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[Q] Upgrade HBOOT

Hi there
i have Hboot 0.80 And I want to S-OFF my phone!
alpharevx for HBOOT 1.01
what do i do?
Thanks all

It took me ages but probably because I took the long way round.
I think I formatted my SD card and made as gold card, then used the RUU tool in the Arabic RUU thread below this one.
That worked for me after a day of trial and error. I guess there is a quicker way. Search the forums I know alot of rooting guides have popped up since Alpha-Rev release.
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mohammadN said:
Hi there
i have Hboot 0.80 And I want to S-OFF my phone!
alpharevx for HBOOT 1.01
what do i do?
Thanks all
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Just go to Unrevoked.com, download their app and S-OFF+ROOT+Recovery install on your phone. HBOOT 0.80 is rootable, because it's the old version. You don't need Alpharev X.
Regards

asz18 said:
Just go to Unrevoked.com, download their app and S-OFF+ROOT+Recovery install on your phone. HBOOT 0.80 is rootable, because it's the old version. You don't need Alpharev X.
Regards
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It will not give S-OFF. Just a Custom Recovery and root. If you want S-OFF, you will have to go for AlphaRev X.

mohammadN said:
Hi there
i have Hboot 0.80 And I want to S-OFF my phone!
alpharevx for HBOOT 1.01
what do i do?
Thanks all
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I did it by flashing RUU with Froyo (this update HBOOT) and next, I used alpharevx.

Thanks a lot
I'll download the froyo RUU and then write my result here.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA app

Hello!
I am also on HBoot 0.80 an I want to S-Off my Phone.
When I flashing an original RUU I became an Error Massage that my flashing RUU has an failed HBoot Version...
I try some other RUU but without success.
My Phone is rootet in I have installed the DK ROM.
Anybody an Idea???
Greets Hollux
P.S.: Sorry for my BAD English

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129913&page=9
try that it works for me...just select the applicable RUU to your region then your S-OFF!!!
I got HBOOT 1.02 after running RUU but when I run alpharevx it still got s-off.
Don't forget to install and uninstall HTC Sync so you won't encounter driver issues.
Then when your already s-off follow the instructions on the link below then that's it you got full control!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130044
Hope it works for you...

s0ulbl5d3 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129913&page=9
try that it works for me...just select the applicable RUU to your region then your S-OFF!!!
I got HBOOT 1.02 after running RUU but when I run alpharevx it still got s-off.
Don't forget to install and uninstall HTC Sync so you won't encounter driver issues.
Then when your already s-off follow the instructions on the link below then that's it you got full control!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130044
Hope it works for you...
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i tried almost all RUUs..dosent work...i get error 171 cn u pls tell me wht is wrong?
im on hboot .80 nd wnt to upgrade

[Q] Revolutionary hboot - need to return to stock

I've done a lot of reading and see where Alpharev has a hboot downgrader but does this work with CDMA version BravoC?
I rooted using Revolutionary after having hboot 1.06 for a USCC Desire. Phone is out of standard warranty but I need to send phone in for repair under extended warranty. When I flash 2.2 RUU it cannot roll back hboot version.
Thanks!

I still haven't found anything. Thanks for the help.

what was your original Hboot number?
see alpharev page, if your model is supported try this -
flash HBOOT bravo_downgrader and right after that run appropriate RUU wich contains default hboot to protect extended warranty
as a result of this process you become S-ON again with stock Hboot
i think this may work even for CDMA version but i am not 100% sure
google it and you will find the answer

Here is about GSM Desire...
Actually I just use revolutionary to s-off my phone and it work. I test several new ROMs right now, then I try to flash stock ROM back when found this thread. I can flash the RUU HTC Froyo successfully. but...
the hboot is not overwritten. it still revolutionary. I am very sure the stock ROM I use contain hboot. because I can see it upgrade my hboot from 0.8.000 to 0.93.0001 during I flash this ROM before I s-off it yesterday.
revolutionary claim that we can get the original hboot if we flash stock ROM that contain hboot but it not working for me. maybe you need to tell them about this.

CallMeLaNN said:
Here is about GSM Desire...
Actually I just use revolutionary to s-off my phone and it work. I test several new ROMs right now, then I try to flash stock ROM back when found this thread. I can flash the RUU HTC Froyo successfully. but...
the hboot is not overwritten. it still revolutionary. I am very sure the stock ROM I use contain hboot. because I can see it upgrade my hboot from 0.8.000 to 0.93.0001 during I flash this ROM before I s-off it yesterday.
revolutionary claim that we can get the original hboot if we flash stock ROM that contain hboot but it not working for me. maybe you need to tell them about this.
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Yeah, I flashed my carriers ruu and everything worked but the hboot.

have you guys flashed downgrader before RUU (in case you were using custom hboot off course) strange hmmm

AssassinSvK said:
have you guys flashed downgrader before RUU (in case you were using custom hboot off course) strange hmmm
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Yeah so I first flashed the bravo_downgrader and after that the RUU and I finally got my hboot to show S-ON again! thanks alot

I asked in their IRC channel and they do not support rolling back hboot at this time.

outbackpaul said:
I asked in their IRC channel and they do not support rolling back hboot at this time.
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but I personally just did roll back from Revolutionary hboot to stock hboot with AlphaRev's bravo_downgrade file..

velu- said:
but I personally just did roll back from Revolutionary hboot to stock hboot with AlphaRev's bravo_downgrade file..
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Did you do that with a CDMA Desire? I don't see that listed the the devices supported list.

outbackpaul said:
Did you do that with a CDMA Desire? I don't see that listed the the devices supported list.
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Yah, the alpharev hboot are only for GSM desire (bravo), not CDMA (bravoc)
I think u cant go back to s-on in no way at the moment..u will need a bravoC downgrader hboot
Sent from my HTC Desire

andQlimax said:
Yah, the alpharev hboot are only for GSM desire (bravo), not CDMA (bravoc)
I think u cant go back to s-on in no way at the moment..u will need a bravoC downgrader hboot
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Ah!! Ok, I hadn't seen anything but I really appreciate you confirming this.

[8]STILL S-OFF AFTER RUU
"I want to return my phone for warranty, I used a RUU but I'm still S-OFF"
Cause:
- Alpharev's Hboots are write protected, so that they can not be overwritten by a RUU
HOW TO S-ON
METHOD 1#
[STEP1]- Visit Alpharev and download the "Downgrader"
[STEP2]- Flash the downgrader over fastboot. This can be done with Android Flasher, cmd, or fastboot commander (Note: android flasher is the only program that does not require third party software such as Android SDK or Java JDK)
[STEP3]- You should now notice the title on the bootloader screen is "Alpharev Unlock", run the RUU again and you will have S-ON'd your device.
#METHOD 2#
[STEP1]- Instead of running the RUU again, and putting your phone at risk once more, you can simply upgrade just the bootloader manually, with the PB99IMG.zip method.
[PHASE1]- we need to extract rom.zip from the RUU.
[P1/STEP1]- Run the RUU (BUT DO NOT PLUG IN YOUR PHONE OR CONTINUE), move it to the side as it cannot be minimised.
[P1/STEP2]- go to start menu, and use the "run" feature. Type in %temp%
[P1/STEP3]- select "date modified" to "today" (to make it easier to find). There are should now be 2 folders with long names of random characters.
[P1/STEP4]- search the folders for rom.zip and extract it to the desktop.
[P1/STEP5]- delete everything EXCEPT "hboot_8x50_0.93.0001_20100810.nb0" and "android-info.txt"
[P1/STEP6]- rename the zip to PB99IMG.zip (make sure it is not PB99IMG.zip.zip)
[PHASE2]- now we need to update the bootloader
[P2/STEP1]- put the file in the ROOT of your sd-card (not in any file or folder) and boot into bootloader (poweroff, hold VOLUME DOWN and POWER). After a few seconds, you will be prompted to update bootloader. Select Yes. DO NOT INTERRUPT THE PROCESS, OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
[P2/STEP2]- Once the process is finished, you will now be S-ON.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275632

Unrooting failed?

Desire People,
Im trying to unroot my phone now im stuck in hboot (altough it is an original hboot and its s-on again) but when it updates from the hboot it gives the message:
"Main version is older"
What should i do to fix it?
Much thanks
GR Kay

The language here on XDA is english. So please use it.

How did you try to unroot your desire?
I think the steps you have to do for unrooting are:
-Flash the Bravo Downgrader as described here: alpharev.nl
-Flash a RUU that fits for you from here: shipped-roms.com (you need a windows-pc to do so)
Hope this helps, greets

logox01 said:
How did you try to unroot your desire?
I think the steps you have to do for unrooting are:
-Flash the Bravo Downgrader as described here: alpharev.nl
-Flash a RUU that fits for you from here: shipped-roms.com (you need a windows-pc to do so)
Hope this helps, greets
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He is S-on, so cannot flash the downgrader.
OP, What RUU are you using? What Hboot version?
You cannot flash older Hboots, you must flash same or newer so RUU must contain newer HBOOT than you have.
Please provide full details of your device.

[Q] How can I update my hboot for S-OFF?

I want to update my HTC Desire (AMOLED) with the current hboot of 0.75.
For revolutionary I need a hboot of 0.93. So, what's the best way to do it? I can't find a good tutorial. Can I simply download the hboot image from anywhere and flash it via CWM 2.x?
Is the current ROM safe or have I to reinstall it?
Thanks!

Ultrazauberer said:
I want to update my HTC Desire (AMOLED) with the current hboot of 0.75.
For revolutionary I need a hboot of 0.93. So, what's the best way to do it? I can't find a good tutorial. Can I simply download the hboot image from anywhere and flash it via CWM 2.x?
Is the current ROM safe or have I to reinstall it?
Thanks!
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Use alpharev and follow the instructions there.
It is recommended that you return to rooted stock ROM before you S-OFF but it is not essential (I didn't).

ascot17 said:
but it is not essential (I didn't).
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Most roms wont work. Its certainly safest and best practice.

Thanks for reply!
Today I installed a prerooted stock froyo rom, but Alpharev won't work. Here's the error.
Is there another simple way to update the hboot to 0.93 so I can use revolutionary?

I believe you can flash the official Gingerbread rom found on HTCdev site. This will upgrade your rom to Gingerbread as well as your hboot. Then use revolutionary to s-off.

stankyou said:
I believe you can flash the official Gingerbread rom found on HTCdev site. This will upgrade your rom to Gingerbread as well as your hboot. Then use revolutionary to s-off.
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nopenopenopenopenope
I'm still paranoid about that piece of crap. Please don't, just use a stock 2.2 RUU, anyone you want if you have a goldcard (preferably 2.2)

you can try alpharev
http://alpharev.nl/

Downgrade from 2.3.3 to 2.2?

How do I Downgrade to a EU build of 2.2? Just RUU? Im on official 2.3.3 now.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

If you want to go to a different RUU from the 2.3 RUU then you may possibly require a goldcard if the cidnum are not matching.
- The cidnum in the RUU are available in the android-info.txt whereas the cidnum hardcoded in your device is retreived by giving command
Code:
fastboot getvar all
- If they match you dont require goldcard. Else your sdcard needs to be a goldcard.
- Dont select a old RUU which will blast you back to eclair.
But any case I dont advise going to any RUU just like that. Its dangerous coz it plays around with radio and hboot which are both permanent brick potential. 2.3 RUU is safe.

handy5876 said:
If you want to go to a different RUU from the 2.3 RUU then you may possibly require a goldcard if the cidnum are not matching.
- The cidnum in the RUU are available in the android-info.txt whereas the cidnum hardcoded in your device is retreived by giving command
Code:
fastboot getvar all
- If they match you dont require goldcard. Else your sdcard needs to be a goldcard.
- Dont select a old RUU which will blast you back to eclair.
But any case I dont advise going to any RUU just like that. Its dangerous coz it plays around with radio and hboot which are both permanent brick potential. 2.3 RUU is safe.
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Dont try a different ruu untill u find out for sure it will work because im pretty sure u can NOT downgrade using an ruu. I could be wrong but im fairly sure im not. :sly:
Sent from my HTC Desire

So how do i downgrade? With PB99IMG? Do i need to s-off? My CID is the unbranded EU one (HTC_E01 or something, idunno).

You need to first S-OFF with revolutionary. Then flash the downgrader from alpharev. Then flash either a RUU for your network provider, or the WWE RUU (however you need a goldcard if you want to use the WWE RUU as it de-brands your phone).
If you need help on how to use revolutionary, or flash the downgrader then look at my guide.
For revolutionary look at "S-OFF'ing problems" and for flashing the downgrader look at "flashing HBOOT/SPL"
This is a quote from bortak in a previous post. Thank him
Sent from my HTC Desire

The OP seems to already be on stock hboot SON with official Android 2.3.3. So if he wants to run a RUU imo he doesnt need to follow the revolutionary and downgrade path. What is the point of that ?
I dont know why you want to downgrade but:-
- Which RUU are you planning to run ?
- What are you trying to achieve ?

handy5876 said:
The OP seems to already be on stock hboot SON with official Android 2.3.3. So if he wants to run a RUU imo he doesnt need to follow the revolutionary and downgrade path. What is the point of that ?
I dont know why you want to downgrade but:-
- Which RUU are you planning to run ?
- What are you trying to achieve ?
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Well ur opinion is wrong then. U cant downgrade using a ruu, simple as that. S-off with revolutionary only takes 5 mins so why not go the s-off root
Sent from my HTC Desire

The problems that can occur downgrading from factory 2.3 are:
-problem overwriting hboot (newer release)
-problem overwriting radio (newer release)
Best way to downgrade is to gaining s-off, flashing Alpharev downgrade and radio.img from desired RUU via fastboot, and then running Desired RUU. The appropriate RUU to be used should be 2.2 WWE RUU cause I couldn't find any FroYo release that is for HTC_Europe (all are Eclair releases).
One more important thing is version of device (amoled or slcd) cause running a wrong RUU can cause screen failure, so repair is a little bit heavier (like playing table tennis in complete darkness ). So I suggest to find the newest FroYo release (reference is the latest version number of release and radio).

nlooooo said:
The problems that can occur downgrading from factory 2.3 are:
-problem overwriting hboot (newer release)
-problem overwriting radio (newer release)
Best way to downgrade is to gaining s-off, flashing Alpharev downgrade and radio.img from desired RUU via fastboot, and then running Desired RUU. The appropriate RUU to be used should be 2.2 WWE RUU cause I couldn't find any FroYo release that is for HTC_Europe (all are Eclair releases).
One more important thing is version of device (amoled or slcd) cause running a wrong RUU can cause screen failure, so repair is a little bit heavier (like playing table tennis in complete darkness ). So I suggest to find the newest FroYo release (reference is the latest version number of release and radio).
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SO i ran revolutionary, tried to ruu but resulted in hboot error. I flashed bravo_downgrade.img from alpharev.nl and now my hboot is S-ON 0.93.something. So now i should:
S-OFF again using rev
Flash radio from ruu using fastboot
Flash bravo_downgrade.img using fastboot
Flash hboot from ruu using Fastboot.
Now run the RUU.
Right?