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[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheGrinch:
im having an issue with getting fastboot to work.

im in C:\tbolt i've got adb devices coming up the md5 sums check i type

"adb devices" it'll come up with one device offline or nothing, or sometimes it'll come up and show its ready i type adb reboot bootloader, and it'll say there's no device there. i type it again and again and eventually it'll reboot.

when it does reboot i type fastboot devices, nothing happens, waits for next command.

c:\tbolt\fastboot devices

c:\tbolt>

is how it looks. nothing happens and i cant overwrite revolutionary.

anyone have any advice? the instructions just say "dont go forward" so im stuck where i'm at.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
id uninstall htc sync,and any other programs that are able to interfere with your phone. reinstall revolutionarys drivers again. make sure "usb debugging" is checked when using ADB.

aside from that,try rebooting the PC. try different usb cables,and plug them into different ports.

redownload tbolt.zip again,check its mds and make sure it isnt corrupt. a bad download could have left you with a bad fastboot.exe
[Thunderbolt Android Development] thebigthn:
Thank you very much! I rooted through revolutionary though. Should I still proceed?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheGrinch:
Thanks for getting back to me,

My device is not communicating with my computer at all in fastboot. I even tried going back to revolutionary and revolutionary takes it to fast boot and it just sits there. I turned fast boot on, and off, and back on again. It's to no avail.

I tried doing everything you said, i downloaded everything new and checked the md5 sums of everything. It's the phone. I don't know how to correct that. Any ideas?Ever heard of a phone just not reacting to fastboot?

P.S. Does it matter if its in fastboot or fastboot USB? Mine always goes to fastboot USB

thanks a bunch.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
yes

10 char
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
sounds like a driver issue. place the phone in fastboot,find it in device manager on your pc,and update the drivers using the revolutionary ones. some basic directions for that are here: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install

just substitute "fastboot" for hboot in the directions ;)

"fastboot usb" is the correct thing to see when the phone is plugged in. this indicates the prollem is your PC,not the phone.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] TheGrinch:
thanks a lot i'm going to try that now. :)

---------- Post added at 08:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 AM ----------

worked like a charm eternal gratitude sir. my screen has dead spots and i needed to get it back to stock OS for warranty. thanks so much!!!!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] thebigthn:
Hi, I went ahead and looked thought the marketplace and bought "HTC Thunderbolt Restore". Worked like a charm. Thanks for all your help though!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] robry1:
anyone have links for the nohboot and the other download? all the file serving sites have taken everything down since megaupload got busted. I just got a droid razr maxx and now I can't restore my thunderbolt! FML!

EDIT: I found them on my work PC, if anyone needs them please PM me and I'll get them to you.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
the "depositfiles" and "wupload" links are still working for me.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] uEih:
I'm gonna be getting a Thunderbolt today from someone and he has it running the liquid smooth rom.. I want the stock Thunderbolt ui, would I go through all the steps here to get it back to the stock? Thanks
[Thunderbolt Android Development] robry1:
yes you will need all the files here as well. I can probably host them somewhere, send me a PM for the links.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
i personally would leave the revolutionary hboot,in case you want to root at a later date. it will not affect your ability to recieve OTAs,and it will not hinder the phones normal function in any way. it will also offer greater number of options for recovery if your phone ever becomes soft bricked. overall,IMO,it is much safer than the factory s-on hboot.

simply flashing the "no hboot" file will make you 100% unrooted stock.

as for the files,last i checked, "Wupload" and one of the other multiupload links were still working. dont give up after clicking the first link ;)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] uEih:
I don't mind leaving everything but i just wanted the stock interface. Is there a rom i can flash that will bring it back to the stock interface, i don't mind being rooted.

I just usually like to get a phone with completely stock interface where everything is working perfectly then decide later if i want to flash a rom on it or not.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
sure... there are lots of roms that will give you the sense interface,most of them are even better than stock thanks to extra features and tweeks. you can even have sense 3.0 or 3.5 if you want it :D

jrocker has a very nice rooted,debloated stock rom,available here: http://androidforums.com/thunderbol...ated-1-28-12-rooted-ota-2-11-605-9-files.html

check it out,post in his thread or start a new one if youve any questions :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] uEih:
Hey! Thanks! I really appreciate your help. Should save me a lot of time and a lot easier to flash a rom than to unroot and go back to stock. I know the roms are usually a lot better than anything stock but i just kinda liked the stock interface.. Umm now lets hope that i can flash and get this to fully work on PP.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] qhdevon43:
just wanna say that i followed this tutorial and it works beautifully!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] loveubuntu:
can't download the two files, anyone knows mirrors?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] a1exus:
HTC Thunderbolt 4G STOCK UNROOT S-ON | alexus's blog
[Thunderbolt Android Development] loveubuntu:
are these the same as in the original post?

also, do I still need the hbooteng.nb0 since I did not use revolutionary method?( I used the jcase and teamandirc's original method).

Thanks a million
[Thunderbolt Android Development] a1exus:
yes, these are same files (you should use md5) to double check before using them. dont know about hbootend.hb0 as this method describes rolling back from revolutionary, i've done it at least dozen of times works for me
[Thunderbolt Android Development] loveubuntu:
my problem is that the screen is blank/black and I have to do it without any info appearing on the phone. Do you think it's do-able?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dottat:
links are dead on the blog site as well...
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
no idea about the blog site. mirrors in OP are working fine for me.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] hrdnhvy:
Let me make sure I have this right, so the file: PG05IMG_no_hboot_2.11.605.9.zip Is the 2.11.605.9 rom itself? with corresponding radios?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
Correct

10 chr
[Thunderbolt Android Development] hrdnhvy:
I tried dling the no_hboot file 3x from the mirror link & cant get a matching md5 thats in the op by the link.

---------- Post added at 08:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:10 PM ----------

Oh, wow, also just realized that after dling the no_hboot in the mirror link shows file size to be only 316 bytes, & at the alexus blog sites link shows it to be 441 mb...316 bytes seems kinda (lol) small for a full rom.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
hmm,not sure what youre doing... but when i click the mirror link for no hboot,it goes to a wupload llink that is defiantely the no hboot file. clicking the hboot only link on the first post goes to media fire,and is definately hboot only.

use the mirrors on the first post and you should be fine :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] bobz1993:
How necessary is the bootloader downgrade?

My bad phone has a broken usb port and so I really can't adb. I can pop the sd card in the computer to transfer files though. If simply flashing the stock firmware will get enough of the job done, I'll go for that.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
depends on your level of paranoia ;) :p

while vzw has said that they dont check for rooted devices,even sending out refurbs that are still rooted,it still may be possible that someone have a bad day,check,and care,and slap your account with a $500-whatever the retail value is,as rooting technically did void your warranty.

so if this is a vzw warranty claim,may want to go thru the extra steps to unroot,you can use adb over wirelss(assuming you can find a PC to use where theres wireless :eek:) and these directions here: http://androidforums.com/thunderbol...underbolt-root-unroot-thread.html#post3272198

if this is an asurion warranty claim and youre paying the deductible,then it doesn matter. they could give a crap whats wrong with it as long as youve paid the premiums and deductible.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] bobz1993:
Thanks for that. Worked great and was on stock within 10 mins.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] hrdnhvy:
EDITED: Nevermind...i got it.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] shoot2scre:
I flashed the first, no_boot file just fine.

When I rebooted afterwards... I couldn't get the phone back into hboot to flash the second, hboot_on file.

Did I just screw this up?

EDIT: Had to turn on USB Debugging... adb working now.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pupalei:
No Download

I'm having no luck, neither with the main link nor the mirror for the first fill ("no_hboot"). The multi-upload can't be found and the mirror just sits there asking me to upgrade to premium.

Any ideas?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
Not sure why you're having trouble. Free wupload is still working fine for me.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Pupalei:
Thanks for the response.

I finally found the download button. I'm usually able to spot the real button in the midst of all the garbage ads, but this one was pretty sneaky. Anyway, got it, thanks again.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
Cool. Glad u got it. Was just about to try and describe it for ya :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jOEdAbOSS:
Is there a way to flash the ruu without having a volume up button working? Possibly a way to do it though adb command?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ltredbeard:
so the OP says that having an updated hboot via revolutionary wont stop OTA updates. does the same apply to the hboot we placed on the phone using jcase's original root?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
that is correct. the hboot does not care about updates to the OS,and will let them happen. however,if an OTA happens to contain a hboot update(eventually they will want everyone on 1.05 or newer),the original eng 1.04.2000 hboot will happily allow itself to be overwritten,thus losing your s-off.

if losing s-off is something you care about,i would recoment to flash shadowmites permanent hboot,wich will protect itself from being overwritten during an OTA :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ltredbeard:
thanks...i had no idea that the OTA didnt look for the hboot. does it just see the SU files and freak out?

im not concerned about losing s-off b/c its my secondary phone now and im going to let a friend use it.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
no,it actually doesnt care about the su files either. all an OTA cares about is the stock recovery to install it.

phones were freaking out when the OTAs hit because clockwork,twrp,and whatever custom recoverys folks were running are NOT capable of installing new software/firmware from an OTA update.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ltredbeard:
ok so you would need a stock recovery to receive the OTA, correct?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
Correct :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] xkwwwx:
all links are dead now what do i do

all links are dead now what do i do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
Working fine for me
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Scooter Scott:
I just tried downloading the nohboot to return my Thundebolt to stock but the links are dead
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Scooter Scott:
Oh sorry about that...n00b moment. Use the mirror links and not the direct ones. The direct ones goto multiupload which doesn't exist anymore :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] xcobrax81:
Please Verify and Possibly Post in OP?

Hi Everyone, I almost had a heart attack when I "thought" the 1.05 HBoot is not a stock HBoot. I looked around the net, and I was unable to find one central location of this data without piecing it together myself. I know most of these data can be found in OP, but I figured that it may be easier for some to have it on one post in a simple view layout.

I created this to act a guide for people, and if you could please ensure my data are correct before I ship it back to VzW. Would someone please verify that all this data is true? We would greatly appreciate that.

Here is the info after flashing the files:

HBoot (Vol down + pwr)

LOCKED

Mecha XD Ship S-ON

HBOOT- 1.05.0000

MICROP-/

RADIO 1.48.00.0930w_3

eMMC-boot

July 19 2011, 14:51:08

Settings > About Phone > Software Information

Android - 2.3.4

HTC Sense - 2.1

Software Number - 2.11.605.9

PRI Version - 1.41_002, 1.64_002

PRL Version - 15027

Eri Version - 5

Settings > About Phone > Software Information > More

Kernel version - 2.6.35.10-g89eb00a....Fri Nov 18

Baseband Version - 1.48.00.0930w_3, 0.01.78.0916w_3

Build number - 2.11.605.9 CL206244 release-keys

Browser version - WebKit/533.1
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
Yup. Info looks good :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] StephenMilone:
dead for me too...someone please mirror.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
read the last page. reread the 1st post.

i just checked them all AGAIN

links working fine for me.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Qbfinest83:
If I do this to get my wifes Tbolt back to stock will it also make the recovery image back to stock to or will I still have Clockworks Mod Recovery on her phone. Right now she is root, with CVM but I wanted to make everything go back to Factory Default but leave the S-Off
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
if you have the old eng 1.04.2000 hboot,then you could flash only the "no hboot" file to achieve what you want.

i would pretty strongly reccomend flashing shadowmites permanent hboot( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1186022 ) as it protects itself from being overwritten

if you rooted with revolutionary,you have a permanent hboot,just do not preform the steps to remove it.

no matter what hboot you use for s-off(revolutionary,shadowmite,old school eng) flashing the no-hboot file will give you 100% stock everything,including the recovery :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] xcobrax81:
Hey Scotty, thanks for being so nice and helpful. I wish all people on the forums were as nice as you are. I received my replacement VzW phone today, and I can confirm that all the info matches what I posted earlier.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Qbfinest83:
Thank you, yes I did revolutionary and want to keep the S-off so I will just flash the "no hboot" thank you very much
[Thunderbolt Android Development] theArthur:
The links really are dead for everyone BUT OP

wupload has stopped allowing downloads for anyone who is not the original uploader.

if you uploaded a file, (and are logged in) then the link will work, otherwise it will not.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
id realy like to kick multiupload right in the balls for effing all this up :mad:

when i log in,and look at my files, no-hboot is not even there :confused:

all my other files have a "share" link. sure seems like a file sharing situation to me.

let me try and upload it again,and provide a new "share" link and see what happens.

otherwise ill have to try and find somewhere to upload the big files for free. sorry guys,but i cant afford to pay for file storage of all the big files ive uploaded for various devices.

edit

uploading to 4 shared,well see if that works :rolleyes:
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Scooter Scott:
No worries at all man. We appreciate all that you do. Hopefully we can find a solution that works.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] tumbleweed65:
Lost

I'm kind lost as to what I need to do to get to latest firmware.

I rooted my bolt so long ago I've forgot what method I used.I got it and rooted it about a month after it came out,put it away for awhile and used the razr (hated it) now I'm back to the t bolt and need to get it current...lol.

I currently have "Thundershed v1.2 Imoseyon's kernel 2.6.35.14 and baseband 1.48.00.093w_3, 0.01.78.0916w_3" At what point in your guide do I need? I want to keep root so I can find a rom that works the way I want,but would like to go stock and debloat myself as a start.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
updated OP with rapidshare link. well see how that goes ;)

https://rapidshare.com/#!download|854p1|2281873735|PG05IMG_no_hboot_2.11.605.9.zip|462614

best thing for you would be to simply falsh a rooted stock rom(such as this one)

the other option would be to simply falsh the "no hboot" file,and then flash your recovery of choice,then flash the superuser files.

flashing no hboot will overwrite everthing but the hboot,so even if you have the old eng 1.04.2000 s-off hboot,it will still be safe,and youll still be s-off.

check your hboot,and if you find "1.04.2000 eng s-off" you might look into flashing shadowmited permanent hboot,so that your s-off is not accidentally overwritten :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] carp532:
Could someone mirror this to another site besides rapidshare? Rapidshare is capping free user downloads at 30 KB/s. Thanks in advance, carp.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] newtsevo:
Try using internet download manager. You can d/l it free from cnet. I'm getting 125kb/s. It helps. Also props to OP on the easiest tutorial ever. I never had luck with adb. Only way it gets easier is a click here button
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
I put up an unroot tool gaiz

in the same section labeled "Thunderbolt Auto-Unrooter"
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dblkspecial:
Tried the unroot tool n all it says is I didn't unzip it properly n to use 7zip and I did. And it still doesn't work
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
7zip actually messes it up, it says without 7-zip

Right click the zip file and click extract all and you're good to go

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dblkspecial:
Tried that and it said the same thing
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
1. Right click on the .zip file, and then click extract.

A window will pop up.

Make sure "Show extracted files when complete" is checked, and hit extract.

2. Now a folder will pop up. In that folder, double click Unroot-New.bat.

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dblkspecial:
It says "There is a new version of this script available. Downloading now...." Then doesn't do anything
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
Do you have a firewall?

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dblkspecial:
Nope. I used your downgrade bypass and it worked perfectly so I don't understand why this isn't working
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
Maybe try a different computer?

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dblkspecial:
Tried that too lol. On 3 different computers lol
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
Thats... Weird! It works fine for me

Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
[Thunderbolt Android Development] ssb13:
Its been a while since I have dealt with a TBolt, but someone is asking me to unroot one, since I did mine successfully. It does not appear to be rooted with Revolutionary, but the strangest thing is happening. I download the two files from the OP and when I try and flash in hboot it behaves as if there isn't a file there. I checked md5 and did rename the file properly, and I am doing the correct zip first.

My only other thought is that could it be bacause I am using a 2GB sd card? I have a 16gb I am about to try, but figured I would throw out the issue at the same time.

Thanks.

Edit: I think I am seeing "No image or wrong image" as hboot parses the zip file. Going to try and find an older RUU.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
you dont need an older ruu

your 2gb sd is fine

make sure that your sd is formatted FAT32,and that you have correctly named the file PG05IMG using windows(phone must see PG05IMG.zip)

alternately,since PxxxIMG files on SD cards are a PITA,you can flash the files as RUUs to eliminate sd card format and filename from the equation by usin these directions:

http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/480350-easier-way-flash-pg05img-files.html
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
OP updated with file to unroot to current 2.11.605.19 :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
All you have to do is put the ruu on the SD, unlock the hboot (fastboot OEM mw) and switch to hboot and flash ruu... That's what my unroot tool does
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
and it apprently doesnt always work as per posts 122=131 ;)

i dont care if you talk about your tool on my thread,but for folks that prefer a manual way of doing things,and/or if your tool fails, i will keep my OP updated. :)
[Thunderbolt Android Development] trter10:
That's the first person that's ever had a problem like that and I've had this out since february
[Thunderbolt Android Development] brchickery:
The link to the file is super fast but, http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Thunderbolt_Developers/scotty85/PG05IMG_no_hboot_2.11.605.19.zip is corrupt. It's only 400 megs and it does not extract.

The rapishare link is 440 something. But rapidshare is so piss slow it's going to take 4 hours to download.

Any idea whats going on ? I'm halfway through the steps and now i need to flash that 400mb file but i cant find it anywhere.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] codekey1:
So i'm trying to return my phone back to stock. When i type adb devices and return, i do not get any serial number back. What could be wrong?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jwyalda:
problems flashing hboot

When I get to the step where I flash the new hboot, this is what I get.

C:\tbolt>fastboot flash hboot hbooteng.nb0

sending 'hboot' (1024 KB)... OKAY [ 0.395s]

writing 'hboot'... FAILED (remote: image error! (Platform check fail))

finished. total time: 0.416s

my phone is still saying revolutionary and s-off and hboot version is currently 1.17.1111

I am attempting to unroot my htc sensation 4g. can anyone help?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] scotty1223:
you do not have a thunderbolt,so this procedure will not work. lucky fory ou your phone realized that it is not a thunderbolt,if the flash had been successful youd have had a nice brick on your hands.

for htc sensation the s-off is radio secureflag turned off,not a patched hboot. you should search the htc sensation forum for specific instructions,but in a nutshell,you need to:

-run a

stock,signed

full ruu to get yourself back to the firmware/software you need to be on. this is very important. turning s-on,with a non-stock hboot will result in a brick. so run an ruu before doing anything else.

-if you changed your CID,and want to change it back to stock,do so with the command: fastboot oem writecid xxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxx is your stock cid(example: HTC__001)

-once you have run your stock,official,signed ruu,changed your cid,then enter the fastboot command: fastboot oem writesecureflag 3

-fastboot reboot-bootloader will reboot your bootloader,where you can verify youre s-on.

*also be aware that i do not reccoment s-on for any other reason that sending back the device to your carrier,or to htc.