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A way of flashing the RUU rom extract

Because of my stupid mistakes of making my SD card failed the first time, I found a way to actually downgrade the system using HBoot mode even if you have a new HBoot system (i.e. Official Chinese version, Carrier Locked version, etc).
First thing to do, is to download the 2.73.405.5 official WWE RUU package (the exe);
Then, run that wizard, and while the wizard's program is running, search in your PC's %userprofile% folder, and look for "rom.zip"
Rename that rom.zip to HEROIMG.zip.
Put that file into your MicroSD card's root folder. Do not modify its contents.
put that SD card into your phone.
While the card is in, hboot the device (vol down + power).
it will pop up the HBOOT mode of the device. It will now check for a few files if they exist on your SD card. (HERODIAG.zip, etc)
in the last check, it will look for HEROIMG.zip, and tries to load it. Once the loading bar is complete on the top right side of the device, it will ask you to press home to continue the upgrade, or press other key to escape it. (i am not 100% sure if those are the keys, but you can read english so figure that part out).
Once the flashing is done (remember, this method will wipe everything. including radio, recovery, system, data, cache), you will now have a complete original ROM on your system. From there, use InstantRoot or any other rooting exploit, to root your device, put Cyanogen's recovery there, and start upgrading into custom roms!
Let me know if this method works or not. it worked on 3 of my friend's HTCs.
/* p.s. however i still have my unresolved issue about the SD card slot and USB device not recognized issue. */

Nope, I tried that before and it fails the CID check.

Guiness in a can? BRILLIANT!
yea, everyone has been jumping through their butts trying to figure out how to make goldcards and bypasses... why not just use hboot like htc probally uses it? Duh! Thanks for this!
edit..... oh snap....

does not work for me!
Once the loading bar is complete on the top right side of the device
go back to hboot...
and nothing to do

this won't work because the SPL is still checking the CID of the rom.zip you renamed to HEROIMG
for some people the flash will work, but thats because they have a hero with a CID thats in the range of the cid numbers (open the .zip file and check the android-info.txt to see the list.
changing topic is this is confusing people
nice try though

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Confirm ...works for me.After rooting...... and flashing couple images i try reflash back original rom - official ruu not want work ...stop on bootloader .....extracted rom not be a flashable trough sd card and amon ra loader....this way work like charm.Thnx.

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Confirm ...works for me.After rooting...... and flashing couple images i try reflash back original rom - official ruu not want work ...stop on bootloader .....extracted rom not be a flashable trough sd card and amon ra loader....this way work like charm.Thnx.

Thank you, you are the man!
Thank you so much, i was about to eat my phone. it is htc hero and it worked. thank you so much...

since we have this thread i can ask as well...
is HEROIMG.ZIP signed, or why wouldn't one just alter the CID values in android-info.txt?

kendong2 said:
since we have this thread i can ask as well...
is HEROIMG.ZIP signed, or why wouldn't one just alter the CID values in android-info.txt?
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I believe it is signed using HTC's own personal keys, preventing us changing the RUU extract.

anon2122 said:
I believe it is signed using HTC's own personal keys, preventing us changing the RUU extract.
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Might be worth a test to do self signed ?

Jesterz said:
this won't work because the SPL is still checking the CID of the rom.zip you renamed to HEROIMG
for some people the flash will work, but thats because they have a hero with a CID thats in the range of the cid numbers (open the .zip file and check the android-info.txt to see the list.
changing topic is this is confusing people
nice try though
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hi, i have the same problem and my cid is in in the list.
what could be the problem?

How the hell did you came up with that?
It worked perfectly! Cannot thank you enough.
You're the man.

been looking for this for nearly a week.
got my wife a new phone and want to store it original, but couldnt get back to stock,all cid fails.
with this version no cid fail and stock htc hero again.
thanks, you tha man.

[ROM]RUU_Hero_hTC_Asia_HK_WWE_3.34.721.1_R_Radio_63.18. 55.06P

Here brand new official ROM for HK users (I don't look inside but I think that this is 2.1 update)
http://rapidshare.com/files/4035405....18.55.06P_6.35.15.14_release_signed.exe.html
Enjoy!

Who can rooted it?

Football said:
Here brand new official ROM for HK users (I don't look inside but I think that this is 2.1 update)
http://rapidshare.com/files/4035405....18.55.06P_6.35.15.14_release_signed.exe.html
Enjoy!
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thank you very much!!!!

getting error #131 client number not match :-/

Is it rooted?

thanks a lot. confirmed that it's rooted. Thanks again!
So, how can I do App2SD? After restoring all my apps, I only have ~40MB left....

don't know how to use it......please help

tonyleung76 said:
don't know how to use it......please help
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Flash it just like other ROMs. It works fine for me.

byung said:
Flash it just like other ROMs. It works fine for me.
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can you give me some instruction please..........i'm new for this!!

I flashed it on my taiwaan hero using goldcard and now i cannot flash my RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5 . . . please help me! it says error - invalid update tool! WTF ... i have used that ruu many times but now it aint working. it strucks at updating signature. Please help me !

Change the file extension .exe to.zip then flash it?
Tyvm

even the flashrec aint working...

It should be android 2.1...the latest Chungwa update was numbered 3.31.751.1(and it was also android 2.1) , so logically 3.34.721.r should be also.

deepinderjitsingh said:
I flashed it on my taiwaan hero using goldcard and now i cannot flash my RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5 . . . please help me! it says error - invalid update tool! WTF ... i have used that ruu many times but now it aint working. it strucks at updating signature. Please help me !
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Looks you're in trouble, friend...
I'd first try to find some other official release of 3.32 series (those were reported to permit downgrade to 2.73.405.5 after them).

avs333 said:
Looks you're in trouble, friend...
I'd first try to find some other official release of 3.32 series (those were reported to permit downgrade to 2.73.405.5 after them).
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man none of the other 2.1 RUU's aint working now..

finally managed to get this Hong Kong ROM working with my european Hero upgraded to Taiwanese 2.1. Here's what I did.
1) Install RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe in a computer
2) While the software is running, go to C:\Users(使用者)\(Login Name)\Appdata\Local\Temp\, and find the newest folder,
3) copy the rom.zip and rename to HEROIMG.zip
4) move HEROIMG.zip to a microSD card
5) insert the card to Hero
6) boot the phone with volume down key pressed
7) follow the instruction, so the rom is downgrade to 1.5
I'm not sure if steps 1-7 were necessary. And let's continue:
8) Goldcard your micro-SD card (Click here to learn more about Gold Card)
9-15) Using RUU_Hero_hTC_Asia_HK_WWE_3.34.721.1_R_Radio_63.18.55.06P_6.35.15.14_release_signed, Repeat steps 1) to 7) with the Micro-SD (GoldCard).
It worked for me. I will try with an unrooted phone later (maybe tomorrow)

mystaka said:
finally managed to get this Hong Kong ROM working with my european Hero upgraded to Taiwanese 2.1. Here's what I did.
1) Install RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe in a computer
2) While the software is running, go to C:\Users(使用者)\(Login Name)\Appdata\Local\Temp\, and find the newest folder,
3) copy the rom.zip and rename to HEROIMG.zip
4) move HEROIMG.zip to a microSD card
5) insert the card to Hero
6) boot the phone with volume down key pressed
7) follow the instruction, so the rom is downgrade to 1.5
I'm not sure if steps 1-7 were necessary. And let's continue:
8) Goldcard your micro-SD card (Click here to learn more about Gold Card)
9-15) Using RUU_Hero_hTC_Asia_HK_WWE_3.34.721.1_R_Radio_63.18.55.06P_6.35.15.14_release_signed, Repeat steps 1) to 7) with the Micro-SD (GoldCard).
It worked for me. I will try with an unrooted phone later (maybe tomorrow)
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thx for sharing, it's very useful

mystaka said:
finally managed to get this Hong Kong ROM working with my european Hero upgraded to Taiwanese 2.1. Here's what I did.
1) Install RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe in a computer
2) While the software is running, go to C:\Users(使用者)\(Login Name)\Appdata\Local\Temp\, and find the newest folder,
3) copy the rom.zip and rename to HEROIMG.zip
4) move HEROIMG.zip to a microSD card
5) insert the card to Hero
6) boot the phone with volume down key pressed
7) follow the instruction, so the rom is downgrade to 1.5
I'm not sure if steps 1-7 were necessary. And let's continue:
8) Goldcard your micro-SD card (Click here to learn more about Gold Card)
9-15) Using RUU_Hero_hTC_Asia_HK_WWE_3.34.721.1_R_Radio_63.18.55.06P_6.35.15.14_release_signed, Repeat steps 1) to 7) with the Micro-SD (GoldCard).
It worked for me. I will try with an unrooted phone later (maybe tomorrow)
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that part was easy to do...just use the "standard" goldcard procedure and the ruu.exe file
I have also a European Hero and installed the Chungwa version, no problem witg that...
The real problem is reverting back from Chungwa or any Asian version to European WWE again...

[Q] Cannot Downgrade Hboot 1.01.0002 to 1.01.0001

Hello,
I'm new to the forums, and have only just recently got a HTC Wildfire A3333 running 2.2.1.
I have tried to use " [GUIDE] Downgrade to HTC Froyo WWE for AlphaRevX (HBOOT 1.01.0001) " to downgrade the h boot as to start to gain root.
But when I have followed the instructions, it appears to complete ok, but when I reboot in to the system menu, it still shows as .002 hboot and does not install the rom supplied.
any help would be great
EDIT: IT TOLD ME I HAD SUCCESSFULLY CREATED GOLD CARD
GlennBrownie

same goes with me mate, i got the gold card and then i insert it, it all goes but when the cmd closes it still shows hboot 1.01.002

This happened to me on a Telstra wildfire (A3335). if you make it so the CMD window doesn’t close (I used an alternative shell) you will see that it actually gets some error before closing, which is why it doesn’t actually change the hboot.
I must have done it 20 times before I got it to work. I can't remember what I did differently the time I made it work, but it was something to do with which usb mode the phone was in for each step, and when I decided to change it from one mode to the other. Basically trying to make it so the phone wouldn’t say “preparing SD card” after I had made the goldcard.
Worst part was when I finally downgraded my Hboot, alphrev X still wouldn’t work for me. Continued to get the error of “Retrieving Caroline from certain doom...” and "mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00000000" I've since given up..

okays, thanks for the help, ill try that, but with alpharevx the problem they are tring to fix is the part where you need to restart into fastboot the second time, so in this case, ill give that a try. the thing is that im useing windows 7 enterprise, i have the hboot drivers all installed and etc, i used the intructions given to me and everyone else where you have to make the gold card. in that intruction it stated to put the sd card into the usb or sd port, the thing i did was switch my phone to mount the SD card and create it via there, i think the part where we all went wrong is unmounted it after we finished making the sd card. so try that, and with your problem i tghink you need to try and run the program in ADMIN mode (right click and run as admin) and then try and get the HBOOT drivers from Unrevoked installed. give that a try and hope it all works out
cheers

Well I managed to get step2.bat to run in a cmd so that it stayed open,
it came up with "FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail>".
when HTC booted in to bootloader it still showed same h.boot (.0002)
Please see attached screenshot.

Question!! / problem!!
GlennBrownie said:
Hello,
I'm new to the forums, and have only just recently got a HTC Wildfire A3333 running 2.2.1.
I have tried to use " [GUIDE] Downgrade to HTC Froyo WWE for AlphaRevX (HBOOT 1.01.0001) " to downgrade the h boot as to start to gain root.
But when I have followed the instructions, it appears to complete ok, but when I reboot in to the system menu, it still shows as .002 hboot and does not install the rom supplied.
any help would be great
GlennBrownie
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my question is, when i run alpharevx, it asks me for the beta key, note that it doesnt show my device name or anything like how i did it before i downgraded, any ideas why? and does anyone have a beta key for me to use? because the one i got with my phone when i entered it in said it was incorrect, when before before i downgraded it worked perfectly fine (except the rotting part).

what Beta key, I dont recall one?

To get a new beta key just follow this link, click download and then enter your phone's SN.
http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/

GlennBrownie said:
Well I managed to get step2.bat to run in a cmd so that it stayed open,
it came up with "FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail>".
when HTC booted in to bootloader it still showed same h.boot (.0002)
Please see attached screenshot.
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Make sure you properly created a working gold card. Retry with gold card.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

technolust109 said:
my question is, when i run alpharevx, it asks me for the beta key, note that it doesnt show my device name or anything like how i did it before i downgraded, any ideas why? and does anyone have a beta key for me to use? because the one i got with my phone when i entered it in said it was incorrect, when before before i downgraded it worked perfectly fine (except the rotting part).
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If it doesn’t show your device properly just reboot your phone. Basically every time the program fails it won’t show your device properly until you reboot again (This will also fix the issue where it thinks you have the wrong beta key). People suggesting to go get a new beta key have no idea. Have they not noticed that it doesn’t matter which HBoot version you select on the site you still get the same key based on your serial number.

yes, i used mt wildfire SN and i use the code it gives me still getting the same problem,

nejc121 said:
To get a new beta key just follow this link, click download and then enter your phone's SN.
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currently running windows so cannot download as windows version under review.
bharatgaddameedi said:
Make sure you properly created a working gold card. Retry with gold card.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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completed program and it had a pop up saying something like, "success, you now have a gold key"....

GlennBrownie said:
Well I managed to get step2.bat to run in a cmd so that it stayed open,
it came up with "FAILED <remote: 42 custom id check fail>".
when HTC booted in to bootloader it still showed same h.boot (.0002)
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in other words, your goldcard is not created correctly.

ieftm said:
in other words, your goldcard is not created correctly.
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done it twice and it still come up with success message?
even did it through hex editor....

I tried to do it again to show screenshots.
firstly, I ran step one and it says "cannot stat" followed by file name and says "no such file or directory". see image1.jpg
I then checked the buzzdowngrade folder, and all files are there. see image4.jpg
I then attempted the goldcard, and I clicked get cid, and it loaded a CID with a lot of 0's in it so I dont think its showing correct CID, possibly hiding real CID?
image2.jpg
when I clicked patch MMC, it came up with an error message. see image3.jpg

Have you installed the HTC driver 3.0.0.007. If not, install it first before even going with step1.
And regarding step2, creating a working gold card is important. If you still get custom id errors, try with a different memory card. And run the gold card tool as administrator. And in that you will see mmc0 and mmc1 options. Try creating with the other if one fails.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

GlennBrownie said:
I tried to do it again to show screenshots.
firstly, I ran step one and it says "cannot stat" followed by file name and says "no such file or directory". see image1.jpg
I then checked the buzzdowngrade folder, and all files are there. see image4.jpg
I then attempted the goldcard, and I clicked get cid, and it loaded a CID with a lot of 0's in it so I dont think its showing correct CID, possibly hiding real CID?
image2.jpg
when I clicked patch MMC, it came up with an error message. see image3.jpg
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Just downgraded and i think i know what is the problem.
You have to change the connection status from charge only to Mass storage
then click refresh and the memory card will be available.
HTC MMC : select you sd card.
And now patch.

right, got an update.
managed to succeed with the dmisc.img and others that failed - thanks to Mattyyey, cheers Matt
We then got to flashing the rom and it failed, any suggestions?
we recreated the gold card and formated the microSD card and patched and it told us that it had succeeded.
please see screenshot.

bharatgaddameedi said:
And regarding step2, creating a working gold card is important. If you still get custom id errors, try with a different memory card...........Try creating with the other if one fails.
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its probably your fake SD card! I was able to run the commands in step 1 and 2 from the cmd, all but the final ROM flash. I think after we create it we should confirm its been put on the SD card via hex workshop.... I did think of this last night but I was getting tired and you dont have it installed. I suspect its just the goldcard isn't done, everything else works when typed manually into cmd.
Unless anyone else has another reason for the custom ID check failing?

MATTYYEY was correct, it was due to fake microSD card, completed gold card with authentic SD card and it worked.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire android 2.3.4 Cyanogen V7.1 ROM using XDA App, GREAT rom running perfect.

Downgraded from 2.50 to 1.32

hey guys was on stock 2.50 ( have installed the official ruu ) and was not able to root.
so i have tryed to install the ruu from 1.32 -> it works
now im back to 1.32 -> rooted -> eng hboot -> installed cmw -> now im installing a custom rom.
dont know why it works but for me it worked.

ngt1337 said:
hey guys was on stock 2.50 ( have installed the official ruu ) and was not able to root.
so i have tryed to install the ruu from 1.32 -> it works
now im back to 1.32 -> rooted -> eng hboot -> installed cmw -> now im installing a custom rom.
dont know why it works but for me it worked.
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Thanks for sharing but thats because you already have s-off. Please post in the general section next time.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

ok i will do that. my mistake dont know that when im on s-off can flash older ruu*s.
think i must have super cid to flash them, but this i dont have.

how did u do it i have s-on will this work thanks alot

mehoob12 said:
how did u do it i have s-on will this work thanks alot
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A bunch of threads pretty much say s-on users with 2.37+ cannot downgrade
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

Originally Posted by mehoob12
how did u do it i have s-on will this work thanks alot
A bunch of threads pretty much say s-on users with 2.37+ cannot downgrade
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HTC Desire HD
you think it is going to solve soon to downgrde from 2.50 what think about xtc clip

None of the known exploits currently work on 2.37+ so we have to wait for someone to figure out a new one. You MUST get temproot to modify the version partition so the phone will accept a downgrade ROM. Unless you're S-OFF, the hboot will reject any RUU that is older than what it thinks the current version is.
XTC clips still work though.

None of the known exploits currently work on 2.37+ so we have to wait for someone to figure out a new one. You MUST get temproot to modify the version partition so the phone will accept a downgrade ROM. Unless you're S-OFF, the hboot will reject any RUU that is older than what it thinks the current version is.
XTC clips still work though.
there is any way to get s-off or temproot
i am sick of waiting this the reason i boughat desire hd to have custom roms on it
anyway thanks alot

newbie asking for an FAQ
Hi,
I've bought an second hand Desire HD and it's updated to 2.50...
Is there an thread or section about downgrading?
If I get it right then it's nog possible at this moment (yet).
Please show me the way....
THANKS!

Hi,
I've bought an second hand Desire HD and it's updated to 2.50...
Is there an thread or section about downgrading?
If I get it right then it's nog possible at this moment (yet).
Please show me the way....
THANKS!
i think me and you we have to buy xtc clip
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?LH_BIN=1&_kw=xtc&_kw=clip

mehoob12 said:
None of the known exploits currently work on 2.37+ so we have to wait for someone to figure out a new one. You MUST get temproot to modify the version partition so the phone will accept a downgrade ROM. Unless you're S-OFF, the hboot will reject any RUU that is older than what it thinks the current version is.
XTC clips still work though.
there is any way to get s-off or temproot
i am sick of waiting this the reason i boughat desire hd to have custom roms on it
anyway thanks alot
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Have you tried with Gold Card ?
Create a Gold Card:
Install GoldCard Helper from the Android Market,
Run it and make note of the value listed after Card:mmc2, Reverse CID. It should be a long series of numbers and letters. (make sure to use mmc2, the default copy to clipboard copies mmc1 ..)
Visit this page (http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard), enter the new copied number and create your goldcard image, which will be e-mailed to you.
Save the file attached in the email to your PC.
Install HxD Hex Editor on your computer, from the "Step 4 - Gold Card" folder.
Run HxD Hex Editor. ("Run as Administrator" under Vista and Windows 7).
Go to the Extra menu and select Open Disk. Under physical disk, select Removable Disk (your microSD card), uncheck Open as Read only and click OK. Note that you should select physical disk NOT the logical disk. This is important!
Go to the Extra menu again and select Open Disk Image. Open the goldcard image that you received by email.
Press OK when prompted for Sector Size (selecting 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks)) and click OK.
You should now have two tabs - one is your removable disk, the other is your goldcard image.
Click on the goldcard image tab. Go to the Edit menu, choose Select All then select the Edit menu again and select Copy.
Click on the Removable Disk tab. Highlight offset (line) 00000000 to offset (line) 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), then click on the Edit menu and select Paste Write.
Click on the File menu and select Save, accepting the warning.
Your Gold Card SD card is completed.
Or even easier use the attached application after getting the CID using GoldCard Helper from the Android Market

Have you tried with Gold Card ?
Create a Gold Card:
Install GoldCard Helper from the Android Market,
Run it and make note of the value listed after Card:mmc2, Reverse CID. It should be a long series of numbers and letters. (make sure to use mmc2, the default copy to clipboard copies mmc1 ..)
Visit this page (http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard), enter the new copied number and create your goldcard image, which will be e-mailed to you.
Save the file attached in the email to your PC.
Install HxD Hex Editor on your computer, from the "Step 4 - Gold Card" folder.
Run HxD Hex Editor. ("Run as Administrator" under Vista and Windows 7).
Go to the Extra menu and select Open Disk. Under physical disk, select Removable Disk (your microSD card), uncheck Open as Read only and click OK. Note that you should select physical disk NOT the logical disk. This is important!
Go to the Extra menu again and select Open Disk Image. Open the goldcard image that you received by email.
Press OK when prompted for Sector Size (selecting 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks)) and click OK.
You should now have two tabs - one is your removable disk, the other is your goldcard image.
Click on the goldcard image tab. Go to the Edit menu, choose Select All then select the Edit menu again and select Copy.
Click on the Removable Disk tab. Highlight offset (line) 00000000 to offset (line) 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), then click on the Edit menu and select Paste Write.
Click on the File menu and select Save, accepting the warning.
Your Gold Card SD card is completed.
Or even easier use the attached application after getting the CID using GoldCard Helper from the Android Market
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i did try it donst work thank alot

mehoob12 said:
Have you tried with Gold Card ?
i did try it donst work thank alot
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Have you tried with the application i have attached ?

Have you tried with the application i have attached ?
yes try befor don't work i have glodcrad when i boughat this phone it was on it 2.50.402
and i have s-on
anyway thank for u help

mehoob12 said:
Have you tried with the application i have attached ?
yes try befor don't work i have glodcrad when i boughat this phone it was on it 2.50.402
and i have s-on
anyway thank for u help
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I had downgraded 2 HD branded (with CID lock and S-ON) using a gold card made with the above attached application. I would think it should also work to allow you to downgrade a 2.50 HD Rom
Once you get the CID unlocked, you should be able to flash any Official HTC Rom and as such 1.32. Once you flash 1.32 just follow one guide in Dev threads to S-OFF

Steve0007 said:
Have you tried with Gold Card ?
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A gold-card will allow you to install a RUU that is not specifically meant for your device but it won't allow you to install a version that is OLDER than the current version.

Gene Poole said:
A gold-card will allow you to install a RUU that is not specifically meant for your device but it won't allow you to install a version that is OLDER than the current version.
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My gold card allow me to install 1.32 Rom on a 2.36 Rom on a branded, CID lock and S-ON HD devices. So it allows me to install a version that is OLDER
I would think it should also work to downgrade 2.50 Rom

I had downgraded 2 HD branded (with CID lock and S-ON) using a gold card made with the above attached application. I would think it should also work to allow you to downgrade a 2.50 HD Rom
Once you get the CID unlocked, you should be able to flash any Official HTC Rom and as such 1.32. Once you flash 1.32 just follow one guide in Dev threads to S-OFF
i did what you say corrictly what you do next thanks

Steve0007 said:
My gold card allow me to install 1.32 Rom on a 2.36 Rom on a branded, CID lock and S-ON HD devices. So it allows me to install a version that is OLDER
I would think it should also work to downgrade 2.50 Rom
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Unfortunately this method only works for 2.37. For anything greater, it's impossible at the moment. Yes, even with a gold card. Thanks for your efforts though, hopefully we'll find a solution one day.

mehoob12 said:
I had downgraded 2 HD branded (with CID lock and S-ON) using a gold card made with the above attached application. I would think it should also work to allow you to downgrade a 2.50 HD Rom
Once you get the CID unlocked, you should be able to flash any Official HTC Rom and as such 1.32. Once you flash 1.32 just follow one guide in Dev threads to S-OFF
i did what you say corrictly what you do next thanks
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Have you patched your SD card with the img you got and apply the patch using the application i just posted ?
If yes, just follow this thread or any other thread related to downgrade to 1.32: HERE
Or for me i just had to run the 1.32 RUU attached here, once downloaded, sync your HD with computer and run the RUU.exe file...and follow the guide

s-off and root for Android 2.3.5 - desire hd

Hello
How do I do s-off and root for my desire hd?
I have tried hard but failed attempts that applied to two
Android is version 2.3.5
I was frustrated by the failure of all attempts
Is there a way I use to lift the protection device?
Thank you in advance​

What have you tried?
Tried this?, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821

I tried, but it seems that there is something wrong
THANK YOU

msaam said:
I tried, but it seems that there is something wrong
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Did you "read the effen manual" as you are advised multiple times to do? It really is important. Making sure you aren't running any antivirus is quite important too.
The ACE Hack Kit includes all you need to root your phone. And it does it all for you with very little user input.

I'm having the same issue, I have read the effen manual at least 10 times, tried the chat support and got no reply, then got banned.
I have followed all instructions to the letter yet my downgrade is still failing.
Any one have any ideas?

Johnspence185 said:
I'm having the same issue, I have read the effen manual at least 10 times, tried the chat support and got no reply, then got banned.
I have followed all instructions to the letter yet my downgrade is still failing.
Any one have any ideas?
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The Hack Kit works great....and I would like to know why you were banned for....we try to help all the people that get stuck....and we actually do, so if you were banned, you probably didn´t follow the instructions...
By the way, what is the issue u are having?

Johnspence185 said:
I'm having the same issue, I have read the effen manual at least 10 times, tried the chat support and got no reply, then got banned.
I have followed all instructions to the letter yet my downgrade is still failing.
Any one have any ideas?
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You could try to change SD card and try to run aahk on a ubuntu live CD.
msaam said:
I tried, but it seems that there is something wrong
THANK YOU
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sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium

i tried using AAHK but got this error! PLEASE HELP!
[Select and press Enter]1
3.12.405.1_rooted_by_nitr00
This version of Android cannot use the hack kit at this time.
You can downgrade if you like, then rerun the hack step.
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE DATA
[Would you like to downgrade? y/n]y
a67daa6baa7ef085307593fef6329d14 *PD98IMG/PD98IMG-GB2.zip
Flash the downgrade RUU? [y,n]y
pushing rom to sdcard - this takes time please be patient.
417 KB/s (259503624 bytes in 606.502s)
Setting up to temproot....
rm failed for /data/local/tmp/*, No such file or directory
206 KB/s (21215 bytes in 0.100s)
404 KB/s (572752 bytes in 1.381s)
234 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.080s)
going for temproot using zergRush....
[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.
[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.
[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00017118
[*] Scooting ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
Creating goldcard....
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
or to B. Kerler:
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
**** PUSH POWER WHEN THIS STEP COMPLETES ****
If downgrade is successful, you may set up the phone and try to hack it again.
Once the downgrade is successful, press a key to return to the menu......
Otherwise, cut and paste the output to the screen into a text file for evaluatio
n.... then press a key.
Press any key to continue . . .

dinidumr said:
[Select and press Enter]1
3.12.405.1_rooted_by_nitr00
This version of Android cannot use the hack kit at this time.
You can downgrade if you like, then rerun the hack step.
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE DATA
[Would you like to downgrade? y/n]y
a67daa6baa7ef085307593fef6329d14 *PD98IMG/PD98IMG-GB2.zip
Flash the downgrade RUU? [y,n]y
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what the last state of your phone..?, is that already success downgrade by that script..?, or what..?
becuse what i know is...the script needed running twice step process if your phone is already had gingerbread os..
1. first the script need running for downgrade it your phone to froyo version..
2. running that script again for continued processing gaining s-off if the first downgrade process is already success..
what i know is that AAHK script is already retried...
the best way you can try is using AAHK2 script by Phiber2000 from here..
but before that...you must read carefully the guide from that thread..what requirement and compatible for running that script correctly...
hope this can help..

JJeamy said:
what the last state of your phone..?, is that already success downgrade by that script..?, or what..?
becuse what i know is...the script needed running twice step process if your phone is already had gingerbread os..
1. first the script need running for downgrade it your phone to froyo version..
2. running that script again for continued processing gaining s-off if the first downgrade process is already success..
what i know is that AAHK script is already retried...
the best way you can try is using AAHK2 script by Phiber2000 from here..
but before that...you must read carefully the guide from that thread..what requirement and compatible for running that script correctly...
hope this can help..
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it didnt downgrade the phone.! phone is works like before S-ON, android 2.3.5.!
hboot didn't update phone. when this process done it boots to hboot and it pass the blue bar and, no green bar or no red bar!
BTW when blue bar finishes, it says may be wrong image.

dinidumr said:
it didnt downgrade the phone.! phone is works like before S-ON, android 2.3.5.!
hboot didn't update phone. when this process done it boots to hboot and it pass the blue bar and, no green bar or no red bar!
BTW when blue bar finishes, it says may be wrong image.
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it can be you're had the wrong img downgrade RUU file..or you had bad sd card..
to fix that..you must download the correct RUU file (PD98IMG-GBX.zip) for downgrade process..that are suitable with your CIDnum of your phone...
to do that..you must check it your phone CIDnum with fastboot command "fastboot getvar all" then you will see your CIDnum in the output of the command is in the line "INFO CIDNUM XXXXXXXX.."
example : if your CIDNUM is HTC__044 then the downgrade RUU file you must download is "PD98IMG-GB6.zip" file
if your RUU file for downgrade is already correct but AAHK still fail..then you can try using different sd card..
did you already try using AAHK2 script by Phiber2000 from the link that i give it to you above or still using AAHK first version..?

my bad!
JJeamy said:
it can be you're had the wrong img downgrade RUU file..or you had bad sd card..
to fix that..you must download the correct RUU file (PD98IMG-GBX.zip) for downgrade process..that are suitable with your CIDnum of your phone...
to do that..you must check it your phone CIDnum with fastboot command "fastboot getvar all" then you will see your CIDnum in the output of the command is in the line "INFO CIDNUM XXXXXXXX.."
example : if your CIDNUM is HTC__044 then the downgrade RUU file you must download is "PD98IMG-GB6.zip" file
if your RUU file for downgrade is already correct but AAHK still fail..then you can try using different sd card..
did you already try using AAHK2 script by Phiber2000 from the link that i give it to you above or still using AAHK first version..?
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Thank you for quick reply!
btw i got the PD98IMGB9.zip. that is the file i need. KT KOREA)
but AAHK2 says to download PD98IMG-GB2.zip file. it doesn't recognize my file. i renamed my file to PD98IMG-GB2.zip, but it doen't working.!
HELP PLEASE!

dinidumr said:
Thank you for quick reply!
btw i got the PD98IMGB9.zip. that is the file i need. KT KOREA)
but AAHK2 says to download PD98IMG-GB2.zip file. it doesn't recognize my file. i renamed my file to PD98IMG-GB2.zip, but it doen't working.!
HELP PLEASE!
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just do not rename it that file..lets try just ignore it what AAHK2 say's...firstly just remove PD98IMG-GB2.zip file from PD98IMG folder (AAHK2 sub folder) that you try already using it before..and just put it your new PD98IMG-GB9.zip to PD98IMG folder under AAHK2 script sub folder..and try running that script again..don't forget to disable your antivirus first before running AAHK2 script..
and just don't forget to using sd card brand that are mentioned from the AAHK2 thread it self..like Sandisk, ADATA, Samsung, Patriot Memory (this is important)
just let me know..can you show me screen shot while running that AAHK2 script process..

Thank youu! IT worked!
thank you for helping.!
I manually copied the zip file to SD card and i locked boot loader, then i boot it with hboot and hoot recognised PD98IMG.ZIP and it flashed automatically. then i run old AAHK(NOT AAHK2) and IT WORKED!
THANK YOU!