yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
We won't need that modified. Pls post here the zip here linked.ill post the tool misc version later today, and we can try that plus the unmodified zip. That's the point of my plan.

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
ok, got a working tool based on guhls misc_version tool that perfectly modifies the version in misc partition. soon i'll upload and we'll need someone brave with S-On unlocked, who wanna try, and we need the PD...IMG zip on this brave mans sdcard, so pls link it here. Also we need a root installable for those who have S-On unlocked.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Limewirelord:
I will be posting an image for the misc partition tonight if I'm unable to get an image of my entire phone uploaded properly. 4shared has been a huge pain in the ass and keeps disconnecting while I'm uploading.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
4shared if used on the !!folder!! view, upload can be continued if it disconnected. So go into My account and there use the upload
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Sinfamy:
I got a replacement with S-ON and Locked, I managed to Unlock it and install the latest recovery.

If you wish for me to test something feel free to ask, just cannot risk bricking it again lol
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Well, thanks! Let's see what blue6ix has to tell us about this. There's a chance of bricking, all I can say this is how its done on htc desire hd/z, and the tool is modified to work with mt4gs. We need someone who could risk this with s-on, unlocked or a community donation to get one new phon s-on for blue6ix so he can try.

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] strapped365:
For the s-on ppl if you brick and have insurance just dunk that sh#t in a lake and chalk it up as lost lol
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
I don't know if this is of any help to anyone, but one of the problems with the HTC Unlock/S-On combo is that kernels need to be flashed separately. Basically, you need to manually push the boot.img.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Hey, taking a quick break and glad to see how it's going - I'll be getting home in about 5 hours, I'm definitely gonna sit down and start working on this asap, you can count on me for a good 12hours starting around midnight eastern.

Can't wait!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] dung8604:
DO NOT DO THIS IT COSTS $130 TO REPLACE THROUGH INSURANCE. Why are you saying this without even knowing what you're talking about.

For people with insurance and/or premium handset replacement plan (I believe they are one and the same), try this, and if it causes a brick, it is very unlikely that t mobile would be able to ascertain what caused the brick. You can therefore call it in under normal warranty procedures and they will send you a working replacement phone for $5. Please check and confirm your plan first, before you try this.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] strapped365:
Im just giving an option, theres def no need to jump down on me like im to stupid to know what an insurane claim costs, or like im to stupid to realize tmobile WILL know why you bricked its on you tho what you do my device is s-off already, im just trying to jump in to help yall out, i have no problems keeping to myself working for myself and doing the rest of what i enjoy for my other devices community
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
Has anyone actually ever tried to send in a bricked phone for repair?

Maybe HTC will just go ahead and reset the phone.

A bit different, but many moons ago I sent in my Motorola Cliq rooted with a custom rom, for repair and they simply reset the device before sending it back (even though I sent it in for a hardware issue)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
I sent in my bricked (on purpose) mytouch 4g and they sent me the mytouch 4g slide for 20$
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] darktek:
I created a mmcblk0.img file which is about 2.3GB. Does that seem right? How can I extract just what is needed for investigation? Once I have that all done, I will upload it to my webserver and post the link. This is from a device with the 1.55.531.3 OTA but unlocked with the HTC unlocker and S-ON.

"DOUBLESHOT PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.45.0013

MICROP-0353

eMMC-boot

Nov 21 2011,20:20:47"
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Limewirelord:
It just gets bigger depending on what you've got installed since it essentially copies *everything*. I made an image with the Nandroid backup that I normally use, and then I made an image with a fresh flash of DS-mod debloated. My normally used image was 2.4GB and the fresh flash was 700MB.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
That's normal size. This duplicates the whole emmc, all of it, even the zeroes, if its empty.

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] shanigami:
TMO sent me this thing

Just an FYI...TMO is now sending the MT4GS to replace the G2, so here I sit with an HTC unlocked S-ON device. Not being able to flash boot.img without fastboot is kind of a pain.

Point of post: did anyone ever try pushing the ver# mentioned a few posts back? I think the previous version# was 1.28.531; just wondering if that bricked anyone or not?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] shanigami:
If I can assist in any way, I'll be here moving forward! I'm a .NET dev by trade, but I'd like to get in here in help in any way possible. PM me anytime!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] darktek:
I should also point out that I've been able to flash kernels from fastboot with the "fastboot flash boot boot.img" command, there seemed to be confusion about that ability on different threads, but I have done it a few times in order to get wifi working on different roms.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] shanigami:
Yeah, that's how I've been going about business too, and haven't had any problems to speak of....funny when we try to flash hboot it says "remote access denied" though ;)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] darktek:
I'm working on dumping individual partitions right now. Should I just dump the known partitions or include the unknown ones as well?

---------- Post added at 02:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:39 PM ----------

The known partitions are going up now to darkintensity dot net /htc

Hopefully that makes sense, I don't have enough posts yet to actually post a link.

---------- Post added at 02:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:11 PM ----------

Okay, the known partitions are uploaded now. Hopefully, they are helpful.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] thrice43:
Yo... I mentioned this awhile ago before, about misc.img, using a hex editor to change the version number that hboot checks for, and then "dd"ing it back to the misc.img mmcblk to downgrade locked hboot using the OFFICIAL PG##IMG.zip.

http://kizzlebot.co.cc/A0xAjN
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
hey, is it mmcblk0p16 or 31 now the misc partition?? its quite important to know, before we proceed.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] darktek:
According to http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17384065&postcount=3 it's 31

---------- Post added at 04:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:11 PM ----------

I think I'm going to try it soon. I have a spare G2 I can use in case I brick it.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
well, you will need the PD...IMG.zip, of the s-offable version. Do we have it somewhere?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
here is the thread with the PG59IMG.zip.(buried on the 4th page of the dev. section). it puts on the 1.44.0007 hboot that works with Rev. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1178082
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
so the link is , if someone wishes to try the 'misc_version' tool stuff with this ZIP on sdcard renamed to PG59IMG.zip:

http://www.filefactory.com/file/cc6...0U_10.12.9007.07_M2_release_201815_signed.zip
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] thrice43:
To be honest, I have no clue, but solely based on the assigned block digit, id say mmcblk0p31 being misc.img is more plausible b/c the htc sensation's misc.img is on block 31. And lemme mention again that I was able to flash and use htc sensation's engineering bootloader to run a dev command not avail on doubleshot fastboot, then was able to revert back and changes stuck.

However I'm not positive since mmcblk0p16 and mmcblk0p31 are identical. Maybe hboot checks both to determine if hboot needs to be flashed or not.

I say change both mmcblk0p's, 16 and 31, versions to be the same using a hex editor, I doubt a mistake will result in a brick unless something is written where there was previously nothing. And I don't recommend using the entire dump of mmcblk0 or using a tool to change only a couple bits in 2 blocks, its not that difficult. The diff b/t the 2 blocks is like seriously 4 bits, I don't think it'll matter

1.28.531 is the version number for either the radio or firmware. T-MOBO1O is the cid, you can change all them to 111111 and now u got urself a supercid.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
yep, i agree with what you wrote here, tho later a tool to do this is essential to let not so geek folks do the downgrade easier.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] thrice43:
Haha for sure. Not sure if anybody found out, but "1.28.531.9" can be changed to "1.01.531.1".

Edit:

I know I'm already s-off but I did it to my phone (didn't even need a computer), and all went well. The changes stuck, rebooted fine, and md5sum checked out. I haven't tested with PG59IMG.zip yet tho. Using the stock, locked PG59IMG.zip should bring me back to s-on rather than keeping s-off revolutionary, no?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] darktek:
Try it and report back ;-)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
it will give you back the stock 1.44.0007 hboot, but S-OFF will remain. fastboot commands won't work on that hboot, but revolutionary can be run again... i've done that cycle before, lol.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] shanigami:
Took the dive...plenty of swimming left to do

No bricking or anything....but still stuck with 1.45.0013

I noticed that hboot seemed to ignore the PG59IMG.zip; it was there, hboot scans it, but gives no error message or anything and skips right back to the hboot menu. Reinstalled factory recovery before hand, didn't seem to matter...but I'l continue tinkering.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] thrice43:
Not necessarily. I've tried flashing the stock locked PG59IMG.zip before. But it'll read the misc.img and determine that the version is newer, and skip over flashing certain partitions (I think radio or firmware) while flashing system, boot, data, and all the other goodies.

For those users on s-on from stock, without blue6ix's insecure boot.img flashed, after editing the misc.img with a hex editor, and then executing "dd if=misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 && dd if=misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p31" won't work. You can verify that writing to the misc.img partition worked without even rebooting by doing "busybox md5sum misc.img" and then "busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p16 && busybox md5sum /dev/block/dev/block/mmcblk0p31". They should all be the same.

So.. for the dudes who tried editing the misc.img and flashing it, make sure that it was written to the partition

Edit:

This needs to be added to http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22649895&postcount=12

This command

# misc_version -s 1.00.000.0

in adb actually HAS to be

# misc_version -s 1.01.531.1

"1.01.531" is the firmware version that is two versions older than the latest "1.55.531.3". So if you were to use the PG59IMG.zip that contains "1.28.531.9", bootloader will think it needs to be updated to the exploitable "1.28.531.9"
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
So basically the insecure boot.img is needed to be fastboot flashed it seems, before the misc version editing? Then pls someone link to that boot.img. thx

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] thrice43:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22531811
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
For returning to S-ON I found this in the sensation forums on a quick search:

Seems like you can brick if done wrong, maybe not having the stock software installed?

Theory:

I would say restore to stock, then this (if this is it?), then do the two OTA updates and then you are done, back S-ON and locked?

I AM NOT RECOMMENDING ANYONE TRY THIS YET - JUST A POINT OF REFERENCE FOR S-ON RESEARCH

If this is not the specific step to regain S-ON, the rest of the method I just theorized is probably right.

Anyways, this will give us at least some place to start - meantime while I was sitting here I also made the new PG59IMG.zip file for the new stock recovery from the OTA 1.55.531.3 and added it to the dev reference, along with the image files for both the Retail (1.28.531.9) and OTA (1.55.531.3) recoveries available as well. I just spent some time updating that whole page of the reference. You can find them all here:

Root, Recovery, Radio and Backup.

I'll also get together the info I have on the version stuff for the PG59IMG.zip files and get that in here. The PG59IMG.zip files now will all fail the version check on the new update if not S-OFF already.

Big thanks to yogi2010 for getting me started on this with PG59IMG.zip files here:

Gain root access on the latest 1.55.531.3 update, ONLY IF you are S-OFF

Meantime here's a list of software versions:

Pre-Release:

- 1.01.531.1

- 1.28.531.5

- 1.28.531.8

Retail Launch:

- 1.28.531.9

OTA:

- 1.28.531.10

- 1.55.531.3

I'm going to take an hour to get a shower and something to eat, then come back and dive in - i'm getting energized now that there's a place to put all this out there at for us to see what we know and still need to do.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
Btw..when your changing misc version with the pg59img (I think) y don't u just use the terminal emulator or adb shell version by pushing it to data\local and setting perms, then running "misc version -s 1.2.8.*****"
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
A RUU is a self contained flasher. It's an executable you run on the PC and it flashes the phone (someone jump in if I'm off here). Usually a RUU consists of the entire ROM/Kernel/HBoot/Radio, but there are instances where it's just a part of the whole package.

Those of us who are stuck with the new HBOOT and S-ON have theorized that a full RUU of the latest OTA would contain the confirmation splash we need to actually do the unlock. It's my guess that it's something that didn't ship from the factory with early MT4GS, and did ship with later variants. The OTA didn't apply the confirmation splash, which is why we can successfully flash the unlock token, but not complete the process (we can't confirm our intention to unlock via the confirmation splash).
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
S-OFF to S-ON (SOLVED)

Thanks for the info on RUU - but I decided to go ahead an take the risk of bricking my device without an RUU to recover it with.

I successfully made it S-ON and have flipped back and forth a few times - checked it out, the real deal.

Now I am about to update past the point of no return while S-ON (locked) and get myself stuck in the S-ON LOCKED 1.45.0013 hboot - and I can't wait.

(odd, I know, but i'm taking the gamble with this device and putting myself into the S-ON LOCKED 1.45.0013 position so I can see what it's like from that point of view - and now i'll be stuck here until we solve the problem in this thread.)

Let's just hope I don't get bricked getting to the most recent OTA. I got a few tricks up my sleeve, but not many so fingers crossed!

Here's the how-to I wrote:

How-To: S-ON from S-OFF (backwards)(Solved)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ac3theone:
This is good, we're making progress :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
And we also have a PG59IMG.zip that is a leaked version of the 1.55.531.3 OTA as a full, fresh install to play with:

From Leaked ROM 1.55.531.3 / Radio 11.59.3504.00_11.16.3504.20_2: (PG59IMG.zip)

- Leaked HTC Android ROMs - Thanks again football!

To find, go to the page, thank football, and look under Generic Releases Click that link and you will find it.

This is the same as using our return to retail stock PG59IMG.zip file.

No RUU for our device, these two PG59IMG.zip restore files are as close as we get for now.

---------- Post added at 06:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:54 PM ----------

Ok - so - having found that newer PG59IMG.zip leaked HTC file, and seeing it's structure - I think I found out why we've been having trouble with some ROMS that need kernels.

The ramdisk is a seperate .img file within the PG59IMG.zip for the file from the newest OTA.

That means for whatever reason the kernel is being flashed separately then the boot.img, and it seems I ended up being right about it flashing only half the boot.img - they split the kernel out of it. (At least for flashing purposes)

So the code that governs that probably slipped by us when it happened, and we hadn't had the chance to peg it down yet.

Here is a listing of the .img files contained in the two 'official' PG59IMG.zip files we have to work with:

Original (Retail Stock) 1.28.531.9:

- adsp.img

- boot_signed.img

- dzdata.img

- hboot_8x60_DOT_1.44.0007_20110627_signedbyaa.nb0

- radio.img

- rcdata.img

- recovery_signed.img

- rpm.img

- sbl1.img

- sbl2.img

- sbl3.img

- splash1.nb0

- system.img

- tp_atmelc12_20aa.img

- tz.img

android-info.txt for 1.28.531.9:

modelid: PG5910000
cidnum: T-MOB010
mainver: 1.28.531.9
hbootpreupdate:0
DelCache:1

----

...and from the newer (OTA) 1.55.531.3:

- adsp.img

- boot_signed.img

- dzdata.img

- hboot_8x60_DOT_1.45.0013_20111121_signedbyaa.nb0\

- pg2fs_spcustom.img

- radio.img

- ramdisk.img

- rcdata.img

- recovery_signed.img

- rpm.img

- sbl1.img

- sbl2.img

- sbl3.img

- splash1.nb0

- system.img

- tp_atmelc12_20aa.img

- tz.img

android-info.txt for 1.55.531.3:

modelid: PG5910000
cidnum: T-MOB010
mainver: 1.55.531.3
hbootpreupdate:12
DelCache:1

See what you guys can make of it - but we've identified the kernel issue.

What else can we find?

These are our options so far for the PG59IMG.zip insert method.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] xzuhto:
I'm currently S-ON, unlocked via the htcdev.com guide. I have no problem running some commands to report some info back. I feel comfortable trying a few things to help out, but I have no insurance on the phone and cannot afford a $500 slap to the face.

I'll be checking in on this thread daily till you guys find something. So if you request something from someone with a device in my state I'll hopefully be of some use.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Etrick:
Will have my tax return back in a week or two. Have insurance and I'm willing to go back s=on and attempt brick-risking fix attempts. Will only get one shot if it goes south, but I got a backup phone if it does to make it thru the wait for a replacement. Note: willing to fork out one replacement... Lol

Keep me posted... I should have time this weekend to wing it. My internet modem is dead, new one tomorrow and I've got two windows boxes to hack her back s=on. Haven't even read that thread, so a link/guide would be great. Will sacrifice my phone for greater good to return the favors so many on here have done for me.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
I was given the option of flashing the new PG59IMG.zip file, but didn't do so. I'm kinda dreading the process of reinstalling/resetting everything up. I know TI backup only works as root, but is there anything else out there that could partially ease the pain of doing this?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
Mybackup can be used without root, and would definitely ease some of the pain. it seperately backs up your data and apps, then you can choose exactly what you wanna restore.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
Well then, here we go. I'll report back with results shortly.

---------- Post added at 01:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:12 PM ----------

It worked. Was able to unlock, flash CWM recovery, and install superuser without a hitch.

Weird thing though, I've got the *old* market. Have to see if I can dig up the latest version anywhere.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
awesome! so it's official- everyone at least has access to the HTC unlock tool.

the market should auto-update... it did for me :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Cool. We need now a guide how to do this in a pinned thread.

Also a thread, how to flash bootimg/kernel with fastboot, so ppl can use custom roms / wifi etc.

sent from HTC Doubleshot pyroiced
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
You do realize, of course, the fact that I did this means that HTC will be pushing an OTA ICS update tomorrow, just to irritate me. :)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ac3theone:
Lol true
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] xzuhto:
I believe I have become a little lost here. I unlocked my device using htc's walkthrough. However, I'm not rooted and from previous posts here I am under the impression that I can gain root and cwm just no custom roms till we get s-off.

If this is true, how do I gain root? I honestly thought that was what happen when I unlocked the device. I can live without a custom rom for now if I have root access.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
if the unlock went thru, then you need to flash CWM thru fastboot, then flash Superuser thru CWM, and then you will be rooted and can flash ROMs. i'm out and about on my phone, but try Blue61X's Dev. Reference thread for guides, or there are probably other places to find the guides.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ac3theone:
How soon can we expect a guide on this?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] xzuhto:
Alright, thanks Yogi.

Now to stay on topic, are we still looking for commands from people s-on? I'll be around my computer tonight and available to run them. Otherwise I'll await information from those of you a little more experienced in this area.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
I can write up a guide on what I did once I'm home (3ish hours from now).
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ac3theone:
Just the thought of finally being able to root this phone is driving me crazy
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jonnycat26:
I posted my guide. If anyone sees anything that needs to be changed, let me know!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Well, now that I have an S-ON device that WAS S-OFF and can't be again, i'm still committed to finding a way to make it S-OFF.

i'm too tired to get into it tonight, but if anyone has any other info to share about the misc.version stuff or anything else that could help with this get it in this thread.

Sometime in the next few days when I have a chance to sit down and dev again that's what i'm gonna pick up with. I want this device back to S-OFF state.

yea, i do want to compare my output to devices that have never been through the revolutionary s-off process - but too tired tonight to get into it.

I'll have to get back into it another day, so later this week when i'm not so wiped out i'll compare all the outputs i have so far and see what i still need.

Thanks for making your device available for generating some output - just give me a chance to sort through it all and see where we stand.

(if someone else wants to go through what we got so far and make suggestions/has input, that's gladly welcome too)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Limewirelord:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/vVHQuid0/PG59IMG_Doubleshot_TMOUS_15553.html

Mirror of Blue's S-ON Unlockable image. We're close to S-OFF, I can feel it.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] tbalden:
Cool howto about flashing boot.img. Now another one is just needed about how to get from S-On Non-unlockable to S-On Unlockable with the update wizardry at least, before we know how to downgrade!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
posted here! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1508406
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
football is the one who got it uploaded - I just found it!

Appreciate the credit!! ...just don't want to see people who contributed to be left out.