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[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Firstly, as long as you have a working bootloader, your phone isn't bricked and can be recovered. :)

Well it seems you are Radio S-Off (Ship S-Off), but you also need Eng S-Off to flash a recovery from the command line using fastboot.exe. I'm pretty sure danward's Android Flasher uses fastboot, so I'm not surprised it didn't work.

What to do next depends on whether you can get access to your sdcard from your PC. If you can - with a card reader in the PC, or another phone to put the card in and connect via USB - then go here:

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

Download the stock 1.32 PD98IMG.zip ROM from Section 1 and put it on the root of your SD card. Then put the card back in your DHD, and reboot into the bootloader.

It should recognise the PD98IMG.zip file and ask if you want to flash it, press Volume Up to confirm. This will put the stock 1.32.405.6 HTC ROM on your phone - this is an early shipped HTC firmware and it's the easiest version to root.

Edit: Note this file and the RUU below are for a Desire HD, and I don't think they will work on an Inspire - see later in the thread for some links to Inspire files.

Once it's flashed, it will replace everything - ROM, Recovery, radio - with the stock versions so you'll need to use the hack kit again, but you should still have Radio S-Off. Also remove the PD98IMG.zip file from your SD card when done, otherwise each time you go into the bootloader it will ask if you want to flash it.

If for any reason you can't get the PD98IMG.zip onto your SD card, you could try running an RUU (Rom Update Utility), this is the official HTC firmware in an EXE file you run from your PC. Plug your phone in via the USB cable and run the RUU file. You can find them here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19101263#post19101263

The 1.32 version isn't there, so I would go for the next oldest WWE version (WWE = world wide edition, i.e. not carrier-branded)

RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.72.405.3_R_Radio_12.28e.60.140f_26.04.02.17_M2_release_161342_signed.exe

If that runs, it will do the same as the PD98IMG.zip, i.e. put your phone back to stock HTC firmware, but once again you will retain Radio S-Off.

I don't know much about the Ace Hack Kit as I rooted my phone before it came out, but I'm pretty sure that it will root either of those two versions of the stock firmware just fine. Good luck! :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
I downloaded it 3 times from 2 different sources, put it on my sd card, still nothing. Am I doing anything wrong?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Is you USB cable still connected? If it is, the bootloader will go into FASTBOOT mode, and you need to be in HBOOT mode. What does it say under the date, fastboot or hboot?

If it says fastboot, just pull the USB cable out and reboot the phone.

Otherwise I'm not sure why it's not working. :confused:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
I tried both ways. hboot and fast boot. All you need to do is start the phone up on h boot right? It runs through those codes looking for it and says not found on all 4 of them.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
This is probably a stupid question, but it is definitely a Desire HD, right?

What file names does it say it's looking for when it runs through the codes, does it definitely say PD98DIAG and PD98IMG?

Maybe try the RUU method instead?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Inspire from ATT, same thing right? Its says

sd checking....

loading....[PD98DIAG.zip]

No Image

Loading....[PD98DIAG.nbh]

No Image or Wrong Image

Loading....[PD98img.zip]

No Image

Loading......[PD98img.nbh]

No Image or wrong image.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
I would try the other method but I cant find android 1.0 usb driver that it apparently needs. It will still flash though for some reason. What do you think?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
The file is definitely called PD98IMG.zip and is on the root of your sd card?

Edit: Any drivers should be installed when you install HTC Sync on your PC, if you haven't done this already get it here:

http://www.htc.com/www/help/
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
PD98IMG is the file name and its a compressed file so that would make .zip. correct? I have nothing else on the sd card, just that.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Hmm, do you know how to turn on filename extensions in Windows?

For Win7, go to My Computer, Organize menu, then Folder & Search Options. Click on to the View tab and un-tick "Hide extensions for known file types".

Then check the filename again and make sure it ends .zip, and not .rar or something else. Some browsers can change the file name when downloading zip files.

Weird, though. I've just tried a PD98IMG.zip on my phone to check my instructions and it should be okay. I'm not so familiar with the Inspire, but if it's looking for a PD98IMG.zip you should be fine. I think the main difference is in sound files, but the ROMs are otherwise the same.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
I checked it. Yes, it is named exactly that. I wonder why it wont run?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
I think it's because it's an Inspire. Inside the PD98IMG.zip is a file called android-info.txt, and the first line of that is

modelid: PD9810000

The model ID for the Inspire is (I think) PD9812000. So it's not recognising the zip as valid.

You'll need a PD98IMG.zip specifically for an Inspire. Maybe check the Inspire forums? Although the phones are very similar they're not 100% the same, and folks there might know which file you need, or where to find the right RUU. Sorry, I didn't realise the PD98IMG file would need to be different.

You might just be able to replace the android-info.txt file inside the zip with one from an Inspire, not sure if that would work though.

Edit: Also, for the RUU you probably need the US-specific file, which is RUU​_Ace​_Cingular​_US_1​.80.502​.3_Radio​_12.39​.60.19​_26.06.04.14

Edit2: Found this PD98IMG.zip which is for an Inspire, it's the same 1.80.502.3 version mentioned above.

http://www.multiupload.com/JELMZNSKDF
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
I think I found the file for the Inspire. I'm going to try that next. As far as that last post, That is way over my head, lol.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Good luck! The file linked above at the multiupload address is definitely an Inspire version, so try that if the one you found doesn't work. I'm off now but will check this thread again in the morning just in case. :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Thank you so much for your help. I'll post and tell you what happened
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheOnlyHyland:
Happened to me once, if push comes to shove down load stock Rom from dev section. It is an .exe file that will restore your DHD back to stock from h-boot :-) u will have to root your phone again though ! Good luck

Sent from my Desire HD RCMix 4.0
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Still no luck... I think its time for a new phone now... :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
How do I do that??
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Here is a link to flash a recovery through hboot. Credit goes to gene Poole. Rename to PD98IMG. See if that works. If it doesn't work search my threads that I started and you'll find links to the gingerbread stock ruu in both pd98img and exe formats

http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip

Edit- here's links to the gb ruu

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1191959
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Where is the link?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Link to what exactly? The gb ruu? The first post in the thread. To recovery in my previous post
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
My bad, lol. I got it. The recovery isnt working, now to try the other one. So I should just download the PD98 file and put that on the sd and it should go, correct? Also, sim cards have nothing to do with this right? It can be either in or out?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Correct. I would try the pd98 file first. Make sure it is not in any kind of folder or the phone wont find it

Having the sim card in doesn't matter
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Tried both, got nothing... I can get into the phone from the ROM update utility. Itll start but it wont finish. I waited over an hour and got nothing. Now what?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
What errors does it say? When you tried the pd98 does it find it at all?

When you reboot the phone does it go straight to hboot? Or get stuck at the white HTC screen
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
I have to make it go to hboot, otherwise it goes to the HTC Screen. It doesnt say any errors. It just goes through the list and says no image and on 2 of them it says no image or wrong image. Now my battery is low. Itll still charge right?

No, it doesnt find it at all. It knows if the sd is in, butler it just doesnt read it right or something...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Yes it will still charge. I turn my phone off and charge it from time to time.

At this point, I would say try a different SD card if possible. Also maybe reformat the card fat32 full format not quick.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
OK, I'm doing the format right now while my phone charges. Then I should just try the PD98 file again or the recovery? Also, have you read everything else that I have tried? Someone told me I cant flash a recovery because I need Eng-off or something, I dont know what any of this means. I just want my phone to work, back to stock, rooted, i dont care lol
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Yes I've read. There are two different ways to flash a recovery. One using Eng soff and the other With just soff but its flashed as a pd98img.(which is what I linked to.. so your fine if we can get it to read it of course)

I would say the ruu pd98 first, but it doesn't matter. If your able to flash the recovery first then you can go straight to a custom rom vs having to reroot then flash. Its a matter of 1 step or two steps really
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Ok, for the recovery, do I need to flash that or just dump the whole file into the sd card?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Treat the recovery zip I linked as a pd98. Download rename to PD98IMG.zip( make sure no extra. Zip is there ie pd98.zip.zip) place on SD card and flash through hboot

Edit- make sure you have a decent amount of battery. You don't want your phone to die while flashing a pd98img
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
OK, it actually flashed it! OMG, now what? lol I have it in Recovery finally!!!! tHANK YOU SO MUCH..... What do I do now?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Sweet! I'm assuming it was the recovery file right? Now you can flash a custom rom. Which ever one you like.

D

So download a custom rom of your choice.and place on SD card

Delete pd98 file

Boot into hboot

Then choose recovery.

Do a full wipe and or use a wipe zip if your rom requires it

Then choose install from zip and install
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
What ROM would you suggest. I didnt like Cyanogen, I want one that feels stock but is a bit better. Also, where is a good place to get a ROM?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Well I personally like blackice(based on cyanogen) but for sense based alot of people like android revolution. Cleardroid and rc3mix are also quite popular

Just check out the development section in our threads(inspire or dhd)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Ok, thank you very much. I will post here again in a bit if everything goes well. lol
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
Ok, so I got it up and running again! What a weekend! Thank you all so much for helping me with this. I cant say enough to thank you. I'll be back real soon, I'm sure. lol
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
No problem glad to help
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Hey, success! Nice one marsdta. :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mincedrock:
pls help, i dont understand it on this part, i downloaded the PD98IMG file, do i extract it first then put extracted files on sd card? or put the whole RAR file to sd card then just rename it?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
Don't extract the files, just put the whole PD98IMG.zip file (note it should be .zip not .rar) on the root of your sd card (i.e. not in any folder).
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

Hi i am stuck in a jam my inspire is stuck on the HBOOT screen and loops the htc logo screen my screen says

ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-0.85.0024

RADIO-26.10.04.03_M

Apr 12 2011, 00:55:45

i have read the tread and tried everything i really need the help of the pros on here please help thank you
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Are you able to do anything from hboot, like moving through selections with volume key?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

yes i can i can choose all the options its just not reading my images
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
What image are you trying to get it to read? A pd98img?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

i am trying to boot into Recovery by adding the PD98IMG.zip file that is attached to this thread to the root of my sd card and then flash a rom
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
If you added the IMG with a windows computer you don't want to add the .zip. windows doesn't show extensions it will just show the folder icon with a zipper on it. Did you use windows to name it?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

yes i did and now im getting this when i try to load the images

Its says

sd checking....

loading....[PD98DIAG.zip]

No Image

Loading....[PD98DIAG.nbh]

No Image or Wrong Image

Loading....[PD98img.zip]

No Image

Loading......[PD98img.nbh]

No Image or wrong image.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Put card back into pc. Go to the IMG and make sure its a zipped file and remove the .zip part of the name.

It should just read pd98img in Windows
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

i just did that and now it wont go past bootloader on the updat it says update fail image unzipping failed
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
There is a problem with that IMG. Let me check what you are downloading.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

Thank you its on the first page of this thread

What to do next depends on whether you can get access to your sdcard from your PC. If you can - with a card reader in the PC, or another phone to put the card in and connect via USB - then go here:

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

Download the stock 1.32 PD98IMG.zip ROM from Section 1 and put it on the root of your SD card. Then put the card back in your DHD, and reboot into the bootloader.

It should recognise the PD98IMG.zip file and ask if you want to flash it, press Volume Up to confirm. This will put the stock 1.32.405.6 HTC ROM on your phone - this is an early shipped HTC firmware and it's the easiest version to root.

Once it's flashed, it will replace everything - ROM, Recovery, radio - with the stock versions so you'll need to use the hack kit again, but you should still have Radio S-Off. Also remove the PD98IMG.zip file from your SD card when done, otherwise each time you go into the bootloader it will ask if you want to flash it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Which one did you download. Downgrade v3.zip?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

i downloaded this

Edit2: Found this PD98IMG.zip which is for an Inspire, it's the same 1.80.502.3 version mentioned above.

http://www.multiupload.com/JELMZNSKDF

and there is 2 more downloads on thread # 26 that i also downloaded and neither one works

Here is a link to flash a recovery through hboot. Credit goes to gene Poole. Rename to PD98IMG. See if that works. If it doesn't work search my threads that I started and you'll find links to the gingerbread stock ruu in both pd98img and exe formats

http://hoxnet.com/droid/PD98IMG_cwmrecovery.zip

Edit- here's links to the gb ruu

http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1191959
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Go aheah and download this again pd98img. Except this time don't do anything except put it on the root of sd card. No rename, don't unzip, etc.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

ok im downloading the zip you sent me do i need to format the sd card and then try and hboot or just install the zip as is to the sd card and see what happens
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Remove any other zipped files from root of card and just put the one you are downloading on and try it through hboot.

Yes also leave file as is.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] preacher65:
I've updated my post on the first page to make it clear the file linked there is for a DHD not an Inspire, and that the Inspire files are further on in the thread. I'm not sure whether DHD PD98IMG files work on an Inspire, but it seemed as if that was the problem for Uonites. Other Inspire users will probably know about it than me. Sorry for any confusion. :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Reading back I just noticed you are an inspire user. Not sure how I missed that. You will need to use this. It will probably be a better bet.

s on pd98img
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
From there you can re run the hack kit for root.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

it says

[1] bootloader-ok

[2] boot-ok

[3]recovery-ok

[4] system- fail-uz

[5] userdata-fail-uz

[6] splash1- ok

[7] splash2- ok

[8] tp- bypassed

[9] tp- bypassed

[10] tp- ok

[11] tp- bypassed

[12]radio_v2- fail-pu

[13] radio_cust - ok

partition update fail!

update fai!

Press<power> to reboot

not sure what to do next can you help me please
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Go ahead and hit reboot
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
What did it do when you hit reboot?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

it does the same ting it loops the htc screen it does it with the inspire rom you sent me also
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
You should see if aahk will read your phone while it is bootlooping. If so you can try to flash recovery with aahk.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

the hack kit will not recognize the phone because the usb debugging is not on
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Do you know how to use adb?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Scratch that. Unless you have access with fastboot by being engineering s off it is pointless. I will see if I can find this zip I once saw. Will post back.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
I'm sure you have tried but since I have not actually asked. What does selecting recovery in hboot do? Do u get a triangle with exclamation?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

just tried the stock rom you sent me and i got

parsing...[sd zip]

[1] boot - ok

[2] system- fail-uz

[3] userdata- fail-uz

[4] radio_v2 - fail-uz

[5] radio_cust - ok

please help me i am not sure what else i can do to fix my phone i know its not bricked because it is still reading the zip files
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
Just throwing this out there have you tried reformatting the SD card fat 32 (full not quick)

Also have you tried a different SD card?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

yes i did a complete format to FAT32 did not use the quick format then i downloaded the stock rom i was given and tried loading it and it said no images so i renamed it to PD98IMG without the .zip and it loaded and the update failed when i choose the recovery option it boots to the white htc screen and it goes black and it loops like that over and over again when i turn the phone off and plug the charger in it goes to the white htc screen and starts looping
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
I'm uplaoding a file that is in the correct format so all you will have to do is put it on sd card and try it in hboot. Will edit this post when upload is done. I know this one works cause I have tried it myself.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
You mentioned you tried the items I linked earlier. What errors if any did they give you? Did it just not find them?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

thats correct it wouldnt find the images and when it did it would fail the update i have been trying all pd98img files i could find and none of them would work also the ace hack will not work also it loops the white htc screen when i boot into recovery
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
At this point I'm leaning towards using a different SD card. The recovery file worked for the person I helped. So we know it works. The only other thing I can think of is that the files didn't correctly download and might have been corrupted. But you have tried quite a few so I doubt all of them have failed to download correctly.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
is it possible to also send me a PD98IMG file i can try for a HTC Inspire 4G Gizmoe is also downloading a zip to try and this is just a thought but is the CWM zip supposed to show up in the root of the SD card for the phone to boot into recovery and if so can you send me a link to that download also
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
the CWR zip is not needed in the root of the sd card to boot into recovery. It is only needed to be in root when flashing it as a PD98IMG. afterwords you can simply delete it.

what i linked to earlier was the stock gingerbread PD98IMG for the inspire. but you said that it did not work for you. It should have worked as ive linked to other people who have been in your shoes. The only other file i know of is Genes Pooles prerooted gb rom that i personally have used in the past that is linked here. download the one from the fourth post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438

flash the same way you have been trying. Rename to PD98IMG, place in root of sd card, etc. hopefully one of these works for you
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
HTC Inspire 4g

so once i download the zip do i have to rename it to anything or can i insert into root of phone and try to hboot
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Here's the one that you don't need to rename. It's already named right. pd98img Worth a shot.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
gene poole left the whole name intact so you will have to rename it.( or you could just delete everything after the pd98img part)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
the url is invalid can you repost it so i can try that one to please

---------- Post added at 07:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:07 PM ----------

also tried to boot into recovery with the sd card out and it sticks on the white htc screen
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
http://db.tt/DCU3oW39

this is gizmoes link
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
just to recap i did a ace hack kit to rrot the phone that was successful phone booted into rooted GB rom form kit i then tried to flash a CM7 nightly and phone began to stick on htc screen so without thinking i did a factory rest from the hboot screen and wiped the sd card clean then tried to boot into recovery and it wouldnt work so i have been trying every PD98IMG zip i could find with no luck any idea what i can do to fix the problem