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[Q] HBOOT 2.02 S-Off, now what?

So I have achieved S-OFF on my new EVO, and my HBOOT is version 2.02.0000
Radio - 2.15.00.09.01
During the process, i have tried to restore my operating system, but have failed to do it correctly...
What is the simplest method to get the phone booted back up? Should I be able to flash a custom ROM to restore the OS?
If yes, what Roms should I be able to use? it seems most of the ones I look at are not for hboot 2.02.0000
Sorry for the total noob post, I didn't really know unrevoked wasn't working for hboot 2.02.0000 until it was too late... I've rooted prior evos with no problems.
Update...
I have tried to flash a fresh rom, and when it is "Writing boot.img" i receive an error: "assert failed: write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img","boot")
E: Error in /sdcard/fresh-evo-3.4.0.1.zip
(Status 7)

[Q] Upgrade HBOOT in order to S-OFF

hi guys,
I am trying to s-off my Telus Desire GSM with hboot .83.
I tried to use the alpharev cd method and it failed.
I was told i can flash an RUU with an upgraded HBOOT (.93) which would then allow me to use the new revolutionary method of S-OFF.
My question is, which RUU is safe to install that will still allow me to get root after and and also contains the new HBOOT so i can s-off? Or is this not the correct way to go about it?
Thanks

Why did alpharev fail? Did you try to get help in alpharev irc channel?
If you flash official gingerbread update by HTC, hboot gets updated to version 1.xxx and you can try to go s-off and root with revolutionary.
TouchPaled from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App

Alpharev fails with Gingerbread roms.
This is your case?

Use the official RUU from htcdev.com

ironjon said:
Alpharev fails with Gingerbread roms.
This is your case?
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thats not true..alpharev fails with a2sd/data2sd roms and with hboot 1.x

I was using a gingerbread rom without A2SD when I tried the alpharev CD version.
My previous rom was A2SD so i loaded one that wasn't but alpharev still failed with the unary operator expected error.
I went into the IRC channel and they said the CD method was deprecated now in favour of revolutionary. They recommended I flash an RUU with a newer bootloader and then use revolutionary for s-off.

nektario said:
I was using a gingerbread rom without A2SD.....and it failed with the unary operator expected error. I went into the IRC channel and they said the CD method was deprecated now in favour of revolutionary. They recommended I flash and RUU with a newer bootloader and then use revolutionary for s-off.
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probably run the htc gingerbread ruu and then revolutionary is much easy..but the error unary operator is related to a rom with a2sd usually..what the rom u was using when tried with alpharev?

I was using the smallest rom I could find, FLUX without a2sd.
Is rooting/s-off from the stock HTC Gingerbread RUU always successful?

nektario said:
I was using the smallest rom I could find, FLUX without a2sd.
Is rooting/s-off from the stock HTC Gingerbread RUU always successful?
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if u flash succesfull the ruu and the phone boot (some users reported bootloop just after the ruu..i dont know how much true), revolutionary will go easily..u can also try to flash a rom like cm7 or oxygen and try alpharev again

Thanks for the info. I might try it with cyanogen and alpharev and see how it goes.

Hello,
bravo-gsm, rooted by unrevoked, hboot 0.83, radio 5.17 and cm7.1.0rc1: same problem.
phone is stuck after alpharev0.8's first boot (after step 1/3, automatic phone reboot, "Dozing off for about a minute while we wait").
#revolutionary told me to upgrade hboot to 0.93 or 1.02
Is there any other way than playing with hboot (before alpharev/revolutionary plays with it itself) ?
I tried some roms without "data2ext*" with no luck.
I doubt it comes from the rom itself since the process (first alpharev's boot) stays stuck in hboot.
Flashing RUU roms is quite frightening since it is not clear whether they ship hboots, and if yes which versions.
Any suggestion ?

The problem is not your hboot. The problem is you are not using a rooted stock Rom. Flash teppic74's rooted stock Froyo or restore your first nandroid, then it will work
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Thanks !
That worked but that was not the only problem.
The other one was between the chair and the keyboard.
As I did not want to burn a cd for a one time use, I decided that extracting and executing binaries from alpharev's iso would do it. And of course I was wrong. It was (silently!) failing because of probably many reasons, one of them was the use of /data directory which hardly exists in standard linux distributions.
I managed to make a bootable usb stick from the iso thanks to linux's unetbootin.
Then the s-off automagically succeeded. Flashing patched hboot did not succeed using the PB99IMG method (cid problem, probably unknown brand?). But the fastboot method made it.
After nandroid restore, free space jumped from ~20MB to ~150MB.
This is just great. I'm impressed by all the work which is beeing done for our phones.
Thanks everybody.

deyv said:
Thanks !
That worked but that was not the only problem.
The other one was between the chair and the keyboard.
As I did not want to burn a cd for a one time use, I decided that extracting and executing binaries from alpharev's iso would do it. And of course I was wrong. It was (silently!) failing because of probably many reasons, one of them was the use of /data directory which hardly exists in standard linux distributions.
I managed to make a bootable usb stick from the iso thanks to linux's unetbootin.
Then the s-off automagically succeeded. Flashing patched hboot did not succeed using the PB99IMG method (cid problem, probably unknown brand?). But the fastboot method made it.
After nandroid restore, free space jumped from ~20MB to ~150MB.
This is just great. I'm impressed by all the work which is beeing done for our phones.
Thanks everybody.
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[Q] Need to get back to stock

Hi,
I currently have a custom rooted gingerbread rom installed on my Desire with clockworkmod recovery, S-ON and HBOOT 0.80.
Problem is, I'm sending my phone off to Vodafone for recycling so need to revert software to stock.
When I try to install the latest Vodafone ROM I get a bootloader error in the RUU program (presumably because my phone needs to be HBOOT 0.75?)
I've tried flashing just a generic RUU but I get a Customer ID error when doing it. I've tried creating a goldcard but still get the same CID error in the update utility.
Any ideas on a method of getting this back to stock?
I've been going round in circles! Thanks in advance

This is step by step quide for unrooting you htc mobile phone,rember unrooting is more dangerous than rooting.You will acheve this by updating RUU ROM,this will remove custom ROM and root.
Before starting charge up your phone and secure power to you PC.
Step1
Go to shipped-roms.com>Android,and choose RUU(for desire gsm its RUU_BRAVO...)
(its recommended to check MD5 hash,to be sure that file is correct)
Step2
Open RUU file>check box...I understand the risk...>Next
(Be sure that you pass all 3 conditions)
Step3
Connect your phone to PC via USB>Click Next(if you have custom ROM it will show its name)>Click Update>Click Next(Update process is in progress,dont interrupt it)
Congratulations!Your ROM update is complete!

Done this, as mentioned, can't flash a generic rom due to the phone being CID locked to Vodafone UK. Tried creating a goldcard but still getting the CID error.
Can't flash the Vodafone UK Rom as my hboot is 0.80 and not 0.75 which is what the last Vodafone Rom is.

I've got root and have tried extracting the rom from the vodafone ruu but when I go to flash it via recovery I get the following error
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
(bad)

CharlieCharlie24 said:
I've got root and have tried extracting the rom from the vodafone ruu but when I go to flash it via recovery I get the following error
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
(bad)
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you don't flash the rom.zip from recovery
rename it to PB99IMG.zip exactly, and not PB99IMG.zip.zip
put it on the root of your goldcard, reboot into bootloader, should find the file, then accept.
got that from here
if it doesn't work have you looked at bortak's troubleshooting guide, stickied to top of Q&A...

Thank you sooooo much! Worked a charm

[Q] Need serious help fixing my phone's rom

Let me first give all the details I can on my phone.
from the bootload screen
BRAVOC DVT2 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.98.0000
MICROP-051e
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-2.05.10.08.11
from miui
Baseband version: 2.05.10.08.11
Kernel version: 2.6.37.6-cyanogenmod-geb50077
[email protected] #1
Sat Oct 8 02:03:21 CEST 2011
Build Number: MIUI-1.11.18
Model: HTC Desire CDMA
Android version: 2.3.7
Its running an MIUI Rom, I have no idea how I got it to get on there. But I'm need this rom to be installed Click here
I have searched around a lot before I wanted to post so I could try fixing it on my own, but I could not find what I needed.
I've found out that I needed to downgrade my hboot, so I tried this http://alpharev.nl/ and I got all the way to where the fastboot tried to write the .img file to the phone, but gave me the (REMOTE: FAILED) error...
I've rooted the phone before, I believe it was with http://unrevoked.com/#desire But not 100% sure. But thats my bet
I have tried to installed that rom (Click here) with CWM, but this is the error I get..
<!--Begin
Clockworkmod Recovery v5.0.2.0
-- Installing /sdcard/MildWild-CM-5.0_2.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device"0 == "
bravo" I I getprop("ro.build.product") == "bravo"
I I getprop("ro.product.board"0 == "bravo"
E:Error in /sdcard/MildWild-CM-5.0_2.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
<!--End
And this question is optional if possible, Do I have the latest RADIO, and if not what is the latest? I can search around if you let me know there is a newer one. Thanks
I know you guys work a lot on here, and I'm nothing but a stranger, But I do appreciate all the help you guys give me You're the first place I go to find updates, FAQs and solutions to problems I have.

I'm kind of new at this but I think you attempted to flash a GSM ROM on your CDMA phone. You need a ROM for the Bravoc. CM7 for gingerbread or Spazedog if you want ICS. I've used both and am waiting on Cronmod CDMA version
My radio is 2:15:00:11:16 sorry I can't be of any help on where to upgrade.
Sent from my HTC Desire CDMA using xda app-developers app

Status 7 error installing SuperSU

Hi everybody, big problem.
I unlocked the device with HTCdev, all ok.
Flashed the custom recovery philz_touch_6.19.3-endeavoru (when using it says PhilZ Touch 6.19.3 Clockworkmod v6.0.4.7)
It can boot and works, made a backup of custom ROM before doing everything.
Tried to install cwm-SuperSU-v0.94.zip
It starts and then get out some logs telling mounting /system and rootfs, removing old files, creating space, extracting files, restoring files, setting permissions here goes KO:
set_perm: some changes failed
E:ERROR in /storage/sdcard00/CWM-SuperSU-v0.94.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
Now my phone in fastboot mode tells
*** UNLOCKED ***
EBDEAVORU PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.72.0000
CPLD-None
MICROP-None
RADIO-5.1204.167.31
eMMC-bootmode: disabled
CPU-bootmode: disabled
HW secure boot: enabled
MODEM PATH: OFF
I tried to google a lot but not found where I am doing something wrong, tried also different versions but no one working.
Please give me some help and suggestions what could be wrong ?
How can I get root permissions to install custom ROM? (I tried even to install Venom ViperX however but it does not recognize the phone, i think, the log tells:
>>> Checking model ID
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "endeavoru" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "endeavoru" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "endeavoru"
and then finish.
Waiting your suggestions, many thanks!

Downgrade your recovery using Philz Recovery version 5.x and flash again.
Sent via Endeavoru

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qp21ubo10xetcvn/Philz recovery 5.15.9.img

THANKS
khairulez said:
Downgrade your recovery using Philz Recovery version 5.x and flash again.
Sent via Endeavoru
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Many thanks with PhilZ 5 it works!
SuperSU installed correctly and now Venom ViperX is flashing...
Just to understand better, why with 6.19.3 version nothing more was working??

It's a kitkat based recovery and that brings some issues. But why did you install superuser before flashing viper x, viper x is already rooted and has su onboard.

Mr Hofs said:
It's a kitkat based recovery and that brings some issues. But why did you install superuser before flashing viper x, viper x is already rooted and has su onboard.
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Honestly I did not thought about it... I was following a guide and was telling to install SU at the end to have root access... then I just read instal instructions of Venom but did not crosschecked them.
Thanks again!

It's fine to install SU on stock rom to have root access but v0.94 is too old.Like Mr Hofs says viper x is already have SU,no need to flash other SU.
Sent via Endeavoru

To root the stock rom yeah that's great, but when you flash the viper over stock you need to full wipe anyway so the stock rom you rooted is gone. To clarify something that might be confusing......the rom gets rooted, not the phone. That's a common mistake people make.