yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
anyluck with the two new links?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Woops I fixed it. Or use other
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
What does selecting recovery take you to?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
no luck so far i tried both zip and got a update fail the file did not unzip in the boot it is also saying partition fail and when i boot into recovery it sticks on the white htc screen and goes black then loops between white htc screen and black screen renames bot zips to just PD98IMG instead of name zip came with when i change to the PD98IMG it loads in hboot and scans for the zips but when i boot with .zip on the end it cannot find the images not sure what to do next i wanted to try another sd card how do i turn that sd card into a gold card if my inspire is not working im using my hd2 to transfer the zips to my sd card
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
there is no need to turn the other sd card into a gold card. the goldcard was only needed for the rooting process. so any other sd card will be fine
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Yeah go ahead and use another card. The file provided with my link does not need to be renamed. It's possible your boot sector on card is corrupt. And as marsdta says you don't need a gold card after you root.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
ALL SMILES ON THIS END guys thank you so much i loaded the zip that gizmoe gave me and all is ok do i have to use the ace hack to root again
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
No, that is a rooted rom. Just download rom manager and flash recovery just to be sure it works.

I'm glad you got it fixed.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jadariahenley:
so just so i dont mess this thing up again can you please give me a custom rom i can flash and the instruction on how to do it or maybe the rom you are running on your inspire

---------- Post added at 10:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:16 PM ----------

thank you guys for all your help i will continue tomorrow and if i need help i know where to turn to the great minds of xda thanks again
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mincedrock:
Still no luck. I added the the PD98IMG.zip file to the sd card root using a sd adapter and error says no image or wrong image when i select fastboot back to HTC DHD.

all i see is this:

ACE PVT Ship S-ON RL

HBOOT-0.850024

MICROP-048

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMCC-boot

Apr 12 2011. 00:55:45

HBOOT

<VOL UP> to prevous item

<VOL DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

DHD wont even open enymore, sometimes i'm stuck to that red triangle image or sometime just the HTC logo. I have three sd cards tried all of them and still nothing. all were formatted. I have read lots of threads and i cant really make it work. My stock image file is surely lost and no backup was made. Anyone, please help...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Pd98img won't work because you are s on. You have to boot into fastboot from hboot and then run an ruu. Once back to stock you can re root with hack kit.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marsdta:
If the pd98img is completely stock(the one signed by HTC) than they can flash it.

Side note -Its insane how many people have been stuck with this similar problem this past week alone
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Yeah I just figured an ruu through fastboot would be easier than finding a signed pd98img.

I agree there has been a lot of people with this issue this week. Hboot mania!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uonites:
I figured out the root of all my problems was using any CGEN nightly, or cgen any for that matter. Everytime I did, it screwed my phone. Now, I've been digging on this website for the last week and I'm pretty familiar with my phones. Thanks everyone. Freaking hboot anyway... lol
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bharatkhattar10:
plzzzz help ..my htc is stucked on htc bootloop ..wen i start phone using volume down key i takes me to hboot screen n wen i click recovery i again bring me to htc boot screen
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tgontevas:
Hi there everybody.

ACE PVT ENG S-OFF

HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD9810000)

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.14.04.28_M

eMMC-boot

OCT 11 2010,12:44:14

Same problem here with my desire hd, stuck in hboot, CANT USE UPP/DOWN ARROW. when i load the PD98IMG.zip dowloaded earlier in this thred from sd card it sayes

Parsing...[SD ZIP]

[1] BOOTLOADER

[2] BOOT

[3] RECOVERY

[4] SYSTEM

[5] USERDATA

[6] SPLASH1

[7] SPLASH2

[8] TP

[9] TP

[10] TP

[11] TP

[12] RADIO_VZ

[13] RADIO_CUST

Please what can i do, can i save this phone?

Than`x
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glevitan:
As you are S-OFF you can flash a recovery image and then flash any Rom you want. There's no need to flash a RUU. Download the Advanced Hack Kit and in the tools / recovery folder you will find a zip file with CWM.

plug your phone, boot into fastboot until you see fastboot USB in red and then open a cmd session as admin and type:

Fastboot oem rebootRUU (you will get a black splash screen with silver HTC)

Fastboot flash zip "nameoffile.zip"

Once the cmd session says OKAY and finished

Fastboot reboot-bootloader

I forgot to mention that on cmd you have to be in the same folder as the CWM file is....

Then, get a rom, put it into sdcard and just flash. Hope it helps.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reddragonfire:
I notice you said that when s-on you have to change hboot, but i do not understand how to do this,

Thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strauts:
I had similar problem, tried to do RUU, but it messed up my phone, i was stuck on bootscreen.

So i had ship s-off. doownloaded Eng s-off as PD98IMG.zip flashed it. then plashed recowery( leedroids touch), then flashed a ROM.

thats all, so simple!:)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glevitan:
If you flash ENG S-OFF on and GB shipped device you mess the bootloader, so I wouldn't do it. Anyway, it is not necessary either. You can always flash in the PD98IMG way....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lekkerding:
After 2 days, try to restart and reboot the phone. I found the solution here. Many thanks .
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Twinsi:
ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.85.0007

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

Same problem, device stuck on boot.

After flasing PD98IMG.zip from SD card and reboot, nothing happens. Device stuck on white screen with HTC.

Need help plz:confused:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamilbakeri:
HTC Desire HD stuck at Hboot

I have similar problem. Stuck at Hboot.

ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-2.00.0027

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.14.04.28_M

eMMC-boot

Se 7 2011, 19:06:24

HBOOT

<VOL UP> to previous item

<VOL DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

All buttons does not responding. :crying: Please help! :crying:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teichopsia:
Pull the battery. But before you do, what are you doing or trying to do? Details please.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sun4o:
Hello guys ! I have the same problem. Stuck in HBOOT. Here some info

****************************

LOCKED (OOW)

ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.00.0029

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

Dec 22 2011,14:28:19

******************************

I can't go in recovery mode. After running "fastboot devices" from terminal, fastboot can see my device. Can I use solution from post #105, posted by glevitan ? Thank You in advance .
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Barbarians.at.the.gate:
Just to find so many of you have similar issues. Mine is a bit complicated as my volume up button does not work (volume down works) and I didn't try to change anything to the phone.

I have my phone working using this ROM (Paranoid Android) for a month with no problem.

I was jogging earlier today with my GPS on and tracking apps on, everything was ok as I have recorded my jogging path after I finished (battery at 55%) and I turned off the GPS. When I went back home I found the phone was off. I turned it on and it stuck at the white screen with HTC logo.

I recharged the phone for another 15 minutes and turned on the phone. I could boot into recovery (touch version) but I didn't do anything other than flipping through the different options to check that the touch worked and rebooted the phone. The phone booted up but I cannot unlock the screen as the screen doesn't recognize my touch (but it did during the touch recovery so I think the touch screen should be no problem). I pulled the battery and now I cannot boot normally nor boot to recovery.

Please help. (my volume up button won't work). Please find below my configuration:

ACE PVT ENG S-OFF RL

HBOOT-0.85.2425

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.16.04.09_M

eMMC-boot

Apr 12 2011, 00:55:45

HBOOT USB PLUG

<VOL UP> to previous item

<VOL DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

Many many thanks!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Maybe try a new battery.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikusmanrasheed:
Hi all,

Please bear with me coz its my friends phone and im a total noob with htc. I am stuck with hboot and fastboot mode only. when i try to boot the phone or go to recovery it goes as far as the HTC logo and then reboots. I can boot into the Hboot where it shows:

ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF RL

HBOOT-2.00.0027

MICRO-0438

RADIO-026.14.04.28_M

eMMC-BOOT

Sep 7 2011, 19:06:24

1) I have tried putting the PD98IMG.zip in the card and flashing that via Hboot. It successfully updates all the components but that doesn't fix the boot loop either.

2) I also tried flashing the PD98IMGF_cwmrecovery.zip (no love). (i renamed it)

3) I also downloaded the RUU from here http://www.htc.com/uk/help/htc-desire-hd/#download.

The RUU detects the phone in 1.08 something and shows that the latest version is 1.11 something. It starts the update but then says Model ID error. Please download the correct RUU.

Please guide me

Thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikusmanrasheed:
Edit: Okay i think the reason PD98IMG.zip and RUU is not working is because its a A9191 ACE. Can any one please guide me to a Stock rom for A9191 htc desire hd ACE.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there only one desire hd and the model number is A9191. Pretty sure the desire hd part of HTC site should he giving you your working ruu. Not sure why they wouldn't work.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikusmanrasheed:
hi .... sorry don't know anything about that. I tried the RUU from here http://www.htc.com/europe/help/htc-desire-hd/#download.

But it gives me model ID error :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
You could try and use the advanced ace hack kit. In the optional menu there is a choice to just flash cwm recovery. Don't do step 1 though as you are already s off. You may have to put your phone into fastboot for it to be recognized.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikusmanrasheed:
hi all,

A little update on the matter. My antivirus was not letting the RUU run. Now the RUU successfully flashed the ROM but still no love. Still in boot loop :(

---------- Post added at 07:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

hi all,

A little update on the matter. My antivirus was not letting the RUU run. Now the RUU successfully flashed the ROM but still no love. Still in boot loop :(
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gizmoe:
I would try and flashing recovery from aahk. Then if successful do a full wipe of system, data, cache, dalvik and android.secure. then install a custom Rom.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] travvoll:
I was having the same problem and tried everything. Then I finally realized that it was looking for PD98DIAG. Renamed PD98IMG.zip to PD98DIAG.zip placed in the root of the sd card and everything works fine.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] montyjosh:
rooted desire hd

hi guys i m totally new here and my problem is after using advance ace hack kit i root my desire hd but in bootload there is no radio s-off
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanadra756:
HTC Desire HD

This is the same problem that I am having did you ever get it to work? I have been reading the answers and I have to say i am lost
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bhargav.h:
Copy the PDIMG98 .zip to ur sd card not in any folder then turn on ur phone

Sorry for my bad English

from my HTC Desire HD
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
You are S-Off. Just fastboot flash a recovery.img, flash a custom rooted ROM from recovery, and tada. Find the DHD recovery here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aiamuzz:
@banangranola ... can the recovery be flashed even if the devise is as quoted above ?

And I am guessing the USB-Debugging may not be turned ON on this device given that this user was noob and still testing out stock ROM ! ... Can one flash the recovery in fastboot in spite ?

Can u please list down a command-By-command ... step-by-step procedure to flash koush's CWM recovery from fastboot ?

Thnx'N'Cheers

--- Sent from my DROID Pro ---
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
He said that his bootloader showed that he was S-Off. In that case he can definitely flash a recovery. If you are S-Off, so can you. And if your bootloader is unlocked, you can too as well. There are instructions for, among other things, flashing recovery from fastboot in post #7 of the link in my signature. (I have no intention of typing it all out again when it's right there... :P)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khajoor:
Hello, thanks for your time ...

I haven't enabled usb debugging ... as i was still getting accustomed to the stock ROM on my new device.

Is that the reason why my computer does not recognize the phone in hboot ? (it however detects when i enter the fastboot!!!)

With USB debugging not turned ON, can i still hope to flash CWM recovery from fastboot ???

thanks,

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UPDATE

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I tried flashing CWM recovery through fast boot ...

1. 'fastboot devices' listed my device.

2. the command 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' throws up the following error ...

$platform-tools>[B]fastboot flash recovery recovery.img[/B]
sending 'recovery' (3554 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.602s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.609s

Help needed !!!

thanks,

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FYI

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I am using a Win7 64 bit environment ... could that be the problem ?

a post on cyanogenmod forum ... says it could be the problem !!!

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit alternate boot can i try there ???

thanks,

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UPDATE

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:( same error on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit too ... "FAILED (remote: not allowed)"

help most appreciated.

thanks,
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekool11:
Okay my first question is what is your S-OFF status? Does your hboot say ( ace pvt eng s off rl )? When I encountered the problem your having regarding flashing a recovery.img it was because I wasnt Eng S-Off , if you need help getting there you could always look here
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
You don't need S-Off if your bootloader is unlocked. Is it?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aiamuzz:
@thekool ...

my device status is

"ACE PVT. SHIP S-OFF RL"

there is no mention of ENG S-OFF ... my device was shipped with GB by the way ...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekool11:
just follow the links here and you will be eng S-Off http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11798082&postcount=4
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
Wait if you are any kind of S-Off you can flash anything you want - radios, recoveries, ROMs. Do not flash a Froyo hboot on a phone shipped with GB.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aiamuzz:
the links you mention require one to run them from within an OS ... my problem is i am unable to get past the white

HTC screen ... i am in a boot loop ...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
So if I am understanding correctly. You are S-Off. You have no recovery. When you try to boot into Android you get only the HTC screen. Is that correct? If so, fastboot flash a recovery.img. Then from that recovery full wipe and flash a ROM.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aiamuzz:
Sorry ... my posts and this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39198810

Are for the same device ... that is my nephew's account ... I am helping him troubleshoot ... please see post 131 for the error faced when recovery flash was attempted from fastboot ...

--- Sent from my DROID Pro ---
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
Are you S-Off? Is your phone in fastboot mode?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriFish:
I am having same sort of issues. Just read through all the posts.

I have tried the PD98IMG.zip on the SD card method which failed. I think it was the wrong zip (for modelid: PD9812000)

Can Someone please post the zip file for a UK Three Desire HD (PD9810000). A lot of the links point to a download manager program, is this safe??

ACE PVT S-OFF

HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD9810000)

MICROP-0438

Radio-26.08.03.07_M

eMMC-boot

Oct 11 2010, 12:44:14
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bananagranola:
You need to fastboot flash a recovery.img. Then flash a ROM from there.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamuriFish:
I tried to reflash CWM recovery, however I got the error:

sending 'recovery' (3554 KB)...

OKAY [0.601s]

writing 'recovery'...

FAILED 9status read failed (too many links))

finished. total time 0.605s
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekool11:
It should lead you to this http://www.androidfiles.org/ruu/sec...60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe it basically restores your phone to stock automatically, its for us Atnt. I use it to easily go back to stock. You dont have to any working part of your phone except fastboot usb. If all drivers are correctly installed it will restore your phone even if its in a bootloop.

It really should be used as a last resort
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khajoor:
Last resort !!!!!!!

I think I am already at the last resort, no part of my phone is working except fastboot via USB ... !!!

what is the procedure to run this ... ?

Connect the phone to PC in fastboot mode (fastboot devices returns my Device ID) and run the downloaded "RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed.exe" ?

should that be enough ?

or

is there something more to it ?

thanks.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekool11:
yes that should be enough make sure you have drivers properly installed, and also follow the on screen prompts , DO NOT: unplug your phone during an update process, do not attempt this on a low battery
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] benjapos:
HTC Desire HD HTC Quick root hboot .img

Hi guys,

I have posted this elsewhere but realised it maybe in the wrong place.

I am a complete noob,

I have been following instructions and after unlocking the bootloader via htcdev, ran HTC quick boot. I selected as the instructions screenshot " flash Hboot image".

it was running well but is now looking for this image file which i dont know where it is or where i could download it.

Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction....

Thank you inadvance
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] svscorp:
Faced same issue.

DHD was unlocked with HTC-Dev, cwm was installed, phone was flashed with a ROM (MIUI or smth). 1 year it was working, but today after it uncharged, I put it on recharge and it made 7 vibrations and stuck on load screem. Bam! I am in one of the lucky ppl :)

*** UNLOCKED ***

ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0029
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.14.04.28_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 22 2011, 14:28:19

c:\Android>fastboot devices
HT0ATRX03683 fastboot

c:\Android>fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 2.00.0029
(bootloader) version-baseband: 26.14.04.28_M
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: 0438
(bootloader) version-main: 3.13.0.0
(bootloader) serialno: HT0ATRX03683
(bootloader) imei: 352668040874461
(bootloader) product: ace
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7230
(bootloader) modelid: PD9810000
(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__A07
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4184mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: fcef1579
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0
(bootloader) region-id: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.008s

c:\Android>fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.776s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.778s

screen flashed, and still 7 vibrations and logo screen :(

If I go to boot menu (volume down + power), I can see:

SD Checking...
Loading...[PD98DIAG.zip]
No image!
Loading...[PD98DIAG.nbh]
No image wrong image!
Loading...[PD98IMG.zip]

So basically I can't go into a custom recovery for some reason.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boy_in_oz:
For a few weeks my Desire has been playing up and unpredictably reboots, seemingly at random. Initially I thought it might be a software issue with the ROM I was using, but the same thing happened with various other ROMs I've tried since. So I'm thinking it's a hardware issue and I'll need to send my Desire in for service.

Normally I'd thoroughly read the forums and work out how to go back to a stock ROM, but I'm running out of time - only a few days left under warranty. Therefore this cry for help...

When I got the device it came with a 2.29.405.2 ROM and a 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27 radio ROM. I used unrevoked3 to root the phone and have been using custom ROMs since.

I've downloaded RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.29.405.2_Radio_32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe, but every time I'm trying to flash it, the process aborts during 'updating signature...' and I end up with:

ERROR [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR.
The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.
Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe I'm using an RUU for the wrong area? I'm pretty sure the original ROM was WWE though (it definitely was 2.29.405.2 / 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27). I've read somewhere that you can't just flash an RUU if it has a lower HBOOT version... Do I need a goldcard or what's the best way to go back to the stock ROM?

Any help would be much appreciated...

Just in case, here's what my bootloader info:

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.11.05.27

Aug 10 2010,17:52:18
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rsdf430.:
You only need a goldcard if you are branded right now..

So is your phone branded with a carrier rom, then you must make a goldcard.

I think customer id error is due to incorrect goldcard.

There is a newer version, 2.29.405.5 I dont know if that's gonna work but worth a try.

You can also try to put the zip on your sd card instead of running an exe on your pc, assuming that you run the exe.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boy_in_oz:
Thanks for the quick response.

My Desire was unbranded, so I guess I won't need a goldcard then.

I've downloaded the newer RUU version you mentioned, but got the same error message...

So far I've only tried the .exe, but I'll see if I have more success with the .zip.

Could the issue be that my current HBOOT version is higher than that of the RUU?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] name.vic:
You can try to flash 2.3.3 from htcdev.com it's works for all hboots and without goldcards
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] touch of jobo:
Since you get a CID error, I would definitely try a goldcard.

You can also try flashing the downgrader from alpharev first.

ETA: I think the latter would help.

-Jobo

@MatDrOiD (vv post below) Good point. I failed to notice that.