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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Pillock:
Genius!

Thanks a lot to the guys responsible for this method....

I've been a long-time HTC WinMo upgrader, but was kinda nervous at upgrading my 28-day-old Hero (T-Mo G2). Things got worse when I did the official upgrade just after buying my phone, and realised that I'd just closed the Fastboot exploit making things 100% harder....

But with the kind guys on this forum, I made my own goldcard, 'downgraded' the ROM, installed fastboot and a recovery ROM, put Modaco 2.9 on all in the space of a couple of hours. If anyone's wondering whether to do it or not - go for it!!

I'll give a few hints though, issues I ran into on the way in case anyone stumbles across this post with the same problems:

1. Use QMat :) I tried to reverse the string by hand, as I had trouble downloading QMat. Unfortunately I forgot all my programmers training and treated it as a string, not a series of 16-bit digits. So I reversed 1234567890 as 0987654321 - WRONG! It should of course be 9078563412. I finally got QMat and it all became clear.

2. If you have trouble booting after installing Modaco Custom ROM, do a wipe. Even though I was coming from a 2.xx ROM and it said it wasn't needed, I got stuck in a HeRO -> HTC -> HeRO -> HTC logo loop. I nandroided back to the stock ROM to make sure it was all working still, that was fine, so tried it again. No joy. Back to stock, wipe, and then Modaco - all works great!

3. Don't skip the Nandroid backup - it only takes a minute or so and it makes things so much easier to get back to where you were if it all goes pear-shaped.

Again, thanks to XDA-Developers and Modaco for a great developers scene :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Paradaz:
I am a complete novice and unfortunately own the Orange UK locked Hero,

I had a play for a few hours yesterday and managed to create a goldcard successfully but then the problems began....

I bomb out with the 131 error which I gather is because of the 'tweaked' ROM that Orange is using and therefore more difficult to downgrade. My question is:-

If I cannot downgrade the ROM via the goldcard method, is the 'Custom Recovery' just an alternative method of effectively getting a different ROM onto the phone? Is this likely to get rid of all this horrible Orange UK crap that is giving me (and many others) problems.

If the custom recovery is successful, is it simply a case of then getting a custom rom (such as a modaco) installed to the phone using the goldcard method which would hopefully be successful because at this stage the recovery rom would not generate the 'Wrong ID' messages due it being a vanilla ROM and nothing to do with Orange?

I'm also understanding that the Nandroid backup should be taken if the custom recovery is successful in order to get back to that working setup should anything go wrong with custom ROMs?

Thanks in advance, hopefully I'll get there in the end.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kawai_sammi:
finall , i solve my problem myself ,

its the qmat give me a wrong resevrs sthing, i need to resevrer myself..:rolleyes:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] an0therus3r:
Ok, i'm a little bit new to this but i have read some topics for my HTC Hero running "RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver"

What i would like is root access but it get's me lost on some points.

If i read this topic it gives me the abbility to install custom FW or ROOT acces but will that be on the current FW i have ?

What is the difference between that topic and the goldcard method?

What will it give me?

Will i stay on current FW with root acces?

What i'm actually looking for is what is the best method to give my phone ROOT?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tiagobt:
I tried this HOWTO on my Hero (ROM 2.73.707.9), but I had problems with the last step (installing the Official HTC RUU).

The first time I tried it, I got "ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR". I guess that means the GoldCard didn't work.

The next times I tried, I got an error saying that the application "MonitorConsole.exe has stopped working". A few seconds later, I got "ERROR[171]: USB CONNECTION ERROR". Meanwhile, the phone showed the message "Checking main version... Update failed".

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Should I try another card? The one I'm using right now is a Kingston 4GB microSD card.

I was also unsure about the folder ".footprints", which showed up on the SD card after I formatted it. Should I erase this folder before pasting the goldcard.img contents?

Thanks so much for the help,

Tiago
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] tiagobt:
I think I got it working now. The installation was not "flawless", but now I have ROM 2.73.405.5 instead of 2.73.707.9. A few things I did that may help people with the same problem I was having:

I used ROM 2.73.405.5 (available on this thread) instead of ROM 1.76.405.1 (available in TheUnlockr.com).

I closed all applications I could in Windows using the Task Manager, including Microsoft Sync Center.

I disabled anti-virus, firewall and Windows automatic updates.

During the ROM upgrade, I kept looking at the Task Manager and I closed Microsoft Sync Center everytime it reappeared automatically.

I used the same card I was using before: Kingston 4GB microSD card.

I deleted the folder ".footprints" just after I formatter the card.

The MonitorConsole.exe error appeared again, but I ignored it (I didn't click on it).

The progress on my phone screen was fine, but the application in my computer didn't finish properly (I got error 171 again). When I restarted the phone however, everything looked fine.

I hope that helps,

Tiago
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] PseudoMax:
Hi

I am going around in circles ... I hope someone else has been through my process and succeeded!!

I am trying to make a Goldcard to overcome the new T-Mobile RUU update that like others I stupidly flashed and therefore lost root access ... basically everything is fine until the point I make the goldcard and copy onto my sdcard. I follow all the steps as above ... as described below:

1. Format sd card on the phone and then get CID number (035344535530324780005f5c950097d4).

2. Remove and put sd card into PC (running Vista)

3. Open QMAT and reverse the string, so now: d49700955c5f00804732305553445303

4. Open Goldcard website and enter: 009700955c5f00804732305553445303 with my email and then download my goldcard.img

5. Open Hex Editor and find both sd card (I know I have the right one as it has the drive letter next to it that is the same drive letter in windows explorer).

6. Then I open my goldcard.img copy and paste to the sd card and save. I refresh just to make sure that the sd card has the new sector information saved properly (it does).

7. I then put the sd card back into my phone, load it and let it boot up. The phone recognises an sd card but says that it needs to be formatted as there is no data on it (windows does too if I try to open after using the hex editor). I don't format (as I assume that will wipe the data the gold card created.

8. Instead I run the RUU update listed at the beginning of this thread. It runs fine until after checking signature it then tells me I still have a CID error.

Any help gratefully accepted!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] PseudoMax:
Well, after 2 weekends struggling to solve the problem ... I did so by watching the unlockr video at: http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/18/how-to-downgrade-your-htc-hero-so-it-can-be-rooted/

My problem was when I used the Hex editor I was choosing the disk from the "Logical Disks" not from the "Physical Disks" ...

It might seem obvious to some, but the disk I chose was with the same windows drive letter and had "android" listed on the right of the hex characters.

So for all other newbies ... I hope this helps ...!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dying4004:
guys...... any cud share the qmat? seems like the original link isnt working. it shows 404 error. cheers
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AkiraQc:
I flashed my HTC hero with the 2.73.405.5 RUU

After rebooting the phone, for some reason, i lost all my contact and i cant connect to the Mobile network but curiously i can make phone call.

Im with Telus Mobility in canada and they just switched from CDMA to GSM phone on november 5th

is it possible that my SIM card is too up to date to work on the 2.73.405.5 RUU

?

Anyone ever had this problem after flashing they lost Mobile network ??

Please help i don't have mobile network anymore and i cant find my service provider RUU to go back to original state >.< and + i lost all my contact.

Sorry about my poor english im french
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AkiraQc:
Dunno if this can help but...

I dunno if this can help, but i think it might explain a lot of thing. Im might actualy be running on the wrong GSM bands since i have a RUU for European Phone. Anyone know if i can fix this ??

Please anyone help me, im really desesperate

Thanks in advance to anyone who is gonna try to help me out!

Lapointe10@gmail.com

You can also contact me via email if your really interested in Helping, Maybe we could help thousand of other canadian and American ( because the sprint version is nothing close to look like the original one ) who will get this Phone soon!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] furrypotato:
Worked great for me.

Just had my T-Mobile G2 (UK) back from warranty repair (I bricked it, they replaced mainboard for free !) and they had installed the latest locked firmware.

Only problems I had were during the RUU install where it would not be abot to connect to phone and gave erroe [170]. I simply installed latest HTC Sync software and that fixed it.

Plus I never had to format my sd card - I just did the steps with all my data on it and it's fine (Saves backing up my 6Gb of music on there !)

Right, now root and flash..........
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] packetlss:
That RUU is WWE (world wide english), it not EU only. And your data problem is probably quite easy to solve.

Did you make sure there is APN configuration for your provider setup?

Without APN config the mobile data will NOT work. So make sure you add that.

Go into Settings -> Wireless controls -> Mobile network settings -> Access Point Names. In there you can press menu to add a new APN config (dont forget to use Menu -> Save when done, not the back button)

Regarding the actual settings for your provider I don't know them, but either the provider support or a google search could help you get them.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sjeffrey:
I can only help with your data network issue. You probably just have to enter that APN settings in there. The apn is simply sp.telus.com

If you want the full settings do a search on this forum, it's here somewhere.

EDIT: Sorry, I din't realize there was another page to this thread and someone already address this...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] AkiraQc:
Thx everyone i fixed this in 5min Telus tech support gave me all the info i needed and even more!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Soaa-:
Akira, what was the extra info you got? Would it be of any use to the rest of us?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toxaris:
If anyone is interested, I have made a simple excel sheet and a small program to transfer the CID code of the SD card to the code needed for the Goldcard generation. Basically it does the same as QMAT, but that is no longer needed then.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Soaa-:
There's actually a website that reverses strings, so no download is even needed at all.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pi3ch:
"20. Use the Official HTC RUU to downgrade to 2.73.405.5 (which you can get here) from which you can fastboot boot and/or root your phone with flashrec."

How can I do the above step without connecting my Hero to PC? my hero currently got a problem and does not detect PC so when I run RUU it doesn detect my hero. so I m thinking to install original RUU and see whether my hero USB problem will solve or not. but I dont know how to install official rom without RUU program?

any idea?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Soaa-:
Hello all, I just put together a webpage to do the CID reverse without QMAT.

One less download means one less headache. http://hexrev.soaa.me
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] EnsconcE:
I'm down with the Holy ****znit. Got myself the manual and hacked myself through the cid ****, thanks to your manual!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Flarup:
hello could I make this Goldcard for my HTC magic With Motherboard 32A

Or can nybody please tell me how i downgrade my magic after I installed the new officel rom ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] EnsconcE:
You do not need QMAT, here is a nice tool to use:

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...5824/small-tool-for-goldcard-code-generation/
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaanja:
Can someone please help me with this? I've got a Hero on Orange and get this error when trying to downgrade it using RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.

I get 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

Help is greatly appreciated!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaanja:
Anyone please? Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] binny1007:
Will this work for the cdma hero to downgrade the boot loader, or is this just for gsm?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] furrypotato:
And have you gone through the entire goldcard creation successfully first ?

Maybe try again ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gaanja:
Thanks for the response. Yes, I have gone through the entire goldcard creation successfully. Just can't get past this rom stuff. Would appreciate help!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rfgamaral:
Let's see if I got this right...

I have a branded T-Mobile Hero coming my way but I want to debrand it and update it to the latest HTC ROM. I also want to be on the forefront, so that when HTC launches updated ROMs (minor ones or bigger ones like the one for Android 2.0), I can easily update my phone using RUU.

So, if I wanted to do that, I need to follow the procedure in the first post of this topic, and then I'll be able to just use RUU to updated to any official HTC ROM.

Correct or am I still missing something?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rathlan:
Please don't do what I did and try in vain to go to "Logical Disks" and then to select the SD card. I spent about 4 hours trying various different dead ends only to finally realise that I'd misread the instruction. :mad:

Using the "Physical Disks" section made all the difference. :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Tecknikal:
Future Uses of the Goldcard

Do you guys think that we can use this method for future official roms? Say for example when HTC releases the Android 2.0 Build for the Hero. I would hope so, but i don't know if the Goldcard method takes advantage of a vulnerability that might be patched :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] omokas:
If Goldcard method wasn't released till 2.0 Eclair comes out then they wouldn't be able to fix this vulnerability.

Same happened to iPod Touch 2G Jailbreak. They were forced to release it because another team was selling this Jailbreak :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mentalman:
i am a total noob to all this and im tryin out this method.

but im tryin to run the command and im failing!! i have downloaded the android sdk and i go to the tools folder create a shortcut to the cdm.exe copy and paste the command and i get an error with the deamon not startin

please can someone help!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nagper:
Is there any way to avoid buying an SD/microSD reader?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lord Lucan:
Now, who can answer it better???

Seriously this thread is about (please read 1st post) and stick to it.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MrPappy86:
Hy all!

I have this kernel version: 2.73.116.61

Its possible to upgrade my kernel whit this method?

I have branded version (T-Mobile G2 Hungary)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kevinbing:
Does this work for HTC Tattoo?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] biker200:
can i make goldcard, and use it to few diffrent heros? or each device has to be with his own sdcard goldcard?

tnx
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] inertiax3:
I've had the exact same SW version (2.73.116.61), T-Mobile .. the mentioned method worked very well and I managed to downgrade to a HTC generic ROM, then update the bootloader and finally load the MoDaCo Custom ROM (2.9) and update the phone to JU..
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rogerlc:
Has anyone tried this on an HD2 yet?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ror87:
Hi, I've finished all the steps successfully and when I turn my phone on, after entering my code to unlock the network it gets stuck on "Unlocking SIM card..." for a long time. It's been 10 minutes+ now, is this normal or have I got a problem?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Dac0908:
Great, many thanks! I was really dissapointed thinking I'm stuck with T-mobile version, but this solved it and my Hero now really is Hero (and not T-mobile G2), with latest software :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] beademi:
I need to enter the CID or the reverse code???
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] wbaehr7370:
guys what is abd and how do i get it i have searched everywhere some english for a novice member would be nice

thank you
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fraction:
I did this, got everything right i think

BUT my hero doesnt have the "htc sync" option (2.1 version)

and the downgradeable RUU tells me its a wrong bootloader.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Apollo1980:
I did sometthing really stupid... ..By accident I've changed the offset of the HD inside my NetBook. Of course Ive flollowed all steps below:

13. Install and launch HxD Hex Editor program. (make sure you use "Run as Administrator" under Vista and win 7)

14. Go to Extra tab > Open Disk. Under Physical disk, select Removable Disk (Must be your SD card), uncheck “Open as Readonly), click OK.

This is where I did something wrong. Instead of selecting the SD-Card I selected the HD from my Netbook (Could swear that it was under Removable Disk). After I restarted the Netbook does not boot anymore.

Is there anyone who can help me out to get my Netbook to boot again? Really stupid I know but been to long reading on XDA that I've made this mistake by accident :(

The Netbook is running Windows XP.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OGC313:
I followed this procedure and successfully bypassed the CID and downgraded.. but still 'One Click' doesn't work for me :/

I'm on the t-mobile UK RUU..

Is there a method to get around this patch and get root?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OGC313:
It means that you are trying to install the wrong RUU.

If you have a branded phone e.g. t-mobile or Orange, you will need to find and install the correct RUU for that version.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] OGC313:
The reverse code but replace the first 2 digits/letters with 00.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Fraction:
That sounds like its a hard job, Since I dont think you can for sure KNOW what the first offset is on a HDD, Hopefully maybe its zeroes. I would take out the HDD and connect it as a spare HDD in a Desktop Computer so you can reedit the Hex, and send a mail to the Netbook producer, and hope for an answer.

Else then that, remember always to double-check things when editing serious codes.

Regards Fraction
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] marinierb:
BTW, you don't need QMAT. You can reverse the hex string manually. The hex numbers are each represented by two characters. Simply write the numbers backwards.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Panoply_Prefect:
Magic?

Never mind. Probably wrong forum part. I'll repost.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] noooodlz:
2.73.771.62

Great post, great forum, but alas I cannot downgrade my Hero.

My eyes are sore from scouring this forum and others searching for the answer.

I am not with orange, not with T-mobile, but with 3. (three.co.uk)

Googling any reference to goldcarding, rooting or downgradeing is to no avail.

"htc hero goldcard root ruu 3" gives me no more information than "htc hero goldcard root ruu"

I have followed many instructions on how to downgrade but i still get code 131 half way through the downgrade process with official ruu 2.73.405.5

Goldcard is made. Communication is working. Kingston memory cards are used. All appears great, but for this final obstacle.

2.73.771.62

Can anybody help? Am I missing something??
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] monastermu:
Finally the ending of my headaches thx to you... Great share

Thank You x 1000 :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shikari14:
So do you need a sd card reader to do this? or just use hero and usb cable?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] khanklan:
can someone please help me with no.3

im not sure what it means :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pinn___________:
Hi,

this is where I am stuck too. Where can I find a RUU for Orange UK?

Ta
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] bgbraga:
For root this GoldCard is not necessary.

I rooted my Hero 2.73 using this steps:

http://androidforums.com/htc-hero/19660-guide-installing-modaco-custom-rom.html

GoldCard have hard steps, so I'm happy to skip this procedure.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pinn___________:
Yeah, I followed that but couldn't boot into recovery mode, either through the app or by holding home and on - it just freezes at the Hero logo.

The goldcard wasn't that difficult to make btw, just quite a few steps to follow.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Valor:
Got it working after some trial and error :D

Thanks a million!!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jeevan1000:
My Micro sd card in the reader is always coming under logical partitions, how do I get my drive to physical partition in hexeditor? :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pinn___________:
When you open drive, you have the tree and you just need to scroll down past logical to physical. Mine was the first one under physical drives
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jeevan1000:
Thanks, Pls see the attachment, I'm only getting the DVD in the physical disks list and sd card in Logical drives list :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pinn___________:
It is formatted correctly isn't it?

Go into disk management as see if you can locate it there.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jeevan1000:
Sorted Thanks, tried in another PC with XP and it appeared under physical disks. may be Windows 7 was the issue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] monyozt:
http://revskills.de/downloads/qmat_506.zip object not found. anyone can share?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] shokka9:
Yes bro....

long time no see. I see you got Droid too.

Catch u later
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aka$h:
Ive followed the steps but I keep getting to the point of:

Checking Custom ID......

Then the software on the PC says please get the right update for your phone.

Any Ideas?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aka$h:
You can get it from the QMAT website, that you get the goldcard image from, look on the left of the screen there is a download link.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] aka$h:
I noticed I has adding two 00's to the hex number not replacing the first 2, so Ive now donw that. The phone now passes the CCID but still fails update:

Checking main version....

Update Fail!

The RUU shows Error [140] bootloader version error
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] htc fan89:
thanks for posting this guide
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] yuco91:
Hi guys !

Surfing the web I've found an interesting image about a possible official wm6.5 ROM for our DIAMOND. :eek:

Yuo can see this image here -> IMAGE !!!

or here -> IMAGE !!!

:confused: and now ?!? What do you think? :confused:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] God_Lx:
The Diamond model is actually choosen alot for screenshots since it's a small stylish phone... Nothing to do with getting an official update...

Besides why would we want 6.5 with 6.5.1 already around ;)