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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] Help with HBOOT

Hi, I have just bought a second hand Desire for my wife. The person I bought it off had changed the HBOOT and put Oxygen rom on it. She wanted it back to sense so I tried to flash the official RUU via HTC Synch thinking it would change the HBOOT at the same time. Now all I have is HTC in the middle of the screen with an exclamation mark in each corner.
Anyone give me a step by step guide of how to get it working again??.
Thanks in advance.....
Scotty.

cant u just flash the alphrev stock hboot or zip. or reflash recovery??

tuktukscotty said:
Hi, I have just bought a second hand Desire for my wife. The person I bought it off had changed the HBOOT and put Oxygen rom on it. She wanted it back to sense so I tried to flash the official RUU via HTC Synch thinking it would change the HBOOT at the same time. Now all I have is HTC in the middle of the screen with an exclamation mark in each corner.
Anyone give me a step by step guide of how to get it working again??.
Thanks in advance.....
Scotty.
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Read the adb and Fastboot faq via my signature (ignore all the adb stuff, read just fastboot).
Set up your computer for fastboot (or download Fastboot flash utility - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638)
Download this: http://alpharev.nl/bravo_downgrade.img
Boot into fastboot (from off hold back and press power)
Using the knowledge from the FAQ and / or Fastboot flash utility, Flash the bravo_downgrade.img as a hboot (eg fastboot flash hboot bravo_downgrade.img)
Run RUU again
This may not make sense looking at it now, but read the FAQ and it will.

rootSU said:
Read the adb and Fastboot faq via my signature (ignore all the adb stuff, read just fastboot).
Set up your computer for fastboot (or download Fastboot flash utility - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638)
Download this: http://alpharev.nl/bravo_downgrade.img
Boot into fastboot (from off hold back and press power)
Using the knowledge from the FAQ and / or Fastboot flash utility, Flash the bravo_downgrade.img as a hboot (eg fastboot flash hboot bravo_downgrade.img)
Run RUU again
This may not make sense looking at it now, but read the FAQ and it will.
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Thanks, I'll give it a whirl.

need more help read my guide

bortak said:
need more help read my guide
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I cannot install the android flasher as (on one pc) it says I need .net framework which I downloaded but then it says searching for updates and then says an exception has occured and won't do anything else. And on my laptop it says error checking for updates and then get the exception message.
Any ideas??

Easy way- grab PB99IMG.zip containing bravo_downgrade.img from Alpharev, check md5 checksum (if it's not correct- redownload), put it on SD and boot to bootloader. Hboot will be flashed by bootloader itself

gen_scheisskopf said:
Easy way- grab PB99IMG.zip containing bravo_downgrade.img from Alpharev, check md5 checksum (if it's not correct- redownload), put it on SD and boot to bootloader. Hboot will be flashed by bootloader itself
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I cannot boot to bootloader. None of the buttons do anything apart from the power button.

tuktukscotty said:
I cannot boot to bootloader. None of the buttons do anything apart from the power button.
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This is why we need to use fastboot flash. Try the manual method from the FAQ.

rootSU said:
This is why we need to use fastboot flash. Try the manual method from the FAQ.
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I have downloaded sdk tools and dragged the folder to C: drive but when I right click my computer to put the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools The line I get says:
\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Zune\
I do not have zune on my pc.
??????
I am running windows XP SP3 if that means anything

Help with hboot
Hi all.
Download and unzip unrevoked, the easiest rooting method known to man. This works on any HTC phone, so if you have a different phone than the Incredible 2, just select whatever phone you have.
Thanks.

tuktukscotty said:
I have downloaded sdk tools and dragged the folder to C: drive but when I right click my computer to put the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools The line I get says:
\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Zune\
I do not have zune on my pc.
??????
I am running windows XP SP3 if that means anything
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Dont worry what is already in there, thats nothing to do with what we're doing. Zune is an MS thing so its not implausable that its there.
1 thing though, is it my sdk tools, or googles? If its googles, check in the folder to make sure adb and fastboot are there, as they may actually be in platform-tools instead. Amend the line you are adding if that is the case. Or just add both, ie:
;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
---------- Post added at 01:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:43 PM ----------
wyandavidson said:
Hi all.
Download and unzip unrevoked, the easiest rooting method known to man. This works on any HTC phone, so if you have a different phone than the Incredible 2, just select whatever phone you have.
Thanks.
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Well done at reading the thread properly

I used the sdk tool. I added the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools text. Connected my phone and did the cmd,typed adb shell and it said device not found

tuktukscotty said:
I used the sdk tool. I added the ;C:\android-sdk-windows\tools;C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools text. Connected my phone and did the cmd,typed adb shell and it said device not found
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Check if USB is properly connected on both sides. If yes- check if phone is visible in Device Manager and if drivers are installed

gen_scheisskopf said:
Check if USB is properly connected on both sides. If yes- check if phone is visible in Device Manager and if drivers are installed
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I have installed the drivers as described but still does not work.
When the phone is plugged in via USB I get the screen with HTC in the middle and the exclamation in each corner, when I unplug it I get a white screen with:
AlpahRev Oxygen r2 (in pink) and then:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
Aug 10 2010,1752.18
Then RUU in orange.

tuktukscotty said:
I have installed the drivers as described but still does not work.
When the phone is plugged in via USB I get the screen with HTC in the middle and the exclamation in each corner, when I unplug it I get a white screen with:
AlpahRev Oxygen r2 (in pink) and then:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
Aug 10 2010,1752.18
Then RUU in orange.
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Remove RUU from sd-card or remove card- bootloader tries to flash it if file is found.
Also in bootloader mode you don't have access to adb- this requires running system or recovery.

gen_scheisskopf said:
Remove RUU from sd-card or remove card- bootloader tries to flash it if file is found.
Also in bootloader mode you don't have access to adb- this requires running system or recovery.
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No bootloader or anything works.
I do not understand all this kinda stuff!.
Wish I'd never touched the bloody thing lol
Think it's going on ebay as parts!!

tuktukscotty said:
No bootloader or anything works.
I do not understand all this kinda stuff!.
Wish I'd never touched the bloody thing lol
Think it's going on ebay as parts!!
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Bootloader works:
tuktukscotty said:
I get a white screen with:
AlpahRev Oxygen r2 (in pink) and then:
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-4.05.00.11
Aug 10 2010,1752.18
Then RUU in orange.
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This is bootloader screen but it finds update package (PB99IMG.zip) on sd card and tries to flash it- this is normal behaviour.
Remove RUU form sd-card and you will have access to fastboot

gen_scheisskopf said:
Bootloader works:
This is bootloader screen but it finds update package (PB99IMG.zip) on sd card and tries to flash it- this is normal behaviour.
Remove RUU form sd-card and you will have access to fastboot
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Removed the memory card and fastboot still does no show.

tuktukscotty said:
Removed the memory card and fastboot still does no show.
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Wait ~10 seconds after first bootloader screen appears (bootloader searches for SD card and flashable packages on it). Then bootloader menu should appear- check this video how it looks like

[Q] Flashing New Radio

my vision:
VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
HBOOT-0.84.2000 (PC1010000)
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.10.04.12_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 8 2010, 15:56:38
please a little help...I am trying to upgrade the radio on my phone so that I can use wifi calling.
I tried the PC10IMG zip on the root of sdcard and that will not work...now I am trying to manually push from adb.
I followed instructions for the radio.img perfectly.
I put in fastboot devices in terminal and the device is recognized but when i try to flash the radio it says," error: cannot load 'radio.img'"
current radio: Vision_Radio_12.57.60.25_26.10.04.12
wanted radio: Vision_Radio_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19
maybe my sim card is too old please help...and know that I posted this in the correct thread just wasnt getting any views because its such an old thread. Thanks!!!

I'm not 100% sure but I think you're getting that error because you don't have an ENG bootloader (it says HBOOT and not ENG-HBOOT), which means you shouldn't be allowed to flash anything with fastboot commands.
I am also trying to upgrade my radio (kind of, actually it's the rcdata.img) and fastboot just isn't detecting my PC10IMG.zip

You need to have engineering bootloader in order to use fastboot flash. Is weird that it isn't picking it up from the root of the SD card. Are you sure in the bootloader you selected the first option with the power button it should immediately begin to load and detect
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Ill take some pictures in the morning and look up the guide that I used to flash my engineering bootloader
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I went on #g2root and a nice guy named skorgon helped me out with flashing PC10IMG.zip even if your bootloader does not detect it.
Just open a command prompt and change directory to where you have PC10IMG.zip, then
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
your phone will reboot into RUU mode and show an HTC logo on a black background
Code:
fastboot flash zip PC10IMG.zip
it will show a progress bar on both the phone and the command prompt will give a text progress. if you see "error: cannot load 'PC10IMG.zip'", make sure your command prompt is in the same directory as the actual PC10IMG.zip file (using Win7, hold shift, right click, then choose "Open command window here")!
when it's done, just do
Code:
fastboot reboot
done!

c00ller said:
I went on #g2root and a nice guy named skorgon helped me out with flashing PC10IMG.zip even if your bootloader does not detect it.
Just open a command prompt and change directory to where you have PC10IMG.zip, then
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
your phone will reboot into RUU mode and show an HTC logo on a black background
Code:
fastboot flash zip PC10IMG.zip
it will show a progress bar on both the phone and the command prompt will give a text progress. if you see "error: cannot load 'PC10IMG.zip'", make sure your command prompt is in the same directory as the actual PC10IMG.zip file (using Win7, hold shift, right click, then choose "Open command window here")!
when it's done, just do
Code:
fastboot reboot
done!
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Yo thanks everyone...especially C00ler...def gave me just the information I needed...I love when this stuff happens I remember once again why I visit xda everyday, such a helpful community...thanks guys!!
Got the radio, got the eng hboot and I have my wifi calling working!!!

neither of my desire z's say ENG-HBOOT...
so what have i done wrong?
i followed this guide when rooting http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HTC_Desire_Z:_Rooting

if you followed that guide you should have an engineering hboot, without know exactly what you did I can't say why you don't have it. are you rooted and have s-off? do you have a custom recovery?
if so not a huge deal but I tend to use fastboot a lot and would still recommened getting the eng hboot
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I have ENG S-OFF as it is in the post at the top of the thread.... I thought that was the engineering hboot?
The posts below are talking about eng-hboot on the hboot screen?

you have an engineering bootloader. spl/hboot/bootloader are referring to the same thing by the way
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whoop, above two posts are right .. i somehow missed the ENG S-OFF bit
if the error message was "error: cannot load 'radio.img'" then perhaps real problem was that the command line directory wasn't the place with the radio.img

demkantor said:
you have an engineering bootloader. spl/hboot/bootloader are referring to the same thing by the way
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i think the post above clears up my confusion

My confusion came because it appears I have an older version of the eng bootloader 0.76.2000 so I was confused when I saw the op's 0.89.xxxx version.
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Boom found the discrepancy.
Desire Z's bootloader is 0.89.xxxx
While my
Tmobile g2 is: 0.72.xxxx
I guess I should have done a little bit more research beforehand.
Keep rocking xda
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htc wildfire stuck in fastboot

hello
my htc wildfire is stucked in the fastboot (and sometimes the hboot) screen
i can't use up and down keys to enter recovery mode or other options
my bootloader is locked, so i can't flash any boot.img or recovery.img from the fastboot using
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
ti unlock it i need to go to:
http://www.htcdev.com
but i can't know now my phone's version to download the file i need (exe files), tried some of them, but the problem is that it can't find the phone! i think the phone needs to be powered up and not in fastboot mode (i think it uses adb)
and this command is not working: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
so i'm stuck in that sreen now
i've seen the thread in the forum, but can't find a solution, help please!
this is what i see in the scree:
buzz pvt ship s-on
hboot-1.01.0001
microp-0622
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-3.35.20.10
nov 17 2010.12:08:53

ARDV said:
hello
my htc wildfire is stucked in the fastboot (and sometimes the hboot) screen
i can't use up and down keys to enter recovery mode or other options
my bootloader is locked, so i can't flash any boot.img or recovery.img from the fastboot using
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
ti unlock it i need to go to:
http://www.htcdev.com
but i can't know now my phone's version to download the file i need (exe files), tried some of them, but the problem is that it can't find the phone! i think the phone needs to be powered up and not in fastboot mode (i think it uses adb)
and this command is not working: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
so i'm stuck in that sreen now
i've seen the thread in the forum, but can't find a solution, help please!
this is what i see in the scree:
buzz pvt ship s-on
hboot-1.01.0001
microp-0622
touch panel-atmelc03_16ac
radio-3.35.20.10
nov 17 2010.12:08:53
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Hi
Take the sdcard out of the phone and check and see if you have access to the volume buttons again. If so does your hoot have a factory reset option? Should be forth one down if it does.
Your hboot is not htcdev unlockable, but you can attain s-off if we can get it to boot. If the factory reset is not an option try booting into recovery, mash all the buttons until the recovery text options come up and factory reset from there, then report back here
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2

heavy_metal_man said:
Hi
Take the sdcard out of the phone and check and see if you have access to the volume buttons again. If so does your hoot have a factory reset option? Should be forth one down if it does.
Your hboot is not htcdev unlockable, but you can attain s-off if we can get it to boot. If the factory reset is not an option try booting into recovery, mash all the buttons until the recovery text options come up and factory reset from there, then report back here
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using Tapatalk 2
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tried both with sd card and without it, the same problem.
i can't access recovery, and there is no factory reset option now, i can't click or choose anything.
i just can do 1 thing, which is writing prompting fastboot commands from pc.
i've searched in the fastboot commands but can't something to help

ARDV said:
tried both with sd card and without it, the same problem.
i can't access recovery, and there is no factory reset option now, i can't click or choose anything.
i just can do 1 thing, which is writing prompting fastboot commands from pc.
i've searched in the fastboot commands but can't something to help
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what condition did you get the device in? do you know how it ended up like this?
can you issue the command
Code:
fastboot gervar all
for me and see if it outputs. what we want to see if the cid of the device.

heavy_metal_man said:
what condition did you get the device in? do you know how it ended up like this?
can you issue the command
Code:
fastboot gervar all
for me and see if it outputs. what we want to see if the cid of the device.
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that's what i get:
getvar:all FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))
finished. total time: 0.002s

ARDV said:
that's what i get:
getvar:all FAILED (status malformed (1 bytes))
finished. total time: 0.002s
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That is whole world's of not good. That means that the area in the bootloader holding the information about the phone, and more likely how to boot is corrupted. The only way to try get out of this at this point is going to need another android phone. You will need to make what's called a gold card, which will format your sdcard making it into a special sdcard which commands htc phones to ignore CID. Once you have this we can attempt to flash a ruu update with a bootloader update and hope that it fixes the issue. But if it fails your only other option aside from getting htc to fix it (unlikely for free) will be to pay to use an xtc clip, force the device to become s-off and them flash several bootloaders in the hope that one works. Let me know what you want to do next pal.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

heavy_metal_man said:
That is whole world's of not good. That means that the area in the bootloader holding the information about the phone, and more likely how to boot is corrupted. The only way to try get out of this at this point is going to need another android phone. You will need to make what's called a gold card, which will format your sdcard making it into a special sdcard which commands htc phones to ignore CID. Once you have this we can attempt to flash a ruu update with a bootloader update and hope that it fixes the issue. But if it fails your only other option aside from getting htc to fix it (unlikely for free) will be to pay to use an xtc clip, force the device to become s-off and them flash several bootloaders in the hope that one works. Let me know what you want to do next pal.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
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this gold card, i need to buy or 'create '?
i found that link:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/

ARDV said:
this gold card, i need to buy or 'create '?
i found that link:
http://www.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/
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You need to create one using an micro sdcard of 2-4 gb. (The one in the phone already should do ) you will need to place the phone into another android phone, or tablet, and download the app goldcard helper. Use it to determine the reverse CID of the sd card. Then go to this website link here and tell it the reverse CID. It will then let you Download a goldcard.img. once you have that you will need to go to this thread (link) and download this package. This will have a program called goldcard helper. Using this program you will combine the goldcard .img with the sdcard and then you will be good to go to run a ruu.
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heavy_metal_man said:
You need to create one using an micro sdcard of 2-4 gb. (The one in the phone already should do ) you will need to place the phone into android phone, or tablet, and download the app goldcard helper. Use it to determine the reverse CID of the sd card. Then go to this website (will edit a link in once I'm off my phone) and tell it the reverse CID. It will then let you Download a goldcard.img. once you have that you will need to go to this thread (insert link later) and download the package. This will have a program called goldcard helper. Using this program you will combine the goldcard .img with the sdcard and then you will be good to go to run a ruu.
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thanks for helping man, i'll wait for you.

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well, so the first step is to put an external sd card in another android phone, and download this app, and get the code needed to put in that link u gave me?

the job in that thread requires:
5. A htcdev unlocked bootloader follow my previous guide here.
6. cwm recovery installed.
7. superuser installed.
and all of these don't exist in my case
the thread works with adb, and i don't have
and does a 8gb card work? 'not 2 or 4)
edit:
can i pass all the steps to GoldCardTool.exe?
and what comes after?

ARDV said:
well, so the first step is to put an external sd card in another android phone, and download this app, and get the code needed to put in that link u gave me?
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Yes that is the first step.
ARDV said:
the job in that thread requires:
5. A htcdev unlocked bootloader follow my previous guide here.
6. cwm recovery installed.
7. superuser installed.
and all of these don't exist in my case
the thread works with adb, and i don't have
and does a 8gb card work? 'not 2 or 4)
edit:
can i pass all the steps to GoldCardTool.exe?
and what comes after?
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Yes skip all of it until it talks about gold cards. All you need to do is make the gold card and then run the ruu that's in the downgrade package. It's the same hboot that you are on but it should flash without any issue. If you get error 131 then the goldcard has failed. You can certainly try with a 8gb but personally I've found that the bootloader struggles with anything over 4gb.
So to recap.
Use the app to generate the reverse cid of the sdcard.
Then insert the reverse cid number into the website I linked and download the goldcard.IMG
Then follow the goldcard instructions in the guide where it refers to goldcard tool.exe
It is recommended to use an external micro USB card reader and not a phone when writing the goldcard.
Once done place goldcard into phone,
Then connect phone to PC and then double click the ruu.exe
If it runs without error then wait for reboot of the phone, hopefully all will be well.
If the phone is not picked up then issue the fastboot command fastboot OEM rebootRUU And then try again.
Any error codes from any program just post back here, sorry for my late reply
Edit here is a good tut with a more in depth explanation of goldcard tool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
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well,
i got the reversed CID, then i got the goldcard.img from that site
now after i load it to that .exe tool, i get:
An error occured Object reference not set to an instance of an object. tool used: 0.0.5.
i found another version of that toll: 0.0.7, i got that problem:
object reference not set to an instance of an object
i used both files as admin,
and also tried compatibility mode (i'm using win8)

ARDV said:
well,
i got the reversed CID, then i got the goldcard.img from that site
now after i load it to that .exe tool, i get:
An error occured Object reference not set to an instance of an object. tool used: 0.0.5.
i found another version of that toll: 0.0.7, i got that problem:
object reference not set to an instance of an object
i used both files as admin,
and also tried compatibility mode (i'm using win8)
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Hmm. ive been re-reading my info on goldcard (its been a while) and it turns out goldcardtool.exe has been know To have issues with cardreaders, so keep the card in the working android phone and mount it to the pc as usb mass storage and try again.
also run it compatability mode windows xp sp3 if possible and if it still fails post your reverse cid to this thread, ask nicely and @matter1 may be able to help you with a new goldcard.img, just incase the one from the website is faulty.
oh and use version 0/0/7 pal

sorry the problem that i didn't enable usb mass storage, it worked now and said that the sd card now is a gold one
now the next step is putting it in the htc-not working phone, and run the ruu.
edit: at last the phone booted up
i used http://revolutionary.io/ to install the recovery and root the phone
thanks for the big assistance

[Q] Cannot update, root or flash recovery

After trawling the internet for about 4 hours, downloading various things and reading many guides, I decided to give up and create this thread.
I have a HTC Wildfire S with the following in bootloader
MARVEL PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.90.0000
MICROP-0451
RADIO-7.54.39.08M
Apr 8 2011,17:45:10
Android version: 2.3.5
HTC Sense version: 2.1
Software number: 2.14.771.4
1. OTA always seemed to fail with an icon of a phone with a red triangle (I assume that means missing recovery).
2. RUU always seemed to turn up with Error 191.
3. Created a goldcard, and tried RUU again, still Error 191.
4. Placed rom_01.zip in root of SD card and renamed to PG76IMG, booted into HBOOT where nothing happened.
5. Repeated with rom_02, and same result.
6. Attempted flashing recovery, and then a full RUU zip through fastboot, which neither worked. The errors I received were "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" & "FAILED (remote: 42 custom id check fail)" respectively.
7. Extracted the boot.img & system.img, and attempted to flash via fastboot, and received the "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" error.
8. Downloaded an AIO toolkit, and attempted flashing recovery, and the zip file and received the same errors. Also attempted perm root from there, which still had no results.
9. Somehow factory reset it, and repeated all of the above, still with no results.
I would appreciate any help,
Thank you.

MyCanSeeYou said:
After trawling the internet for about 4 hours, downloading various things and reading many guides, I decided to give up and create this thread.
I have a HTC Wildfire S with the following in bootloader
MARVEL PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-0.90.0000
MICROP-0451
RADIO-7.54.39.08M
Apr 8 2011,17:45:10
Android version: 2.3.5
HTC Sense version: 2.1
Software number: 2.14.771.4
1. OTA always seemed to fail with an icon of a phone with a red triangle (I assume that means missing recovery).
2. RUU always seemed to turn up with Error 191.
3. Created a goldcard, and tried RUU again, still Error 191.
4. Placed rom_01.zip in root of SD card and renamed to PG76IMG, booted into HBOOT where nothing happened.
5. Repeated with rom_02, and same result.
6. Attempted flashing recovery, and then a full RUU zip through fastboot, which neither worked. The errors I received were "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" & "FAILED (remote: 42 custom id check fail)" respectively.
7. Extracted the boot.img & system.img, and attempted to flash via fastboot, and received the "FAILED (remote: not allowed)" error.
8. Downloaded an AIO toolkit, and attempted flashing recovery, and the zip file and received the same errors. Also attempted perm root from there, which still had no results.
9. Somehow factory reset it, and repeated all of the above, still with no results.
I would appreciate any help,
Thank you.
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Have you unlocked the bootloader?

aWFSuser said:
Have you unlocked the bootloader?
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Using HTCDev? As updating the HBOOT seems to fail. I have to skip the first couple of steps. When trying to get the oem token, it still doesn't work.
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MyCanSeeYou said:
Using HTCDev? As updating the HBOOT seems to fail. I have to skip the first couple of steps. When trying to get the oem token, it still doesn't work.
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First of all you need to unlock your bootloader. If htc official site is not working for you, then you try below methods.
Try THIS or This one
Good luck!

testmasterbd said:
First of all you need to unlock your bootloader. If htc official site is not working for you, then you try below methods.
Try THIS or This one
Good luck!
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Hey thanks, for your suggestions, neither were successful.
They both receive an error when collecting the token.

MyCanSeeYou said:
neither were successful.
They both receive an error when collecting the token.
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Then, I think you need to check your USB "cable/pc-port" and htc driver on your PC. If possible then try with fresh PC/install.

testmasterbd said:
Then, I think you need to check your USB "cable/pc-port" and htc driver on your PC. If possible then try with fresh PC/install.
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Sorry for the late reply, only managed to try it yesterday.
No luck again :/. Used a few different laptops and cables.

MyCanSeeYou said:
Sorry for the late reply, only managed to try it yesterday.
No luck again :/. Used a few different laptops and cables.
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Try the following commands, with your device in fastboot mode and your rom1.zip and rom2.zip in you adb folder. Also ensure that your command prompt is ran from that folder by using shift+ right click then open command window here.
[Code/] fastboot oem rebootRUU
Fastboot flash zip rom1.zip
Code:
The command window might now ask to flush or reflush the command. So
[Code/] fastboot flash zip rom1.zip
[Code]
Wait for this to complete then run
[Code/] fastboot flash zip rom2.zip
(Same reflush stuff may come again, if so reissue command again)
Fastboot flash zip rom2.zip
Fastboot reboot
[Code]
All should now be well.
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heavy_metal_man said:
All should now be well.
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Thanks you SO much! It updated my hboot, but when I tried the HTCDev method, it failed upon flashing the unlock_code.bin. Instead I used the HTC unlocker tool thing, it worked like a charm! Installed a custom recovery via fastboot and now trying out all the ROMs!
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MyCanSeeYou said:
Thanks you SO much! It updated my hboot, but when I tried the HTCDev method, it failed upon flashing the unlock_code.bin. Instead I used the HTC unlocker tool thing, it worked like a charm! Installed a custom recovery via fastboot and now trying out all the ROMs!
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No problem pal
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