yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] Myshkinbob:
It is possible to escape the setup wizard without a working screen, i had to do it to root my hboot 0.92 desire that had the OTA froyo update, just takes a little perseverance.

Here's the steps i used to escape the setup wizard...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=749915&page=5

post #44 on that page should get you out of the setup wizard.

If you get stuck or lost as to where you are in the setup screens you can easily begin over without re-flashing, instead just power down the phone. Do this by waiting for the screen lock to engage, then doing short power press, swipe down screen (unlocks phone), long power press till it vibrates briefly (power down menu pops up), then scroll the optical joypad up a few times, click the OJ once, click the OJ again. That powers the phone off and you can turn it back on to try to escape the setup wizard again.

To check you're out of the setup wizard, wait to let the screen lock engage, then do a short power press and swipe down the screen to unlock, then press the search key, wait 3-5s, and then tap the bottom half of the screen. If you feel the haptic feedback vibrations, it means the search app loads and you're not in setup. Press the home key to escape the search app.

If you didn't get any haptic feedback from the search button, restart the phone as mentioned above and try again with the method from post #44.

If you're out of setup, you just need to enable usb debugging, see post #45 in the thread above. If you get stuck with that, just press the home key to start over. Enabling usb debugging is pretty easy compared to getting out of the setup screens!

good luck. :)
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Thank you for the assistance. I'm still struggling but will continue.

When i turn the phone on i get the normal length haptic buzz then following that 10-20 seconds later a single really short buzz.

Any ideas/is this normal?

edit: im past the setup now, jsut trying to get debugging on
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Well i must have tried 50 times and i cant for the life of me get USB debugging on. I have followed both methods of turning it on and can confirm that i am at the home screen prior to trying.

When i connect the desire to my pc it jsut shows up in device manager as a "HTC Android Phone USB Device" under Disk Drives.

Neither goldcard tool 0.05 or adb shell command line will detect the device. If i run adb devices it says "list of devices attached" which is empty and does not display anything else.

This is driving me nuts now.
[Desire General] Myshkinbob:
Specifically which RUU is on the phone?

The only mention i can find in the thread is in your OP but that only says...

Do you remember the RUU name, e.g.

RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_T2_Radio_32.41.00.32U_4.08.00.09_release_137222_signed.exe

There's a full list here...

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bravo/

My guess is your settings menu is slightly different if it's a tmobile RUU so the instructions aren't taking you to the right menu for usb debugging. If you can identify the RUU it might be possible to find someone using it or have someone flash it, and have them check the correct menu position for usb debugging.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Thank you for the response.

The RUU which should/is on the phone at the moment:

RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_release_127570_signed

Im quite happy to reflash it to another using an RUU if it means the instructions would be relevent, would just need to know which one.

On another hand, i still have my HTC Touch HD winno 6.1, is it possible for me to get the SD CID using this device? All i need to do is to create the goldcard so that i may update with the official froyo RUU as linked earlier in the thread.
[Desire General] Myshkinbob:
You can make a goldcard using a winmo 6.1 phone yup :)

post #3 on this thread has instructions....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530335

Qmat is now called PSAS but the instructions should still be relevant.

From there i think the only available RUU with the 0.83 hboot needed to support SLCD screens is...

(at least so far as i'm aware, there may be others tho)

http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...1.00.32U_4.08.00.09_release_137222_signed.exe

Which the goldcard will let you flash.

That'll give you a generic 2.1 (eclair) HTC desire with SLCD screen support. From there you can breathe easy and actually use the phone a little before deciding how to upgrade to 2.2.

I'd suggest you don't apply the OTA 2.2 (froyo) update if the phone asks you, or use the 2.2 RUU posted earlier in the thread, because it's a nightmare trying to root the SLCD desire after the OTA 2.2 update has been applied.
[Desire General] teppic74:
Either that RUU or the official froyo one will work, none of the others.

As above you can't root froyo, and downgrading to Android 2.1 (the only way to root it) will just break the screen again in the process. It's the best option to go directly to froyo if all you want is an official rom that can receive OTA updates and you have no intention of rooting.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Thanks for the responses.

I will try and create a goldcard using the PSAS program with my touch HD and will then update to the official froyo rom, as after this experience (my lack of experience) Im pretty much done and i jsut want my phone to work :P

I will let you know how i get on.

cheers
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Right, well it would appear that the trial version of PSAS does not have the "create HTC Goldcard" option. So i did the following:

1. Used PSAS to get the CID

2. Used the tool at http://hexrev.soaa.me/, to get the number reversed

3. Subimitted the new number to the goldcard maker at : http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard who then sent me the image

3. Loaded up SD Card Tool 0.0.5, selected my SD card (which is now in an SD card reader and not the HTC Touch Hd) and loaded the goldcard.img

4. Inserted the goldcard into my desire.

Currently downloading the official froyo RUU, will let you know, but is there anything in the above that looks wrong? I understand its a bit of a bodged but is anything wrong?

edit: The official 2.2 RUU posted earlier fails on the first attempt when "waiting for bootloader" which is not uncommon. But on the second attempt it starts to push the update and gets to "Updating Signature" and i get "ERROR [131] : CUSTOMER ID ERROR. :(

EDIT2: Im trying again by using the traditional method of updating the SD card with the supplied image using hxd
[Desire General] teppic74:
So long as you got the CID right that process looks all right. I've never used that tool but make sure it hasn't done the reversal for you already.

Another method for writing the image is with Linux, where you can write it directly to the sdcard.
[Desire General] Myshkinbob:
Edit:

I'm a noob. :)

You do need to reverse your CID for the http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard generator, the reversed CID should also start with 00, which it looks like the http://hexrev.soaa.me/ tool does when i try it with my CID.

So essentially, if the PSAS tool gives you a CID beginnning 00 it's probably already been reversed and you don't need to use the hexrev website to reverse it a second time.
[Desire General] teppic74:
Hmmm. I think that the site does require the CID reversed, but maybe only if you get it directly from the phone.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
When i do not reverse the CID before entering it onto http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard and then i update the sd using the image provided, windows states that this card needs to be formatted when i reinsert it via the phone or sd reader. Is this correct?

Bloody experts ; ) Will try again, thanks for all the help :)
[Desire General] vagabond100:
The cid i get from PSAS is: EEA600320B2D07804734305553445303

The cid i get from the reversal site is:005344535530344780072d0b3200a6ee

Shouldnt it read: 00354435550343740870D2B023006AEE
[Desire General] Myshkinbob:
Actually i just downloaded psas and it does have a goldcard generator in the free version, just go to the last menu on the far right 'Calculators/Generators', and the third item down is 'Generate HTC Goldcard'. :)

P.S. certainly not an expert here, just figured i'd try to help!
[Desire General] teppic74:
I think that if the cid you get to begin with doesn't begin with 00 then you need to put it into the site for reversal.
[Desire General] teppic74:
No :) It goes from the end, but replaces the last number with 00. So 03 becomes 00, then 53, then 44, etc.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Wow im terrible.

I take it that on "select device key" i select "DesireC" ??

EDIT: Goldcard for newer devices arent supported in this unregistered version :(
[Desire General] teppic74:
A goldcard generated for any Android phone should work I think.

(Though it may be safer for any HTC Android phone, e.g. the Legend or Hero)
[Desire General] Myshkinbob:
ah that sucks that the free version won't create a goldcard for newer phones, but then again your reversed CID looks correct anyway, so it's just as good to use goldcardtool 0.5 to write the generated img to the sdcard.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
going to try the goldcard tool method using another sd card.

Goldcard tool states it has been created successfully.

reversed cid: 0053445355303847808079f6b200926a

trying to load:RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed
[Desire General] teppic74:
If you want to try enabling USB debugging again, this is the most failsafe method I've found. Assuming that you've bypassed the set up section:

- Boot the phone, wait until you hear the startup sound and the brief vibration then wait about 3-4 mins.

- Press the power once and swipe down the screen to disable screenlock.

- Press the menu button once.

- Down 3-4 times on the optical trackball, then right 3-4 times. Then press it.

- Up on the OT about 10 times to ensure the top item is selected.

- Quickly swipe up the screen to scroll the menu down to the bottom.

- Down once on the OT to select Applications, then press it.

- Down 4-5 times to select Development, then press.

- Press twice to enable debugging.

Check that it's enabled by trying adb. If nothing, press the back button 5 times and try again from the menu button.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Just failed to flash : RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed

:(
[Desire General] teppic74:
CID error again?
[Desire General] vagabond100:
yeah, CID error
[Desire General] teppic74:
I'd try the USB debugging steps I posted.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
I have done all of this so many times now, im wondering if something is wrong with the phone ;/
[Desire General] vagabond100:
when i plug the phone in, htc sync doesnt even detect it.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Right, im giving up for today and i have formatted all my SD cards.

Im going to use a collegues desire at work tomorrow to try and create a goldcard via each option. I shall return to whine some more tomorrow.

Many thanks for all of you that have helped thus far.
[Desire General] herghost:
Have you tried screencast?

http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/

Basically uses the sdk to show whats on screen on your pc, works for me when my screen is off so am asuming it will work for your screen!
[Desire General] BaKaYaRo:
Hi,All.

I meet with the same problem...after I flash with the RUU_Bravo_TMO_UK_1.21.110.4_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.0 6.00.02_2_release_127570_signed (goldcard inserted), but it flash till 45% then hang over there...(updating Radio....), can't someone help me how to fix it? Thanks...
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Right well today i have.....................SUCCESS!

I borrowed a collegues Desire, created a goldcard using goldcard helper, loaded the image using goldcard tool and installed the 2.1 update posted earlier.

After the screen sprang back to life i decided to put the standard froyo release posted earlier onto the phone, which worked a treat.

Thank you to everyone that has helped throught the course of this thread.
[Desire General] teppic74:
Glad you finally got it sorted.

Remember you will need the goldcard for future OTA updates.
[Desire General] vagabond100:
Thank you once again teppic

I have made several goldcards and have stowed them in various places :)
[Desire General] Myshkinbob:
Glad to hear you got it working again, must be a weight off. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RikuXan:
Dear xda-community,

a simple question: Which classes do you consider reasonable and which are overkill? Class 2 , 4 , 6 or 10?

wbr RikuXan
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
There are only very small differences in real-world performance in MicroSD cards no matter what class they are (unlike "normal" SD cards). Even a class 2 will give no problems with HD video recording. I've got a 16 GB Sandisk Class II. Cheap. No problems. What more could we want? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Agreed...

Phone's do not have great demands on memory cards, not even when writing at the highest video frame rate.

I have quite a few Micro SD's to choose and use.

Although I'm using a Sandisk 16GB Mobile Ultra which has a Class rating of 4, in real tests it performs much much faster but is quite really overkill for the Phone.

My recommendation, don't get a cheap Class 2 but go for a solid & reliable card.

It's worth paying that little extra on say a Sandisk Class 2 than a low rated unbranded Class 4/6.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
i use class 6

class 10 is probably over kill

don't buy anything less than class 4
[Galaxy S I9000 General] RikuXan:
Okay, so i suppose i'll get a class 4 or 6 card, depending on the current prices.

Thanks for your help :)

wbr RikuXan
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
As I have already mentioned it's not so much the class rating that matters but more the quality of the card.

The matrix of the Galaxy S's buffer run does not need anything great.

As such a reliable Class 2 would suffice.

As an example the Sandisk 32GB Class 2 easily provides acceptable video frame rates.

I recently ran this card and my present Sandisk 16GB Mobile Ultra card and visibly there was no difference in both saving camera video's or showing either a camera video or movie.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
Why? Please let me see some benchmarks that can convince me there is any idea in buying a class 4 instead of a class 2.

Check these benchmarks: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1468705

So, just buy a cheap 16 GB Sandisk class 2 - anything else will be a complete waste of money.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Again agreed.

The answer here is in the name Sandisk.

MoWa22 also fully understands and appreciates it's the brand what delivers and not so much the Class rate.

Sandisk cards often perform much faster than their same class counterparts.

Good link btw. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TriC_101:
Class 4 or 6 is what you need class 2 is to slow.. you will notice the different between at class 2 and 4 in your phone go with 4 or 6 anything higher is over kill.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoWa22:
Amazing... Doesn't people read the thread before posting? It's not that big yet...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Beards:
Yes..... I've had enough of this topic.

Catch you elsewhere. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fonzthegreat:
Fairly new x10 user here and just wanted to ask, is there no more way of debranding the X10 without rooting it? I am on custom philippines firmware R2ba020 and hoping to get the newer versions. :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] max676:
I made it with this:

xperiax10.net/2010/04/14/debrand-your-xperia-x10-tutorial/

No Root required.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fonzthegreat:
does that still work? didnt SE update it, to not allow that exploit anymore?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fonzthegreat:
thats good to hear it still apparently works! what method did you use? switching the 2 update files last minute on SEUS?

I cant seem to figure out the PC companion method because the tutorials say I have to look for the DB folder in PCcompanion.. I cant seem to locate it even with hidden folders being visible. The only DB folder I could find was in the separate SEUS folder. I am using btw 64bit Vista ultimate
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chicane301:
This method still works, I did it last wednesday.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fonzthegreat:
around how many mb did you transfer the files in?

and another question.. can I use any firmware to debrand? I got the generic nordic one... does that have english in it?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fonzthegreat:
debranding success! now im on r2bao26!:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
Im not getting the debrand, it always fails at the end, I have tried replacing the file like 10 times, a bit before, a bit later, 1mb left 2mb left 3mb left ...

Is this method still working?

http://www.xperiax10.net/2010/04/14/debrand-your-xperia-x10-tutorial/
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Use the build.prop method.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
I would suggest using the method described here, since the whole SEUS method is now really not realiable by the sound of it.

Alternatively you could replace the /system/build.prop file with the one attached to this post - you will need root (see here for the method for the X10i Mini Pro, but the logic is the same) Once replaced, simply run SEUS.

Please let us know how you get on!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vancouver_hawk:
Will this work for X10a (Rogers Canada)?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
Im a bit nervous of replacing the file you sent. My firmware is now 024 but I cant get an update by SEUS for 026, I dont know why?

Should I wait better for the Update of 2.1 this coming week?

By the way I live in Sweden but my phone is UK - Vodafone. Any idea if I get the update at the same time as sweden or UK?

regards

Edgar
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
My phone was UK Vodafone also - but debranded it along time ago. Vodafone will take several months I would expect before 2.1 is released with all the Vodafone apps etc on it.

If you are nervous about replacing the file - follow the first option which is safer, but more work.

@vancouver_hawk - the first method will work - I belive there is a couple of extra steps for the x10a. The second method you will need to get hold of the x10a values to put into the build.prop file.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
so the prop that you placed is the proper for my phone?

thank you for your help
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
Yes its for the X10i - I took it directly from my phone that has R2BA026 Customized UK (Generic)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vancouver_hawk:
Is first method just for rooting or root and debranding? I'm confused sorry :confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
basically I have to do this:

adb push build.prop /sdcard/build.prop
adb shell
su
busybox cp /system/build.prop /sdcard/build.prop.old
rm /system/build.prop
busybox cp /sdcard/build.prop /system/

and then use the Sony Ericsson Update Service to install the new firmware

is this correct?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
Yes thats right. I would suggest backing up the old build.prop first though:

./busybox mv /system/build.prop /sdcard/build.prop.old

Also remember you must have root (su, Superuser.apk and busybox installed)

@vancouver_hawk, it will give you the lastest genric firmware and also root! :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
I have busybox installed but this is what it returns :S

$ su
su
# ./busybox cp /system/build.prop /sdcard/build.prop.old
./busybox cp /system/build.prop /sdcard/build.prop.old
./busybox: not found

(EDIT: I use just busybox without the ./ and it worked)

Im glad I didnt remove anything before backing up.

One more question. I have Win7 64bits, do I need to do anything extra? I have hear about some fixed that should do, but I cant download the rapidfile that I should get. Any idea?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
Don't worry about x64 for this method :-)

Busybox - use cd to change directory to where busybox actually is. Busybox hasn't been installed fully with the --install option!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SEMPITERNAL:
It's not work!

& after using this my phone doesn't load!

R2BA024 Generic GLOBAL - Rooted
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
i havent tried this yet, but now im scared, did you do all the steps?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
You definitely put the build.prop file back? Adb should work to check even if the phone won't load I believe.

I know this method does work if done correctly!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
I tried and it updated the same brand vodafone :S

Model: X10i

Country: United Kindom

Brand: Vodafone

Phone software version: 1227-4612_R2BA024 GENERIC

# rm /system/build.prop
rm /system/build.prop
# busybox cp /sdcard/build.prop /system/
busybox cp /sdcard/build.prop /system/
# ls
ls
build.prop
ts.conf
default.prop
media
lib
wifi
framework
usr
img
drm
bin
fonts
app
tts
lost+found
etc
# pwd
pwd
/system

any other suggestion?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpasanthosh:
even i face the same problem
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saytanz:
2nd method isnt working for me.. still germany generic.. or is it default.prop need to changed instead of build.prop?

1235-7836 is the value for ro.semc.version.cust in default.prop.. want to change it to uk generic..

Sent from my X10i rooted 026
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbyf66:
I rooted mine months ago, How do I verify If i'm uk generic or other?

yes I used the search
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saytanz:
While screen locked, press menu-> back-> back-> menu-> back-> menu-> menu-> back, it is in service info-> model info

Sent from my X10i rooted 026
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robbyf66:
Thanks so much,

not sure if mine will update correctly, shows X10a UK Branded Customized
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
I tried already twice today to replace the build.prop and it doesnt work :S, the old file is replaced back after I run the SEUS

I tried reinstalling SEUS before updating and same result.

SEUS doesnt recognize any update but if I tried to turn on the phone without the update I get a Yellow Warning so I run the restore in SEUS to get back to the BRAND Vodafone :S

Any suggestion for debranding will be appreciated.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
Hmm somethings not right. You should be able to turn the phone on after the changes :|

This worked perfectly for the U20i (X10 Mini Pro), maybe its different for X10 though :|
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaintyUK:
Try after copying over build.prop

Run this as root:

chmod 644 /system/build.prop

I'm thinking it might well be permission problems!

Try rebooting your phone after.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
I did that, I wanted to have exactly the same rights in the file as before rw for owner and read for the rest. that is why I ussed cmod 644

after restarting I got the yellow warning and then I installed again with the SE which said that "your phone is updated" before starting.

Have anyone tried this on X10 ?

any other suggestions to debrand? (not so complicated as the posts on the forum) I got like 10 different files and still dont know what to do with them.

thanks in advance
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
Post your code commands for me i think you are not using su command

Sent from my x10 using swype
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JuaNMaN:
Noob question:

It is posible to unbrand my X10a with the OMNIUS program???
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grospolina:
You guys are forgetting to mount the /system directory in read/write mode. Add this after 'su':

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ealax:
Thanks, I will try it and I'll let you know if this solves my problem. Thanks

Sent from my x10 using swype
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dawidoo72:
I hope i just complete the unbrand .... Is it unbranded now??