yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
unLeasH the Cragon !

I'll save you some time & effort...

How to downgrade:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905003

How to root:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857537

How to get S-OFF:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855403

Android Flasher 1.6.1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638

RADIOS THREAD WITH ALL DHD LATEST RADIOS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=877295

Exellent Custom ROms for DHD

Htc Sense Roms+ No sense Script

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=840040

or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=842802

or

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=858418

Roms with NO htc Sense

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20122-cyanogenmod-7-for-htc-desire-hd-v700-10-april-2011/

follow these guides to the letter and you will be fine... there is also another tool called "Android Flasher 1.6.1" you that saves you from all adb commands if you dont knw them..with it u can change ur splash screen, recovery, radio,bootanimation... also when everything is done.. do a full wipe(full wipe deletes everything on the phone except recovery and boot and radio ofcourse.. and EASY FULL WIPE dnt delete ur data but delete everything else so only full wipe is needed in this case) before installing a custom rom. DO EVERYTHING AS IN THE SEQUENCE OF THE LINKS I HAVE GIVEN YOU.. links are all above.. oh btw the zip attachment u need to unzip it and u will find another 2 .zip files.. u just place those in ur sdcard goto bootloader then recover.. install zip from card.. and then click on the one you want... got luck :p

I DONT KNW OTHER ROMS.. JUST GAVE YA THE ONES I USE AND KNW ABOUT
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kraken T3ch:
If you are looking for a step by step guide...

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Ace
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsupilamiz:
I flashed custom ROM after a week with my phone. There's problem with com.google.process.gapps. I redid and everything seem working fine till now (for 3 days)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
Hi

thanks very much for your help!!! just to clarify

step one - downgrade

step two - root

step three - S - OFF

step four - backup current ROM - incase i have to send it back......

step five - upgrade radio

step six - perform wipes

step seven - install custom rom

again if these steps are correct and confirmed i will read up on the methods and programs to use, it was just so confusing on where to start! thanks again for everyones help!

Calum
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
yes bang on :D do reply back to this post as i will check later on if you did well :p btw u can update radio later on its not a biggie :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
wish me luck lol will read up now as am off most of the day might try this tonight
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
go goofylad gooo ! xda forums cheers :D ... after u download everything.. it just takes 30 mins to be exact :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
think i have done the 1st step just need to force the stock rom on there

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=905003&page=106

does that look right to anyone before i go further?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
Yes.. Now downgrade to stock 1.32 put it in the same card u used for gold card
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
C:\Downgrade>adb shell

$ cd /data/local/tmp

cd /data/local/tmp

$ ./misc_version -s 1.31.405.6

./misc_version -s 1.31.405.6

--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6

Patching and backing up partition 17...

Error opening input file.

should it say error opening input file?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
its ok done it again and now getting the # instead of error opening input file

although tried to load stock FW but said no image or wrong image trying again with the download of that file
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0cke:
If you're getting the 'wrong image' or 'no image' at the point of it trying to install the downgraded version it is most likely the SD Card that is at fault. I got that a few times when trying. I initially tried it with an SD Card I got in my Hero and couldn't get it to work. So Goldcarded the one that came with my DHD and that worked a treat.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
yeah it was the card re-done another card and boom it found the image and loaded it..........

new problem it doesn't offer me the choice to upgrade it just jumps back to the bootloader :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
when u put the downgrade version in ur sc card.. and goto boot loader.. as soon as u enter bootloader after a sec or 2.. there is an automatic scan for stock rom. so make sure that the file is in sdcard
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
right

my 8gb sd card - turned into gold card via http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/

then go through all the steps to downgrade getting CID incorrect after it bootloads and is checking the image.....

my 2gb sd card turn into gold card via same method as above

then go through all the steps to downgrade but this time no image found so kicks back to bootloader

have tried both cards 3 times, each time getting a new goldcard file just incase i typed something wrong (which i dont seem to have done) but 2 different results both still not allowing me to downgrade :(

think i will take a break for an hour or two from this atm

anyone any ideas where am going wrong?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
getting cid incorrect is ur not making goldcard correctly.. download my attachment and make a gold card thro this.. but do follow rest of goldcard guide
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0cke:
GoldCard Helper is also another good tool for getting the correct CID. I tried the manual way a few times and it never worked. This worked first time.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrBasta:
Just rooted my Desire HD... simple and easy.

I guess I'm gonna be checking few ROMs now :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
:D

thanks worked a treat!!!! :) now to step 2 lol
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goofylad:
Just wanna say a big thanks to everyone that helped! as you can now see from my sig there's not much more i can do to my phone lol :)

thanks again!!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] L0cke:
Awesome :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misteR_Bilzz:
Is it important to wipe the data? cause i missed that step... :/
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bucikaka:
If you flash a different ROM, it's recommanded. If you update only, it can work without, but still, it's cleaner if you wipe.

which rom did you choose?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misteR_Bilzz:
I went from the Vodafone Desire HD Rom to the revolution Rom.. seems to be working fine but I lost all my apps so I'm redownlading them all..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bucikaka:
Revolution is a neat rom if you like sense. For the apps you can use "titanium backup" from the market to what else, make backups of your apps...:) (it's practical if you plan to flash roms often)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexckma:
I find the wiki one to be quite good. it requires command prompt on windows though
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bucikaka:
You mean cyanogen?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bucikaka:
That's what I'm using actually. It's quite pure android with a lot of possibilities for tweaking...and the community building it is really pro.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misteR_Bilzz:
Yeah for some reason i couldnt backup my apps before the loading the new rom. I can see them all now so should make next time easier. :) Thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 36VAN:
thank you very much! will try that tonight! thx button clicked :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misteR_Bilzz:
I flashed to the 3.6 revolution ROM and I am experiencing issues with my mic volume being very low when i have people on loud speaker, normal is fine. The change log says it had been fixed but looks like the fix reversed my working mic lol

I found the below link but was reluctant to try as its not for a DHD. Any ideas?

www [dot] villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/234-Solved-Low-mic-volume-during-calls
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul8811:
Hi guys

Just trying this at the downgrade stage, appeared to work ok using the CMD to get temp root.

When I restart the device I get a few No image or wrong image messages, then it goes to checking

I used goldcard helper for the IMG on the MMC2 card but also get CUD Incorrect update fail, any ideas?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul8811:
Anyone able to advise?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] misteR_Bilzz:
Hey Paul,

I used this tutorial to create my gold card.

http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/

Worked for me.

On another note, I also figured out the reason for the low mic volume issue, seems that i flashed to 3.5 not 3.6 so all good!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul8811:
Should the card be formatted & only have the img & downgrade files on for it to work?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paul8811:
All done :)

Using Revolution 5.1
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhagyeshsc:
Flashing custom ROMs

friend, i am new to this custom ROMs. I have Micromax canvas A1 aq4501, it came with 4.4.4, and i got a update of 5.1.1

i am using it now. i managed to root my cell, and now want to use Dirty Unicorn ROM. All i need is a bit of help as to what to do next, as i m all confused, i have installed many back up apps, n yet unable to take a back up of my ROM in case i brick it. Your help will be much appreciated.

-thanx
[Samsung Mesmerize] Metalchunkz:
Alright, so ultra-n00b here, just starting to learn about rooting/custom ROMs/kernels themes and all that for my USC samsung mesmerize. Got 2.2 stock froyo right now, and the thing I notice I need most is some kind of firewall to block ads and tracking and the like. From the (basic) research I've done, I need root access to do anything like that. But I am always roaming, about an hour away from "home service area" and I am afraid of (trying) to root my phone, somehow losing everything, having to go back to stock and not having 3g service until I can get back to my home area to do a PRL update (which is pretty far away and I'm low on funds and fuel). So I guess my questions are:

1. is there a non-destructive way to root my USC (west coast) mesmerize?

2. what is the best way to do a back-up image of my phone so I can try to root/ new ROM/kernel/theme without fear of losing my PRL/data?

3. the only feature that I've seen that I would like on my phone is kind of a superuser dropdown menu from the top on my friend's rooted iphone, which had 3g enable, airplane mode enable, wifi, silent, data, power options, and I haven't really found anything on the themes i've browsed on here. Is there anything like that?

I know these are pretty basic questions, but I did surf around the forum a fair amount before I decided to post because I didn't want to be shredded for being totally clueless. The glossary is awesome, I learned a lot so thanks for that! Is there a really basic mez root guide that I've missed? I'm totally willing to learn and read a bunch so I can make informed decisions about this stuff.

edit: I would like to avoid this gentleman's unfortunate situation:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1031991&highlight=root

for just rooting my stock froyo this is all i could find:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1033265&highlight=root

are these steps legit? or is there an automated way?

Thanks in advance! :)

Tristan S.
[Samsung Mesmerize] defenestrado:
1. SuperOneClick: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682 or

z4root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953

I used SuperOneClick before I had any idea what I was doing and it worked fine. Rooting shouldn't touch your PRL or data. Even though a couple of the things I tried failed, I never had anything mess up.

2. Clockworkmod Recovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=942021

I would do some research before doing this. From what I understand, it won't stick unless you flash a custom kernel. That has potential to screw stuff up if you do something wrong. This post has a list of kernels compatible with the Mes, but definitely make sure you know what you're doing beforehand.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12488596&postcount=2

3. I'm pretty sure that should already be there. Touch the top of your screen and pull down.

Hope this helps.
[Samsung Mesmerize] foxfire450:
3. If I'm understanding correctly what you're looking for, there are widgets in the Market that will do this. I use one (Dazzle) that lets me choose what I want to control (like the ringer volume, mobile data (3g), WIFI, BT, GPS, tethering, brightness, etc). Root isn't required.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] W3BSurfer:
If ever a Bell update comes along, hopefully, how do I go about using OTA update?

I used titanium backup and froze the crapware and also, I skipped making a Blur account when I first got my phone and loaded Launcher Pro immediately.

Do I unfreeze all the crapware and create a blur account to enable update? Or is there a specific file that I can unfreeze?

Currently when I go to my settings and check update, all I get is a blank screen. Normally it would give me a pop up stating that there is a new ota update or system up to date.

Ty.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiredPirate:
If you accept an OTA update you will loose root. If you want to keep su you will have to come back to the forums when an update is available. By then there will likely be several threads you will have to read pertaining to the update and how to install it correctly.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RizOACH:
I was wondering the same thing almost as well.

I recently did a factory reset, and and reformat of my internal memory. When restarting I bypassed the Motoblur account set-up. As of this morning I have also rooted my phone.

When I click on system updates it tells me I need a Social networking account.

I just want to make sure I am still going to have a way to update when they come?? I'll worry about the how when the time comes.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpopgt:
Hi,

I have just flashed CyanogenMod-7 for the first time and i am loving it, i have everything configure to near perfection and it is running superfast.

Only problem are all the adverts, i have installed adfree but it does not seem to work, all of the sense roms i have used have been adfree.

Can anyone help or point me to another blocker?

Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
The oxygen faq has a link to a flashabel zip at the start of the second post. Use that.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpopgt:
Thanks Pal....no adverts now:)
[HTC Excalibur] leo23fla:
Hello

I purchased a HTC Excalibur and I thought about the rom update it.

Here how I did:

1 - I run the Unlock application sda and said Sda successfully unlock sda Please reboot now.

2 - i rebooted and run the Excalibur USPL-CID BYPASS-JumpSPL and the screen turned white

I run the RUU and the update stay 0% and gives error 266.

my excalibur is with wm5 with messaging and security feature pack ...

Another doubt he is not recognized any sd card I've tried everything ...

Sorry for my english i am from brazil

Waiting for reply ...
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Did you search? Look here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=415225

That will do it. The sdcard issue is related to WM5 it doesn't support it. If you flash to a WM 6.5 you will see it supports up to 16 GB I think.

On that note, thread closed.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maledyris:
This is my first android phone so I don't have anything to compare it with, but it seems to me like the global search doesn't work very well. I've selected all the search options in the settings so I know that's not the problem. It just doesn't seem to want to post results for some of the data on the phone. For example, if I type the name steve I expect a list of my contacts named steve to appear in the list. What actually happens is that it provide a list of internet searches, and maybe a few seemingly nonsensical music entries. If I press the "g" button and choose contacts then it's all good and the proper results appear.

The same happens with music. If I try to search for an artist using global search, it just provides me with internet suggestions, no actual music suggestions, even if just a moment ago the same artist appeared as a nonsense entry while I tried searching for contacts!

Anyone have any suggestions on making it work better?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiredPirate:
Ive never tried to search for contacts in Google search, untill now. I selected "contacts" to be a searchable item.. It didn't work for me either. =( You can open Contacts first and then hit the search key. This will allow you to search contacts in the exact way you want, only in the contacts app not the search app. Additionally, if you have LauncherPro, use this trick: You most likely have a contacts icon on your dock. Set up a "swipe gesture" for Contact search. That way, you can touch the Contact's icon to bring up Contacts/ and swipe the same Contact's icon to bring up Contacts Search. This setup have worked very well for me! ;)

Music results did work tho! Search returned music results from mp3s stored on my phone. I have WinAmp installed, I just selected WinAmp as a searchable item in search settings.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] layback62:
Hello, Have G tab with vegan tab on it.

Tried honeycomb and never came out of boot up 20 minutes.

Went back and restored to past vegan tab rom and everything was good but market. Tried market fix numerous times. Reloaded rom serveral times market fixes. Still market will not update present apps or download new free ones even.

what it does do..

when you start to download if flashes downloading

then it flashes downloading paused.

then downloading failed and stops all together.

any thoughts or fix?

tablet details:

Vegan tab -v1.0.0b5.1

android version 2.2

kernal 2.632,9-dirty nick@ubuntu-vm#6

cwm recovery 2.5.1.8

rom manager ver 3.0.1.4

thanks, layback
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
Dont use Rom Manager to start with. I would wipe data/ format in cwm and then reinstall rom.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] culua:
Try clearing cache and data force close from application running. And run market again.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] layback62:
did use cwm for serveral trys at reinstall of rom.

thanks,layback
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] layback62:
Done that also serveral times also... this is really stubborn to get going again.

thanks layback
[Droid X General] doronster195:
I'm on (or was) Gingerbread "ota" (second leak), and trying to sbf back to 2.340.

Using 2.340 SBF, on RSD lite 4.8, I get the error:

Failed flashing process. Phone[0000]: Error getting subscriber unit checksum. Device API Error: 0xE003003F. Command: RQRCS (0xE403203F); phone connected

Also, I cannot boot into the recovery.

Please help.

Other possibly relevant info:

Windows XP

RSD LIte 4.8

Not rooted (on GB)

Battery pull, only results in loading up the bootloader again (without pressing any buttons)

Bootloader says:

BOOTLOADER

30.04

Code Corrupt
[Droid X General] snwagner:
re-download the SBF file (or check the checksum). Attempt to reflash again.
[Droid X General] doronster195:
Will Re-Download SBF, however I've used this SBF before successfully.

I'm also now downloading RSD 4.9 rather than 4.8.
[Droid X General] snwagner:
found this: Do a battery pull...then hold the home button and power at the same time to get into recovery. Press the search button, and use the volume button to select factory reset. Let it do it's thing, and select reboot system now...after that, it should boot.
[Droid X General] doronster195:
I stated in my OP, that I cannot get into recovery. I know how to, but I cannot.
[Droid X General] doronster195:
UPDATE:

Did all that was stated above, and was able to SBF.

However, once the SBF got to the rebooting process, it remained in a bootloop.

I am able to get into recovery now. And I did a factory wipe.

Still in bootloop.

SUggestions?
[Droid X General] mr_villagomez:
Pull battery...hold volume up and down then power....after about 3 seconds your phone will load up a black screen with white font and other stuff( debugging mode).... then plug usb to pc....load up rsd lite and flash sbf... if bootloops simply boot into recovery and wipe data... i had the same problem as you and this is how i fixed it....
[Droid X General] doronster195:
If you read my above post, I said that I did basically exactly what you just said. Im still in bootloops.
[Droid X General] mr_villagomez:
Oh sorry i thought that person mentioned holding the power button instead of the volume buttons... did you try rebooting your pc before using rsd again? If that doesnt work maybe try uninstalling drivers and rsd then reinstalling again.
[Droid X General] doronster195:
ITS ALIVE!

THE SOLUTION

I factory wiped like 3-4 times and then rebooted and it worked!
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
I joined the party late. Yea cwm sometimes wipes like a dirty person. I would always recommend doing it a few times when switching roms or in your case. It can't hurt the phone and sometimes the first wipe doesn't work.
[Droid X General] piax:
im having the same problem!!!

except im STUCK on the

home+volume up+power screen

i used the same sbf i did the first time from the leaked gb and it worked fine

and well i downloaded nightlies to get liberty on my phone, and i wasnt a big fan of the text msg layout so i tried to clockwork mod (flash) into the deoxed gb but i still had a liberty boot and i thought nothing of it so i continued on and the phone worked fine itll it said gbkeyboard failed and i couldnt do anything!

so i turned it off and when i turned it back on flashwork was on!!! so i flashed the gb leak without root (the first one) and then i wanted root so i did the sbf but this time it said fail and my screen said it was still installing so i pulled the usb and the phone still said installing

so i battery pulled and my phone said code corrupted

so i tried the sbf back x3 still getting the same fail then i got to the part im at now,

code corrupted

battery low

cannot program

i left it on the charger for like an hour and its still "low"

am i soft bricked or hard? :confused:

[btw im stuck in the mode]
[Droid X General] bigshotrob22:
After the FULL sbf fails do the SYSTEM only and you should be good.
[Droid X General] mattmartin77:
the low battery keeps it from being able to sbf (which is good because if it dies during an sbf, you are hard bricked. Since i am too lazy to type out full instructions, here is a quote from sysadmin x's guide
[Droid X General] snwagner:
Borrow someone's droid x battery, or their phone to charge yours. that's gonna be alot easier than trying to strip the wires down. Also, check with p3droid (team black hat) they've been working on some fancy usb cables that will charge and flash.
[Droid X General] mattmartin77:
thats exactly what the quote said, the numbers were there in case you cant get a charged battery. a last resort besides cutting the cable, you can go to verizon and ask to borrow a show floor battery, and give em yours so you can sbf. verizon is usually pretty nice
[Droid X General] piax:
wow!!! thanks!

...but

now rsd says flashing failed

and the phone says its still installing

=/
[Droid X General] argentmacleod:
I know the feeling! I have tried getiing into recovery from rooted GB usually just have to battery pull but have had to SBF for the 6th time. GB is great I benchmarked 2144 with Quadrant. Glad you fixed your phone.