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[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
ROM FLASHING GUIDE​

Well lately i have noticed a lot of first timers have joined this community with Wildfire.. We affectionately call them noobs .. SO here is my guide to flashing rom right now its very simple anyone can do it without this guide but for all the first timers who are feeling uneasy or unusual I hope this will help.

Note::WILDFIRE is now completely rooted GO HERE and follow the instructions to root your phone. :)

In Case you need MORE ROOTING INSTRUCTIONS JUST CLICK.

UPDATE:: If you have already rooted your phone or planning to root it you can get the CUSTOM ROMs Wildpuzzle here

Vibes v1.1

One Stable and one under trial ROM. You can contribute by testing the new ones. thanks.

IMPORTANT:: If you are planning to install a custom rom leave this guide Now without following the steps below and follow the Rom flashing instructions at the Custom Rom Page. :)

Update ::

Flashing ROMS with Goldcard ?? Well HERE IS

THE COMPLETE GUIDE

INLUDING:

1>How to create Goldcard?

2>How to flash roms with goldcard?

STEP 1 > Go to www.shipped-roms.com and download the rom relevant to your area which you want to flash. Mind this a Uk rom cant be flashed on a phone with Indian Rom i.e Rom from different areas can not be swapped until unless it is rooted

make sure to download ROM from your region.

Edit 1: In case you have already rooted your phone and want to get adventurous you can download custom ROMs or Any ROM for your device you can flash any (Wildfire)ROM.

STEP 2 Download HTC Sync™ 3.0.5387 if you dont already have it. Just enter the serial no. which can be found on wildfire Box box and install it on the PC/Laptop you want to sync your phone data with.

STEP 3 After installation connect your PC and Phone with provided USB cable and on the prompt/notification on your phone select HTC sync.

Now very important :: Sync your phone and Backup your data, messages, mails and contacts. You can use backup apps from the market too.

NOW FLASHING TIME

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STEP 4 Its Advisable to keep your phone more than 50% charged. Now run the RUU_*_#.exe ie rom file you had downloaded in STEP 1.

STEP 5 Just Follow the on screen instructions on your PC/Laptop.

TAKE CARE:: During the flashing

>>>do not disconnect the USB cable.

>>>The phone will enter the boot-loader mode during this time.

The whole process will take around 10 minutes.​

UPDATE: All those who want to Unroot or remove Root just Flash Official RUU***.exe

Have Fun.
[Wildfire General] krytak:
Thank you so much, I will use it later.

One question for step 1.: shipped-roms.com are not adding new ROMs since 20. July 2010. Are there any other sources for new ROMs?
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Sadly there is no such single source for download since Shipped-roms stopped uploading new roms.. we will Just have to post the links here as and when we find/extract new roms.. presently i dont have a ROM different from Shipped-roms as and when i have one i will start a separate relevant thread for the collection of roms..where we all can post links to our uploaded roms
[Wildfire General] fishb00n:
its nice to see you putting so much effort in the buzz forum here!

thank you and keep it on :-)

i hope root will arrive soon.
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Thank you so much Buddy .. it just comes with the love for the community and your device. Its important if we can help use these devices to full potential.. and its a combined effort from all of us that helps.. so My thanks goes to all..

Hope things here would be of some good to you too..

HAVE FUN
[Wildfire General] Babis_ECE:
Thank you very much for the guide, it realy sounds very simple!

I am a total newbie, never had a smartphone before, never had to deal with ROMs, etc, and I am thinking of getting a Wildfire next week, and if flashing ROMs is done this way, it won't be such a difficult thing to do. :)

Just a question: Is Wildfire's Bootloader locked or unlocked?

Thank you.
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Thank you and welcome we are all newbies at least once in our lives :).. Ok now i did not get your question's intention very well but you can access your bootloader i.e you can go to bootloader mode of your phone but you can not flash unsigned ROMs ie custom roms or original roms from another region.. That will be done once the phone is rooted.. Many people including me (though i am not very good at it still i am trying ) are working towards it.. we hope to get it soon then a lot of developments and hacks can be done for this device..

Have Fun
[Wildfire General] Babis_ECE:
Sorry if I wasn't very exact in my words. I meant exactly what you answered:

If you are able to Flash whatever ROM you want, like Desire/Nexus One users do, but Milestone (for example) users cannot, even though their smartphone is rooted, the Bootloader is Locked.

So from what I understand, when Wildfire gets finally rooted we will be able to Flash whatever unsigned ROM we want. :)

Keep up the good work and hope you root the phone soon!

:rolleyes:
[Wildfire General] Sylle:
Thank you Warrior for this write-up!

I've got some experience in flashing ROMs on a WinMO Phone but a total n00b with Android Phones... :D

Small question for you if you don't mind...

When looking at the 'What is your firmware' post (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=722988), I notice I have exactly the same firmware than the Original Poster although he is from Germany and I'm from Belgium. Others with the same firmware were from Denmark and France.

On my Phone, I can choose between Dutch, French and English as language for the operating system. I guess our German friend will have a German language option on his Phone and the Danish guy will probably have yet another option (Danish). Are all these different languages contained in the ROM itself??

Can we all use the same ROM file from Shipped-ROMs.com?

The only ROM on shipped-ROMs that completely corresponds to the version numbers I see on my phone is this one:

How would I recover the Dutch and French language options if I would ever need to install this WWE ROM??

Thanks for any clarification!

Sylvain
[Wildfire General] phunctionist:
I'm asking the same question as @Sylle.

I have the same firmware, software, etc. numbers as he does. I've bought my Wildfire from Vodafone Romania (also locked on this network - this is the reason I want to change the ROM, until a rooting method is discovered) and it has the locale ROM (I'm guessing Central - Eastern Europe or something...it also has Polish, Czech and so on).

I'm goind to put the WWE ROM (RUU_Buzz_HTC_WWE_1.14.405.2_R_Radio_13.45.55.24_3. 35.15.31_release_130814_signed.exe) but i would like to know if there's any way to extract the current ROM? Or to make a backup of it, in case I ever need it later..
[Wildfire General] MartinEve:
Many thanks for this topic; definitely going on my "subscribed to" list.

I am a n00b to ROM flashing, but not to *nix systems; anxiously awaiting root, at which point this info is going to come in handy.

I just wondered whether anybody knows if HTCFlasher (the Linux Flash software) works with the Wildfire?
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Hey dude all you answers one by one :: First things first i am myself new to android flashing but i was pretty good on windows devices not just flashing but a lot of other stuff too..

ALL ANSWERS ARE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IN CASE I AM WRONG::

About language packs inside the rom ::

There are no extra language packs inside ROM other than what you can see.. what i mean is there is no hidden language pack that can be somehow hacked and enabled.

THIS NEXT REPLY IS FOR SYLVIAN AND PHUNCTIONIST

I see that you have found a ROM that corresponds to your ROM..so you can very well go ahead and flash it but to get back to your Original ROM you have to wait till the ROM you Presently have is posted somewhere ..or rooting is done..hence many options will be open to us..

ALSO UR ROM CANT BE BACKED UP AS OF NOW but once rooting is done you can back it up using NANDROID..

I can not try Rooting this as i gifted this phone to my younger BRO and i just have 3 more days to play with it.. i recently have bought HD2 and left my JOB for my Furthur studies so can not spend like i used to earlier ;).. i am saying this coz it makes me sad as other DEV's are neglecting wildfire for other high end devices and i am not able to help much :( still i am trying my best.. :(
[Wildfire General] MartinEve:
A quick request: would it be possible to write a similar n00b guide for those of us on Linux (perhaps Ubuntu specific)?
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Hey would love to do that i already have UBUNTU 10.04 on my laptop but never bothered trying flashing on it .. I think since Android is Linux too so it should be easier to root and flash on Linux OS in this case Ubuntu...

BTW i remember something about HTC Flasher..Even more info and discusssion HERE so if you like you can do a bit of your own research too..also there is a thread for Rooting Aria on Ubuntu butfor this to be done on Wildfire we need unrevoked to work on our Wildfire first :(.. sorry mate this month is my Exam so i am devoting a little less time here in forums.. :(
[Wildfire General] MartinEve:
Hi, thanks for the reply (and good luck with your exams!)

One of the things about being new to this scene (I've quite a lot of programming experience) is the lack of a centralized source for information on existing devices. Getting your head around the terminology can be tough. Furthermore, while there are device specific roots, they rarely give insight into the technical process that is going on behind the scenes. I'd really like to gain some insight into the methods people go through when developing a rooting technique.

For instance, say a kernel level exploit is acquired and you obtained a root shell; what is the process for installing the su binary? (what changes are necessary and, because it's a ROM, where would the binary live?)

A lower level resource that started from scratch explaining the boot process, file structure, signing and verification procedure would be ideal, but I haven't yet found one.

(P.S. not necessarily requesting this, just voicing that this seems to be an area that is uncatered for)

Thanks again for the guide.
[Wildfire General] Sylle:
Hello Phunctionist!

I've been reading a bit more about the subject and I would like you to check something out so that I can confirm my suspicion... ;)

You can change/add more locale (which determines the language of your Android OS) by installing the application 'localeswitch'.

However this doesn't add text input prediction for that language. I have the impression this is included in your keyboard software (Input Method extension - IME) on an android phone.

As we both have the same firmware, i'm wondering if we have the same input settings available for the keyboard as I also have options for Polish and Czech.

Amongst others does your keyboard for example allows you text prediction for

- Dutch (Nederlands): mine does

- French (français): mine does

- Croatian (Hrvatski): Mine does NOT

Hope your answers will bring me some clarification...

Thanks in advance!

Sylvain
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
SYLLE

Do enlighten us too as and when you get clarification .. coz none of my friends are using this phone so i am not able to get this thing cleared..

MANY A THANKS....
[Wildfire General] salvador.blaya:
What is the simfree spanish rom?

Anyone know what rom should I use for a SimFree Spanish HTC Wildfire:confused:
[Wildfire General] donglt:
I need another ROM for my Wildfire because it has Chinese language options that I think they are Hongkong and Taiwan. I downloaded this file

RUU_Buzz_HTC_FRA_Bouygues_1.23.483.2_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.31_release_140524_signed.exe

and tried flashing this ROM many time but got some errors. At first it was very hard for my phone to connect PC, when it's done the Updater told me the ROM is invalid for my phone.. So which ROM I must download and do I need to hack root my phone?
[Wildfire General] Skye Menjou:
ROMs are locked to locations.

Asia has their own rom so you must download the Asia rom.

Not sure if it will fix your problem.
[Wildfire General] donglt:
Thank you for the suggestion.

So can I use an Europe ROM if the phone rooted?
[Wildfire General] donglt:
Finally solved it myself!

Just create a goldcard and the phone be able to play with any rom :)
[Wildfire General] phunctionist:
Hi there. Sorry for the late answer, I've been away for some days, without my Wildfire.

It seems I can choose the following languages (and they also have text prediction [ I suppose XT9 is the text prediction, right?]) : Czech (Cestina), Danish (Dansk), German (Deutsch), English, Spanish (Espanol), French (Francais), Italian, Magyar, Dutch (Nederlands), Norwegian (Norsk), Polish (Polski), Portuguese, Finnish (Suomi), Swedish (Svenska), Turkish (Turkce) and some other slavonic and asian languages.

I'm not sure if this helps you or not.

I did try to install the ROM as per this guide, didn't succeed. On the other topic (Buzz shipped ROMs), some guy talks about making a goldcard frist. I'll probably try that. Anyway, do you guys think this topic and the other one can be merged? We are talking about almost the same things in two different parts of the forum.
[Wildfire General] mskuznecov:
Problem with flashing older ROM...

Hello everybody!

I already had expirience with unlocking/unbranding & flashing Desire.

Now have unknown problem with unlockin Asian Wildfire. It has native ROM 1.15...

I made as usually a "Goldcard" and tried to flash it with 1.14... WWE ROM. It shows "wrong loader version...".

If somebody experienced same problem, please share your solution.
[Wildfire General] leepriestenator:
Thread Stickied!
[Wildfire General] MartinEve:
As a useful hint, I have posted a tool (specifically for Linux) which will extract the rom.zip from the shipped-roms .exe files; a somewhat harder feat on Linux.

This could come in handy once root is readily available.

See: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=760991

Best,

Martin
[Wildfire General] donglt:
Hi guys,

How can I downgrade ROM? I flashed successfully version 1.21, then I did up to 1.23, but now I can't flash the 1.21. It told me the ROM image is invalid while I've ever had it works.

And how can I uninstall apps that built-in flashed ROM?
[Wildfire General] yelti:
I think you will need a goldcard image.

It is some special code written to your sdcard so you can downgrade.

Good luck
[Wildfire General] donglt:
When I did update ROM, I made goldcard my sdcard already.
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
What i am suggesting is really vague and seems really impossible but i wud say try the soft root and then with your gold card inserted .. run the RUU though root will be gone as soon as phone restarts .. but just try it..i am running out of brains with this as my bro is out of state and i dont have his wildfire to carry out these stupid ideas before posting.. :(

All the Best..
[Wildfire General] yelti:
You could retry to make the goldcard again.

Maybe you erased your sdcard somehow.
[Wildfire General] donglt:
Hi,

Thank for your responce. I tried to re-made the goldcard, but I still couldn't be successfull with downgrading rom. I got this message: ERROR [140]: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR for all flashing my downloaded shipped roms. Any ideas?
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
You dont need to downgrade your phone anymore root is available here just root your phone and Flash the rom you want.

Have fun
[Wildfire General] donglt:
Thanks. This is very helpful I think. I'll try it now.
[Wildfire General] Haano:
:D

Hey Guy, sorry to ask this question but

I may be getting a HTC Wildfire soon

My question is, is it possible to flash any rom onto the device?

e.g. Can i flash the Nexus One rom/Desire Rom onto my device? Or only custom roms built for it, e.g. Puzzle Rom

Thanks in Advance
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Hello there.. as far as possibilities go .. one can say nothing is impossible .. one can try flashing WM on an android device.. but my suggestion to you is if you dont wanna sit and port lot of stuff on ur phone or flash something then sort out all the bugs and erratic behavior of you phone and if you want a proper functioning phone try not to flash ROMs from other devices .. Flash Roms for your Own device ..in this case the Puzzle rom..
[Wildfire General] jumanz:
Hi there Thank you MR warrior for the quick guide . it really enlighten me especially this is my 1st andriod phone

Rooting shouldn't be any issue as far as I can sense. But how about "Unroot" the wildfire. :) ? sorry if this is a repeated question.

Can i create my own unroot firmware from the new phone. If yes how.

Your reply is much appreciated. Thank you again .
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Hello there.. Well Unrooting is a very simple process .. after you have rooted your phone.. Anytime you flash it with Original HTC Wildfire/Buzz Rom for example the Roms on www.shipped-roms.com .. your phone will be unrooted again and you will need to follow the same rooting procedure(The one you followed earlier) to again root it...Note that flshing a custom rom wont unroot your phone..

And i dont know what u meant by creating a own firmware but in most case i think if u are talking of making a custom Rom well then .. that needs a lot of reading the guides here in the forum, you will need correct tools (softwares).. and then build roms,test them .. debug them etc etc.
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Well may be also you better try to root your phone and for that follow the link on first post..
[Wildfire General] rolks:
shipped-roms.com passworded :(
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
Just use a little brain there my friend i went and saw it password protected..but use Brain i would say..i am sorry i cant say much here as that would defeat the whole purpose of password protecting the site...
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
HOW TO CREATE A GOLDCARD ? Here is How :)

VERY IMP INFO::

Goldcard is only needed if you have locked/branded phone. It is not required for unbranded/Generic phones

.

In other words unbranded phones don't need goldcard for whatever Rom or Root.

This will wipe all data on SD card :: so Back up your SD card

DO the following STEP by STEP::

1> Download this AWESOME Klutsh's Goldcard tool This tool is presently for windows only.

2> Format your SD card to FAT32 by going Settings > SD Card & Phone Storage > ..

3> Launch the goldcard tool as admin by Right click on App > Run as Admin

4> Connect your phone to your PC and make sure USB debugging is enabled (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging)

5> Click get CID (Try clicking MMC0 if MMC1 fails)

6> Click the link to open the goldcard generator, copy the CID from the tool into it. You will get an email.

7> Enable USB Mass Storage on your phone.

8> Click 'Refresh' in the app and select your micro SD card.

9> Click 'Load goldcard.img' and select the file you received by email.

10> Click 'Patch MMC'

### You now have a goldcard. :)

NOW THAT you have goldcard here is how to flash ROM..

1> get the rom you want to flash .. if its an .exe file then ::

##

On windows

...just double click it. wait for it to prepare files and when the first instruction window opens.. Go to Start>>Run>> and type (%temp%) without brackets and press enter.

##Now you will find your *#*rom*.zip file (Symbols represent any name you wont find symbols there).

##

On Linux

you can use this cool procedure by MartinEve HERE.

2> Take this zip file and copy it to you goldcard's root directory.

##Note that you should not make any folders.. copy the zip in root directory of SD card.

3> Now power off you phone.

4> Switch it on keeping the trackpad button pressed[/B].. this will take you to bootloader.. now use volume keys to go up and down and select to apply *#*rom*.zip .. to select an option press power button.

Now the Rom will be flashed and you are done. :)

Sometimes the first boot of a new Rom takes time. Don't panic give it sometime to boot.

Have Fun
[Wildfire General] Freeman656:
Hi,

I'm trying to update to the lastest French version my Wildfire, and I'm facing a problem because the rom.zip file which I copy on the root of my sd card doesn't seems to be recognized/used by the bootloader... (it's searching some pb49img.zip or something like that)

Do I need to root my phone in order to install an official ROM ? (I'm currently branded, I just want to unbrand my phone).
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
try renaming the zip file for what it is searching... and yes its always better to root...
[Wildfire General] niksakl:
Hi I have bought Wildfire in Greece, under no carrier. I have just rooted it.

I am wondering, before i try any custom roms, how do i backup and reinstall my original rom? If i do so, will this unroot my phone?

I want to be able to go back to original fw, as I am under guarantee and don't want to lose it!

Thanks in advance!
[Wildfire General] .Harshit:
Hi,

I have cynogenmod 6.1 RC installed on my wildfire , so when i try to install the original rom from shipped-rom site it gives me Error 140 : Bootloader version error . how do i get to older version

help please
[Wildfire General] warriorvibhu:
YOU CAN BOOT INTO RECOVERY like this..

switch off phone..

press volume down and power button... now select recovery with volume button and press power .. you will now boot into recovery.. now do a nandroid back up and you are done...
[Wildfire General] sanjoychy:
hi

My phones information is :

Htc Wildfire a3333

firmawre : 2.1
Baseband : 13.45.55.24h_3.35.15.31
Kernel Ver : 2.6.29-c9472fc1

Build Number : 1.25.405.1 CL227575 release keys
Software Nmumber :1.25.405.1

BUZZ PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT - 0.80.0007
MICROP - 0622
TOUCH PANEL - SYN3KY_01
RADIO - 3.35.15.31
AUG 09 2010

I need Chinese Language on it.

Is it possible?
[Wildfire General] halfdeaf:
Im not getting the .zip file,

what is the diff b/w installing from htc sync and hboot..???

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Wildfire General] gsm raj:
Good job. One question , I have htc wildfire a3333 hang on logo now i want to make goldcard for that please guide me

br.
[Android Software Development] ben008:
Hi guys, I'm just having trouble with getting my emulator SD card work... I created a new AVD device with a new SD card.

So how to put data onto it? I found the "correct" file to be mountet on Deamon tools, but is currupt or simply not readable...

It would be great if you have any idea :)
[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
I have been using auto-brightness, but I feel that it is usually brighter than necessary. I'm trying to get better battery life ( get a day just fine as is using the phone quite a bit) but I'm going to experiment with manual brightness to see how much life I can save. What do you use? How has it affected your battery life?
[Captivate General] phishie:
I use auto brightness too, but have been thinking about using manual brightness with the screen always #1 in my battery history (consistently 60-70% battery use).

It seems like the only people able to get the screen out of the number one slot for battery history are those setting screen brightness manually. Can anyone confirm this?
[Captivate General] NOSintake:
I use auto brightness and it seems to do fine. I will agree with you that it does seem a bit bright in some situations though. I can get a day's worth of battery out of it with auto brightness, and wifi on (never sleep policy).

I need to do a bit more testing without wifi, but I don't see why it wouldn't be that much different (I could be wrong though)
[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
It sucks that auto-brightness can't be adjusted at all. On the iphone you could "weight" auto-brightness to lower or higher settings. It worked great because you could still use auto brightness, but keep the screen a little dimmer to save power.
[Captivate General] rexian:
Sorry for this off-topic question - does it mean you got your Captivate without a data plan?