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Update 5 July 2011 : G2 users feeling like going back to G2 eng-Hboot from Dz eng-hboot (unity and doubleshot users) check out post number 2
hello everyone ....
im writing this thread as i could not find and adequate information on the wiki page about how to restore stock hboot on desire Z after installing ENG-hboot if you want to... after reading a million threads and asking alot of senior developers and mods over here i came to a working solution..... many of you might know it already but this guide is for people who are new to desire Z and this information is not present in Desire Z wiki......
WARNING
THE FILE (HBOOT) I AM POSTING IS SPECIFIC FOR DESIRE Z WHICH WAS FACTORY UNLOCKED AND CAME WITH STOCK 1.34.405.5 ROM AND ONLY USE THIS HBOOT FILE AND THIS METHOD EXACTLY IF YOUR S-OFF WITH GFREE ASWELL WITH ENG-HBOOT INSTALLED..... IF ONLY ENG-HBOOT INSTALLED YOU SHOULD S-OFF VIA GFREE THAN USE THIS GUIDE....IF YOU DIDNT HAVE FACTORY UNLOCKED DESIRE WITH 1.34.405.5 ROM READ SECOND PART OF MY POST FIRST...... YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED AND IM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF TURN YOUR DEVICE INTO A BRICK....
STEPS:
(do a nandroid before starting incase you need to restore if phone gets stuck on htc screen after this procedure)
1. Download this zip and extract stock hboot file (1.34.405.5 stock hboot for desire z) and copy to your fastboot/adb folder ....
2. Verify its md5sum of the hboot*.nb0 (md5sum is of the hboot file not zip file) file with this
md5sum = 613ddd077d65d51259795c02ccc2023d
3. Then, from your computer go to command prompt and than go into your fastboot/adb folder
adb push hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0005_101011.nb0 /data/local
4. After the file is pushed to the phone verify its md5sum on phone (being extra careful here) using this command:
first write in command prompt
adbshell
and let adb deamon start...... you should see a $ or # depending on whether
you have super user permissions or not....now write
md5sum /data/local/hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0005_101011.nb0
and it should show up something like this
md5sum /data/local/hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0005_101011.nb0
613ddd077d65d51259795c02ccc2023d /data/local/hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0005_101011.nb0
5. This next step is CRUCIAL. You must make sure that you are writing to the proper partition here or you could brick your phone. To be absolutely clear- the partition is mmcblk(zero)p(one)(eight) I'd recommend using an adb shell from your computer (with root privileges: just unlock your phone, run 'su' in adb shell, a window will pop up in your phone asking you to allow it to run, check for it to remember, then allow, the prompt in adb shell will change to '#') for the following command, as it will permit you to copy/paste it: ( if your already seeing # than you already have superuser permissions in adbshell)
dd if=/data/local/hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0005_101011.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
That should do it. You can verify that you have the Stock HBOOT by restarting the phone into the bootloader it should say
something like "VISION PVT S-OFF" and the "ENG" would be gone......
RETURNING TO STOCK HBOOT PART 2
If you dont have the factory unlocked desire z and your phone didnt come with 1.34.405.5 rom out of the box dont use the HBOOT file i posted.
But you can use this method for returning to stock hboot.
STEPS:
1. For that you download the RUU file specific for your phone from the sticky stock roms section.....
2. open the RUU*.exe file and while its open find the temp folder and locate the folder rom.zip.....
cant find the rom.zip????? use this Guide... it helped me find my rom.zip on my windows 7
3. open it with any zip explorer (for some reason my windows 7 was not opening this rom.zip file saying it is invalid i used winrar instead)
4. extract all files to some folder and go there to find the file named something like this.....
hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0005_101011.nb0 (your file might have different numbers in the end but its name will start with hboot)
5. generate its MD5sum (there are many md5sum generators online use any you want)
6. than use my guide posted above and use your extracted hboot*.nb0 file and using the name of your file rather than what i posted in commands above.....
Credits go to our forum mod steviewevie for helping me out in restoring my stock hboot and getting rid of eng hboot....
and also to vision wiki .... most of the commands and text i used here are from the eng hboot wiki section ......
Guide to go from Dz-Hboot back to G2-Hboot (unity and doubleshot users)( For G2 only)
Update 5 July 2011
People who are concerned with flashing DZ-hboot on the G2 for Unity rom or Doubleshot rom..... You can use this guide to Return to your G2 Hboot be it Eng version or stock version .All the warnings and disclaimer posted in the first post apply here too.
This is not For Desire Z owners. You will brick your phone if you apply G2 hboot onto Desire Z
STEPS:
(do a nandroid before starting incase you need to restore if phone gets stuck on htc screen after this procedure)
1. For G2 Eng-Hboot download this vision.hboot-0.76.2000.zip
2. Now simply extract the hboot-eng.img file from the zip and compare its Md5sum of the hboot-eng.img file with this md5sum 7669AE12DC2FAA10AE555A164980EFD0 and copy to your fastboot/adb folder ....
3. Then, from your computer go to command prompt and than go into your fastboot/adb folder
adb push hboot-eng.img /data/local
4. After the file is pushed to the phone using this command:
first write in command prompt
adbshell
and let adb deamon start...... you should see a $ or # depending on whether
you have super user permissions or not....now write
md5sum /data/local/hboot-eng.img
and it should show up something like this
md5sum /data/local/hboot-eng.img
7669ae12dc2faa10ae555a164980efd0 /data/local/hboot-eng.img
compare the Md5sums here from your phone .....
5. This next step is CRUCIAL. You must make sure that you are writing to the proper partition here or you could brick your phone. To be absolutely clear- the partition is mmcblk(zero)p(one)(eight) I'd recommend using an adb shell from your computer (with root privileges: just unlock your phone, run 'su' in adb shell, a window will pop up in your phone asking you to allow it to run, check for it to remember, then allow, the prompt in adb shell will change to '#') for the following command, as it will permit you to copy/paste it: ( if your already seeing # than you already have superuser permissions in adbshell)
dd if=/data/local/hboot-eng.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
That should do it. You can verify that you have the Eng-HBOOT by restarting the phone into the bootloader it should say IN Second line "HBOOT-0.76.2000"
and your done
if your stuck on htc screen after restarting means all your partitions have been wiped. go into recovery ( ignore any errors like cannot mount cache) . do a full wipe,than wipe cache and finally wipe dalvik cache from advanced. than restore your nandorid backup. and preferably not of unity or doubleshot rom cause that will not fit in system partition....
Do you think is possible to do the same thing with a Desire HD ?
Spaghetti-XRY said:
Do you think is possible to do the same thing with a Desire HD ?
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i dont see why it shouldnt be possible if you used the ENG-hboot by the method used in wiki....
but generate your own hboot by extracting from your stock desire HD rom.....all the best
and im not responsible if you brick it your doing it at your own risk.... but i used this method for my desire Z..... and it worked perfectly.....
Edit: if you do try it and it works ... do post it here ... ill update the first post adding a note to confirm this method working for Desire HD too
Is this going to work on g2?
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blahbl4hblah said:
Is this going to work on g2?
Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk
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worked for me on desire z.... g2 is identical...... so yea it should..... but like i said before .... generate your own hboot from stock rom..... as the one i posted was for desire z.....
make sure your s-off via gfree......and follow the guide very carefully
and i am not responsible is you mess it up
Ok I'll try but just if I can reach what I want....
I've a vodafone DHD locked with cid VODAP004 (something like that), I've done s-OFF and Eng S-OFF, unlocked and superCid. Now i was thinking that if I install a stock HBOOT from RUU I can back to S-On, setting cid to HTC_001 and receive OTA from HTC, forgetting everything related to vodafone. Is it possible? Or in my phone there'll be always a reference to vodafone? I'm telling this because now when I boot in recovery my CID is 11111111, but when I do "getpro ro.cid" (I don't know if its written well) in adb shell it tells me: VODAP004.
Spaghetti-XRY said:
Ok I'll try but just if I can reach what I want....
I've a vodafone DHD locked with cid VODAP004 (something like that), I've done s-OFF and Eng S-OFF, unlocked and superCid. Now i was thinking that if I install a stock HBOOT from RUU I can back to S-On, setting cid to HTC_001 and receive OTA from HTC, forgetting everything related to vodafone. Is it possible? Or in my phone there'll be always a reference to vodafone? I'm telling this because now when I boot in recovery my CID is 11111111, but when I do "getpro ro.cid" (I don't know if its written well) in adb shell it tells me: VODAP004.
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umm... im not sure sure of the desire HD recommended premanent rooting methods so what i say about rooting you should better confirm in the desire HD forum aswell... but if the same situation was here on desire Z.... here is the general concept of how it would be achievable....
1. install Gfree and do S-off using that as eng-Hboot s-off is not a proper S-off and g-free actually turns it off....
2. after your G-free s-off use the -f command given in the wiki that converts the CID to 111111.
3. than use my procedure to get back to the stock HBOOT... you would still be S-off than simply install a stock rooted WWE desire HD latest rom posted in your dev section
now according to my understanding with g free s-off all the sim locks and carrier locks are removed you can flash any rom... but its always recommended to install rooted rom posted on the dev forum with latest updates for WWE rom rather than going for a signed update from HTC.... or doing an OTA.....
even though i think that gfree s-off cannot be broken by stock non rooted rom... there is a danger it might and if it does you can end up with a brick until your vodafone comes up with an update number higher than your installed bricked rom...
hope this helps
Well, lets better going in details:
1) I bought a vodafone, sim locked, desire hd. Baseband 1.7x - CID vODAP304
2) Than I've downgraded using the guide of desire Z, rooted with gfree -f (unlock, radio s-off, supercid) and used also One Click Tool to have eng s-off.
3) Installed a RUU 1.75 baseband stock - CID through recovery is 1111111, through terminal (getprop ro.cid) is VODAP304 [It's a known "bug", but the phone read the bootloader's cid and lets use any sim]. - Same situation if I install a custom rom.
4) So know in recovery I got eng s-off and in system info cid is 1111111
My question now is: It's possible to have s-on, installing hboot from a stock rom and obtain OTAs from HTC (changing also CID to HTC_001) forgetting that the phone was a locked vodafone one ? Or in others words... arrive in the situation as u've bought the phone directly from HTC unbranded and unlocked: Ship S-On, unlocked, CID: HTC_001 from getprop ro.cid
Spaghetti-XRY said:
Well, lets better going in details:
1) I bought a vodafone, sim locked, desire hd. Baseband 1.7x - CID vODAP304
2) Than I've downgraded using the guide of desire Z, rooted with gfree -f (unlock, radio s-off, supercid) and used also One Click Tool to have eng s-off.
3) Installed a RUU 1.75 baseband stock - CID through recovery is 1111111, through terminal (getprop ro.cid) is VODAP304 [It's a known "bug", but the phone read the bootloader's cid and lets use any sim]. - Same situation if I install a custom rom.
4) So know in recovery I got eng s-off and in system info cid is 1111111
My question now is: It's possible to have s-on, installing hboot from a stock rom and obtain OTAs from HTC (changing also CID to HTC_001) forgetting that the phone was a locked vodafone one ? Or in others words... arrive in the situation as u've bought the phone directly from HTC unbranded and unlocked: Ship S-On, unlocked, CID: HTC_001 from getprop ro.cid
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ummm that is not possible.... as far as i think so.... but staying S-off via gfree. and keeping the carrier unlocked to CID 1111111 restoring original Hboot and installing a stock rom thats WWE rom and doing an OTA update might be possible but i cannot cannot confirm on that .... you would have to ask the creators of Gfree or mods of Gfree ... if that is possible....
its Kind of a Grey Zone....
hispeedworm said:
ummm that is not possible.... as far as i think so.... but staying S-off via gfree. and keeping the carrier unlocked to CID 1111111 restoring original Hboot and installing a stock rom thats WWE rom and doing an OTA update might be possible but i cannot cannot confirm on that .... you would have to ask the creators of Gfree or mods of Gfree ... if that is possible....
its Kind of a Grey Zone....
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it might be possible via the fact that you S-off using gfree... but when your going S-on you restore the partition 7 of a stock desire HD which was factory unlocked with cid htc_001....(you can ask for a partition 7 from someone who had factory unlocked phone) on DHD thread
its very gray zone subject.... might work out perfectly as you want it to.. or you might end up with a brick at your hands .... all depends whether you wanna try it or not
if you do try do post the result here as of what happened. all the best
I read in a spanish forum that someone obtained to change CID number in "getprop ro.cid" using easy radio tool v2.2 .
For what I understand, I need to install stock kernel 1.32, than stock Radio (Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M ...this one I guess) for baseband 1.32, doing s-off change cid with easy radio tool and then OTA. I'll try.... and will let u know
Spaghetti-XRY said:
I read in a spanish forum that someone obtained to change CID number in "getprop ro.cid" using easy radio tool v2.2 .
For what I understand, I need to install stock kernel 1.32, than stock Radio (Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M ...this one I guess) for baseband 1.32, doing s-off change cid with easy radio tool and then OTA. I'll try.... and will let u know
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super ... all the best buddy
Hi, Thanks for a great guide. However, it's a little bit confusing - will this work on every factory unlocked Desire Z, which have been shipped before the latest two OTA's (1.72.405.2 & 1.82.405.1)? I don't remember which software version was installed on my phone when I got it. I believe that the WWE-ROMs listed in the other thread are the ROMs for us in Europe?
Kenzy-FIN said:
Hi, Thanks for a great guide. However, it's a little bit confusing - will this work on every factory unlocked Desire Z, which have been shipped before the latest two OTA's (1.72.405.2 & 1.82.405.1)? I don't remember which software version was installed on my phone when I got it. I believe that the WWE-ROMs listed in the other thread are the ROMs for us in Europe?
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hey buddy ...well this guide is to return to your stock Hboot from ENG hboot while keeping root . and its for already rooted phones ...this guide is not for rooting. for that check wiki...
and yes my phone came with 1.34 based rom... and when i rooted it i installed eng hboot on it. later i removed the eng hboot and went back to my stock hboot using this method. and yes i have a factory unlocked desire Z too
Yeah, I know this isn't about rooting, but there are several different guides for unrooting devices, which have been rooted in different ways. I rooted my Desire Z with the rollback-method, gfree/eng-hboot etc, so I suppose this method suits for my Desire Z as well. I just wanted to know it for sure to be able to download these files to my server for future use... I'm not going to unroot my phone ever, until I'll sell it to somebody else
Kenzy-FIN said:
Yeah, I know this isn't about rooting, but there are several different guides for unrooting devices, which have been rooted in different ways. I rooted my Desire Z with the rollback-method, gfree/eng-hboot etc, so I suppose this method suits for my Desire Z as well. I just wanted to know it for sure to be able to download these files to my server for future use... I'm not going to unroot my phone ever, until I'll sell it to somebody else
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yes you can .... but than you would have to restore partition 7 backup via gree and turn S-on to finish Unrooting process
nice and simple. thanks for the guide.
Your most welcome
pmcqueen said:
nice and simple. thanks for the guide.
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Thanks dude,
Using the same method I updated my hboot from stock [hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0005_101011] to hboot_7230_Vision_HEP_0.85.0009_101202 of 1.82.720.1 OTA for India.
Hi I've been searching for days and have always been able to find answers but this one has got me.
My gf has a HTC Desire HD, pretty sure it's Vodafone since she works there. Tried to do a normal update a while ago and it never started since, just sits on the HTC logo. I can boot into fastboot hboot recovery and all that but I'm stuck as to what to do from here.
I have found a couple of WWE RUU's but the error out with a CID error, I've also found a Vodafone backup someone took from clockwork but this phone only has stock recovery and I don't know how to flash clockwork without being able to boot the phone.
Hoping someone might have an easy answer, please let me know if I need to provide more details.
Thanks.
If its rooted just place a rom on the sd and flash it with full wipe. You are not suppose to accept OTA updates if the phone is rooted if Im not mistaken. If not rooted then go to HTC websight and get the official RUU and install, instructions should be on websight.
http://www.htc.com/europe/help/htc-desire-hd/#download
primussw said:
Hi I've been searching for days and have always been able to find answers but this one has got me.
My gf has a HTC Desire HD, pretty sure it's Vodafone since she works there. Tried to do a normal update a while ago and it never started since, just sits on the HTC logo. I can boot into fastboot hboot recovery and all that but I'm stuck as to what to do from here.
I have found a couple of WWE RUU's but the error out with a CID error, I've also found a Vodafone backup someone took from clockwork but this phone only has stock recovery and I don't know how to flash clockwork without being able to boot the phone.
Hoping someone might have an easy answer, please let me know if I need to provide more details.
Thanks.
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Get me the CID and Iwill provide u with a ruu that works...VODAFONE from where? not all ruu's are available, but at least we can find one that makes your phone back to work...:good:
Unfortuanately it isn't rooted, I probably would've had more luck by now if it was.
I can't see the CID on the bootloader is there a command on fastboot or something to find this? I've been searching but can't find anything.
Sorry I thought of that afterwards, it's Vodafone Australia.
Thanks for the replies guys!
I just tried that European RUU thought I didn't have anything to loose but it came back with ERROR 132 Signature Error.
The Australian HTC site doesn't have a RUU to download that I can see.
primussw said:
I just tried that European RUU thought I didn't have anything to loose but it came back with ERROR 132 Signature Error.
The Australian HTC site doesn't have a RUU to download that I can see.
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Read up here and see if this can help you or not.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
Also the other option is to go to the Ace Hack Kit forum IRC Chat room and speak to those guys there. They are Abolutely GREAT with any issues and they might be able to solve your issue. I would try them first. IRC chat towards the bottom of first main post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821
Good Luck
primussw said:
Unfortuanately it isn't rooted, I probably would've had more luck by now if it was.
I can't see the CID on the bootloader is there a command on fastboot or something to find this? I've been searching but can't find anything.
Sorry I thought of that afterwards, it's Vodafone Australia.
Thanks for the replies guys!
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yep, do the following: boot in hboot and choose fastboot. Then plug the phone (check that you see fastboot usb in red)
Open cmd as admin or a terminal as root and then, type fastboot getvar all. Get the INFOcidnum and paste it here. With that I will try to find a ruu that works. But stop trying flashing other things...you might mess the device.
Hi
Thanks again for the help. The cidnum: VODAP021
Hope this helps, I haven't checked out those other links yet though.
primussw said:
Hi
Thanks again for the help. The cidnum: VODAP021
Hope this helps, I haven't checked out those other links yet though.
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Ok, I will look for a RUU (to see if I can get one that works, and will send it over a PM)...:laugh:
No post it here in case someone else has the same problem so he too can get the file.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
Solution!!
Ok firstly sorry it's taken me ages to post this but I finally came up with a solution to this problem using a few different guides and instructions on these forums.
So the problem was I had a Vodafone AU branded HTC Desire HD that had no root and a locked bootloader that was stuck in a bootloop after a failed official update. The main problem is that there is NO stock recovery ROM ANYWHERE for a Vodafone AU HTC Desire HD, trust me I looked and I am not new to looking for stuff like this. glevitan provided me with a WW ROM that I managed to get working with a bit of work, there are also many WW ROM's around that you should also be able to use. I'll try to explain as best I can as to how I got it to work (going from memory) so if anyone else has a similar problem they may be able to use this information.
1. Firstly find a suitable WW ROM to flash, it needs to be a PD98IMG.zip image to copy to an SD card. There is a Vodafone AU dump on this forum but that will not work if you are completely stock standard. I think you can get this zip from the RUU or maybe ask glevitan if he wouldn't mind helping in providing this again. I didn't want to link to his file but there are others around.
2. Create a goldcard. If you turn your SD card into a goldcard it will allow any ROM to be flashed, normally it would only accept the Vodafone AU one but by doing this it will accept the WW one. To do this I used a second phone to create the card.
I used the Ultimate multi tool which can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1180639
You may have to do a bit of reading on getting it to work, from memory you have to put in a number to a website to generate a file, I think I ended up using a different website, there's a few options in getting this done, google is your friend for this
3. Once the goldcard is created copy the PD98IMG.zip to the root directory and put it back into the phone.
4. Turn on the phone and boot to hboot by holding vol up (I think) on power on. The phone should automatically check for a suitable PD98IMG.zip file and as long as the goldcard process worked and you have a suitable ROM on the root directory it should flash it fine.
This is basically what I did and it successfully booted after a lot of looking around. I hope this helps people in the future with similar problems. If you need to ask any questions about this process as I haven't provided every single detail please feel free to contact me and I will do my best to help you out.
Thanks again to glevitan for helping and providing a suitable ROM to flash.
Hi all,
Hopefully this is not a questian thats already been asked, I couldnt find it.
I want to root and s-off my Desire Z to use it with another ROM, when I want to do the first step unlocking the bootloader via htcdev I'm stuck somewhere in the beginning. When I try to get the identifier token in the command prompt I get an error.
First about the phone:
Android version 2.3.3
HTC sense version 2.1
softwareversion: 2.42.405.4
S-on
Hboot 0.85.0013
What I first did was using the Quick root application from this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1870652 to root the device with the universal exploit.
Later I wanted to unlock the bootloader so i followed the steps at the htcdev site. Everything works except when i type the command: 'fastboot oem get_identifier_token' in de command prompt I get a command error. After searching I found out that this probably has something to do with my hboot version. So I tried to update it with the RUU provided by htcdev, but the RUU says I have to update my device. My device says there is no update. (there is also a * indicating that the hboot should be updated when I select the HTC desire Z as the phone I want the bootloader to be unlocked, I select the HTC desire Z A7272)
When I try to unroot my device again with the quick root application it says my phone is allready unrooted.
Whats do I do wrong?
Many thanks for all the help I get!
The “Quick root application” is only for S-OFF devices. You are S-ON, you did not root your phone. That’s why the application says your phone is already unrooted.
I’m not sure about unlocking the bootloader per htcdev site. I think our device is not supported, only newer devices are. Our firmware doesn’t know the command, that’s why you get the error message. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
You have to S-OFF your phone first. There are some good guides on this site, just search.
shared_ptr said:
The “Quick root application” is only for S-OFF devices. You are S-ON, you did not root your phone. That’s why the application says your phone is already unrooted.
I’m not sure about unlocking the bootloader per htcdev site. I think our device is not supported, only newer devices are. Our firmware doesn’t know the command, that’s why you get the error message. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
You have to S-OFF your phone first. There are some good guides on this site, just search.
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Thanks! This means I have to follow another route.
Maybe someone else has an idea, otherwise I'll look for a different method.
Internet usually uses this order:
the basic steps will be:
1)unlock with htcdev
2)flash recovery
3)flash superuser root files.
4)rewrite the misc image with adb and downgrade to froyo
5)re-unlock htcdev hboot
6)re-flash recovery
7)re-flash superuser root files and flash unrevoked's "forever" s-off patch
But you think this is impossible for me?
our phones are supported but I don't recommend the htc offical method as it is sure to give you many headaches down the road. rooting your phone and gaining true soff is realitively easy, just google search "cyanogen vision root wiki" "xda wiki g2 root" "strawmetal root pdf"
read these guides, and when you feel comfortable go for it, every question you can think of has been answered on xda so search around a bit. if you need extra help log onto freenode #g2root
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
shared_ptr said:
The “Quick root application” is only for S-OFF devices. You are S-ON, you did not root your phone. That’s why the application says your phone is already unrooted.
I’m not sure about unlocking the bootloader per htcdev site. I think our device is not supported, only newer devices are. Our firmware doesn’t know the command, that’s why you get the error message. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
You have to S-OFF your phone first. There are some good guides on this site, just search.
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I do think the desire z is supported. It is listed: http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
however, it is starred: * Indicates HBOOT update required.
update:
then use the new RUU next to it to enable the unlocking capability.
HTC EU 2.42.405.2 PC1011000 Download
Thanks for correcting me.
I was wrong, it IS possible to unlock our phone using htcdev.
However it is not recommended. See for example this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750978
Thanks!
I tried to use this (in my screen there is no RUU next to the phone but this RUU is listed in the first screen you get before step 1 unloucking bootloader), as indicated in my first post, bur this RUU gives an error:
It first wants to get my ROM to 2.42.405.2 before it can update hboot. My ROM version is 2.42.405.4.
So when I use the RUU the program says I dont have the newest ROM so I should try to get that by updating my phone via settings/software update. However my phone indicates that there is no update available for my phone.
Weird stuff..
Pt. said:
Thanks!
I tried to use this (in my screen there is no RUU next to the phone but this RUU is listed in the first screen you get before step 1 unloucking bootloader), as indicated in my first post, bur this RUU gives an error:
It first wants to get my ROM to 2.42.405.2 before it can update hboot. My ROM version is 2.42.405.4.
So when I use the RUU the program says I dont have the newest ROM so I should try to get that by updating my phone via settings/software update. However my phone indicates that there is no update available for my phone.
Weird stuff..
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I had the same issue on another device (Wildfire S). It is because the tool was made in the time when 2.42.405.2 was the latest ROM. I think the only solution is to wait till HTC updates their tool or to downgrade your phone. However, if you manage to downgrade your phone, you are halfway to get a S-OFF without htcdev
Thanks for all the help I got!
I'll post here what I've done to root my phone in case someone has the same problem.
First I downgraded my phone, the only guide that could help me with that is this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
After that I rooted my phone I installed the cyanogen mod 7.2 and for that I used this guide:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting
If you follow this guides to the letter you should be oke. I'm really happy I did it!
Hi
I have read all your post and replies. This is not any other post, m posting this after going for hours through your forum.
I have tried the new HTC Any root method, doesnt work. I rooted htc incredible s it rooted it, but with wildfire s it give error of out of memory. i made a space of 93mb in system memory, but still didnt work.
I have tried to update bootloader from HTC dev site, but my software version is 2.26.401.3, and no ROMs are yet available for this.
I have specifically searched wildfire s forum and have tried all the rooting methods but failed.
I have also tried the specific blog for htc wild fire s method but failed.
Kindly advise one method for which i can root htc wildfire s with above specifications.
Or can it be rooted at all?
I shall be very thankful.
Ali Rana from Pakistan.
aliranan8 said:
Hi
I have read all your post and replies. This is not any other post, m posting this after going for hours through your forum.
I have tried the new HTC Any root method, doesnt work. I rooted htc incredible s it rooted it, but with wildfire s it give error of out of memory. i made a space of 93mb in system memory, but still didnt work.
I have tried to update bootloader from HTC dev site, but my software version is 2.26.401.3, and no ROMs are yet available for this.
I have specifically searched wildfire s forum and have tried all the rooting methods but failed.
I have also tried the specific blog for htc wild fire s method but failed.
Kindly advise one method for which i can root htc wildfire s with above specifications.
Or can it be rooted at all?
I shall be very thankful.
Ali Rana from Pakistan.
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will you please tell me what error you got while unlocking bootloader ??? i have same device and just figured out what i was doing wrong. maybe i could help.
did you try unlockroot ?
unlockroot.com
aliranan8 said:
Hi
I have read all your post and replies. This is not any other post, m posting this after going for hours through your forum.
I have tried the new HTC Any root method, doesnt work. I rooted htc incredible s it rooted it, but with wildfire s it give error of out of memory. i made a space of 93mb in system memory, but still didnt work.
I have tried to update bootloader from HTC dev site, but my software version is 2.26.401.3, and no ROMs are yet available for this.
I have specifically searched wildfire s forum and have tried all the rooting methods but failed.
I have also tried the specific blog for htc wild fire s method but failed.
Kindly advise one method for which i can root htc wildfire s with above specifications.
Or can it be rooted at all?
I shall be very thankful.
Ali Rana from Pakistan.
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Hi Ali well I rooted my wfs yesterday. Here's what I did.
1. Get ur bootloader unlocked from htcdev (just register and start following the steps, *Skip the RUU step*)
2. Restart ur wfs in hboot (by pressing power button and volume down)
3. Select fastboot and enter the cmd instructions.
4. Copy and paste the string and send it to htcdev for ur unlock key.
5. Follow the remaining steps to unlock the bootloader.
6. If. Your device is S-Off then go ahead with the root if it's S-ON then use the universal exploit and make sure that u have the original SD card inserted when using the universal exploit.
Hope this helps
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
No!
loveforall said:
did you try unlockroot ?
unlockroot.com
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Don't uninstall the above:
1 - it didnt work for me (Wildfire S, euro version)
2 - it installs a lot of junk software (toolbars, IM icon packs etc) that took me half an hour to uninstall.
pg76img not updating
While hboot processing PG76IMG parsing and getting an error message "main version old" what should I do now,I tried checking software updates but it said no updates available for ur phone,pls help me out of this
s-ff
i did root th ehtc wildfire s bu its in s-on ...how to s-off it
????
s-off
nitin9291 said:
i did root th ehtc wildfire s bu its in s-on ...how to s-off it
????
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i got the same problem ...plz give the solution if you find it
I am unable to update may rom through RUU.
Yoy asked to skip RUU step but htcdev.com says that it is required.please help me what should I do?
i have spent a lot of time on unlocking bootloader but all in vain..
Amjad Iqbal Tarar
[email protected]
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using xda app-developers app
Did this get solved
I managed to do it just needed use my other os on laptop just now i have memory problem can only install about 5 apps any help guys
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Hi, I'm new to the forum. I have a question regarding root HTC Wildfire S. I have root my phone, but I formatted the card on which we were all saved. I was wondering if I need root again or can just install the new CM9. I had cm7. Thank you.
wildfire_s said:
Hi, I'm new to the forum. I have a question regarding root HTC Wildfire S. I have root my phone, but I formatted the card on which we were all saved. I was wondering if I need root again or can just install the new CM9. I had cm7. Thank you.
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man can u tell me how you had rooted your wfs? i've unlocked my bootloader and i'm s-on but I'm stuck on HTC logo screen when hitting the recovery..thank you!
Hiya Folks, I recently attempted to unroot a Telstra HTC Desire (GSM) that I have not used in about a year or so, it was originally running Froyo then unlocked with the unlockr and had Leedroid loaded in. I looked all over and found an unroot + flash to stock on the unlokr, However the program aborted about halfway through (it required me to be using HTC Sync), the phone or the system stopped talking to one or the other and has now soft/bricked the phone. Upon boot it will not go past the Telstra NextG loading screen. Is there a way to unbrick & reflash stock or am I now stuck with a paperweight ?.
I have read the other similar threads but most of those seem to require you to be able to access the boot loader
Any help is appreciated in this.
With the phone turned off, hold volume down + power
If it boots into bootloader then read this guide and do it the PB99IMG method
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&sourc...y4HgBg&usg=AFQjCNFSK93G8PE_CcN45y7_9mFs4lxqsQ
Sent from my HTC Desire
Thank you for the link, however whilst I am able to get into bootloader the unroot program requires a 'goldcard' the link it gives for the easy create
leads to another hosting site where it was pulled for 'copyright violations'. I did not have a goldcard to root the phone the first time as I used the unrevoked method
http://d-h.st/d44
This is the 2.3 gb upgrade from htcdev as PB99IMG u dont need a goldcard
Sent from my HTC Desire
jmcclue said:
This is the 2.3 gb upgrade from htcdev as PB99IMG u dont need a goldcard
Sent from my HTC Desire
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I'll give it a shot and let you know how it works out.
Thanks in advance
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Get the following message on screen
-- Installing SDCARD PB99IMG.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E: Can't open /sdcard/PB99IMG.zip
(bad)
Installation Aborted
I verified the file size and it matches with the web link.
Any tips ?
Check the md5sum, make sure it matches the 1 in dev-host. Could be a bad download. It does work as a few people have used it. You could follow that guide and find the exact ruu for ur device then u wont get the cid error
Sent from my HTC Desire
Checked and verified, same issue.
Downloaded RUU for Telstra Australia, gets to data verification then tells me that it cannot connect to the phone &
to please ensure cable is connected to phone & PC.
tried a more recent version of the PB99IMG and received the 'bad' error
I will list the RUU's I have tried
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_Telstra_WWE_2.26.841.2_Radio_32.48.00.32U_5.11.05.14_release_150162_signed.exe
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.15.405.4_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_release_122704.exe
RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe
RUU_Bravo_Telstra_WWE_1.15.841.14_R4_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_123851.exe
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And the zips
PB99IMG.zip
PB99IMG_2.29.405.5_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.zip
OTA_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.zip
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U said u cant connect ur phone to the computer, so ul have to follow that guide i posted and get the "rom.zip" from the correct ruu for ur phone and rename it to PB99IMG.zip and put it on ur sdcard.
Sent from my HTC Desire
Exhausted all of them and every single one gives me the same error
E: Can't open /sdcard/PB99IMG.zip
(bad)
Thanks for trying to help
Try a different sdcard, maybe its damaged r something
Sent from my HTC Desire