[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PauloMHAlmeida:
new Advanced Ace Hack Kit system

I just found a new chance and I'm trying it

with new Advanced Ace Hack Kit system, I found it at http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=74

was Posted on July 26, 2012

The Advanced Ace Hack Kit – for HTC Desire HD and HTC Inspire

AAHK will work on Inspires on AT&T’s latest ROM, 3.20.502.52 only after following the steps outlined here: http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=88 .

Warnings:

If your PC environment is not ready to run this kit, there is a good chance your device will not boot properly until you fix your PC or switch to another and re-run the hack kit from the partial boot. READ THIS ENTIRE POST and READ THE EFFEN MANUAL! There is no substitute for READING for COMPREHENSION

Do NOT use earlier versions Ace Hack Kit (12.x and lower) on Inspire or DHD devices shipped with Gingerbread.

Do NOT attempt to downgrade a Inspire or DHD shipped with Gingerbread with a Froyo RUU.

Do NOT attempt to install earlier ENG HBOOTs on these models. AAHK now has Hboots that safely support fastboot image flashing.

Doing this WILL severely degrade bootloader performance on Inspires and DHDs and causes issues trying to install RUUs. In other words, it WILL jam you up. (Note: Issue confirmed on later DHDs – ignore at your own risk).

Sense 3, including those with RELOCKED HTC BOOTLOADERS (NOTE: NOT UNLOCKED – MUST BE LOCKED OR RELOCKED) is auto-detected in hack step. Option is given to download a GB RUU and downgrade or abort. This WILL wipe data.

#include <std_disclaimer.h>

/*

Your warranty is now void.

I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,

thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because you can’t tether. Please

do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this

TOOL before running it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if

you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.

*/

(Disclaimer borrowed heavily from cyanogenmod)

Features:

COMPLETELY INTEGRATED/INVISIBLE GOLD CARD PROCESS

Custom AAHK Bootloaders support popular ENG S-OFF functions for both Sense 2 and Sense 3 partition layouts

Only ONE menu step – HACK ACE

No ROM downgrade required (only radio/kernel) for devices not running sense 3

The original ROM is retained (except when downgrade from Sense3-GB is required)

No wiping data for devices not running sense 3

Rom is fully functional (yes, inc wifi)

Fully rooted with insecure boot image (supports adb remount for rw system)

Busybox manager app installed

Radio S-Off, superCid & carrier sim unlock

Correct Radio is automagically restored for HSPA+ operation

Clockworkmod Recovery included

All known Inspire/DHD builds supported

Easy return to stock for SOME builds (See the Effen Manual – not all carrier RUUs are available)

Notes:

Please do NOT run the hack step if you are already S-OFF AND are running a custom ROM. It’s pointless, and while it won’t brick you, you can get jammed up a bit. This is for stock devices only.

You MUST read the ENTIRE EFFEN MANUAL in order to run the hack kit.

Do NOT try to run this from a VM – particularly VirtualBox. You WILL get jammed up and may wind up flashing an RUU to recover, losing data in the process.

After kernel downgrade – video is lost on boot – this is okay as adb is working and can be used to finish the process. If the process fails, it can be restarted once the PC environment is corrected. When the process completes successfully, everything is restored and fully working.

Youtube videos are neat demos, but they make poor guides. READ THE EFFEN MANUAL. “There is no substitute for reading for comprehension.” – GenePoole

Make sure you extract the hack kit to your pc maintaining the directory structure in the archive you downloaded. The docs will be in the root directory of the unarchived kit, as will the scripts. READ THE EFFEN MANUAL.

I can’t believe that so many people are asking where the effen manual is. THE EFFEN MANUAL IS IN THE EFFEN HACK KIT.

This kit should work fine on HTC Inspire and HTC Desire HD Software versions below 3.06.405.1 which require the radio/kernel downgrade before a root exploit is available.

Windows Prep:

IMPORTANT – disable all malware (Antivirus detection etc) detection before unarchiving the hack kit. Keep it off thoughout the hack kit processes. Many Windows malware detection programs report false positives, deleting or binding critical files required by the process.

IMPORTANT – Remove or disable all services and daemons you can, particulary anything Apple, blackberry, PDAnet, Microsoft Mobile, anything USB not required for this task, any resource hogs. Also disconnect all un-needed USB devices and USB HUBs.

Remove HTC Sync and drivers.

Only after completing the above steps, install the drivers contained in the Hack Kit (see the Effen Manual) BEFORE plugging in the phone.

Connect the phone to the computer via a USB port connected to the system board – not a front panel port or a hub or extention port.

Verify successful android device driver installation in device manager.

Issues during downgrade:

IMPORTANT: BEFORE SWITCHING FROM DISK DRIVE TO CHARGE ONLY MODE, ALWAYS EJECT THE SDCARD WITH PC SOFTWARE TO FLUSH WRITE BUFFERS AND AVOID CORRUPTING THE SDCARD.

model ID incorrect update fail – this is because your goldcard is not working.

READ THE EFFEN MANUAL. Reading is fundamental.

Download:

Note: AAHK filename uses ddmmyyyy naming convention.

aahk-11092012.zip

md5: 5727960aa167b305b8f3561ffbbb1360

viperbjk is with Revskills, and his contribution is key to finally allowing one step processing where a goldcard is required. The entire process is now one menu step. A second step will be required to clear your conscience –

DONATE to:

Revskills.

and/or

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Note: No money has been accepted for the AAHK or support of the AAHK by myself or anyone working with me on it.

If you have read this post and the effen-manual and get stuck during processing,

help is available in IRC at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels= – aahkSupport

Yes, there are stupid questions.

Questions that will get you immediately kickbanned from the IRC channel with no further explanation:

Q: Do I need to flash a ROM after the hack kit is finished?

A: Kickban. The hack kit is a complete, one step process. If it finishes correctly, you are finished. What part of “fully functional” is vague?

Q: Do I need to flash a radio after the hack kit is finished?

A: Kickban. The hack kit is a complete, one step process. If it finishes correctly, you are finished. What part of “fully functional” is vague?

Q: The options menu has options to flash radios. Do I need to flash a radio?

A: Kickban. What part of “optional” is vague? This option is to make it easy for people who may have flashed another radio and want to flash back to these particular radios.

Q: Do I need to plug in the phone?

A: Kickban. If you know how to enable usb debugging without a USB connection, then I’ll change this policy. In the meantime, asking such a question just makes me think you have not read anything and/or have dedicated yourself to being an idiot.

Q: What’s the best ROM?

A: Kickban. The whole point of this is to give YOU control and allow YOU to decide. Yes, we prefer CM7 and I think it’s the only real Android choice available, but don’t ask us to think for you. If you don’t see that pretty much everything else is either ripped off or HTC Non-Sense, then you haven’t done your homework and that’s okay. Just don’t ask, because in the end, it’s YOUR choice.

Q: Facebook doesn’t work.

A: Kickban. This has nothing to do with anything but Facebook. Go ask Facebook, not us.

Q: I can’t find the pass key.

A: Kickban. Really? Then you did not really read the Effen Manual. If you really did, then you would not ask. Really.

Q: My phone won’t boot – how do I fix my HBOOT?

A: Kickban. We’ve been warning people not to flash Froyo Hboots (Including HTC ENG ones) on devices shipped with GB for going on a year now. If you do this and screw up, it’s not our fault and you’re on your own.

This IRC channel is for people who read, attempt and get stuck because of PC issues or an occasional bug introduced with a new feature. It’s not for people to troll those who dedicate their time for support without any compensation by asking a series of mindless, inane questions and observations for attention. We’re too busy for that – even if we have nothing to do. It’s beyond annoying and you will be kickbanned without warning. Read, search, think, try, then ask.

The people in #aahkSupport have been helping noobs without compensation for over a year now, with generally very good results and a generally good nature, despite being abused by some on almost a daily basis.

Thanks to:

Revskills for their fantastic gold card algorithym

GenePoole for the kickass android goldcard binary based on above

agrabren for fre3vo, the Gingerbread temproot used

scotty2 for finding the vold exploit and the author of psneuter

Guhl for misc_version and gfree

hyuh for misc_version revisions and Hboots with ENG features

jcase for taco root

shad0wf0x for his windows scripting contributions

ktilcu for DOC contributions

anthony1s for his review and unique perpective

neolobster for his generous file hosting

The > 150,000 downloaders of the hack kit, most of whom seem to get though it without issue.

and they have amazing feedback's, lets try it now....