[Desire HD General] jmb2024:
I recently acquired an Inspire 4G and have had problems running the script. It fails before allowing mainver to be lowered. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for any help you guys can give me.

aahk2 output:

Ace Advanced Hack Kit 2

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MAIN MENU | |
1 - Hack Ace <----------------------------+ * S-OFF |
| * SIM Unlock |
h - Prepare HTCdev unlocked device | * SuperCID |
| * Root |
| * Touch Recovery |
| |
**********************************************************************
t - Toggle Flash Method - current method is fastbootRUU
**********************************************************************

q - Quit

[Select and press Enter]1
This version of Android cannot use the hack kit at this time!

You can downgrade if you like, then rerun the hack step.
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE DATA
Would you like to downgrade? [y/n]y
File "PD98IMG/PD98IMG-GB1.zip" found and checked successfully
Do you want to proceed with downgrade? [y,n]y
Pushing rom to sdcard...
This takes time. Please be patient!
1722 KB/s (268194363 bytes in 152.023s)
Initializing for temproot...
1479 KB/s (21215 bytes in 0.014s)
1915 KB/s (572752 bytes in 0.292s)
1445 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.013s)
Temprooting with zergrush...

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00017118
[*] Scooting ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !
Creating goldcard...
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
// link removed because I haven't posted enough
or to B. Kerler:
// link removed because I haven't posted enough
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
Setting mainver lower to allow downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
Initializing for downgrade...

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*** !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***
*** READ CAREFULLY AND ***
*** WAIT UNTIL EACH STEP COMPLETES ***
*** !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***

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** STEP ONE:
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.

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** STEP TWO:
** AFTER STEP ONE IS COMPLETED
** When you are promted to do that, push power button.

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If downgrade is successful, you may set up the phone and try to hack it again.

Once the downgrade is successful, press a key to return to the menu...
Otherwise, copy and paste the output into a text file for evaluation.
Press any key to continue . . .

HBOOT output:

*** LOCKED ***
ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0030
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.17.14.11_M
eMMC-boot
Feb 20 2012, 16:03:18

HBOOT

Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.