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So i went ahead and downloaded the files and rooted the phone, then i went and did the clockwork recovery like an idiot. I downloaded the RUU for it from here and it states it cannot find the phone. Is there a special mode i have to put it into? Can someone give me a little insight here. Thanks
WHAT?
can't understand a thing of what you wrote!
Please more info...
Sorry let me clarify
I went ahead and rooted using the androot program.
After rooting i downloaded rom manager so i could make a nandroid backup.
Now i realized i flashed clockwork recovery onto the phone.
I downloaded the t-mobile official RUU installer and tried to run it. When i connect the phone it is seen but the program cannot see the phone to flash it back to bone stock without the recovery.
Does anyone know how i can flash the bone stock rom and everything else so its like i just removed it from the package.
I hope this clears everything up. Sorry
ok...
The recovery IS NOT the problem...
It's a driver thing...
Delete the drivers on the system, and install the latest htc sync...
It will come with the leatest drivers...
BUT WHY?
why do you want to do the ruu??
Are you not happy with root?
If it's the wronge recovery, you dont need the ruu..
you can just flash a new recovery!!???
WHY?
To be completely honest i love having a rooted phone. I have a rooted vibrant.
I just really dont know what im doing at this point. I already bricked one mytouch and am afraid im going to do something wrong and brick it again. I really just want the RUU to work in case something happens and i have to send it back. If they go into fastboot they are going to know i did something.
Trust me i would love to put amon ra's recovery on it but i have no idea how and cant understand how to do it. I feel lost when it comes to android phones.
I want to put froyo on here but i should wait for the official update.
That is another thing will the rooted phones still take the OTA for the updates when they come out even if rooted.
Sorry if this is a lot of questions, but im just scared to do anything now since i failed the first time around. thanks
OK... i'll help you all the way...
Write here what ruu did you use...
THE FULL name...
Then i'll send you what you need for your device to return to stock condition :0)
After you see that your phone can go back to stock condition we can work our way back to world of root :0)
It's very easy once you use the right img's....
I used this link since im at work, the file is at home.
39) [xda-ftp] [4shared] 2.10.531.4 T-Mobile USA DRD35
Its out of this thread
[ROM] Official HTC Sapphire/Magic/MT3G RUU ROM Links
The link for that specific thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=659403
The drivers i downloaded for win 7 64 i just googled and installed. If there is another driver pack i should get ill try that htc sync when i get home.
I really appriciate the help.
OK... use this link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/413792527/2.10.531.4_T-Mobile_USA_DRD35_ROM.rar.html
I divided the img's into 2 folders...
System = the android system... flashing those will give you stock android on your phone.
Hardware = the stock spl, radio and recovery.
If you only want the system, flash the system using the radioSwitcher tool in my signature... use the custom boot/system/userdata box....
If you ever have to return your phone for repair or just want to be back at stock(complete reset):
Flash all 6 files.... again using the tool..
For the hardware part use the "custom spl/radio/recovery" box...
The only problem is the spl has nb0 extension... so you have to use the fastboot and a cmd promt on windows... type:
fastboot flash hboot hboot_7201A_1.33.0013G_091021.nb0
or you could rename the file to hboot_7201A_1.33.0013G_091021.img and use the tool for all files... but i have never tested the renaming approach!
Good luck!
Ok i got all the files and the radio tool.
I put things where they need to be and just wanted to flash recovery.
When i click flash it fails every time. I cannot find drivers for this thing anywhere. Can i get help on this please. thanks
are you in fastboot?
try "check connection" before flash. What does it say?
Do you have eng spl?
You need to do your homework before doing such a thing like flashing...
I'll help you if you do your homework :0)
here is what i get when connected
Radio version: 2.22.23.02.
SPL/hboot version: 1.33.0013.
product: sapphire.
mid: sapp31000.
security: on.
build-mode: ship.
-----------------------------------.
Print of device info SUCCESSFUL.
Device is NOT ROOTED - flash old/new disabled.
Please visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677045 for further instructions.
Flashing "recovery" - PLEASE WAIT.
"recovery" flash FAILURE.
HT01YPB12437 Connected.
Flashing "recovery" - PLEASE WAIT.
"recovery" flash FAILURE.
It states that im not rooted when i used the androot program and have superuser permission on the device. Now i am completely confused.
How do i just go about using the RUU and forgetting about rooting? I plug it in and click to start the process and it says it cannot find the phone.
Is there a special mode i have to put the phone into to use this tool?
It's a mistake from the tool...
When it sayed that you dont have root, it meant you dont have eng spl...
I'm going to change that in the tool in the next version....
here is something i wrote to somebody else...
Read it and use the info which could help your case..
But here is the headline: Flash spl(1.33.2010) using recovery, then flash system files using tool, then flash stock spl using fastboot or rename stock spl to hboot.img and flash using tool!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753972
Good luck...
PS: read the entire thread... the info is spread!
What if i would skip the tool all together and use the fastboot commands to flash the files you sent me in that rar file?
If i just do the recovery i will lose hboot and fastboot correct?
I am so scared to do this. Sorry im a complete noob at this.
Also what is a sapping file? I can make a goldcard no problem and make it work.
Thanks for answering everything since i have not done anything to it what so ever yet.
You cant use fastboot because the spl (which controls the fastboot) will not allow you do that... it's called a perfected spl because HTC has closed all possibilities for you to flash anything.
That why we use the custom recovery. With a normale recovery we cant do **** either. But custom recovery gives the tools and permissions to do what ever we want.
Thats why i wrote that flash a different spl using recovery, then use the tool or fastboot to flash the rest...
The tool is safer, belive me... we have over 300 or so downloads with no error reports :0)
But if you are comfitable with fastboot, by all means do it there :0)
Just make sure that spl and radio can play together....
When you are done playing with eng spl (eng = engineer spl, leaked from HTC), flash custom spl back again... before you boot your system, or the system will have many disadvanteges.. the eng spl it not made for your device, but it works just fine... just dont load the system with :0)
Whenever you want to play with fastboot again, flash a eng spl from recovery and you game again....
So read my instructions carefully before doing anything...
Read more info around this forum...
When you are ready, do the things i told you!!!!
I can't help you anymore... The rest is up to you...
If you get into problems, please report back...
All the info is here and on the other thread i linked to before... GOOD LUCK
tgrantjr said:
Also what is a sapping file? I can make a goldcard no problem and make it work.
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sappimg is complete image of a system with non-pefected spl or custom recovery... you lose everything with a sappimg...
The goldcard is needed because you need to "fool" the device to accept the sappimg even if it is not meant for your device!
But you allready have custom recovery... no goldcard needed!
I am so confused. I'm so sorry
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check your pm
Well I came across another of your posts and it said to turn off debugging. Mine is on. Il try it tonight when I get home.
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hi, if anyone has this file can you please reupload it. i flashed an spl to my rooted mytouch 1.2 and now instead of it saying 32a its saying 32b in hboot. i hope there is a way to use this tool to return it back to stock and start all over again. i can still boot into recovery but i cannot find the correct spl to flash. any help would be greatly appreciated.
i managed to fix it by recreating a goldcard, and running the tmobile ruu
Hello all,I have searched and search but to no avail no option have worked for me yet. I need to unbrick my phone,yes I can still get into hboot and fastboot so there is some hope. I have tried multiple times to flash a sappimg to allow me to flash a recovery radio and boot,just none have worked.Even the ones that did appear to work,got stuck at unzipping.
Everytime I would try to flash something through flashboot it will just fail a signature check,and if I try to use fastboot to boot into a recovery,it just hangs till my battery dies out or I pull it out.
This is my fastboot info
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT_1.33.0009 (SAPP31000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009,21:02:32
To give a basic run down this is what I am experencing
1.Cannot locate a suitable sappimg
2.Fastboot and Hboot are running,but security is on so I can flash another recovery radio or boot.
3. Cannot get into any type of OS
4. Cannot load into a recovery through fastboot
5. SAPPIMG stops a unzipping or fails signing check.
I don't want to beg for help,I am just all out of ideas to try to fix it,have search and such and the last way for me to fix it would be run it over with my car and take it through insurace =(
So if anyone could lend a hand I would much appreciate it.
Fix your goldcard!
You need to remake the goldcard...
You should not get signing errors with a working goldcard.
Easier said then done sadly,I would need to actually get into the OS to do the adb command to get the string of numbers to input into the thing that reverse engineers the number to create a gold card =( Using the goldcard I had when I flash the first time though,I dont suppose anything would change.
have tried to use the sappimg from recovery or fastboot?
You can use it from both... try it out if you have not done it before
ps: try to see whats inside the sappimg.zip you have... if you cannot see inside, you need to rename it sappimg.nbh and not sappimg.zip...
Maybe thats why you are getting unzip/signing errors!
I have tried everything except for renaming the .zip to .nbh, let me give that a roll and post back!
Renaming it with .nbh didnt work,didnt even process it a bit,just straight back to hboot beginning menu
rename it to update.zip do it in recovery!
mumilover said:
do it in recovery!
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In the original post I stated I cant even get into recovery =(,not even by loading it with fastboot. The only tools I have right now are hboot and fastboot =(
Serousley contemplating just running it over and going through my insurance,but a $130 deductible is a bit rough.
Any other options available?
i'm uploading my sappimg.nbh which i used to my device.
It's the same fastboot info.
It worked for me in fastboot using a goldcard..,. 100 %
Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/421772202/SAPPIMG.nbh
Model Version is older Update fail,so I would probably have to remake a goldcard,but cant do that since I cant get into the OS at all =(
Unless there is an external way to do that,anyone have any ideas or am I officially taking the tire to the mytouch
I thought so... non-functional goldcard.
Find someone around you and use his android...
The only solution !
would it have to be the same model as my phone or does it matter? My friend has an evo
Or wait I still have the a goldcard.img on my computer,if its the old one couldnt I just redo the hexedit?
Does not matter... any device will do.
Just make it right... read, read, think, read, think then do :0)
Alright well I had the old goldcard.img in my gmail,so I just downloaded and I hexed it,and to no avail still the same error. Redid the flash twice on 2 different cards.
do you still have the nr you wrote down?
No i dont believe so,maybe its possible to reverse engineer the goldcard image? Or maybe even someone upload thier image if the model of the phone doesnt matter,I can do the hexwork myself.
No go... Its sdcard specific.
So every sdcard has it's own goldcard img
You just need the string/tag nr for the sdcard... use any device to get this...
Then make the goldcard.
If you could find the tag nr you used for the goldcard img in your mail, you could make a new one (the right way) :0)
Apeleon said:
No i dont believe so,maybe its possible to reverse engineer the goldcard image? Or maybe even someone upload thier image if the model of the phone doesnt matter,I can do the hexwork myself.
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Maybe someone here could make a goldcard and mail it to you? Or what about all those rooting services on CL? Maybe someone has a goldcard you can use.
Well I have two potential ideas
1. I have the 8g sandisk thats come with the 3.5mm headphone jack mytouch through t-mobile,if someone has something similar maybe I can use thier gold image or
2. I have a Motorola phone,very old,think its a rizir? anyway I had a mini sd port, maybe I could pop it in, find the usb cord for it and get the number I need to make a gold card that way?
Alright heres an update,in case this will help anyone within the future, I just booted into a ubuntu VM I had and ran the command to get the CID for my sd card, so was able to do that and get a new goldcard.img, still doesnt seem to be flashing through sappimg though =(
Maybe it is completly bricked.
hi:
today i recived a hero that stuck on logo after self updating using wifi
and i wanna know is it solvable at all
Updating as in official update or did you flash a rom? Did you make a nandroid backup? (If it was a rom you flashed)
he said that updated by phone itself not any external updates
Yeah totally read that wrong.. only thing to do would be to download an ruu
can you guide me to an ruu download area
tnx
well ive downloaded this file
RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe
is it same you mean?
if yes how can i use it?
is there any file that i be able to put it on mmc and use as rom upgrade?
Can you get into fastboot (hold vol- +POWER I think?). You may be able to "extract rom from ruu" (Google how to do that), then rename to pc10img.zip, place on SD, install through bootloader in fastboot? I will try to have a go on my old hero if I get time later for u.
download last file at http://www.htc.com/uk/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=283&act=sd&cat=all connect your Hero to PC then install it,it will return it like it was originally to 1.5, but remember it will WIPE everything out
then update OTA to get things back up to date
this is what i did
but i'm no expert, others might help you more
I have a basic question,
I'm only asking because there's far too much
information available,
on here
and its not easy to find what best fits my
needs.
I have an unlocked A3335 wildfire ( Telstra NextG network 3g version), I'm using it on optus,
my boyfriend was useing it he dowloaded a
font change app for the phone,
but when he did it my phone went in to
bootloop mode.and keep't bootlooping again
and again
all i get is the start up screen,
with yes you guessed it
(Telstra NextG network 3g crap)
All I want to do is try and get my phone from
this bootloop mode and try and recover...
my phone back to how it was.
Its hard to explain,
ok when i go in to the boot screen
i have this on my phone
BUZZ PVT SHIP S- Off
HBOOT-1.01.0002
MICROP-0622
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-3.35.20.10
DEC 27 2010,
17:49:10
and it reads the sd card,
it said the Boot Image. is missing
dont know why a app would take this out
but this is what happen
So Now when i did the fastboot on my phone
it done nothing,
then did the clear storge.
then i did the recovery
it rebooted to a black screen with A
triangle shape with one of these things
! in the middle of it,
but still stuck
I can follow the regular guides for rooting,
can any one help me to get my phone back to
how it was please
And I really don't care about this part much,
but would be nice to have it off the phone
and remove all the telstra junk and restore
the phone back to how HTC would ship it,
(all the junk apps they include could easily be optionally installed from marketplace if you want their crap...)
(obviously I'm in Australia also)
There are so many ROMS and options available,
including the ones from shipped roms
(it wont let me post the link because I'm new).
I just want my phone back to how i got it,
can any one help me please....
please send me a private messages,
with a step by step guide to do so thanks..
Since you are s-off u can use fastboot flash from windows to flash a clockwork mod recovery. After you do that, every thing will be simple. Just download a rom in zip format,put it to sd go to recovery( just do what you have done to see the triangle in blackscreen. Note that if u flash cwm you will no longer see that triangle). Then use your volume down button to reach install zip from SD card. Hit it with joystick press. Choose zip. Install it. Just do a data- factory resetting before you install zip.
I prefer cyanogen mod 7. U may use latest stable or nightly build. Feel free to post any doubt you have. We are happy to help you.
Regards shah.
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thank you so much your a life saver it work't have my phone back now yay
K. Be in touch with xda. Find out more. Make your wildfire yours and not htc's.
Thank u
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well i got some bad news its gone back to how it was,
trying to do the same thing,
could you please give me a step by step guide thanks,
do i need to turn my sd card in to a gold card ?
its formatted to a FAT32
If you have any ideas where to go and get this would be a great help
aussiegirl said:
well i got some bad news its gone back to how it was,
trying to do the same thing,
could you please give me a step by step guide thanks,
do i need to turn my sd card in to a gold card ?
its formatted to a FAT32
If you have any ideas where to go and get this would be a great help
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nope that gold card image will send to ur email..and u need to copy that gold card image to ur sd card...
Well if the hboot is 1.01.0002 with S-OFF then it must be done using xtc clip. So fastboot flashing shouldn't be working. And u don't need a gold card for S-OFF wildfire .
I would just suggest to flash a stock froyo WWE RUU which also removes the carrier bloatware. If ruu proccess gives errors u can copy the romzip from that ruu and use it with pc49img process from hboot menu. And ofcourse fat32 memory card is must for pc49img process
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Hey can you explain what happened now? You said that yours is working now before 2 days. ( in second last post). So what happened now? What have you tried with your phone?
And...
So the gold card question, let me explain.
Gold card is just a patch tool, with the help of which you can unlock HTC boot loader , or in detail, you can unlock HTC 's boot loader protection(that's what we call as s-off) , which is commenly locked( that's we call as s-on) , for a user mode phone( a phone that is for sale to normal user), and it is done so because a normal user never need a root permission, over clocking etc. Also user defined kernal,rom,radio updates unless HTC provide them with updates.( and of cource to protect their device and its custom os made by HTC.
So being an s-off device, we can say in simple, unleash the potential of android.( that's what i said, make the device yours and not HTC 's).
And s-off. In can be done using many ways, find them in topic " complete wildfire index " , one of which is using goldcard method. It is also explained in topic/ stickies " downgrade hboot to xxxx". You can download an attached file called buzz downgrade from that topic, and its what you all need.
And about ruu flashing, i think its not a safe one for you, Coz your phone is a3335? Right? If so, original ruu flashing may cause problems with network( called as radio problems), so you can use custom/ safe ruu, instead. Which contains no radio image, check " complete wildfire index" else go for custom os like cm7.
But before all you should mention what you need.
1) r u trying to put custom os, or do you need original os?
2) do you want your phone to be a true android gadget, or just normal phone which is provided by HTC?
3) what kind of user r u? Normal user or a tech junky?
4) r u satisfied with android 2.2 or need 2.3?
Get us the answers, along with your current boot menu( where you find recovery option) details. So that we can help you properly.
That's all dude. Its 2.30 am here in India, so i should wish myself a good night, swtdrmz. Cu ltr.
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showlyshah said:
And about ruu flashing, i think its not a safe one for you, Coz your phone is a3335? Right? If so, original ruu flashing may cause problems with network( called as radio problems)
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Oops. Completely missed that point, sorry.
But since the phone is S-OFF one can just flash the system.img and boot.img alone from wwe ruu to remove the carrier bloat and to continue on the HTC stock rom (only if u wish to). Same pc49img process here but with only system.img and boot.img along with android-info.txt .
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bharatgaddameedi said:
Oops. Completely missed that point, sorry.
But since the phone is S-OFF one can just flash the system.img and boot.img alone from wwe ruu to remove the carrier bloat and to continue on the HTC stock rom (only if u wish to). Same pc49img process here but with only system.img and boot.img along with android-info.txt .
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now im lost where do i fine the right one to use do you know how many there are out there this phone is doing my head in i try to flash the system.img and the boot.img and a stock rom and still nothing im ready to give up to be honest
Have you installed clockwork mod recovery? If not do it first. Use fastboot flash from windows or linux, then download latest cyanogen mod nightly and put it in your sd. Then use install zip option from cwm recovery to install cm7. Done. Its what you want. No radio harm will be done unless you flash a radio using any methods.
All info will be available on thread" complete wild fire index" in this forum. Tools, recovery, how to, rom, and every thing else are available in that thread.
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i have all of these things you said here what i dont understand i have tryed this so many times and still dosent work and its abit hard with work as i dont get much time to fix this phone for the past week has given me nothing but a pain in the rear end and its doing my head in...
ok let me show you and try to explain this ok i rooted my phone before so you know its s-off what im trying to do is to get it from the boot looping as its stuck until i put it in to HBoot and did a recovery it stop boot lopping then i did a search and come across this site read and read countless info trying a number of things first so then i did the clear storage then rebooted phone then i got the home screen with yes the Telstra NextG network then i took out the battery then put it back in did the same thing as before got in to HBoot then i read on here to turn the sd card to a fat32 which i did so i read more and more did that they said to do and so on now when i did that i got the home screen with Telstra NextG network then it changed to a black screen with a yes triangle shape with one of these things ! in the middle of it, so then i come here post this on here looking for help then i did what you said to do it work for 2 days then went straight back to how it was then i read the reply's to this done the same thing'y over and over still im with out my damn HTC hunk of junk to be honest this phone has become a big pain in the rear end and has done my head in for over a week i rooted a LG p350 and that hasn't been unlocked until i did it i have never in my life had so much drama with a HTC WILDFIRE A3335 until now i did all my mates smart-phones with no hic up now trying to do my own its like im at the end of my wits i have photos with this so you can see what i get when doing what you said ok the gold card thing'y already did it still phone will not read it as you will see first hand
aussiegirl said:
ok let me show you and try to explain this ok i rooted my phone before so you know its s-off what im trying to do is to get it from the boot looping as its stuck until i put it in to HBoot and did a recovery it stop boot lopping then i did a search and come across this site read and read countless info trying a number of things first so then i did the clear storage then rebooted phone then i got the home screen with yes the Telstra NextG network then i took out the battery then put it back in did the same thing as before got in to HBoot then i read on here to turn the sd card to a fat32 which i did so i read more and more did that they said to do and so on now when i did that i got the home screen with Telstra NextG network then it changed to a black screen with a yes triangle shape with one of these things ! in the middle of it, so then i come here post this on here looking for help then i did what you said to do it work for 2 days then went straight back to how it was then i read the reply's to this done the same thing'y over and over still im with out my damn HTC hunk of junk to be honest this phone has become a big pain in the rear end and has done my head in for over a week i rooted a LG p350 and that hasn't been unlocked until i did it i have never in my life had so much drama with a HTC WILDFIRE A3335 until now i did all my mates smart-phones with no hic up now trying to do my own its like im at the end of my wits i have photos with this so you can see what i get when doing what you said ok the gold card thing'y already did it still phone will not read it as you will see first hand
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No expert but looks like you have an empty sdcard and system.I think you need to get a rom onto your sdcard (cm7 good choice) and then through recovery apply the rom. Zip and reboot after. DONT DO A WIPE.the telestra screen is just a splash screen which will always load before the system searches for data to load,next would be boot loading screen but yours by the looks and sounds of things does not achieve!! Probably cos its not present due to not having a rom installed.hope I helped if not best of luck. Members are very helpful here and cos you can access hboot I am 99% sure this will be fixed for you. Regards Slymobi.
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i have a rom on my sd card but the thing keeps saying FAILED? NO SUCH FILE FOUND ?
Download this: http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...5.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_signed.exe
Enter HBOOT.
Wait until it finishes trying to load a zip file.
Choose FASTBOOT to enter FASTBOOT USB mode.
Run the downloaded file.
It should then install the original HTC rom.
Or maybe try PC49IMG method if you haven't already?
On your PC click start and type in the search box %temp%,
Keep your eye on this folder and doubleclick your ruu, a new folder should appear in temp folder,
Open it and search for rom.zip,
Copy it to your desktop and rename it to PC49IMG.zip then copy to your SD card and boot into hboot, it should find the zip and install.
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@scratches post. I couldn't remember the method but that's exactly how I got my ruu to install so I could revolutionize.
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i have done that already still no go
After seeing this issue quite a few times this past week I thought I make a tutorial on how to possibly fix this. If any of you see any errors or any way to improve this guide please let me know and ill include it and or adjust accordingly
Note-Make sure you have plenty of battery. You don’t want your phone dying in the middle of flashing a PD98IMG
If you are stuck in Hboot and have S-On go straight to flashing Stock Rom section or Alternate method at the end
Do not rename or unzip-Leave as is
Recovery: http://min.us/mbaD8QTK4A
WWE Stock Rom (Sense 3.0): http://min.us/mIc6tkSGg
NOTE- The Stock Rom is for a Desire DHD. If you have an Inspire 4g or Telus DHD do not use the file. Use one of these instead
Inspire 4g pre-rooted Stock Rom: http://db.tt/DCU3oW39 (only use if you have S-off)
Inspire 4g stock Rom: http://min.us/mblzL6b6vL
Telus DHD Stock Rom: http://min.us/mTqXM8fTY
Reinstalling Recovery
If you have Eng S-Off and feel comfortable with adb you can flash a recovery that way. Go to Reinstalling Recovery using adb
For whatever reason you have wiped your custom recovery (My guess is you did a factory reset, thus erasing it). Personally i would try this first as one can go straight to a custom rom. If you don't want a custom rom feel free to go to the flashing stock rom section.
1)Back up anything you don’t want deleted from your sd card
2)Plug in sd card into computer through an adapter of some kind or another phone
3)Reformat the Sd Card to Fat32 – Do a full reformat not a quick
4)Once reformat is complete place the file downloaded from the first link on the sd card
5)Eject the sd card from computer and insert into phone
6)Power off phone by pulling the battery
7)Reinsert the battery
8)Boot into bootloader by pressing volume down and power button
9)It will scan for the file press volume up to accept update
10)It will ask you to reboot- but it will still be stuck which is normal
11)If everything is going to plan you now have access to recovery. So now we need to flash a rom. Skip down to the flashing rom section if you don’t know how to. If flashing the recovery didn't work continue to the next section
Reinstalling Recovery With No Card Reader
Note: Eng S-OFF is not needed for this method
1) Download recovery above and place it in your fastboot directory
2) Boot into Hboot
3) Connect your phone to your PC
4) Select fastboot
5) Open up command prompt and CD to your Fastboot directory
6) Run the command fastboot erase cache
7) After the OK run fastboot oem rebootRUU
8) You'll see a new screen with HTC logo and a progress bar. here you need to run fastboot flash zip PD98IMG.zip
9) Once it completes (should say ok,finished, or complete) run fastboot reboot bootloader
10) Go into Recovery and flash a rom
Reinstalling Recovery Using ADB and Fastboot
Note: you need to have Eng s-off with this method.
You can use the recovery img that is found above or one of your choosing(newer cwr or 4ext recovery)
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
Flashing a Stock Rom
Note-If you are S-off I suggest flashing a pre-rooted stock rom, as there is no need to re-root.
1)If coming from previous section plug in sd card and delete old file then Jump to step 5
2)Back up anything you don’t want deleted from your sd card
3)Plug in sd card into computer through an adapter of some kind or another phone
4)Reformat the Sd Card to Fat32 – Do a full reformat not a quick
5)Once reformat is complete place the file downloaded from the second link(stock rom) on the sd card
6)Eject the sd card from computer and insert into phone
7)Power off phone by pulling the battery
8)Reinsert the battery
9)Boot into bootloader by pressing volume down and power button
10)It will scan for the file press volume up to accept update
11)If everything is going to plan you now should have a fully working phone
12)At this point you are un-rooted so if you want re-root I recommend using the ace hack kit. (unless you used a pre-rooted rom then no need to use hack kit)
NOTE- IF EITHER FLASHING THE STOCK ROM OR RECOVERY PD98 FILES HAS NOT WORKED REPEAT PROCEDURE WITH A DIFFERENT SD CARD
Flashing rom
1)So we were able to re-flash a custom recovery. Connect sd card to computer and delete the PD98img file
2)Download the rom of your choice and any super wipe zips if your rom needs it
3)Place file on sd card eject and reinsert onto phone
4)Boot in bootloader.( An alternate is using adb to boot into recovery)
5)This time it will scan and not find any files. After it scans scroll down and select recovery.
6)You should now be in CWR. Do a full wipe (wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache-found in advanced I think
a.If recommended by your rom uses a super wipe zip. Simply choose install from sd card in CWR and select the super wipe zip
7)Now flash the rom by selecting install from sd card and choosing rom
Alternate- Flashing of a RUU
This is for those that don’t have access to an adapter to place files with. This should work whether your S-on or S-Off
RUU’s: http://www.filefactory.com/f/efa28fefafc4af9c/
1)Download your RUU from above
2)Boot into Hboot
3)Connect your phone to your PC
4)Select fastboot
5)Run the RUU program
Credits to Gene Pool for the Recovery PD98 and pre-rooted RUU for us inspire users.
Thanks to Gizmoe for his link- helps avoid the renaming issues that crop up and idea for alternate RUU flashing,
Thanks to Football for the RUU.exe links
Thanks to Attn1 for the hack kit, all the devs for their awesome work, XDA members who are on here helping people out. I have learned so much just by reading
UPDATES
10/4/12-New method of flashing recovery added. No card reader needed for those that do not have engsoff or the modified hboot from the AAHK-learned this method from Glevitan
3/14/12--Updated links in OP
2/12/12-- Here are some mirrors for the PD98IMG files that were hosted on multiupload. Hopefully multiupload isnt down for good, so in the mean time i have them on depositfiles
Inspire 4g stock Rom: http://depositfiles.com/files/4ofstmcse
Telus DHD stock Rom: http://depositfiles.com/files/mec1ycc7k
WWE DHD Stock Rom (Sense 3.0) : http://depositfiles.com/files/nmxfys544
CWR Recovery-make sure to rename
http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwm5026_recovery.zip
1/26/12- note for all, because of recent events regarding megaupload, those links do not work. Simply use and alternate
1/7/12- changed link to ruu's. Old link no longer had dhd version only NAM versions. Thanks to football for.the link
12/23/11-included note of flashing prerooted PD98IMG as a preferred preference so one doesnt have to reroot-Thanks fernandezhjr
I'm hoping to add a link to a preroot dhd pd98 to the guide. If one you know of a link I'll gladly add it
Reworded use of RUU to stock rom when referencing the PD98 file as to avoid confusion of RUU.exe that is run from a pc-Thanks preacher
Edited to cover up my newbish mistake. Maatsby knows why lol
haha, glad I could help. we all make newbish mistakes now and then, especially past a reasonable hour
One doesn't have to unroot if they don't want to flash the recovery through hboot. One can place a rooted version of the stock rom on the SD card as a pd98img zip and boot into hboot. Once flashed, just go to the market and install rom manager and flash recovery from there. At this point, one is rooted stock and free to flash a custom rom at any time. This saves from the need to reroot the device. Of course this is provided one already has s-off when the problem hit.
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fernandezhjr said:
One doesn't have to unroot if they don't want to flash the recovery through hboot. One can place a rooted version of the stock rom on the SD card as a pd98img zip and boot into hboot. Once flashed, just go to the market and install rom manager and flash recovery from there. At this point, one is rooted stock and free to flash a custom rom at any time. This saves from the need to reroot the device. Of course this is provided one already has s-off when the problem hit.
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I did make in the note of guide, though it was in the last step. Ill add a note further up. I didn't suggest that way first as I dont have a link for a prerooted pd98 for dhd users. In the inspire section I did recommend the easier way as you suggested. Ill see if I can find a prerooted dhd pd98 and add it
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I did make in the note of guide, though it was in the last step. Ill add a note further up. I didn't suggest that way first as I dont have a link for a prerooted pd98 for dhd users. In the inspire section I did recommend the easier way as you suggested. Ill see if I can find a prerooted dhd pd98 and add it
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When I made my post, I was lost and thought I was in the Inspire thread. Lol. I knew I had seen this over there last night, but it disappeared on me. What happened is a mod quickly stickied it and I hadn't clicked on the stickies tab earlier. I see where you suggested it now.
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thanks. u just save my phone.
Potential to stickie, a really clear and useful guide.
Sadly, didn't worked for me
This guide helped me alot! Worked perfecly and now i run a 4.0 android rom
Hey, you exactly explained what my problem is and obviously solved for some cases. But unfortunately, links don't work due to idiocratic SOPA. Hence please review the links so we can solve our problems. Thanks in advance.
q995 said:
Hey, you exactly explained what my problem is and obviously solved for some cases. But unfortunately, links don't work due to idiocratic SOPA. Hence please review the links so we can solve our problems. Thanks in advance.
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All links work, just don't use the megaupload links
I've tried everything that has explained but unfortunately it didn't work out for me.
Thanks..Very helpful, for noobs like me..
do too MultiUpload being down lately I uploaded mirrors to the pd98imgs. Please see second post
I also uploaded two WWE version the RUU for those that want them. Hopefully faster downloads than that on the filefactory link
GB Sense 2.1 2.50.405
http://depositfiles.com/files/2wlrviqhg
GB Sense 3.0 3.12.405
http://depositfiles.com/files/gsi0uoeu4
Sorry For Being a Noob
Hi guys, my Desire HD was installing the update and i didnt think that it was doing anything so I pulled the battery, has not turned on since :/ although it is currently on charge and the orange light is on.
Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated,
Many thanks,
Sam
tmobile help please
Please can anybody download t mobile ota update ? i need to flash the update zip file to my t mobile dhd because i have installed tmobile ruu and my phone wont boot it is stuck in t mobile boot loop i have no root and my hboot says
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL.
I have an unbranded dhd but i dont know if i can install tmobile ruu on to it to download the tmobile ota update myself.. i have done this with my htc bravo's
one was virgin and the other was unbranded i was able to s-off the unbranded bravo using revolutionay.io and install virgin ruu on it and downloaded the ota zip file but didnt install it and copied it to my virgin bravo and installed the update can i do this with dhd ace ?
if you have supercid on the unbranded you can do that, though i dont think the ota will get you out of the bootloop. When you installed the tmo RUU it does take about 15 min to do its thing. did you give it enough time?
You could reflashing the Tmo ruu, but since your soff i would personally use the WWE version
Sorry Guys looking for some extra help, I was flashing a radio on GB and something went wrong... I am running a custom rom and am rooted with ENG s-off.
when I start i get a black scree for about 10-15 minutes, then I get a white screen with HTC on it and it vibrates for a good 5 minutes, then it goes to a white HTC screen with quietly good (or something similar) and eventually the phone will start.
I had ext4 CWM installed on it originally but I do not get any recovery options either in HTC or CWM.
I've tried using the instructions here with adb a recovery image to no avail.
The phone is currently 2.3.5 with HTC sense it was Android Revolution HD 6.3.2 by mike 1986.
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Hunterdiver said:
Sorry Guys looking for some extra help, I was flashing a radio on GB and something went wrong... I am running a custom rom and am rooted with ENG s-off.
when I start i get a black scree for about 10-15 minutes, then I get a white screen with HTC on it and it vibrates for a good 5 minutes, then it goes to a white HTC screen with quietly good (or something similar) and eventually the phone will start.
I had ext4 CWM installed on it originally but I do not get any recovery options either in HTC or CWM.
I've tried using the instructions here with adb a recovery image to no avail.
The phone is currently 2.3.5 with HTC sense it was Android Revolution HD 6.3.2 by mike 1986.
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Fixed it thanks ....
managed to solve the delay after booting by following these steps:
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Hello! I have a Desire HD that is stuck at the Hboot, no recovery or anything.
I managed to flash some ROMs, either through Hboot or RUU but even then, the phone stays stuck at Hboot.
I tried many official ROMs and RUUs. The ones that can be flashed succesfully are the main zip from this thread (WWE Stock Rom) and the two Sense 3.0 WWE RUUs.
The update process seems to proceed fine, but at the end, when I reboot the device, it gives me 7 vibrations at the white HTC screen, then the screen goes black and stays stuck for ever (or at least for 2 hours).
I do not know much about the device, only that it had a custom rom and one day this happened.
If you have any suggestions or ideas, I'd be glad to hear. Even some generic (short) answers will do if you have any idea at all.
HTC service says that because of the custom software, the phone isn't anymore under warranty and they need to replace the motherboard.