yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Yes, I downloaded the hboot 1.02 ruu that was next to the vodafone au on the list.

Hummm wonder now if the other downloads are different or not.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlaY0:
No need to wonder. If you look at the links they point to... they are all the same. So there's only one bootloader actually.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icekuma:
Thanks again

I had another question as to how to permaroot but it was answered with supertools v3.

The only thing that I didn't know.... how to use it. That I figured out as well on this forum.

Might not be a bad idea to make a thread to run from this to custom rom and clockwork etc.

Since the reason I've been wanting to root/unlock is to flash cyanogenmod.

Currently doing just that.

Again thanks for the help!

-Ice
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlaY0:
And guys, you don't need to complicate that much with all that flashing back and forth. It works with any custom ROM rooted or not, you just need to make the right approach. You don't even need to remove the battery. The only requirements are account on HTCdev, bootloader RUU and operational adb/fastboot environment. And NO, you will not loose the root.

So here are the steps:

do a nandroid (at least data partition)

download the bootloader RUU from HTCdev and run it

search for rom.zip in your profile directory (it was extracted from RUU after you had run it)

connect the phone to your computer

copy that rom.zip to phone's sdcard renaming it to LEGEIMG.zip (mind the case)

reboot to bootloader from command prompt (adb reboot bootloader)

current bootloader should find the LEGEIMG.zip and ask you to upgrade bootloader

after upgrade is done switch to fastboot (use up/down and power buttons)

reboot bootloader from command prompt (fastboot reboot-bootloader)

at this point you end up in new bootloader which is still locked

follow the instructions on HTCdev from Step 8 to unlock

After that you need to boot into recovery, restore data partition and you're back in the saddle.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeubea:
Yes, Blay0 method runs fine for me. HBOOT is updated and unlock process is successful, Unlock_code.bin and unlock confim OK, so up to 14 steps. However in HBOOT screen it appears "UNLOCKED" S-ON WTF?.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneyard:
Once it says unlocked actually its already considered as s-off..

There's a few way to confirm whether its s-off or not..

Such as update/install busybox, run v6_Supercharger script, mount system, etc..
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeubea:
Yes, the point is that i have got b0.8 with /system overlay and fake recovery, and busybox 19.x. I suppose i can to disable aufs and checking /system rw ....

Its possible /system rw disabling aufs.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psyionx:
great... i can install chainfire3d
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
Well, Im running cm7.1... Hboot 1.01.0001... Just do this method to upgrade Hboot and get all functionality from the system? Without losing the root?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlaY0:
What part of 1st paragraph you are quoting is unclear to you?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pccare:
Keeping my legend

Looks like im keeping my phone some time... Thanks....:)
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cristian_berme:
Really? LOL

thanks, thanks, thanks, THANKS!!!!!!!! It worked for me!!!!!!!! You're the best! :D
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuxil:
Thank you! Worked for me.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
First... i got that have no drivers... then when i tried again it found diferent rom image on the screen... then i got the message that says that my rom is not updated. "please update to 3.15.405.6 to apply this ruu"

:(

i think that my hboot as downgraded to 1.00 but...

i´m using cm 7.1 rom with changed by grammar freak. but it just have a patch to center clock and get transparency status bar. just that.

EDIT: always getting error 190. asking for 3.15.405.6.

Help please.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filipathtc:
I hame problem.I can't update to .6 :(
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farukb:
have you really tried what blay0 said?

run the ruu (one downloaded from htcdev)

while ruu is running search for "rom.zip" (with profile folder he meant c:\Documents and Settings\*user*\)

rename it to "LEGEIMG.zip"

put it in the root of the sd

go to bootloader by pressing power off > reboot > reboot to bootloader

go to "fastboot" or simply press power button once you are in the bootloader

upgrade will start automatically

you will be prompted to reboot the device, chose "no" go back to bootloader where you will see "reboot to bootloader"-do it

then follow htcdev instructions starting at step 8 (you will need a working adb)

once you run cmd note that you have to pinpoint the folder where "adb" and "fastboot" are,which depends on your installation and differs from the location htcdev points to
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
You still need to get the device ID key from the phone and send it off to htc to get the unlock.bin in order to unlock the bootloader, unless someone has a work around.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
I downloaded ruu from htcdev, then i run it has blyo said... till finish (that´s what i thought) but get error 190. and then i would search for rom.zip.

I was searching know for it, but doesn´t find.

EDIT: I really don´t know where my error is. my computer running xp with working adb. get the ruu, try to run it... while is running i says "waiting for bootloader" get error 190, that is to upgrade do 405.6. Even run ruu with profile page open, if a see something.

I´m really confuse.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlaY0:
Just run that RUU and wait for its dialogue to show. DON'T PRESS ANY BUTTONS ON THAT DIALOGUE WINDOW!!! Drag that RUU dialogue window aside. DON'T CLOSE IT! Fire up Explorer or whatever file manager you use and search for rom.zip. Copy it somewhere else. After that, you can close that RUU dialogue.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
Today or i am stupid or i am something else... I did what you said. Run ruu... do nothing... appears a dialog box... window aside... searching on windows explorer for rom.zip and can´t get nothing to appear! :( :(
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alienyd:
if you are on windows 7, open user\[your logon name]\appdata

do a search in the explorer window, it should show you the rom.zip in the #$%^&whatever*^%$&^ folder name inside Temp
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
Running Windows XP SP 3.

Does need to plug phone or not? I´m considering options.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filipathtc:
worked for me!thank's BlaY0;

I just opened the hboot update from htc dev and than i searched in my Computer for rom.zip and renamed it.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
Now I'm at work. But in the evening I will try to get rom.zip on my brother's win7 computer. Then put in sd card and then will use mine for adb.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filipathtc:
Good luck! :)
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farukb:
you should have enabled "search hidden files and folders" unnder advanced search options in explorer (i am running xp sp3 too).but here it is. the rom.zip renamed to a flashable zip.just put it to the sd and go to boodloader then to fastboot and so on
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alienyd:
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[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
It worked!!!! :D

Edit: Finish the process... i can´t believe that was stuck on that simple thing. Made all steps until 14 on HTC Dev. :D

Edit2: How to flash cwm 5.xx and not use fake-flash again?

I was trying to flash the img on topic in legend development but couldn´t get. I make all steps that get´s on relocked.

I´m backing to unlocked to get "s-off mode". Has i read, relock only when i don´t to want more changes. Correct?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeubea:
Congrats ICavalera!

I have also got unlocked Legend with help of all yours.

Well, one step more.

I have noted new hboot 1.0.2 has got oem commands :

C:\Users\carlos\Downloads\Android>fastboot oem h
...
(bootloader) command list
(bootloader) get_identifier_token
(bootloader) keytest
(bootloader) heap
(bootloader) boot
(bootloader) reset
(bootloader) powerdown
(bootloader) rebootRUU
(bootloader) heap_test
(bootloader) lock
(bootloader) rtask
(bootloader) task
(bootloader) enableqxdm
(bootloader) gencheckpt
OKAY [ 0.014s]
finished. total time: 0.014s

However, my HTC Hero TRUELY S-OFF has got :

C:\Users\carlos\Downloads\Android>fastboot oem h
...
(bootloader) command list
(bootloader) mb
(bootloader) mh
(bootloader) mw
(bootloader) ew
(bootloader) eh
(bootloader) eb
(bootloader) mmu
(bootloader) ram_test
(bootloader) jump
(bootloader) test
(bootloader) sdtest
(bootloader) eraseconfig
(bootloader) writeconfig
(bootloader) readconfig
(bootloader) writesku
(bootloader) readsku
(bootloader) rflash
(bootloader) tflash
(bootloader) erasesd
(bootloader) btrouter
(bootloader) tick
(bootloader) heaptable
(bootloader) emapi
(bootloader) emapiTest
(bootloader) emapiCountryID
(bootloader) emapiWlanMac
(bootloader) emapiSetDefCal
(bootloader) emapiReadCal
(bootloader) lr
(bootloader) imgcrc
(bootloader) resetautoimage
(bootloader) resetRUUflag
(bootloader) writeserialno
(bootloader) readserialno
(bootloader) battcheck
(bootloader) gotofastboot
(bootloader) writemid
(bootloader) usbtestmode
(bootloader) eraseWifiFlash
(bootloader) powertest
(bootloader) erase
(bootloader) readmbserialno
(bootloader) listpartition
(bootloader) erasebcid
(bootloader) writebcid
(bootloader) readbcid
(bootloader) fmrouter
(bootloader) resetuP
(bootloader) eraseEeprom
(bootloader) wifiDisarrayEeprom
(bootloader) showEeprom
(bootloader) testEeprom
(bootloader) checkEeprom
(bootloader) wMfgTp
(bootloader) rMfgTp
(bootloader) save2sd
(bootloader) gpiow
(bootloader) gpior
(bootloader) mddiw
(bootloader) mddir
(bootloader) clock
(bootloader) i2cr
(bootloader) i2cw
(bootloader) bma150
(bootloader) keytest
(bootloader) heap
(bootloader) boot
(bootloader) reset
(bootloader) powerdown
(bootloader) rebootRUU
(bootloader) task
(bootloader) enableqxdm
(bootloader) rtask
OKAY [ 0.065s]
finished. total time: 0.065s

This Hero S-OFF provides real firmware access and control . My question is if Legends with 0.43 HBOOT S-OFF has got this level of firmware access. If afirmative, would be possible downgrade to 0.43 hboot, replacing 1.0.2 in LEGEIMG,zip ? Thanks friends.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
Done!!! Unlocked mode to flash cwm. Will stay is this mode until made every thing i want! :D
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farukb:
since you're running cm7 you can also go to rom manager and flash it...and if not,you can download rom manager from the market and flash the recovery ;)

in the whole process i only used adb to read the token and write the unlock code...everything else via bootloader, recovery and cm
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
Already flashed cwm 5.xx on my legend. changed boot animation on respective folder. Ad free hosts file is already on properly place.

How about v6 supercharger script? or something equal?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] farukb:
now you can play as much as you will

you have nandroid backup so don't have to worry about data

just two notes

1.doing nandroid restore too often (or many times in total) is said to damage the device, the memory to be precise

2.don't fry your processor
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haha123:
I keep getting "no image or wrong image" error in the bootloader.

I got the rom.zip from RUU update, moved it to SD root and renamed to "LEGEIMG.zip"

After rebooting to bootloader, it gives me an error saying "no image or wrong image"

I tried getting rom.zip again and retrying but it didn't work.

Help:confused: Thanks
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
It must be on root of sd card. Then try to change between fastboot and bootloader menu, till gets again the auto search of the file. When updated, do not restart device. Stay there, just restart bootloader. Then... Follow the site instructions. Really easy.

I was stuck on the start... But then... 10 minutes. Only do 14 steps when changed every thing you want. Unlocked option on is S-Off in certain mode.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuxil:
Where did you hear that? I'm a bit worried because i flash my device very often.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filipathtc:
Okay i tried to change the stock HTC splash screen to the Alpharev splash screen.

But everytime i tried to flash a message like this shows up:

c:\soff>fastboot flash splash1 splashhvga.img

sending 'splash1' (300 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.051s]

writing 'splash1'...

(bootloader) signature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

finished. total time: 0.115s

:(
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haha123:
It is on the root of my SD card. I switched from fastboot & bootloader many times, but every time it says "no image or wrong image"

Just to be sure, all I have to do is rename rom.zip to "LEGEIMG.zip", no need to extract anything right? Then move it to SD root and reboot to bootloader. But I keep getting the error. Does anyone have the same problem?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuxil:
Maybe your rom.zip file is broken? Did you left the RUU-Wizard open while you copied rom.zip?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cristian_berme:
Really? I never heard that :confused:
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haha123:
Yes, I left it open when I copied it. I also tried the attachment that farukb attached in post #84. Both failed.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
I got that when I did all 14 steps and get relocked. Do the step 12 and 13. That way you will get unlocked mode. Do every write you want on system. Only this way is like s-off.

Step 14 is to lock again, but when you make all changes and do not want to make anything else.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuxil:
What is your Hboot-Version?

If you want to try, i used this one to flash my device: Download
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herciny:
I've the same trouble as haha123. I'd tried LEGEIMG.zip from rom.zip and from post #101 with no success :( My HBOOT is 1.01.0000
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haha123:
my HBOOT is the same:(
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nuxil:
Are you on the stock rom?

Did you try to unlock like it is explained by HTC?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herciny:
My HTC is rooted. I've cyanogenmod 7. I followed instructions to get the rom.zip file, rename it on the root of the SD card and reboot on bootloader...
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlaY0:
Make sure that your sdcard is vfat formatted, not fat16 (fat16 doesn't support mixed case file names).
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] herciny:
Yeah, that's it ! Thanks a lot.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkInDaPark:
If any of you are swedish, you might find this useful

swedroid(DOT)se/forum/showthread.php?t=66130
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haha123:
Mine is FAT32, but I'll try later with vfat, thanks :)
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrinidhihv:
So confused after reading so many posts. Can some one simplify it to me. Here is my situation:

Did the boot loader unlock as per HTC dev and am now in hboot 1.02 but s-on.

What should be my next step in order to successfully install cm7 on my legend?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Krazywrath:
Thanks BlaY0 for the very useful tip & steps!
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
S-on that you see is because radio and sim lock aren´t possible to write. but if you on bootloader see "Unlocked" in pink... you´re done.

Now you can flash CWM by this way:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1290841

Do the S-off method.

Get image file to where fastboot is on your adb folder. then do the comands for fastboot method.

Then i think, since CyanogenMod have on it Superuser. I think... since you have cwm install on your Legend, you just need to flash the rom.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokety:
I had a hard time searching for rom.zip in my Windows 7 machine, but this post by psyionX helped me:
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrinidhihv:
I tried the steps mentioned in wiki using super htc tool 3 and then using ROM manager. I was happy that it's almost done but got stuck with red triangle and exclamatory Mark when tried flashing cm7. Will try the steps mentioned by you and update here. Thank you :)
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ICavalera:
I saw on other post in general or Q&A that the root after unclock the bootloader... Is following step 1 and 3 from Super tools. But, i never saw or used that tool.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KoEvOeT:
I can confirm that ''HTC Super Tool v3'' (Step 1 and 3) works great and does root the HTC Legend after unlocking the bootloader with HTC dev.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] makak06:
Can you explain with more specification please ?

1) I unlock my phone with htc dev (the data will disappear ?)

2) I use the software HTC Super tool v3 to root my phone ? with this link http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1343114 ?

Thanks for your help.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icekuma:
Seemed difficult but.

My phone is 1.02 -Unlocked- Rooted- S-On

Plug your phone into the PC

With adb:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-legend.img

It will take a few minutes before something happens. Once that's done you should be able to go into clockworkmod from ROM manager.

You won't be able to install other ROM's unless you select "signiture verification" OFF in Clockwormod.

This is the only way I could get mine to do anything. If I tried anything else it would just reboot and give error messages as well as the QUESTIoN MARK.

Hope it works for you.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warriorofice:
I can´t install the 3.15 Version RUU beacuse my legend is from Vodafone Spain and i don´t have goldcard.

The revskills goldcar web is down and the only method is paying.

The cid of my micro sd is: 03534453553034478020011162007516

Someone can send me the .img for goldcard

thanks a lot.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shrinidhihv:
Haven't much aware on how to use adb. Will try this week end and update you all. Should try super tool also again I guess.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icekuma:
Just google "how to install ADB" or "Setup ADB on your computer"

Once you've done that you'll have to go into the folder that contains the commands previously posted here. Of course don't forget to download the clockwork file.

Setting up the ADB takes a while by the way.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alligator_asl:
Hi warriorofice,

the reverse CID is:

00750062110120804734305553445303

and here is your .img
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warriorofice:
Great!!!!

Thank you very much!!!
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lokety:
I skipped step 14, knowing that it is optional and just locks up the bootloader.

I also tried to flash the splash image, but got the same "signature verify fail" error from the fastboot command.

Further searching around, I suspect this is because the splash image is not available for flashing:

cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 000a0000 00020000 "misc"
mtd1: 003e0000 00020000 "recovery"
mtd2: 00300000 00020000 "boot"
mtd3: 0f000000 00020000 "system"
mtd4: 02800000 00020000 "cache"
mtd5: 0b920000 00020000 "userdata"

What do you guys think?
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mph_aut:
i have the same problem - looks like the htcdev unlock didn't s-off the splash1 image?!
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pseudosphinx:
bootloader unlocked, now root OR wifi fix update ?

Hi,

I am currently here:

1) used htc dev to unlock the bootloader and update to 1.02 hboot, S-ON.

I plan to do the following:

2) use htc supertools v3 step 1 and 3 to obtain root

3) then use clockwork recovery and flash cyanogen mod.

IS this correct ?

And do i need to update from 3.15.720.3 to the wifi fix RUU from HTC (3.15.720.4 similar to 3.15.405.6) before doing root and loading custom roms ?

What is the purpose of this wifi fix ? can i go ahead without it ?

- Pseudosphinx
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Well, these are the basic key points, if your on stock rom, all you need to do is update the hboot to 1.02 (boot loader is still locked by default) , unlock boot loader, flash clockwork mod custom recovery img file (located in the legend developers threads) put the cyanogen zip file on SD card, reboot phone into recovery, then flash it.

The only other thing to consider is the radio version on your phone, it may need upgrading.

Hope these key points point you in the direction you need too do what you want.

sent from my legend, currently using extream legend fuse™
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jpib:
Hello,

I did that, and they are actually 2 rom files in the temp folder : rom_01.zip and rom_02.zip. Any idea about which one is the right one (or should I use both ?)

Thanks,

jpib
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Are you responding to my post?

sent from my legend, currently using extream legend fuse™
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Oh just rembered, if you want Google accounts (maps, market, Gmail etc you will need to flash gapps after you flash cyanogen.

sent from my legend, currently using extream legend fuse™
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xinot:
Followed this guide and all fine here. I just was confused about this "step 8" part until i realized that i should not exit from that ruu download page but instead scroll down and continue next pages until I'm in step 8 page... lol. Second issue was there where i copy/paste txt to get my unlock key, there was some error in first try because it didn't approve it. Some user error when copy from cmd window i think, but all fine in second try.

It's nice to tweak my gf's phone, and hope i won't ruin it completely... After all, she love's her Legend.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rexjarvis:
Which ROM?

Thank you so much for this thread, my Legend is now rooted after reading all the tips here and my boot screen shows unlocked S-on but that is fine according to what I have read previously.

So now my question as an excited newbie is can you recommend a good general purpose ROM (and how to install it) that I can use while I learn more and also how can I upgrade from Android 2.2 to something that will not kill my phone with it's power requirements?

There has to be a thread here somewhere, maybe just point me in the right direction as for now I phone is still full of all the Vodafone junk and I want it gone :-)

Thank you very much.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ndmuni:
CM9 Beta0, just follow install guide and also you can install the data2ext guide and you will have 1gig of internal memory. Read the post in dev section and general on cm9.
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rexjarvis:
Thank you

Thank you I will take a look at the CM9 thread, but first I now have a Red Triangle to overcome :-(
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asovse1:
Oops, I did not notice that this is a different problem, please disregard. :rolleyes:
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
Oh dear the red triangle issue, again, the solution to this should be a sticky at the top of every thread, so people don't need to ask.

When you get red triangle you need to do volume up and power button.

sent from my legend, currently using zeubea ics beta0
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rexjarvis:
Hi,

yes sorry I do get slightly beyond the Red Triangle but my Vol+Power is always followed by "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"

Then an attempted Apply SDCard:update.zip is always followed by E:Signature verification failed. Installation aborted.

I am sooooooooooooo close :-(
[Legend Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ranger4740:
OK so now that you are hboot 1.02, and unlocked your boot loader what you need to next is the manual s-off method for clockwork mod.

sent from my legend, currently using zeubea ics beta0