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Not bricked but definitely pigs eared, novice needs help!

OK, basically I OTA'd Vodafones latest ROM, the one containing all their branding, so I decided to bin it. I rooted my device using the unrevoked software, it installed Clockworkmod Recovery aswell.
I used the Goldcard tool to goldcard the supplied Sandisk SD, and it all showed to have worked.
I earlier followed a rooting tutorial not realising it was only for the 0.75 bootloader, placed the provided ROM on the sd card (it was called rootedupdate.zip), applied it through Clockwork Recovery, it said it was all successful (I had toggled signature checking to off because it didn't work with it on, I guess that was my stupid mistake), I then rebooted and the 'htc' splashscreen comes on, but won't load anything.
I tried a couple of RUU's from the official ROM thread, but they all threw up errors about my bootloader (which is 0.80). Oddly, they all still show my ROM version as the latest Vodafone .161.
I have today gone and purchased a new Kingston SD card (I've read practically everywhere that they are the best for goldcards), snag is, I can't do it through my device as it won't boot into the OS itself, and goldcard tool can't get the CID. Out of curiosity, I tried my Sandisk one and got the same issue (running it through an SD adapter plugged into my laptop).
I then tried applying a generic update to my Sandisk goldcard, ran it through clockwork but it says 'main version older/newer (can't remember which), update failed'. I got said ROM from shipped roms.
So here I am with a very expensive, pretty looking paperweight as it stands!
I still have full access the bootloader, recovery boots into Clockwork.
Help please!!

Had a nasty experience with the froyo OTA which half downloaded and somehow ran the update.
Long story short, I used my gold carded sd to put the original 1.21 full RUU update back on the phone by adapting the openruu linux script to work with the windows tools provided in the R6 alt rooting rom (see rooting guide stickied in the dev forum). Got the ROM zip file from the HTC ruu exe (search in %temp% for the zip when running the exe). Google cid sd, there must be a way to extract the cid of the new card (I remember exploring that option during the ensuing panic)
Biggest trick in the ordeal was not to panic, get adb to see the phone and to run the converted openruu script. Powered on while holding vol down and think the winning option was fastboot (not sure. Happened a few days ago). Flashed the phone with 1.21 ww & made sure it was happy. So far so good.
Sorry if this isn't much help. This is my first "smart" phone.
Edit: My phone was debranded the night I bought it from Orange France. If anybody knows how to remove the defaulting to French after a complete ROM reload (before the setup shows the language option), I'd love to know
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Okay, I've tried installing a couple of different ROM's from the SD, and all it does is say "couldn't open [romname]" (bad).

What process are you following when you try the roms?

repitah said:
What process are you following when you try the roms?
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I've sorted it, turns out Chrome was corrupting the files as they downloaded, in some cases leaving them missing. Used Firefox and not a problem, now happily plodding along with Froyo

[Fixed] something gone wrong, need help

Hey guys i really need some help here, my phone won't boot up and it won't recognise my sd card. I've only got fastboot and recovery.
I'll explain as best as i can how it got this way;
Firstly i tried to s-off my desire so that i could upgrade to amon recovery 2.0, but it got stuck on 3rd step waiting for flash to complete after sorting that out by flashing a new rom, i proceeded to flash the recovery and that went fine. then i created a nand backup and decided to test the s-off by flashing a custom splash which also went fine but then i rebooted and downloaded leedroid2.2f and transfered it on to my sd card but when i rebooted the phone when into a small bootloop before booting into the phone but it was failing to recognise the sd card so i tested the sd card in my hero and it was working fine. the phone wasn't being recognised by the laptop as it ws asking for certian drivers so i rebooted into recovery and did a full wipe (like an idiot) and now it gets stuck in the boot animation with no logcat output and as it can pick up the sd card i can't flash a rom.
I hope some one can help me get my desire back to stock at least so i can send it off to htc if there is any hardware problem
Can i also add that my desire was orange branded had a slcd screen its original hboot was 0.83 and i don't have a goldcard for it either
Edit: I solved it and my phone is back thanks to guide by shockem on another thread, i'd also like to apologise to any mods for opening a new thread (kinda panicked) i'll look around properly before i open a new thread

hey guys now that my phone is back to stock has it got warranty back? seeing as it's an orange branded phone but it has a stock unbranded rom also its sim unlocked

If Orange takes care of your warranty, I suppose you must flash an Orange branded RUU before submitting it.

Yeah but theres no orange ruu and i can't use my usb port. I only have a goldcard which i made last night so if anyone can create a pb99img.zip for a stock orange rom i'll be grateful or if anyone can tell me another way of flashing a stock orange ruu.

That ZIP can only be extracted from an RUU, it's not something you can 'make up'
I'd go back to HTC direct and see what they say

EddyOS said:
That ZIP can only be extracted from an RUU, it's not something you can 'make up'
I'd go back to HTC direct and see what they say
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Yeah i realised that, seeing as i got my phone running now i've done some searching and i believe my usb is bricked, theres a guide on modaco to fix it but it requires for me to be rooted, the problem is my phone is slcd and originally had boot loader version 0.83 and the bootloader atm is 0.93. Is there a way for me to root the desire to attempt this fix?

its definitely a usb brick as i've enabled sd card functionality. I jus need a way to root the device now any one help me out?

You can't, unless VISIONary is working on the Desire
If you wanna try a newer ROM and see if that fixes things get the newest PB99IMG off of shipped-ROMs.com - it's the version of 2.29.405.2 and you'll need your gold card to flash it

EddyOS said:
You can't, unless VISIONary is working on the Desire
If you wanna try a newer ROM and see if that fixes things get the newest PB99IMG off of shipped-ROMs.com - it's the version of 2.29.405.2 and you'll need your gold card to flash it
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Just tried with VISIONary it goes through the motions and su app is there but doesn't seem to have given root as any app requiring root doesn't work. I'll have to pop into local orange shop and see what they say if that doesn't work can you tell me how i would get it back to HTC

You'd send it back to HTC as per the warranty card details I imagine, never had to send anything back to them before

SOLVED
Manage to get it done using this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9056719&postcount=15
make sure usb debugging is ticked and also copy the files to /data/data/jackpal.androidterm/ only, there is no such directory as shared_prefs

Only way to get stock orange ruu on it is go to an orange store and ask them to reflash the phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

ste1164 said:
Only way to get stock orange ruu on it is go to an orange store and ask them to reflash the phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Thanks but that would have been hard without a usb but it doesn't matter i've fixed the usb brick and re rooted my phone, fortunately i had made a nand backup just before everything crashed so going to restore that

fezy said:
Thanks but that would have been hard without a usb but it doesn't matter i've fixed the usb brick and re rooted my phone, fortunately i had made a nand backup just before everything crashed so going to restore that
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Assuming Orange have the RUU it wouldn't have been hard, but they would've needed the SD card working

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Assuming Orange have the RUU it wouldn't have been hard, but they would've needed the SD card working
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Thats true but i don't think flashing the RUU would have fixed the usb brick but its all good now i have learned alot over the past 24hours and hopefully i won't come across this situation again but just incase it does happen again, atleast i'll know what to do. But thanks for your input i really appreciate it

[Q] Extreme newb in need of help :S!

Hi all,
I was hoping someone could help me out? I've just got myself a HTC Desire which I was lead to believe would be unbranded. Unfortunately I dealt with a liar and I've just discovered it's got a load of virgin crap on the boot up screen and what not. How do I remove it and is there a way to get rid of this without rooting my phone? I really don't want to root and mess with a custom rom or anything been as I know absolutely nothing about this kind of thing :S! I'd really appreciate any help you guys could give me!

You first need to create a gold card. Google it and you'll find plenty of guides on how to do this.
Secondly, you need the RUU for the unbranded Desire ROM, which you can find here:
http://www.multiupload.com/UOWLL86GVB
To install the ROM, have the gold card in your phone and make sure HTC Sync is installed on your PC. Connect your Desire to the PC and select 'HTC Sync' from the menu on the phone. Once Sync on the PC shows connected just run the RUU. If the gold card is working correctly it will install and voila - one unbranded Desire!!!
* Best to make your every day SD card into the gold card as you WILL need it for all future updates

Thanks for the speedy reply! I just have a few more questions (sorry ^^;!)
Would that get rid of every non-htc thing on my phone including start up rubbish? I also have one about gold cards, if I change my sd card will my phone not work if it's been unbranded on another? I'm unsure whether to give this a go on a tiny one or go for a bigger one that I'll probably use full time. I'm sorry for the silly questions :S!

If you have a working gold card then just use that, it will then be on the stock HTC ROM. If you're now using a larger SD card just make that into a gold card and leave it the phone

Oops, sorry if I confused you, I don't have one. I was just wondering if it mattered if I swapped the gold card-ed sd card for another.
On a side note, if I didn't use a gold card to debrand the phone, will the splash screen start up branding disappear if I change it to a custom one?

You can't debrand unless you use a gold card. After you have unbranded you can use your other SD card. But if there are any ota updates you will need the goldcard to update the phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

You CANNOT debrand without a gold card if you're just going for a stock ROM
You could, however, root the phone and use a custom ROM but that won't change the boot screen when you first turn it on - just the animated one. You'd need S-OFF to change the first one.
Easiest thing is to just make a gold card now and debrand using a stock WWE RUU

ste1164 said:
You can't debrand unless you use a gold card. After you have unbranded you can use your other SD card. But if there are any ota updates you will need the goldcard to update the phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Which is why you just make your usual SD card into a gold card and leave it in the phone

Hmm. Okay, let me get this right, debranding would get rid of any virgin app stuff on the phone but wouldn't get rid of the virgin start up image and using S-off *would* replace the virgin animation with a static custom image?

Neithie said:
Hmm. Okay, let me get this right, debranding would get rid of any virgin app stuff on the phone but wouldn't get rid of the virgin start up image and using S-off *would* replace the virgin animation with a static custom image?
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no what there saying is, if you want to debrand using a ruu, (that will remove everything vigin including the splash screen) you need a goldcard, but if you dont have a gold card, you can root using unrevoked and flash a custom rom, that will remove everything virgin except the splash screen, you can then s-off and manually flash a new splash

Oh wow, this is confusing :S I've now discovered a virgin media scene option as well as a random link to the virgin internet that doesn't show up in my apps along with the flashscreen.
Oh right So using a gold card will leave the htc/android innards alone but get rid of everything virgin? And will I need to do anything special if I upgrade my sd card to a larger one in the future (don't quite have the money for a big one at the moment ^^?

A gold card doesnt get rid of the Virgin branding ... A gold card only allows you to run an unbranded RUU for a branded phone ... which then gets rid of the branding (Virgin stuff)
Oh and if you purchase a larger sd card later you can turn that one into gold card too if you need to ...

Here's a few things about the RUU...
1. It's a COMPLETE ROM, flashing it will wipe the existing one in its entirety and replace it with the new one.
2. You will LOSE all data on the phone when flashing an RUU
3. You need a gold card to flash an RUU not suitable for your handset, e.g. if your phone is x.xx.405.x you can only use RUUs which are also x.xx.405.x - unless you use a gold card

[Q] Desire keeps crashing, Rollback to stock condition.

Hi,
I have tried several ROMs on my desire but none of them is working perfectly.
The only rom that somehow makes it possible to work is dj-droid
Leedroid and Chinese rom kept on crashing
The phone keeps crashing if I use it to much. (run a demanding app like waze or o game)
It even crashed when I use the internet for too long.
All of this made me come to a conclusion that there is something wrong with the hardware (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong)
Now I want to get my phone to his stock condition.
I know that I need to download something called a RUU file.
I found this thread, but I can’t figure which ROM should I D\L.
I suppose it should be something marked as WWE and the numbers are the radio version.
From what I can see my radio version is 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 (found in setting-> about phone -> Software information Baseband version) is it really the radio or I’m looking at the wrong place?
Can I use any RUU file is there a specific RUU should I D\L because in the thread I found the highs radio version is 32.30.00. If I need a specific ROM can some please point to the right direction.
Also I’ll be happy is some will explain to me what are the steps to install the RUU file, or is it same thing as installing a custom ROM ?
Please feel free to throw any other suggestions that might help to set my desire to it’s proper condition.
Thank in advance
Mark
P.S
I had froyo 2.2 and my HBOOT is 0.93.001

In order to return to stock, just connect the phone to the pc and run the RUU (it's just an exe file). The latest OFFICIAL European rom is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=828519
That will upgrade HBOOT and Radio, you really need that. In case you'll need to get root access, just download unrevoked (google it), but remember to uninstall HTC Sync in case you have it installed before running it.
After rooting, just reflash the rom of your choice and keep the new radio, just don't change it, it's superb.
Hint: before flashing any rom on top of each other, remember to wipe cache, dalvik cache, and user data, so you won't get any crash.
To restore data I suggest MyBackup Pro, gives less issues than Titanium Backup.

You need a gold card to flash anything other than the one that originally came with the phone. Radio is irrelevent

EddyOS said:
You need a gold card to flash anything other than the one that originally came with the phone. Radio is irrelevent
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Radio is responsible of many crashes: an old radio not compatible with the camera app gives FCs.
Why would he need a goldcard if he already rooted?? To go back to stock just enter in the bootloader, select fastboot, connect via usb, start the RUU and you're done.

Thanks,
I'll try the attched RUU and update with the result.
BTW
is the there posibility i'll brik my phone during this procedure ?
Oh and i anderstand that i need a goldcard only if my phone is/was branded.

Ok, I managed to restore the phone but after the installation it entered to a boot loop.
I let the phone rest for 2 or 3 minutes and it started up perfectly.
I suspect that if I'll stress my it's get too hot and crushes.
Any suggestion how can I confirm this theory ?

How did you get it out that boot loop? Resting? Did you take out the battery or smth?

Yes,
I had to to that several time before the phone started to work.

DomFel said:
Radio is responsible of many crashes: an old radio not compatible with the camera app gives FCs.
Why would he need a goldcard if he already rooted?? To go back to stock just enter in the bootloader, select fastboot, connect via usb, start the RUU and you're done.
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If the OP has a branded phone and wants to flash a stock unbranded RUU you need a gold card. Radio is irrelevent in the flashing of an RUU as you get the correct radio for the ROM included in it

I am just asking because I am trying to flash the Rooted , A2SD+ version of this ROM and after flash it just keeps looping (when the little green android logo appears and the phone vibrates) and does that on and on and on. Maybe I have to wait more.

Which ROM have you come from? IF it wasn't a Sense-based ROM you'll have to do a full wipe before booting

EddyOS said:
Which ROM have you come from? IF it wasn't a Sense-based ROM you'll have to do a full wipe before booting
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I came from exactly this one (latest OTA). It was rooted and as clockwork recovery did not work , I flashed Amonra. I did a full wipe, I formatted the SD card and then partitioned it, I did everything from scrap. I am almost certain I am missing astep or smth. Phone shows S-ON, maybe amonra doesnt get read of Security...?? I am not very good at this stuff, but any other ROM I flash works, except for the latest OTA (rooted and with A2SD- there is a post here on the forum containing it).
OR you mean a full wipe AFTER flashing, and before the first boot??

Chapter 2 – Return of the Desire
Hi again
First of all I want to thank you all for your assistance I had no problem to activate the warranty.
It seems that the constant reboot issue was a know issue of the A8181 series so my original phone was sent to HTC.
Finely I got the phone back and according to what I've been told it's a new device.
When I tried to use the phone I noticed that the APN settings were not transformed from the SIM card to the phone
(did not had that problem before I shipped the phone).
I tried to ran the RUU I used before and It seemed like I'm also going to gain an upgrade from 2.10.405.2 to 2.29.405.2 .
With a heart full of joy I'm pressing the next button and when the status bar reaches the "updating signature" I get the " Error [131] customer ID" error.
Noting I do seems to help fixing the problem.
I managed to root the phone, I flashed the LeeDroid rom, but i still can't run the RUU.
Any suggestions how do I fix the problem ?
I don't think my phone is branded as I bought an online store and from my provider.
Thanks in advance

You need a goldcard.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

Ok, I tried with the GoldCard, still the same error.
I'm trying to install.
RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.
Also i see notification on that tells me that it is safe to remove my SD card.

Can you access your sdcard on your phone?
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

nope,
can't access it at all

I think that's your problem then.
Have tried removing it, cleaning the contacts etc?
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

I think i messed the card in the proccess of making it a GC
The phone keeps telling me that it's sage to remove it
I dont have this problem when i insert my ap2sd card

try reformatting / remaking your goldcard.
HTH

[Q] no boot after ROM manager

My Desire seems to have bricked after flashing via custom ROM manager via the marketplace. I have HBOOT 0.75 and S-ON (not sure what that means). I initially flashed my rooted Desire (with an older custom ROM) with one called ''AuraxTSense_8.1.1_Official_OTA_2.2_FRF91, and it worked. When I subsequently tried to flash to Neophyte's latest stable ROM, when I rebooted the phone it would stay on the animated X logo.
I have an Orange branded phone, no original ROM backup. I want to get back to the Aurax ROM above. When I reach the boot menu, holding down and the power button, I can select RECOVERY, but then I get a red triangle.
I dont have access to another Desire at the moment.
How can I go about unbricking my phone? Thanks.

You're not bricked, you just haven't properly rooted your phone. Make you SD card a gold card, flash a stock RUU and then re-root using unrEVOked.
And NEVER touch ROM Manager again as it's just TERRIBLE

Here's the thing - I dotn have access to another Desire to make a goldcard ... and I cant flash a stock RUU as mine is a Orange Desire - and I cant find the ROM for it anywhere - it doesnt seem to exist!
Is there somethign else I can do to reroot?

There's a chance that when I first rooted a year ago, that my SD card is a Gold card - no idea how to check, and what I need to do to keep it as a gold card (what shoudl I NOT do with it?)

look
Maybe its a try.
Hope that helps.

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look
Maybe its a try.
Hope that helps.
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I cant turn off check signature in my boot option - I have a very basic menu only.

You don't need a phone to make a gold card as it's the SD card you're making. Just use a card reader
There's no other way of doing it otherwise

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You don't need a phone to make a gold card as it's the SD card you're making. Just use a card reader
There's no other way of doing it otherwise
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I need the CID of a Desire phone- not sure if I need from froma Desire with an Orange contract. That's if my SD card isnt a gold card already. I think I need to flash via ADB from my desktop as my phone is inoperable? If so, win 7 x64 cannot detect my phone as an adb device. What do I do?