Hi
Is there any way to create the goldcard using linux? I don't have windows installed on any of my machines.
Any help would be appreciated.
yeah its easy follow all normal goldcard guides to get the goldcard.img file then just dd if=goldcard.img of=/dev/sd? ( be carefull you will need root )
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ok i s-off'ed my phone when it was first relesed, have just updted to the newest version 1.80 and i cant for the life of me figure out how to put the n1 table on my phone i tried "You can also download the corresponding PB99IMG zipfile, put it on your sdcard, and rename it to PB99IMG.zip. Then start the phone in HBOOT mode (VolDown+POWER) to flash the HBOOT without a PC." <<<that but it says cid incorrect reboot or similar any help is much appreciated
also sorry if this has been asked before but i could not find the threads
That's sounds like you need a goldcard but I haven't tried the PB99IMG way.
Have you tried flashing it through fastboot?
I think that's the more reliable way to do it.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
if im honest i cant get the sdk tools to fstboot flash it as it says i need java sdk when there already installed :S
Do you have a goldcard in your phone? If not, create one and try it again.
There's lots of posts about how to make a goldcard if you need them
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
gold card didnt work
Billy. said:
if im honest i cant get the sdk tools to fstboot flash it as it says i need java sdk when there already installed :S
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you dont need the java sdk you need the jdk
eitherway fastboot doesnt require java to flash as its an executable from path using cmd so im wondering what you are doing to use it
is it the installer itself that is giving you an error?
have to tried the s-off all in one flasher?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638
Hello,
sorry for my English, I am German !
I tried to downgrade my Desire Z (Vodafone Branding)
Android 2.3.3
Baseband 12.56.60.25U_26-10.04.03_M
Buildnummer 2.42.161.2
Softwarenummer 2.42.161.2
with this Guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
It works very well, but the last point doesn't work
when I go in the Bootloader, the desire z looks for updates and after 2 minutes it says :
CID incorrect! update failed!
what I have to do?
Thanks
You have a branded dz so u need to make a goldcard inorder to downgrade
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
I had made a goldcard with the goldcard tool !
step by step:
installed GoldCardhelper
sent the CID number to my mail addres
the code i send to rivkills
got an mail with the goldcard.img
formatted my sd card
wrote the goldcard.img to the sd card
hm ..
WarRock :) said:
I had made a goldcard with the goldcard tool !
step by step:
installed GoldCardhelper
sent the CID number to my mail addres
the code i send to rivkills
got an mail with the goldcard.img
formatted my sd card
wrote the goldcard.img to the sd card
hm ..
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i dont know how reliable the automated goldcard maker is but the guide i used for my DZ had me make the goldcard manually. I recommend hexeditor
have you done your goldcard with the hexeditor?
please help me.. ;(
Use the goldcard windows program to only patch the "image you get from the website" to SD card.
Reverse your CID yourself like this:
First learn your SDcards CID:
open an adb command line and type:
adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid
it will give your sdcards non-reversed "cid"
than reverse that CID like this:
Original:
AB CD EF GH IJ
YOUR REVERSED CID:
IJ GH EF CD AB
and use that reversed CID you made to submit to the website to get the image file to your email.
Than patch that image file with a goldcard helper program.
I did this and it worked!
Thank me with the button below if yours worked too
Hi, I have the same problem with same Desire Z firmware. Have you been able to find a solution yet?
thx
Nik
hey the name of this tread says it all
i bricked my desire and the only posibility was to flash trough hboot.
when the PB99IMG.zip is flashing it is stuck on SPLASH2
what can i do? do i need another PB99IMG file? how do i know which one is right for me?
does my phone need to be rooted??? cause its not :/ yet
please respond
jann32 said:
hey the name of this tread says it all
i bricked my desire and the only posibility was to flash trough hboot.
when the PB99IMG.zip is flashing it is stuck on SPLASH2
what can i do? do i need another PB99IMG file? how do i know which one is right for me?
does my phone need to be rooted??? cause its not :/ yet
please respond
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what PB99IMG did you flash? are you branded?
i used this
PB99IMG_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_r elease_159811_signed.zip
i tried also every other pb99img i could find... but other din't work at all
should i have a goldcard or rooted phone?
i think i am not branded, but i am not shure ://
if you have your phone on contract with e.g.Orange, O2, Vodafone etc then you are branded.
With a branded phone you need a goldcard to flash an unbranded PB99IMG.
To create a goldcard follow this tutorial. Notice however you need to skip the part where they find the CID of the SD-Card using the phone, and use this tool instead, COPY DOWN THE CID WITHOUT ANY SPACES, COMMAS ETC. JUST LETTERS/NUMBERS. Then follow from the tutorial.
Once you have a goldcard try to use the same RUU you used (PB99IMG_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_r elease_159811_signed.zip)
I guess that is why this metod did't wokr ha? :/
i will try to make a goldcard tomorow...
THANKS!!
jann32 said:
I guess that is why this metod did't wokr ha? :/
i will try to make a goldcard tomorow...
THANKS!!
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Hmm maybe, you could also try using a RUU instead?. What network are you on?
EDIT: By the way I just noticed you posted a 2nd thread, there was really no need.
i tried RUU
I tried milions of RUU's befor, but always the same. it shows me that i need more than 30% battery power. and i always had like... atleast 90%
I don't know what network i am on. its my friends phone.
and btw... i'm from slowenia
EDIT: sory for the second post... but i am realy starting to get gray hair... i just can't figure it out :/
bortak said:
Hmm maybe, you could also try using a RUU instead?. What network are you on?
EDIT: By the way I just noticed you posted a 2nd thread, there was really no need.
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one problem... my/his phone is bricked... i can only accses hboot.
WHAT NOW? (
jann32 said:
one problem... my/his phone is bricked... i can only accses hboot.
WHAT NOW? (
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you mean with the goldcard? yeah I said skip the part where they get the CID (and actually all of the parts where the phone is involved), just use the tool I sent you to get the CID, put your SD in an adapter and follow the tutorial
bortak said:
you mean with the goldcard? yeah I said skip the part where they get the CID (and actually all of the parts where the phone is involved), just use the tool I sent you to get the CID, put your SD in an adapter and follow the tutorial
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would be ok if i use my OWN desire, switch the sd cards and try it to go to the recovery (since i my desire doesn't work with his sd card, i tried that) and mount sd card trough recovery...
cause i don't have the adapter... do you think that would be a good idea??
jann32 said:
would be ok if i use my OWN desire, switch the sd cards and try it to go to the recovery (since i my desire doesn't work with his sd card, i tried that) and mount sd card trough recovery...
cause i don't have the adapter... do you think that would be a good idea??
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yeah that'd work exactly the same
when making goldcard.... i+m stuck at adb devices... in setup ADB procedure.
i should find my device pluged in in the computer with thi comand after i go with cmd in the specificated file....
but it says that adb is not a command, but is should be!
i followed the video instructions precicely ://
do you have any ideas what to do ??
jann32 said:
when making goldcard.... i+m stuck at adb devices... in setup ADB procedure.
i should find my device pluged in in the computer with thi comand after i go with cmd in the specificated file....
but it says that adb is not a command, but is should be!
i followed the video instructions precicely ://
do you have any ideas what to do ??
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go to the folder where you installed adb and note the file directory. If you're having problems there's a section on my guide that can help you out
in cmd type
Code:
cd #file directory#
then carry on with the instructions on the tutorial
i found the directory
and yes i go into the folder android sdk and into the map tools...
then i should type adb devices
but it saids that the adb isn't a comand
jann32 said:
i found the directory
and yes i go into the folder android sdk and into the map tools...
then i should type adb devices
but it saids that the adb isn't a comand
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woops thanked you by accident lol. tried to quote..
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html download this and install this sdk cos i dunno what you did. then make the directory to wherever you install it. Remember to download platform tools from sdk manager.
no... still the same afte installing platform tools
should i install everything??
-android 4.0...
-and so on
perhaps because i have widows 7?
Did you also install USB drivers? Good tutorial for installing sdk can be found in my signature over adb / fastboot guide.
SwiftKeyed from dGB with Transparent XDA App
any possibility to make goldcard without http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard ? it seems to be down
It usually goes down. Just wait.
Sent via smoke signal.
Yes there is, using skorgon's fantastic flashgc
all you need to do is run it without args, and it will create a goldcard image, and flash it to the sdcard.
-Nipqer
Help. I'm having trouble understanding the instructions
Please help. I've downloaded the flashgc and not sure where to put this. I've been trying to root my htc legend for the past 8 hours and I have so many downloaded files I'm not sure where this should go. I've been trying 'platform-tools' in my sdk manager folder, is this correct?
I'm also having trouble understanding this "temp-root your phone and then do from a terminal / command window from within your platform-tools directory" how do i temp root and how do i open a terminal command window within a directory?
Any help would be appreciated. I've rooted phones before without much trouble but this is my first htc and its turning out to be a bit of a pain.
thank you
Goldcard Generator
Many people have missed the 'new' currently working site for generating Goldcard Images.
You just got to read your MCID (for instance with Goldcard-Tool http://www.chip.de/downloads/GoldCard-Tool_49005379.html) and paste the numbers in the field, if if starts with '00' it's a reversed CID.
Amazing how many people still need Goldcards, hope that helps a bit.
http://huygens.hoxnet.com/goldcard.html
I'm not in the position to have a Windows machine available for (re)rooting my phone after a recovery failure. It's reset to stock now and I need to be able to root it again.
All I have available to me is a Linux machine (Xubuntu), which I can run to get on the web, etc, but I do not know the Linux commands.
I've gotten SDK installed on it, along with Java. I'm trying to follow HTC's guide to unlock the bootloader. Their instructions relate to Windows, so when they say to do this in a command prompt, I have no clue what to do:
fastboot oem get_identifier_token​
Is there a root guide out there for the Desire HD written for Linux idiots? :silly:
Thanks.
Mike
TheImpalaKid said:
I'm not in the position to have a Windows machine available for (re)rooting my phone after a recovery failure. It's reset to stock now and I need to be able to root it again.
All I have available to me is a Linux machine (Xubuntu), which I can run to get on the web, etc, but I do not know the Linux commands.
I've gotten SDK installed on it, along with Java. I'm trying to follow HTC's guide to unlock the bootloader. Their instructions relate to Windows, so when they say to do this in a command prompt, I have no clue what to do:
fastboot oem get_identifier_token​
Is there a root guide out there for the Desire HD written for Linux idiots? :silly:
Thanks.
Mike
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Don't use HTCDEV. Use AAHK by attn1. Instructions (Linux and Windows) come with it, in the very detailed "effin manual." Links and instructions are in the PDF in post #7 of the "need help" link in my signature.
bananagranola said:
Don't use HTCDEV. Use AAHK by attn1. Instructions (Linux and Windows) come with it, in the very detailed "effin manual." Links and instructions are in the PDF in post #7 of the "need help" link in my signature.
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Yes. In particular you may want to create a Ubuntu boot CD and run (rather than install) Ubuntu from it - that way you don't have to mess about at all with your existing setup and it's pretty much fail-safe.
Thanks
bananagranola said:
Don't use HTCDEV. Use AAHK by attn1. Instructions (Linux and Windows) come with it, in the very detailed "effin manual." Links and instructions are in the PDF in post #7 of the "need help" link in my signature.
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Thanks, that was a very detailed "effin manual"... worked like a charm. Thankfully it's back to normal.
Mike