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writing 'splash1'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)

Greetings all,
I'm attempting to replace the first splash screen on my supersonic.
I issue the following command in the SDK/tools folder:
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 evosplash1.rgb565
which returns the following:
Code:
sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... OKAY
writing 'splash1'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
I am properly rooted, and I do see S-OFF at the top of my bootloader screen.
Please help, I've been at this for hours, and it's driving me completely mad.
Thank you for all your time and consideration.
--Chris

Install extended fast boot commands?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752832
you need eng hboot

Thank you both for your thoughtful replies.
Well, I was reading before I received your replies, and found a thread
explaining that the HTBOOT which is installed with Unrevoked 3.21 doesn't have
the "extended" boot options that the ENG bootloader does, and provided
instructions on installing it. Upon finishing the install, and rebooting. I got
stuck at fastboot. I was unable to restore any of my nandroids to recover
(they failed at the last part). So I spent many hours trying to find a way to
recover. I ended up trying to fastboot update a PC36IMG that was really
close to the versions of everything I already had. It failed at the system update.
So I powered off the phone, and began trying to find another way. I decided to
try something, so re-powered the phone, and to my amazement, it booted up
normally. I have absolutely NO idea, why a failed update would fix it. But all's back
to normal - with the exception that I still have the .76 or .73 HTBOOT.
So I guess I'll try the boot screen again.
Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
--Chris

CTH-EVO said:
Thank you both for your thoughtful replies.
Well, I was reading before I received your replies, and found a thread
explaining that the HTBOOT which is installed with Unrevoked 3.21 doesn't have
the "extended" boot options that the ENG bootloader does, and provided
instructions on installing it. Upon finishing the install, and rebooting. I got
stuck at fastboot. I was unable to restore any of my nandroids to recover
(they failed at the last part). So I spent many hours trying to find a way to
recover. I ended up trying to fastboot update a PC36IMG that was really
close to the versions of everything I already had. It failed at the system update.
So I powered off the phone, and began trying to find another way. I decided to
try something, so re-powered the phone, and to my amazement, it booted up
normally. I have absolutely NO idea, why a failed update would fix it. But all's back
to normal - with the exception that I still have the .76 or .73 HTBOOT.
So I guess I'll try the boot screen again.
Thanks again for taking the time to respond.
--Chris
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I am having a similar problem with HBoot 2.02 with S-OFF. I've seen in a lot of threads that changing your HBoot version (and especially downgrading) is a great way to brick your phone. Any suggestions?

CTH-EVO said:
Greetings all,
I'm attempting to replace the first splash screen on my supersonic.
I issue the following command in the SDK/tools folder:
Code:
fastboot flash splash1 evosplash1.rgb565
which returns the following:
Code:
sending 'splash1' (750 KB)... OKAY
writing 'splash1'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
I am properly rooted, and I do see S-OFF at the top of my bootloader screen.
Please help, I've been at this for hours, and it's driving me completely mad.
Thank you for all your time and consideration.
--Chris
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dont bother with all that sdk none sense!!! this is what i use and it is very simple!!
View attachment EVOSplash.zip
i didnt make this program, found it here on xda. don't remember who made it but he gets 10000% credit for this!!!!
Been making custom splashes for a long time now.... this is the easiest way to make them and install them.

Stoney 666 said:
dont bother with all that sdk none sense!!! this is what i use and it is very simple!!
View attachment 457808
i didnt make this program, found it here on xda. don't remember who made it but he gets 10000% credit for this!!!!
Been making custom splashes for a long time now.... this is the easiest way to make them and install them.
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Has anyone tried this with HBOOT 2.10?

IN for an answer about HBOOT 2.10

eurominican said:
IN for an answer about HBOOT 2.10
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I used this about an hour ago on my girl friends evo that is using hboot 2.10. Worked great. Just make .zip file and use hboot to flash it.
Sent from my Warm Evo using XDA App

Flashing a splash image as a PC36IMG.zip file will work in any hboot version. As long as you are S-OFF, you'll be fine. However, using remote fastboot commands only works in hboot version .76. I have my own splash screen that I made and flashed using a PC36IMG.zip on the root of my SD card through hboot.

raiden89 said:
Flashing a splash image as a PC36IMG.zip file will work in any hboot version. As long as you are S-OFF, you'll be fine. However, using remote fastboot commands only works in hboot version .76. I have my own splash screen that I made and flashed using a PC36IMG.zip on the root of my SD card through hboot.
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Can anyone explain a little more?
I have fastboot commands working on my mytouch 4g with hboot version 0.85.2007 (PD1510000).
My G2 (Desire Z) has 0.86 and gives the error described.
Is there a way to update hboot to that version?
Is using that pc36img.zip the same as the fastboot command?

I fixed it by using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9109921
So I am on 0.76 now.
Is hboot generic or device specific?
So is flashing a newer version possible?
Would it also be totally unnecessairy ?

OpenMinded said:
I fixed it by using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9109921
So I am on 0.76 now.
Is hboot generic or device specific?
So is flashing a newer version possible?
Would it also be totally unnecessairy ?
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some roms require a newer version of hboot to be able to flash that rom, but any version will install a PC36IMG zip so unless the rom you want to flash requires it, there really is no need to update it.

Stoney 666 said:
some roms require a newer version of hboot to be able to flash that rom, but any version will install a PC36IMG zip so unless the rom you want to flash requires it, there really is no need to update it.
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Thanks for your quick reply.
So this is not device specific?
Meaning, could I flash the 0.85 from a htc glacier to the htc vision?

OpenMinded said:
Thanks for your quick reply.
So this is not device specific?
Meaning, could I flash the 0.85 from a htc glacier to the htc vision?
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you got me there... i wouldn't, just to be on the safe side. but there would be no benefit to doing so. hboot from one devise isn't "better" than one from another. you can search which is the most up to date version for yours and flash that.

thanks. I guess I'll just leave it on 0.76 for now .

.76 is the best. Specially for devs. Repacking everything gets old real fast. Extended fastboot commands rock . I was on. 79 and downgraded to. 76 got sick of repacking stuff. Seems as if the higher ones are not downgradeable, and people losing wimax keys/bricking phones when updating to them.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Stoney 666.. Thank you !! Very easy to understand and worked like a charm. I'll be making my own images from here on out.

You have to have HBOOT 0.76 (fully functional FASTBOOT) installed in order to use EVOsplash. Here's how to write splashscreen (0.76 HBOOT)...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7205471&postcount=1

[SOLVED] s-off fastboot commands work now :D

i got a mytouch 4g slide from ebay and it shipped s-off!
one catch though..
the hboot is 1.44.0007 and i tried to fastboot flash recovery
and it said "sending"
but it said "writing" FAILED remote: not allowed
should i pack the img into a PG59IMG.zip and then do it that way through the sd?
or get the Juopunutbear bootloader and pack that into a PPG59IMG instead?
or just run revolutionary?
can i try "fastboot oem unlock"?
i assume that the bootloader just wont accept fastboot commands even though fastboot reads it
i just got it a couple hours ago so im just trying to fumble through all my options i have here
thank ya

This should get you to where you want to be......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801106
Revolutionary won't work on the HBoot you have & even though 'fastbboot oem lock' IS a command the "unlock" is acquired thru HTCdev & the binary supplied by them. You flash that file and achieve unlock. Juopunutbear & the wire trick have already been run or you wouldn't have S-Off yet.
If you can go to a DOS window and run
ADB reboot bootloader .............to get to the HBoot bootloader screen your commands are being accepted. If not it sounds more to me like a driver issue is holding you back on connecting. The guide I gave a link to should iron things out for you though.

WeekendsR2Short said:
This should get you to where you want to be......
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801106
Revolutionary won't work on the HBoot you have & even though 'fastbboot oem lock' IS a command the "unlock" is acquired thru HTCdev & the binary supplied by them. You flash that file and achieve unlock. Juopunutbear & the wire trick have already been run or you wouldn't have S-Off yet.
If you can go to a DOS window and run
ADB reboot bootloader .............to get to the HBoot bootloader screen your commands are being accepted. If not it sounds more to me like a driver issue is holding you back on connecting. The guide I gave a link to should iron things out for you though.
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well my fastboot drivers are fine because it has no issue finding the device..
the 1.44.0007 hboot is the only one listed on the the revolutionary.io website because i had gone and checked just to verify
and my adb issworking just fine also as i tested with "adb devices" to get my serial to type into the revolutionary page to make my beta key
i think that the hboot that came after the one thats on my device now is the htcdev one

frickinjerms said:
well my fastboot drivers are fine because it has no issue finding the device..
the 1.44.0007 hboot is the only one listed on the the revolutionary.io website because i had gone and checked just to verify
and my adb issworking just fine also as i tested with "adb devices" to get my serial to type into the revolutionary page to make my beta key
i think that the hboot that came after the one thats on my device now is the htcdev one
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I apologize. My error. It is the 1.45.xxxx HBoot that requires the 'wire trick' to get S-Off. So when you run "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" you get the "sending" message & then the "writing" FAILED remote: not allowed? This seems odd to me because it is an error message I've not yet read about. I AM doing some checking around to see if that's been covered somewhere so MAYBE 2 heads will be better than one. Have patience..... :good:

Are you attempting to get superuser prior to flashing the recovery?
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Ah HA! GREAT point. :good:

Coug76 said:
Are you attempting to get superuser prior to flashing the recovery?
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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haha no i know i need a custom recovery to get su
i downloaded a radio PC59IMG and swapped out the radio img with the CMW img and it flashed thru the bootloader and it gave me CMW
and then flashed aokp so im good for now
so my guess is that the bootloader in its current state just doesn't support fastboot commands, im still iffy about putting a different bootloader in a PC59IMG and flashing though

When I run fastboot from nix I have to ./fastboot flash blah. Sorry I've been drinking and don't wanna run through the posts right now, but that's how I do it
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide running MikXE

strapped365 said:
When I run fastboot from nix I have to ./fastboot flash blah. Sorry I've been drinking and don't wanna run through the posts right now, but that's how I do it
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide running MikXE
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Haven't we all been today
Sent from my myTouch_4G_Slide using Tapatalk 2

I'm glad I wasn't the only one.

so if i pack the juopunutbear hboot into a PG59IMG and flash will i turn my device into a paperweight or will i be updated without a hiccup?

frickinjerms said:
so if i pack the juopunutbear hboot into a PG59IMG and flash will i turn my device into a paperweight or will i be updated without a hiccup?
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I wouldn't try anything like that. Not saying you will brick, but I'm not saying won't either. Just do the whole process
Sent from my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide running MikXE

haha good enough for me ive successfully used the PG59IMG for a splash screen and recovery so i guess i can live without fastboot for now

just an update, i flashed the pg59img that has all the most recent goodies packed in so im on the latest hboot with radios and yada yada and have still retained s-off, i know i need to unlock with htcdev now, but will this allow me to put the juopunutbear hboot thru a pg59img now?
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk 2

and my problem has been fixed i got the PC58IMG of the latest ruu flashed it and then flash the jb_hboot within the bootloader.. so i have the Juopunutbear Hboot and all my fastboot commands i wanted for writing partitions are working so woohoo!

Smoooth move! Congratulations! :good:

[Q] Phone won't boot up normally and cannot flash RUU

Hi,
First of all, sorry if this has already been answered somewhere else but I literally spent the last 3 days gathering information on xda reading threads more of less related to my specific problem. I would appreciate any new piece of information that I could have missed.
I had a custom ROM (ARHD 7.1). I wanted to go back to stock ROM for my provider (Bell Mobility). I successfully went back to GB 2.3.4 by flashing my provider's RUU. My phone would not take OTA update to ICS (4.0.3). I changed my SuperCID back to carrier-specific and phone took OTA update. However, it didn't reboot properly. I thought that this was because I was S-OFF and unlocked. I changed to S-ON but that bricked the phone (not even powering on). I found a tool to unbrick the phone that flashes a proper HBOOT (1.17 in my case). That fixed the brick problem and I could get back to bootloader. Since then, I'm stucked with a phone that doesn't boot into the ROM and cannot get into recovery. I can get into bootloader but given that I am S-ON, I'm very limited to what I can do.
I have tried re-flashing my 1.45.666.1 RUU but it looks like some time ago (don't ask me why...), I changed my MID to PG5810000 and the RUU is expecting PG5811000 so it is not possible to use RUU. I even tried modifying the android-info.txt with my MID but then RUU failed for another reason (bad signature I think).
So, this is very confusing but if I could summarize, I would say
*Cannot boot into stock ROM (it should be GB 2.3.4 from Bell Mobility)
*Can boot in bootloader
*S-ON
*MID=PG581000 (should be PG5811000 according to my provider Bell Mobility)
*CID=BM____001 (it is the correct one for Bell Mobility)
Bootloader information
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RLo
HBOOT-1.17.0008
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
May 13 2011.21:04:57
Is there any thing I can do to recover? Getting S-OFF would help of course but I cannot use Revolutionary tool normally as it requires you to boot in your ROM. Maybe there are some backdoor commands that Revolutionary uses that I can call with fastboot?
My last resort is to contact HTC or Bell but I'd like to avoid this as I am out of the warranty period, which my messing around would have voided anyway. Thanks for your help.
Fred

fdavidson said:
Hi,
First of all, sorry if this has already been answered somewhere else but I literally spent the last 3 days gathering information on xda reading threads more of less related to my specific problem. I would appreciate any new piece of information that I could have missed.
I had a custom ROM (ARHD 7.1). I wanted to go back to stock ROM for my provider (Bell Mobility). I successfully went back to GB 2.3.4 by flashing my provider's RUU. My phone would not take OTA update to ICS (4.0.3). I changed my SuperCID back to carrier-specific and phone took OTA update. However, it didn't reboot properly. I thought that this was because I was S-OFF and unlocked. I changed to S-ON but that bricked the phone (not even powering on). I found a tool to unbrick the phone that flashes a proper HBOOT (1.17 in my case). That fixed the brick problem and I could get back to bootloader. Since then, I'm stucked with a phone that doesn't boot into the ROM and cannot get into recovery. I can get into bootloader but given that I am S-ON, I'm very limited to what I can do.
I have tried re-flashing my 1.45.666.1 RUU but it looks like some time ago (don't ask me why...), I changed my MID to PG5810000 and the RUU is expecting PG5811000 so it is not possible to use RUU. I even tried modifying the android-info.txt with my MID but then RUU failed for another reason (bad signature I think).
So, this is very confusing but if I could summarize, I would say
*Cannot boot into stock ROM (it should be GB 2.3.4 from Bell Mobility)
*Can boot in bootloader
*S-ON
*MID=PG581000 (should be PG5811000 according to my provider Bell Mobility)
*CID=BM____001 (it is the correct one for Bell Mobility)
Bootloader information
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RLo
HBOOT-1.17.0008
RADIO-10.14.9035.01_M
eMMC-boot
May 13 2011.21:04:57
Is there any thing I can do to recover? Getting S-OFF would help of course but I cannot use Revolutionary tool normally as it requires you to boot in your ROM. Maybe there are some backdoor commands that Revolutionary uses that I can call with fastboot?
My last resort is to contact HTC or Bell but I'd like to avoid this as I am out of the warranty period, which my messing around would have voided anyway. Thanks for your help.
Fred
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you sure the RUU you are using is correct ?
if so then best solution is to try revolutionary
try the tool with phone connected in fastboot ...it might work (i remember one guy doing that )

ganeshp said:
you sure the RUU you are using is correct ?
if so then best solution is to try revolutionary
try the tool with phone connected in fastboot ...it might work (i remember one guy doing that )
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Thanks ganeshp for the quick answer. I am pretty confident about the RUU as it is the same one I originally ran to move from custom ICS ROM to stock 2.3.4 ROM.
For Revolutionary, even in fastboot, it is stuck in "Waiting for devices..." I think it is because it issues "adb devices" command and expects some answer before carrying on to the bootloader. I would need it to skip this step. Are there any argument to revolutionary to do that?
Fred

A little more update on RUU failure. If I change the modelid in android-info.txt, this means that I have to re-package the files back into ROM.zip. I am doing this with WinZip. Even without editing any file, just extracting the files from original ROM.zip from RUU back to another version of ROM.zip (no change), I noticed that file size is not the same. Maybe that explain with the signature check fails when flashing RUU. Now, I don't know what to use to re-package files into a ROM.zip archive to use RUU.
Fred

fdavidson said:
A little more update on RUU failure. If I change the modelid in android-info.txt, this means that I have to re-package the files back into ROM.zip. I am doing this with WinZip. Even without editing any file, just extracting the files from original ROM.zip from RUU back to another version of ROM.zip (no change), I noticed that file size is not the same. Maybe that explain with the signature check fails when flashing RUU. Now, I don't know what to use to re-package files into a ROM.zip archive to use RUU.
Fred
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Short answer - you cannot touch or do anything to ROM.zip if you want to use RUU, changing anything changes MD5 sum hence the signature error.
What you should do is run an ICS RUU compatible with your MID

Jonny said:
Short answer - you cannot touch or do anything to ROM.zip if you want to use RUU, changing anything changes MD5 sum hence the signature error.
What you should do is run an ICS RUU compatible with your MID
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Thanks Jonny, that is good information. My problem with this is that I have a provider-specific CID (BM_0001) and not superCID. If I can find an ICS RUU for my MID (the one wrongly change for my device, i.e. PG5810000), would the CID affect anything?
Fred

fdavidson said:
Thanks Jonny, that is good information. My problem with this is that I have a provider-specific CID (BM_0001) and not superCID. If I can find an ICS RUU for my MID (the one wrongly chance for my device, i.e. PG5810000), would the CID affect anything?
Fred
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Mate MID/CID are checked prior to flashing rom, so if the MID/CID are not "correct" installation will not take place

dublinz said:
Mate MID/CID are checked prior to flashing rom, so if the MID/CID are not "correct" installation will not take place
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Thanks everyone for taking some of your time to help me. From the information that I've received, it looks that I will not be able to recover my phone, That's bad because I thought I was just a few steps away, maybe by being able to flash an unlocked S-OFF H-Boot 1.17 and by some way tweak RUU so that it would work. I'll wait one or two days in case someone suggests something different and then see if HTC can help. It will be interesting (or embarassing) to hear what they have to say.
Cheers,
Fred

fdavidson said:
Thanks everyone for taking some of your time to help me. From the information that I've received, it looks that I will not be able to recover my phone, That's bad because I thought I was just a few steps away, maybe by being able to flash an unlocked S-OFF H-Boot 1.17 and by some way tweak RUU so that it would work. I'll wait one or two days in case someone suggests something different and then see if HTC can help. It will be interesting (or embarassing) to hear what they have to say.
Cheers,
Fred
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Change back the android-info.txt and run the ruu again.. From phone connected in fastboot.. And let me know what error it showed
Edit: or simply run the ruu you have.. With phone connected to pc in bootloader/fastboot
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

ganeshp said:
Change back the android-info.txt and run the ruu again.. From phone connected in fastboot.. And let me know what error it showed
Edit: or simply run the ruu you have.. With phone connected to pc in bootloader/fastboot
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium
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ganeshp,
Without modifying android-info.txt (just running the RUU_Pyramid_BM_1.45.666.5_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220007_signed.exe), I am getting "ERROR [130]: MODEL ID ERROR. This is expected as my MID (modelID is incorrect. My phone is at PG5810000 when RUU expects PG5811000).
When I modify the android-info.txt in ROM.zip to have my correct MID, it goes a little bit further down the process. However, I am getting "ERROR [132]: SIGNATURE ERROR". Below is the related content of ruu_log.txt:
<T084503><DEBUG><CMD>fastboot -s SH16KV601188 flash zip "C:\Documents and Settings\fred\Local Settings\Temp\{A20F8D10-D7EB-4B01-91D2-68167E319F81}\{50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B}\rom.zip"</CMD>
</DEBUG></T084503>
<T084609><DEBUG><OUT>sending 'zip' (416943 KB)... OKAY</OUT>
</DEBUG></T084609>
<T084609><DEBUG><OUT>writing 'zip'... INFOsignature checking...</OUT>
</DEBUG></T084609>
<T084722><DEBUG><OUT>FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)</OUT>
</DEBUG></T084722>
This is also expected as someone already pointed out earlier in this thread that ROM.zip cannot be modified because of different MD5 checksum. On this point, I am wondering if there would be some tool to re-generate a correct MD5 checksum.
Fred

fdavidson said:
ganeshp,
Without modifying android-info.txt (just running the RUU_Pyramid_BM_1.45.666.5_Radio_10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01_M_release_220007_signed.exe), I am getting "ERROR [130]: MODEL ID ERROR. This is expected as my MID (modelID is incorrect. My phone is at PG5810000 when RUU expects PG5811000).
When I modify the android-info.txt in ROM.zip to have my correct MID, it goes a little bit further down the process. However, I am getting "ERROR [132]: SIGNATURE ERROR". Below is the related content of ruu_log.txt:
<T084503><DEBUG><CMD>fastboot -s SH16KV601188 flash zip "C:\Documents and Settings\fred\Local Settings\Temp\{A20F8D10-D7EB-4B01-91D2-68167E319F81}\{50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B}\rom.zip"</CMD>
</DEBUG></T084503>
<T084609><DEBUG><OUT>sending 'zip' (416943 KB)... OKAY</OUT>
</DEBUG></T084609>
<T084609><DEBUG><OUT>writing 'zip'... INFOsignature checking...</OUT>
</DEBUG></T084609>
<T084722><DEBUG><OUT>FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)</OUT>
</DEBUG></T084722>
This is also expected as someone already pointed out earlier in this thread that ROM.zip cannot be modified because of different MD5 checksum. On this point, I am wondering if there would be some tool to re-generate a correct MD5 checksum.
Fred
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ok RUU way is closed for you then
now if you can unlock your bootloader ..things can be better for you
try HTC-DEV unlock ...once done ..you need to flash a custom GB rom from recovery

ganeshp said:
ok RUU way is closed for you then
now if you can unlock your bootloader ..things can be better for you
try HTC-DEV unlock ...once done ..you need to flash a custom GB rom from recovery
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I'm getting stuck at step 8 of HTC-Dev unlock. When I issue the command "fastboot oem get_identifier_token", I get back "INFO[ERR] Command error !!!". Maybe this oem command doesn't work with my bootloader (1.17.0008).
Fred

fdavidson said:
I'm getting stuck at step 8 of HTC-Dev unlock. When I issue the command "fastboot oem get_identifier_token", I get back "INFO[ERR] Command error !!!". Maybe this oem command doesn't work with my bootloader (1.17.0008).
Fred
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no man with that hboot version you don't need htc dev unlock.use this site to S-OFF your device
http://revolutionary.io/
edit: i just read your first post
so you can not use revolutionary

fdavidson said:
I'm getting stuck at step 8 of HTC-Dev unlock. When I issue the command "fastboot oem get_identifier_token", I get back "INFO[ERR] Command error !!!". Maybe this oem command doesn't work with my bootloader (1.17.0008).
Fred
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ahh even that got stuck huh ...try revolutionary again ..with phone boot-looping or when stuck at splash screen ..if revolutionary finds the device all good ..otherwise all doors closed
rzr86 said:
no man with that hboot version you don't need htc dev unlock.use this site to S-OFF your device
http://revolutionary.io/
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he tried revolutionary already ..and he currently didnt have a booting rom ..so it might not work

rzr86 said:
no man with that hboot version you don't need htc dev unlock.use this site to S-OFF your device
http://revolutionary.io/
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That was my original attempt but it looks like revolutionary expects the phone to be fully booted so it can set it himself in bootloader/fastboot through adb command. Since I can get into fastboot myself, If I could skip that part from revolutionary and have it do the next steps, I think I'd get a successful S-OFF. Any idea on how to do that?
Fred

wait if revolutionary wants a working adb then we will give it an adb
do this
get the recovery.img from this link (extract it)
copy it to fastboot
and try this command
fastboot boot recovery.img
if it booted ..then run revolutionary

ganeshp said:
wait if revolutionary wants a working adb then we will give it an adb
do this
get the recovery.img from this link (extract it)
copy it to fastboot
and try this command
fastboot boot recovery.img
if it booted ..then run revolutionary
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I am getting:
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 1.706s]
booting... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Is it because I am S-ON? I seem to remember that S-ON will not allow me to write to some partitions. I hope I'm wrong.

fdavidson said:
I am getting:
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 1.706s]
booting... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
Is it because I am S-ON? I seem to remember that S-ON will not allow me to write to some partitions. I hope I'm wrong.
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we are not writing but we are trying to read ..
but is the command you typed is
fastboot boot recovery.img ? (coz in the output its saying downloading boot.img )

ganeshp said:
we are not writing but we are trying to read ..
but is the command you typed is
fastboot boot recovery.img ? (coz in the output its saying downloading boot.img )
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Yes, my mistake. I sent the same command (fastboot boot recovery.img), so the problem is with reading as you said.

fdavidson said:
Yes, my mistake. I sent the same command (fastboot boot recovery.img), so the problem is with reading as you said.
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then im out of ideas
one last try
try changing cid
fastboot oem writecid HTC__001
then
fastboot reboot-bootloader
then verify it
fastboot getvar cid
EDIT: if this worked then ..immediately flash the european unbranded 3.33 rom

[Q] HTC SENSATION got completely stuck on boot (complicated)

correct RUU 3.32.161.11 in post #11
Hi people.
The thing at the moment is stuck at JuopunutBear. But better to start from begining...
I decided to flash a different rom into it. So i unlocked a bootloader, installed "4EXT Recoveryy Touch" and tried to flash it straight away without having any backup... then the device use to get stuck on boot logo (as i rear later because of "s-on") and enabling "smart flash" on 4ext might help... but it didn't worked for me so i decided to install "JuopunutBear" and get "s-off" (on device which does not boot up any more)...
But my plan failed because whatever i did it ends up on "JuopunutBear" screen.
i though this was going to work but it did not:
C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>controlbear.exe -r
======== ControlBear 0.8 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Restoring to normal mode
Searching for device.....
Found device... Please wait...
Device should be in normal boot mode....
Press ENTER to exit.....
changed nothing.
this is all info i can see on hboot:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
As far i can at first i need to get rid of "JuopunutBear" at first.. and then somehow to make the rom work... have no idea what to do next... is it possible to do fresh reinstall for all regardless what mess is there right now?
that is definitely the last time i play like this but now only thing i want is to get it working...
I would be glad for some advice. thank you!

An RUU will make your phone completely stock. As for the juopuonut s-off, it seems like you are using an old version of control bear.
Look here for ruu: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26541170
Sent from my HTC Sensation

AndroidSupporter318 said:
An RUU will make your phone completely stock. As for the juopuonut s-off, it seems like you are using an old version of control bear.
Look here for ruu: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26541170
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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Well you opened my eyes but still...

C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>fastboot getvar cid
cid: VODAP001
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>fastboot getvar version
-main
version-main: 3.32.161.52
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>
tried all steps till 4.4.2 With a PC, via fastboot USB and at the end i got an error
C:\Users\user\Desktop>fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (437337 KB)... OKAY [ 64.719s]
writing 'zip'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 139.619s
i found the rom, extracted it from exe file (boot.zip) then i needed to modify "android-info.txt" because there are just rally old rom`s with a proper signature. But i could only view and extract archive (if i archive it back it won't work) but not change files inside of them... i tried a couple of them and got the same problem that i can't modify them with any archiver ("archive is corrupt") so i just carryed on with extracting and archiving even when i read that it won't work... windows default archiver does not work, 7-zip as well, winRAR either... am i using a wrong archiver or there is some other way of getting everything done properly? i am totally lost

gyrtaz said:
C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>fastboot getvar cid
cid: VODAP001
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>fastboot getvar version
-main
version-main: 3.32.161.52
finished. total time: 0.003s
C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>
tried all steps till 4.4.2 With a PC, via fastboot USB and at the end i got an error
C:\Users\user\Desktop>fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip
sending 'zip' (437337 KB)... OKAY [ 64.719s]
writing 'zip'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
finished. total time: 139.619s
i found the rom, extracted it from exe file (boot.zip) then i needed to modify "android-info.txt" because there are just rally old rom`s with a proper signature. But i could only view and extract archive (if i archive it back it won't work) but not change files inside of them... i tried a couple of them and got the same problem that i can't modify them with any archiver ("archive is corrupt") so i just carryed on with extracting and archiving even when i read that it won't work... windows default archiver does not work, 7-zip as well, winRAR either... am i using a wrong archiver or there is some other way of getting everything done properly? i am totally lost
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26541170
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you are SON
so you need the correct RUU based on your CID/MiD/Version-Main ..
downloading any RUU and just modifying the android-info.txt wont do any good (it only works when you are SOFF)

ganeshp said:
you are SON
so you need the correct RUU based on your CID/MiD/Version-Main ..
downloading any RUU and just modifying the android-info.txt wont do any good (it only works when you are SOFF)
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my current non-working version is 3.32.161.52
and the best i could find is 1.24.161...
i can't downgrade and can't put anything custom because i it is SON... so it is dead end for me.
is it possible to put some fake ROM by force (like copying files somewhere or smth...) even if it would not work but which would be seen as an "1.24.161..." when i would try to install it properly?
Just brain storming sorry if i am not telling anything clever...

It should be this one: http://hotfile.com/dl/176652525/e42....23.3504.07_M2_release_256146_signed.exe.html
If this one is not it, then try looking at the two sites that were listed in the ruu thread I gave you.
Sent from my HTC Sensation
---------- Post added at 10:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:36 AM ----------
Actually, the link above is for Australian vodaphone users.
This one is general, not branded. It is for European users: http://hotfile.com/dl/158597479/f24...1.22.3504.07_M_release_252064_signed.exe.html
Sent from my HTC Sensation
---------- Post added at 10:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:43 AM ----------
Also, the version number 1.2x is the gingerbread RUU's. 3.32 is for ICS RUU's
Sent from my HTC Sensation

AndroidSupporter318 said:
It should be this one: hotfile.com/dl/176652525/e4290a8/RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_Voda-Hutch_AU_3.32.862.13_Radio_11.69A.3504.00U_11.23.3504.07_M2_release_256146_signed.exe.html
If this one is not it, then try looking at the two sites that were listed in the ruu thread I gave you.
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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i have checked these links you gave before and there was just gingerbread if i try to find exactly by uk wodafone
will try these too... thanks

AndroidSupporter318 said:
It should be this one: http://hotfile.com/dl/176652525/e42....23.3504.07_M2_release_256146_signed.exe.html
If this one is not it, then try looking at the two sites that were listed in the ruu thread I gave you.
Sent from my HTC Sensation
---------- Post added at 10:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:36 AM ----------
Actually, the link above is for Australian vodaphone users.
This one is general, not branded. It is for European users: http://hotfile.com/dl/158597479/f24...1.22.3504.07_M_release_252064_signed.exe.html
Sent from my HTC Sensation
---------- Post added at 10:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:43 AM ----------
Also, the version number 1.2x is the gingerbread RUU's. 3.32 is for ICS RUU's
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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Didn't worked out...
How do you think if i unlock the bootloader again is it possible to delete the partition containing OS trough recovery and maybe than having a blank device i would be able to install any version of RUU..? Need some sort of other solution in this situation...

Hmm... can you try to format all partitions from recovery and then try ruu again?
Sent from my HTC Sensation

gyrtaz said:
Hi people.
The thing at the moment is stuck at JuopunutBear. But better to start from begining...
I decided to flash a different rom into it. So i unlocked a bootloader, installed "4EXT Recoveryy Touch" and tried to flash it straight away without having any backup... then the device use to get stuck on boot logo (as i rear later because of "s-on") and enabling "smart flash" on 4ext might help... but it didn't worked for me so i decided to install "JuopunutBear" and get "s-off" (on device which does not boot up any more)...
But my plan failed because whatever i did it ends up on "JuopunutBear" screen.
i though this was going to work but it did not:
C:\Users\user\Desktop\ControlBearRelease_pyramid_ICS_WIN>controlbear.exe -r
======== ControlBear 0.8 beta for JuopunutBear S-OFF ==========
Restoring to normal mode
Searching for device.....
Found device... Please wait...
Device should be in normal boot mode....
Press ENTER to exit.....
changed nothing.
this is all info i can see on hboot:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
Jan 13 2012, 17:33:34
As far i can at first i need to get rid of "JuopunutBear" at first.. and then somehow to make the rom work... have no idea what to do next... is it possible to do fresh reinstall for all regardless what mess is there right now?
that is definitely the last time i play like this but now only thing i want is to get it working...
I would be glad for some advice. thank you!
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Hi! Are you still looking for the right RUU? If I got it right you need the Vodafone UK one. You can download it from HERE That will work with your phone. I have the same RUU and always used it when I had to. Boot your phone into Bootloader, then select Fastboot. Make sure on the screen it does say Fastboot USB, then run the RUU and let it finish. Ohh! And don't forget to relock your bootloader before running the RUU. "fastboot oem lock"

AndroidSupporter318 said:
Hmm... can you try to format all partitions from recovery and then try ruu again?
Sent from my HTC Sensation
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i think i am able to wipe something if i unlock it again but i have no idea what and what effects it is going to make if i do and if i am not going to delete too much (like HBOOT itself) and stuff like that...
is that way possible at all in my condition? is there any tutorials about doing so?
I just unlocked it again. i have some options..:
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe catce + dalvik
wipe dalvik cache
wipe battery stats
format system
format data
format boot
format all partitions (except sdcard)
format sdcard
is deleting something going to make me able of installing gingerbread ruu? (because in theory just this old rom is good to my device)
is there anything useful in this list?

If you do a full wipe that's not going to effect hboot but all your data and the installed rom itself. That means you will not have a usable rom flashed on your phone so it will automatically boot into bootloader. But try to download the ruu I linked and follow the steps. If it doesn't work then we can figure out something else.
Sent from your back garden! Don't look back!

matekaneve said:
Hi! Are you still looking for the right RUU? If I got it right you need the Vodafone UK one. You can download it from HERE That will work with your phone. I have the same RUU and always used it when I had to. Boot your phone into Bootloader, then select Fastboot. Make sure on the screen it does say Fastboot USB, then run the RUU and let it finish. Ohh! And don't forget to relock your bootloader before running the RUU. "fastboot oem lock"
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[RED]OH WOW MATE!!! YOU ARE MY HERO SINCE NOW! EVERYTHING WORKED JUST AS IT SHOULD[/RED]
anyway it is still interesting to me what can you delete with these functions of "4eXT" in the list and if my theory about deleting something and installing gingerbread is right? if yes what should i wipe or format?

When you are flashing roms, in 4ext recovery, there is an option to format all partitions. By doing so you can achive a fresh and clean install of the chosen rom. It does not affect your hboot or your firmware. It only ereases the partitions roms are using. To install gingerbread roms or ruu, you must flash the appropriate gingerbread firmware first. To do so, you must achive s-off first. As you already have 3.32 firmware installed you are "only" able to flash all the currently available ice cream sandwich and jelly bean roms. Hope this helps.
Sent from your back garden... Don't look back!

matekaneve said:
When you are flashing roms, in 4ext recovery, there is an option to format all partitions. By doing so you can achive a fresh and clean install of the chosen rom. It does not affect your hboot or your firmware. It only ereases the partitions roms are using. To install gingerbread roms or ruu, you must flash the appropriate gingerbread firmware first. To do so, you must achive s-off first. As you already have 3.32 firmware installed you are "only" able to flash all the currently available ice cream sandwich and jelly bean roms. Hope this helps.
Sent from your back garden... Don't look back!
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aha... so if i would not have got any version above 3.32.161 my phone would be pretty much doomed..?
just asking for basic knowledge if i would have any similar problems in the future.. should i seek some info for bricked phone recovery then?

gyrtaz said:
aha... so if i would not have got any version above 3.32.161 my phone would be pretty much doomed..?
just asking for basic knowledge if i would have any similar problems in the future.. should i seek some info for bricked phone recovery then?
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Honestly, do not worry about bricking your device, just enjoy the freedom rooting gave you. If something goes wrong, you can always use that ruu. The latest voda UK version is 3.32.161.(52)? The main thing is the first 3 digits: 3.32-> ics firmware, ...161-> Vodafone UK code. The last numbers don't matter. Always make sure you flash the correct rom according to your firmware version and your device
Btw. You can install roms require 3.32 or 3.33 firmware! Enjoy flashing!
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda app-developers app

matekaneve said:
Honestly, do not worry about bricking your device, just enjoy the freedom rooting gave you. If something goes wrong, you can always use that ruu. The latest voda UK version is 3.32.161.(52)? The main thing is the first 3 digits: 3.32-> ics firmware, ...161-> Vodafone UK code. The last numbers don't matter. Always make sure you flash the correct rom according to your firmware version and your device
Btw. You can install roms require 3.32 or 3.33 firmware! Enjoy flashing!
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using xda app-developers app
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Come on... I am about learning stuff and knowing. Maybe some day helping someone else. You can tell someone who doesn't really care to not worry instead of telling a short proper answer... sorry i am not trying to be offensive but it was one of the "try using google" sort of answers and that was how i feel about it...
THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP YOU ALL :highfive:

[Q] Trying to upgrade HTC Desire S to HTC Android 4.0 (without Windows)

Thought I would try to upgrade Android from 2.3.5 to 4.0. HTC said it would work...
I've now got it stuck, though and can't move on. I do not own a Windows computer (I'm on Ubuntu).
What I did
I unlocked the phone using HTC's website tools. It uses adb, and you have to send some key to them and they generate an unlock code for you which you then do: fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
I downloaded the RUU (RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_EU_14.01.401.2_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_275068) from HTC.
Try 1: OpenRUU
I extracted the rom.zip file by using Wine, then searching on rom.zip. I moved it to ~/rom.zip
I then tried running the OpenRUU scripts which failed on attempting to flash (and failed on the automatic reflash attemtp, too):
sending 'zip' (410735 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)
Try2: using hboot
I then tried with the hboot script. This is not for the "desire S" and has the wrong code in for the renamed rom.zip file. I then tried manually putting rom.zip, renamed as PG88IMG.zip into the root of the SD card as clearly summarised at (1)
I booted up into fastboot and the phone opened the zip file but then said "Wrong zipped image!".
Try3: using WinXP in VirtualBox
I then tried to run the RUU exe file in an XP VirtualBox VM. To do this I enabled USB devices for the phone (i.e. added filters for it both in fastboot and android modes), installed the stuff (HTC Sync) and tried running the RUU file.
It keeps saying "error 170 usb connection error". I've tried with the phone turned on (normally) and plugged in via USB, in charge only, Disk Drive and in USB debugging modes. I've also tried with the phone in fastboot mode. I always get this error.
...disable VirtualBox's USB2.0 support
Then it's able to connect to the phone. It ran all the way through the update process except that (a) there was never a progress indicator on the phone itself, (b) at the end it gave an 155 "image error". The recovery process then didn't really relate to anything I could see on the phone. The phone is again back in a2.3.5, so at least not bricked.
Trying to re-lock bootloader...
Then I thought that maybe the bootloader should be locked again (step 11 at (2)) - I had skipped this step before because I thought "I've just UNlocked it, why would I now want to RElock it?". But this won't work either! In fastboot mode, from a terminal, I type
Code:
$ fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
FAILED (status read failed (Protocol error))
then the phone reboots itself, and it still shows unlocked. My fastboot screen (in case it's useful) says:
Code:
*** UNLOCKED ***
SAGA PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0002
RADIO-3822.10.08.04_M
eMMC-boot
Aug 22 20111, 15:22:13
HBOOT
Can anybody help?!
Links: (1), (2) : see pastebin dot com slash 1wKTF8Am (I am not allowed to post links here)

Rename rom.zip to PG88IMG.zip (not .jpg) then put on the root of ur sdcard (not in any folder) then boot into bootloader, it should find it

jmcclue said:
Rename rom.zip to PG88IMG.zip (not .jpg)
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Doh! my bad - I had of course named it .zip not .jpg. (I have edited the post since). It WAS found by the phone, but error-ed after opening it, as described.

I flashed my RUU on Linux simply by doing:
Code:
fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash zip YOURRUUZIP.zip
fastboot flash zip YOURRUUZIP.zip
fastboot reboot
(yes, you flash it twice - it asks you 'please flush[sic] image again immediately' because it's upgrading your hboot)
obviously, replace YOURRUUZIP.zip with the zip file you extracted (e.g. PG88IMG.zip)
From the looks of your errors, though, it looks like your zip is simply corrupt...?

shinyblue said:
Doh! my bad - I had of course named it .zip not .jpg. (I have edited the post since). It WAS found by the phone, but error-ed after opening it, as described.
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What error exactly? What does it say?

Aquous said:
I flashed my RUU on Linux simply by doing:
Code:
fastboot oem lock
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As you'll see above - I can't do this, it errors about protocols and reboots the phone immediately!
Aquous said:
From the looks of your errors, though, it looks like your zip is simply corrupt...?
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Could be but I don't think so. I've extracted it twice, once under Windows and once under Wine and the md5s are the same. I have no way of testing the integrity of the file I downloaded since htc don't apparently provide any hashes, but I would think that the .exe file probably checks its own integrity before running.
Thanks anyway! it looks like I need to re-lock it as a first step, maybe.

jmcclue said:
What error exactly? What does it say?
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As posted: "Wrong zipped image!". Here's an (awful!) screenshot: (new members aren't allowed images...) i.imgur.com JqsG71r.png

shinyblue said:
As posted: "Wrong zipped image!". Here's an (awful!) screenshot: (new members aren't allowed images...) i.imgur.com JqsG71r.png
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and is the PG88IMG.zip on the root of ur sdcard? im guessing not coz that green writing comes up every time u enter bootloader. make sure the PG88IMG.zip is NOT inside a folder
EDIT: heres a wee guide my mate wrote, its for the htc desire but its the exact same method.
PG88IMG Method

jmcclue said:
and is the PG88IMG.zip on the root of ur sdcard?
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Yep. And the phone reads it all (takes it about 3 minutes to open, with the little vertical progress bar), then gives that error. The error goes away fast, so I had to make a video and freeze frame to get that picture.

shinyblue said:
Yep. And the phone reads it all (takes it about 3 minutes to open, with the little vertical progress bar), then gives that error. The error goes away fast, so I had to make a video and freeze frame to get that picture.
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Oh rite. Must be corrupt download id say, coz it should work. When u downloaded the ruu, was there a md5 next to the download? If so, check it, make sure it matched, if not then try re download the ruu and try again.

Good suggestion. Just done that and the md5s are the same. It's
RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_EU_14.01.401.2_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_275068.zip
from htcdev site.

shinyblue said:
Good suggestion. Just done that and the md5s are the same. It's
RUU_SAGA_ICS_35_S_HTC_EU_14.01.401.2_20.76.30.0835_3831.19.00.110_275068.zip
from htcdev site.
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Hmm strange one. I have that ruu on my laptop so il upload the PG88IMG tonight, i know it works coz i already used it. Only thing i can think why its not working is maybe something to do with taking the rom.zip from the ruu using ubuntu, i got no idea why tho.

jmcclue said:
Hmm strange one. I have that ruu on my laptop so il upload the PG88IMG tonight, i know it works coz i already used it. Only thing i can think why its not working is maybe something to do with taking the rom.zip from the ruu using ubuntu, i got no idea why tho.
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u can't use auto install from sdcard with s-on, u can flash ruu by using fastboot commands

turekk said:
u can't use auto install from sdcard with s-on, u can flash ruu by using fastboot commands
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Haha what a tit i am.
I know that u need to be s-off, cant believe i forgot, what a noob. I even made 16 hboots for the desire and 4ext recovery this way. Hope thats the last noobie moment for the year :sly:

shinyblue said:
As you'll see above - I can't do this, it errors about protocols and reboots the phone immediately!
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That's probably because you're trying to run this through VirtualBox - does this also happen if you use adb from within Ubuntu rather than putting VirtualBox between your OS and your phone for no reason?

Aquous said:
That's probably because you're trying to run this through VirtualBox - does this also happen if you use adb from within Ubuntu rather than putting VirtualBox between your OS and your phone for no reason?
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Maybe, but I think VirtualBox was working fine (e.g. HTC Sync worked).
As for "for no reason", I have read that the executable does quite a bit of stuff in terms of resetting various low level bits, and of course, being an HTC, there are hundreds of flash options, not just the usual handful.
I have been in touch with HTC directly (they told me initially the 4.0 upgrade was available), but they now say that this won't work with my phone.
I believe that the update is not accepted during the normal means because it is the WWE not the UK edition, and therefore the CID/MID do not match and are getting rejected because of S-ON.
Thing is, I don't want to risk bricking the phone by trying to get S-OFF and forcing the update because handsets are expensive! I've given up on this project for now...
Thanks to all for the help and advice.

shinyblue said:
As for "for no reason", I have read that the executable does quite a bit of stuff in terms of resetting various low level bits, and of course, being an HTC, there are hundreds of flash options, not just the usual handful.
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Nope, all it does is this:
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash zip YOURRUUZIP.zip
fastboot flash zip YOURRUUZIP.zip
fastboot reboot
This is what I did with my phone (I never ran the RUU) and it updated to ICS just fine.
I believe that the update is not accepted during the normal means because it is the WWE not the UK edition, and therefore the CID/MID do not match and are getting rejected because of S-ON.
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My phone wasn't WWE either and that was no problem for me.

Aquous said:
This is what I did with my phone (I never ran the RUU) and it updated to ICS just fine.
My phone wasn't WWE either and that was no problem for me.
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Was yours a Desire S? I was going on this article: http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/do-we-really-need-s-off.html

shinyblue said:
Was yours a Desire S? I was going on this article: http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/do-we-really-need-s-off.html
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Yeah it was a DS. The article you link to even mentions that flashing a WWE RUU should always be possible: 'Everyone can de-brand his device easily by flashing a stock system image' (although, that sentence continues, that will make you unable to receive carrier OTAs, but that doesn't matter for our device)

Can I confirm that
Aquous said:
Code:
fastboot flash zip YOURRUUZIP.zip
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means the whole RUU.zip as downloaded from HTC, or the rom.zip as extracted from running the .exe file within the downloaded RUU?
And also, http://www.htc1guru.com/2013/09/new-ruu-zips-posted/ says "You still need to have the proper CID for the RUU. You can run the RUU.zip with super CID, but you will have to lock your bootloader first."
AFAICS the RUU I have downloaded has a different CID so won't work. Also my bootloader is unlocked (and the oem lock command fails, as mentioned above). (And I'm S-ON.)