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[Q] Un root HTC Bravo...

First off, Yes I have searched more than this site for an answer to the point where my handset would not do anything but go into the recovery menu.
What I want to do is put stock HTC Android on my Desire.
Currently it is rooted but has to be un rooted to go onto works E Mail server. Yes I know it makes no difference but my employer insist on official firmware on handsets.
The handset is a GSM HTC Desire (Bravo)
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP 2-ON
HBOOT-093.0001
CLOCKWORKMOD RECOVERY v2.5.0.7
I have tried several RUU's only to be told of a boot loader error.
Can some one please tell me how this is done?
I asked my network and they could not help so unless some one can help me im going to have to ask HTC.
THANKS in advance
RICK

Hi,
I've seen a few posts that refer to getting the HTC ROM changing it's name to PB99.img (or similar or ...) Then reoot the phone. Try searching the forums for this type of solution. I'm sorry but can't remember where I saw it in here.
Regards
Colin

I have just tried to use http://shipped-roms.com/download.php...828_signed.exe but it returned a boot loader error... 140 I think

gol_n_dal said:
Hi,
I've seen a few posts that refer to getting the HTC ROM changing it's name to PB99.img (or similar or ...) Then reoot the phone. Try searching the forums for this type of solution. I'm sorry but can't remember where I saw it in here.
Regards
Colin
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Thanks I have seen that one but I could not get it to work.

Ahh, in that case I'll leave it to the folks that know to help.
Good luck

gol_n_dal said:
Ahh, in that case I'll leave it to the folks that know to help.
Good luck
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Thanks for you input mate

Hmmm,
How would they know if the HTC Sense ROM just happened to be rooted. One could argue that the ROM was a valid HTC ROM. I know it's semantics but ...
The "About phone" would still show HTC as the ROM.
There must already be a variety of ROMs on HTC desires already used in your company.

The Clockwork recovery would give it away mate.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

This might work for you Not sure if you have tried it but try again
WAIT, BEFORE YOU START, CREATE A GOLDCARD. IT IS VERY NECESSARY. THINGS WILL GO WRONG IF YOU DONT.
Firstly, download this file. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13240777/Desire Downgrade.ZIP
Extract the files.
Run the win-down.bat file.
Follow on screen instructions.
After the process is completed, Head to the root of your SD card and check if there is a file named PB99IMG, there should be one.
Secondly, disconnect your phone and turn it off. (MAKE SURE PHONE IS CHARGED TO AT LEAST 70%++
After that boot up your phone while pressing the volume down button and the power button.
The bootloader should be checking for files after awhile and once it found the file that is supposed to be in the root of your sd card, press the volume up button (NOT EXACTLY SURE, SHOULD BE THE ONE THAT SAYS YES AND CONTINUE)
It should be writing files to your phone. and replaces everything. E.G: HBOOT, RECOVERY,RADIO and such.
It should be writing files successfully and then it would ask you to reboot. Continue with the reboot and you should be having your Desire back to stock. Perfect.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE RISKS INVOLVED LIKE FAILURE OF WRITING TO THE HBOOT. PLEASE REMEMBER TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. MAINLY, DO NOT BLAME ME FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG.
FINALLY, YOU SHOULD BE READING EVERYTHING UP TO HERE AND THAT YOU MUST HAVE A GOLDCARD (A GOLD SD CARD)
Hope this helps you and please ask if you have further questions. PM me if the questions cannot be answered here. Good Luck

ricksvill said:
I have just tried to use http://shipped-roms.com/download.php...828_signed.exe but it returned a boot loader error... 140 I think
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Oh, one more thing, that error you get i think it is because you don't have a GoldCard. You need one to do the above too

shockem said:
Oh, one more thing, that error you get i think it is because you don't have a GoldCard. You need one to do the above too
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Yup, "ERROR 140:BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR" The only time you can put a lower bootloader version is when you have a gold card.

The above method posted by Shockem should work. A second method is to just put a gold card in your device and get the latest WWE RUU. Check my signature for the file. Once a gold card is in, it will work. Note that this method unbrands your device, so if you a branded device with visible logos, dont go for this.
Third method is by flashing the OTA zip file you got from your operator if you have it. Again gold card should be in the device. But is is likely that it may also work without since CustID is same. Advantage: preserves branding

So do I still need a gold card even though my device is rooted?
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ricksvill said:
So do I still need a gold card even though my device is rooted?
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Certainly.........

Point is you say you've tried several RUUs and they dont work..Hence we have to assume it's a branded phone. HTC even brands some phones with the brand HTC (Eg Indian HTCs). To unroot a branded HTC, you need a goldcard.

i had same problem, i was trying for days till i rememberd that i can downgrade hboot, install android 2.1 and ota update froyo. ( if your desire wasnt branded you dont need goldcard). problem was that i couldnt find stock froyo, only eclair
this thread helped me :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256
i hope it helps

Point is some people (including me in the past) dont realize that they have a branded phone. There may not be any visible branding. So better be safe than sorry, by creating a goldcard.. Once the device if bricked, you cant (in most cases) create a goldcard

Thank you all so much.
I'll be doing this tonight.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Nice one the lot of you...
This worked a treat.
I can not say thank you enough...

haha, no problem we're all here to help by the way which method did you use?

[Q] Rooting htc desire HD

Hey guys, can anyone please tell me how i can root my htc desire hd ?? been trying for ages but everytime i try downgrading my phone, it tells me operation failed !! Anyone please, your help will be mostly appreciated !

I recommend you follow the guides in these threads (in the rollup) Development sticky rollup
Welcome to the world of modding and Rooting

Thank you soo much man, i really appreciate it

hey i still cant manage, i made the gold card and did all the steps, but when i come to downgrading it , i get cid incorrect , anyone please ??

AndrewBonnici said:
hey i still cant manage, i made the gold card and did all the steps, but when i come to downgrading it , i get cid incorrect , anyone please ??
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I think your goldcard isn't working correctly, make sure you follow the steps to create it precisely.
jkoljo said:
Troubleshooting:
- "Main version is older"? You did not type everything correctly. Please try it again and see if any errors come up.
- "Error opening backup file"? You did not use "Charge only" -connection, or your SD card is faulty.
- "CID mismatch/CID incorrect"? Your device is branded. Just make a Goldcard, put the PD98IMG.zip to the card again and go to the bootloader.
- "Model ID incorrect"? Some Telus DHDs get this, just make a Goldcard.
- Zip will not load in bootloader? Format your SD card to FAT32, no quick format! You can also try another SD.
- Problems while making Goldcard? See this post.
- PD98IMG.zip md5sum is: C3D244A9F056E48EE3851A14FF52204C
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Are you sure you are running on the Carrier firmware? Also I am unsure of the process for those as mine was unbranded. If it is the very latest carrier build it may have been massaged to deny root. I will have a gander and see what I can find out.
Just found this quote in the FAQ - "CID mismatch/CID incorrect"? Your device is branded. Just make a Goldcard, put the PD98IMG.zip to the card again and go to the bootloader.

well this video makes it clear, ... , very clear .. i just rooted using this guide approx 2-3 weeks ago....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkbmKLCkDWg
then u'll reach the "CID incorrect !" error (if your phone is branded)
if it is branded::do the following
i then suggest you download the GoldCardHelper app and install it on your phone.
you need to jot down the MMC2 Reverse CID ... (make sure you dont copy it using the 'menu -> copy' method, rather jot it down on a paper, because the copy method copies the MMC1 reverse CID, and you need the MMC2)
then you can use the GoldCardTool.exe to install the goldcard image (emailed to you from the website)
copy the PD98IMG zip file onto the sd card, and then downgrade

hey guys i appreciate all the help, ive tried loads of times and yet i cant manage, its always producing cid incorrect !!,
Im going to reset my phone and try again, ill tel u guys how it goes, thanks again

Goldcard tool never worked for me.
It often doesn't work using high capacity SD cards so use a 1 or 2 gig one.
I used this guide:
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/

andrew, is your firmware 1.73 or 1.75? - because these guides support only these firmwares ... im not sure if these techniques work with newer firmwares.

My downgrade guide works even with 2.x builds. Please do not link to addictivetips, it is hard to provide help when people mix guides..

mine is 1.84, anything i can do ?

AndrewBonnici said:
mine is 1.84, anything i can do ?
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Simply follow the downgrading guide in the dev section. It works for 1.84 too.

I have the same problem used all guides and followed the videos. simply it doesn't work. In the beginig it used to say CID Incorrect then after making the Goldcard, it doesn't give me any response and just goes back to the original bootloading screen after saying image not found for like 3-4 times. Please help with any simple way

I have the same problem used all guides and followed the videos. simply it doesn't work. In the beginig it used to say CID Incorrect then after making the Goldcard, it doesn't give me any response and just goes back to the original bootloading screen after saying image not found for like 3-4 times. Please help with any simple way
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In my experience, the "No image!" error is experienced when you have the SD card formatted as FAT16 rather than FAT32. If you used your phone to format the card then this might have happened (I think it defaults to FAT16 when the card is 2GB or less - I hope someone else can confirm this)

flupo2000 said:
Finally it worked after trying soooo many guides and videos I used this simple direct one http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/ and it worked. But to be frank with you it looks like the issue is the SD card itself, not all SD card accepts the Goldcard process. My last attempt after trying 4 different cards I pulled my camera card and I said this is the last trial and it worked although it is SanDisk same I tried with 3 before and I even tried Toshiba brand. Any ways thank you all you are the best to help now I moving to next step S-Off
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Help returning HBOOT to 1.01.0001 please

Hi everyone,
I am trying to install Cyanogenmod on my new wildfire. I'm following the instructions here http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Full_Update_Guide. However my wildfire is on HBOOT 1.01.0002 and to use Revolutionary I need to downgrade this to 1.01.0001. I've tried the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132028 with no luck. I can produce a gold card but it does not downgrade my HBOOT. I next tried a stock ROM from the collection here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275680 but that gave me a Error 131 Customer Error saying that I had the wrong RUU file.
My phone is unlocked but currently branded to "Three" which is a UK network. It is running Android 2.2.1 (Froyo)
Can anyone please supply me an RUU ROM file for this carrier?
If you have any other way I can install Cyangenmod please let me know
P.S. I would have posted this in the developers forum but I don't have enough posts yet.
Thanks all
.

Try my debranding and rooting guide, in my Sig.
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usaff22 said:
Try my debranding and rooting guide, in my Sig
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Perhaps I'm too pessimistic sometimes - just in case - you probably better point out that you mean the second link in your sig

its been a while since i did the process but im on 3 uk and this is the guide ive used on 5 occasions without any complications ...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15156610
this is from memory so i may be a little cloudy but you should get my meaning.....
make sure that you are creating the gold card by using your s/n and not imei number (maybe the other way round but the number that your prompt to use) as the goldcard will still be created if using the wrong number but wont work.
i used windows 7 with all my antivirus etc etc turned off but ive seen that pc os can be the issue sometimes.
sorry i cant remember much more to assist but keep going at it. sometimes a creation of the goldcard again can help.
goodluck.
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slymobi said:
its been a while since i did the process but im on 3 uk and this is the guide ive used on 5 occasions without any complications ...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15156610
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That guide worked for me, too. I'd approve everything slymobi mentioned (besides that I'm not on 3 uk) including that I'm also not sure if there were any difficulties (can't remember). I'll try to have a quick look...
What I slightly remember is that there were reports that using a different SD card helped when the gold card process failed...
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slymobi said:
make sure that you are creating the gold card by using your s/n and not imei number (maybe the other way round but the number that your prompt to use) as the goldcard will still be created if using the wrong number but wont work
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having a look at this turned out that you might have messed up that part a little bit (I couldn't remember either lol): at the gold card generator you'll need the serial of the SD card (CID), not any info of the phone. Just wanted to make sure...
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eventcom said:
I'm also not sure if there were any difficulties (can't remember). I'll try to have a quick look...
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and yes, I slightly remember (looked into my steps as far as I could still find out) that I've also had some problems with generating the gold card. If I'm not totally mistaken I looked for an alternative solution and found the one you seem to have already tried: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132028
The author suggests the following:
If you get a Customer ID error while doing this, your goldcard is not working!
Create a new goldcard and re-run step2
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So did you get any errors? Have you made a new gold card?

ah! maybe it was the 0.80 to 1.01 process that involved the s/n or imei but im sure i needed some number from battery or original box at some stage still i used the guide on 5 phones and for mine i used the memory box and guidelines of master yoda back in the day. i had to upgrade boot not downgrade.
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eventcom said:
Perhaps I'm too pessimistic sometimes - just in case - you probably better point out that you mean the second link in your sig
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Yes, that one
Sent from pixels to more pixels

slymobi said:
ah! maybe it was the 0.80 to 1.01 process that involved the s/n or imei but im sure i needed some number from battery or original box at some stage still i used the guide on 5 phones and for mine i used the memory box and guidelines of master yoda back in the day. i had to upgrade boot not downgrade.
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I remember that you needed the IMEI or SN for AlphaRev X.
I think you still do for Revolutionary.
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Lesicnik1 said:
I remember that you needed the IMEI or SN for AlphaRev X.
I think you still do for Revolutionary.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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You need the s/n for Revolutionary, I think AlphaRev X needed IMEI, though not sure.

Phew!! I thought i was going crazy lol.
Forum fishing.... Who's biting!

Tried the Noobs guide - still no joy
Hi there,
I tried the Noobs guide and I still cannot get the debranding to work. I'm still stuck on 1.01.0002.
Is there any other method?
I have tried it with two different Micro-SD cards

mccartrey said:
Hi there,
I tried the Noobs guide and I still cannot get the debranding to work. I'm still stuck on 1.01.0002.
Is there any other method?
I have tried it with two different Micro-SD cards
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What about it doesn't work?
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Now running Cyanodenmod 7 - Whoopee
Please ignore my last message. I had been reading the Noobs guide wrong and was copying the wrong number for the CID. (I was reading the log window and not the text box next to the "Get CID" button). My phone is now rooted, flashed, suited and booted. Thanks for all your help.

[Q] Soft Bricked Telstra HTC Desire

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
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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
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jmcclue said:
This is the 2.3 gb upgrade from htcdev as PB99IMG u dont need a goldcard
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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.
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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
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[Q] making golden card for upgrading hboot

hi
my sisters wildfire has been shuted down during update proccess and its now stuck on boot animation
when i try to flash an RUU it says wrong customer ID
its Hboot number is: 0.80.007
i googled upgrading hboot and all of my searches ended up with making golden card
but the site that was generating golden card is down!!
what should i do now??
plz help me

sina.1993h said:
hi
my sisters wildfire has been shuted down during update proccess and its now stuck on boot animation
when i try to flash an RUU it says wrong customer ID
its Hboot number is: 0.80.007
i googled upgrading hboot and all of my searches ended up with making golden card
but the site that was generating golden card is down!!
what should i do now??
plz help me
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Use search pal. There are many threads with how to get a gold card sorted. One is just below this one.
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