yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] naenee:
Consider doing a google search next time.

Qmat: http://www.4shared.com/account/file/143791027/72c762b9/qmat_506.html?sId=XK5whapngfohmfpy

Successor to Qmat: http://psas.revskills.de/?q=node/6

Good luck.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] razxx:
qmat is no longer avalible

so i am going to try gold card hope i can do it
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] P1P1:
3g problem

I upgraded my rom and everything works fine, but 3g doesn't. When i fill in apn data it shows that is connecter to 3g network and i can recive and compose mail and use google talk. Market doesn't work and i cannot opet any web page.

btw. i'm from croatia
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gxg:
Dumb question

Rummors walk arrownd here telling that this new update for 2.1 will come with another bootloader. And no longer we'll be able to downgrade, root..etc.

With this goldcard... bypassing SPL, TPL.. etc... we will be able to downgrade if we don't like this version of eclair?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ltvd:
Where I can find rom 2.1 for HTC hero?

Help me. plz
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cauli:
Fly to Russia; go to St Petersburg; hang out around the Scartel offices. Wait until you see an employee using an HTC Hero. The 2.1 ROM is inside their phone.

Or you could keep waiting like the rest of us.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Detol Loki:
Issues - T-Mobile G2

I have 3 differnt mini SD cards. A Kingston 2gb a scandisk one that came with the G2 and some no brand 2gb card.

I attempt to make the gold card but every time i try to make a gold card

I get the CID, reverse it using the website that does it, enter my email for

the gold card image. I then write the HEX values onto the card with it mounted.

As soon as I close the HEX editor and try to access the card it asks for a format.

If i try to remove and reinsert the card after i write and save the HEX it asks for a format on the phone. I'm so fed up with this crap now. I just want an open source phone like i thought i was buying.

Am i doing this wrong? You do use the same CID for the card to make a

gold image then use it on the same card as you just used?

Any help? I'm about ready to give up and i don't want to.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ipodtouch1001:
Sorry if this is a noobish question, but does the sd card have to be completely blank before it is turned into a goldcard please?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Detol Loki:
As far as i can tell you format it in the phones SD card options menu then mount it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
Yes it should be formatted! Just back it up onto your computer before you do it, you can always restore the data after.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cauli:
It's always worth double & treble checking what one's doing, but afaicr this is also a common symptom of the sd card not being compatible with the goldcard process. Aiui, not all cards adhere 100% to the sd standard & those which don't, might well fail to work, in which case what the user sees is the card behaving as though it hasn't been formatted.

I'd try a different card. Fwiw, the ones that come with the phone usually are fine. I know it's a pain but I'd also go back over the tutorials. You should get there in the end.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Detol Loki:
The one with the phone and my Kingston both fail. I've bought 3 cards now.

Is there a way of finding out which cards are compatible without having

to fork out a silly amount of money on trial and error?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cauli:
Obviously it has to be formatted, but are you sure it has to be freshly formatted? The sector overwritten by the process doesn't seem to corrupt the filing system in any way or change the filing system's type. I could easily be wrong though, as I don't know any tech details about goldcards.

Does anyone have links to such info? Google just seems to throw up threads about people using goldcards, not why this backdoor exists or how it works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cauli:
I do recall similar queries where responders have suggested one or two brands as working for them, however I can't recall what they said - sorry. You could try searching for sd goldcard brand (or manufacturer, make etc) both here & on modaco, but hopefully someone will post a more helpful direct response. Best of luck.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
It is because if the process goes wrong the data will be lost as the only way to fix the card would be to format it, so it is a precaution more than anything else.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cauli:
Ah, ok. Thanks, that makes a lot of sense :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rre_za:
succesfully created the gold card but when i try downgrade to 2.73.405.5 it give me this error : ERROR [131]: CUSTOMER ID ERROR

the ROM Update Utility cannot update your android phone.

please get the correct ROM update Utility and try again

anyone know what im doing wrong ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] huedawg:
I am trying this method on my nTelos Hero however, this line

is throwing me off a tad . Should I be able to click on line 00000000 and it change to 00000170 ? Sorry if this is a silly question , I am a bit new to this . My only goal is to obtain root on my phone for now on my nTelos Hero . Also , any suggestions as to where to go from here would be great :) Also, if this doesnt work , will my phone be unusable ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marka2k:
Copy/Paste all the lines from 00000000 to 00000170 (entire block) from image to the memory card using the hex editior. If it does not work phone will be fine this is not altering the phone software at this point.

I used this guide same thing just explained differently hopefully it helps?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645253
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] huedawg:
Ok, got the goldcard steps done and the phone rebooted and seems fine . Now I need to get root .
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] huedawg:
EDIT : My phone doesnt work when placing calls . It just says ,"Welcome to the American Roaming Network" ? Not time to freak out yet is it ? :D

EDIT : Re-entered my mdn and msid and now phone and network back up :) .... Now I need more ....root
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] volatile_ink:
Thanks

Just got a replacement HTC Hero for one I damaged :(

First Hero had an unlocked SPL, this one didn't so had to go through the goldcard method. Just wanted to say 'thanks' to all those on this forum who write the guides (and the tools!). Outstanding work ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] GiE92:
Hey was wondering if i am able to get my card back to its original state after i made the goldcard?

thanx for replies!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cauli:
I suspect formatting it will. Try it & see if it changes the first sector. Is there any particular reason you want to change it back?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] feenty:
Hi all!

Before i'm starting to create goldcard & downgrading, i'd like to create a backup of my corrent (stock) ROM.

Now i have 2.73.116.61 (T-Mobile HU) ROM. I've tried to find a "RUU" download link to this rom, but i'm failed.

Is there any possibility to make a NANDROID (without changing anything on the phone) or find a RUU to this ROM?

(for warranty purposes)

PS.: Sorry if my english is bad...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
ignore me - i found uk release not italian.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ahdee:
sorry for the noob question. can a 32A magic do this? should I just use the desire rom instead of to flash an older one than a desire one?

Thanks a lot for your help!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
This is for the HTC Hero, check the magic forum...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] msiviter:
Error [171] USB connection

Hi using the RUU it goes to the bootloader then on the pC is says 'waiting for bootloader' which then goes to error[171] USB connection error. I've got adb and all the drivers. What am I doing wrong. I establish a sync with HTC sync (latest version ) before launching the RUU?

Thanks

Matt

It's the T-mobile UK handset.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] djhancks:
excuse me for being such a newbie, but i'm in windows 7

and cmd does not recognise 'adb' command :/

so is there anybody here that can write me the steps to do this

in a windows (7) pc ? :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kopite11:
im getting the same problem. been looking for a solution for ages!! tried different cable, different pc....no luck!

as soon as the phone turns to the screen with RUU USB highlighted the connection is gone. it never goes at any other time.

any ideas??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
Discussion about it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=672735

i personally think its the driver issue. Simple fix if you read.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dawmuz:
Viper's pulled the plug on the free goldcard over the net. : (
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Wiz ^^:
Any news about when the freegoldcard will be available ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
Check out my guide for fixed method :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=645253
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Track34:
Even with using that new method with the program, it won't work.

After Selecting Hero and putting my reversed code in, it comes up with "Goldcard for newer devices isn't implemented in this unregistered version."

From what I've seen on his site, the only way to get a registered version is to pay....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
I'm looking into alternative fixes... we'll see.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] all123me:
I have two newbie questions that, probably were already answered:

- If I use the goldcard method to downgrade, do I violate my warranty?

- After I downgrade the phone, can I use the card I used as a goldcard as a normal SD card to store my data?

BTW, these last posts say that Goldcard for newer devices is not implemented. I have a Magic, does it work or not?

Regards

Jose

P.S.: Sorry if those questions were already answered, but I didn't find the answer.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ampicillin:
currently i have Build Number :- 1.79.482.3 146733 CL#49365 release - Keys

i was trying to flash Amon_RA With Flahrc but it always says Backup FAILED: Could not run the Command

i am from South east Asia

Also i have rooted successfully ..i can install rooted apps from market & when i switch off & start into recovery mode i can see following options :-

Android system recovery utility

use trackball to highlight:

click to select.

reboot system now

apply sdcard:update.zip

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

back up ROM to SD Card

restore ROM from SD Card

but no nandroid back up or nothing ..!

will this Goldcard & HTC RUU 2.73.405.5 will work ? to Upgrade it ? Can i ? Build Number :- 1.79.482.3 146733 to 2.73.405.5 will work ?:confused:

Please if someone can guide me .. Thanks in advance :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
@maheshpatel - don't spam the forums, reported the post

Yes you violate your warranty, but you can set it back to a state in which it is in warranty very easily therefore negating the risk.

Yes you can use a goldcard as a normal sd card, though there have been reports that it shortens the life, but AFAIK this is untested and probably not true.

The goldcard method may be different on different phones, please check the correct forums for a relevant guide.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ampicillin:
@ btdag -

I am not spamming :(

i badly need advice .. no one is giving any advice about it

i desperately want to have Custom ROM :(

Brother just tell me if i use Goldcard & upgrade my Build 1.79.482.3 146733 to 2.73.405.5 Can i flash Amon_RA Or not ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] egzthunder1:
@btdag,

I don't see how this user is spamming. He is simply asking a question.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] texasaggie1:
Use for the Nexus?

Hey does anyone know if I could use this to root the Nexus. I know the Nexus is rootable via a permanent unlock but I'm not comfortable with that method. I have an update.zip that adds root. I'm thinking I could use the GoldCard method to apply that update. Your thoughts?

Thanks in advance for your input....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] all123me:
How is that done? Upgrading to the original ROM?

Regards ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
NO! This is for the hero. Please check the Nexus forum.

You just run the exe's from HTC's website. Everything is set back to default.

He has asked this same question (copy paste) in more than one place (i think 3 topics) i'd personally qualify that as spam. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] judicious:
sorry i'm new to this..what exactly happens when you put the root sd card back into your phone? nothing? or do you always need the gold card in your phone to flash rom?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ampicillin:
no you don't need goldcard procedure if your Current ROM Is 2.73.405.5 if your ROM Is above it than you will need Goldcard procedure to flash recovery & can install custom ROM
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xm79:
Disk ?

Une petite question

A partir de l'applicat° "HxD hex editor", il faut prendre "disque physique" pour ouvrir mais je me trouve 2 noms "Disque dur 1" et "Disque amovible 1"

Pourtant il y a qu'une seule clé usb (SanDisk 8 Go) par Htc Désire.

Donc ma question laquelle de ces 2 parties à prendre ?

Help me, thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SumitAggarwal:
Sorry to say when I insert card to my phone its show message in notification as "SD card is blank or using an unsupported file system."

Is it means my SD card does not support this.

Please help

.......
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SumitAggarwal:
I am using T-Mobile tried for 3 sd card but I m unable to make then gold card got error sd card is blank or not supported file sysytem.

please help how can I move ahead..............
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] petemt:
At step 3 my command prompt says he cannot find my device although my device is connected and listed under my devices and printers.

HTC Sync also can't find my device...

I have a HTC hero with VanillaDroid, what can I do to let this work?

Ow yeah: running windows 7 on my pc 64bit.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ampicillin:
its probably because of your Card . its causing problem itself :) it won't work whatever you do also format won't work but give it a try or just replace your sd card with some higher class i would suggest see See T mobile forum & check which cards are compatible for your device.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] george1983c:
wow.......that's amazing, if it helps the guy above when selecting the hex's to replace you need to highlight all the grey no's before you replace them, oh and my goldcard image was on my desktop - after editing i copied it to the sd card

i was on tmobile stock rom

thanks...thanks...thanks...thanks...thanks...thanks...thanks...thanks...thanks...:):D:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mgillespie:
Worth pointing this out.

The goldcard is specific to the CARD, so if you try out a different SDCard, you need to generate a new CID and a new Goldcard.

This was not initially obvious to me, and caused me some grief....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ph91ctl:
Good tutorial, thanks. Can I use the goldcard that I created to flash the phone how many times I like?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
It shouldn't change back. You have (on the other hand) used a method which has been replaced with a much quicker process about 6 months ago+
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jabana:
Can anyone help me...

I have gold card image.

when i open cd card and image file in HxD hex editor, and copy all from image tab, cant past in the disc tab... past is disabled...

why???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MentalDeath:
Just use this. And if the Root isn't working use Shell Root then Root and it should stick because I had to do that for my friend's Captivate.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] goran95:
can you explain me step 03???PLEASE!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MentalDeath:
Use this tutorial to install Android Debug Bridge (ADB). Once you have that installed open up command prompt and type

cd\
cd C:\WHERE_EVER_YOU_ADB_TOOLS_FOLDER_IS (for example C:\AndroidSDK\tools\)

now you should be able to do step 3
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] feedback09:
Ok so this makes no sense. All day I have been trying to route it the way that people all over the net have wrote up about. I know have realised my phone is with T Mobile so it wont work. Now im not a computer Geek far from it, so what the hell is. Fat32 and adm or what ever it is? People just assume that the whole world knows what these things are. They don't explain in brief what they are, and its not easy to find on the net with our having to read more writing then the Doomsday Book. TBH I have almost had enough of this whole rooting thing. Waste of my day and time.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MentalDeath:
ADB setup: I found this using believe it or not GOOGLE.

Fat32: Once again found using, you guessed it GOOGLE.

Fat 32 isn't too important, but adb is.... and this guide is for GSM HTC Heros on Android 1.5.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] meisa:
Thank you very much.

my magic stuck in the ruu screen at startup and the 'so called' experts @htc in Egypt (Jovitronix) asked me to pay 1800 EGP (~315$) to replace the motherboard.

They want to change the motherboard to fix a software issue!

XDA community rocks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] foolmonty:
thanks RUU

ruu, works great on my legend in india thanks you all
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bynge:
Is the gold card site working ?

I mean I got the email delivered, but cant download the file "goldcard.img" ?

Any idea ?

EDIT: Oh It took 10 minutes for my download accelerator to get that 384 bytes file called "goldcard.img". We better donate for their servers.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Filo2Th:
I just create goldcard, then downgrade, flash recovery img, and than flash new ROM( CM12), but i ve got some problems,ther was no market app, then i have to donload it trought Pc and then isntal in mobile, but when i tried to open market that somehow turn back to home screen, i´m not able to open any app i installed :-/

Should i upgrate the radio again or something? Wich one? i ve got HTC hero G2

thank ya.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Elgaard2:
stuck

i cant get further in cmd.. it cant find my device..

List of devices attached

Nothing.. plz help
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sy1wester:
How about latest ROM 3.36.405.1 RUU?? Just got my phone back from T-Mobile UK and getting 140 ERROR (its not golden card)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RealyPssd:
Alright, so my Desire is rooted and S-OFF'd.

Should I still make a Gold Card?

My 16GB microSDHC card has a 1GB EXT4 partition and the rest is a FAT32.

Can I make a GC with the EXT4 partition there?

And the main reason behind making a GC is for the ability to flash an RUU/downgrade? Am I right there at least?

Thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 123presto:
i mad the gold card and i still got the CID warning. help? please?!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SM411:
Thanks for the awesome guide. Got my phone unrooted now!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nikz106:
getting error at this step,

03. Use adb to run this command: adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid

error: device not found.. :(

---------- Post added at 03:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:07 PM ----------

getting error at this step,

03. Use adb to run this command: adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid

error: device not found.. :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tom0769:
Have you setup adb correctly on your computer?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nikz106:
yes it is installed correctly..

getting error : no such directory or file found..

my device is not in usb debugging mode because it does not start and cant change setting in applications..

SOLVED!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kazuni:
When the icon changed from a $ to #, i already knew I'm in heaven. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dying4004:
thnx for clearing up bro.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] the_miker:
Has anyone actually tried this on a Sprint Hero? I gave it a shot but both of my cards don't work. The phone just sees them as a blank cards after reboot and Windows wants to format them. For reference, I tried a 8GB Transcend and a 2GB SanDisk (the card that came with the phone).

I really want this thing rooted!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] silfer:
lol. Does anybody know if i can make a backup of my asian rom before i do this? just incase if i have to send it back to the manufacturer for repairs or smth, they might not be very happy if i have a custom rom installed! my build number is 2.73.721.9 btw
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
nice one dude
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gyounut:
was meinst du damit ??? :DD also gehts oder ? hast du es schon ausprobiert ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CruiseMan:
>> 19. Reboot your phone with this SD Card (now GoldCard) inside

After creating my gold card, I poweroff/power on my hero. I dont see any happen with my goldcard inside. Any idea what went wrong?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jesterz:
you need to run the RUU update while you have the goldcard in your phone....
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jesterz:
*crappy german mode on*

viele luite hatte es ausprobiert und es lauft, kein probleem

*crappy german mode off*
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] plbelanger:
I tried this a bunch of times with 2 different sdcards and it doesn't work asian 707.9 model..not sure why. It stops at updating signature and says fail and RUU tells me to download the correct file. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I followed everything exactly. After I insert the sd card back into the phone am I supposed to do anything. It said the sdcard is not recognized by the phone?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] iris06:
can't get the cid code

Can you please help me with the first few steps? i'm kinnda new at this...

first of all how do it use the adb? I know it's through the command promt but how?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Jesterz:
it's been confirmed to work, could be your sd cards, they can be picky (2gb kingston seems to do the trick most often on my side)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Funkym0nkey:
That means your Gold card is incorrect.

Make sure you inverted the string and made first two digits 00.

If you dont do this and copy pasting in hex editor correctly, it wont work.

Just finished downgrading and rooting 2 asian HTC Heros. The bundled 2GB Sandisk card as well as Transcend 8GB Class 6 HDHC worked just fine.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] plbelanger:
I did the reverse string and make the first two digits 00
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] scrufy:
I go through everything then reboot the phone and run the RUU- every time it says unable to find phone.. MT3G tmo . I run adb devices and it shows up fine, adb shell > ls shows whats there..etc.. is there some special way to hook it up besides usb for the RUU .exe? or maybe should I be in fastboot? dunno, thanks...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] the_miker:
I had the same problem with the Sprint RUU updater. Try replacing adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, AdbWinUsbApi.dll, and fastboot.exe (from the RUU exe, extracts to your temp when you run it) with those same files from the 1.6_r1 Android SDK. That worked for me. Even though I wasn't able to get the GoldCard thing working, I did manage to flash the Sprint ROM back to my phone using this method.

That got me thinking.. if I were to actually succeed with the GoldCard trick, would I be able to use the same RUU updater but then use a non-signed rom.zip instead of the one included in the exe? Or does the CID check have nothing to do with how rom.zip is signed?