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[Q] root problem...

okay so im trying to root my mytouch slide using this method...
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Operat...de/td-p/446972
and i get to the part where i am in the HBOOT screen and its trying to update the ESPRIMG but i get an error saying "Main version is older! update fail! do you want to reboot device?"
ive went through the root process multiple times and i keep getting the same error. i tried different ESPRIMG and still the same error...please can someone help me?

i do believe thats a normal thing when you first start
just keep going on to the next step

well, seeing as that link is not working for me, I'm just gonna take it as a bad idea to follow whatever path that was. Check the stickies @ the top of this section and START OVER. We have a few methods to root and they're ALL guranteed to work if you follow the instructions exactly.
However, if you want an answer to what exactly is wrong with the step your on, you have the wrong or bad ESPRIMG somehow. Once again go into the stickies (Rom Bible on preferred) and click on any one of the Root procedures to get the right ESPRIMG for that step. If it still doesn't work, start over. I would recommend you use Eugene's method. Its the original and not the fastest but its the one I use and it works. Can't ask for more!

It sounds like you forgot some steps, follow this root method, it works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754020&page=7
I think you forgot to do the stuff with flash_image and mtd0.img to trick the slide into allowing the older flash.
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1.adb push /{the folder u downloaded it to}/flash_image /data/local
2.adb push /{the folder u downloaded it to}/mtd0.img /data/local
Phone Booted up all the way.
3.Extract Exploid.zip to the SDK Tools Directory
4.Make sure your phone is in USB debugging mode AND you are in "Charge Only" mode.
5.Connect your phone to your computer.
6.Make sure you're in the same directory as where exploid is extracted before continuing to the next step.( will be Android-SDK-Windows\Tools
7.Issue the following command: adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals. Note: It MUST be in that directory - NO exceptions.
8.adb shell
9.cd /sqlite_stmt_journals
10.chmod 0755 exploid
11./exploid
12.Toggle your phone's Wifi (on or off, however you wish to do that).
13.Now (again) run: ./exploid
14.It should prompt you for a password, enter: secretlol.
15.cd /data/local
16.chmod 04755 *
17./data/local/flash_image misc /data/local/mtd0.img
18.Power Off Phone!
19.Power on Using Volume Down + Power
20.hit Volume Up to Update!!!

Restore gfree backup

Hello all,
I've had a DZ for nearly 2 weeks now, and have been holding off on installing roms, overclocking etc until there were clear, reversible guidlines available.
A few days ago I was being curious and ended up doing this the UBERROOT guide.
Essentially I temprooted using Visionary then executed the gfree script on my PC:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
This went well, and when I got to the bootloader I could see indeed that my S was OFF.
However, before I go any further I want to know how to reverse what I've done. This is mentioned at the bottom of the UBERROOT guide:
'run gfree, which will create a new backup of partition 7 in its unlocked state.
this will disable wp on the emmc, as well as remove the brq filter from the kernel.
at this point, you can dd if=/wherever/your/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync; reboot'
I found the backup, although it was a .bin file not .img
I entered in the command above, but my phone rebooted before I could enter the 'sync' command. My S is still off, it would seem.
So my question to you fine people, having typed all this is:
How can I use the gfree backup to return my phone back to stock?

nofixio said:
How can I use the gfree backup to return my phone back to stock?
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You can use the "dd" command to copy back the image of that original partition, as you mention.
However, the latest version of gfree now includes some new options to un-do that stuff, e.g. you can switch S-ON back on and change your SID via options. See the Wiki on this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Phone.2C_Set_SuperCID.2C_and_Turn_Radio_S-OFF

nofixio said:
Hello all,
I've had a DZ for nearly 2 weeks now, and have been holding off on installing roms, overclocking etc until there were clear, reversible guidlines available.
A few days ago I was being curious and ended up doing this the UBERROOT guide.
Essentially I temprooted using Visionary then executed the gfree script on my PC:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
This went well, and when I got to the bootloader I could see indeed that my S was OFF.
However, before I go any further I want to know how to reverse what I've done. This is mentioned at the bottom of the UBERROOT guide:
'run gfree, which will create a new backup of partition 7 in its unlocked state.
this will disable wp on the emmc, as well as remove the brq filter from the kernel.
at this point, you can dd if=/wherever/your/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync; reboot'
I found the backup, although it was a .bin file not .img
I entered in the command above, but my phone rebooted before I could enter the 'sync' command. My S is still off, it would seem.
So my question to you fine people, having typed all this is:
How can I use the gfree backup to return my phone back to stock?
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When you run gfree, it creates a bin file in your sd card. That bin file you shall rename it to "whatever".img, to be more specific rename it to partiiton7-relock.img.
Now once you did this, just run gfree again:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
Once done the above, just download terminal emulator and from there run:
su
dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync
exit
And reebot the phone, Now you can go and see you are S-ON.
This method above works without a problem as myself have tried several times, however as steviewevie mentioned, the new version of gfree does this easier.

buzmay said:
When you run gfree, it creates a bin file in your sd card. That bin file you shall rename it to "whatever".img, to be more specific rename it to partiiton7-relock.img.
Now once you did this, just run gfree again:
adb push gfree /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
sync
Once done the above, just download terminal emulator and from there run:
su
dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync
exit
And reebot the phone, Now you can go and see you are S-ON.
This method above works without a problem as myself have tried several times, however as steviewevie mentioned, the new version of gfree does this easier.
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How to get that file (partition7-relock.img)? Because I formated the card after g-free method and I runned the official Ruu, so now I have that stupid S-Off, I need it S-On...

Niiceg said:
How to get that file (partition7-relock.img)? Because I formated the card after g-free method and I runned the official Ruu, so now I have that stupid S-Off, I need it S-On...
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You don't need the backup for that. Just check the Wiki to find the options for gfree that will set it back to S-ON
Sent from my HTC Desire Z

steviewevie said:
You don't need the backup for that. Just check the Wiki to find the options for gfree that will set it back to S-ON
Sent from my HTC Desire Z
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I don't find anything more than this guide:
Turning S-On
If you are returning your Vision to stock, you will want to flash your stock ROM and Recovery image before starting this, as root permissions and S-Off are required for both of those processes.
Remove Gfree (turn back S-On):
When you first ran Gfree, it automatically backed up your stock partition 7 (with S-On) and placed it on your microSD card as a file named part7-(something).bin and you will need to rename this file to: partition7-relock.img
Open up your ADB command prompt on your computer (with your phone plugged in) and type the following exactly as shown:
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree
dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7
sync
reboot bootloader
Your phone will reboot into bootloader. Look at the first line. The end should now say "S-On".

steviewevie said:
You don't need the backup for that. Just check the Wiki to find the options for gfree that will set it back to S-ON
Sent from my HTC Desire Z
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I think they removed the automatic option for some reason, I beleive it was in version v.3 and now v.2 is back up. I was looking for that option for someone else early yesterday and noticed its not on the Wiki anymore, unless I missed it, but Im prettty sure I didn't. So I think were back to using the "dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" command.
Update: On fattire's thread they said they took down v3 because people were having problems with it and are now advising using v2 and the old restore method.

joemm said:
I think they removed the automatic option for some reason, I beleive it was in version v.3 and now v.2 is back up. I was looking for that option for someone else early yesterday and noticed its not on the Wiki anymore, unless I missed it, but Im prettty sure I didn't. So I think were back to using the "dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" command.
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Where to get that file if i already formated the card?!

Niiceg said:
Where to get that file if i already formated the card?!
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There is no where to get the file if you erased/formatted your sdcard without saving it somewhere else, the instructons on gfree tell you to do this:
"gfree created a backup of your original partition 7 at /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin you might consider copying this to a safe location on your computer."
So if you didnt do this I really dont know what you can do. I have my part7backup but I dont know if its specific to my device or if anyone can use it.

joemm said:
There is no where to get the file if you erased/formatted your sdcard without saving it somewhere else, the instructons on gfree tell you to do this:
"gfree created a backup of your original partition 7 at /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin you might consider copying this to a safe location on your computer."
So if you didnt do this I really dont know what you can do. I have my part7backup but I dont know if its specific to my device or if anyone can use it.
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Well, What device you have? Z or G2? I think that it's not specific, because all phones are the same ;D

Niiceg said:
I don't find anything more than this guide:
Turning S-On
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Look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Phone.2C_Set_SuperCID.2C_and_Turn_Radio_S-OFF
Scroll down to the bit that shows you the usage message for gfree and check out the "-s" option

joemm said:
I think they removed the automatic option for some reason, I beleive it was in version v.3 and now v.2 is back up. I was looking for that option for someone else early yesterday and noticed its not on the Wiki anymore, unless I missed it, but Im prettty sure I didn't. So I think were back to using the "dd if=/sdcard/partition7-relock.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" command.
Update: On fattire's thread they said they took down v3 because people were having problems with it and are now advising using v2 and the old restore method.
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The latest gfree 0.03 had problems, yes, so they went back to 0.02 in the Wiki. But as my previous post shows, you can still un-do things with gfree 0.02.
The only reason to use the backup of partition 7 that I can think of is if you don't know what your original CID was to reset to, or if you want to SIM Lock your phone again (there doesn't seem to be an undo option for the SIM Unlock).

steviewevie said:
The latest gfree 0.03 had problems, yes, so they went back to 0.02 in the Wiki. But as my previous post shows, you can still un-do things with gfree 0.02.
The only reason to use the backup of partition 7 that I can think of is if you don't know what your original CID was to reset to, or if you want to SIM Lock your phone again (there doesn't seem to be an undo option for the SIM Unlock).
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Ok, I see the option for sec-flag on/off but does that also restore the sim lock?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

joemm said:
Ok, I see the option for sec-flag on/off but does that also restore the sim lock?
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No it doesn't as far as I know, but that's why I said restoring SIM lock was the only real use for that part7 backup that I could think of.

steviewevie said:
No it doesn't as far as I know, but that's why I said restoring SIM lock was the only real use for that part7 backup that I could think of.
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I wasn't sure myself, thanks.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

steviewevie said:
No it doesn't as far as I know, but that's why I said restoring SIM lock was the only real use for that part7 backup that I could think of.
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Okey, can you tell how to do everything? Because I don't know anything with that gfree... And there is no instruction... Please, help me get the S-On

I have PM'd the author of gfree about an option for SIM re-lock, because that would be useful. I guess you will still need some sort of carrier string which it needs re-locking to though ? Would be handy if perhaps gfree told you what that was before you unlocked it.

Im in the same boat as niiceg, I cannot find my backup and have had no luck in my searchs. Any Idea's what I can do from here?
Thanks in advance..
ps I'm guess my next step is to re root and do
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree -s on
sync
???

bildo said:
Im in the same boat as niiceg, I cannot find my backup and have had no luck in my searchs. Any Idea's what I can do from here?
Thanks in advance..
ps I'm guess my next step is to re root and do
su
cd /data/local
chmod 777 gfree
./gfree -s on
sync
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Yes, you just need to run "gfree -s on" as root to go from radio S-OFF to S-ON, no need to find/restore that backup.

[Help] problems with current ROM + trouble going back to stock Froyo or similar

Hello guys.
Once again I need your help.
Following my last thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=847320
(AKA "Help! no SD recognition, USB link doesn't work and no signal!")
After taking martijn_bakker's and ianmufc's advice regarding how to issue the correct command from fastboot:
- My phone regained sd functionality.
- My phone had proper signal again.
- BUT I still have USB issues, AND more:
I am currently running Cyanogenmod 6.1.1 for HTC Desire, and I have the following issues:
- When I try to go back to the stock Froyo, or anything that resembles it really (LeeDroid for example), my signal goes bananas: When I try to call anyone, it rings the person, then "ends" the call, only to bring it back again after a few seconds and then disconnect again.
I've also tried different radios (including the one LeeDroid recommended) to no avail.
So basically I cannot make calls with the original ROM.
- USB: When I connect my phone to my PC it charges it, BUT my PC doesn't recognize it, and I cannot transfer files between the SD card and the PC, or sync etc.
- I've got no Bluetooth! (Not sure if this is a Cyanogenmod issue or not though)
- Phone turns off when released from electricity charging (Doesn't happen with PC USB charging though).
The thing is I really didn't mind the original Froyo 2.2 ROM, infact I like it very much. I really like the HTC Sense features and the weather+clock widget with the animations.
The only reason I ever rooted my phone was to get apps2sd on it, so I don't keep running out of space when installing new apps. But I never even got that to work...
My question to you guys is how can I fix my current problems and have a properly working HTC Desire with a stock/custom Froyo ROM (that can make phone calls ) with apps2sd on it?
Thanks in advance!
Liran

First how have you been getting stock on your phone? Have you tried the ruu? If you are zip flashing have you wiped everything? Go to recovery wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, advanced then wipe dalvik cache, back button, mounts then wipe everything except sd-card. Make sure you wipe sdext. Then try to flash.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Well as you still don't have usb-connectivity, it sounds like you need to continue on the usb-brick fix. You have issued the command, which let you use the sd-card again. Now you just need to write a new misc partition as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639
Doing this should make your phone work like it used to, as this is the only thing that is not fixable by flashing another rom if you need some help on it, i might be able to help, but in short terms, you need to flash a misc image, which have the right values, as the one on your phone have been changed in some way. The image is provided in the thread.
edit: and for god's sake do not try to run a ruu, as flashing the misc image might require root, and you may not be able to regain root without usb-connectivity. Also an ruu does not overwrite the misc partition, so it won't help your problem.
edit2: also you should try flashing a new radio that is known to work like 5.09.05.30_2 just to make sure this isn't also causing problems. It should be possible from a zip file using recovery.

_Dennis_ said:
First how have you been getting stock on your phone? Have you tried the ruu? If you are zip flashing have you wiped everything? Go to recovery wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, advanced then wipe dalvik cache, back button, mounts then wipe everything except sd-card. Make sure you wipe sdext. Then try to flash.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk
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TBH I don't exactly know what RUU is. I've heard it before but I'm not sure exactly what it means.
When I said I flashed the stock Froyo I meant this: Official_FroYo_2.10.405.2
and I also tried LeeDrOiD_v2.2f_A2SD.
Regarding the wipes I've done everything you wrote above to no avail.

mortenmhp said:
Well as you still don't have usb-connectivity, it sounds like you need to continue on the usb-brick fix. You have issued the command, which let you use the sd-card again. Now you just need to write a new misc partition as described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691639
Doing this should make your phone work like it used to, as this is the only thing that is not fixable by flashing another rom if you need some help on it, i might be able to help, but in short terms, you need to flash a misc image, which have the right values, as the one on your phone have been changed in some way. The image is provided in the thread.
edit: and for god's sake do not try to run a ruu, as flashing the misc image might require root, and you may not be able to regain root without usb-connectivity. Also an ruu does not overwrite the misc partition, so it won't help your problem.
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Thanks mate I will try that.
One thing I forgot to mention though - My phone is S-ON.
I'm not sure if it used to be S-OFF or not though.
Does that make any difference or does it not matter?

Hum. I appologize I never had a USB brick (knock in wood) so I assumed his problem would be in the rom possibly something he did while fixing the USB brick.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

It does make a difference yes, but you doesn't need s-off for this. It would just make it a whole lot easier. But just get your CID like described in the thread and change the misc image to this. Then flash it like described
edit:
dennis: np something else is wrong as well, but fixing the usb is very urgent, and the other problem should be fixable by running a ruu or simply flashing a new radio+rom afterwards.

mortenmhp said:
It does make a difference yes, but you doesn't need s-off for this. It would just make it a whole lot easier. But just get your CID like described in the thread and change the misc image to this. Then flash it like described
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Will do!
I'll update when I'm done

liranh said:
Will do!
I'll update when I'm done
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A bit stuck... Here is what I've done:
1. Got the CID.
2. Got a hex editor. wrote the new CID instead of the one in the img file. Saved it.
3. I put the new img file and flash_image.zip in the /data on my sd card.
I Put the card in my phone, started my phone, opened Terminal Emulator and typed in "/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img" (without the quotes of course). the phone said: "/data/flash_image: not found".
What am I doing wrong?

Well you should not have a /data folder on your sd card it is a partition on the phone. In order to put it there, save the 2 files in the root of the sd-card and issue those commands in a terminal emulator:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
As written in the thread, you might have to do 'chmod u+x /data/flash_image' before you run the commands (or chmod 755 /data/flash_image) but try to do it without those
Then you should be able to run the command you specified in the previous post
Edit: and the reason you got the error before was of course, that your files was in /sdcard/data and not in /data

liranh said:
A bit stuck... Here is what I've done:
1. Got the CID.
2. Got a hex editor. wrote the new CID instead of the one in the img file. Saved it.
3. I put the new img file and flash_image.zip in the /data on my sd card.
I Put the card in my phone, started my phone, opened Terminal Emulator and typed in "/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img" (without the quotes of course). the phone said: "/data/flash_image: not found".
What am I doing wrong?
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Actually, should it not be like this:
su
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img
Reboot.

Masdroid: Yes exactly apart from that he apparently didn't have the files on the sdcard root

MasDroid said:
Actually, should it not be like this:
su
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img
Reboot.
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mortenmhp said:
Well you should not have a /data folder on your sd card it is a partition on the phone. In order to put it there, save the 2 files in the root of the sd-card and issue those commands in a terminal emulator:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/mtd0.img > /data/mtd0.img
As written in the thread, you might have to do 'chmod u+x /data/flash_image' before you run the commands (or chmod 755 /data/flash_image) but try to do it without those
Then you should be able to run the command you specified in the previous post
Edit: and the reason you got the error before was of course, that your files was in /sdcard/data and not in /data
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Using a file manager on my phone, I put both files on the root of my SD card.
I then issued the following commands using Terminal Emulator:
su
(granted)
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
Phone says: /sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory
I should mention that I took out the card and connected it to my PC again to confirm the files have actually gone onto the root of the SD card (and they have), put the SD card back in my phone, issued the same commands in Terminal Emulator and got the same message...
Any ideas?

Sounds strange, just to make sure. You have unzipped the flash_image, so that it is not the flash_image.zip you have on you sd-card.
Also run "ls /sdcard" in terminal emulator to see a list of the files in the root and check, that it's there, and do not have a file extension. If it's there and the name is "flash_image" then it should work.

mortenmhp said:
Sounds strange, just to make sure. You have unzipped the flash_image, so that it is not the flash_image.zip you have on you sd-card.
Also run "ls /sdcard" in terminal emulator to see a list of the files in the root and check, that it's there, and do not have a file extension. If it's there and the name is "flash_image" then it should work.
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Mate you are spot on with your first sentence. Give me a minute

Haha nice one thought i could've made the same mistake

mortenmhp said:
Haha nice one thought i could've made the same mistake
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Yeah cause you know how when you put files on your phone to flash them you usually keep them in their zip format - that's what tricked me...

Haha yea let us know if you get it sorted

mortenmhp said:
Haha nice one thought i could've made the same mistake
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Well spotted

mortenmhp and MasDroid thank you both so much!
Everything is working perfectly now!
I thought I would never get my phone to work properly again!
If any of you is ever in London - drinks are on me!

Rooting 1st time, please advise?

Hi there.
I have a unbranded DHD on 2.3- 2.36.405.8. It's the official leaked version.
I'd like to root & install leeDroids new Rom based upon the official leaked one.
Could you guys possibly help me out?
I don't want to do anything major, but would like to make my phone better now as I can't see much happening after the gingerbread update. Thanks people.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Had you rooted previously before you installed the update?

Suggest you google gingerbreak to root your phone, then downgrade your phone to an earlier version so you can S-Off and you can then install custom ROMs.
Guide to downgrade http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003

Hi guys. Thanks for your response. It means a lot.
I've never actually rooted any device before, never really had the b*lls lol.
I'll check these threads out & give it a shot.
Thank you very much.

There's not much to get your berries shaking, it's just the radio replacement you should be careful with.
First thing you should do is backup your device with either Titanium or ClockworkMod, though you probably need to root in order to do this, and then anything you might do, you can always revert back to what you had.
When you get to replacing the radio version, read instructions extra careful and be sure to do everything by the book (guide) and to check the checksum on the downloaded files. This could brick your device so no extra precaution is unnecessary..
Happy flashing

Hi guys. Cheers for getting back to me.
Before I start could you tell me whether the following procedures that im going to take will or will not be the right ones please?
1st obtain gingerbreak apk and install on my phone using the downgrade guide on xda
once ive done that use file (http://xdafil.es/DesireHD/RUU/RUU_Ac...032_signed.zip) and put on my sd card..... do I rename this file?
2. Once ive downgraded to this, must i perform a ROOT again to be able to flash a new rom?
3. I want to use this ROM - [ROM&KERNEL] LeeDrOiD HD V3.0.2 GB >EPIC!< |5th May | Official GB Sense 2.1 | TV Anim
4. on the 1.32xxx version do I root and use cwm 2 or 3 and just flash the above rom?
5. When exactly do i use the easy radio off tool please? EasyS-OFF_05.zip (747.4 KB, 20804 views)
Sorry for all the questions, but would be very grateful if someone could help
Edit* also after I write this in cmd
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_versi adb shell su
Do I write it exactly as it is? Or does misc_version get replaced with the name of the file?
Cheers.

ok.........
so installed and did gingerbreak, it said didnt work, but asked if i would allow super user permissions to which i said yes.
I opened up a cmd and went to downgrade folder ie; c:\users\ajay\desktop\downgrade
this is where the .zip for 1.36.405.6 is kept.
typed in that code adb etc.... and it said unrecognised command batch etc...
Could someone help us out alittle?
Im pretty dumb at this sort of stuff so my apologies guys.
Hope I manage to install a custom rom, but if i cant then thats cool too.
cheers

Here is my guide i have made and compiled together, follow that and you are done.
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HOWTO FLASH CUSTOM ROM ONTO GB DEVICE
Downgrade First!
You might need to format your SD card first before installing Gingerbreak, make a backup of your SD card by copying the files to a safe
place on your PC and then goto Settings - SD and Phone Storage - Click Umount SD card - Click Erase SD card - Click Mount SD card after erasing and formating the card has been
completed.
Gingerbreak help thread for problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
1. Download Gingerbreak from http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=578771&d=1303829207 and install it. Then tap root button.
2. You might get force close errors, just click the force close button and let Gingerbreak do it's job
3. Gingerbreak will in the end, usually say that something went wrong that you need to reboot etc, don't reboot! Just leave it open in your phone, and connect your phone to a PC. Charge only, USB Debugging enabled!
4. Download Android Terminal from the Market and after you installed it you can check if you are rooted, by typing su in the terminal, accept the Superuser request if it shows up and Press "Allow", if you get a "#" you are rooted and the Gingerbreak hack worked.
5. Now open up a terminal window(cmd) on your PC and go to the Downgrade folder on your PC where you downloaded the ADB files from at http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=483902&d=1294492245 , execute the following commands:
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell
su
!Now allow SuperUser in phone when dialog comes up!
If you got "#" in the result, you have temporary root! Proceed with commands:
Now type in terminal:
cd /data/local/tmp
./misc_version -s 1.31.405.6
1. Close the terminal window on your PC and set USB connection to disk drive in your phone and download PD98IMG.zip from http://www.multiupload.com/BTJ8KY0KH9 and place it on your SD card, don't extract the zip file!! Do not put the file into a folder of any kind on your SD card.
PLEASE NOTE!! If you can't set USB connection to disk drive you have to reboot the DHD, now you will be able to set USB connection to disk drive and transfer PD98IMG.zip file to SD from your PC.
2. Reboot while holding volume down, it will go to the Bootloader
3. Follow the instructions and Press "Yes" when it asks you if you want to flash PD98IMG.zip (start the update)
4. Done and reboot.
5. Proceed below with the two S-OFF methods and remove the PD98IMG.zip from your SD.
RADIO S-OFF
1. Install and download latest Visionary r14 from http://www.mediafire.com/?xhwc5m7f273l7b2
2. Open Visionary and tap temproot, then attempt permroot now. Your device will reboot.
3. Connect your phone to a computer (make sure you have USB Debugging enabled, Connect charge only!
4. Extract the Radio S-OFF zip file you dowloaded into a folder on your computer from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
5. Open my "Desire HD easy radio tool.exe" (Windows 7, right click & run as Administrator).
Choose the first option (RADIO S-OFF, Super-CID and Sim Unlock)
Click "Do it". There may be a SuperUser request on your phone, allow it.
6. Done.
ENG S-OFF(You need this enabled to be able to flash RADIO.IMG later)
1. Download and Extract the eng s-off zip file into a folder on your computer from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
2. Connect the phone to your computer in "Charge only" mode
3. Run "Desire HD easy s-off.exe" from the extracted folder
4. Click "I have RADIO S-OFF" (as you already done RADIO S-OFF earlier), IMPORTANT!
5. Click in "S-OFF" it
6. Your phone is now ENG S-OFF
7. Done
Flashing your ROM
1. Connect your phone using "Disk drive" to the computer.
2. Copy both your full-wipe-1-3.zip from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15057375/mero01-xda/Wipe/FULL-WIPE-1.3.zip and your CUSTOM ROM zip file to your SD Card
3. Check again that both files are on your SD card because once you full wipe, you won't have a ROM anymore.
4. Disconnect your phone from your computer
5. Install and open Rom Manager from the market
6. Tap on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and download version 3.0.2.6
7. Wait for it to download (You need a wi-fi or data connection)
8. After it is done press "Reboot into recovery"
9. If you get an icon with a phone and an exclamation mark in a triangle, remove the battery from your phone, reboot and then flash the clockworkmod recovery again
10. Once you are in the clockwork mod recovery, you may use the volume keys as directional keys (up and down) and the power button may be used as Enter.
11. I recommend you do a nandroid back-up. You must have at least 1 gb of free space.
12. Goto Backup and Restore and make a backup of current ROM if something would fail during flash.
13. Select "Install Zip from sdcard"
14. Select "Choose zip from sdcard"
15. Select full-wipe-1-3.zip (It's right under those folders)
16. Confirm by selecting the Yes option in between those "NO"s
17. Wait for it to finish
18. DO NOT REBOOT!!! In case you were not aware, you now have no rom installed
19. Once again select "Install Zip from sdcard"
20. Select "Choose zip from sdcard"
21. Select your rom zip file
22. Confirm your selection (just like with the wipe)
23. Wait for it to finish
24. Please reboot from the recovery menu and flash nothing else before you have rebooted.
Flash recommended Radio for your custom ROM:
1. Download "Radio Flash.zip" from http://www.mediafire.com/?b172o4ftj1mcpn1 and extract it contents on your PC.
2. Put the radio.img file you downloaded for your custom ROM and put it in the same folder as you extracted the "Radio flash.zip" file to.
3. Make sure USB debugging is enabled in your Desire HD before proceeding.
4. Connect your DHD to your PC with the USB cable and make sure you select USB Charge Only!
5. Now goto the Radio flash folder on your PC and execute "Start here.exe"
6. In the terminal window that comes up you will type:
adb reboot bootloader
Your DHD now goes into Bootloader state, when it is in bootloader state you will type:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
When the terminal says that the process is done you will type:
fastboot reboot
7. Now the DHD reboots and everything is done.
!!GOOD TO KNOW!!
TESTING BEFORE FLASHING ANYTHING
Testing Root
1. Download Android Terminal Emulator from the Market
2. Run it and type in "su"
3. Accept the Superuser request if it comes
4. A "#" should appear if nothing is wrong with your root!
Testing Eng S-off and Radio S-OFF
1. Power Down Your Device
2. Go to Bootloader
3. If it says Ace PVT ENG S-OFF your phone is ENG S-OFF.
4. use Volume down to get to system info and tap power button to select
5. check CID for CID-11111111 (if you have this all is done 100%)
6. Reboot
Checking the device state:
1. Go to the bootloader (turn fastboot off, turn off phone, hold vol- and power)
2. If it says ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF in the first line, your device is Radio S-OFF
3. If it says ACE PVT ENG S-OFF, you have ENG S-OFF, go to System info
4. If system info CID is 11111111, your device is SuperCID5.
5. And if you can verify either Radio S-OFF or SuperCID (and you did both), it worked fine and you have both of them
6. You can check your original CID by going to radio tool folder with cmd and typing: "adb shell getprop ro.cid"
To go back to RADIO S-ON:(If you want to go back to RUU stock ROM again)
1. Flash stock ROM (RUU)
2. Temproot using Visionary
3. Use my tool, do Stock CID and S-ON (enter brand CID if you had a branded device, see second post)
4. Enjoy your factory-state phone

Prodelin said:
Here is my guide i have made and compiled together, follow that and you are done.
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HOWTO FLASH CUSTOM ROM ONTO GB DEVICE
Downgrade First!
Install Gingerbreak v1.2 apk which is latest, you might need to format your SD card first before installing Gingerbreak, make a backup of your SD card by copying the files to a safe
place on your PC and then goto Settings - SD and Phone Storage - Click Umount SD card - Click Erase SD card - Click Mount SD card after erasing and formating the card has been
completed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1044765
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THIS LINK IS BROKEN.. can you check it please?

Hi thanks very much
Ill follow this guide now, and hopefully be sorted.
just quickly, where do i get recommended radio? and during...
4. Open up a cmd and go to Downgrade folder, execute commands:
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell
su
do i press enter after each line of text?

ajay83 said:
Hi thanks very much
Ill follow this guide now, and hopefully be sorted.
just quickly, where do i get recommended radio? and during...
4. Open up a cmd and go to Downgrade folder, execute commands:
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell
su
do i press enter after each line of text?
Click to expand...
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Yes enter after each line
For recommended Radio look into the thread of the custom ROM you will flash, it will say what radio they recommend to their ROM

Hi there.
1st thank you for being so patient with me mate, I appeciate it.
after i typed the 1st line of those commands it wouldnt have any of it. It said....
'adb' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
I think I should just leave it. Ill have all the guys on here pulling their hair out coz i cant do the simplest thing lol.
Thanks for your time anyway bud.

Revised my guide to make it easier to read and understand.

ajay83 said:
Hi there.
'adb' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Thanks for your time anyway bud.
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You need to type adb in the folder you have adb.
If you have adb.exe in folder c:\Downgrade you must go to that folder first and the type adb.

ahh ok.
Thank you very much bud. Legend =)
and where could i get Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 please? I read the forum and it seems to be a good recommended one.
I'll give it ago tonight or tomorrow morning and let you know how i got on.
Thanks for all your help and for being patient bud.

ajay83 said:
and where could i get Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 please? I read the forum and it seems to be a good recommended one.
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From the Radio's thread in the development forum.
[EDIT] @Andy: Sorry, not today.

ajay83 said:
ahh ok.
Thank you very much bud. Legend =)
and where could i get Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 please? I read the forum and it seems to be a good recommended one.
I'll give it ago tonight or tomorrow morning and let you know how i got on.
Thanks for all your help and for being patient bud.
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You can get that particular radio from:
http://tinyurl.com/6ynbecn

Mr_JMM said:
From the Radio's thread in the development forum.
[EDIT] @Andy: Sorry, not today.
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Don't worry you have to be nice all the time. Sometimes It hurts my head being nice. I would of answered the same TBH. Its not like it isn't in a sticky.

Hi there.
gingerbreak worked!
Followed the codes and got superuser access.
I had formatted my sd card prior to doing this btw
I closed the terminal and went to change usb from charge to disk drive and the option had gone. took it out and reinserted and still it wouldnt find it for me to put .zip file on???
It would not show my sd card was there until i re booted?
Its a shame we cant just temproot it with gingerbreak and flash the rooted GB 2.3 leedroid, but then i guess this is where all this -s off stuff comes in right?
I havent got a clue now let alone to begin with lol.
Lads I think i give up =( . Thanks for all the help and advise and patience but your dealing with abit of a numpty here and we could be here a very very long time.
I appreciate all the help & Ill keep my eyes open if a way comes out to permroot 2.3 without downgrading etc...

ajay83 said:
Hi there.
I closed the terminal and went to change usb from charge to disk drive and the option had gone. took it out and reinserted and still it wouldnt find it for me to put .zip file on???
It would not show my sd card was there until i re booted?
Click to expand...
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Same thing happened me, i had to reboot to make SD card show up again, but that is no problem as you have already changed misc_version with adb, you can now just put the PD98 file to the SD card and reboot and flash from bootloader.
Easy.
You have come along way now, just do as i said earlier, the rest is easy, don't give up now

[Q] HTC DESIRE HD issue after FROYO

:crying:
I got HTC Desire HD with Gingerbread 2.3.3. I wasnt able to get the complete details (my fault) before downgrading.
I have downgraded it to Froyo (2.2) and after that it is taking more than 5 minutes to Start up with too long vibration and everytime I tried to insert the sim card it switched off and another more than 5 minutes of waiting.
I cannot run RRU and even go to volume down and power switch area (or they call it HBOOT).
I don't know what to do now.
Please help :crying:

Try to pull battery before trying to boot with volume down.
And you it seems that you have messed your bootloader. Was your phone shipped with gingerbread?
This guide should fix it.
Try it with this latest HTC Desire HD RUU .
Wacco001 said:
RUU Update - Flashing Android RUU Update Using HBoot
- First you need the RUU.exe that you intend to install.
- Run the RUU as Administrator.
- Tick the 'I understand the caution indicated above...' box, and click next.
- At this point do not go any further!
- Navigate to C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp (xxxxx is your user name , and ... AppData is a hidden folder)
- You should see one or two folders like this example: {E328FA5C-81C2-4B70-96AE-D5418A9A5B75}
- Go into the folder with "dotnetinstaller.exe".
- Open the next folder. (like this example: {50F2F878-636A-496F-A7CB-544C067E0C4B}
- Copy "rom.zip" into another folder (outside of temp).
- At this point just Cancel and quit the ROM Update Utility.
- Rename the "rom.zip" to "PD98IMG.zip" and put it on to the root directory of your MicroSD card in your phone.
- Shut down the phone.
- Press the Power button + Volume down button at the same time and hold them untill you get to HBOOT (white screen with skateboarding android).
- Wait for the HBOOT to parse the zip file.
- Follow the on-screen instructions and boot into newly flashed device.
Click to expand...
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RE:
Hi
And you it seems that you have messed your bootloader. Was your phone shipped with gingerbread?
I'm really not sure if this unit was shipped with gingerbread because we only got this as pre-owned from a shop.
The volume down + power button is not working for me anymore.
I have tried the RRU with no luck, but I will try the steps that you have provided.
Thank you so much!

Report back white wherever success or failure you encounter and we'll see further

pongklang said:
:crying:
I got HTC Desire HD with Gingerbread 2.3.3. I wasnt able to get the complete details (my fault) before downgrading.
I have downgraded it to Froyo (2.2) and after that it is taking more than 5 minutes to Start up with too long vibration and everytime I tried to insert the sim card it switched off and another more than 5 minutes of waiting.
I cannot run RRU and even go to volume down and power switch area (or they call it HBOOT).
I don't know what to do now.
Please help :crying:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You messed up the bootloader, it happened to me just a few days ago. You need to flash an original hboot.ng0 through adb.

RE:
Muikkuman said:
Report back white wherever success or failure you encounter and we'll see further
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Sure I will. As of the moment the phone is with my friend. I haven't done the steps since she is still trying to use the |slow boot HTC DESIRE HD Froyo".
I still wanted to fix it and I will do it as soon as I got it back.
Thanks again

pongklang said:
Sure I will. As of the moment the phone is with my friend. I haven't done the steps since she is still trying to use the |slow boot HTC DESIRE HD Froyo".
I still wanted to fix it and I will do it as soon as I got it back.
Thanks again
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Check the guide in my signature, you have the hboot fix there. It does not work always, but it is worth a try. Don't try to flash a RUU with the hboot in that state or you might brick your device.

hi
glevitan said:
Check the guide in my signature, you have the hboot fix there. It does not work always, but it is worth a try. Don't try to flash a RUU with the hboot in that state or you might brick your device.
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Please give me the specific link. Thank you so much.

pongklang said:
Please give me the specific link. Thank you so much.
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Here you are: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30020025&postcount=7
You need basic knowledge of adb commands. If you are already S-OFF, then you can skip steps and start in line 15. Hope you can fix it....if you need further help, just let me know. Regards; :good:

Happiness
I was able to resolved my issue. What I did is follow the steps that I've got online/though I know that we also have this on this forum:
md5sum hboot.nb0
adb push hboot.nb0 /data/local/tmp/
adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/gfree
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/tmp/gfree -f
adb shell
dd if=/data/local/tmp/hboot.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/data/local/tmp/hboot.test
sync
exit
adb pull /data/local/tmp/hboot.test
md5sum hboot.test
All md5sums should be 2a28dcd53ea26504be9a86572a348aa1
adb reboot
After that the phone restarted got white HTC screen and then it fades. I got scared cause I thought that I did something wrong again.
I swithced it off and press the volume and power button and got on the hboot screen. I tried to restore and everything with no luck just the phone went black screen.
Oh my head aches :cyclops:
I put the file that I have downloaded online RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.zip and rename it PD98IMG.zip then again restarted my phone to hboot and successfully updated the PHONE.
Oh My! My phone comes back on 2.3.5 Android!
I'm so happy! Thank you so much! Very much appreciated!
Now how can I root and s-off this android version so I can install custom firmware

pongklang said:
I was able to resolved my issue. What I did is follow the steps that I've got online/though I know that we also have this on this forum:
md5sum hboot.nb0
adb push hboot.nb0 /data/local/tmp/
adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/gfree
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/tmp/gfree -f
adb shell
dd if=/data/local/tmp/hboot.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/data/local/tmp/hboot.test
sync
exit
adb pull /data/local/tmp/hboot.test
md5sum hboot.test
All md5sums should be 2a28dcd53ea26504be9a86572a348aa1
adb reboot
After that the phone restarted got white HTC screen and then it fades. I got scared cause I thought that I did something wrong again.
I swithced it off and press the volume and power button and got on the hboot screen. I tried to restore and everything with no luck just the phone went black screen.
Oh my head aches :cyclops:
I put the file that I have downloaded online RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.zip and rename it PD98IMG.zip then again restarted my phone to hboot and successfully updated the PHONE.
Oh My! My phone comes back on 2.3.5 Android!
I'm so happy! Thank you so much! Very much appreciated!
Now how can I root and s-off this android version so I can install custom firmware
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The fix you provide is incomplete....I would suggest you remove it. The complete fix is in the guide I linked you.
If you are already S-OFF, then you just need to flash a custom rom and you are ready to go. Otherwise, you need to use the Hack Kit to achive S-OFF and root.

pongklang said:
I was able to resolved my issue. What I did is follow the steps that I've got online/though I know that we also have this on this forum:
md5sum hboot.nb0
adb push hboot.nb0 /data/local/tmp/
adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/gfree
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/tmp/gfree -f
adb shell
dd if=/data/local/tmp/hboot.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/data/local/tmp/hboot.test
sync
exit
adb pull /data/local/tmp/hboot.test
md5sum hboot.test
All md5sums should be 2a28dcd53ea26504be9a86572a348aa1
adb reboot
After that the phone restarted got white HTC screen and then it fades. I got scared cause I thought that I did something wrong again.
I swithced it off and press the volume and power button and got on the hboot screen. I tried to restore and everything with no luck just the phone went black screen.
Oh my head aches :cyclops:
I put the file that I have downloaded online RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.zip and rename it PD98IMG.zip then again restarted my phone to hboot and successfully updated the PHONE.
Oh My! My phone comes back on 2.3.5 Android!
I'm so happy! Thank you so much! Very much appreciated!
Now how can I root and s-off this android version so I can install custom firmware
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HOw di u do this???? i have the same problem though when i try and execute the first command nothing happens
like this
[email protected]:~/IAMADUMBASS1$ adb push hboot.nb0 /data/local/tmp/
thats all nothing goes on!

htc desire hd starts after several minutes with vibration
i got a solution for htc desire hd which starts after several minutes with vibration for a long time
1..first of all download official ruu for desire hd (latest one)
2..turn on ur phone and connect it with pc wia cable
3..run ruu file which u have downloaded
4..when it says that {booting into bootloader} disconnect the cable immediately before mbile turs off
5.. you got an error of 155 on ur pc now dnt close the error page leave the pc running and connect ur phone with anoter pc
6..run ruu on other pc connect ur phone and follow the instructions and let the phone to go into bootloader
7..it will take 15 to 20 min to enter to the bootloader
8..when mobile shows htc logo (shown in bootloader) connect ur phone with the 1st pc
9..press recover button on error page and jst click next (dnt follow the instructions now just go on by clicking next button)
10..it will ask u to update ur phone click update then click next
11..this time ur phone starts flashing
12.. flashing take much time be patient:angel:
13..after flashing your htc starts normally and is repaired
i repair many htc mobiles with this method its 100 % working.i made this solution myself & sry for my bad english