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[Q] No way out of bootloader, keys not responsive, please HELP!

Hey guys,
I'm in desperate need of some help here.
I tried to install the latest build of Coredroid today, installed all the way to start up screen, then saw safe mode sign.
Rebooted phone.
Straight to bootloader (Android skateboarder page).
In bootloader, volume keys do NOT work, thus, I cannot navigate.
I tried several things, my phone will NOT allow me to boot into Clockwork Recovery, no matter what I do.
I have tried renaming several different roms to PD98IMG and then rebooting, bootloader loads the file then takes me here:
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER
[2] BOOT
[3] RECOVERY
[4] SYSTEM
[5] SPLASH1
[6] SPLASH2
[7] USERDATA
[8] TP
[9] TP
[10] TP
[11] TP
[12] RADIO_V2
[13] RADIO_CUST
I can't select any of these since my volume keys are unresponsive.
Just so you know, the details at the top of my bootloader screen are as follows:
ACE PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD981000)
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26
Can you guys please offer some suggestions?
I'm in such desperate need of help!
Kind regards,
- Ric

My volume keys seem to work in boot loader. Strange that it isn't working for you.
What you can do is open up cmd and use adb shell reboot recovery It should reboot into recovery for you.

There's a fair few threads where people report similar things, although there doesn't seem to be a conclusive solution.

I just tried an adb shell reboot recovery in boot loader and it couldn't find the device. Will try a few other things and get back to you.

The command you want is 'fastboot reboot recovery'
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Mate I seriously appreciate your help!
Someone suggested downloading a RUU but that didn't work for me either?
I kept getting error 170 (usb connection)

philicibine said:
The command you want is 'fastboot reboot recovery'
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Sorry I don't know what this means!

Plug ur phone into ur pc while in bootloader mode... and then on ur pc command prompt type fastboot reboot recovery
Easy
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philicibine said:
Plug ur phone into ur pc while in bootloader mode... and then on ur pc command prompt type fastboot reboot recovery
Easy
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So I typed that and received the message:
'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Could you please elaborate on that?
Kind regards,
- Ric

You have the android sdk?
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philicibine said:
You have the android sdk?
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I've got it downloading the packages now, am I heading in the right direction?
Kind regards,
- Ric

Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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philicibine said:
Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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Ok, well thanks for the support.
I'll see what I can do.

Hey, So I think I've figured out how to fix your problem. Is your phone unbranded? And the RUU file you have. What steps did you try to get that to work? From what I've read around the forums you can either go into the bootloader. Plug in your USB, and it should come up something like "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen to confirm it. Run the exe and it should take you through the steps. You said you got an error so im assuming thats the steps you tried already.
Failing that, have you got a card reader? If so, you can drop an RUU's pb99img file onto the root of the sd card as Hboot looks for this file when it loads. This will then performs the same action without the need for USB connectivity.
So it's just "pb99img.zip" so delete everything between pb99img and .zip from the filename.

philicibine said:
Yes...
You need to get adb and fastboot working. There are plenty of tutorials on here. They both come with the sdk.
Once you have fastboot working its just a case of using that command.
I would use an ruu as a last resort. I don't know about your phone.. but with mine, I have to switch s-on first. So makes it complicated.
Hope u get it sorted. Simply by having bootloader on your phone it means you are recoverable.
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Hello mate, got everything downloaded.
fastboot reboot recovery
Doesn't do a great deal.
After I type it and press enter, the command prompt displays a list of commands and options.
Something along the lines of:
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
update <filename>
flashall
flash <partition> [ <filename> ]
erase <partition>
and so on...
There doesn't appear to be any interaction with the device itself...

usmaanali said:
Hey, So I think I've figured out how to fix your problem. Is your phone unbranded? And the RUU file you have. What steps did you try to get that to work? From what I've read around the forums you can either go into the bootloader. Plug in your USB, and it should come up something like "FASTBOOT USB" on the screen to confirm it. Run the exe and it should take you through the steps. You said you got an error so im assuming thats the steps you tried already.
Failing that, have you got a card reader? If so, you can drop an RUU's pb99img file onto the root of the sd card as Hboot looks for this file when it loads. This will then performs the same action without the need for USB connectivity.
So it's just "pb99img.zip" so delete everything between pb99img and .zip from the filename.
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Yes, tried the first part, the RUU didn't detect my phone.
With the second part, how do I find the pb99img file?
Can I just download one?
Could you please point me in the right direction?
Kind regards,
- Ric

I'm still no further forward.
Could you please point me in the direction of one of the tutorials you're talking about?
I have searched extensively but I haven't found anything that seems relevant.
Desperately need my phone!
Kind regards,
- Ric

The RUU file you have, It should be about 150mb or something right? and make sure it is the correct RUU file. It should be zipped up and just rename it so it is "pb99img.zip" and make sure not to put it in any sort of folders onto your sd card.
I'm assuming you have the RUU already as you said you tried it already. If not try this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357

usmaanali said:
The RUU file you have, It should be about 150mb or something right? and make sure it is the correct RUU file. It should be zipped up and just rename it so it is "pb99img.zip" and make sure not to put it in any sort of folders onto your sd card.
I'm assuming you have the RUU already as you said you tried it already. If not try this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357
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the rom.zip found in an RUU is usually 250-290mb in size depending on carrier addons. This is what is renamed to PD98IMG.zip
AGAIN, PD98IMG
And why hasnt anyone asked him if HTC Sync has been installed?

If you plug in your USB cable while your DHD is powered off, does it go into offmode charging? (does the charging led turn on after a few seconds?)
If so, you should be able to "adb shell" into your phone

[Q] RADIO no flashy

Hi all, i've recently rooted and flashed Android Revolution all went well and fine. I rooted using the newest version of ACE Hack etc...
Anyways I've been running the stock radio from TELUS on my DHD since I bought it and I'd like to change it to what AR ROM recommends which is 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M.
My stock RADIO is 12.56.60.25u_26.10.04.03_M.
My problem is that I cannot flash this new radio. I followed the directions within the RADIO folder but I get a "FAILED remote not allowed"
The directions i fallowed are:
1. Connect your phone into a PC, and make sure that USB Debugging is enabled
2. Click "Start here". A black command prompt window will open
3. Type: "adb reboot bootloader"
4. Once your phone is in bootloader (white screen with text), type "fastboot flash radio radio.img"
5. When the flashing completes, type "fastboot reboot"
6. Done. Enjoy!
NOTE: I installed HTC sync like it asked as well.
I also tried to flash using the ACE hack kit i plugged my phone in ran the app typed 4 hit enter etc.. but after my phone restarts the ace hack hit menu screen loops and absolutely nothing has changed... I did have one issue where my phone booted and said "NO SIM" but after i restarted it went away.
Any help on how to flash this radio? it said not to flash using clockwork so i havn't.

You need ENG S-OFF.
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hopscotchjunkie said:
You need ENG S-OFF.
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Thank you that did the trick lol there was a lot of confusion with the radio s -off and eng s -off some posts said it was bad etc.. but thank you it worked and i've never had greater coverage in my house on this phone.

hopscotchjunkie said:
You need ENG S-OFF.
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no you dont. just need the radio.img in a zip
command: fastboot flash zip nameofzipwithradioinit.zip
zip must be in the root sd directory (meaning; not within any folders) and it will flash without issue with 'Radio S-OFF'
if its an original zip from an ruu or ota add "oem" in between 'fastboot' and 'flash' with spaces.

You still need s-off for this method... fastboot commands are locked at ship hboot
I do what i want, because I can.

[Q] black screen

Hello, I tried to install a new ROM from Cyangenmod 7 to Ice Cream SENSEwich Beta 6 using method via recovery and got a black screen.
Backed up via ClockworkMod Recovery
Was able to fastboot into stock tmobile rom.
Am I still rooted? How do I flash back Cyangenmod 7
thanks
VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010,17:59:38
[ROM][19/04/12]Ice Cream SENSEwich Beta 6|Sense 4.0|ICS|4.0.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546915
Method via Recovery
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Vision:_CyanogenMod

are you true soff? did you root following the wiki guide? do you still have access to the recovery?
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To root I used
cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting
I dont know what true soff is
Holding power button and volume down i can boot into fast boot hboot does not let me select recovery.
clockwork mod and rom manager do not show on apps listed.
looks like reverted to stock tmobile rom but s off and htc vision show up so I may be still rooted?

rwoc said:
To root I used
cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting
I dont know what true soff is
Holding power button and volume down i can boot into fast boot hboot does not let me select recovery.
clockwork mod and rom manager do not show on apps listed.
looks like reverted to stock tmobile rom but s off and htc vision show up so I may be still rooted?
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1. True S-OFF is a permanent type of S-OFF. There are ways to do it temporarily. It looks like yours is perm S-OFF.
2. From the instructions that you followed, did you have to put a PC10IMG file onto the root of your SD card? If that file is still there, the bootloader will always look to that file and not allow anything else to be done.
3. Clockwork Mod will not show in an apps list. It replaces the recovery of your phone. It is not an app. As for ROM manager, I'm not sure what to tell you. Maybe if you can pull logs from your phone we can work on that.
4. Just because S-OFF shows up does not mean you are rooted. If you flashed the stock T-Mobile ROM then chances are you lost root privileges. You can do a quick check by looking in your app drawer for the "Superuser" app. If it is there, you are still rooted. If not, most likely you are not.

Oh! your smart…Yes PC10IMG is still on SD card.
As is superuser.apk and clockworkmod and titamium backup
"Superuser" app is not in app drawer
how would i pull the logs

take the image off sd card and you will be allowed back into recovery, then do a full wipe and flash rom of choice via recovery
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ok took off image and it allowed me into recovery now i have a cool picture of the phone with a red triangle and exclamation point
update: pulled battery turned it on using only power button goes to tmobile stock screen and works fine. do i need to re root and flash new rom?

need to flash a custom recovery again via fastboot. get the .img from somewhere in xda (or google it)
put recovery.img in the same folder as fastboot.exe on computer
connect your phone via usb and boot into fastboot
open cmd on computer change directories to where fastboot and recvoery image are
type fastboot devices (just to make sure its working)
then type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
then
fastboot reboot bootloader
now boot into recovery
now flash rom of choice via recovery
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Would this be a good img?
T-Mobile G2 and HTC Desire Z: recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.7-vision.img

Looks good to me
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Hello, thanks for all the help.
Am I using ADB AND FASTBOOT or SDK to put recovery.img in the same folder as fastboot.exe on computer

sorry a bit confused on what you are asking
after downloading the sdk package you will find a folder probably under platform tools with adb and fastboot .exe in it
this is the folder you want the recovery image
this is also the folder you want to open cmd
right click in the folder and choose open comand here
then you should be ready to use fastboot
(another option is to change enviromenta variables so you dont need to worry about what folder fastboot is in in the future but not necessary right now)
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got it ill let you know how it goes tomorrow. thanks again for the help.

Good Morning, demkantor
Hows Minnesota today? It’s a beautiful day in Chicago.
I followed this tutorial and am getting a, error: Failed remote not allowed
androidforums.com/evo-3d-all-things-root/385358-how-manually-flash-recovery-image-via-fastboot-sd-card
Flasboot devices
HT0A67207920 so its communicating with the phone
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Writing recovery
Failed remote not allowed
Any suggestions?

did you get the recovery in an .img or a .zip? if its zipped extracted it
alsom make sure it is named recovery.img
windows adds the file extention so you may just need to name it recovery
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It came as a disk image file not zipped, until I changed the file to just recovery I got an error cannot load.
Once changed it loaded started recovery and failed.
Ive been reading about eng hboot as mine shows "s-off" not "eng s-off" but I don’t know how it applies to this.

did you follow the htc official dev bootloader unlock?
or did you root following the wiki?
if you did the htc way you are not true soff and you will need to do this first. look for nipqers directions
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used cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting
via sdk not htc boot unlocker

well you can try downloading superuser and rommanager from the market and see if you can install recovery that way. i think there is a busybox installer app in the market too but im not sure
you can also try with adb
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Ok,
I used Root checker from the market and it said i do not have proper root access
downloaded terminal emulator from market $SU comes back SU not found. No # symbol
CPU tuner stated unusuable configuration
So I am thinking I lost Root
What method do u suggest to regain Root?

Bricked Desire HD?

Hey, I recently tried to go back to stock from cyanogenmod but something went wrong and now when I boot up the phone it gets stuck at the HTC screen and does nothing.
here's the information for my boot loader:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
When I go into recovery it comes up with a red triangle exclaimation mark.
I really need to get this fixed as I used my phone for work! any help is greatly appreciated.
I will send anyone £5 over paypal if you can help!

Elliottc said:
Hey, I recently tried to go back to stock from cyanogenmod but something went wrong and now when I boot up the phone it gets stuck at the HTC screen and does nothing.
here's the information for my boot loader:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
I really need to get this fixed as I used my phone for work! any help is greatly appreciated.
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Flash any ROM from recovery. You are still S-OFF. If you lost recovery, then reflash one. Use the guide in my signature to guide (section A-OFF no recovery)
Being S-OFF should leave you flash any ruu you want, but get working phone first and then try again.
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glevitan said:
Flash any ROM from recovery. You are still S-OFF. If you lost recovery, then reflash one. Use the guide in my signature to guide (section A-OFF no recovery)
Being S-OFF should leave you flash any ruu you want, but get working phone first and then try again.
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But when I try to flash a rom it gives be a message saying that it couldn't verify the signature...

Elliottc said:
But when I try to flash a rom it gives be a message saying that it couldn't verify the signature...
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Where are you getting the ruu from? That has to be a signed zip file. Have you tried an exe ruu file?
Btw, why are you trying to get back to,stock?
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glevitan said:
Where are you getting the ruu from? That has to be a signed zip file. Have you tried an exe ruu file?
Btw, why are you trying to get back to,stock?
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I've tried running a bunch of different RUUs but it gives me the 155 error and I run it when the htc screen is up.
Update:
I went into the boot menu and ran the RUU, it has installed but it is a real old version of android, how do I update it?

Elliottc said:
I've tried running a bunch of different RUUs but it gives me the 155 error and I run it when the htc screen is up.
Update:
I went into the boot menu and ran the RUU, it has installed but it is a real old version of android, how do I update it?
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Do not try to flash a froyo ruu...you will mess your bootloader unless your device was shipped with that version. What version are trying to update to?
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In your case, you may be able to skip right to step 5, so I'd try the htcdev stuff first. If you don't get an oem identifier key, you'll have to start from step 1.
1) You need http://www.mobfirmware.com/dl/behtas... dhd/rom.zip
Move it to where your adb files are.
Then do the following from adb:
2) adb reboot oem-78 >> this will put you in RUU download mode. I found you can run this command from CWM Recovery. Though... if you don't have any recovery I'm unsure how to hit RUU download mode. There is an .exe from HTC Dev that'll do it from Fastboot, so there must be a command (fastboot reboot oem-78 maybe??)
Once you're at the black screen w/ silver HTC logo, type:
3) fastboot flash zip rom.zip >> This will change your hboot to one w/ an oem signature. Once it's successful, type:
4) fastboot reboot
5) Now, you'll need to go to htcdev.com/bootloader and follow the instructions to get your KEY (fastboot oem get_identifier_token) and paste it to HTCDev to get your boot unlock bin file emailed to you. Follow the last steps to unlock your bootloader.
The steps are something like: boot to fastboot> type oem command> copy / paste key to htcdev> receive email> download .bin file to adb folder> run command to unlock w/ .bin file (it's on the htcdev site).
NOW you can flash the custom recovery or boot imgs without getting the "Signature Verified Fail" Error.
Goodluck! I just went through this whole process of no CWM and no ROM so you can get your phone up and going w/ a custom rom from where you're stuck! Don't give up!

luncht1me said:
In your case, you may be able to skip right to step 5, so I'd try the htcdev stuff first. If you don't get an oem identifier key, you'll have to start from step 1.
1) You need http://www.mobfirmware.com/dl/behtas... dhd/rom.zip
Move it to where your adb files are.
Then do the following from adb:
2) adb reboot oem-78 >> this will put you in RUU download mode. I found you can run this command from CWM Recovery. Though... if you don't have any recovery I'm unsure how to hit RUU download mode. There is an .exe from HTC Dev that'll do it from Fastboot, so there must be a command (fastboot reboot oem-78 maybe??)
Once you're at the black screen w/ silver HTC logo, type:
3) fastboot flash zip rom.zip >> This will change your hboot to one w/ an oem signature. Once it's successful, type:
4) fastboot reboot
5) Now, you'll need to go to htcdev.com/bootloader and follow the instructions to get your KEY (fastboot oem get_identifier_token) and paste it to HTCDev to get your boot unlock bin file emailed to you. Follow the last steps to unlock your bootloader.
The steps are something like: boot to fastboot> type oem command> copy / paste key to htcdev> receive email> download .bin file to adb folder> run command to unlock w/ .bin file (it's on the htcdev site).
NOW you can flash the custom recovery or boot imgs without getting the "Signature Verified Fail" Error.
Goodluck! I just went through this whole process of no CWM and no ROM so you can get your phone up and going w/ a custom rom from where you're stuck! Don't give up!
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Why would he want to unlock the bootloader when he is already S-OFF?
Besides, it is not possible to flash ruu with an unlocked bootloader. And signature fail will always be there. Even custom roms are signed. Of course not HTC signature, digitally signed.
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[Q] T-mobile G2 help!!!!

I have a G2 that is acting really strange. It will boot up fine make calls ect. I cannot do a factory reset from the phone or from recovery. When I try I just get a white screen with the HTC letters on it. The other strange thing is if I delete an app or turn off wifi when I cycle the phone it all comes back?? It is on 2.3.4 I have tried to downgrade...nope I tried to upgrade using the HTC website and that will not work. Any ideas? Thanks
Here is what I get in hboot sereen
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0008
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 13 2011 14:51:54

As strange as all that sounds I've heard others having similar problems, can't recall what the issue was off hand but I would assume flashing the latest ruu should fix this. When you say updated from HTC was this flashing latest ruu? If yes then what were the errors?
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demkantor said:
As strange as all that sounds I've heard others having similar problems, can't recall what the issue was off hand but I would assume flashing the latest ruu should fix this. When you say updated from HTC was this flashing latest ruu? If yes then what were the errors?
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I went to the HTC web site and downloaded the latest RUU and when I run it the program will recognize the phone and start but the phone will not reboot into the bootloader. I can get it there manually but it times out and says that the phone is not connected.

I don't believe the phone is to auto boot into fastboot mode, been a long time since I ran an ruu but I believe you need to
Manually boot into bootloader
Plug in phone via USB to PC
Choose fastboot mode on phone
Open a terminal in the same location that the downloaded ruu exists
The type fastboot devices (just to make sure you are connected)
Then type
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Once in the new screen type
fastboot flash xxx.zip
(Replace xxx with name of ruu.zip)
Then when complete
fastboot reboot
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demkantor said:
I don't believe the phone is to auto boot into fastboot mode, been a long time since I ran an ruu but I believe you need to
Manually boot into bootloader
Plug in phone via USB to PC
Choose fastboot mode on phone
Open a terminal in the same location that the downloaded ruu exists
The type fastboot devices (just to make sure you are connected)
Then type
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Once in the new screen type
fastboot flash xxx.zip
(Replace xxx with name of ruu.zip)
Then when complete
fastboot reboot
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My bad I guess I should have been more clear I am running the HTC update utility. The file I am using is a executable file not a zip. I cannot find the latest updated file in a zip file. Can I flash any ruu or doe it have to be the next highest one?

Of hand I'm not too sure what to try then, its been a long time since I used that method but you do need to flash a newer version or it won't work. Is it possible to extract images from the executible file? Maybe can be turned into a flashable zip? Maybe see if you can get the version number off it and see if anyone made one?
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