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I can't get Gingerbread on my DHD

I bought a used HTC Desire HD A9191. It has 2.2 android.
I tried to update to 2.3 ( Gingerbread ) by the “over the air” from Settings>About phone>System software update> Check now. It says “Your phone is up to date: there are no updates for your phone”
That is crazy because the gingerbread is available OTA since May 2011.
Software information:
Android version:
2.2
Baseband version:
12.28e.60.140fU_26.04.02.17_M2
Kernel version:
2.6.32.21-g88454e0
Htc-kernel at and18-2 #1
Thu Jan 13 00:25:06 CST 2011
Build number:
1.83.415.4 CL327244 release-keys
Software number:
1.83.415.4
Browser version:
Webkit 3.1
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I got into the recovery mode
It displayed the following
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.85.0019
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.04.02.17_M2
eMMC-boot
DEC 27 2010, 14:47:30
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I tried to access the root by ConnectBot by “su” : permission denied
I used root checker : no root access and no busybox
I noticed that Security is OFF “S-OFF”
So, I have no root but I have S-OFF
Is that phone modded (or rooted) or it's stock?
How can I get Gingerbread either by OTA or ROM ?
Note: the phone is not branded, I think. It has no logos neither at boot nor on packaging. Also no mention of it in the purchase receipt
I’m sorry if I talked to much, I have been searching the forums in hope to understand the status of the phone and what can I do for it but no luck.
I’m kind of geek but it’s my first android. I don’t want to wreck it.
I appreciate any help and Thank you for your interest

yes, the phone has been modded, but it has a stock rom on it now. but the previous owner left the radio s-off.
the phone seems to be branded. if you look at the build number, it says x.xx.415.x . on an unbranded the 3rd number is 405 (x.xx.405.x).
i'm not sure why you don't get the update, but maybe it's because you have radio s-off.
if i were you, i'd root the phone and put a custom rom on it. just follow the guides here.
because you have radio s-off, you just need to create a gold card and install the 1.32 rom through the bootloader.
Sent out of my Free Candy Van.

I decided to follow your advice and rooted my DHD
I read several guides and I used this one
- While on your phone, go to Settings>Applications>Development, and make sure "USB Debugging" is enabled -
- Install and then open Visionary+
- Tap on Temproot now
- Tick Run visionary.sh after root" and "set system r/w after root" (optional. I guess it's mostly a taste option)
- Tap on Attempt permroot now
- Allow super user access if needed  This is recurrent, always be on the look out for such requests and allow access
- Wait for reboot
- You can test root availability, check the bottom of the guide
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I verified root access with root checker . Also,It said that I have Busybox V.1.15.2 (which i didn't install and not listed in app manager )
I didn't downgrade my DHD to 1.32.405.6 WWE, do I need to do that? ( It was said that it may cause wifi or GPS problem )
As mentioned above, it said "ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL" in recovery mode
What is the difference between SHIP S-OFF and ENG S-OFF and Radio S-OFF?
Do I need to do a Radio S-OFF or ENG S-OFF or both as in the following quote??
- Extract the Radio S-OFF zip file into a folder on your computer
- If by any chance you have disconnected the phone from your computer, reconnect it using "Charge only" mode
- Make sure you have HTC Sync installed on your computer
- Make sure your phone screen is on at all times as you may need to allow superuser access. I recommend disabling screen timeout
- Open "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"
- Your phone is now Radio S-OFF.
- Extract the eng s-off zip file into a folder on your computer
- Connect the phone to your computer in "Charge only" mode
- Run "Desire HD easy s-off.exe" from the extracted folder
- Click "S-OFF" it
- Your phone is now ENG S-OFF
-You can test that your phone is ENG S-OFF and Radio S-OFF and it is recommended that you do. Check the bottom of the guide
- Force closes may occur, in this case reboot, and it should be just fine
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So, I installed Rom Manager and flash ClockWorkMod 5.0.1.0, then did a ROM backup
Then, i went ahead and did the Radio S-OFF then the ENG S-OFF (ENG bootloader)
I confirmed in bootloader, I have "ACE PVT ENG S-OFF"
In System info sub-menu in bootloader
CID-11111111
OS Ver.-1.83.415.4
I guess everything went OK in-spite of having "OS Ver.-1.83.415.4"
OR do i still need to downgrade to 1.32.405.6 WWE ?
I was thinking of flashing "Android Revolution HD™ 5.2.6" ROM, do any body have other recommendations?
It needs Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2, do i flash radio first or ROM?

do i still need to downgrade to 1.32.405.6 WWE ?

It doesn't 'need' Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 - it's just the recommended one.
Flashing the radio can be dangerous - tread carefully.
If you've got S-Off and root access, you should be able to simply flash a new ROM from the SD-Card. The downgrade shouldn't be necessary.
Check out LeeDroid and - my personal favourite - Virtuous Unity.

[Q] Radio flashing problem!!!

Hello
I am using ARHD 6.1.2 and i have a radio flashing problem.
I start the cmd and write "adb reboot bootloader" and when it is in bootloader i type "fastboot flash radio radio.img"
then it starts to flash. Everything is okay before the writing part starts. It says FAILED Remote: not allowed
Radio is 12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19_M.
What should i do?
When i go to the bootloader it says ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF, so that means i have radio s-off anfd eng s-off?
please help me!

I believe this means that you don't have ENG S-OFF. I flashed that same radio yesterday with the same method and it worked fine.

thank U very much.
My friend told me wrong then.
So i downloaded the eng s-off tool and everything went fine.

Hi How do u get the S-OFF tool to work on ARHD6.1.2/3 ?
I tried and it says "Incompatible kernel"

best way to flash without ENG OFF IS TO DOWNLOAD THE RADIO FILES IN "PD98IMG.ZIP" format (search the forum for them) place them in root folder of sd card power off the phone then holding vol down and power key enter the bootloader the device automatically prompts for radio update press vol up button voila you are done. most important is you make sure you checksum the file after you copy to to sd card...

Thanks tommy , i tried that and it worked.
Just curious, is there any way to get Eng Bootloader and Radio S-Off once I am on AR HD 6.1.3? Those tools seems to only work on the stock rom.

zereox said:
Thanks tommy , i tried that and it worked.
Just curious, is there any way to get Eng Bootloader and Radio S-Off once I am on AR HD 6.1.3? Those tools seems to only work on the stock rom.
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this method worked for me
i ran the tool as administrator on windows 7, clicked "I have radio s-off" (which you must already have since you have a custom rom on your phone) then clicked "s-off it!" and it was done.
read the thread thoroughly before trying, YMMV

Ah thanks maatsby! Guess all i needed to do was tick the checkbox.
My bad for not reading the requirements clearly.

How to unlock hboot or S-OFF my branded WFS ?

Hi there !
I would like to S-OFF or unlock bootloader of my Orange FR branded WFS. HTCdevs method does note seem to work, ROM or bootloader is too wreid and not supported by official orange hboot updater from htcdevs. After some tricks (goldcard I guess), I succeed in installing "Europe hboot" from htcdevs, but it doesn't help in any way : fastboot oem command returns an error 1, command error . Hboot might be too old to know these commands.
By searching on XDA, I found a tool called temproot that allows me to root the phone until I reboot it.
my HBoot version is 0.90.0000 and radio 7.53.39.03M.
MARVEL PVT SHIP S-ON RL.
HTC drivers, andro SDK, Java, debuging mode,... are probably ok. I use Windows 7x64 and Linux Mint.
I think I said everything. If you want more details or explainations, I'll do my best to answer preciselly, even if I'm a noob .
Thanks !
KennyG9

KennyG9 said:
After some tricks (goldcard I guess), I succeed in installing "Europe hboot" from htcdevs...
...my HBoot version is 0.90.0000
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The unlockable European HBOOT is version 1.08.0099, so I take this to mean that you successfully updated to a generic EU HBOOT (0.90.0000) which is not unlockable, but can be updated to 1.08.0099. Thus,
KennyG9 said:
it doesn't help in any way : fastboot oem command returns an error 1, command error .
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So you need to go back to htcdev and update your HBOOT to the unlockable one. When you do, HBOOT will show:
*** LOCKED (OOW) ***
H-BOOT-1.08.0099

CafeKampuchia said:
The unlockable European HBOOT is version 1.08.0099, so I take this to mean that you successfully updated to a generic EU HBOOT (0.90.0000) which is not unlockable, but can be updated to 1.08.0099. Thus,So you need to go back to htcdev and update your HBOOT to the unlockable one.
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Thanks for (very) fast answer and making me realize that I successfuly downgraded my HBoot (that's what I was searching to do).
I believed that it should allow me to upgrade with unlockable HBoot too, but I forgot to say that when I try to update HBOOT the way htcdev tells using their HTC_EU-1.09.0099 / ORANGE_FR-1.09.0099 / Any 1.08.0099 HBoot, I get an error 191, my ROM is NOT up to date. I have no ROM update possible with my f****** provider custom ROM. Is it possible to change this ROM to the official HTC ROM (using my temp rooting and adb shell or I don't know what), so that I can get last updates, flash HBoot with HTC_EU-1.09.0099 and get custom ROM (such as CM7.2) ?
Or I am thinking wrong on the way it works (probably the case : I learned everything alone) ?
Edit : I believe that this would have worked, if the given link weren't dead.......... Uploading website are all closed. That's a shame.
Thank you,
KennyG9

Try this:
1. Run the RUU...exe for updating the HBOOT again but don't try to update. Instead, find the temporary folder it created to extract the files needed for the install. It will look something like C:\Users\[LoginName]\AppData\Local\Temp\{82B23FCD-D5D0-45CA-A3A2-5350D3926551}.
2. In one of the subfolders, find rom_02.zip from and copy it to another location on your hard drive. Rename it PG76IMG.zip. You can close the RUU wizard now.
3. Move PG76IMG.zip to the root folder of your Goldcard.
4. Boot the phone into HBOOT (turn it off, pull the battery for 5 sec. and replace it, hold down volume and press the power button). Once in HBOOT, the phone will find PG76IMG.zip and try to install it. Follow the directions on the screen.
5. Do a factory reset and reboot.

CafeKampuchia said:
Try this:
1. Run the RUU...exe for updating the HBOOT again but don't try to update. Instead, find the temporary folder it created to extract the files needed for the install. It will look something like C:\Users\[LoginName]\AppData\Local\Temp\{82B23FCD-D5D0-45CA-A3A2-5350D3926551}.
2. In one of the subfolders, find rom_02.zip from and copy it to another location on your hard drive. Rename it PG76IMG.zip. You can close the RUU wizard now.
3. Move PG76IMG.zip to the root folder of your Goldcard.
4. Boot the phone into HBOOT (turn it off, pull the battery for 5 sec. and replace it, hold down volume and press the power button). Once in HBOOT, the phone will find PG76IMG.zip and try to install it. Follow the directions on the screen.
5. Do a factory reset and reboot.
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It worked finally . You're so beautiful !
For interested people, you can get rom_01.zip and rom_02.zip. It corresponds to PG7610000_Marvel_hboot_1.09.0099_0209_R.exe file. (Orange FR 2.14.73.1 PG7610000)
Thank you very very much.
Kenny

Glad it worked. Tap the thanks button for me, if you don't mind

CafeKampuchia said:
Glad it worked. Tap the thanks button for me, if you don't mind
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I forgot. Done .

software s-off????
After spending 3 days trying to upgrade my hboot so i could unlock my bootloader, i somehow ended up with s-off! here are the steps i followed.
1) try updates from htcdev - didnt work
2) made goldcard, tried updates - didnt work
3) gained temp root using adb and zergrush, worked
4) hex edited the rom version number - didnt work
5) placed rom_2 on sd card - worked, sort of, updated the radio, but not the bootloader, "cannot rollback hboot"
6) placed rom_1 on sd card -worked, updated the radio
7) went into hboot to try to flash rom_2 again, voila! s-off!!!!
dont ask me if this is a way to s-off devices without xtc clip, all i know is it is what has worked for me, so i thought i would share.
Marvel PVT Ship S-OFF RL
Hboot 0.90.0000
Microp-0451
Radio-7.54.39.08M
Apr 9 2011, 17:45:10

CafeKampuchia said:
4. Boot the phone into HBOOT (turn it off, pull the battery for 5 sec. and replace it, hold down volume and press the power button). Once in HBOOT, the phone will find PG76IMG.zip and try to install it. Follow the directions on the screen.
5. Do a factory reset and reboot.
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How can you pull battery??!?! With HTC ONE V? YOu have to remove the cover with screws? Will you loose warranty if you do?

samkuiper9 said:
How can you pull battery??!?! With HTC ONE V? YOu have to remove the cover with screws? Will you loose warranty if you do?
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First of all, this is an old thread. This is the WILDFIRE S forum. Why would he talk about the one v here?
Sent from my Wildfire S A510e using xda premium

unlock and root htc wildfire s
can anyone suggest me how to unlock n root htc wildfire version 1.09.0099
MARVEL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.09.0099
MICROP-0451
RADIO-7.57.39.10M

Lol, nice way to revive a dead thread.
Go to HTCDev.com, the "Unlock Bootloader section", and follow the instructions.
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"You can overclock as much as you want, your phone will always seem too slow."

[Q] I need to go back to stock ROM but have no idea how

Hello all. I am a complete novice at Android phones. I have a Desire HD which I bought from a friend about 18 months ago who had installed CyanogenMod on the phone. I am now moving to Giffgaff and need to unlock the phone. I got an unlock code based on the IMEI and when I enter it, despite it saying network lock successful, the sim continues as unregistered and each time I reset the phone it asks me for the Network Unlock code again. I am told it is because of Cyanogen and I need to go back to the start.
Here is all the info I have:
Android Version : 2.3.7
Kernel Version : [email protected] #1
Mod Version : CyanogenMod 7.1.0-DesireHD
Build Number: GWK74
I have tried to follow a number of guides on this site but something always goes wrong and if I am honest I don't really get what I'm doing. I downloaded an .exe from StockRoms and that looked like it was going well but then died at the end with no specific errors.
Can anybody point me in the right directions as to how to achieve this?
Thanks!

Cardinal-Red said:
Hello all. I am a complete novice at Android phones. I have a Desire HD which I bought from a friend about 18 months ago who had installed CyanogenMod on the phone. I am now moving to Giffgaff and need to unlock the phone. I got an unlock code based on the IMEI and when I enter it, despite it saying network lock successful, the sim continues as unregistered and each time I reset the phone it asks me for the Network Unlock code again. I am told it is because of Cyanogen and I need to go back to the start.
Here is all the info I have:
Android Version : 2.3.7
Kernel Version : [email protected] #1
Mod Version : CyanogenMod 7.1.0-DesireHD
Build Number: GWK74
I have tried to follow a number of guides on this site but something always goes wrong and if I am honest I don't really get what I'm doing. I downloaded an .exe from StockRoms and that looked like it was going well but then died at the end with no specific errors.
Can anybody point me in the right directions as to how to achieve this?
Thanks!
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Are you S-OFF or have an unlocked booloader?

glevitan said:
Are you S-OFF or have an unlocked booloader?
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I don't know - sorry - how do I know if I am S-OFF.
I think i have an unlocked Bootloader - I have ROM Manager that has been booted into recovery mode a few times while I've been trying these things. Again how can I know for sure though?

Cardinal-Red said:
I don't know - sorry - how do I know if I am S-OFF.
I think i have an unlocked Bootloader - I have ROM Manager that has been booted into recovery mode a few times while I've been trying these things. Again how can I know for sure though?
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Boot in hboot and find it out....power off the device and then boot by pressing power + volume down

Sorry I could have googled how to do that before posting - my apologies!
It says this:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
Am guessing this means I am not S-OFF?
I did see this screen before when I tried to use the Simlock feature. It says this when runs:
FAT32 init OK
OPEN MCCMNC file fail
Open CID file fail
Process done, reboot device?
Of course the process is not done.

Cardinal-Red said:
Sorry I could have googled how to do that before posting - my apologies!
It says this:
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
Am guessing this means I am not S-OFF?
I did see this screen before when I tried to use the Simlock feature. It says this when runs:
FAT32 init OK
OPEN MCCMNC file fail
Open CID file fail
Process done, reboot device?
Of course the process is not done.
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With an unlocked bootloader you won't be able to flash a RUU. Besides you need a RUU for your device and not any RUU. If not, you will need a goldcard.

glevitan said:
With an unlocked bootloader you won't be able to flash a RUU. Besides you need a RUU for your device and not any RUU. If not, you will need a goldcard.
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Is it possible to lock my bootloader? Is that a stupid question?
I have found the "right" RUU here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Is there anything I need to do to make this work? S-OFF maybe?

Cardinal-Red said:
Is it possible to lock my bootloader? Is that a stupid question?
I have found the "right" RUU here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Ace
Is there anything I need to do to make this work? S-OFF maybe?
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Yes, it is possible to lock your bootloader. S-Off is no longer available; AAHK, the tool to get it, was retired this morning.

Thanks all, I sense that this could be tricky overall.
Perhaps a different approach is needed - is there another way to Sim Unlock the phone?

Cardinal-Red said:
Thanks all, I sense that this could be tricky overall.
Perhaps a different approach is needed - is there another way to Sim Unlock the phone?
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yes, but you gotta be patient. I am working on that..

[Q] Somewhat bricked my phone, but maybe recoverable?

So after following 18 guides on trying to unlock my phone, I think I bricked it *gets stuck at HTC screen*
The current state I am in is, I have Clockwork mod installed and I can still get into the Hboot, but it says my device is an Ace... i'm not sure why. Anyway I was getting frustrated and I think I formatted my /system on my phone. What can I do to get it back or restore my phone?
- I have access to CWM and Hboot
Thank you for your help.

What have you done?

bananagranola said:
What have you done?
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It's more like what haven't I done.
The latest things I did was use Clockwork Mod and I formatted everything including my /system/ folder. I did this because I was fed up and my root attempts had broken my WiFi so I wanted to get back to square 1 and try again.
Can I restore an original ROM and get rid of Clockwork Mod, if all I can really access right now is Hboot and Clockwork mod?

Formatting system does not go back to square one. Did you unlock your bootloader with HTCDev? If so, did you relock? Did you try to S-Off, and if so, with AAHK? AAHK2? Manually? Did you root? Did you flash a recovery other than CWM? Did you flash the right version? Those things could all matter. That's why I'd like to know exactly what you did.
If you can't remember, boot into the bootloader. What does it say?

bananagranola said:
Formatting system does not go back to square one. Did you unlock your bootloader with HTCDev? If so, did you relock? Did you try to S-Off, and if so, with AAHK? AAHK2? Manually? Did you root? Did you flash a recovery other than CWM? Did you flash the right version? Those things could all matter. That's why I'd like to know exactly what you did.
If you can't remember, boot into the bootloader. What does it say?
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I tried AAHK initially but it was not working.
I unlocked with HTCDev. I got the CID key and it said it was successful.
I don't think I relocked, not on purpose anyway.
I tried to S-off with this method:
Code:
boot to recovery (yes, the screen may well be blank, but adb should work fine)
adb push gfree /tmp/
adb shell chmod 775 /tmp/gfree
adb shell /tmp/gfree -f >> yeilds – s-off, supercid, sim-unlock
However when I tried this I got an error at the end
Code:
Attempting to power cycle eMMC… Failed.
No such directory
That should have been the last step and I would have been golden. However since it did not work, and because the guy does not support these actions, I found a much simpler application to do S-OFF and root all in one. However now that application says my phone is a device called "ace" and it will not work, which is why I was trying to go backwards.
And I only just saw now that AAHK2 is out........ ugh. I just want to go back to the beginning. I will post why my phone says in recovery mode to provide more info when I get home.
Thanks for the help so far.

Also would anyone know how I could get my hands on the original rom that would come with a Telus HTC DHD?

like what bananagranola said..you must show us what the state of your phone bootloader now..then we can continued help and guide you what the next step you must to do..
just turn on your phone with pressing and hold volume down+power until get inside phone bootloader..then you can tell us what the state is..?
example like this..:
**UNLOCKED**
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
Hboot -2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RAdio -26.14.04.28_M
Emmc-boot
Sep 7 2011 ,19:0:24

Here is what it says
Code:
UNLOCKED
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 22 2011,14:28:19

Ok good news! I used clockwork recover to bring my phone back to something... hopefully it was smart. I bought it to this
DHD_WWE_3.12.405.1_STOCK_rooted_by_nitr00
My wifi is still broken, when I go to it it jsut says error. Could this be a bad Radio version?
My current software version is
2.3.5
3.0 htc sense
software is 3.12.405.1_rooted_by_nitr00
What steps should I take now that I am in this position? I am still trying to get my phone in a state that I can use my Rogers sim card. Currently I cannot find any networks with my card. I am still at the above stats, S-ON, etc..

bobDOLLE said:
Ok good news! I used clockwork recover to bring my phone back to something... hopefully it was smart. I bought it to this
DHD_WWE_3.12.405.1_STOCK_rooted_by_nitr00
My wifi is still broken, when I go to it it jsut says error. Could this be a bad Radio version?
My current software version is
2.3.5
3.0 htc sense
software is 3.12.405.1_rooted_by_nitr00
What steps should I take now that I am in this position? I am still trying to get my phone in a state that I can use my Rogers sim card. Currently I cannot find any networks with my card. I am still at the above stats, S-ON, etc..
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firstly to debrand you phone is you can try AAHK2 script method, you can look in this thread.. just try look and read carefully before running that script..
hope this help..