yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire General] Fatfish77:
I see. That makes sense. Thank you.

So am I right in saying that rooting the phone (amongst other things) unlocks the ability to install the unbranded RUU? Or is rooting not necessary to do this - sorry, I've still got some confusion over the whole matter.

Alternatively, if you can point me in the direction of the "Basics for idiots" thread, it would be much appreciated! :)
[Desire General] teppic74:
No, installing custom recovery lets you install custom ROMs. Rooting isn't necessary to install an RUU and it'll be removed if you do. You need a goldcard to install RUUs that aren't meant for your phone (e.g. debranding).

If you've got more questions it's better to start a separate thread.
[Desire General] Fatfish77:
Ok, still a little confused but thanks. Fair point though - I'll do some more reading and start a new thread with my questions when I'm ready. Thanks for your help.
[Desire General] Nalum:
Hello All,

I'm trying to fix my HTC Desire. I tried to load up a rom to debrand it from o2, but now when I load up my phone the touch screen is no longer a touch screen, it is just a screen. I'm assuming that this is something to do with it being an amoled screen and the rom I loaded probably expecting an sld screen. So I can't get past the sim unlock screen as I can't enter my unlock code.

I've tried running this code and when it tried to push the file across it gives an error that says "failed to copy 'PB99IMG.zip' to '/sdcard//PB99IMG.zip': Permission denied". Is there any other way to do this?

Thanks for any help.
[Desire General] Krisbo:
HELP!!!!!

I tried this to downgrade to 2.1 on my Telstra Desire. At First it worked OK, then I installed the latest version of the official Telstra ROM. Now when I boot the phone, I see the telstra boot picture, then the screen goes blank :confused: After a minute or so of blank screen I hear the HTC boot noise.

The screen was working OK straight after the downgrade but as soon as I installed the Telstra ROM, FAIL!!

ANY IDEAS???

edit:

I have the AMOLED version of the Telstra A8183.

Bootloader info is:

Bravo PV1 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.83.001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-4.08.00.09

Jun 2010,12:12:05

My wife's AMOLED Telstra Desire (stock, never modified aside from offical Telstra ROM upgrade):

Bravo PV1 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.83.001

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-4.08.00.09

Jun 2010,12:12:05

Could it be an issue with the touch panel driver? If so, how can I fix it?
[Desire General] Krisbo:
Wierd... I decided, just for fun that I would try and re-install the Telstra ROM while the screen was black. It got most of the way through and then gave a USB connection error.

Now when I boot the phone it works just fine ???
[Desire General] francalberto:
Dear all,

I really need your help 'cause I've a HTC Desire (unbranded with last stock Froyo rom) USB bricked and after innumerable attempts I wasn't able to fix it.

The big problem is how to get root privileges on my HBoot 0.93 because every solution I know seems to require USB connection (i.e. Unrevoked 3.21) or adb functionality (out of order too due to USB brick).

I tryed the methods posted in the following thread of XDA forum (excuse me but as new member of this forum I may not insert links):

- 788044

- 768256

- 767675

- 696189

- and other ones on modaco and nexus-lab.com

but noone of them seems to work.

My SD (a Gold Card) is now accessible, but my usb (and wi-fi, and radio, and headphone jack, and bluetooth) doesn't work properly.

I can only use fastboot commands and install zipped roms in recovery mode (but the roms I tried to downgrade - i.e. PB99IMG.zip - is recognized as older than the one installed, so it didn't worked...).

Please, would you help me to find a solution?

Thanks a lot

Francalberto
[Desire General] teppic74:
That's a bit poor - on O2 a phone less than 30 days old is swapped out with a new one. Oh well.
[Desire General] retrosling:
Hi all, I'm trying to get my desire rooted. I have no idea if it is amoled or slcd as it was a refurbished unit and so it came in a blank box. I am trying to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1 so i can root the device.

i click the downgrade.sh and it shows the terminal window with all the writing but doesn't appear to do anything?

I feel so stupid as I cant figure out what I'm doing wrong

debugging is enabled, usb is charge only.

any help much appreciated.
[Desire General] teppic74:
You need to run it as root - follow the instructions in the first post.
[Desire General] retrosling:
I've tried to root it with unrevoked and it seemed a success, however. when i power on and hold volume down it says

bravo pvt1 ship s-on

hboot-0.92.0001

microp-031d

touchpanel-synt0101

radio-5.09.00.20

jul 23 2010,16:46:44

shouldnt it say s-off ?
[Desire General] teppic74:
I meant you have to run the tool as root (on Linux/Mac). But no, unrevoked 3 doesn't provide S-OFF on GSM phones.
[Desire General] retrosling:
Ok update, thanks for the help. I decided to use a pc instead and did it no problems :D now I have root access (I think :S) and this is just the begining. thanks all...
[Desire General] singharun18:
stuck on bootloader

i did exactly wat said now i m stuck on bootloader plz help...!!
[Desire General] shahab80:
hi I have a question my desire had asian rom hboot 083 with slcd. once I debrand it to europe rom and update to official froyo 2.2 and now with another update I have hboot 0.93 so can i root my phone with skipping the downgrade step and install costom rom or i should downgrade it and then root that? will this downgrade break my slcd or not ? thanks for you reply
[Desire General] shahab80:
somebody please answer my question please
[Desire General] teppic74:
You can root from the 2.1 ROM easily. If you install the 2.1 Asian RUU you will break your screen, so don't do that. The ROM included in this downgrade works on all GSM Desires.

Unrevoked 3.21 fails on some ROMs and has some other issues.
[Desire General] Jamiemeister:
Network Locked After Downgrade

I've followed the steps in this guide and successfully downgraded. But now i get a "Network Locked" message and can not use my phone. It prompts for a "SIM network unlock PIN". I am on Orange.

I could really do with some guidance as I'm totally stuck!
[Desire General] teppic74:
Upgrade to froyo or root and flash a froyo rom with a new radio.
[Desire General] Jamiemeister:
Thanks! I've just run "RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe" and it's sorted the problem!
[Desire General] slym84:
Thank you..........

Just got my desire UK 3 debranded in australia. I'm right now at the top of the world........
[Desire General] KEYVAN-GSM:
hi

i need this files for my desire but i cant download them from two server that exist in page one

plz plz send me another link fordownloading downgrade32
[Desire General] rolks:
can this ported to wildfire? thank you
[Desire General] ..alee:
you are my saviour. Hats OFF to you .. Applaud.

I updated my HTC Desire and I had HBoot 0.93. After having it, I tried my best to root it using unrevoked and lots of other things. no success. Then i realized i need to have HBoot v 0.83. After struggling hard, i found this post and your method worked like a charm.

Now i have ClockworkMod Recovery v 2.5.0.7 with HBoot 0.83.

Thanks again
[Desire General] mcnob:
Long thread so sorry if this has been asked but:

Can this process be used to unroot the phone for warranty return purposes if it's already rooted ????

Reason I ask is that the ROM is perfect for me.
[Desire General] scott4:
flash RUU if you can find one you want to unroot your phone.

I have same question to you, people made unrevoke reflash tool to root phone but don't know how to unroot it by using the same way?! I wondered
[Desire General] :
I tried this, but now I've got network locked and can't use my phone! Not quite the desired outcome. Will flash different radio :) hopefully that'll sort it out as other people have done the same above me in this thread.
[Desire General] mcnob:
My question still stands then. Can this Downgrading process be used to unroot the phone to a state that can be sent to HTC for repair under warranty???

If not, anyone know where I can get the RUU for the exact ROM that was used to create the program?

Thanks.............;)
[Desire General] teppic74:
This happens on Orange phones - updating the radio will fix it.
[Desire General] teppic74:
It depends which ROM your phone came with. If it was unbranded then it will be absolutely fine.
[Desire General] :
Thanks, but how? I have the radio update but my phone is not rooted because I was going from 2.2 and downgrading so I could then root it. Any ideas?
[Desire General] teppic74:
If you root the phone you can update the radio easily. Otherwise you can accept the OTA update to froyo and that will change your radio and sim unlock the phone. My pre-rooted ROM includes a radio if you want to be rooted.
[Desire General] :
Thanks for the help, trying to root this very second. Will post back how I got on, hopefully good news.

Can't actually get to the phone options to turn the debugging on. Can i flash the radio without being rooted? I cant enable usb debugging because I cant get to any phone menus.
[Desire General] :
Ok, so I've finally rooted now and running android 2.1 :) I have the update-bravo-radio-32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11-signed .zip file I need and have flashed via the recovery option. Have some weird android figure in fron of a white box and a fat green arrow on my screen, whatever that is...

... worked a charm, thanks for the help :)

ps could you advise orange users that when they get sim locked, they have to remove sim, restart phone in order to get to the usb debugging option.
[Desire General] teppic74:
That's unlikely to help. You want a froyo radio. You can install updates via recovery.
[Desire General] :
Sorry, not following you, phone works fine, called my answerphone, receiving messages?
[Desire General] teppic74:
Ah ok. Most 4.x radios seem to simlock Orange phones, maybe that's an exception then.
[Desire General] :
lol, no idea. How would I know what the 'latest' radio would be?

I'm also after a custom rom that runs touchwiz, really want to try it out, like this vid here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BLhNxaZnq8

He doesn't mention a name or where to find this.
[Desire General] mcnob:
It was indeed an unbranded and sim-free phone so that'll do nicely. Excellent, thanks.
[Desire General] veloce77:
this is a question for OP (tepic74), hoping he ( or anyone else) knows the answer.

I have finally managed to downgrade my (originally Orange branded) Desire to 2.1 after a boot loop issue.

I installed froyo via OTA and everything is fine, bar the fact my sim card is not recognized.

I bricked the phone previously so had to purchase a sim unlock.

I had to to a full system wipe in recovery prior to downgrading, would this have affected my supposedly unlocked Desire?

I am currently on 2.10.405.2

my radio version is 5.09.05.30_2, with a boot loader of .93.

what have I done wrong?

thanks in advance
[Desire General] buzmay:
Please help I have a not branded desire and the utility tells me i need a goldcard, then when i use a goldcard the utility still tells me i need one.

I have S_OFF also which I think it should skip the CID error.

Please help I need to unroot my desire to send it to repatation

Thanks
[Desire General] teppic74:
You often get simlocked on an Orange phone when you install a 4.x radio, but if you upgrade to froyo (with the 5.x radio) it is normally fine. If you are still simlocked then try using your unlock code again.
[Desire General] akurodam:
ditto, i also have an unbranded Desire

same problems
[Desire General] teppic74:
If S-OFF skips the CID error then you can ignore the message. If you get the CID error when you flash, then S-OFF doesn't skip it.
[Desire General] macdude15:
Does this work with samsung galaxy s?!?!

I have a samsung captivate and i would like to know if this will work on it???? please respond! :)
[Desire General] veloce77:
sorry,

my post was not clear.

I managed to upgrade to froyo by OTA. My radio is 5.09.

I am not prompted to enter a network unlock code, I simply get a message to say " please insert sim".
[Desire General] okan22:
just perfect

thanks very much !!!!!!
[Desire General] tab0reqq:
I must say im confused with this tutorial.

How the heck img file can be transfered to sd card if sd card is goldcard ??

All process by me stuck at: transferring PB99IMG.img file to device.

Is there a way to prepare GoldCard SD Card with free space on it or am i missing something ?
[Desire General] danw1million:
Hi Teppic74,

Thanks again for another good tutorial and an excellent program.

I just used this to downgrade to stock completely unbranded. and then upgrade/root using RUU then Unrevoked 3.21 on my HTC desire.

Had previously rooted but the telstra boot screen and "scene" remained.

now phone is totally "clean"

All working well.

Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

-Dan
[Desire General] Arkhamal:
Desire bricked

Hi,

I have (had) an unbranded, unlocked, Desire. I rooted, I loaded custom rom (worked fine), but the ROM manager screwed up something. I guess, it reflashed the bootloader (or recovery?), but failed.

Now the desire cannot boot. It stucked at the white screen, with HTC logo.

I can enter the bootloader. It says:

Bravo PVT3 SHIP S-On

HBOOT-0.93.001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.10.05.23

Aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

HBOOT-USB PLUG

If I try to go to RECOVERY the screen goes white, and nothing happens.

If I put the PB99IMG.zip to SD card, the HBOOT finds it, but says, "Main version is older"

The RUU utility can see the phone, but can't reflash it, because of error 140

Please help me, what to do.
[Desire General] moti_r:
Hey,

Just a quick note to say THANK YOU for this wonderful tool!

I bought an HTC Desire yesterday, it was stuck on 2.2 and hboot 0.93 and couldn't use unrevoked.

Downgraded with this tool, then unrevoked, then installed a fresh new 2.2 rom and I'm all done.

THANKS for a newbie-proof tool! :)
[Desire General] cillo89:
hi, sorry for the noob question but i cannot find any solution, i have a desire that upgrading to froyo had some problems and now reboots automatically every about two minutes and doesn't work with wifi and gsm connections. I thought it may be a problem of the upgrade because before it was all right so i'm trying to downgrade the software, i found this useful tool and i have tried several times but the tool says every time that failed to write the img file on the sd card, (access denied). So i ask if i can put the img on the sd manually, or i ask for a solution to make the tool work correctly with my unlucky phone...(i have activated the usb debug mode, i have formatted the 2 gb sd card into a fat32 format, i have a pc with windows vista, i used the tool version 2.3, i have linked the phone in "only charge" modality, in that way the pc sees the removable drive (sd) but cannot access into it).

Thanks a lot for helping me, i'm really grateful to you, good night
[Desire General] pawel_kd:
I join the request - I have the same problem.
[Desire General] hyaenidae:
hey there

the downgrad worked like a charm.

yet, I'm not able to use the froyo OTA as the phone tells me that my device is up-to-date.

i had to go down this path htt p:// androidforums.com/htc-desire/177907-froyo-2-09-405-8-update-windows-not-required. html with a 2.10.405.2 radio.

any help?

(one not to your instructions though: for all newbies - add the steps one has to take, once the DOS instructions are through and one has to continue on the phone. guess the bootloader is scary for some ppl)
[Desire General] operation_english:
worked like a charm. i had to use vmware on my mac but still worked.

im puzzled now tho, do i flash it with a 2.2 stock rom and then revoke again and then flash it with a custom rom. or can i jus put a custom rom on it now.

ive revoked it also now. it went from a hboot .093 to a .083. after the downgrade.

can i get back up to 0.93 or does it not really matter?
[Desire General] jessevl:
Thanks so much, I wanted to go back to stock ROM but had a 0.93 Hboot so RUU wouldn't work for me, this worked like a charm though!

One thing though, I can't update back to froyo?
[Desire General] jean001luc:
Unrooting error

Not sure if I'm doing something wrong but I have the followign problem

1) At HDBoot I dont have an option whereby I can press UP to apply the zip file - I use clockwork recovery and only options I have here is to go in to Recovery screen.

2) I go in to the recovery screen and try to apply the .zip file and I get 'Cant open /sdcard/PB99IMG.zIP'

Rest of the process documented start of the thread works fine - e.g. I connect desire to PC, run the BAT file which then gains access to the sd card and copies the file across successfully. It also detects that I need a gold card to which I reply continue as the fold card is already in the phone.

I have also tried to manually copy the .zip file to the sd card (gold card) and then used clockwork recovery to apply the zip file. Still get the 'cant open' error

Is there anyway of removing clockwork recovery? or will that go once I have successfully applied the RUU?
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Mods, can you delete these annoying posts - they're not needed and have nothing to do with this thread...
[Desire General] EddyOS:
You don't use clockwork mod, you just copy the PB99IMG.zip file to the root of the sd card and then turn on the phone whilst holding volume down. The Desire will see the file and ask you to start the update...you don't go into Recovery at all
[Desire General] jean001luc:
EddyOS

Thanks for the feedback. It's possible that I havent expalined everything.

I have a HTC Desire on the 3 network.

I had oringally rooted this using clockwork recovery (which adds its own recovery menu as you are no doubt aware)

I then installed a custom ROM.

Few weeks later I stared having connection errors as well as the phone overheating so now want to return it to 3 with its original status.

Steps I have taken so far are;

1) download the downgrade utility

2) ran utility after connecting phone.

3) Utility runs and copies the .zip file to the card

4) at reboot I hold the down button and at this stage the system does NOT run the .zip file. Instead it prevents me with the normal boot menu with option to go in to recovery menu (clockwork recovery).

At this stage I decided to try and run the .zip manually using clockwork recovery which should allow you to apply the RUU. However, the sytem comes back with an error to say it cant open the .zip file.

At point 4, when the boot menu is presented, after a couple of seconds you normally get some lines of information presented for a second or so before you can choose the recovery option. This information states that 'no image' is found. Maybe the system is trying to run the .zip file but there is a problem. This would also explain why I am unable to run the .zip file manually. The file does however exist on the card

Does that make sense?

thanks
[Desire General] titbb:
Hi guys,

i had the same problem when my Desire couldn't find the PB99IMG.zip file.

I got it too work by unplugging the USB cable before trying.

Don't know if this was mentioned already in the many many posts, but just thought i would contribute.

After removing the USB it finally start to work.

THX!
[Desire General] jean001luc:
Thanks for the info. What stage do you remove the USB cable?

I tried it again by remving the cable once reboot is initiated but Im still having the same problem. the system reboots, I press power, the system checks the image and responds with 'image file not found or ...'. I dont get a chance to read what it says after the 'or' and it returns to the boot menu again.

If I choose recovery option it takes me in to clockwork recovery where I can brows the .img file but when I try to run it the system comes back with 'unable to open...'

Anyone have any thoughts?
[Desire General] titbb:
At the last stage, when it boots into hboot. Just remove it the second the phone reboots. If you were too late, just power off the phone. Press volume down, then power button.

Then when you goto the fastboot? part, where it starts scanning for the file, it should find it.
[Desire General] thangcoo:
Hello, I have followed the guide on my 2.1 rooted Desire, all steps are successful. But when I went to the Software update, the phone said that my software is updated although it's only android 2.1 now.

Can you explain me about this problem?
[Desire General] teppic74:
Just run one of the Froyo RUUs if you want to upgrade.
[Desire General] jean001luc:
Still having same problem. All goes through to the point where phone reboots. Press power button, system looks for .zip file which is definately on the card but fails to open it.

Does anyone know if this maybe because the phone was originally locked to 3? I even made a Gold card but still no good.
[Desire General] thangcoo:
Thank for your information, I run the RUU ("RUU_Bravo_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.09.405.8_Radio_32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20_release_140022_signed.exe") but I have this problem:

RUU can detect the Desire and the current software, but after rebooting the phone, it showed the message "waiting for boot loader" some minutes and followed by the message "please check the usb cable"

My desire still show the HTC boot screen. After I unplugged the usb cable, the bootloader displayed with 1 option RUU on the phone screen. I can not do anything but remove the battery.

Can you give me some ideas?
[Desire General] jean001luc:
Managed to get back to the 3 RUU using Nandroid restore (I had taken a backup prior to rooting) from clockwork recovery.

Only thing I need to do now is remove clockwork recovery.

Any ideas anyone?
[Desire General] faddys123:
so theres is no need to downgrade anymore? am on orange 2.2 froyo can unrevoked root that? how do i use unrevoked am not used to that ?
[Desire General] :
How to root your HTC Desire
[Desire General] faddys123:
is he on 2.2?
[Desire General] Orphee:
The file "rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin" contained in the archive is detected as a virus by Kaspersky...
[Desire General] faddys123:
can i root with unrecoked even if i am on orange branded 2.2
[Desire General] dazdaz:
Hi, I have a problem downgrading from 2.2 to 2.1. Here is exactly what I did so far :

* Install HTC Sync -> "_HTC Legend_HTCSync.exe"

* Settings / Applications / Development / Enable USB debugging on phone

* Settings / Connection to PC / Default connection type : Charge only

* Settings / Connection to PC / Ask me : Disable

o Downloaded downgrade 2.3b

o Execute : win-down.bat

+ It says it will take a minute, but 10 minutes is more realistic.

# Select FASTBOOT on phone. The Phone loads PB99IMG.ZIP -> This is the 2.1 f/w with HBOOT 0.83

# Do you want to start update : Press volume up

# HBOOT 0.83 installed

# PB99DIAG.zip

# No image!

# PB99DIAG.nbh

# No image!

# Loading PB99IMG.ZIP

* Everything else updates ok *except* Radio_V2 - Fail-PU

* Partition update fail!

* Update fail!

* Do you want to reboot the device, volume up = yes

* Phone stays on the HTC logo

* Disconnect USB cable, pull out battery for 2 minutes and power on phone.

* I will hear 7/8 vibrates

* Phone stays with the HTC logo and does nothing.

When I power on the phone, there is one long vibrate and 7 shorter vibrates.

I don't know what else to try right now... I have gone back into the HBOOT and re-started the update which fails again on the Radio_V2 section.
[Desire General] pablo.va87:
Need some help !

Hi! I sent my Desire to technical support and I've received it with HBOOT 0.93, I've tried to root it with unrevocked 3.21, it installed the Clockwork recovery, but I cannot install custom Froyo ROMs (when I flash any ROM and reboot the system, it keeps rebooting again and again, it doesn't arrives to the splash).

My doubt is, that's because my HBOOT? Should I downgrade using the method from #1?

Thanks :)
[Desire General] :
Which ROM are you trying to install specifically?
[Desire General] pablo.va87:
Just an HTC stock rooted with A2SD+.