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Needing help to turn S-ON to S-OFF HTC Desire

Phone : HTC Desire White GSM
ROM: Oxygen v2 RC6 Rooted
The guide: http://alpharev.nl/
I cant understand what to do, can somebody help me? what shall i download?
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table. CANT UNDER THIS
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
What shall i download there?
bravo_alphaspl-oxygen.img PB99IMG_bravo_oxygen
which files shall i burn and boot up?
which stock rom shall i use for the operation?

More reading, less asking.
There is a tutorial thread in development, if you read that and still don't understand what to do don't even think about S-offing you phone.
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You again...We are not a helpdesk if you are to lazy to search.

Read or brick.
you dont do that with a device thats s-on, there is an iso and you burn it to cd and boot, plug in the device and let it doe its thing
RTFM

kakashi-jk3 said:
Phone : HTC Desire White GSM
ROM: Oxygen v2 RC6 Rooted
The guide: http://alpharev.nl/
I cant understand what to do, can somebody help me? what shall i download?
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table. CANT UNDER THIS
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
What shall i download there?
bravo_alphaspl-oxygen.img PB99IMG_bravo_oxygen
which files shall i burn and boot up?
which stock rom shall i use for the operation?
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Why do you want s-off? Just for fun I think..U dont need it if u dont know nothing about MD5, fastboot, etc..U will brick ur phone of course

I was wondering the same when I did this. Instructions arn't that great (at least not on AlphaRev's site). Just download the reflash utility and then you boot it as an OS. It runs off TinyCore.

if you use the forum post created for alpharev it tells you all you need to know

kakashi-jk3 said:
Phone : HTC Desire White GSM
ROM: Oxygen v2 RC6 Rooted
The guide: http://alpharev.nl/
I cant understand what to do, can somebody help me? what shall i download?
2) Verify the MD5SUM of the file you downloaded against the one in the table. CANT UNDER THIS
3) Flash HBOOT with your phone in fastboot mode (Back+POWER) -> 'fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl.img' (change into the correct filename for the HBOOT you downloaded)
What shall i download there?
bravo_alphaspl-oxygen.img PB99IMG_bravo_oxygen
which files shall i burn and boot up?
which stock rom shall i use for the operation?
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I have written an extensive article on this, which you can find here:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/gain-s-off-on-htc-desire-gsm-with-alpharev-1-8-custom-hboot/
I used this method to gain S-OFF on the Desire that I am using and decided to write a guide for newbies on it, after going through a lot of guides here and elsewhere, where the writers assumed the reader knew much of the stuff already.

i dont see whats so hard about the current guides
BURN THE ALPHAREV.ISO TO CD
PUT IT IN PC
BOOT VIA CD
WAIT TILL PROMPTED TO CONNECT DEVICE
CONNECT DEVICE
UNPLUG DEVICE WHEN FINISHED
its literally that !!! whats difficult
if you find that difficult sell phone and sell computer as you cant boot from cd

Rastaman-FB said:
i dont see whats so hard about the current guides
BURN THE ALPHAREV.ISO TO CD
PUT IT IN PC
BOOT VIA CD
WAIT TILL PROMPTED TO CONNECT DEVICE
CONNECT DEVICE
UNPLUG DEVICE WHEN FINISHED
its literally that !!! whats difficult
if you find that difficult sell phone and sell computer as you cant boot from cd
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shall i only use the alpharev flash? or shall i download the oxygen thing to?

Sd not recognised NEED HELP

Howdy:
Here's the deal.
I need to flash a pd98img.zip or a nandroid backup from fastboot. Can anyone tell me what the commands are once my phone's serial number appears after entering 'fastboot devices'?
Here's why. The phone isn't reading the sd card. Might be hardware, I'm not sure but I want to flash a stock rom and find out.
The phone is eng s off and radio s off super cid blah yadda blah......
I've access to cwm recovery 3.x... and the bootloader but there's no rom on the phone so it won't boot past the Htc splash screen (unless selecting recovery from the bootloader) and when I use an ruu with it plugged into the usb with bootloader connection the ruu says there isn't enough battery and stops.
Any instruction would be really appreciated but please remember, I can't use any sd card (tried several that work on my other dhd).
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

If you have the system & data .img's from a backup you can try,
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash data data.img

Thank you for your suggestion. I flashed system and all is ok but when I flash the data image i get
failed remote: partition does not exist.
Any suggestions?
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Anyone?
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

Can you try booting into recovery and head into "mounts and storage" then format /data
Then try,
Code:
fastboot flash data data.img
again.

Hey. Thanks so much for your help. I'll have a go and get back to you tomorrow.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

[Q] No way out of bootloader, keys not responsive, please HELP!

Hey guys,
I'm in desperate need of some help here.
I tried to install the latest build of Coredroid today, installed all the way to start up screen, then saw safe mode sign.
Rebooted phone.
Straight to bootloader (Android skateboarder page).
In bootloader, volume keys do NOT work, thus, I cannot navigate.
I tried several things, my phone will NOT allow me to boot into Clockwork Recovery, no matter what I do.
I have tried renaming several different roms to PD98IMG and then rebooting, bootloader loads the file then takes me here:
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER
[2] BOOT
[3] RECOVERY
[4] SYSTEM
[5] SPLASH1
[6] SPLASH2
[7] USERDATA
[8] TP
[9] TP
[10] TP
[11] TP
[12] RADIO_V2
[13] RADIO_CUST
I can't select any of these since my volume keys are unresponsive.
Just so you know, the details at the top of my bootloader screen are as follows:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD981000)
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26
Can you guys please offer some suggestions?
I'm in such desperate need of help!
Kind regards,
- Ric

My volume keys seem to work in boot loader. Strange that it isn't working for you.
What you can do is open up cmd and use adb shell reboot recovery It should reboot into recovery for you.

There's a fair few threads where people report similar things, although there doesn't seem to be a conclusive solution.

I just tried an adb shell reboot recovery in boot loader and it couldn't find the device. Will try a few other things and get back to you.

The command you want is 'fastboot reboot recovery'
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Mate I seriously appreciate your help!
Someone suggested downloading a RUU but that didn't work for me either?
I kept getting error 170 (usb connection)

philicibine said:
The command you want is 'fastboot reboot recovery'
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Sorry I don't know what this means!

Plug ur phone into ur pc while in bootloader mode... and then on ur pc command prompt type fastboot reboot recovery
Easy
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philicibine said:
Plug ur phone into ur pc while in bootloader mode... and then on ur pc command prompt type fastboot reboot recovery
Easy
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So I typed that and received the message:
'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Could you please elaborate on that?
Kind regards,
- Ric

You have the android sdk?
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philicibine said:
You have the android sdk?
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I've got it downloading the packages now, am I heading in the right direction?
Kind regards,
- Ric

Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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philicibine said:
Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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Ok, well thanks for the support.
I'll see what I can do.

Hey, So I think I've figured out how to fix your problem. Is your phone unbranded? And the RUU file you have. What steps did you try to get that to work? From what I've read around the forums you can either go into the bootloader. Plug in your USB, and it should come up something like "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen to confirm it. Run the exe and it should take you through the steps. You said you got an error so im assuming thats the steps you tried already.
Failing that, have you got a card reader? If so, you can drop an RUU's pb99img file onto the root of the sd card as Hboot looks for this file when it loads. This will then performs the same action without the need for USB connectivity.
So it's just "pb99img.zip" so delete everything between pb99img and .zip from the filename.

philicibine said:
Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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Hello mate, got everything downloaded.
fastboot reboot recovery
Doesn't do a great deal.
After I type it and press enter, the command prompt displays a list of commands and options.
Something along the lines of:
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
update <filename>
flashall
flash <partition> [ <filename> ]
erase <partition>
and so on...
There doesn't appear to be any interaction with the device itself...

usmaanali said:
Hey, So I think I've figured out how to fix your problem. Is your phone unbranded? And the RUU file you have. What steps did you try to get that to work? From what I've read around the forums you can either go into the bootloader. Plug in your USB, and it should come up something like "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen to confirm it. Run the exe and it should take you through the steps. You said you got an error so im assuming thats the steps you tried already.
Failing that, have you got a card reader? If so, you can drop an RUU's pb99img file onto the root of the sd card as Hboot looks for this file when it loads. This will then performs the same action without the need for USB connectivity.
So it's just "pb99img.zip" so delete everything between pb99img and .zip from the filename.
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Yes, tried the first part, the RUU didn't detect my phone.
With the second part, how do I find the pb99img file?
Can I just download one?
Could you please point me in the right direction?
Kind regards,
- Ric

I'm still no further forward.
Could you please point me in the direction of one of the tutorials you're talking about?
I have searched extensively but I haven't found anything that seems relevant.
Desperately need my phone!
Kind regards,
- Ric

The RUU file you have, It should be about 150mb or something right? and make sure it is the correct RUU file. It should be zipped up and just rename it so it is "pb99img.zip" and make sure not to put it in any sort of folders onto your sd card.
I'm assuming you have the RUU already as you said you tried it already. If not try this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357

usmaanali said:
The RUU file you have, It should be about 150mb or something right? and make sure it is the correct RUU file. It should be zipped up and just rename it so it is "pb99img.zip" and make sure not to put it in any sort of folders onto your sd card.
I'm assuming you have the RUU already as you said you tried it already. If not try this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357
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the rom.zip found in an RUU is usually 250-290mb in size depending on carrier addons. This is what is renamed to PD98IMG.zip
AGAIN, PD98IMG
And why hasnt anyone asked him if HTC Sync has been installed?

If you plug in your USB cable while your DHD is powered off, does it go into offmode charging? (does the charging led turn on after a few seconds?)
If so, you should be able to "adb shell" into your phone

[Q] USB Brick HBoot 1.02 and official Gingerbread 2.3.3

Hi!
I USB-Bricked my Desire PVT4. Now it is with HBoot 1.02 and official unrooted Gingerbread 2.3.3.
I tried common methods, but I cant get access to write misc partition.
I got my SD card working with fastboot oem enableqxdm 0. I made a valid mtd0 Image etc... but after copy the flash_image, rageagainstthecage and mtd0 the terminal emulator wont run after stopping the task.
Cant downgrade HBoot without root. Alpharev (revolutionary4-4) needs USB running in ROM.
I did following steps to unbrick (with help of "Leinad"):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955845
Cant pass step 5! Relaunching the Terminal Emulator fails! Doesnt open anymore. I read, that writing Misc partition in HBoot 1.02 is not possible using this method.
Need working method for HBoot 1.02 with official Gingerbread 2.3.3 in order to USB-unbrick my Desire!
Any ideas?
Please !!!! I need help!!!!!
Thanx guys

Flash the gb ruu with the PB99IMG.zip method
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andQlimax said:
Flash the gb ruu with the pmg99.zip method
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Which ROM should be included in pmg99.zip?

An ruu is an htc utility that restore everything to stock
as u are usb bricked and can't run the ruu from the pc, u can use a PB99IMG.zip
is it basically what an ruu contain inside the exe
so the steps are:
1) run the gingerbread ruu 2.3.3 without plug the phone..start the exe go next till it ask to plug the phone or something
2) then from windows/run write %temp% and search a rom.zip file
3) rename it as PB99IMG.zip (ensure is not .zip.zip)
4) with an microsd card reader put it in the root of ur sdcard (not in any folder)
5) switch off the phone (pull the battery and plug in again just to be sure)
6) boot the phone in bootloader mode by pressing and holding vold down + press and hold power button..hold both untill u go in a menu with a white screen
7) after some seconds it should ask u automatically to flash the update..the choice yest with volume keys, then confirm yes with the power button
the update will restore everything, so u will lose everything in the phone (not in the sdcard)..ensure to have enough battery..thats it
EDIT: just edit this, check it

andQlimax said:
sorry..wait
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I can use and run the official RUU 2.3 update exe in fastboot! Installation works fine. But after installation I have the USB (CDMA..) problem in Windows and gsm is not working!

dexterm1 said:
I can use and run the official RUU 2.3 update exe in fastboot! Installation works fine. But after installation I have the USB (CDMA..) problem in Windows and gsm is not working!
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i don't think is an usb brick...from what i know an ruu should solve it..maybe im wrong..as u not s-off, well i dont have idea sorry

andQlimax said:
An ruu is an htc utility that restore everything to stock
as u are usb bricked and can't run the ruu from the pc, u can use a PB99IMG.zip
is it basically what an ruu contain inside the exe
so the steps are:
1) run the gingerbread ruu 2.3.3 without plug the phone..start the exe go next till it ask to plug the phone or something
2) then from windows/run write %temp% and search a rom.zip file
3) rename it as PB99IMG.zip (ensure is not .zip.zip)
4) with an microsd card reader put it in the root of ur sdcard (not in any folder)
5) switch off the phone (pull the battery and plug in again just to be sure)
6) boot the phone in bootloader mode by pressing and holding vold down + press and hold power button..hold both untill u go in a menu with a white screen
7) after some seconds it should ask u automatically to flash the update..the choice yest with volume keys, then confirm yes with the power button
the update will restore everything, so u will lose everything in the phone (not in the sdcard)..ensure to have enough battery..thats it
EDIT: just edit this, check it
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Update with PB99IMG worked fine. I still have the problem that windows shows my Desire as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM".
SDCard on Desire works (after known adb command) . Loading status is delayed. Gsm works incorrect (breaks gsm phone calls after few seconds; UMTS running only in roaming mode).

try this:
usb brick fix for no root user:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015609
some infos about usb brick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691187

andQlimax said:
try this:
usb brick fix for no root user:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1015609
Last post is my own.....
some infos about usb brick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=691187
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nice summary...
My..
FM Radio doesnt work..
Bluetooth doesnt work...
SDCard did not work (actually does after adb command)
GSM doesnt work...
I think it IS a USB Brick! The only different to other posts is, that I have HBoot 1.02 and official Gingerbread 2.3.3!!!! Is there a method to downgrade HBoot 1.02 without being in ROM?

from the other thread
dexterm1 said:
Relaunching the Terminal Emulator fails!
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Try to re-do all the steps..if it fails to open, before u can flash the misc partition, maybe u did something wrong..at least it should open and u should be able to run the commands to flash the misc

andQlimax said:
from the other thread
Try to re-do all the steps..if it fails to open, before u can flash the misc partition, maybe u did something wrong..at least it should open and u should be able to run the commands to flash the misc
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Tried several times. The Terminal Emulator does not restart after stopping it.

The USB Brick Problem on HBoot 1.02 with official GB (S-ON) is still present. No Ideas? I think there are many other people having the same problem (over 500 views !!)
Please Help!

I think people just browse the threads
Have you tried the PB99IMG.zip method yet?
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elliottg61 said:
I think people just browse the threads
Have you tried the PB99IMG.zip method yet?
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Yes, I tried the PB99IMG.zip method several times.... Verification failed... (works with official GB 2.3 but there is still USB Brick )
I also tried changing rom.zip of official RUU to downgrade but it did not work.
Too bad that revolutionary needs USB in running Android
In Fastboot USB is running fine....
Would be great if there is a way to downgrade via Fastboot!!!

call htc and tell they that after the 2.3.3 update ur usb doesn't work anymore..maybe you will get repair under warranty

andQlimax said:
call htc and tell they that after the 2.3.3 update ur usb doesn't work anymore..maybe you will get repair under warranty
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Is in progress...
First advice by HTC was a factory reset....
Hopefully its getting better.
I will report.
*Update
I need to send the bill with my desire. I have no bill - ebay...

I fixed my unrootet Phone (official GB 2.3.3, HBoot 1.02, S-ON, USB Brick)!!!!
I wifi connected with adb and got temp root with zergRush!
Then from cmd in adb shell I flashed the misc with mtd0.img!
Rebooting and everything was fine ))
Many thanks to all of you!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1288969

[Q] Flashing New Radio

my vision:
VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.84.2000 (PC1010000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.12_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 8 2010, 15:56:38
please a little help...I am trying to upgrade the radio on my phone so that I can use wifi calling.
I tried the PC10IMG zip on the root of sdcard and that will not work...now I am trying to manually push from adb.
I followed instructions for the radio.img perfectly.
I put in fastboot devices in terminal and the device is recognized but when i try to flash the radio it says," error: cannot load 'radio.img'"
current radio: Vision_Radio_12.57.60.25_26.10.04.12
wanted radio: Vision_Radio_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19
maybe my sim card is too old please help...and know that I posted this in the correct thread just wasnt getting any views because its such an old thread. Thanks!!!

I'm not 100% sure but I think you're getting that error because you don't have an ENG bootloader (it says HBOOT and not ENG-HBOOT), which means you shouldn't be allowed to flash anything with fastboot commands.
I am also trying to upgrade my radio (kind of, actually it's the rcdata.img) and fastboot just isn't detecting my PC10IMG.zip

You need to have engineering bootloader in order to use fastboot flash. Is weird that it isn't picking it up from the root of the SD card. Are you sure in the bootloader you selected the first option with the power button it should immediately begin to load and detect
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Ill take some pictures in the morning and look up the guide that I used to flash my engineering bootloader
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I went on #g2root and a nice guy named skorgon helped me out with flashing PC10IMG.zip even if your bootloader does not detect it.
Just open a command prompt and change directory to where you have PC10IMG.zip, then
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
your phone will reboot into RUU mode and show an HTC logo on a black background
Code:
fastboot flash zip PC10IMG.zip
it will show a progress bar on both the phone and the command prompt will give a text progress. if you see "error: cannot load 'PC10IMG.zip'", make sure your command prompt is in the same directory as the actual PC10IMG.zip file (using Win7, hold shift, right click, then choose "Open command window here")!
when it's done, just do
Code:
fastboot reboot
done!

c00ller said:
I went on #g2root and a nice guy named skorgon helped me out with flashing PC10IMG.zip even if your bootloader does not detect it.
Just open a command prompt and change directory to where you have PC10IMG.zip, then
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
your phone will reboot into RUU mode and show an HTC logo on a black background
Code:
fastboot flash zip PC10IMG.zip
it will show a progress bar on both the phone and the command prompt will give a text progress. if you see "error: cannot load 'PC10IMG.zip'", make sure your command prompt is in the same directory as the actual PC10IMG.zip file (using Win7, hold shift, right click, then choose "Open command window here")!
when it's done, just do
Code:
fastboot reboot
done!
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Yo thanks everyone...especially C00ler...def gave me just the information I needed...I love when this stuff happens I remember once again why I visit xda everyday, such a helpful community...thanks guys!!
Got the radio, got the eng hboot and I have my wifi calling working!!!

neither of my desire z's say ENG-HBOOT...
so what have i done wrong?
i followed this guide when rooting http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_Z:_Rooting

if you followed that guide you should have an engineering hboot, without know exactly what you did I can't say why you don't have it. are you rooted and have s-off? do you have a custom recovery?
if so not a huge deal but I tend to use fastboot a lot and would still recommened getting the eng hboot
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I have ENG S-OFF as it is in the post at the top of the thread.... I thought that was the engineering hboot?
The posts below are talking about eng-hboot on the hboot screen?

you have an engineering bootloader. spl/hboot/bootloader are referring to the same thing by the way
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whoop, above two posts are right .. i somehow missed the ENG S-OFF bit
if the error message was "error: cannot load 'radio.img'" then perhaps real problem was that the command line directory wasn't the place with the radio.img

demkantor said:
you have an engineering bootloader. spl/hboot/bootloader are referring to the same thing by the way
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i think the post above clears up my confusion

My confusion came because it appears I have an older version of the eng bootloader 0.76.2000 so I was confused when I saw the op's 0.89.xxxx version.
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Boom found the discrepancy.
Desire Z's bootloader is 0.89.xxxx
While my
Tmobile g2 is: 0.72.xxxx
I guess I should have done a little bit more research beforehand.
Keep rocking xda
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