[Q] Safe to upgrade to official ICS through PG88IMG.zip? - HTC Desire S

Hi folks,
My DS is currently running ViperSaga, and it's affected by a camera bug which is supposedly fixed by swapping my radio version (10.08.04_M) to the one from the ICU RUU. Since I'm S-ON (though htcdev-unlocked -- of course, I will do 'fastboot oem lock' before proceeding any further ) and would prefer to stay that way, I'll simply need to flash the entire ICS RUU in order to upgrade my radio. However, my USB connection is not 100%, and it has a tendency to drop out after the phone has been connected for a random number of minutes (the phone then goes into charge-only mode and is no longer seen by adb). Obviously, it would be bad if this happened while running the official RUU.
My first thought was to flash the RUU manually (fastboot erase cache, fastboot oem rebootRUU, fastboot flash zip rom.zip), and if the USB were to cut out, to simply reconnect and re-issue the fastboot flash zip rom.zip command. However, I did some Googling and found that there was another way, namely to put the rom.zip onto a mSD card renamed to PG88IMG.zip (the same way you S-OFF folks flash your radios ) and to let hboot do the upgrade all on its own.
My question is this: when upgrading hboot (as I will, from 2.00.0002 to 2.02.0002), you are often asked to flash the image twice if you do it via fastboot oem rebootRUU. (hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately). Does the PG88IMG.zip flasher in hboot understand this and does it automatically flash itself a second time if needed?. I.e.: is it safe to upgrade hboot through PG88IMG.zip?
Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to make sure I'm as clear as possible as this is my main phone and I'd rather not brick it (though being able to take 5MP pictures on ViperSaga would be nice )
Thank you for your help!

I've decided to follow the following procedure:
1) reboot into Linux (USB seems more stable there)
2)
Code:
fastboot oem lock
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
(repeat last command because the flasher asked me to, as expected)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
3) Allow the system to boot, enable USB debugging, adb reboot-bootloader
4) re-unlock bootloader
5) flash recovery, boot.img, and ViperSaga
All is well

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Damn!Reboot again and again after flash the RADIO!

I flashed the new RADIO and SPL,but forgot to flash a new recovery in HBOOT model. The flash was totally succeed (because after fashing,I tap "fastboot reboot-bootloader" command in HBOOT and it could reboot automatically into hboot model and I can see the new RADIO and SPL had been fashed.
But here comes the problem, I try to reboot my phone into recovery model to flash the new ROM, but no matter I press HOME+POWER or BACK+POWER this time, it reboots again and again at first boot screen, and donnot have any response with the key I tapped!
God! is that bricked? No please don't tell me it's true!
so to clarify, you didn't flash a recovery image and now you don't know why you can't boot to recovery?
boot to fastboot, flash the recovery only, reboot to recovery, flash the rom of your choice and enjoy
Of course, but I cannot boot into fastboot or recovery model now.
nabor said:
Of course, but I cannot boot into fastboot or recovery model now.
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*facepalm*
if you can't get into fastboot and you can't get into recovery you just bricked your phone.
while it's bootlooping, can you adb devices and tell us what you get?
i'm surprised that it's bricked because you forgot to flash a recovery, would have thought you could still access fastboot...
I was surprised too.
I don't know why,but I can boot into fastboot model now, but my recovery and rom are still broken.
So I tried to type "fastboot boot recovery.img" on my computer, so that I can enter recovery temporary, but here comes another trouble, it can't mount sdcard now! Display "Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1(or /dev/block/mmcblk0)(No such file or directroy) E:Can't mount SDCARD
!"
So can I use adb shell to install a ROM???
calm down bro....
you didn't brick your phone...
i've same problem after I flashed the new radio SPL HBOOT and recovery...
I've used Hero Recovery...
after u flashed your handset with new radio SPL HBOOT and Recovery, the ROM file DELETED....
so, u just download new rom (that have SAME RADIO HBOOT and Recovery with your handset)
after finished the download, put the file into ROOT SDCard... and then flash it from your RECOVERY....
I've used HERO RECOVERY....
my handset is HTC MAGIC 32A
just do that, if the problem same with me....
BRAVO
nabor said:
I flashed the new RADIO and SPL,but forgot to flash a new recovery in HBOOT model. The flash was totally succeed (because after fashing,I tap "fastboot reboot-bootloader" command in HBOOT and it could reboot automatically into hboot model and I can see the new RADIO and SPL had been fashed.
But here comes the problem, I try to reboot my phone into recovery model to flash the new ROM, but no matter I press HOME+POWER or BACK+POWER this time, it reboots again and again at first boot screen, and donnot have any response with the key I tapped!
God! is that bricked? No please don't tell me it's true!
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the command is
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.76.2007.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
read from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
download all files you need....
better use last recovery.... (1.5.2 isn't last recovery)
I don't recall the OP mentioning what handset they have. If its the MyTouch 3G Limited Edition or 1.2 (has headphone jack on top) a new user to rooting may confuse that with a Magic 32A in which case your instructions without clarifying would surely brick his phone. (Though he's on Fido, so not likely to be a MyTouch, but he didn't even mention of it was a Magic, Hero, G1, or if it was a DVT board instead of a PVT)
LoGaY said:
the command is
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.76.2007.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
read from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
download all files you need....
better use last recovery.... (1.5.2 isn't last recovery)
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LoGaY said:
the command is
fastboot flash radio Radio_HTC_PVT_32A_6.35.10.18.img
fastboot flash hboot hboot-1.76.2007.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot reboot-bootloader
read from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
download all files you need....
better use last recovery.... (1.5.2 isn't last recovery)
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You shouldn't offer instructions like this. You have no idea what phone he's using. You offer such a high risk of bricking the phone since most members here fail to read instructions before running a bunch of commands.
He's fido like the above guy said which could mean he's using a rogers magic, but it's also unlikely. Fido doesn't have Magic, so he definitely got it off someone. And since it's rootable (it is unlikely that he could get a hands on a rooted magic here since their lame update) it has a high chance that its from tmo or something which = 32B board.
my phone is htc magic with 32A and it's ENG S-ON so I can't flash a recovery through fastboot, so I have to use "fastboot boot recovery.img" to use a recovery temporary just I said above. I do know that I can put a rom into a sdcard to flash it, but it can't mount sdcard now
Try waiting 30-60 seconds before accessing the SD card. Some recovery images take a while to mount the card.

who could help my G2 magic

A few days ago, a friend present a G2 magic to me, it could be used normally.
However, when i want to flash ROM, i found it could not supports SDCARD in system and in recovery mode, only in fastboot mode.
I got the information in fastboot mode:32B ENG S-ON H ; HBOOT-1.33.2010; CPLD-10; RADIO-3.22.20.17;
You know, it is so interesting, because i could not match the RUU in the list. I think 32B is wrong, because i downloaded the 1.6.2g.img recovery and flash in fastboot mode, it is fake. but 1.6.2h.img is right after i boot the recovery.
First of all, I want to edit S-ON to OFF, for i read some articles in much android BBS, once it will be OFF, the G2 could support SDCARD in recovery mode again and flash other ROM.
I made a goldcard and copy the 2.53.707.2 sappimg.zip in the SDCARD, in fastboot mode, the system rebuilded again. i could power on the phone normally, and it could not support SDCARD.
in adb shell and fastboot mode, i try again to cover orginal hboot with the signed hboot.img(spl-1.33.2010) to OFF, but i failed.
what shall i do? i am nearly crying now.
fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
Good thing u reverted to stock SPL. Now the above option might not work.
the 32B is not wrong , the radio is. Flash a 2.xx.xx.xx radio and all will be well.
thanks eyegor
i followed your way, but it was failed. because it showed: signature verify fail.
In fastboot mode, input fastboot erase radio and fastboot flash radio radio.img
is it right?
i think the reason of verify fail is spl-ON.

[Q] Need Help Getting To A Higher ROM (FW issues)

Hello
I have been trying to upgrade my phone's ROM for a while now but have always been held back by the firmware on my phone. From what I have read before, I am one of a few people that can not use any FW above 3.12, preventing me from using the 3.30 required ROMs.
Is there any way of getting these ROMs working, such as openSensation?
This is what is listed when I put the phone into recovery:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT 1.23.0000
RADIO 11.22.3504.07_M
OPENADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
smithey253 said:
Hello
I have been trying to upgrade my phone's ROM for a while now but have always been held back by the firmware on my phone. From what I have read before, I am one of a few people that can not use any FW above 3.12, preventing me from using the 3.30 required ROMs.
Is there any way of getting these ROMs working, such as openSensation?
This is what is listed when I put the phone into recovery:
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT 1.23.0000
RADIO 11.22.3504.07_M
OPENADSP-v02.6.0.2226.00.0131
eMMC-boot
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why cant you flash the newest firmware ?
cant you just use the standard way of flashing the PG58IMG file ?
here get the 3.32 universal firmware and try flashing it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767&highlight=user-friendly+firmware
if it still didnt worked then manual way of flashing
It is assumed that you have adb/fastboot setup
connect the device in fastboot to pc (phone reads fastboot usb)
also copy the downloaded PG58IMG.zip file to the adb folder you have on pc
then open a command window at the adb folder
and type these commands one by one
fastboot erase cache (if failed ignore it )
fastboot oem rebootRUU (black screen with silver HTC)
fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip (im interested in this output ..if failed post back the output)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
tada done
ganeshp said:
why cant you flash the newest firmware ?
cant you just use the standard way of flashing the PG58IMG file ?
here get the 3.32 universal firmware and try flashing it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767&highlight=user-friendly+firmware
if it still didnt worked then manual way of flashing
It is assumed that you have adb/fastboot setup
connect the device in fastboot to pc (phone reads fastboot usb)
also copy the downloaded PG58IMG.zip file to the adb folder you have on pc
then open a command window at the adb folder
and type these commands one by one
fastboot erase cache (if failed ignore it )
fastboot oem rebootRUU (black screen with silver HTC)
fastboot flash zip PG58IMG.zip (im interested in this output ..if failed post back the output)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
tada done
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Oh I can flash firmwares just fine, I have done before etc.
The issue is getting the phone to work with any firmware over 3.12 without bootlooping. From looking at previous threads a lot of people believe it is due to the HBOOT file in the firmwares being changed.

fix bootloops, bricks, sd card mount errors (solved)

* How To Root, Update Firmware, & Flash A Custom ROM
*
--> Unlock your device
Step1. download and use this program to unlock your bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1604677
Step2. SuperCID your phone so you can S-OFF and so you can also write the T-MOB010 CID if you are on a different carrier and want to run this ROM. You will need to be CID T-MOB010 if you want to run the firmware.zip Follow this to SuperCID http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...1#post26516911
Step3. After you have sucessfully unlocked your bootloader and SuperCID you can either S-OFF your phone or Not, it is up to you. I would recommend you achieve S-OFF so you can flash radios, kernels, and boot.img's. Follow this to achieve S-OFF http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2155135
If everything went well you should be able to reboot into bootloader using the All In One Tool and in the top left your bootloader should say Unlocked, S-OFF, CID-1111111
--> Writing T-MOB010 CID
If you did everything right then your all set. Next you will want to run the fastboot command " fastboot oem writecid T-MOB010 " and reboot into bootloader again. Now in the top left it should say CID-T-MOB010. If you have made it this far you are doing great. Now we are going to run the firmware.zip package to ensure everything works without a problem.
--> Flashing the firmware.zip
You must know how to adb fastboot with command promt windows only
Download this :
https://db.tt/XhPpOiVS
Now if you are coming from STOCK OEM LOCKED T-MOBILE PHONE that already has Andorid 4.1.1 Jelly Bean on it then you do not need to do this step. You must be CID T-MOB010 to flash this or S-OFF CID 11111111
1. fastboot oem lock
2. fastboot erase cache
3. fastboot oem rebootRUU
4. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip, and you might get an error
5. fastboot flash zip firmware.zip again and it should pass and install a bunch of files should take about 2 minutes.
6. the phone does NOT reboot on its own so #7
7. fastboot reboot or fastboot reboot-bootloader
--> UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER AGAIN
Now we need to unlock the bootloader again so just do step 1 again but you will already have the Unlock_code.bin from the first time you unlocked you phone so no need to get another one from HTC but if for some funny reason it doesn't work you will need to just resubmit for a new one.
--> CUSTOM RECOVERY
After doing all the above steps you will need to install the custom recover. You will need to use TWRP 2.3.3 to insure no problems. Here is the link to download it http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/vil....3.0-ville.img after you download it go to the DIR where you have the HTC One S All-In-One Toolkit v3.5 extracted. example: C:\Users\yourusername\Downloads\One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v3.5\One_S_All-In-One_Kit_v3.5\Data\Recoveries and in the Recoveries folder rename the downloaded twrp2.3.3.img to TWRPS4.img and replace the one that is in the folder and then proceed to install the recovery.
--> Intermission
Your current phone status
Bootloader = Unlocked
S-OFF
HBOOT = 2.15
CID = T-MOB010
Custom Recovery = TWRP 2.3.3
You are now ready to flash any Jelly beam ROM.

HTC M8 VZW rooted stuck on 4.4.4 want to move to 5.01

I have been in fast boot current bootloader screen is hboot 3.19.0.0000 radio 1.12.20.1211 and os 4.17.605.9
Im S-off unlocked
with TWRP 3.0.2.0 installed
DarkCodedDragon said:
I have been in fast boot current bootloader screen is hboot 3.19.0.0000 radio 1.12.20.1211 and os 4.17.605.9
Im S-off unlocked
with TWRP 3.0.2.0 installed
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347819109
Place the zip in your fastboot/adb directory on your computer.
Put the device in fastboot mode
(Volume down and power until menu appears, select fastboot using power button)
Connect the device to the computer
Enter the following commands from terminal/command prompt in the fastboot directory, one at a time:
fastboot oem rebootRUU (this puts the device in RUU mode)
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip (rename file to firmware.zip to make it simple/optional)
It will say that the update did not finish, to flush again, so repeat the above step:
fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
Quote:
Important: the flash process halts at around 75% to 90% on phone screen! This is normal and a safety precaution!
The last few percent is the reboot, which is NOT happening automatically, so you get a chance to check the console output before reboot to make sure it is safe to reboot!
The bar will only fill up to 100% once you type the following command:
fastboot reboot-bootloader (this reboots the device to bootloader)
That's it, you're done. You can now reboot and will be running the latest firmware and radios.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62734094&postcount=2
So from here do I just pick any 5.01 rom and flash with TWRP.?? And I do have to reflash SU after this correct?
I got updated rom , still need to check SU after rom loads thanks

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