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[Desire HD General] Blasphemer666:
Greets to all

Greets to all from another noob. :o Well, not a complete noob but a noob here on XDA given my few posts. My deep thanks for allowing a thread where sometimes there just might not be such a thing as a stupid question but honest ones instead,.... Hoping I can contribute something here as an owner of a softbank DHD here in Kyoto, Japan aka the 001HT. I spend alot of time trying to dig up general info from all over the i'net to help answer questions especially for ACE owners so I hope that might be of some help. Grant Barker's homepage is a great resource, (hope its allowed to mention that~). My first minor contribution------ 64GB MicroSD card usage with the DHD. It may already be well-known but for all us noobs who aren't too sure make no mistake..... I have the SanDisk Class 10 64GB MicroSD card and it works flawlessly in my DHD. Since I like to pack lots of MP3's and several full-length HD movies into my handset (helps keep the kids quiet on long drives ;) ) being able to have that much storage space is a blessing! So, just to reiterate, 64GB microSD card--- no problems!
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Thanks for the feedback Blashpemer666, hopefully you manage to refrain yourself in front of the kids. :p

Absolutely, we were all noobs, still are and probably remain being noobs. There is too much information to cover and too little time to do it in. We here are just trying to return to the community what they have given us by helping the new members whenever they need it and whenever we can, to the best of our knowledge, by pointing them in the right direction. Any and all suggestions are welcome.

Check the second post, it has been updated.

@glevitan, pm.ed you.

@hdorius, same to you. There are a few mistakes in the pm I sent.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Yes, I read it a bit. Gotta read it in a while. Seems interesting. Anyway, I can test it in my inspire as I am not using it anymore.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
The sweet thing about making friends from all over is that if I ever go and visit one of those countries, I have a place to stay :D, but not you guy, it would just be weird to be staying with a 15yr old. :p

Edit: I'm thinking of making a senseless rom from the latest at&t update to learn a bit. Is using the kitchen the best way to go?

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] wat143:
Noob here :)

Hello everyone,

You're probably going to hate me... but I'm a total noob looking for some help :)

I would like to flash Blackout ICS, seeing as HTC is not providing an update... but the problem is I know basically nothing :D

My Desire HD is on Android version 2.3.5 software 3.12.405.1

Would anyone be able to advise some links to steps I need to take to be able to flash this rom onto my phone?

I know that I need to root the phone, and to do that I need to downgrade. I downloaded this 'Advanced Ace Hack Kit', but is this what I need to root it? It's talking about this 'Do not flash an older ENG hboot' but I don't even know what that means, (I've tried to find out, honest!)

And after rooting, how to I even go about flashing the new software?

I'm sorry for being so stupid... If no one can be bothered to explain then don't worry, I'll just go on using what I have :D

My greatest fear is bricking my phone, so I just want to do everything right!!

Thanks for your time! :cyclops:
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
wat, don´t apologize for being a noob. This is thread is intended to guide you but not to do it for you, so as long as you are willing to learn and read it is ok with us. check post #7 in this thread and the guide at the bottom of it...:good:
[Desire HD General] wat143:
Ok, well thank you! :)

I've had a look a that guide a few times, but I just get confused on the rooting part. Would you be able to explain the part in red (about not flashing ENG s-off devices)?
[Desire HD General] hdorius:
maybe u can try to use Rom Cleaner by Patrics83

I don't know how to use it but it seems like can make senseless from a sense rom
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
That is my second option. I haven't taken a proper look at it, but I'm guessing if I want to deodex and all that, the kitchen is the best way to go. Since it would also de sense the rom. While rom clesner only de senses it?

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
If you are using the Hack Kit don´t worry about that. But never try to flash a separate ENG S-OFF (as recommended in some roms)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
For the rooting part you will need to read the effen manual several times. Once you have set up your pc enviornment - if windos for example, turn of all antivirus software, have htc drivers installed and everything else, or use an ubuntu live cd. After you have rooted, cpme back here on how to flash that rom.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] wat143:
Ok so, after rooting, what's the next step? :D

Thanks so much for your help and time :)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30383748&postcount=6

Are you rooted? If so, then make a backup of your rom then proceed.

Before flashing this rom, and it only happens with this one, make sure you understand how to do it. Because if not, you will get stuck in a bootloop and it will take additional steps to get it working since for some reason it won't let you enter recovery afterwards. On the bright side you will learn a few extra things if it happens :P

Keep in mind that all ICS/JB roms are buggy. However, it won't be long before they are working with a minimal of bugs. My guess is another month or so.
[Desire HD General] wat143:
cli joizech

Awesome, thank you :)

Just a couple more questions and then I think I'll be good to go when I have time:

What's all this about checking MD5 sums :confused:

And how to a make a backup of my current rom?

Thank you!
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
I believe those are covered in the guide. If not ask again.

With md5 thats to check the file integrity. If it matches, then you have a good download. What I do is I check to see if the same size has been downloaded - which isn't 100% assurance it's not corrupted, but does help. I believe we talked about md5 briefly 5-10 pages back. If it's not linked in the index section, then you'll need to search for it. :D

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[Desire HD General] wat143:
natitysi ct of rega

Ohhhh that's what it is!

Everything is much clearer now, thank you so much :victory:

---------- Post added at 08:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 PM ----------

There was one more thing I meant to ask;

You say the roms are quite buggy, how stable is the most recent Blackout ICS one?

And, when updates come out, do we have to wipe all the data from the phone again when we install?

Thank youu :cool:
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
I don't know, flash and find out. Read the op (original post/first page) to see what works and doesnt work. Rule of thumb, read the first five pages and the last ten or so. Or read them all, which is what I do. Unless I'm mistaken, that rom is a bit laggy, but they just found a fix for it in the last couple of pages.

Edit: you can flash over with just wiping cache and dalvik, but if something doesn't work a full wipe is required. When a full wipe is required between updates, the dev will say so. Full wipes are recommended.

Go over to glevitans guide post and than him (there is a thank button), he deserves it.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
Yes we are here to guide whoever needing help.

Sorry for not being online as much as I usually am, but I got this period in life where I got a lot to do. But its soon over :)
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Hey guys new update is coming. I will include kernel issues...
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
You da man.

Edit: this seems to fix audio on niks rom. http://db.tt/y2kQmLLJ

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Sweet!! Have updated the guide link. (pages 1,2 and 6). Au revoir :cyclops:
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Found a couple mistakes but since I read it from my phone you gotta go find them. This is what? The seventh time I read the darn guide? Somebody has gotta take that over :p

Kernels - don't you need to wipe cache and dalvik before flashing one? If so, fix the guide.

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[Desire HD General] glevitan:
LOL, you know I really like HTC devices, regarding build quality. However they messed up with the non removable battery and the lack of sdcard slot. On the other hand, Sammy has always updated the devices at least twice which is a good thing not to take into consieration that bootloaders are not locked and things are way easier.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Yeah I do to. IMHO the design of the One beats the crap outta any other manufacturer, minus the Nexus 4, cause of that sexy looking back *slight drool*

Having a removable battery & SD Card are important, as I need somewhere to keep my 32 GB of music/miscallaneous crap :D

Plus, removable battery = Extendable battery FTW! Currently getting around 2 days of usage on average from the S3, might purchase the $20 7000 mAh battery, just for the hell of it :D (cheap as chips).

Regarding the whole update thing, I think Samsung devices generally get the fastest updates, after the Nexus' (Nexii?)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
HTC One Nexus version announced, experience stock Jelly Bean
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Why would you need with when you have XDA? lol
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
yeah, obviously. The intention of that was - usually certain things don't work when on pure android unless you are using a nexus device due to propietary drivers(?). Now, them working and releasing a nexus edition, and having for now - and at least - htc beats and the camara working - the code for it - makes it easier on the devs.
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
But not officially a Nexus?
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Not as far as I know. Word is, HTC is working with google to get certain components working right instead of just laying Pure Android on top, which tends to have certain things not working optimally. The SIV will also have a nexus version (whatever glev, samsung still sucks despite your fanboy whims possed as arguments).

With media it's hard to know... when a whiff of something hits, they start racing however speculative it may be. Heck, they are still spinning that the desireHD will be getting android 4.3.
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
Hah desire HD gets android 4.3 officially. Lol
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
WUT?!!

Hoax or true?
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
Sorry I was just thinking loudly, Tei said that media still thinks Desire HD is going to get android 4.3 officially and I was like "hah I'll believe it when I see it"
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Heck, I don't need to wait that long.

Hey, what do you know about haskell? As you know, I know little about coding... you mentioned you wanted to learn java because you'll need it later on (have you found any good tuts?)..... enlighten us buddy. :)

Me? I've been dabbling here and there trying to figure it out and find a good place to start.

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[Desire HD General] pitastrudl:
highly unlikely, afaik the ics update was canceled also becuase it would require a full wipe becuase ICS and GB are quite different. even so, here http://pocketnow.com/2013/05/30/htc-android-4-3-update
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Hey guys, got the Android 4.2.1 update in the Asus Pad...multiuser profiles are enabled as a feature. Also apps and apps with data backups are available from stock firmware....amazing!!
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
It has app data backups?? How do you enable them??
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Have no idea, but for certain it is builded in the stock firmware....It is amazing. However I have discovered an stuck pixel and really pisses me off
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
MissB http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/July1999/article104.html
[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
I don't know anything about Haskell =/ and well I have been looking at your links and internet but I have been busy creating other stuff, so I haven't found anything awesome yet.
[Desire HD General] pjheinrich:
Hi all

I am new here and the last few days I am going through Ace think tank links and How tos how to root HTC Desire HD.

My DHD was bought with Froyo version 2.2.1? in UK and through upgrades now it has 2.3.5 with Sense 3.0. The full details are below:

ROM version 3.12.405.1

ace pvt ship s-on rl

hboot-2.00.0027

microp-0438

radio-26.14.04.28_m

emmc-boot

I managed to get a copy of the AAHK and I went through the hack-ace.cmd script and the effen manual to see what's going on.

According to that 3.12.405.1 should be downgraded to 2.50.405.2 where the script downloads a zip file. The URLs in the script are unavailable.

Since AAHK has been retired the only option is [How to] ROOT without the Hack Kit], using either [TOOL] HTC Easy Unlock Bootloader Tool or [ROOT] [TOOL] Easy Ace Root Tool where both suggest HTCDev to unlock the bootloader, something that is not recommended.

Respectively both scripts download an RUU from HTC named "PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe" where from the name I can guess that it upgrades HBOOT to 2.00.0029 version.

What's the difference between PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029.exe and PD9810000_Ace_Sense30_S_hboot_2.00.0029_R.exe (can be found in HTCDev) ?

Does this RUU upgrade makes the DHD compatible with the HTC method to unlock the bootloader using the token, because with version 2.00.0027 it doesn't respond to fastboot oem get_identifier_token command?

Is there any automated way to get S-OFF like in AAHK? Will be there any consequence using AAHK only for S-OFF after having already unlocked the bootloader and installed the recovery image from the above mentioned tools?

Sorry for the long post. I don't if this the proper place, if not please move it to the appropriate thread.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
With Hboot 27 you won't be able to use the unlock token command. The difference in those two RUU's you posted are the amount of devices supported. I can't remember which one had more CIDs than the other.

Why is unlocking the bootloader not recommended? BTW, you have all the information you need regarding this in the OP of both threads, so I would suggest you go through them carefully to avoid repeating the whole stuff here.

There is no easy or one click way to gain S-OFF. If you are skilled enough you can try the manual way.
[Desire HD General] pjheinrich:
Thanks glevitan for your quick reply.

The first post of this thread mentions "If you read the starter guide you should know that we don't recommend using HTC dev to unlock your bootloader." I guess it's not recommended because it leaves traces that the device has been unlocked (according to your ultimate ace guide v10.1) comparing to AAHK method.

Regarding the S-OFF i was asking if i can use AAHK to do that instead of the manual way.

Anyhow thanks a lot for the great support and the excellent guides! :good:
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
The aahk used to use a server to download needed files which was what automated the process. The server has been taken down.

There is a thread in the dev section (or used to be) talking about that issue but I don't know what happened or what's the story behind it.

The manual way was written by the creator of the aahk which you can find on his site.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
You have a thread in the dev section that has the Hack Kit RUU files...if you are willing to do it go ahead, but take into consieration that support is no longer given...if you are careful enough you will have no issues.

Regarding the guide, the idea of S-OFF is to have control of your device which unlocked bootloader does not give you, however being the Hack Kit out of the game, there is no other choice.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
http://slackprop.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/on-geek-versus-nerd/

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[Desire HD General] sjaakske:
Hey

dont know if someone did this allready but just found out something today.

I was pretty drunk this weekend and lost my battery cover, wich ment my battery fell out every second.

Fixed that with some tape, but found out my wifi didnt work.

It was a pretty easy guess that the contacts on the cover are the wifi antenna.

so today i soldered a some copper cable onto it, and found out that my wifi reach is much wider now.

I know someone allready did this for the gps antenna, but this also works for the wifi antenna.

But you probarly need to adjust the battery cover for this if you still have that :)

This phone is nearly tougher than a nokia :D
[Desire HD General] pitastrudl:
So guys, i've finnaly got my hands on a I9505 galaxy s4. I've already rooted it and moved my stuff from my DHD :D. Now it's lying at the corner of my desk, all quiet, left alone. Though ill still come by as often as i did before :)
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Nice! Welcome to the world of Sammy :D

One tip, get rid of the TouchWiz launcher, its pretty heavy on RAM & battery

Use the DHD as a test/developer device?

Did I help you? Hit THANKS!

Galaxy S3 (New love interest, stock)

Desire HD (Retired, REVOlution)

Galaxy Note 10.1 (Big Bad Wolf, stock)
[Desire HD General] pitastrudl:
well ill flash it if i would be bored or something, otherwise it will be for a backup phone. rooting the s4 had me crazy nervous, becuase i thought i would brick it. had to restart the phone and the computer countless times before i succeeded. win drivers are a pain :d
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Guys, I have a question. Is this considered a ROM that needs to be on the index thread? I ask because it looks like it's a nandroid, not a ROM zip.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Yeah, I'd say technically it is.

Like the signature MissB :D
[Desire HD General] pitastrudl:
Yes it is, though if you're looking for a top-notch GB rom go for blackice, believe me, its good :)
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
We've all flashed BlackICE at some point and fallen in love with it :D

Did I help you? Hit THANKS!

Galaxy S3 (BEAST, stock)

Desire HD (Retired, REVOlution)

Galaxy Note 10.1 (Big Bad Wolf, stock)
[Desire HD General] pitastrudl:
some of us still are :D

Sent from my S4 GT-I9505
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
*cough* look at your SIG *cough*

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Galaxy S3 (BEAST, stock)

Desire HD (Retired, REVOlution)

Galaxy Note 10.1 (Big Bad Wolf, stock)
[Desire HD General] pitastrudl:
there we go, new sig, also a custom userbar which i find most fitting :P
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
It looks great, but the quality isn't good. Still, live and learn right? :D
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-hack-your-own-linux-system/

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[Desire HD General] hallowed.mh:
Good info! I'll have to check it out on my system when I get home.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Any Audiophiles here? :D
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Remember to read the comments

Why you ask?

Edit:

Could someone translate this into layman terms :)

http://www.talisman.org/~erlkonig/documents/commandname-extensions-considered-harmful.shtml

and a couple more links to share

http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

2nd edit:

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/doc/home.htm

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[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
how did all of this go for you?
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
I tried XBMC on Linux, but my existing Windows Media Center ended up to be better for me for a variety of reasons (mostly PVR: series recording, TV guide data, hardware support, backend complications). I ended up installing XBMC for Windows (for the non-PVR things it does so well) alongside WMC. So I built a low-end Linux headless server as well. I have Debian, LAMP, and TTRSS working, so OwnCloudz Android building, and Samba are next.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Anyone know abour DreamBox?

Hit THANKS if I helped you!

Galaxy S3 (Daily Driver, stock)

Desire HD (Old Faithful custom ICS)

Galaxy Note 10.1 (Big Bad Wolf)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Do you have time this weekend to help me set those up?

Should I download debian or is !# or even mint good enough?

Or... if you can link me to the tuts you used and are going to use (owncloudz and samba - no idea what they are for the moment).

People, you should stop by #aceroot whenever you have time.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
[MENTION=535343]all[/MENTION] why is no one ever on #AceRoot?

Hit THANKS if I helped you!

Galaxy S3 (Daily Driver, stock)

Desire HD (Old Faithful custom ICS)

Galaxy Note 10.1 (Big Bad Wolf)
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
I just did it with Debian, so that's the distro I would know to use. But I'm sure it's possible on #! or Mint, and since they're both related to Debian, they're probably not that different. I didn't really use tutorials, or rather, I used a ton...I kind of just poked around and googled. So I can't quite remember which I used at this point... :P OwnCloud is like Dropbox that you host yourself. Samba is for local file sharing, so I've got it set up to share my movies and music to other devices at home on my LAN.

I'm in there right now! :)
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Ok, who knows a decent IRC client for android

Hit THANKS if I helped you!

Galaxy S3 (Daily Driver, stock)

Desire HD (Old Faithful custom ICS)

Galaxy Note 10.1 (Big Bad Wolf)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
I cleaned up the post that used to be how to learn java (for the three people that saw it :P) and changed it to how to learn to program - the link is in the third post. Instead of having 30+ links in no particular order, it has been organized for people with no programming experience what-so-ever. Perhaps, I'll add a brief explanation to that post at a later date.

#aceroot - I can't connect right now, x-chat is acting up as it happens now and then, and I have to leave soon.

How about a cyber date this weekend people? And especially you MissB, I want to pick your brain. :victory:

Edit:

Guy, I tried Andchat (free) a while back and another one I can't find - they both seemed good. Good luck finding the other one :P

(it might have been Yaaic)

2nd Edit:

Javapocalypse
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Bump 69 pages of glory ;) :D

Hit THANKS if I helped you!

Galaxy S3 (Daily Driver, stock)

Desire HD (Old Faithful custom ICS)

Galaxy Note 10.1 (Big Bad Wolf)
[Desire HD General] MR20878:
Someone sent me a message via xda app however when I tried to open it, it just opened to a blank screen. If you sent me a message either new or in response to a post that I made please re send it because I downloaded tap a talk to my phone and I have the XDA app on my phone as well. Hopefully it will work this time. Any ideas on how to avoid this in the future would also be helpful. Thanks for your time.

---------- Post added at 09:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:08 PM ----------

Also if anyone is interested I found out that the 64 gigabyte micro SD card works in the Inspire 4G As I am using it right now. The only drawback that I can tell right now, is that every now and again my phone will restart on its own. I don't know if its the card itself or the Rom I am using. I am using RC mix Ice Cream Sandwich. Is there anyway I can get my 10 posts faster so I can actually use XDA for what its made for on the Roms that I use? I just wish that I could let the developer of this rom know about the problems I'm having so they can fix it. Thanks.
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
The point of the 10-post requirement is to weed out people who don't have anything useful to say. Find threads where you can make useful contributions. If you have anything at all to offer, you should be able to get to 10 pretty easily. Also, are you sure that your ROM is still under active development?
[Desire HD General] MR20878:
That's the problem I don't know. That's why I wanted to get a 10 posts so I can find out by leaving messages on the roms page.
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
What's the link? Is it actively updated?