Hey all,
Here is the situation:
I recently purchased a German (Im not German) Tmobile htc desire. Its not locked, as I tried and used my own carrier without a problem.
I was able to load leeDroid 2.2e on it and it works, but I still have that rotating pink circle at boot and I really want to try the stock ROM.
I tried the goldcard (the Goldcard software and also the HEX) method with stock RUU, but got the Error 131 and it didnt work.
Is there any way to load the Stock Rom, to get rid of this branding and to try the stock ROM for a change?
Thx.
Device HBOOT info:
Bravo Unknown Ship S-ON
HBOT-0.75.0000
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.08.00.09
Before anyone asks, I read about 80 sites with different similar and different methods and couldnt get it to work, so, I did the search but still no go
You just need a T-Mobile RUU file, and you don't need to use your gold card either
EDIT: If you want to go back to stock but UNBRANDED then you'd need the latest WWE RUU and a working gold card - if you're getting errors about the CID then your gold card isn't working
I tried every Goldcard method that I can find but, like I said, Im willing to try again.
Is there any recoomendations to the best description of making a Goldcard, any links?
Thx.
HTC bravo- t.mo uk
hboot 0.93.001
1. phone recovery corrupted[not amon ra or clockwork mod]
2. since hboot 0.93 older stock ruu wont work[1.15 and 1.21 dont work tried both]need a rom with a newer hboot
3. tried to rip .zip and renamed as pb99img but still didnt work. it wont update as it is an older version
4. does not boot into rom, stops at htc logo
5. no goldcard.
6. no HTC service centre, this country [freakin doesnt service outside home devices]
Is there any possible solution to recover the phone and make it functional?
Download RUU and create a Goldcard.
this ruu will not work because it is an older version. I require hboot 0.93 or higher. also cant create a goldcard as revskills has stopped making gold cards from cid..
Any other solution?
That MoDaCo tool works fine, and just get a stock WWE RUU such as this:
http://www.multiupload.com/LEJCW182AH
will surely try out and post back in some time
tried creating a goldcard with another device. got the cid , created goldcard image but get an error when patching.
"obj ref is not an obj" something like that. and it doesnt patch. any idea why is this happening. antivirus is disabled and htc sync is installed
ok so now i have a goldcard. used a different card-patched and successful. so now i tried to load pb99img.zip and it says
"CID incorrect"
update fail...what did i do wrong
oh man what the **** is their problem.
my desire is tmo uk spec..: but currently i have hboot 0.93 htc wwe 2.29 on it..corrupted and ****ed.
so i created goldcard and tried with wwe 2.29 again but it says cid error.
tried with tmo uk 1.21[latest] and it says bootloader error.
somebody please help me out here.
any help on this guys?
For a few weeks my Desire has been playing up and unpredictably reboots, seemingly at random. Initially I thought it might be a software issue with the ROM I was using, but the same thing happened with various other ROMs I've tried since. So I'm thinking it's a hardware issue and I'll need to send my Desire in for service.
Normally I'd thoroughly read the forums and work out how to go back to a stock ROM, but I'm running out of time - only a few days left under warranty. Therefore this cry for help...
When I got the device it came with a 2.29.405.2 ROM and a 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27 radio ROM. I used unrevoked3 to root the phone and have been using custom ROMs since.
I've downloaded RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe, but every time I'm trying to flash it, the process aborts during 'updating signature...' and I end up with:
Code:
ERROR [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR.
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe I'm using an RUU for the wrong area? I'm pretty sure the original ROM was WWE though (it definitely was 2.29.405.2 / 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27). I've read somewhere that you can't just flash an RUU if it has a lower HBOOT version... Do I need a goldcard or what's the best way to go back to the stock ROM?
Any help would be much appreciated...
Just in case, here's what my bootloader info:
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-051d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010,17:52:18
You only need a goldcard if you are branded right now..
So is your phone branded with a carrier rom, then you must make a goldcard.
I think customer id error is due to incorrect goldcard.
There is a newer version, 2.29.405.5 I dont know if that's gonna work but worth a try.
You can also try to put the zip on your sd card instead of running an exe on your pc, assuming that you run the exe.
Thanks for the quick response.
My Desire was unbranded, so I guess I won't need a goldcard then.
I've downloaded the newer RUU version you mentioned, but got the same error message...
So far I've only tried the .exe, but I'll see if I have more success with the .zip.
Could the issue be that my current HBOOT version is higher than that of the RUU?
You can try to flash 2.3.3 from htcdev.com it's works for all hboots and without goldcards
boy_in_oz said:
My Desire was unbranded, so I guess I won't need a goldcard then.
Could the issue be that my current HBOOT version is higher than that of the RUU?
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Since you get a CID error, I would definitely try a goldcard.
You can also try flashing the downgrader from alpharev first.
ETA: I think the latter would help.
from alpharev site: said:
# Downgrade protection, these HBOOTs cannot be overwritten by an OTA or RUU, unless you flash a downgrader HBOOT first.
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-Jobo
@MatDrOiD (vv post below) Good point. I failed to notice that.
@touch of jobo:
Flashing downgrader from AlphaRev is not possible, the OP is S-ON.
@OP:
Check bortak's guide to bring your phone back to stock.
Have you tried step 7 in Bortak's guide? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632) It was the solution for me! I skipped the downgrading part (had the same hboot as you have, so that shouldn't be a problem) and went on with phase 2.
If your phone was indeed unbranded, the goldcard should not be a problem as I understood..
Thanks guys. I'm at work at the moment but will give Bortak's guide a shot when I get home tonight and report back then.
The definition of unbranded is a bit different. Unbranded does not exactly mean that there isnt a carrier logo. HTC manufactured and sold phones in India as an example is for all intents a branded Device. It's the INFOCID property that defines whether branded or unbranded.
fastboot oem gencheckpt
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Inside an RUU zip is a small text file. Open it and see if your INFOCID value is included. If not, you cant flash that RUU without a goldcard. See my sig for the unbricking guide, which explains this.
From my Guide:
Find out if you have a generic unbranded HTC Desire, or a branded one. A branded Desire has a special Code (Customer ID) which prevents you from flashing a ROM meant for any other brand and also blocks a Generic WWE RUU. If you're from India, it is branded with HTC_038. If you're unbranded, things are looking much easier for you, as generic WWE RUUs for SLCD are easily available. Run the following code from the sdk folder to find out if your device is branded
Code:
fastboot oem gencheckpt
This displays the CustID Code as HTC__ (and a number). If these numbers are the same as included in the cidnum value in the file android-info.txt, your device is unbranded. I have noted the following cidnums are unbranded: HTC__001, HTC__E11, HTC__N34, HTC__203, HTC__102, HTC__K18, HTC__405, HTC__Y13, HTC__A07, HTC__304, HTC__016, HTC__032. I'm not sure whether it is an exclusive list. To find out if an RUU is compatible for your ROM, the value displayed by fastboot oem gencheckpt has to be included in the cidnum list of the RUU. If it isnt included, you will need to use a goldcard to bypass the cidnum checks done by the RUU.
Check if you have made a goldcard (A goldcard is a normal microsd card modified to become special while your device was in working condition. It will allow you to restore your device using a generic RUU or an OTA or allow you to switch between software meant for different regions). The purpose of a goldcard is that when apparently incompatible ROMs are flashed with a goldcard inside the device, the flashing process skips certain checks like the Customer ID check (and hence no CID error). Note however that you cannot ordinarily install software of a lower version just because you have a goldcard. Note also that it is the software version which is important, and not the Bootloader version. Note that if you want to downgrade your software to a lower version, it is easiest to use Teppic74's utility (Link1 or Link2), and downgrade to his version of the RUU (1.21), then upgrade to your version of RUU. If your device is SLCD, always make sure the software you're about to flash does support an SLCD screen. As a general rule of thumb, flashing any version <2.0 may be dangerous. Teppic74 assures us that the version 1.21 his utility comes with, is compatible with SLCDs.
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Wow, I would have never guessed this... With fastboot oem gencheckpt I found that the CID is T-MOB101... i.e. my Desire is actually branded! I bought it from mobicity in Australia as an imported unlocked phone and *assumed* that it was unbranded... So it's not surprising that the RUU gave me a customer ID error. (This also explains why the OTA update failed while I was still using this ROM).
What's really weird though is that the version of the ROM that the phone came with was definitely 2.29.405.2 with baseband ROM 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27... I did some googling today, but couldn't actually find a T-Mobile ROM with these version numbers
My guess is that mobicity imported the phone and flashed a stock HTC WWE ROM so they could sell it in Australia...
Any thoughts on this? I'm assuming that means that I do need a goldcard after all to go back to the stock ROM?
Ok, as I couldn't find a T-Mobile ROM with the aforementioned version numbers, I eventually decided to make a goldcard and flash RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe. The whole process worked fine without any error messages and the RUU reported success at the end.
Unfortunately my bootloader still displays the same info as in post 1, i.e. I'm still on HBOOT 0.93.0001. I would have expected this to revert back to 0.93... Did something go wrong with the updating procedure?
The issue is obviously still that the original ROM seemed to be a T-Mobile ROM (in fact I think a German one as fastboot oem gencheckpt reports the carrier as TMD), so I'm not sure if the service point will accept the unbranded WWE ROM I flashed.
The other option might be to flash the official HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade from www.htcdev.com, but I think it's not compatible with T-Mobile Germany Desires... If I could flash this, it would at least be an official release and the service point shouldn't complain. Does anyone know how easy it is to root/S-OFF/install custom recoveries/ROMs afterwards? From what I read, I would need to use revolutionary, right?
Any alternative suggestions would be much appreciate...
Your are totally fine with 2.29 RUU. Hboot would only update if you flash 2.3.3 RUU. Did not read about guys who "bricked" their phone by using 2.3.3 RUU on a desire by T-Mobile.
Sent from ICS with Transparent XDA App
I have reverted to S-ON and am on Stock Hboot 0.75 however when flashing RUU none will install it would say main version is old or CID Update error I really need helpp what RUU shall I Flash as Shipped - Rom Site is down aswell....
have you done a gold card? tried 2.3.3 ruu from htcdev as you been told before?
Hi there,
I have rooted Desire with a Gingerbread ROM. It is still S-ON, but I would like to have it S-OFF. I've looked at Revolutionary, but it requires a stock ROM.
The last time I tried to install a stock ROM, it crashed on that warning screen (/!\). I sent it to get fixed (had some other issues as well) and received it with a stock ROM.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but discussion around here has led me to believe that RUU's come with hboot and hboot can't be downgraded. And so I figured the problem might have been that I was trying to install a RUU with a lower version hboot.
So this time I want to be sure the RUU comes with hboot 0.93, but the RUU descriptions don't mention this.
TL;DR:
I could be completely wrong, but I think I need a RUU with hboot 0.93. Anyone?
hi im using this one but you need to be unbranded or you need to use a goldcard... see bortak's guide for more info
Thanks. Worked great!