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[Q] Advantages to update Hboot

I start this thread because i didn't find anywhere in Desire HD forum a analysis about Hboot upgrade.
I am currently have HBOOT-0.85.0024 Eng S-OFF and PVT SHIP S-OFF and i wondering:
1) Can I upgrade to HBOOT-2.00.0027 and still have Eng S-OFF and PVT SHIP S-OFF?
2) Will be affected in any way the ROM that i have already installed?
3) Which are the improvements that were added in the newer version (HBOOT-2.00.0027)?
4) How to make the upgrade without many headaches and without running the RUU?
I have attached the HBOOT that i extracted from the final RUU: RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.exe

Eng s off is gained from having a certain hboot. If you change it you will probably lose eng s off unless the hboot version you switch to is eng s off. I'm pretty sure though that the one you have is the only eng s off version, I could be wrong though there may be other hboots with eng s off. I do know the one you are thinking about upgrading to is not eng s off though.

whiperhack said:
I start this thread because i didn't find anywhere in Desire HD forum a analysis about Hboot upgrade.
I am currently have HBOOT-0.85.0024 Eng S-OFF and PVT SHIP S-OFF and i wondering:
1) Can I upgrade to HBOOT-2.00.0027 and still have Eng S-OFF and PVT SHIP S-OFF?
2) Will be affected in any way the ROM that i have already installed?
3) Which are the improvements that were added in the newer version (HBOOT-2.00.0027)?
4) How to make the upgrade without many headaches and without running the RUU?
I have attached the HBOOT that i extracted from the final RUU: RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.exe
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1) if you upgrade your hboot you will loose eng s-off and just have Ship S-Off (aka radio s-off)
2 & 3) not really, but you will need to re-format your cache partition in recovery (to either ext3 or ext4.. whichever your rom is using) as the cache size has been increased by 100mb for use with sense 3. So bonus if you're already running a sense 3 or 3.5 rom.
4) Take the rom.zip from the ruu, use winrar to extract it into a folder. delete the img's and the spash.nb0's (if you want to flash the newest radio, dont delete radio.img). Once you've removed the useless junk, and just have the text, the hboot, and optionally the radio, select them all, right click and 'add to archive' (should have this option if you have winrar installed). name it PD98IMG, and make it a zip, not a rar. Move it to your sd card. power off with fastboot disabled, and then vol- and power to get into the bootloader. when it asks, volume up to commence the update.
Again, dont forget to go into recovery after to reformat your cache partition, as this will leave it raw and unuseable until its formatted.

[Q] root DHD hboot-2.00.0027 with htcdev

Hello,
I feel like I have search wide and far for two days now, trying to find the solution to my DHD, and i hope you fine ppl of xda can help me out, first time i have need to ask for help, thanks to the awesome work you people do
The problem is an unbranded dhd eu model. Its updated to latest ver. and never rooted before. I only tried rooting it with AAHK and htcsupertool but no changes whats so ever.
Build ver: 3.12.405.1 CL199157
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-BOOT
Sep 7 2011,19:06:24
My issue is when i try to unlock the bootloader with htcdev.com way. I need to first run the RUU, PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe
But that only gives me the ERROR [190] ROM IS NOT UPDATED "Please update your ROM to 3.12.405.1 in system->><derpderpburp and try again"
I tryed to run it in win 7 x64 and Win XP x32 under VMWARE. Both with same outcome.
I found some one with the same issue only with wildfire s http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432474
Tryed finding the zip inside the app, but nothing there
Any help is much appreciated
- Solefald

Just found out that Advanced Ace Hack Kit works great when you have the updated htc drivers.
Sorry for the alarm

unlock bootloader through HTCDEV failed due to HBOOT-2.00.0027
I had the same problem unlocking my Desire HD with stock rom 3.13.161.5
HBOOT-2.00.0027
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.52.27
eMMC-boot
Solved it by downloading the RUU from htcdev with the HBOOT-2.00.0029 for 3.13.161.3 the one most closely matching my current stock rom (3.13.161.5).
When running the RUU it will fail.
To make is succeed:
1.) run it again up to the point where the installer asks to confirm the update.
2.) open the windows task-manager and find the ARUWizard.exe
3.) right click on the ARUWizard.exe and click on 'Open file location'
4.) in the opened windows explorer locate the the file 'unlock.csv' and open it with a text editor
5.) add your EXACT rom version (PD9810000,3.13.163.5) in my case
6.) save and close the 'unlock.csv' file
7.) continue with the RUU
Worked for me.

I just went into its app data, pulled the ROM.zip file, renamed it to PD98IMG.zip and put it on the root of my sdcard, hboot installed it
But I didn't need it, I have Eng s-off
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk 4 Beta

[Q] USB unbrick + flash

basic phone info
ace pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-2.00.0027
microp-0438
radio-26.14.04.28_m
eMMC-boot
sept 7 2011, 19:06:24
CID : H3G__001
stock 2.3.5 ROM from 3 UK
usb will charge but wont connect to any pc i have tried using 3 different usb cables so can safely rule out a pc/cable problem
created goldcards using the tutorials, using reverse CID obtained from goldcard app in the market. used hex editor, added 000-170, saved etc etc.
tried flashing from goldcard with extracted ROM.zip from the RUU's below, renamed as PB99IMG.zip, but both just give bad image errors.
RUU_Ace_H3G_UK_1.37.771.3_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26_M_release_158897_signed.exe
RUU_Ace_Sense30_S_HTC_WWE_3.12.405.1_Radio_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_225512_signed.exe
tried creating a goldcard and using the Alpharev downgrade file but that gives bad image errors as well although have had a CID error a few times. tried editing the text file in the image to include my CID but still no luck
only other options i can see are try using ADB over wifi but i cant get it to work (did have a good guide open from androidforums but i closed the page and cant find it in my history now, arghhhh) or returning the phone to HTC but its out of warranty so would be a chargable repair. after the hours and hours of reading ad trying this and that, would feel like a failure to pay them to do it now so i am asking if anyone can help! pleaseeeeeeeeee
what am i doing wrong? or what else can i do???

look at my post over here

I just downgraded to Stock 1.32 in order to root, but it's chinese and I need a pin??

Hi,
I had 2.50 on my Desire HD which I found out can't be rooted to flash a modern rom. Now I followed a guide to downgrade it (temproot, put PD98IMG.zip into the sd card and install it via bootloader). After it restarted I had a chinese version apparently and was asked to put in a PIN. But there isn't even a sim-card in there..
What can I do next?
A few more informations:
It's not a PIN, but I can't do anything but contact emergency numbers. I can't connect the phone to usb, I can't connect with adb or do anything else.
I can get into fastboot by taking out the memory card, otherwise it would try to install the wrong pd89img.zip continouesly.
Right now I have only following informations:
Ace PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.09.04.11_M2
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011,00:55:45
What are my options?

You can edit the android_info.txt file in the zip file with supercid numbers and install it. or you can simply add more CIDs to install. ( Like the Cid of your phone )
but 1st you need to upgrade your HBOOT to make modifications. 2.00.029 thats the HBOOT v that you need to install.
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You can edit the android_info.txt file in the zip file with supercid numbers and install it. or you can simply add more CIDs to install. ( Like the Cid of your phone )
but 1st you need to upgrade your HBOOT to make modifications. 2.00.029 thats the HBOOT v that you need to install.

Sorry, but I didn't understand every word..

Re-unlock bootloader / RUU for a5_ul

Ok i messed with this poor device so badly that i can't tell you...i successfully flashed cm12.1 nighlty but while charging the device simply turns off (i opened a thread about this topic but no one replied) so when i wake up in the morning i had no alarm. i decided then to try some other custom roms but in order to do that i had to RUU my device. Here comes the problem, i found many RUUs for this model but only 1 seemed to work...The RUU process stops at the very end with a message saying the it halted due to large image update...so i tried instead to flash the RUU via fastboot but notihing changed, the zip sent to the device is too large.
i have 3 solutions but i need ur help to make em work...
1) unlock the bootloader and restore a backup ==> the problem is that i simply can't re-unlock it...i tried everything (new unlock token, without sd card, with sd car, without sim card, with sd card; it simply remains relocked)
2) find a suitable RUU for my device that is less then 1 gb ==> the problem is that i can't find it anywhere. so i ask you, is it possible to clean the system partition to free space for the RUU? How?
my device info are:
A5_UL PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-3.19.0.0000
RADIO-1.101.111011.20.0123
OpenDSP-v27.2.2.00546.0311
OS-2.34.401.2
eMMC-boot 1536MB
Please, i really need your help, i read all the similar threads and tried everything but i can't make it work.