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[Desire Android Development] linuxares:
I fire up my Desire in recovery, that has never been rooted. It always show up those 4 lines about a zip file that it can't find on the SD card. So its suppose to do that.
[Desire Android Development] wazer1337:
Site down?, Trying to root my friends desire, but i cant load android tut.org :(?
[Desire Android Development] chill today:
Excellent cheers

chill.....
[Desire Android Development] Shihan:
i think im in for a a whole world of pain... but... turns out i have an slcd device with 0.92 (when i went to that android-tutorial site it talks about "dont do this on scld's using 0.83 and 0.93" so i figured i was safe).

i was not... my phone is now black screen, which is fine, if i have a brick, so be it. But i distinctly remember there being a link on there about how to recovery from a black screen if this happened and now the site is down and has been for a good 8 hours or so so i assume the site is dead and probably not coming back...

Im curious anyone know what the actual recovery for it was? i assume theres a pb99img file for the slcd's, but i cant seem to find it...
[Desire Android Development] Bouncer5:
Site is down for me, Not good, I was looking forward to OpenDesire
[Desire Android Development] Shihan:
Well, i managed to get my phone back, plugged it into htc sync and just ran the ruu for the latest version.... haleluia....

i guess the slcd models are just not rootable?
[Desire Android Development] neoneras:
same here :(

Maybe someone has the files needed for downgrading and can upload them somewhere?
[Desire Android Development] viper7_7:
hi i found the best sd card to use is a kingstone one iv got 2gb class2 and iv rooted a freinds desire using this card and worked a treat and it was the first time iv ever rooted to lolz :)
[Desire Android Development] extremeken:
does this work on hboot 0.93?
[Desire Android Development] Shihan:
actually, down on the front page, someone sumarises the actual steps involved, its pretty straight forward... even has the links for the pb99img files you need.

edit: quoted the wrong message...
[Desire Android Development] tsoifun:
for last two days unable to open adnroid-tutorilas side - says udner maintenance. Any ideas when it will become alive again?
[Desire Android Development] kielkiam:
You could use this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=768256
[Desire Android Development] Tutti-frutti:
I got a Desire Vodafone branded with 2.2 update, but my hboot version is 0.93 (0.93.0001).

If I follow the instructions posted at the bottom of page 1 of this thread, I get an error message after it loads PB99IMG.zip:

Main version is older!
Update Fail!

Can I conclude that it is currently impossible to downgrade from hboot 0.93?

Edit: I found this thread. I will try this shortly.
[Desire Android Development] Raith:
Bootloader loop

I have used this method to downgrade the bootloader to 0.80 and now i am stuck in a loop where my desire just goes into bootloader? Any help.

Ran the sequence again and this time it did parts 1 to 8 where first time it rebooted bootloader after part 2.

Thanks for the great work
[Desire Android Development] TimTimNL:
HTC desire no screen but sounds and buttons light up

Hello my Desire doesn't give me a screen anymore i was rooting it but when i selected start update my screen went black as normal got myself a drink came back still black waited another 10 minutes nothing so i pulled the battery and all i can do now is turn it on hear the sound of it booting and the keys light up. cant c if i enter hboot cuz there no screen does anyone know how to fix this or is it bricked forever

Pls help
[Desire Android Development] siliconaddict:
I used this thread to downgrade hboot from 0.93 to 0.80 and it worked fine. No issues at all.
[Desire Android Development] :
Problem here, same as above.

Tried it, got a black screen, removed battery after 10 minutes, now it does boot, but there is no screen anymore. only blackness.

I can hear boot sound etc.

Wtf is going on?
[Desire Android Development] rage_civic:
same issue here...:mad::mad::mad:

black screen... and only makes 5 vibrations and then nothing...

any suggestions?
[Desire Android Development] Johnti:
Same here. please help me. I thought i had an amoled screen. So i downgrade. Then i saw on the box, that i have an toch sensitive screen. An SLCD. Damn.
[Desire Android Development] teppic74:
See FAQ in my signature.
[Desire Android Development] Newerthman:
I have HBOOT 0.75. What difference between 0.75, 0.80 and 0.92? if 0.80 is better, how can i upgrade it?
[Desire Android Development] littlej:
hy, i'm new to htc have it only for one day already... but well here is info from my device :

bravo pvt1 ship s-on

hboot-0.93.0001

microp-031d

touch panel-synw0101

radio-5.09.05.30_2

can i downgrade? can i root it somehow ? thanks
[Desire Android Development] wolkewietje:
SLCD and downgrading failed

2 all the people here;

Who suffer from a black screen after downgrading HBOOT from 0.92/0.93 to 0.83/0.80 and trying to flash a rooted ROM.

The problem lies with the screen used on you're Desire...

Desire's manufactured before, roughly, august will have one with an AMOLED screen.

The one's after august will have the new SLCD screen built in.

This means that all the custom initial -rooted-ROMS, provided with several rooting tools here, on XDA most likely won't work.....yet!

I came across the same problem when I flashed the rooted ROM from the r6-desire unroot-tool.

Then I tried Rooting using the UnRevoked tool, no suck luck either as the clockwork-MOD does not work (pop-up) when you select recovery in HBOOT.

(I installed clockwork-MOD by installing ROM-manager by the way..)

A blacked screen doesn't mean that the phone's not working at all.

99% of you notices that you DO get a vibrate and the HTC sound on startup. You're phone is fully functional..... trust me. Except you can't see a damn thing!

However,

To make al long story short... If you are stuck with a Desire that's been black-screened, but does start, read the following thread... and follow the instructions to the letter!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=748498

It sure made me happy again ;) and i'm back with a full-functional Desire, still unrooted, but hey.... at leat you got a working phone =)

My advise to all new Desire owners: "Wait untill a proper rooting-tool is developed, suitable for both SLCD and HBOOT v0.93/0.92"

P.S. : If somebody succesfully rooted his/her Desire with downgrading and a SLCD please share it with us!!

Greets, hope this works for the most of you...

AS FROM YESTERDAY ON DISREGARD THIS POST, THERE'S A WORKING METHOD. JUST CHECK OUT THE MAIN ROOTING GUIDE AND HAVE FUN.

wOREKD WITH MINE!!
[Desire Android Development] DroidBois:
I've also hboot-0.93.0001 with stock UK AMOLED model with latest OTA 2.2 updates. Should I wait or go ahead?
[Desire Android Development] alessandro_xda:
same here...

i'd like to root my unbranded desire but i've 0.93 bootloader, is it safe?

bye
[Desire Android Development] Blartiartfast:
If you have a .93 boot, then wait. I spent almost 10 hours trying. Done many other desires, but this was the 1st SLED screened one I'd had to play with. I was using Jtag, and all of the tools here (phone was boot dead when it came to us). Was originally O2 2.2 shipped. Got it working fine on a stock 2.2, and unlocked it via jtag. I can downgrade the hboot to 80 fine. Run one if the normal root tools, and you are back to black screen..

Be all and end all us that with a stock .93, yes you can downgrade the hboot, but you can't root it just yet. Fairly sure that all .93's will have the SLED screens in.

Case of waiting for now. As mentioned if you end up with a black screen, but have startup signs, don't worry. Just read the tutorials.
[Desire Android Development] sm1ly:
hello all.

I was try to downgrade hboot 0.92 to 0.80.

download B99IMG_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed_txt.zip load it to sdcard, rename. poweroff phone. power on it with vol-, than accsept by vol+. it go to power off and black screen. now it doesnt power by power and vol- and when powering on by power its black screen and repeats startup sound (htc brilliant). any ideas?
[Desire Android Development] jacques_lem:
Ok, but why would anyone want to downgrade HBOOT ? Lots of info, but no context whatsoever.
[Desire Android Development] rolks:
this pb99, isit actually ruu file renamed or rom.zip from it? thank you
[Desire Android Development] liljom:
hi,

my phone is locked to 3, but if I place a Telia SIM into it and start it, it doesn't ask for unlock code, it just writes: Limited service

can downgrading hboot help me to unlock my phone with unlock code?
[Desire Android Development] dampiles:
Is any way to downgrade from 0.93.0001 ?
[Desire Android Development] _bryan_:
why you need downgrade?

lower version is better?
[Desire Android Development] Geminiu:
Hi,

i updated my HTC Desire from 2.10.405.2 to 2.29.405.2 and now i have 0.93 boot... i cant downgrade to 2.10.405.2 now. Is there any chance to downgrade because the new update just sux, i cant lock my phone, clock is changing all the time, i am getting "force close" messages...

Any sollution?
[Desire Android Development] fabioccoelho:
My friend has updated Desire and after the upgrade the phone when

enters sleep mode, it does not wake up more. Sometimes the unit turns on but not

is no display, only the initial vibration.

hboot = 0.93.0001

Baseband = 5.09.05.30_2

Any solution?
[Desire Android Development] StephanB:
Im stuck on step 2... unrevoked simply reboots to hboot and then nothing happens... i still have no recovery... ??

edit: I had to reinstall drivers as mentioned above... will try again

still no luck... unrevoked reboots a few times etc. but still NO RECOvERY..

okay

Unrevoked3

worked perfectly so i hope it's good!

lastly I still get the "140" bootloader error when trying to flash back to official RUU... where can i get an RUU in .zip format? Could I install from recovery?
[Desire Android Development] timwb:
The Download links are now dead (understandable after this amount of time) and I need to downgrade my Desire from the Official 2.3.3 update so that I can root my phone. Where can I go from here to downgrade?
[Desire Android Development] abaaaabbbb63:
You could just use revolutionary to S-off?

http://revolutionary.io/

Isn't it compatible with the "new" 1.02.0001 hboot|?
[Desire Android Development] timwb:
Ok, did that. I now have S-OFF, thanks. just have to try flashing another rom now
[Desire Android Development] nosmoth:
Thanks

Confirmed!, Downgraded fine. Thanks, Sammy83.
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Oke, so Goldcard '****' is not necessary?

PS: Fast Dutch Miror Coming!
[Desire Android Development] jorgenask:
wondering about the same. i have an unbranded desire
[Desire Android Development] dliven:
My Unbranded machine did it without GoldCard - works like a charm :)
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Ok, unbranded here also, will test it now :).

Fast Dutch Mirror: http://roms.loaden.nl/index.php?dir=HBOOT0.92to0.80
[Desire Android Development] Lior84:
I copied the file. Powered on the phone as described and it didn't find anything. Pushed power button and since then it black screen with red triangle ! what now ???
[Desire Android Development] jorgenask:
have read somwhere that people are running into trouble with unrevoked + 64bit windows.. anyone can confirm that it works fine ? i use vista 64bit so got a bit worried :(
[Desire Android Development] charon72:
Worked like a charm on my Win7 64 bit, just remember to run as admin.
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Take battery out, and restart the whole process, same here.

Edit; File renamed and copied to SD, restart but only the message: no or wrong image! What's wrong :P?
[Desire Android Development] Lior84:
My mistake. I renamed the name of the update and at the result it was PB99IMG.zip.zip

Renamed it correctly and now flashing.:)
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Oke ;), name is here good but dont start with flashing, can't find the file :S.
[Desire Android Development] thl1988:
Does anyone know if this works on HBOOT 0.83 after the new Vodafone UK 1.24.161 update?

I've rooted with UnrEVOked 3.1 which went fine but can't boot into recovery mode or use RUU.
[Desire Android Development] Lior84:
Glad to say, it works. Back to Hboot 0.80 and 2.1:)

Now what ? root it and then update with froyo rooted HTC update ?
[Desire Android Development] bedeabc:
Just out of interest, what are the specs of your server?
[Desire Android Development] Semogair:
Thank you.

works like a charm ;)
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Processor: 8 X Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5405 @ 2.00GHz (2000.108MHz)

Total Memory: 5242880 kB

HDD: 8 X 1 TB

Yep.

* And flash still not working here ;(.
[Desire Android Development] Lexington24:
Hi there,

i've been looking at XDA forums for quite some time.

I can tell you this method works on a unbranded Desire bought in Belgium (and probably comming from The Netherlands), and no gold card was needed.

Thanx for the tutorial. Time to try Unrevoked !
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Weird :S, i have tried all the mirrors, tried with full sd, clear sd, formatted sd and all of them didnt work.

I see that he checks but get all-time 'no or wrong image!', anyone with the same error or maybe a fix?
[Desire Android Development] erto90:
someone confirm that works without goldcard on non-brand devices?

@laav what class is your sd? some people were having issue ( in similar operation) with class 2 microsd
[Desire Android Development] typhex:
i had same problem, then i made a goldcard and all went fine
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Hmm.. lets try that :).

Where can i find the class?, i used the original SD from HTC.
[Desire Android Development] atesszan:
I ask ones more: why doesn't work the recovery-windows bat ?

So I can not entire to recovery menu. And why can't I reinstall the same 1.21.405.2 RUU exe (PC version)?

It write: BOOTLOADER VERSION ERROR!!! (What? Not 0.80???))The ROM Update cannot update your phone.

Please get the correct ROM Update Utility and try again.

Please reply! Thank You!
[Desire Android Development] erto90:
the class of sd is written directly on sd ( in most of sd,but not on all)

but first try to make a goldcard,i think is the way to success
[Desire Android Development] Tirinoarim:
Just tried my original gold card but no luck so far. Gets as far as checking the file but then cuts back to the normal menu.

Looks like (i.e. Im hoping!!) creating a new GoldCard will fix it.

BTW: Unbranded desire (from mobiles.co.uk) on Vodafone network.
[Desire Android Development] raz2133:
I think you will find this is because the MISC partition still contains the (now incorrect) 2.09.405.8 version info.

I fixed this on my Desire by rooting with UnRevoked then manually flashing the MISC partition with a backup I had made a few weeks ago.

Another alternative would be to root with UnRevoked then apply the update.zip in the USB brick thread on the MoDaCo forums. This should fix your MISC partition, allowing you to run the official (unmodified) 1.21.405.2 RUU.
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Not on my SD card :s, brand is Transcend but no class on it.

---

I have treid to make the goldcard with http://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/ and GoldCardTool.exe, he makes a file, but flash doenst work with flashing :(.
[Desire Android Development] Lexington24:
Check two replys above yours ;)
[Desire Android Development] tito_puente:
Do you have a goldcard?
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Ok, now he can read the .zip but dont get hte question to flash :P, i get an blue bar on the right side of my screen and then a small message but no flash :(.

( Fault: Formatted in FAT instead of FAT32! )

But why he don't flash now ,, i dont know ;(.
[Desire Android Development] typhex:
i used this gudie to make my goldcard: http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/

btw i got the original microsd card that was shipped with my HTC-Desire
[Desire Android Development] typhex:
if u put the zip on your sd card and run ur phone (Vol-Down + Power), then on the right-top side u will see a blue bar loading, this took 2 minutes or something like that. after that there was the installation prompt.
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Blue bar yes, but no prompt for installation, try another time now.

Only:

checking..[PB99IMG.zip]

and then he goes back to the homescreen of Hboot
[Desire Android Development] jimz360:
Yeah, tried making it with the goldcard tool which failed then did it through HxD but failed, my sdcard doesnt say what class it's in on it, some say class 2 are dodgy but how would i find out?
[Desire Android Development] tony_:
@Sammy83

many many thanks...:) ;) :D
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Oke, tried ten times or something, after formatting to Fat32 HBOOT sees the zip file and shows the 'blue bar' but not an installation prompt only this:

checking..[PB99IMG.zip]

After 5 seconds or something more he goes back to the home of HBOOT :(.
[Desire Android Development] hkotaku:
First time poster, but long time lurker. Just wanted to say Thank you! Worked a treat :)
[Desire Android Development] julien3001:
For Sammy83 :

many many many many ... thanks... Really
[Desire Android Development] laav:
Ok, dont know how but it is working now ;), thanks guys :cool:!
[Desire Android Development] Stretlow:
Works fine:D
[Desire Android Development] Alkan2:
thanks

thanks Sammy83 it works
[Desire Android Development] bob dylan:
massive amount of thanks for this!!

to confirm, i actually downloaded the img zip file on my phone( OTA Froyo hboot 0.92) via the dutch link, moved it to sd root, all very easy peasy.

i used the goldcadr i used which was already in my phone from a recent unbrand.

no on hboot 0.80

now which Froyo rom to flash?
[Desire Android Development] thl1988:
I just tried this with a new Kingston 2Gb Goldcard I just made but I got a CID incorrect error and it just asks me if I want to reboot the device.

I'm going to try and make another GC with the 4GB card I got with the phone and see how it goes.
[Desire Android Development] PhysX:
very nice mate, thx... worked fine for me :)

i hade to recreate the gold card, but than everything went fine :)

thx again
[Desire Android Development] peewster:
Worked like a charm, thanks! ! !
[Desire Android Development] looking-g:
yeah it worked thanks very much
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
I managed to downgrade sucessfully but now comes the real problem. i cant use the tinycore method or the unrevoked to root and flash..

anyone who has the same problem?

just get the error device not found in tinycore

and in unrevoked it doesnt even detect the phone.
[Desire Android Development] veZuk:
Same problem. Official RUU also ends with error.
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
so we are stuck with stock rom :S
[Desire Android Development] Mastermarks:
i had problems. During the root it stuck on the second step (device not detected) and i can't upgrade itto froyo anymore. Help!!
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
me 2. i think htc may be behind this :(
[Desire Android Development] Mastermarks:
What can we do? Please help!!!
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
people in the other downgrade thread has the same problem too.
[Desire Android Development] thl1988:
Right, I got the goldcard to work with the 4GB card, and it detected the CID, it recognised the .zip and asked me if I wanted to install so I selected yes, then the progress thing came up but the screen just went suddenly blank after about a second. I left it for about 10-15 minutes but when I came back to it the screen was still blank, so I took out the battery to reset it. Now, when I turn on the phone it vibrates once, but nothing appears on the screen, although it is detected by USB.

tl;dr - Phone vibrates when turned on but nothing on screen. Phone is still detected by USB.

Is it essentially bricked? I tried to use RUU, Error 140 Bootloader error.

If it's bricked it's not the end of the world I only bought it two days ago and can play it off as faulty lol.

Cheers for any enlightenment you may be able to offer me.
[Desire Android Development] looking-g:
strange everything worked but now i have hboot 0.00 it is loading the system but i am not able to unroot

Edit did the process again last time i did not correctly finished the first step so i am going to unroot now hahahah thanks
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
Adam g screwed us. How could he doesnt know that and anyway post it in here........!
[Desire Android Development] Mastermarks:
is our warranty gone?
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
of course it is :D HAHA
[Desire Android Development] Sammy83:
@everyone who has problems with downgrading:

1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MADE A

NEW

GOLDGORD!!!! only if the downgrade failed!

2. If it failed at first try, try the PB99IMG.zip method from the 1st post AGAIN!

my unrevoked try failed also the first time. But after running PB99IMG again it works just fine :)

Don't panic at all

P.S. ROOTING/DOWNGRADING/FLASHING IS ALWAYS ON YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!
[Desire Android Development] abunawwaf:
a lot thanks to you

it's working fine :D
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
okey giving it a try right know. shaking ffs :P
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
i did the downgrade again and i got this error iin unrevoked.

Communications with the phone unexpectedly interrupted
[Desire Android Development] STANNY08:
I am also waiting for someone to succesfully achieve this from Hboot 0.83, somehow i dont think it will work!
[Desire Android Development] atesszan:
Hi!

I have one question: The flash was succes, it's work. Why does not not work the recovery mode? I start the recovery-windows bat.file, but not running. Why?
[Desire Android Development] Sammy83:
Have you installed the correct USB driver?

unrevoke Recovery: Klick here

Make sure HTC Sync is uninstalled completely!
[Desire Android Development] Sammy83:
i don't know the method with recovery.bat file :)

try to use unrevoke recovery it works just fine
[Desire Android Development] psycop:
This looks very interesting, but has anyone managed to downgrade HBOOT and reroot/ install custom rom?

I have seen alot of posts where people werent able to install any custom rom after downgrade

Can anyone confirm it works?

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] Sammy83:
Yes i downgraded successfully to HBOOT 0.80 and rerooted with unrevoke and flashed a custom rom. (HBOOT 0.92 and official HTC ROM before)

I've updated the first post with some BASIC instructions for rerooting with unrevoke.
[Desire Android Development] atesszan:
Ok, I try it. Thank You!
[Desire Android Development] atesszan:
Have you for the unrevoke recovery a rom image file (1.25.405.2)?

I like it reinstall!
[Desire Android Development] bariz143:
Yes i installed the android bootloader driver and i uninstalled htc sync.

dont getting anywhere
[Desire Android Development] sfogg:
Hi, I've downgraded to .80 the I used unrevoke to root the tel. Now I'm in 2.1 update1 rooted.

But now I dont manage to flash LeeDroid ROM.... (signature error) and I tried with 2 new goldcard...nothing to do. I'm stuck with the 2.1 OS :-(
[Desire Android Development] teppic74:
If it's not working, maybe next try flashing to a standard non-rooted stock ROM (e.g. 1.15.404_4) first, instead of this one which is intended to downgrade from 0.92/2.2.
[Desire Android Development] Sammy83:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bravo/

try one of these
[Desire Android Development] Sammy83:
What's the error message you got?

On which step are you having problems?
[Desire Android Development] Sammy83:
mhhh how are you flashing the ROM? If you have root install the ROM Manager APP und try to install you custom ROM.

Maybe Adam can help here ;)

till now i've only flashed a standard pre-rooted 2.2 froyo rom by modaco(paulobrien)
[Desire Android Development] atesszan:
Super! THX ones more!
[Desire Android Development] atesszan:
Super! THX ones more:D!