru bootloader
3)install superuser files from recovery
it does work,i promise... ive done it many times on my thunderbolt.
Awesome, everything worked great. I had a few hitches but I figured them out. Thank you so much for all the help, I really appreciate it.
Until just now... I installed cm7 and now when i boot up my phone all I see is about 6 seconds of the cm7 start up animation (the one with the blue android guy on a skateboard). Then the phone starts up that same animation again. Its been doing this for about an hour now.
barnodian said:
Awesome, everything worked great. I had a few hitches but I figured them out. Thank you so much for all the help, I really appreciate it.
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please list the hitches and what you did to make it work,so others will benefit that find this in future searches.
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Until just now... I installed cm7 and now when i boot up my phone all I see is about 6 seconds of the cm7 start up animation (the one with the blue android guy on a skateboard). Then the phone starts up that same animation again. Its been doing this for about an hour now.
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sounds like you didnt do a full wipe. pull the pattery,go back to recovery thru hboot,and wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache,wipe dalvik chache,and format /system. i dont usually format /system,but when youre stuck in a bootloop it cant hurt
well it was my own dumb fault... like extracting the .zip files instead of leaving them compressed.
And yeah now i totally have cm7 running! thanks for all the help man. I really appreciate it
No prollem.glad you got it figured out.
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Well they were my own fault. Like forgetting to leave the .zip files compressed. Otherwise everything is working great and I'm running cyanogen perfectly. Thanks for all the help
Oh thats why I didnt see the response I thought i sent... it was on the second page. my bad. well now you get thanked twice.
Hello,
I try to unlock my bootloader with htcdev but i get this error :
C:\Users\Administrator>cd C:\Android
C:\android>fastboot oem get_identifier_token
...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [ 0.009s]
finished. total time: 0.009s
How to fix this ? :$
I'm looking too, but for the [Doubleshot].
Trying the same thing myself on the HTC Doubleshot (MyTouch 4G Slide) and no joy, same exact error.
ericosman, did you by chance follow all the advice on HTC's site -- including specifically installing HTC Sync? I didn't install Sync because it looks like stuff I won't use and don't need, except that Sync has some dependencies (like a USB BMP Driver, whatever that is) that might make the difference. I haven't tried yet but I plan to.
I've tried two different versions of Fastboot, one I downloaded from masterjason.com and another I downloaded from Google's Android SDK manager. Both behave identically, despite one being nearly a megabyte where the other was 70 kilobytes.
I've tried reinstalling USB drivers, no joy.
I can get fastboot devices to work, as well as adb anything when the phone is booted, so I don't think drivers are really the issue.
I think it's HTC making a blanket promise that all the phones in that list can do this and indeed not all can.
[EDIT 2012-01-07: Add more info I found]
Gotta love it. Edited the post, and when saving, was told to refresh and log in. Then I wasn't given a chance to copy-paste what I typed. Annoying.
Anyway, see if I can remember what all I typed...
uhm...
I found through Google, and directed to Yet Another Android Forum somewhere on the 'net, that fastboot oem h will provide you a list of commands that are supported, and get_identifier_token was not among them. I suspect it's the phone's bootloader which contains supported commands, not Fastboot executable itself, so it may require downgrading/upgrading to a different HBOOT that has the necessary command support.
I did find readsecureflag which returns the integer "3" on my S-ON device. I assume then that the command I found called writesecureflag similarly takes an integer value, but what value to feed it, I don't know, and I don't want to risk my phone. Seems benign enough, but I know from computer programming that anything looking benign is not always.
Anyway, if you run fastboot oem h and get_identifier_token isn't there, I'd recommend giving up on this particular method of rooting.
Hope this helps.
[Edit 2012-04-15: Strikeout above no longer applicable info]
Turns out, see Aisho's post below, which sums up what eventually worked for me.
I actually had to wait for an OTA to be available long enough for a dev to package it up to a bootloader-flashable package, which included the get_identifier_token. Once I had that version on my phone, I was able to get the token to HTCDEV and get my bootloader unlocked. Not full access, but not bad: The only downside is if I need to flash a kernel I have to do it separately from the ROM through fastboot, and I don't think I can update my radio (not that I should need to). But hey, I can flash a custom ROM and get rid of this nasty crap T-Mobile thinks everyone should have (I will never play bejeweled, so I don't even want that adware/nagware on my phone).
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I actually had this same problem with my HTC Wildfire S, and found this thread in searching for answers -- since I figured it out, I figured I'd put the solution out there.
My HBOOT was precisely the version HTC was advertising on their site as necessary for the unlock, which made it all the more perplexing when I repeatedly got this error. But then it occurred to me that while my version might be the same, HTC had stuck a neat little asterisk* next to the Wildfire S initially, saying that it required a new HBOOT anyway. I'd thought I was smarter than they were, but really what's different in the new download is the incorporation of just the command you're missing here. Since the ability to unlock is fairly new (through HTC officially, I mean) they're providing new HBOOTs with that command line included. I flashed the new HBOOT (even though it was exactly the same version) and lo and behold when I tried it again, it accepted the fastboot oem get_indentifier_token command.
I'd check to make sure that the HTC Legend doesn't have an asterisk as well, and maybe redownload the HBOOT anyway just in case. It can't hurt.
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I flashed the new HBOOT (even though it was exactly the same version)
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I'm having the same problem on htc salsa, I have the version it says i should have, but have no get_indentifier_token, how is HBOOT updated?
My phone is S-ON and Hboot is 1.07.0000
HBOOT is updated via bootloader mode (on my phone, assumably the same for most HTC phones). You will need the correct HBOOT for your phone, and it will probably have to be contained within a full update package (for my phone, it's PG59IMG.ZIP, for the Dream it was DREAIMG.ZIP, your phone model will have its own filename). That file goes on the SD card, you boot into bootloader (usually, remove battery to ensure phone is full off, replace battery, and power up while holding the "VOLUME DOWN" button in). It then checks the file and asks you if you want to update.
However, if your phone is the same or newer version as the file you are trying to use, there's a good chance it will not work (the phone will not downgrade (usually (I think (I could be wrong) ) ) ).
You might also be amongst the lucky few who have a phone with what's called an RUU available. That's an .EXE file you run in Windows, connect your phone, and it writes what's in the file directly to the phone regardless of version.
HIH.
I have the upgraded HBOOT version as Im following a thread for how to do it, which incidentally isnt working, when I go to the bootloader menu it finds the file but does not up date it. It has been updated to the current version stated on htcdev with a FOTA update which may be why the HBOOT upgrade doesnt work.
I have the HTC salsa and it does reference RUU a few times. I dont use windows but HTC sync doesnt seem to find the phone, I have tried many things to get it working
Am I meant to run the EXE provided by htcdev and dont run HTC SYNC? Should I be in the bootloader menu/recovery first before running it?
@ericosman
did you follow every single steps ?
I just did it on my Legend (24 hours ago), in the end I followed the post of BlaY0 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22613990&postcount=62) and it worked great.
And yes, the RUU file is the one of a few MiB that you find at the very beginning at HTCdev.
The only trick is that I had to restore my data backup but also my boot backup, otherwise I was stuck in the hboot.
I did it by flashing the recovery image, as I deleted my old update.zip of ClockWorkMod, following the steps of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290841 (see the end of the post: 'New recovery'). Then I went to 'Advanced restore' and restored both my boot image and my data back.
Always backup your system before playing around !
i must be reading it wrong
where is says install htc sync and use the file below
I took it as use the file from htc sync
no
execute the file below
chris... said:
i must be reading it wrong
where is says install htc sync and use the file below
I took it as use the file from htc sync
no
execute the file below
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Alright, let's try again.
Before the step 1 of HTCdev, it asks you to upgrade your phone to the latest RUU. You don't have to. (see BlaY0's post [1])
Just download the RUU file, thus you will be able to retrieve the very hboot's zip (just run the EXE, don't go through the installer but instead locate its temporary extraction folder with the task manager and get that rom.zip).
They only want you to install HTC Sync so that your phone is recognized by Windows and the RUU can located it.
[1] BlaY0 explains that you don't have to upgrade to the latest HTC ROM or even RUU.
got it, and dump that zip file with the correct file name onto the root of the sdcard and start the bootloader
YAY it works, time to proceed to unlock
The version I got from a different post must not have been the correct one
im sure im bumping an old thread, but im trying to unlock an old espresso, but its having the same issue as the OP, i cant find the RUU with the new hboot, it currently has the 1.02 hboot, any clues?
Have you tried following the steps I referred to ?
Look at my two posts.
In fastboot, What is displayed besides the hboot version ? Something like "unlocked" ?
If note you have to re-flash your hboot with HTC dev method, once again read the post I linked to.
Sent from my Legend using XDA
just to add that on my MyTouch 4G slide I had hboot-1.44.0007 and gave me the same error as the first post when trying to unlock through htcdev.com. I did an OTA update to HBOOT-1.45.0013 (Software version 1.63.531.2 710RD) then went back to htcdev.com and it worked without problems
Getting this while trying to re-unlock evo 3d ics. hboot 1.58.
It's an old thread but maybe it's helping someone...
If you receive the error described in the topic title/first post you need to simply register to htcdev dot com and follow each step(including the 1st step because that's actually what you need to do )
i got same problem w my Z3 plus hbot will work on my z3 plus????????
FIRST OF ALL:
These steps are NOT official/universal, these steps worked for me, and I followed several steps form several threads. READ them (bottom of this post) entirely to be sure you can do it without problems, and to be sure how to do it (use of fastboot, adb, etc...)
Also, here is only explained for Europe, search the proper files for other parts of the world.
Story:
I wanted to revert to stock my phone, so I followed this thread instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460713
I downloaded the RUU_Saga_Europe_1.28..., I followed the thread that used "Android Flash" system. Opened it, selected engHBootOverARX.img, select "actually in fastboot" and Android Flash did its work, flashed the hboot.
Then I started RUU. In the middle of the process it gave me the "Wrong Bootloader Error" and closed. Now my phone is S-ON, HBoot 0.98.0000, I can only load fastboot.
I posted a question here hoping somebody help me.
Solution:
Ok guys, if you are in this situation, dont panic as I did, surely the way I solved this could help you.
If you tried the above, and now you are stuck on bootloader like this:
HBOOT 0.98.0000 (or .0002)
S-ON
fastboot.exe getvar version-main gives 12.10.401.5 (or so)
and RUU wont let you actualize your phone.
I did the following:
1) First of all I needed to upgrade the hboot. Since I had no adb nor recovery, I had to do it via fastboot. In order to do that I needed an hboot that comes algon a higher version than 12.xx..., otherwise it wouldnt let me flash it... In thread [1] there is a .zip OTA in post number 41 (thanks to chargetw) with an IP dir. Download it, and get the firmware.zip from inside. Now I had to flash that firmware from fastboot, in thread [1] jneapan explain how to flash it:
example:
fastboot.exe erase cache
fastboot.exe oem rebootRUU
fastboot.exe flash zip path\to\firmware.zip
2) Ok, I noticed the 2.00.0000 (or .0002) hboot version in fastboot. From here, I could go thru the HTCDev.com solution to unlock the bootloader. Easy steps flashing an auto-generated email-sended Unlock_code.bin, you will understand it when you get thru it.
3) Nice, I had an unlocked bootloader, I could flash a custom recovery. Choose one (I used [2], but you can use the one that you prefer). And flashed it with fastboot:
example:
fastboot.exe flash recovery path\to\custom\recovery.img
4) Once I had the custom recovery, it gave me several errors when trying to mount /cache. At first my heart stopped for a while, but then I read thread [3]. I followed that thread and noticed that the "dmesg | grep mmc0" command gave me no error, so I followed step 2 form that thread to restore my cache partition.
5) Then, I could flash safely any custom ROM. I chose a prerooted stock one. Search [4] for one of your like, flash whatever you want.
6) Aafter all that things, I wanted to get my phone reverted to stock, so I needed to use a RUU. Unfortunately, all RUUs gave me a bootloader version errors because my main-version was then 13.xx... In order to do that I followed the misc_version steps form [5]. Since my ROM was already rooted, I only followed step 2 from that thread's first post, then the step 5 to relock the bootloader, and finally the step 6.
After all this, the RUU finally finished installing, and now I have a complete stock ROM.
Thanks in first place to foX2delta for his fast response. Couldnt make it without him
Thanks to all the listed threads participants. Without reading their wiseness surely I would be with a stoneage phone.
Last of all thanks to the entire xda community, for letting this forums being the best of the world
Final words:
I have learned a thing: NEVER, EVER, follow the steps of ANY GUIDE (included THIS) without reading EVERYTHING very carefully. One bad thing and BOM!, you are screwed.
Threads list:
[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412398
[2] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1484753
[3] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1284196
[4] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
[5] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318919
Can't seem to find the thread right now...... The thread goes...
What you need to do is flash a custom ota firmware.zip which has a main version higher than 12, it will then give you the 2. hboot which you can unlock , install a ROM,then change your main version etc.
Will find the thread in the morning.
Ok, I think that the thread you were looking for is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412398
I read it all several times. I flashed the firmware.zip as you said, thanks to the chargetw post nº41, and now I have HBOOT 2.00.0002. So I went thru HTCDev.com and the unlocking process concluded successfully. Now what? I still cant boot to use adb and misc_version, and fastboot.exe getvar version-main is 13.10.401.8.
@Rostwildch
To to be sure, you hboot now says UNLOCKED right?
Now you have two routes...
They all start with flashing a custom recovery have a look here at section 1 Step 2 to install a recovery via fastboot. If you want 4ext you will have to find the image on this site somewhere.
Next will have to install a custom ROM.
Now you have a working phone and can now change your misc version and can downgrade (then s-off) to a older RUU or you can carry on using you Unlocked phone.
Phewww that was close :S
At last I could flash a custom recovery via fastboot (my fear of a bricked phone clouded my view so I didnt realize I had an unlocked bootloader... what a noob), then flashed a custom ROM, so now I have it functional.
I want it fully stock, so I think I should now use misc_version to use an old RUU, isnt it?
Thanks foX2delta, wouldnt fixed it without your help I'm going to edit first post to make a pseudoguide to help ppl in my situation.
Rostwildch said:
Phewww that was close :S
At last I could flash a custom recovery via fastboot (my fear of a bricked phone clouded my view so I didnt realize I had an unlocked bootloader... what a noob), then flashed a custom ROM, so now I have it functional.
I want it fully stock, so I think I should now use misc_version to use an old RUU, isnt it?
Thanks foX2delta, wouldnt fixed it without your help I'm going to edit first post to make a pseudoguide to help ppl in my situation.
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Spot on, since you rooted already all you need to do is change the misc version, then install the RUU. Glad it all worked out. You also may need to lock your bootloader to install the RUU
foX2delta said:
Spot on, since you rooted already all you need to do is change the misc version, then install the RUU. Glad it all worked out. You also may need to lock your bootloader to install the RUU
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Yep. Thanks foX2delta .
I have detailed all my process in first post so everybody can read it. Hope it helps someone. Let me know if I misspelled a word, or you dont agree with something.
I dont want this thread to get down. Seriously, and with more reasons now ICS is officialy being developed by HTC, a lot of people is going to do what I did. I just dont want them to make the same mistakes.
BUMP!!!
Thank you!
I followed your guide, and managed to recover my phone!
With me, the firmware.zip (extracted from OTA_Saga_S_HTC_Europe_2.10.401.8-1.47.401.4_release_225210uj1q93xrps74xzje) didn't flash via fastboot, so I copied it to my micro sd and renamed it to PG88IMG.zip.
Now with my (officially) unlocked bootloader, I have now flashed [4 FEB 2012]HTC_Europe_2.10.401.9_Prerooted_Deodexed and will try to sell this phone to go back to WP7. (withdrawal symptoms )
Many, many thanks, Rostwildch!!!
[edit]
I decided to do step six, and have now managed to relock the bootloader + flash the original T-Mobile UK RUU.
Once again, thanks!
Rostwildch said:
I dont want this thread to get down. Seriously, and with more reasons now ICS is officialy being developed by HTC, a lot of people is going to do what I did. I just dont want them to make the same mistakes.
BUMP!!!
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With the official ICS on its way, all you'd really need is to use any of the available Sense 3.0 RUUs to return to Stock.
Or wait 24 hours. I'd dare day that's the maximum lag time before an official/unofficial version becomes freely available for download on any number of Desire S forums clouding the web.
Perhaps another 24 hours for a fully rooted version to appear.
Hi guy´s I really got a huge problem.
I have the same situation like others in this thread, but I have an o2 branded device. So i could not flash recovery.zip because it´s the completely wrong version.
Any ideas I´m now stuck on HBOOT-0.98.0002 and s-on.
Please help me.
Thanks a lot
@coolbook1
M u s t m m m m a k e g o l d c a r d.... (said in a slow dying voice).
So yeah that's about it, you need to make a goldcard, if you have another android phone make it on that, or if you have a memory card reader you can use that on your PC.
Things you will need and to do
-A memory card (preferable a spare one), and also preferable smaller that 2GB
-A Phone/card reader
-Backup all the info on the memory card, we will be formatting it!
Creating a Goldcard on a working phone
Step 1) Get memory card CID and goldcard image
-Insert the memory card you wish to make into a goldcard into the phone.
-Go to Settings/SD and Phone storage on the phone and select 'unmount SD card'. Once the card is unmounted select 'Erase SD card'.
-Download and install 'Goldcard Helper' from the market.
-The app will run and give two CID's which are all ready reversed, write down the mmc2 number.
-Go to psas.revskills.de website here and enter your mmc2 CID and download the goldcard image (goldcard.img).
Step 2) Create the Goldcard
-Download 'HxD-Hex-Editor' from here and install it on your PC.
-Connect the phone to the PC in 'disk mode' i.e. view your SD card on the PC (Removable Disk).
-Open the Hex Editor (Run as Administrator if Vista/Windows 7)
-Select the 'Extra' tab and then 'Open Disk'. Under Physical Disk select your Removable Disk (your SD cad) and ensure 'Open as Read Only' is not selected and then select OK.
-Now goto the 'Extra' tab again and select 'Open Disk Image' and select the 'goldcard.img' file you downloaded early (Step 1). Press OK when prompted for Sector Size 512.
-You will now have two tabs open, one the SD card and the other the goldcard image, now to merge the two
-Go to the the goldcard.img tab and select 'Edit' then 'Select All' then 'Edit' and 'Copy'.
-Now go the you SD card tab and highlight offset 00000000 to 000000170 , and then 'Edit' and 'Paste'
-Lastly goto 'File' and select 'Save'
Allll Done......
You can also have a look here for a more modern/complex method
Or here (has a video).
Section 2 - Creating a Goldcard on the PC (Card reader)
Check here, kashoulis post 11 and you can also check here
foX2delta said:
@coolbook1
M u s t m m m m a k e g o l d c a r d.... (said in a slow dying voice).
Allll Done......
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Excellent guide.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
I finally killed my Desire S after hours of restoring it. At the end I made the OTA Update and it freezes in Recovery Mode.
I pulled out the battery and now it´s death. I couldn´t even get any life sign.
So RIP Desires S.
Thanks fox2delta for your help...
Rostwildch: BIG THANKS for great description step-by-step. I believe no only me, but lots of users with the same issue, have problems to gather and apply informations from many topics.
One note for branded phones:
- before any action prepare golcard (with GoldCaldHelper.exe and standard card reader, method with Hex editing didn't work for me - card was not visible),
- do step 1 with goldcard inserted,
- after this - unmount it and keep safe for future use,
- like for step 6, when installing non-branded RUU.
It's a shame that it's easier to root the phone than it is to return it to stock..
HTC Desire S~Tapatalk
Think there's a easier way because RUU erase the recovery so re-flashing it might work as it didi to me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488672
I have the exact same problem of this post, my main doubt is I think I can resolve anything with a GoldCard, but all the methods send me to http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard, which is not working anymore, is there anyway to solve it?
neonoafs said:
I have the exact same problem of this post, my main doubt is I think I can resolve anything with a GoldCard, but all the methods send me to http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard, which is not working anymore, is there anyway to solve it?
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just checked and it still working
if you have problem with this link, you can post your CID here so other may help you to get goldcard.img
firstly, Im not asking for a detailed explanation of what to do here.. I can read up on various sections, but I do need steps to follow. This phone is the most complicated thing to flash, give me ODIN and a galaxy S any day.
Im trying to upgrade to the latet open Europe.HTC-SAGA 401_9 not a custom rom, my DS is the same Radio Version so thats ok.
After following the various guides, What I have so far is:
1) the Stock HTC 401_9 Rom from File Factory.
2) Ive downloaded Goldcard Helper, fitted my 2GB SD and gotten the reverse ID
3) Ive d/l'd the GoldCard Image for my DS reverse ID
4) Ive d/l'd the HexD editor for making the goldcard.
5) I know about having FastBoot OFF, USB debugging ON and the phone USB set to Disk Mode for making the Goldcard and the USB to "Charge only" when flashing.
So, now what. Can I just flash the HTC Stock 401, or do I root it first. My Hboot is 2.000.002 and its S-ON.
The phone has Virgin UK Software, but its not Locked.. Ive had both O2 and Orange sim cards in and they work fine.
I just need to know the 1, 2, 3 .. steps for flashing this stock rom
Thanks in advance
Always helps to write your full bootloader screen.
ben_pyett said:
Always helps to write your full bootloader screen.
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Im all for protecting your product against time wasting "bricked" returns, but Whoever at HTC thought of this system wants slapped... hard, Bootloader says:
### Locked ###
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822. 10. 08. 04_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 22 2011, 15:22:11
HBOOT
Then it lists on screen:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMAGE CRC
Hope that helps and hope you can give some steps. Seriously, Ive looked on here for days but there seems to be so many questions about different aspects and parts of the flashing, its confusing.
Thanks in advance
First of all, forget all about radios you know from Samsung.
At htc you can use every radio on every rom, there are only 3 possibilities you need to change radio:
It is shipped with a ruu you want to use
You face issues with radio related hardware
You want to be up to date
Ok, now to your question.
At HTC the bootloader version is important (only at stock roms).
If your bootloader has the same or a smaller version than the one from the ruu and your device had no branding, just reboot to bootloader plug it to your pc, enable fastboot usb and start the ruu.
If a branding is present and you want to stay with it, do the same with the fitting ruu.
If your version is higher or you want to remove a branding , you need a goldcard first and maybe the extracted rom.zip from the ruu, if the ruu fails with goldcard only, because you need to put it at the root of your sd renamed to PG88IMG.zip and flash it directly with your bootloader.
(also to change misc_version can be needed, but i guess not here because you don't want to downgrade)
For both cases are guides at the index (see my or bens signature).
Tectas said:
If your version is higher or you want to remove a branding , you need a goldcard first and maybe the extracted rom.zip from the ruu, if the ruu fails with goldcard only, because you need to put it at the root of your sd renamed to PG88IMG.zip and flash it directly with your bootloader.
(also to change misc_version can be needed, but i guess not here because you don't want to downgrade)
For both cases are guides at the index (see my or bens signature).
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Ok I used this guide for the goldcard:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...gold-card-for-htc-desire-without-hex-editing/
So, because Im not changing anything about the kernel, just debranding to an offical ROM, once I set up my Goldcard, I activate debugging, copy the RUU 401_9 to SD Root of my Goldcard, click "Image CRC" from bootloader menu and it should install it.
Is that correct?.
Ive just checked..
Wait and It detects the new ROM "update" automatically in bootloader menu
Yes?
NightOrchid said:
Ive just checked..
Wait and It detects the new ROM "update" automatically in bootloader menu
Yes?
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Image crc just checks your rom, got nothing to do with updating.
The ruu itself is a exe, means a windows program , do the steps i described before with fastboot, the only difference is that you need to create the goldcard before, otherwise the bootloader won't allow (if your lucky) you to flash the ruu with the different branding.
If it fails that way run the ruu without attached device as far as you can go without closing, don't close it and search for the rom.zip at your temp folder, copy it to another folder and close the ruu, rename it, copy it to the root of your sd and reboot to bootloader and let it flash it directly, just to say it, you also need a goldcard before you do it this way.
One additional thing, be sure you got a ruu for the desire s, i just say it, because your goldcard guide is for the desire, what is no real problem there, but a wrong ruu will always fail and if it won't lead to a brick at worst case.
Sorry Tectas.. Just wont work.. I created my goldcard, extracted the RUU, changed the rom name from "disk1" to PG88IMG as you said, copied to root of goldcard, selected Fastboot then bootloader, but it just doesnt detect any image or file.
I am struggling a little with your english because you are telling me too many different ideas, Im confused... instead of telling me.. just 1, then do 2, then do.. 3, but Thank you for trying, i appreciate your help..
I will try again later..
Small thing the file you copy to the sd card must be called (case sensitive) PG88IMG.zip
Swyped form ym Dersie S unsig XAD Permuim
First method:
1. Create goldcard
2. plug in your device
3. Reboot to bootloader and enable fastboot
4. Start the ruu at your desktop and follow the instructions
5. Enjoy
If it fails make sure the drivers are installed, by downloading and installing htc sync, but uninstall it straight after you installed it, the drivers will still be present but the program itself can cause problems with ruus and/or adb.
If it still fails, try the second method.
Second method:
1. Create goldcard
2. Start the ruu without attached device
3. Go on till the only remaining possibility is to close the program, but don't close it
4. hit the windows button + r, a window should pop up
5. Type %TEMP% into the textbox of this window and hit enter, the explorer should open up and show your temporary folder
6. Search for the rom.zip (make sure hidden files are down if you can't find it)
7. Copy it to another folder i.e. the desktop
8. Close the ruu
9. Rename the rom.zip to PG88IMG.zip (case sensitive)
10. Copy it to the root of your sd
11. Reboot to bootloader
12. Choose bootloader
13. Confirm the update with vol +
14. Let it update
15. Reboot by hitting power
16. remove the PG88IMG.zip, otherwise it will update your device every time you access the bootloader
17. Enjoy
Thank you very much tectas for taking the time to sort and explain this. The 2nd methord worked just fine. However, at the end of the update flash, bootloader said:
"image on device is newer, update aborted"..
It does say that my virgin software is 2.13.351... the image is 2.10.401, so, in computer world, the numbers 2.13 is newer than 2.10. This may not be the case of the ROM itself, becasue the date is 22 Aug 11, but theyve engineered it that way probably so you cant flash it Open Europe.
The great thing is, youve taught me about the desire s and how the flash updater works, plus I have a 2GB goldcard out of it for future custom roms.. so all is not lost.. thanks for the lesson, its much appreciated.. Im gonna have a go at routing next.
It would be great to sticky this or copy it as a very Basic guide to flashing an HTC Rom.
Many Thanks again Tectas
This can also be solved, you need to change the misc_version for it as first step and afterwards do the same as this time.
About customs, you need to unlock or s-off your bootloader first.
For all three things are guides in the index thread.
I have now found that my phone is actually Locked to Virgin Mobile (has a Virgin media splash screen on boot up). Sorry for the confusion about that:
I followed the advice of Tectas and followed this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399331
everything went great until I got to the end of the procedure and I only go the
"$" which after typing line 5: adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s
said "access denied" then mentioned "blue flames".
On page 6 or 7 of that thread, someone mentions this "blue flames" as being a new security mod that HTC have implemented to stop modding at all.
Is this true?.
Also, Virgin mobile and other places have quoted me £15 to unlock my DS. £15 seems alot of money, but would an unlock help (would it be worth it) for me being able to flash both Stock and custom ROMS.
I do enjoy the challenges of modding, so to me this is frustrating.
cheers
The $ indicates you have no root access, i must confess i never heard about the blue flame before, but also have to say, i never got deep into the downgrade stuff, because i used xtc clip to unlock my device, which made my device s-off and debranded.
If those Sellers use the same method, your good to go and spend the money, it saves you from a few traps you can run into with other methods (i paid €20 about a year ago), but you need to be aware that this is a hardware unlock which is irreversible, what can bring problems at warranty purpose (but must not).
Your second choice would be to use htcdev at first step and get root and so on afterwards, the downside here is also warranty, because your device is stated as unlocked at the htc database and if you leave it this way and won't use it to gain full s-off you also need to flash the kernel for each new ROM yourself with fastboot, because the recovery got no write permissions there.
If the seller would also use htcdev, safe the money, you can do it yourself, at xtc i can recommend it, but it's your choice.
Thanks for the advice Tectas. The guy in the street said it would take about 1 hour.. not sure if that helps to know. I suppose with Virgin, theyll be removing their own locks, so the virgin way might be better.
Also, the phone was bought from a 2nd hand shop, it was an unwanted upgrade someone just traded in without using it, the box it came in and the outer shell of the phone has no branding whatsoever.. thats why i was confused about it being locked.
Anyway, Ill have a think about who to go with and ill ask which methord they use before I hand it over.
Thanks again.
Tectas said:
This can also be solved, you need to change the misc_version for it as first step and afterwards do the same as this time.
About customs, you need to unlock or s-off your bootloader first.
For all three things are guides in the index thread.
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Its Done.. phew.. hehe. After I got back to Virgin 1.31, just used the goldcard with rom.zip and it worked fine. 1 thing though, doing it this way flashes the rom in 7 stages, so what ever you do, when it reboots after the 1st install, do not think its repeating itself.. leave it. i Nearly did that, anyway, I sorted things using this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443636
As long as you follow it to the letter, it all goes fine, the whole thread is really good support as well, so if anyones interested, read through the whole 13 pages (so far).
Also had access to the phones Recovery menu, so wiped Cach partition and did a factory reset, also probably not necessary, but backed up my SD card and formated it under the new OS.. I find this is always good on a new rom, for the file table and prevents app errors.
Happy i now know how to flash a rom, didnt quite root it yet, just flashed a stock RUU first.. which is what you should do if, like me, your new to this.
Anyway, Open Eu 2.10.401.9 is sweet and slick smooth.
Have a good one all, Thanks Tectas.