yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Take out the battery for ten minutes. Try to boot into hboot. Volume down plus power button.

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[Desire HD General] stryker000:
i've already done that, i can get into HBOOT, but i can't go to recovery, it just hangs at HTC logo.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Hey, don't try to get to recovery. Try to see if you get connectivity in fastboot usb. Plug.the phone in fastboot usb and in the PC type fastboot devices.

if you get your serial, then you can flash a custom recovery or a ruu form there.
[Desire HD General] stryker000:
that works and i already flashed to the official RUU, but it has the same result. I didn't try a custom one yet, because it always said that android-text was missing.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

The ruu flashes fine and completely?
[Desire HD General] stryker000:
it gave no error's what so ever. Just reboots after & was stuck again at HTC-logo
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

OT: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2124124

Salivating already

If I helped, hit that thanks button!

HTC Desire HD (IceColdSandwich)

Samsung GNote 10.1 (Stock Awesomeness)
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Umm that is not sounding good. Seems to be a burned mobo...bad emmc memory.

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Nice phone. I might be getting a Note 2 in the next few months. Not sure, maybe wait for the S IV
[Desire HD General] stryker000:
uggh that doesn't sound to well.. any idea if this is repairable/priceable? i had this phone for 3 weeks now :(
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Burned mobo: Repairable, a bit pricey

Bad Emmc: You;'re fuqed
[Desire HD General] stryker000:
darn it.. anyway i can test this?

small update:

The phone doesn't show an orange led anymore.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

What about the phone motorola is working on? Or have we lost ylu to samsung and it's cheap plastics? :p

Let the phone rest for a few a day or two. Check to see if the battery is the same size or it got slightly bloated. However, glevitan is our brick expert.

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[Desire HD General] Gizmoe:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Emmc is part of main board. A new board will solve the bad emmc. Still pricy though. Especially with what you can buy nowadays used for around the same price.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

ummm...Motorola is not my cup of tea. Samsung has the best devices, at least for now...
[Desire HD General] stryker000:
well guys, thanks for you help! tomorrow i'll check with out phone repair to see if it can be saved, because i really love this phone..
[Desire HD General] Headii:
Thank you all

Thank you all for this summary :D
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Let us know how it goes.

We are glad it helped.

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[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

What do you guys think of Google nexus 4?
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

I've only played with my cousin's for about 20 minutes. But with that said, it's lovely. The glass on both sides gives it a nice quality feel. And it's super smooth to use. However, I don't think its a massive upgrade from the previous Nexus. It just does everything a bit better. But since it's $300, it's a great deal, even for that little bit better.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

There is a white one coming and rumor is it's going to be an upgraded version.

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[Desire HD General] glevitan:
No volunteers to test the Easy Unlock Tool?? damn it...

I have just finished the script, but need to test it, my wife's ARIA was the first test, now I need another device....so, anybody interested??
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Are you FULLY responsible? :p

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[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Of course... LOL. There Is no risk there...
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Hmmm.... "lol" doesn't help.

What does the script do and in what state does the phone have to be?

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[Desire HD General] glevitan:
The script only helps to unlock the bootloader. It detects the phone model, checks if you need to flash an hboot (in that case downloads it and starts the htc utility) in order to unlock first and then boots in fastboot, gets the identifier token, opens htcdev site for you to paste the token, and when you get the unlock code, you gotta put it in the token folder and the script flashes it and you are done.

Basically, it does 90% of the job. The phone should be alive =) hahaha

So far, it works for the Aria, DHD/Inspire, One X, One XL, Droid DNA...other devices coming soon when I check that this is working fine...
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

I would then need to revert my phone back to the way it was, right?

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[Desire HD General] glevitan:
No, You don't Need To unlock the bootloader, just see if the process runs fine...
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Guys, I have updated the guide and included the tool to unlock the bootloader....:good:
[Desire HD General] phail_54:
Fixed!

I've got a rooted DHD, it's had a custom rom for aaages- that long I can't remember what it is.

Android revolution, maybe?

Anyway, it wouldn't boot, stuck at HTC logo.

I could get into bootloader/hboot/fastboot, but nothing else.

Tried a few solutions, including ADB and another fastboot thing, which would give 'failed (remote: not allowed)' as a response.

After hunting around for a couple hours, and much frustration later, I noticed that when i went from fastboot back to bootloader/hboot, it was looking for something- it'd only come up on the screen for a split second... It was looking for PD98IMG.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=33421701&postcount=776

Put that into the root dir of my SD card, and it worked.

I doubt this is news to anyone already posting here, but it might just save someone in the same situation the same hours of frustration.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Something musthave happened to your recovery.

When it goes into hboot, that check for a split second is normal. Just remember to either move or delete the pd98img.zip from the root of the sdcard, or it will always do the update.

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[Desire HD General] roncsak:
Does software sources available?
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Sorry, I don't get what you are asking. What do you mean by sources available?
[Desire HD General] _junaid_:
Any assistance on the issue: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37817601&posted=1#post37817601

would be very much appreciated thanks!
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Noob/Stupid Question (I've done a few of these recently):

In a flashable zip, I want to install apps, but not to /System, I want them to be installed as a user app (as if I installed them manually). So would I put it in /data?
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Yup, /data/app.
[Desire HD General] karanvirkohli:
hello, im trying to extract boot.img, as reqd for rooting Inspire 4g, the extra steps! So when I did extarct the boot.img, I got a new window, a window disc image burner. Can someone plz help me proceed furthur. I don't have a disc burner, that's what the window says! please, help someone on how to proceed with this..
[Desire HD General] hallowed.mh:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

What method are you using to root? Also, what operating system are you running on your computer? Windows? Just need a little more info and I can try to help you... I want to make sure I understand what's going on. :)

It sounds like your computer is set to burn .IMG files to CD by default when it encounters the file type... Which isn't necessary for rooting your phone.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

I think you're using the HTC DEV Method. It'd be better UK the Advance Ace Hack Kit

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HTC Desire HD (A9191 ACE) IceColdSandwich

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8010) Stock
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Do no not double click on the image. Just extract it with winzip And flash it in fastboot
[Desire HD General] karanvirkohli:
hello agai, I have htc inspire 4g, running on 2.3.5 and sense 3.. i have to go through those extra steps as mentioned in other posts, unlocking bootloader, flashing img and relocking it again.. my comp runs on windows 7.

Anyways, so when i download the file as given on the aahk site(as given on resp site) and when i unzip that file, i get 2 files, one is the boot.img file nd other is md5. and now when i try furthur and double click on the boot.img I get the message saying file ready to be burnt! what's the way out? I still have to start doing anything with my phone.. if you could help plz

and one thing, i dont get what does "flash" mean. Plz help guys! thx :)
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Then before messing your device, you should read the guide in post #7 of this thread. We are noob friendly here but that doesn't mean that we are going to do the job for you, but we are going to help you and address your issues in the right direction, always expecting you do your homework, which is reading the information provided.

Flashing a boot.img file without even checking md5sum is a risky operation that might brick your device.
[Desire HD General] karanvirkohli:
hey. so sorry for that. i did read it before too. but just went off my mind somehow.. but anyways can you please help with extracting boot.img.. it show burn to disk when i unzip the folder. plz help how to proceed with this!
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
I already told you 2 post before that one. Extract it and flash the .img in fastboot. If you double click a .img file you will always be prompted the choice to burn the image.
[Desire HD General] :
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

What does it mean to dirty flash ?
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Flash without wiping /data. Only wiping cache and dalvik.
[Desire HD General] :
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

That's what I thought...just checking
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

To flash before the evening shower....lol
[Desire HD General] :
I got a question for ya ? I rooted using AAHK, so I know that the bootloader is unlocked...Am I correct ?
[Desire HD General] hallowed.mh:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

I rooted using aahk and mine was unlocked when I finished all of the steps, but that was a long time ago for my pitiful memory... I can't remember if I unlocked the boot loader with htcdev or not. I did have to go through extra steps with the aahk because I downloaded an OTA for my Inspire from att before i decided to root, and this buggered the exploit the normal aahk uses to root our phone.

Being s-off doesn't necessitate an unlocked boot loader, just sim unlocked, i think??? I'm sorry I can't give you a definite positive, but I don't want to tell you wrong. Alcohol has riddled my thought processes for the evening lol...
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Nope, your bootloader Is not unlocked. Your nand partition Is security Is OFF.
[Desire HD General] :
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

If its not unlocked, and I've used aahk than what programs or procedures can I use that won't brick the device or mess up root ?
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Hack Kit gains S-OFF, that means that your nand partition security is off. That reamins no matter what rom or RUU you flash. Instead, root is at rom level, if you flash a custom rom, you will always have SU binay installed in the system/xbin folder by default. On the other hand, if you flash a RUU you still be S-OFF but have no root (you can fix that by flashing SU in CWM or installing it from the play store)

To avoid bricking your device, you have to flash specific device stuff (radios, splash, recovery, custom roms, thou this last one will not brick by itself but get you stuck) To keep root, you have to flash already rooted roms...

Unlocked bootloader, just allows you to flash partitions such as recovery and boot images, but not radios or unbranded RUU's, as your CID number will remain intact. Therefore, that is why we say that unlocking the bootloader is not really enough
[Desire HD General] karanvirkohli:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Hello again guys, I've finally collected everything reqd for rooting inspire 4g running on 2.3.5 nd sense 3.0.. need to go through those extra steps given. Just would like to confirm please again one last thing. Please tell if I'm correct. In the second last step ie extract boot.img and flash it. What I have done is downloaded the file(one given in aahk) extracted it using winrar. Now 2 files are in there. Boot.img and md5sum. I've checked the ms5 sum. And now I would copy this boot.img file and put it in a folder and now flash it (type command in cmd) am I right? Plz tell so that I can proceed! Thx. :)
[Desire HD General] :
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Oh I was just curious if I could still flash radio images but thank you to explaining that
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Did you get thru?

As Glevitan said, yes you can. Just use the pd98img.zip method to flash through when booting into hboot.

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[Desire HD General] karanvirkohli:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Hey, I'm still waiting for a yes! Didn't do anything still! Please tell if it is correct! I really don't want to mess my phone! :) thx
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
Lol I think the oldest thing I have is the OG NES, but thats at my grandma's house and the kids (my uncle lives with them and his kids and wife. Kinda annoying to be Asian at times...) have probably got to it. Otherwise I'd push the PS3 aside and play the NES :cool:

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[Desire HD General] Blasphemer666:
If you don't know DOS games you've missed out on a lot! ;)
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
I know about DOS :) I remember playing Doom & SyndicateWars on there :cool: all my friends were like: Why do you play such sh1tty old games. Now they're like: OMFG let me play.

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[Desire HD General] Blasphemer666:
I still have them all! :p
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Guys, updated post #7...it has the index and the Ace guide link of the pdf document! enjoy...:cowboy:
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Guys, I want to reorganize the op taking Glevitan's guide as a starting point. Moving the links to another spot as we build from that guide. Which would be good points to start taking about?

As well, when creating a logcat using adb - is there a way of doing it instead of dumping the whole code until the issue shows up?

How do you read a logcat?

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[Desire HD General] glevitan:
I have no idea about logcats....but is a good subject research!!
[Desire HD General] Andy:
Check out this thread for logcats --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726238

Should answer most of your questions ;)
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Glevitan.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30366625

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[Desire HD General] 39FarmallM:
Maybe wrong link?

It takes me to...me!

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[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
In a way you are right. It was for him to read the past few pages but mainly this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30366625

Edit: Darn, last post buddy. Regarding hboot.

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[Desire HD General] 39FarmallM:
Sorry, thought that your post was in regard to logcats.

I thought something strange had happened. I was over there, came over here and ended up back over there.

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[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
Lol.... well, the logcat link is a couple posts above. When I have time I'll re-organize the op.

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[Desire HD General] 39FarmallM:
Gotcha.

While I do enjoy a good conversation, I'll get out of here now.

This thread is a good tool to have.

Keep up the good work.

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[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Nice!! but you know, I am a bit reluctant to flash hboots...if you miss something the nice brick you will have...

We can include it in the guide, but that should be address to experienced user only.
[Desire HD General] Teichopsia:
It looks like the other two jumped ship. Maybe we should call ourselves the two man army and a water boy :p

Well, the hack kit was full of brick warnings. Radios as well. I guess we are full of brick warnings all around.

Experienced users? Wouldn't that be you? :rolleyes:

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[Desire HD General] hdorius:
are u referring to me as one of the other two? :)

May i know what the advantage of upgrading the hboot?i never know the hack hit as im using the very old guide to root....
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
So I'm the water boy? :P

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[Desire HD General] Muikkuman:
No I'm still here, I just have been busy with my work =\.
[Desire HD General] GuyInTheCorner:
I might have to jump ship for a coupla days, DHD is playing up... thank god I have a G1 at home (still in box too xD)

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[Desire HD General] MR20878:
app-less roms?

Is there any such thing? I was just wondering because there are countless roms filled with stuff I either don't need, want, or use and it gets annoying to have to uninstall and then reinstall the ones that I want. I'm not lazy but again I just wanted to know if anyone ever came up with the idea to make one or if it were even possible. And by apps I mean the ones in the app drawer. Thanks for any replies and please keep in mind I am still a noob but I have rooted , installed roms and unlocked various phones.

Thanks to all in advance!

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I have flash on my phone but I can't watch videos on youtube. I tried the app itself and I tried via the browser. I tried updating from the market but it's not there. What could be wrong?

I used to use music box pro to get music and then one day it just stopped. Is there a ban on downloading now?

For both issues I am using WiFi and an unlimited data plan.

THANKS FOR ALL REPLIES AND SUGGESTIONS :laugh: !
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

If the file you're talking about is the att-ace-30-isboot.zip from http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=88 you're fine.

Im confused. Any such...what? And, your market's not there? Or YouTube isn't in the market? And I have never used music box pro so I have no idea.
[Desire HD General] MR20878:
re: app-less roms and flash / youtube issues

Any such thing as app-less roms? Meaning roms without apps whatsoever in the app drawer. Do these types of roms exist?

android market is on my phone however I can't find Adobe flash in the market.

The youtube app that I have does not allow me to watch videos, neither does the regular internet browser and I am wondering if it is an issue with adobe flash or something else. I have droidwall installed and have set permissions for youtube, streaming video, and the internet. I also have LBE Privacy Guard installed and I believe the permissions are set there as well but I will recheck.
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Well, you need the basic apps, like Phone and Messaging and Browser and all that normal stuff. No ROM will come without those. Most also come with some random AOSP apps like live wallpapers, and if it's CM based it will have CM apps like FileManager and Apollo, and if it's Sense based it will have HTC stuff. Some ROMs also add 3rd party apps. But regardless, you can always delete such apps from /system/app. I usually use a self-made flashable zip to delete such junk (and some other stuff, like chsnge dpi) automatically, so I don't have to do it on each ROM I flash.

Adobe flash is no longer supported on Android by Adobe. You can side load it by downloading the apk. YouTube should work without flash. I'm guessing you have something else blocking YouTube.
[Desire HD General] MR20878:
adobe flash apk

Could you or someone else PLEASE either upload the updated APK or send me a link to a legit version of adobe flash?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME .
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

I don't have it because I don't use it. Just Google for it; XDA will have it in the Apps section.

EDIT: feeling nice today. http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html. Find the android section and download the latest one.
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
SAD NEWS!!

Well guys, seems that a cycle has come to an end. This is sad to me, I don't know to you...

http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=378
[Desire HD General] bananagranola:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Well, don't I feel super guilty for never helping out in the IRC channel. I think I'm going to try to learn how IRC works and help out there for these last few days...

EDIT: so I think I figured it out, but do I just say hello or something?
[Desire HD General] yumm91:
I think it is maybe for one day. Because that day is.. :rolleyes:
[Desire HD General] Gizmoe:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

It is sad to see him moving on. But the ace community is starting to come to a close. I'm just a few months away from a new device myself. I've really enjoyed the desire/inspire community for the most part and have learned a lot in the past 2 years. I understand attn1's frustration as I used to help in his thread and in irc and people really can be self entitled jerks that have no business trying to follow technical instructions. Hopefully we will see him down the road in other device sections doing more great work.
[Desire HD General] karanvirkohli:
Re: Ace Think Tank [Noob friendly - aahk, softbricks, bootloops, edify, etc]

Rooting done. Thx guys. :)
[Desire HD General] glevitan:
Well I still am around in the IRC channel and chat with them. I don't think we will see him soon in this place, but I know that some of the guys are working on a universal S-OFF for all moderm HTC devices (mostly those which do not have sdcard)