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Flashing Radio, I need help please. I am willing to pay for personal assistance!

I have managed to root and S-OFF my phone (so I'm told), but no matter how I try I can't manage to flash the radio that goes with the android revolution ROM. I've not been able to get ENG S-OFF so I'm trying to flash the radio from the SD Card, but that failed as well.
My radio performance is pretty bad. I really need the new radio flashed to my phone to corrected radio issues.
Is there someone who understands radio flashing process well enough to walk me through it? I am willing to pay for the personal assistance.
Thanks,
Jacquie

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295

rohithksaj said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
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Thansk for the attempt to help. I have gotten as far as to tell the phone through android sdk fastboot flash radio radio.img. I get an error that says cannot load radio.img. Is there a particular format for the radio.img file? My appears to be in a zip file.
Thanks a million for getting me this far.

if your flashing the radio you downloaded from the android revolution ROM page unzip the file into a new folder then follow the instructions in the read me .. i have always done it that way and has worked for me every time and quite simple to follow ...

jacquiegardner said:
Thansk for the attempt to help. I have gotten as far as to tell the phone through android sdk fastboot flash radio radio.img. I get an error that says cannot load radio.img. Is there a particular format for the radio.img file? My appears to be in a zip file.
Thanks a million for getting me this far.
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Check in the zip file; you should have a file named 'radio.img' - extract this file and copy it to the folder that you're running fastboot from (if you're using the SDK this is probably the tools folder). The file must be named 'radio.img' for that command to work.
If that doesn't work, exactly what error are you getting?
Edit: or do what sslysi says if you're wanting that radio; everything you need's in the download from that thread.
//sent from my HTC Desire HD using Tapatalk; all errors entirely intentional.

I can't follow android revolution for flashing radio because I can't get the tool to get ENG S-OFF. Already tried this method.
Any other suggestions?
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using XDA App

This is exactly what I did. Extracted the zip file and copied out the radio.IMG file into android SDK tools folder. I don't remember the exact error. I will follow up with another post. I should have put it in my original post reporting the problem. Maybe I'm just too frustrated with all this. In addition I can never get my phone into bootloader using vol- and power button. I'm sure there is a reason why all this stuff isn't working. I just don't know enough to put it all together.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using XDA App

I used this app to root AMT and also to flash my latest radio.

radixon said:
I used this app to root AMT and also to flash my latest radio.
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I was just going to post this. You cannot flash a radio with ENG-S ON, it needs to be OFF before flashing the radio.

Error says cannot load radio.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using XDA App

fuzzbeans said:
I was just going to post this. You cannot flash a radio with ENG-S ON, it needs to be OFF before flashing the radio.
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It is my understanding that some processes can flash with ENG S-OFF. I tried a number of methods to achieve ENG S-OFF, but can't get there. I am open to suggestions.
Thanks again,

Are you sure you are rooted? Hold down the vol - button whilst switching phone on to enter the bootloader. Once there it will tell you if you have eng s-off. If not use the tool from the link I posted before. I successfully used this app to root my phone after I had downgraded my phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App

jacquiegardner said:
It is my understanding that some processes can flash with ENG S-OFF. I tried a number of methods to achieve ENG S-OFF, but can't get there. I am open to suggestions.
Thanks again,
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
try this..it will work to ENG s-off...dont forget to turn usb debugging on

This is a much easier method to flash radios:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054304
Just download the radio file of your choice, put it in the root of your sdcard and boot into the bootloader.

Hi jacquiegardner
jacquiegardner said:
I have managed to root and S-OFF my phone (so I'm told), but no matter how I try I can't manage to flash the radio that goes with the android revolution ROM. I've not been able to get ENG S-OFF so I'm trying to flash the radio from the SD Card, but that failed as well.
My radio performance is pretty bad. I really need the new radio flashed to my phone to corrected radio issues.
Is there someone who understands radio flashing process well enough to walk me through it? I am willing to pay for the personal assistance.
Thanks,
Jacquie
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I find your offer to Pay for help somewhat strange , simply because you have had numerous replies trying to help you, and you have so far ignored to use the FREE to use thanks button to those trying to help you.
Take Care
TheQuest

Help with flashing radio Desire HD
Hey,
I am an experienced and an advanced Android user/modder with a Desire HD. Here's how I flash a radio
First of all, you'll need to check if you're s-off. To do that, power off the phone, remove the battery, then replace the battery. Then, while pressing the volume down button, press the power button to start the phone in fastboot mode.
When the screen loads, check and see if it's S-OFF or if it's S-ON. If it's S-OFF, continue by following the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054304
I'll summarise it for you according to my own experience for you. I'll assume you're rooted and S-OFF
1. Download the radio of your choice. Rename it to PD98IMG.zip
2. Copy the PD98IMG.zip file to the root of your SD card.
3. Turn off the phone
4. Remove the battery, then replace it
5. Press VOLUME-DOWN while pressing POWER ON at the same time. Keep holding those buttons and do not release them until the fastboot screen shows up
6. At this screen, choose the BOOTLOADER option using the VOL-UP and DOWN to select, POWER button to confirm
7. The phone should then be scanning the SD card for the PD98IMG.zip file. When it's done scanning, it'll install it automatically.
8. Reboot and enjoy!
Also, you might wanna check the md5sum key after downloading your radio to prevent corruption of data.
P/S- You don't have to pay me, just hit the thank button.
jazztin_smith

jazztin_smith said:
Hey,
I am an experienced and an advanced Android user/modder with a Desire HD. Here's how I flash a radio
First of all, you'll need to check if you're s-off. To do that, power off the phone, remove the battery, then replace the battery. Then, while pressing the volume down button, press the power button to start the phone in fastboot mode.
When the screen loads, check and see if it's S-OFF or if it's S-ON. If it's S-OFF, continue by following the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054304
I'll summarise it for you according to my own experience for you. I'll assume you're rooted and S-OFF
1. Download the radio of your choice. Rename it to PD98IMG.zip
2. Copy the PD98IMG.zip file to the root of your SD card.
3. Turn off the phone
4. Remove the battery, then replace it
5. Press VOLUME-DOWN while pressing POWER ON at the same time. Keep holding those buttons and do not release them until the fastboot screen shows up
6. At this screen, choose the BOOTLOADER option using the VOL-UP and DOWN to select, POWER button to confirm
7. The phone should then be scanning the SD card for the PD98IMG.zip file. When it's done scanning, it'll install it automatically.
8. Reboot and enjoy!
Also, you might wanna check the md5sum key after downloading your radio to prevent corruption of data.
P/S- You don't have to pay me, just hit the thank button.
jazztin_smith
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Yes? Why the dots? Did i say something wrong?
Edit: Oops, my browser showed those smileys as dots. lol. Anyway, do hit the thanks button! I'm a veteran android modder, but new at xda. Need to collect stats to upload my mods in the development forums =S

Hawks556 said:
This is a much easier method to flash radios:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054304
Just download the radio file of your choice, put it in the root of your sdcard and boot into the bootloader.
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Tried this one too! It just said "failed."

rohithksaj said:
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Thanks for trying, but already tried this method. Had to get into bootloader via command prompt, but it works, can't do it any other way. Navigated to the file and it started to load, then came back "failed."
I do have S-OFF and have been rooted. No ENG S-OFF.
Thanks again,

[Q] Stuck in "quietly brilliant" loop

Hi,
my rooted Desire seems to be totally knackered. I really need some advice here before I just ring up and order a new phone!
When I turn it on it just seems to repeat the "quietly brilliant" animation forever.
I have tried clearing storage in HBOOT, that did not help.
If I try and enter RECOVERY in Hboot I just get a red warning triangle.
If I then press VOLUP+POWER I get into Android system recovery but it also says "E:Can't open .cache/recovery/command". Doing a Wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache doesn't fix my boot loop problem
However, I can the "Apply sdcard:update.zip" and that gets me into Clockworkmod recovery. In this recovery I am able to navigate up and down the menu with the volume keys but the trackball button doesn't actually select any of the menu items. The power, home & menu buttons just turn the screen off.
I'd really appreciate any help at all!

post more info from fastboot and what clockworkmod recovery you using?

kotag82 said:
post more info from fastboot and what clockworkmod recovery you using?
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CWM Recovery v2.5.0.7
I can enter FASTBOOT but I have never used it before. What info are you looking for?

are you pvt4?

Thanks for the reply,
kotag82 said:
are you pvt4?
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According to HBOOT:
PVT1 SHIP S-ON

how did you root?

kotag82 said:
how did you root?
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It might sound odd but it was a long time ago - I don't actually remember.
But after I rooted I installed a standard HTC ROM... I did this because my carrier was taking ages to supply updates.
Then at some point I foolishly applied an OTA update o) to the rooted ROM. This may be what has caused my CWM recovery to stop working.
However, after doing this my phone has been perfectly usable for around a year - until now.

I'd run a ruu here and root it with revolutionary again.

erklat said:
I'd run a ruu here
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I have tried to install the latest RRU via FASTBOOT but I get:
ERROR[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR
I presume this is because I need a goldcard? If so I will try again when I get home later - I have a spare SD card there.
Thanks for getting me started.

elziko said:
I have tried to install the latest RRU via FASTBOOT but I get:
ERROR[131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR
I presume this is because I need a goldcard?
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Actually, can someone cofirm if I need a goldcard for flashing an RRU? The reason I ask is because I've been searching for a method to create a goldcard when you only have FASTBOOT access.
If I don't need a goldcard, then I'm heading in the wrong direction. If I do need a goldcard I don't seem to be able to find a way of creating one without a working phone. I don't have the original gold card I used to root the device with in the first place. I should have kept it.

elziko said:
Actually, can someone cofirm if I need a goldcard for flashing an RRU? The reason I ask is because I've been searching for a method to create a goldcard when you only have FASTBOOT access.
If I don't need a goldcard, then I'm heading in the wrong direction. If I do need a goldcard I don't seem to be able to find a way of creating one without a working phone. I don't have the original gold card I used to root the device with in the first place. I should have kept it.
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Yes you need a goldcard.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

elziko said:
Actually, can someone cofirm if I need a goldcard for flashing an RRU? The reason I ask is because I've been searching for a method to create a goldcard when you only have FASTBOOT access.
If I don't need a goldcard, then I'm heading in the wrong direction. If I do need a goldcard I don't seem to be able to find a way of creating one without a working phone. I don't have the original gold card I used to root the device with in the first place. I should have kept it.
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can you get to clockwork recovery? if yes
try to get your cid via adb
adb shell
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
then follow this guide step 6, which will take you through another steps... be aware some of them step you have already done

kotag82 said:
can you get to clockwork recovery? if yes
try to get your cid via adb
adb shell
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
then follow this guide step 6, which will take you through another steps... be aware some of them step you have already done CCC
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No, the only access I have to my phone is via FASTBOOT. I have read that the ID required to make a goldcard is based on the card itself rather than the phone so my next plan is to try creating the goldcard on another device to use in my Desire.

that is another way good luck fingers crossed

I created a goldcard and applied the RRU successfully! Thanks for all the advice.
Unfortunately I think i have a hardware problem since my phone always starts up in safe mode and I get a long vibration during start-up.
My optical trackball button also doesn't work (hence the problems selecting items in CWM recovery). I think it is permanently pressed which explains why it always starts in safe mode.
It looks like I'll be looking a new phone after all. Samsung Galaxy S2 I think.

[Q] Accidentally updated boot and lost root HTC G2`

First off, I'm fairly noobish. I've had my G2 rooted since the phone came out. I've used CWM and tried out about a dozen ROMs successfully.
Tonight I made the mistake of not having PC10IMG.zip present on my sdcard after flashing a new rom and pushed the wrong button when it asked if I wanted to update my bootloader. This is the ROM I was looking to try out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493404
Now, if I have PC10IMG.zip present when I go into the bootloader I get the message "Main Version is older! Update Fail! Press <POWER> to reboot.
If I rename the file, the bootloader will load successfully and I can get into Clockwork Recovery but CW Recovery doesn't actually do anything and I'm pretty sure it's because I lost root and s-off when I accidentally updated the bootloader. Any time I choose a menu option in CW Recovery, it just goes to the CWM emblem and sits there. If I press power or menu key, it brings me back to the menu list.
I have several roms and backups on my SD card, including a backup I made before all of this happened tonight.
This is what is at the top of my bootloader:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:00
So basically, I have a phone that will not boot past HTC screen and any attempt to go into recovery or factory data reset sends me into ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.7 which doesn't work because I've lost root and s-off.
I even tried using PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed renamed to PC10IMG.zip and get the message "main version is older, update failed"
Did I brick my G2?
Any help is very appreciated! I'm good at following directions and am willing to do the work to teach myself the various steps. I just couldn't find this particular scenario anywhere online. So if there's a way to say "Do this (link to instructions), this (another link), etc etc"; I'll gladly wade through all the guides. That way I'm not making anyone write up a step-by-step if the work has already been done.

In the spirit of trading knowledge; I work as a repair technician for a cellphone repair shop (physical repairs) so if anyone has any questions regarding doing physical repairs; I'm happy to help out. Make a post and PM so I know to go read it and I'll help anyway I can.

You just need to re-root; follow the guide in the wiki.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA

OriginalGabriel said:
You just need to re-root; follow the guide in the wiki.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA
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Some of these instructions seem like they need the phone to boot...
For example, I can use adb to push everything except for the files that need to go into /sdcard/
I have another phone that I can just drop the files onto the sdcard root, however there are some other areas that aren't working either
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
returns 'Failed to set prot mask (Inappropriate ioctl for device)'
This is happening because without the phone booting, the sdcard isn't accessible, right?

C:\Users\Jove\Downloads\g2>adb push su /sdcard/
failed to copy 'su' to '/sdcard//su': Read-only file system

Flash back to your stock rom (whatever carrier your with) then reroot you'll be able to put it all the adb commands once get a rom on your device. If your device was bricked you wouldn't be able to boot it up

tarroyo said:
Flash back to your stock rom (whatever carrier your with) then reroot you'll be able to put it all the adb commands once get a rom on your device. If your device was bricked you wouldn't be able to boot it up
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The phone does not boot past the white HTC screen. Clockwork Recovery doesn't work. Renaming the stock rom to PC10IMG.zip doesn't work.
Is there another way to flash to the stock rom?
Also, how do you "thank" responders? Looking for the button and haven't found it

Can you get into the bootloader. Press power+vol down. If so, can't you just drop the factory rom on an sdcard and name it pc10img.
If you can get in the bootloader your not bricked.
EDIT : what was on the pc10img file that you updated? Try and get ahold of a guy named nipqer. That dude is money, he would definitely be able to help you lol
My hboot is oo.76.2000
Can you just flash the older hboot? Maybe that is why it says your trying to flash a newer version. Is the hboot you have on there now the dz? You might have to flash the g2 hboot, then put the stock rom back on, downgrade and reroot.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

Grab the latest rom for your phone from here http://www.shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision
Run the exe or extract the rom.zip from it and put it on your sdcard as PC10IMG.zip.
Do a full downgrade and root.
Or you could maybe try run misc_version in recovery to allow the downgrade in the first place
-Nipqer

mrbmg said:
EDIT : what was on the pc10img file that you updated?
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the million dollar question?
i dont have any pc10img files on my sd card

Thanks so much for the replies.
Nipqer, I downloaded the stock rom as instructed (I actually already had the same file, but redownloaded just in case) renamed it to PC10IMG.zip, put it in my sdcard root, started the phone in bootloader, and got the Main Version is older! message.
My bootloader still reads:
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:00
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If I remove the PC10IMG.zip and load the bootloader, any option I choose on the bootloader list like Recovery or Factory Data Reset; loads up Clockwork Recovery, which is non-functional. None of the menu items actually work in CW Recovery.
Am I missing a step here?
As far as the question as to what was on the PC10IMG.zip that I updated from... that's just it, it didn't prompt me to update until I had removed that file from my sd card and then it was just a matter of pressing the wrong button to tell it NO.

Ok, so you had a file named pc10img.zip on your sdcard, randomly? My phone will only want to update if I have a file named pc10img.zip on the sdcard, otherwise it just skips through.
It updated to whatever that file name was, that would help to know. Did you have the dz boot on your phone?
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I honestly don't know which hboot/rom it read when it did the update. I had a PC10IMG.zip on there that it had been using for a ROM from nearly 8 months ago and I don't even remember which rom I was using. I want to say it was PyroMecha_Micro-2.3.5 but thats a shot in the dark. It's the last ROM I remember switching to.
To the best of my recollection, here is what I did... I tried using CWM to install:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493404
And when it wouldn't work, I removed the existing PC10IMG I had on my SD Card, rebooted, it booted fine... went into CWM, installed the ROM, it said it installed correctly and then froze on white HTC screen. I left it there for over 10 mins and then pulled the battery and used voldown+pwr to load bootloader; that's when it prompted me to update (I believe it was VolUp to update, VolDown to decline) either way, I ended up updating it.
I've attempted to go through the instructions for misc_version and could not get the fre3vo debug to work even after reading the instructions for narrowing down the debug search parameters.
I was able to download the following
Download this PC10IMG.zip file, which contains the DesireZ Engineering HBOOT,
My bootloader reads this PC10IMG.zip and does not prompt to update or anything. However, any attempt to recovery or factory data reset sends me into Clockwork Recovery. Once in CW Recovery, no matter which menu option I choose, it brings up the Blackhat with an orange arrow forming a circle beneath the hat. The home key and the power button bring the CWR menu back up. Basically CWR is non-functional.
This leads me to believe that I AM using the DZ Hboot, am I right?
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.02.01.15_M2
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38

I actually have the entire clockwork backup I did before I started. Is that of any use? I also have previous backups from last summer.
Just in case I haven't said it enough: Thanks everyone! It's been a learning experience and I'm still hopeful that I can get this thing going.

I'm working right now, and its hard to comment back, but I know, I think on irc channel #g2root they can give you immediate help.
Have you tried running the previous backup that you have?
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838484
See if that leads you in the right direction.
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

No worries, I'm at work too. I have an LG G2X I'm using so I'm not in a hurry; its more a puzzle I'm trying to solve since I'd rather not turn my HTC G2 into a paperweight. LOL
I haven't fully read the thread but it looks spot on. Thanks for the link!

Or you could maybe try run misc_version in recovery to allow the downgrade in the first place
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Nipqer is there a way to change the version when my phone won't boot past the white HTC screen?
I can connect using fastboot usb and I can connect with adb if I let the phone boot into the white HTC screen.
However, as stated before, my CW recovery doesn't work when I try to load into recovery and I cannot access my SD card from my terminal on my PC (when using adb while the phone is on white HTC screen)
It sounds like I have the exact issue that is in the thread mrbmg just posted but I don't see a fix for it under the circumstances I have.
If we can find a way to resolve this under these circumstances, I'll gladly write up a How-To for it.
Thanks!

I hear that. I think that is the thread you are looking for. I've done that before when changing out my radios, but I never flashed my roms through the pc10img...
I try to make it a habit when I'm using the pc10img option off my sdcard to switch it back to another name.. it happens though, I've never unrooted that way though. Should be interesting to fix.
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Yeah, I definitely don't feel like it is UN-fixable but I'm learning as I go for sure. I cringed the moment I hit the wrong button on that update LOL

[Q] buzz Wildfire Brick - No ROM, no CWM

Okay, so I've been searching for about a week; Google, XDA, forums, everything.
Backstory:
My friend found this wildfire at a bus stop, it had no Sim in it but an SD card (which he gave to a friend and has since been wiped).
I've unlocked and rooted a ZTE Skate (Orange Monte Carlo) for use with a GiffGaff Sim and Cyanogen. I'm quite computer Savvy and thought that I'd easily be able to do the same thing with this phone, with Google anything is possible!
Current Condition:
It's in the same state as when I got it, it doesn't have an OS. When you turn it on it just loops the 'HTC Quietly Brilliant' boot loop, holding power and Volume down boots it into a white screen with text (I think this is called HBOOT).
This is the information on this screen:
BUZZ PVT SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-1.01.0001
MICROP-0622
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_20aa
RADIO-3.35.20.10
Nov 17 2010,12:08:53
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Plus options which I'm sure most of you are aware of.
When I select 'Recovery' it takes me to a picture of a phone with a large Exclamation mark (which is inside a triangle warning sign) over it. After a few moments I'm taken to the 'Android System Recovery' which I'm guessing is the stock recovery.
I've taken pictures of all these screens if anyone needs clarification and also of the back of the phone with the battery off (for the IMEI, etc).
What I've Tried:
I'll try make a list of everything I've tried here but I've tried a fair amount (nothing has actually effected the phone so it's still in it's original state).
Extracting the rom.zip from the RUU for the radio number of this phone and renamed it to update.zip. I then tried reading from update.zip from within 'Android System Recovery'. That didn't work, something about a signature not being valid.
Renaming the same rom.zip from 1. and renaming it to PC49IMG.zip/img so that the HBOOT screen could detect it but that was to no avail.
Running unrevoked(latest version) didn't work as the phone doesn't have an OS and every guide says to turn USB debugging on (which I can't do).
Running the RUU for this phone (which I judged from the RADIO version) didn't work either (it couldn't detect the phone).
Using ADB to push/flash recovery/boot/system and none of that has worked.
If I haven't provided some key piece of information then please let me know, I'd like to get this issue sorted as soon as possible!
Thanks in advance!

OK go to the development section and look for clockworkmod version 5.0.2.8 in pc49img format. Boot to bootloader with it on the root of the sdcard and Allow it to flash. Then flash rempuzzle or any other sense rom and your sorted pal
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Thank you so much for the quick response!
I feel like this is getting somewhere now!
So I followed your advice and downloaded PC49IMG.zip from this post.
I copied it to the root of a clean 1GB SD card, booted the phone into Hboot which checks the connected SD card for a zip with that name, It comes up saying Loading PC49IMG.zip but then says 'No Image!'.
I know the SD card slot works and that the SD card works, am I doing anything wrong?
EDIT:
Just to keep the information on here up-to-date I've just posted in the thread I linked to earlier on in this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566677&page=4
When I try and flash recover it says:
sending 'recovery' (3324 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.962s]
writing 'recovery'///
FAILED (remote: note allowed)
finished. total time: 0.973s
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I haven't tried removing the current recovery and putting cwm on with your alternative method because I'm scared that it won't let me write again and I'll just have no recovery and no hope for the phone!
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This is what happened when I extracted recovery.img from PC49IMG.zip and tried to flash it over fastboot.

Please do not post Q&A in the general section.
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Sorry mate, first post and all that. Thanks for putting it in the correct section.

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Sorry mate, first post and all that. Thanks for putting it in the correct section.
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Fast boot will not work as that hboot does not have fastboot commands enabled pal. Give me 10 minutes to jump on the PC and I will help you out
edit: ok you definately need to use the pc49img method as your hboot does not have fastboot commands, the reason most people here can fastboot is the have revolutionary s-off, which added fastboot commands. i think either that phone came s-off or met with an xtc clip, hich has s-offed it and gave it sim unlock ect. so use the pc49img way of doing it, and keep the letters all caps, bar zip. like this PC49IMG.zip sometimes the bootloaders have a huff if its not worded right ;P
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Thank you very much!!

DrCuddles said:
Thank you very much!!
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did you get sorted pal? if you want i can help you find out for sure if the device was xtc clipped or not

No mate it's still as it was last night, see my previous post regarding me following your advice. That's where I'm at with the phone now

DrCuddles said:
No mate it's still as it was last night, see my previous post regarding me following your advice. That's where I'm at with the phone now
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ok well if that fails, it could be a cid issue, but since your s-off should be easily sorted

Okay so what can you suggest for me to try next?

DrCuddles said:
Okay so what can you suggest for me to try next?
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http://www.mediafire.com/?rxh0vn78a89123n
copy this to the root of the sdcard.
when it finds it it should say "jumping to diag", should give you 2 options, select diag. it should then come up with another 2 options of clean s58 data and device info. go down to device info first and look through it to check if the cid is 11111111.
if it is not copy it down.
then keep flicking through and it should bring you back to the clean s58data menu. clean the s58data. it should say readcid success and write cid success, or something along those lines. when it has finished reboot the device and leave it to see if it fully boots again.
this file is a leaked htc diagnostics utility, used with the xtc clip to s-off and give supercid and sim unlock. since you are s-0ff it will run and do its job, with the added bonus that it will hardcore factory reset the device wiping everything from it, hopefully fixing the bootloop in the process. if it does not then you will definately have supercid and be able to use any ruu you need to good luck and report back

I've cracked it!!!!
I was in the process of following the steps in your latest post. I was getting more frustrated because the diag file STILL wasn't being picked up by Hboot and I was at a loss.
I remembered I had an 8GB SD card not being used so I decided it was worth a try to repeat some of these steps with that in it. IT WORKED!
Hboot instantly picked up the diag utitility which makes me think that what was stopping me was that hboot doesn't like SD cards below 2GB (something I'd read about when unlocking my ZTE Skate).
So I restarted the phone with just the PC49IMG.zip on the sd card and low and behold it flashed CWM onto the recovery. Well. As anyone will tell you once you've got CWM on there then everything is nice and dandy! I flashed the latest CyanogenMod 7.2 nightly onto the phone, flashed the gapps and voila the phone is booting into CM7!!!
Thank you so much for your help in this heavy_metal_man, without you taking the time out to answer my questions I would have been lost!
Again, thank you so much. MY ISSUE IS RESOLVED!!!!

DrCuddles said:
I've cracked it!!!!
I was in the process of following the steps in your latest post. I was getting more frustrated because the diag file STILL wasn't being picked up by Hboot and I was at a loss.
I remembered I had an 8GB SD card not being used so I decided it was worth a try to repeat some of these steps with that in it. IT WORKED!
Hboot instantly picked up the diag utitility which makes me think that what was stopping me was that hboot doesn't like SD cards below 2GB (something I'd read about when unlocking my ZTE Skate).
So I restarted the phone with just the PC49IMG.zip on the sd card and low and behold it flashed CWM onto the recovery. Well. As anyone will tell you once you've got CWM on there then everything is nice and dandy! I flashed the latest CyanogenMod 7.2 nightly onto the phone, flashed the gapps and voila the phone is booting into CM7!!!
Thank you so much for your help in this heavy_metal_man, without you taking the time out to answer my questions I would have been lost!
Again, thank you so much. MY ISSUE IS RESOLVED!!!!
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happy to hear you got sorted pal and thank you for keeping me updated

hi i was going through this post as i am facing a similar problem. my phone on pressing the power button would go to the htc screen and then switch off. i tried fastboot, pc49img and other methods and the result used to show success but my phone wouldn't boot. I tried using htc dev to s-on now my phone doesn't respond at all.
IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP!!! :crying: :crying: :crying:

aksme707 said:
hi i was going through this post as i am facing a similar problem. my phone on pressing the power button would go to the htc screen and then switch off. i tried fastboot, pc49img and other methods and the result used to show success but my phone wouldn't boot. I tried using htc dev to s-on now my phone doesn't respond at all.
IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP!!! :crying: :crying: :crying:
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Can you be specific as to what's happening?
Tapped out from my sexy nexus 7

Cannot access recover mode

So I've been trying to root my dads old Desire for a while now, with no success - it is locked to o2 and I'm on Orange. I didn't really want to pay to unlock it, and rooting it would have been nice. I've done two phones before, so I figured it shouldn't be too bad. Eventually I discovered it was HBOOT 1.03, and this was the problem, so the solution was to backdate the software to an earlier version (the phone is still S-ON and I cannot get this thing to take ANYTHING)
I was trying to roll back from Froyo to 2.1.
The current problem is that now the phone will not boot. With a simple turn-on it just sits at the white HTC screen, or if you go into Hboot it tries (what I assume is) 'fastboot' and checks the PB99IMG.zip file on the SD card. If I say I don't want to update and go to 'recovery' it loads the screen with the exclamation mark in a triangle in it. The problem here is that pressing up+power does nothing. I've tried a quick press, and a long hold multiple times, and with no result except the first time. Unfortunately I didn't go through the proceedure the first time, assuming it'd work again. Damn!
If I start the update it says 'can not roll back the hboot version'. It also fails on the radio_v2.
Any help will be much appreciated, and if you need any details (I've probably missed something) please ask!
Thanks

papercutout said:
So I've been trying to root my dads old Desire for a while now, with no success - it is locked to o2 and I'm on Orange. I didn't really want to pay to unlock it, and rooting it would have been nice. I've done two phones before, so I figured it shouldn't be too bad. Eventually I discovered it was HBOOT 1.03, and this was the problem, so the solution was to backdate the software to an earlier version (the phone is still S-ON and I cannot get this thing to take ANYTHING)
I was trying to roll back from Froyo to 2.1.
The current problem is that now the phone will not boot. With a simple turn-on it just sits at the white HTC screen, or if you go into Hboot it tries (what I assume is) 'fastboot' and checks the PB99IMG.zip file on the SD card. If I say I don't want to update and go to 'recovery' it loads the screen with the exclamation mark in a triangle in it. The problem here is that pressing up+power does nothing. I've tried a quick press, and a long hold multiple times, and with no result except the first time. Unfortunately I didn't go through the proceedure the first time, assuming it'd work again. Damn!
If I start the update it says 'can not roll back the hboot version'. It also fails on the radio_v2.
Any help will be much appreciated, and if you need any details (I've probably missed something) please ask!
Thanks
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If it fails with Radio_v2, then it's a radio brick, and that's the reason it won't boot. I'm afraid you can't do much, due to the hboot version.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
If it fails with Radio_v2, then it's a radio brick, and that's the reason it won't boot. I'm afraid you can't do much, due to the hboot version.
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I'm not too worried about getting a different rom on it, or rooting it or anything any more, currently I'd like to just put it back into a working state, as it was, probably locked to o2, if you've any suggestions on how to do that?

papercutout said:
I'm not too worried about getting a different rom on it, or rooting it or anything any more, currently I'd like to just put it back into a working state, as it was, probably locked to o2, if you've any suggestions on how to do that?
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First, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564644

abaaaabbbb63 said:
First, try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564644
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The one step here I'm halted by is producing a Goldcard - the link to the website on the tool doesn't work any more (I've scoured t'internet, and that's the general consensus). Any idea where else I can input the CID to get a Goldcard Image?
Also how do I run the RUU on my computer? What file is it in the HTC Desire Android Upgrade folder I need to run? Afterall, there's no file titled 'RUU.exe'
Thanks

papercutout said:
The one step here I'm halted by is producing a Goldcard - the link to the website on the tool doesn't work any more (I've scoured t'internet, and that's the general consensus). Any idea where else I can input the CID to get a Goldcard Image?
Also how do I run the RUU on my computer? What file is it in the HTC Desire Android Upgrade folder I need to run? Afterall, there's no file titled 'RUU.exe'
Thanks
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Just realized that it wouldn't work, because you have to boot your phone for the downgrader tool.
You could try something else. Unlock your bootloader using the HTC Dev site :http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader, and then try installing a custom recovery.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Just realized that it wouldn't work, because you have to boot your phone for the downgrader tool.
You could try something else. Unlock your bootloader using the HTC Dev site and then try installing a custom recovery.
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I've unlocked the bootloader (although obviously I'm still S-ON and HBOOT 1.03), so how would I go about installing a custom recovery?
Everything I can find online implies I need to do it starting with the phone up and running...
Thanks

papercutout said:
I've unlocked the bootloader (although obviously I'm still S-ON and HBOOT 1.03), so how would I go about installing a custom recovery?
Everything I can find online implies I need to do it starting with the phone up and running...
Thanks
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You download this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28277117
You extract the recovery.img from it.
You then use fastboot to flash it:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

abaaaabbbb63 said:
You download this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1631968&d=1357780284
You extract the recovery.img from it.
You then use fastboot to flash it:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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That worked spot on! Have you got anything you'd recommend I put on there now? (factory reset didn't do anything, didn't really expect it to)
I tried cyangenmod7 for the desire, but with no luck. File 'BAD' or somethign when tried to read it from the SD card.

papercutout said:
That worked spot on! Have you got anything you'd recommend I put on there now? (factory reset didn't do anything, didn't really expect it to)
I tried cyangenmod7 for the desire, but with no luck. File 'BAD' or somethign when tried to read it from the SD card.
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Try a MildWild ROM. Maybe the CM7 download was somehow faulty.

Can ya post the link to the thread and not just post the PB99IMG file? Thanks

jmcclue said:
Can ya post the link to the thread and not just post the PB99IMG file? Thanks
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Sorry jmc. Will do

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Try a MildWild ROM. Maybe the CM7 download was somehow faulty.
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You're getting good at this
So, that's on and working, but it's still locked to the carrier, o2. I've just tried 'HTC Desire unlock v0.9.5' but that didn't work (despite the program telling me it went flawlessly).
Any more suggestions?

papercutout said:
You're getting good at this
So, that's on and working, but it's still locked to the carrier, o2. I've just tried 'HTC Desire unlock v0.9.5' but that didn't work (despite the program telling me it went flawlessly).
Any more suggestions?
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Try using a different USB port.

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Try using a different USB port.
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Nope, nada. I tried v0.94 too. Nothing again. I guess I'll need to get a key. Damn that hboot 1.03!
At least the phone is actually WORKING now though, thanks to you, appreciated.