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[Desire HD Android Development] m3xicanprid3:
just type "adb shell" and ull see # if u did it right
[Desire HD Android Development] Barty_2:
I am hoping that someone can tell me where i am going wrong, done all the rooted bit s.off ect.

Question is : i can flash a ROM but cant flash a Radio: no matter what method i try. Installation aborted every time! can someone point me in the right direction..totally frustrated.

Thanks

Desire HD with this rom.

Thanks for your j=help
[Desire HD Android Development] fshami:
there are two types of S-OFFs: Radio S-off & ENG-SOFF.

With Radio s-off you can root easily & flash roms but for flashing custom recovery, radios u need Eng S-Off. it's just a one click job ;)

link for Eng s-off tool:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855403
[Desire HD Android Development] veasna.kelly:
Dist, I'm running on GB 2.3.3 and my question is must we need to create a goldcard to install the update fom bootloader?
[Desire HD Android Development] fshami:
Is your device branded?
[Desire HD Android Development] Sybregunne:
In my experience i needed to make a goldcard. Just kmake sure you backup your sd card before making a goldcard.
[Desire HD Android Development] vancecwtan:
Not sure if its my mistake but is this working for

2.36.405.8? Kernel is 2.6.35.10-g0956377.
[Desire HD Android Development] rockstar1630:
Got temproot. But while installing 1.32 I get this error: No image file found/invalid file. File is ok and is saved at the root of SD card
[Desire HD Android Development] veasna.kelly:
Yes make sure you have the 1.32 firmware downloaded completely, if not sure using MD5checker app to check the file to match as per uploader's provided MD5 sum number, then if the MD5 sum number is matched after your checking result, make you have gold card 100% working base on the set up guide, then let copy the firmware again to gold card, and let the bootloader runs it checking process, and if you're on the correct step, your device's firmware 1.7xx or 2.xx will be 100% downgraded to 1.32 automatically. try again:).

---------- Post added at 04:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:30 PM ----------

Thank and I have made a goldcard already.
[Desire HD Android Development] directive:
I have successfully made my goldcard. Noob question: When do I put it in the phone, and does it matter when I copy the PD98IMG.zip to the goldcard? And what are the differences using a goldcard with this method? Do I just insert it and follow the guide?

fun fact: I have to wait 3+ hours for the download to finish because all the download sources are blocked by the great firewall of China and I have to get it through a VPN :\ hooray!
[Desire HD Android Development] ehabfg:
thanks great work downgrade succeeded

i try to make goldcard but failed in windows 7

but when i try to make goldcard in windows xp the trial succeeded from first time
[Desire HD Android Development] Kapok3:
Grat thanks to all developers.

I've successfully downgraded, rooted, radio S-OFFed etc... and clockwork recovery works like charm..

my first experience with custom ROMs, thanks to you ;)
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
No, because to get root in applications you need superuser.apk and su pushed to the system. This only gives you command line root. Some people have tried it but with a little to no success.

Yes it will be rootable 1.32. The procedure will also downgrade your radio, so you have to flash the newer one manually. When you then do S-OFF and install ClockworkMod, you can flash any rom whenever you like.

If somebody wants to shoot a video, I'd be glad to post it to the first page. Unfortunately I do not have 1.72 device, and I really do not want to risk removing S-OFF and updating.

Any time you like, it does not matter. When Goldcard is done, you can put it there any time. There is no difference when using Goldcard, other than creating it. It just has to be in the device while flashing the PD98IMG.zip.
[Desire HD Android Development] dnlilas:
Hello you all,

Could you tell me (newbie :-)) how to handle this. I tried to boot while pressing Vol-down, to get the current bootloader information (to compare later). I got the following display for the first time, Vol Up/Down navigates between fasboot/recovery/factory reset/simlock/image crc.

I just want to reboot my DHD as usually.

Should I choose Fastboot entry (and hence press Power button to select)? I am afraid for any bad action.

Thank you in advance.

---

ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-0.85.0018

MICROP-0438

RADIO-26.04.02.17_M2

eMMC-boot

Dec 7 2010,00:29:52

HBOOT

<VOL UP> to previous item

<VOL DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

---
[Desire HD Android Development] Codana:
After this I have still the build-nr. 1.72.405.3 and Titanium Backup tells me that my DHD is NOT rooted.

Any idea?
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
dnlilas, Select fastboot with power button, and then select reboot :)

Codana: It is not supposed to be rooted in OS side. The idea in that process is to modify values deep down in the device, to allow downgrading. It does not affect OS build number, because.. Well, you did not downgrade yet :)

Just go ahead and reboot to bootloader with PD98IMG.zip in your SD.
[Desire HD Android Development] Trevize:
Tried again and again, following step by step first post, but allways get "error opening backup file" (and at the end "Main Version is older").

Somebody can help me, please?
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
You did not use "Charge only" -connection, or your SD card is faulty.
[Desire HD Android Development] Codana:
No chance to backup apps etc.? :confused:
[Desire HD Android Development] Trevize:
I've tried two SD cards, but i will try another one. I'm connecting with "charge only" option.

Thank you for your work.
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
Codana: As it says in the second post FAQ, it is possible with MyBackup Pro.

Trevize: You could try that your SD is readable and writable just before running misc_version. Use any file explorer and copy a file from one place in the SD to another.
[Desire HD Android Development] dnlilas:
@jkoljo

> ./misc_version -s 1.31.405.3

In fact if I take the PD98IMG.zip from rom.zip of the 1.32.405.6 RUU, the command in my case would be:

./misc_version -s 1.32.405.6

Could you confirm? By the way, is there a typo in your command? Should it be ./misc_version -s 1.32.405.3 ?
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
It is not a typo, and that ...6 does not matter, because 1.31.. makes it still lower version number.

The point is that we fool the device that it actually has a lower version number ROM in it, then it thinks that the 1.32.. that you have in SD card is an update, so it accepts it.
[Desire HD Android Development] Trevize:
[same error again. may I try flash with RUU? If so, what version do I need?]

EDIT:

Finally it worked!

Reason: I was not putting my SD goldcard in the phone BEFORE doing the steps from Downgrade folder.

Thank you all, specially to jkoljo.
[Desire HD Android Development] Codana:
@jkoljo

Thank you for everything. Android Revolution HD 2.0.4 is flashed :D
[Desire HD Android Development] Honusnap:
No devices in "Charge Only"

Hi all,

Very good news, my Desire was waiting for the downgrade method ... :)

Got a problem, when phone is in "Charge only" adb can't connect to the device

#adb devices

no devices

when connected as "HTC Sync" the device is here BUT got an error message

"Patching and backing up partition 17..."

"Error opening backup file."

So ... is this "backup" a mandatory file ?
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
You should have USB Debugging enabled, and the device has to be in charge only mode.
[Desire HD Android Development] Honusnap:
Hoo my god... m i so stupid ..? :)

When i was in "HTC sync" mode there was an alert saying "USB debugging connected" ... so i just switch to "Charge only" thinking that i was automaticaly in Debug mode ... nope, need to go in Settings/Application/Development/ and check the box ..

Thankssssss
[Desire HD Android Development] simmeone:
Well done! Thank you for the very good job!
[Desire HD Android Development] lulisat:
done with 2.37.404 downgraded and rooted .

thanks
[Desire HD Android Development] veasna.kelly:
Thanks, it has been 9 hours and no luck. Changed the memory card. That worked and detected the 1.32 file, but was faced with CID incorrect error. Did goldcard trick again, but CID keeps coming up.

Requesting someone to help me using Teamviewer.. am going nuts..Please help.[/QUOTE]

This is a problem with goldcard not create completely. Did u copy the CID number from goldcard helper by noting down the number and typed it into the generator site or you use the copy option from the menu?
[Desire HD Android Development] veasna.kelly:
Then u r good to go to test some custom roms.
[Desire HD Android Development] kpf16:
whear is says about connect your phone and going into command promp, do you have to set up anthing before had on pc and phone to get that to work? if so how? can it be done on windows 7?
[Desire HD Android Development] veasna.kelly:
Search more and Google more.
[Desire HD Android Development] Marco_GER:
Maybe it's confusing for some people that it's possible to get S-OFF by diffrent ways.

Fatcs :

The guide is correct...you have to read

The APP Gold Card Helper will copy the MMC0 CID to the clipboard and not the MMC2

The command adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid will not show the final value to create the goldcard...that is only the base for creating the right value (i can't find the page for generating right now)

The easiest way is :

plug-in your mobile by using usb and activate usb debugging the whole time

connect disk to pc and format it with FAT32 without using quick format

Copy the Downgrade ROM to SDcard

Execute Gold Card Helper on your device and transcribe the value from MMC2, don't use the copy to clipboard function

Use GoldCardTool for pushing GoldCard Image to your SDCard

Diconnect SDCard from the PC

Folllow the Guide !
[Desire HD Android Development] lrm537:
Where am i going wrong??

Trying to downgrade and root for the first time. Keep getting this

C:\Downgrade>

C:\Downgrade>adb push psneuter /data/local/temp

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

C:\Downgrade>

Any ideas as to what i should do?? Like i said, this is my first time trying and i worried about brickin' it at the first attempt.

---------- Post added at 12:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 AM ----------

I'm getting the exact same thing. This is my first attempt at doing this and i'm afraid of messing it up big style.

I have also asked for help on this one so we'll see what happens.
[Desire HD Android Development] hero000:
Don't forget check your software number before using this method. This method is for users with 1.8 below. Or else there is another method for users who's soft number is above 2.37. search for ' cubz90 " thread for 2.37 software number or above. This has been tested by 1000s of users and it works 100% if you follow every step with full consideration.
[Desire HD Android Development] fshami:
In which mode is ur device connected to the pc? It should be Charge Only with USB debugging enabled... If already tried this then just to troubleshoot, put ur device in disk drive mode n see if your pc detects it. Btw do u have htc sync & android sdk properly installed?
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
This guide works for all Desire HDs, go to first post and see for yourself :)
[Desire HD Android Development] hero000:
Good to hear from ya mate, It's been ages I've not seen any of your post around :) . It's good the guide has been updated.

NO ONE SHOUL FORGET THAT WITHOUT YOUR GUIDE N THE TOOLS WE WOULD NEVER ENJOY THE FREEDOM OF CUSTOM ROMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
I still can't get it working :( tried two MicroSD cards with no luck.
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
I have been lurking around.. But the truth is that I have much less free time nowadays, and I like to spend that with my gf. I am now serving the Finnish Air Force, so I sometimes have the weekends off, not more.. :/
[Desire HD Android Development] hero000:
ya are right! ya need to enjoy your private life however your contribution to the XDA community will always be remembered!

Good luck Mate!
[Desire HD Android Development] lrm537:
Yes to all above except the sdk bit. I was having some trouble with sync. I'd be all connected up, then I'd open sync and it would immediately close, not shut down, but minimize to notification bar. Could you elaborate on the sdk that you mentioned?
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
I have done all the methods which is in this thread but all in vain.

Is it possible to to downgrade 2.50.707.4

Please help me.....
[Desire HD Android Development] fshami:
Last time i tried to downgrade 2.50.xxx this method didn't work for me as it was unable to get root access. If u r Radio S-Off then simply place pd98img.zip in ur sdcard n reboot into bootloader. It'll automatically flash the older rom u want to install
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
It is possible to use this guide to downgrade 2.50, just follow the instructions carefully :)
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
I did all the instructions correctly but I am getting

CID incorrect........

In gold card method also same problem

But my s is still ON

Any other way to over come...
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
I think it's the microSD not compatible(?) with being a gold card.
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
Atlast after 3 hours i downgraded (Problem in making gold card) and downgraded from 2.50.707.4.

And then eng s-off.

Flashed with a custom rom...

Working great.

Thanks for all who helped me...

Regards
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
What was wrong in the end?
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
Gold card patching was the wrong thing what I made.

Atlast the gold card done and done the rest.

Thank you..

Regards...
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
How was it different? I'm sure I'm doing it right according to the instructions, but it still doesn't seem to work :(
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
To prepare the gold card correctly follow the link

http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/

You can flash it now

Give feed........

Regards
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
I had done that but still no luck - card works fine otherwise, just says CID Incorrect.

Is it possible to use SuperCID at all?
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
I am extremely sorry...

The link which is posted above not worked for me also.

The following is the one which worked for me. Follow the steps correctly you can overcome CID incorrect.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14301068&postcount=1

Sorry for the wrong thread....

Regards.
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
Ok I will give it a try tonight.

In terms of the final file to flash after the goldcard is created, does it matter then, which network brand it is of?
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
Surely not we can prepare goldcard for any network...

Try it...
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
Goldcard file is specific to a card itself, but network or phone does not matter. It means that if you want to unlock your friend's phone, you can use your own goldcard.
[Desire HD Android Development] arknailed7754:
I used the dphriter ace toolkit,saves all the typing lol,failed first time...I found out why as well,when formatting my sd card I chose quick format....WRONG. what a knob so tried it the long way formatted...continued through everything. Now tried 8 different Roms. Now with ARHD though..again

Weird the smallest thing fcks up everything,is understandable though.I was a twit
[Desire HD Android Development] ssj_naruto:
with the downgrade folder do i have to make the folder or should it be pre existing because it definitely isnt on my pc
[Desire HD Android Development] go2xraj:
U have to put that downgrade folder in c drive and proceed.......

It is not pre existed in the c drive...

Regards
[Desire HD Android Development] ssj_naruto:
I found the downgrade folder in the intial post.. It would be nice if the post stated we needed the files at the beginning.

When i restart it says it can not find the nbh files?

Ahhhhh ive tried so many times and it keeps saying no image or wrong image in the boot loader :(
[Desire HD Android Development] stealth27374:
long time reader.. first time poster.

Australia Vodafone DHD.. downgraded successfully using this method, goldcard required but no probs, rooted and soff'd it, flashed revolution 6.1.1 rom.

Thanks so much !! feels like i have my fone back now :)

question: sense 3.. the way the home screen tilts when not holding it level.. tad annoying, is there a way to make that stay straight ?
[Desire HD Android Development] zwaenepoel:
Great tutorial.

Downgrade my DHD from 2.36.405 to 1.32.405.6 in less than 30 minutes.

Thanks!!!
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
Hi, is there any possibility you could post me your goldcard, and I'll post it back once I've downgraded? I'll pay for postage.
[Desire HD Android Development] stealth27374:
tangcla ...

that request makes no sense.

as i understand it, from doing it. "goldcard"ing ur fone is a hack to the first few bits of info on your sdcard.. using info generated FROM the hardware id code of that sdcard.

if u cant follow the instructions for goldcarding given.. you would theoretically need to send YOUR sdcard to someone to do it for you, then theyd send it back to you.

someone may correct me here... if my logic is wrong.

edit. oh i get it... u want my sdcard to downgrade ur fone. um, no. i need it.
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
Since you're on Vodafone AU (and the phone I have is also Voda AU) which file did you download for the downgrade?

I can read the instructions, I've done them on about six different MicroSD cards but I'm guessing my cards just aren't compatible?
[Desire HD Android Development] obmod:
I am not really experienced so you can learn me some ;-)

You are writing this:

[Warning] Telus DHDs may lose sound because the 1.32.405.6 is not fully compatible with the sound chip. Just start using a custom ROM, and it will work fine.

When I do a downgrade to root my phone I cannot upgrade my phone anymore and keep it rooted? That is only possible with an custom rom?
[Desire HD Android Development] UpInTheAir:
Correct. No official HTC ota updates.
[Desire HD Android Development] obmod:
And after rooting, is it easy to install any custom rom?

Do you advice any custom made?
[Desire HD Android Development] UpInTheAir:
Just follow the guides exactly. Read all the OP FAQ first. If you have a branded phone, you need to make a goldcard first. S-off is needed before flashing any custom roms. Most custom roms will be a flashable zip, directly from a custom recovery called CWM Revovery (clockwork mod).

Eng S-off allows you to flash a radio to match the rom or your provider for better signal etc. There is a risk of bricking it if you flash radio incorrectly ,wrong, or corrupted. There are ways to flash a radio from CWM recovery through Bootloader, by renaming the radio.img to PD98IMG.zip and booting into bootloader. This reduces any risk.

Just make sure you read up on everything and prepare first.

As recommendations, I suggest you try them out yourself. Leedroid will be updating his DHD rom soon (and as usual sure will be excellent), but on the meantime, maybe ARHD. Just read the OP of each rom & faq for instructions
[Desire HD Android Development] tangcla:
I still can't get the goldcard working :(
[Desire HD Android Development] obmod:
How can i see if my phone is branded? :-)
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
Your build number in settings -> about -> software information is something else than x.x.405.x. That 405 indicates WWE, world wide english edition.
[Desire HD Android Development] obmod:
So mine is not branded?:

2.50.405.2 CL87995
[Desire HD Android Development] jkoljo:
Nope :) So you do not need to make a goldcard.
[Desire HD Android Development] obmod:
This is only confusing me:

Eng S-off allows you to flash a radio to match the rom or your provider for better signal etc. There is a risk of bricking it if you flash radio incorrectly ,wrong, or corrupted. There are ways to flash a radio from CWM recovery through Bootloader, by renaming the radio.img to PD98IMG.zip and booting into bootloader. This reduces any risk.

Is it a must to do that? or only recommended?
[Desire HD Android Development] UpInTheAir:
There are two ways to flash a radio as described above. One slightly riskier than the another. By flashing an Engineering HBoot Bootloader) to Eng s-off, you can use fastboot commands, but is not not too necessary for a noob. You can search. The other method is quite simple. Best read up on it yourself. The tools, faq and links provided by the OP are a good place to start. And search the forum stickies.

As I said, flashing a radio may not be entirely necessary, but flashing the recommended radio to the rom may improve network connectivity, speed, gps, wifi, but not always. Try with your original first
[Desire HD Android Development] obmod:
So if I can leave my current radio untouched for now? :-)
[Desire HD Android Development] UpInTheAir:
Yes, but take note of potential / possible performance increases explained in my previous posts.

Take particular note of 2g/3g, gps, wifi, bt signal quality and speed, so at least you'll have a base to work from later on.
[Desire HD Android Development] siimplangi:
I cannot get #.

Instead after RUNTHISFORROOT.bat i get the regular dollarish sign.

I tried the other method aswell, no help.

What am I doing wrong?

EDIT: Battery out and reboot did the trick!
[Desire HD Android Development] ikonas:
Hi,

I hope someone going to help me here. I need to send my HTC DESIRE HD for warranty, I just downgrade to 1.32.405.6 , do I still have to flast this ROM "RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.32.405.6_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_2 6.03.02.26_M_release_155891_sig

ned.exe" ?

Another question how Can I revert to orginal S-ON ? I tried with terminal emulator: su

busybox dd if=/sdcard/hboot_original.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

but got this error saying : dd: can't open '/sdcard/hboot_original.bin': No such file or direcotry'

don't really know where I can get from original hboot_original.bin

Thanks for the answers
[Desire HD Android Development] affinity121:
Pretty sure if you just type adb shell again after you grt the dollar sign # will appear.

Think i saw this mentioned earlier in the thread.
[Desire HD Android Development] bremair:
*edit I think I have fix it
[Desire HD Android Development] jilingshu:
er... my misoepration... no problem now.
[Desire HD Android Development] tonks2907:
I cannot get #

my phone is htc D HD

adroid version :2.3.3

htc sense version 2.1

kernel :2.6.35.10-g0956377

software number 2.36.421.10

help please

D:\Downgrade>adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp

1195 KB/s (9796 bytes in 0.008s)

D:\Downgrade>adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp

1405 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.011s)

D:\Downgrade>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo

D:\Downgrade>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

D:\Downgrade>adb shell

$ /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FBB00000 -end

/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FBB00000 -end

fre3vo by #teamwin

Please wait...

[1] + Stopped (signal) /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FBB00000 -end

$
[Desire HD Android Development] keridel:
for some reason i cant thank the OP.

wish i could!!!
[Desire HD Android Development] mechrekt:
Can I backup my original rom (or download it from somewhere?) before downgrade?

This is my software information (Official ITALIAN ROM):

Android Version: 2.3.3

HTC Sense Version: 2.1

Base Band Version: 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M2

Kernel Version: 2.6.35.10-gd2564fb

Build Number: 2.50.405.2 CL87995

Software Number: 2.50.405.2

Browser Version: WebKit/533.1