[HTC Wildfire S] GERJDOY:
Hello. Can ANYONE please please help?

I started Rooting process- total Newbie but undergoing a BAPTISM OF FIRE!!

UNLOCKed BL, CWM 5.0.2.8. Then, with no back-up made- System Format!

I have been trying to restore my soft-bricked (stuck on Splash screen), but I have hit an issue. I can not find a 100% match for an RUU. Phone will not accept RUU.exe NOR any ROM.zip

I tried custom ROMS from here via SD card initially

Then, I've tried to flash (Bootloader RELOCKED, CWM installed) via:

RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.3_Radio_47.23c.35.3037_7.54.39.28M_release_236989_signed.exe

99.9% ROM match- it is 401.3, (I recorded mine in written notes as 401.2); BUT 0% radio match- I have 7.57.39.10.

My ROM 2.13.401.2/ my software- 2.26.401.3/ my radio: 7.57.39.10M- a combo of RUU 2.13's ROM & RUU 2.26's software & radio (OTA updated at some point perhaps?)

It looked as though it would work, BUT, I got:

HTC Android ROM Update Utility 1.0.3.2011

ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR

The ROM Update Utility cannot update your Android phone.

Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again

As software is 2.26.401.3 I tried: RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.26.401.3_Radio_47.23e.35.3038H_7.57.39.10M_release_261695_signed.exe.

0% ROM match but 100% match of software id & 100% radio match

With this:

1) Tried to flash exe direct. Got: "ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR".

2) Retried to flash RUU after ripping recovery.img from ROM.zip & placed in folder with the adb files. Got: Same result.

3) I tried microSD card flash with ROM.zip, (BL UNlocked) taken from RUU_Marvel_S_2.26........route. Got "Error: Main Version is older!"

Tried PG76IMG from [ROM][HTC][WILDFIRE S A510e][EUROPE][2.3.5][PG76IMG.ZIP] To Flash From Hboot, "Installation aborted; bad!"- multiple downloads, multiple tries- file is 152 MB & I keep getting 148 MB (151,553KB).

I also tried to flash PG76IMG_Marvel_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.2_Radio_47.23a.35.3035H_7.53.39.03M_release_225747_signed.zip from shipped-roms

[100% ROM match & 0% radio] via SD card.

Got it wrong!! At least all it did was wipe CWM & did not full-brick! So now my Recovery was back to default: Android system recovery <3e> but I could un-unlock/ re-lock BL & put CWM back, no probs.

So I read multiple threads/ sites over the past week on both "Error 140" & "Main version is older", & can not find an answer. They are mostly either other-Model related or unresolved amongst other things.

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I decided to quit while I'm ahead [just Slash screen with UN/RE lockable BL & able to CWM] & post this in hope of knowledgeable assistance. Surely, this IS self-fixable? What am I doing/ not doing?

My options, as far as I can tell, from shipped-roms.com are:

RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.3_Radio_47.23c.35.3037_7.54.39.28M_release_236989_signed.exe OR.......

Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.13.401.3_Radio_47.23c.35.3037_7.54.39.28M_release_236989_signed_ROM.zip

Both are 99.9% ROM match- they are 401.3, I recorded mine as 401.2; BUT 0% radio match- I have 7.57.39.10.

Can not see it being RUU_Marvel_S_HTC_Europe_2.26.401.3_Radio_47.23e.35.3038H_7.57.39.10M_release_261695_signed.exe?

Q; (1) Why RUU/ROM.zips are not flashing/ which & version to use??

Q: (2) Do I need to downgrade something? If so what & how?

Q. (3) Any thoughts, anyone anything?

FULL HANDSET STATS:

Wildfire S A510E

***RELOCKED***

Marvel PVT SHIP S-ON RL

MICROP-0451

Radio 7.57.39.10M

Android: 2.3.5

ROM: 2.13.401.2

Software: 2.26.401.3

Kernal: 2.6.35.10

HBoot: 1.09.0099

HTC Sense Version: 2.1

Carrier: Unlocked

fastboot getvar all (with serial/ imei #s edited):

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.09.0099

(bootloader) version-baseband: 7.57.39.10M

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: 0451

(bootloader) version-main: 19.26.401.3

(bootloader) serialno: ############

(bootloader) imei: ###############

(bootloader) product: marvel

(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-7227

(bootloader) modelid: PG7610000

(bootloader) cidnum: HTC__001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4073mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: HTC

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 510e562c

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 12

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

all: Done!

finished. total time: 0.016s

Thanks.