yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Come see us in the IRC channel in my sig for support.

The goldcard.img file must be named exactly that, and yes it goes in the gcimg directory. And yes, that's a goldcard error.

Possible causes are:

you did not cut and paste EXACTLY the rev cid from the hack kit to the revskills website to obtain your goldcard,img file (no missing chars - no spaces)

corrupt sdcard bootsector (try another)

goldcard.img not in the correct folder with the correct filename

You can retry the process - if the sdcard is not corrupt, it should work. If not, try another card.
[HTC Inspire 4G] xbostonIrishx:
Ok, so I opened up the folder, and it said, place gold card here, do I just put it in the folder, or do I open that file in the folder and past it in there? Or do I just throw the gold card image, and get rid of the file that says putgoldcard.img here

I'm going to try to replace the sd card with another for now and have another go at it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] SysAdmNj:
Is it just me or this root process is alot easier on Linux? Ubuntu in my case
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
In general, everything on android is easier in linux since they are both linux.
[HTC Inspire 4G] imdatslaya:
I'm having a little problem. I downgraded fine but when i try to s-off my phone reboots with a exclamation of a phone icon and doesn't go away till i take out the battery and restart. What am I doing wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
Did you remember to put the phone back in debugging and charge only mode after downgrade?
[HTC Inspire 4G] imdatslaya:
yes i did. should i just start the whole process over again?
[HTC Inspire 4G] marcbsmoove:
I just bought my son an inspire for his birthday and I want to root it for him before I send it to him. Can I use my sim to unlock, root, s-off his phone or does he have to use his sim card?

Sent from Smoove1
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdpyo:
Unlock or Root?

The only thing specific to your question and phone would be the SD card and creating the gold card img for the phone.

So if you mean Root, I don't even think you need a sim card in the phone to do the process..
[HTC Inspire 4G] bhdunn:
If you mean your gold card yes. The gold card image file is specific to the SD card not the phone. SD= secure digital and the gold card keys to the card not the phone. I realize I am repeating myself but I just wanted to make it absolutely clear.

Hopefully my source from another forum is correct. Definitely, the SIM card has nothing to do with rooting.
[HTC Inspire 4G] V@no:
Please add to the original post that the kit will erase everything from the phone...it's maybe obvious for some, but for these who came here from other phones where rooting is a piece of cake that doesn't involving erasing anything, this is not so obvious...
[HTC Inspire 4G] xbostonIrishx:
After I got past my Goldcard issue, I was up and running, and rooted in No time. This hack kit is super easy, Thank you so much for putting this together! I am going to go off and find a donate button, as soon as possible.

And to answer your Linux question, yes! EVERYTHING is easier on Linux! LOL

All I had to do was hit a couple of buttons.

With the downgraded ROM installed, i could not get the market to work or connect, if anybody else runs into this problem, I suggest downloading a custom ROM, to your computer, and putting it onto your SD card and installing it through recovery. I had to do it this way because I could not get Rom manager to work. CM7 works awesome for this phone!
[HTC Inspire 4G] svassh:
Trying this on my Inspire that I installed the stock AT&T GB update manually on. Can't get past the reverse CID. This is what I get, ideas?

1 Reverse CID

2 Downgrade

3 S-OFF, SuperCID and More

4 Main Menu

5 Quit

9 Alternate Downgrade Menu (for downgrade fails ONLY)

[1,2,3,4,5,9]?1

cid reverse script for Windows by shad0wf0x 04/21/2011

Your reversed CID is: 00killing. killine. killate. ki date. of date.t of dat

out of ds out of is out er is ourver is server ib serveradb serv

I saw someone else had this issue a few pages back but their solution was apparently sent to them as a PM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
That indicates some sort of problem with you SD card. Is it properly inserted in the phone and formatted?
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Either i'm stupid, or i'm not reading the effen-manual correctly. I do not understand the manual

at all

. I'm stuck at step 2 Downgrade. It tells me what it will do, but don't tell me how to do it. Idk, maybe I need to step back away from the computer for a bit or something. I rooted my G2 with no problems and it seems everyone here is gettting in in 30 minutes or so. I'm going on 5 hrs. Reading over and over. For example: It says in step two to "start temp root". Okay....how???

Can someone explain this a little bit more for me? :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
In the menu type 2 then enter. Its automated you just have to choose the steps. Just make sure you you have debugging on.

No Hay de Queso No Mas de Papa
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Ha, totally had a face palm moment.Didn't realize it was all automated. Didn't even run the program. Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
Of all the bullets, the last is all you have to do - after reboot, quickly run through setup and again turn on USB debugging. Then you start step 3.
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Thanks guys, I'm an idiot. :rolleyes:
[HTC Inspire 4G] monkadelicd:
step 3 issue

I'm having an issue with step 3.

Downgrade worked fine.

I ran through setup and I enabled debugging.

When I start step 3 and the phone reboots I get stuck at the black screen with a small cell phone graphic with the !.

I have to remove the battery to get the phone to reboot.

Am I not doing something right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] svassh:
I assume so as I can read/write from it. This is one I took out of my rooted Galaxy Tab so its probably ext4 already maybe thats the issue. I have a new one on order I'll format that one with the phone and see if its works. Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] dpkelley:
Works Great

I just used the Hack Kit and the Effen manual took me right thru it with no problems. The only thing I need to know is where I can find a "Donate" button for the developer.

ROCK ON!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Same here. Scared the crap out of me. Though I bricked my phone at first. What are we doing wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] svassh:
I think I have narrowed my issue down to 'ADB Server is out of Date'. I just installed the ENTIRE Andorid SDK for all versions. Any ideas???

Nevermind, got it done but I had to cut and past all the commands individually from the hack-ace.cmd file into my command window and run one by one. Painful but it did work that way. Still got the 'ADB Server is out of date killing...' errors but I am rooted!
[HTC Inspire 4G] trapzz:
i rooted and s-off my inspire 4g using this hack kit.. but i cant make any calls!!

i installed 3 different roms and i still get the same problem!! i made a call that lasted 10 secs before the call dropped. and when i try to call, the call drops immediately. i cant make calls. and the tmobiile logo appears then disappears from the upper left hand corner.

should i instead buy an unlock code?? please help!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Can you Private Message me and help me out? or email me: porfy.martinez@gmail.com
[HTC Inspire 4G] trapzz:
i'm trying to return to stock. i renamed the rom, "rom.zip" as indicated in the instructions. but when i try to install the rom from my sd card, i get an error that says that the operation was "aborted". what am i doing wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] AaronM7:
I have read over the pages between the post quoted and the page my post appears on, and wasn't able to find a resolution. I don't know if this problem was solved through irc or pm, but I am having the exact same issue trying to root my friend's phone. Is this a known problem with a fix or "hey idiot, you're doing something wrong" solution? I have been trying to root since before v12, but the phone's current s/w is only 2.2.1, so I don't think it's a s/w error... Any help would be greatly appreciated. I currently do not have the phone with me (as it is her only phone), but should be able to attempt any other methods this weekend. Thanks.
[HTC Inspire 4G] xnoxpx:
Just got done using the Hack Kit (V12.3) on my one day old HTC Inspire, the biggest problem, I worried too much, smooth as silk Thank You, Thank You, Thank You (once I get enough posts I'll click thank you):D

Edit, just read http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896940

It appears I can't use the "thanks" button for the OP, Oh well, Thanks attn1, and the rest, for coding, debugging, testing, and generally sticking too it so I had it easy :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
I helped out somebody with a similar issue. For them it was.that the SD card was formatted incorrectly. Make sure you do a full format fat 32. If it still doesn't work try the alternate downgrade method
[HTC Inspire 4G] AaronM7:
Thank you. I will make sure to format the SD card again, most likely using my rooted evo through AmonRa for hopefully a better android native format (don't think that would make a difference over windows, but it's worth a try, right?). And thank you for your rapid response.
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
No problem. I haven't used amonra in a long time.so not sure how it formats the SD card. But worth a shot
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
NO! Make sure your phone's hardware isn't messed up. I've told you in 2 other threads now to try a real AT&T SIM and make sure it works. I think you have a fried radio module and no amount of rooting or flashing is going to fix that. Take it to an AT&T store. They can test it for you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Cant Root W/ SIM Unlock?

Does anyone know if having the phone unlocked by a code BEFORE you root it makes a difference? I purchased this phone about a month ago and I had no intention to root it so I purchased an unlock code from Blowfish Unlocks. Now i'm trying to root it using the Hack Kit and I've followed the readme word-for-word. I've had trouble downgrading it for the last week so I put a post on Craigslist to see if anyone could help, I though I wasn't doing it right. The guy that was helping me had the exact problem.

For some reason we could not downgrade using the hack kit. But once we tried Bubby's Simple One Click, no problem downgrading. But for now we cant get it to root. It goes through all the steps but it fails at the end. I'm still on the downgraded ROM but no audio will come out of my phone. I'm at a loss here.

Anyone know of a way around this?

Is this because I have the phone SIM unlocked for T-Mo Before I rooted it?
[HTC Inspire 4G] donpiero278:
Ypu can try this tool on this forum! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1180639&highlight=ultimate+multi+tool

Usually rooting does not have anything to do with sim lock!! enjoy!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Keep getting this error on downgrading:

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

FAILED <remote: 41 model id check fail>

finished. total time: 114.203s

rebooting...

Any help?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
can't download from the link provided so can somebody hook me up with an alternate link please

any help will be greatly appreciated

thanks in advance
[HTC Inspire 4G] mizzlefromtheroc:
my reverse cid is coming out as

00killing. killine. killate. ki date. of date.t of datout of ds out of is out er is ourver is server ib serveradb serv.

how do i fix this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
That's what you get if it can't read the serial number from the SD card. Either you don't have a SD card inserted properly in your phone, your SD card is bad, or you don't have proper communications between the computer and the phone (adb driver problems).
[HTC Inspire 4G] LewsTherin006:
this kit is amazing! i rooted my roommate's inspire with super ease! its way easier than rooting the mytouch 4g! Just install the drivers, and follow the manual to a T and it will work!
[HTC Inspire 4G] recond9:
hey i want to hack my DHD ...were do u get The Ace hack kit ? :D

thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Go to 1st post
[HTC Inspire 4G] pc09:
OK, I cannot get the .cmd program to run. I have tried double clicking it, typing in the cmd line run... and still just a flash of the window and NOTHING!!! What could I possibly be doing wrong, it doesn't seem to be effin rocket science!!!

Patti

EDIT: I'm an EFFIN idoit.... I figured it out 2 seconds after i posted.
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
Let me guess, you didn't "Run as Admin"?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
New Windows bugfix version 12.3.1 posted
[HTC Inspire 4G] jacquiegardner:
How to run as administrator

Ok, I give. How to you run the hack-ace.cmd as an administrator? I even googled it and still can't figure it out.

I have the same problem that Patti has. Would some care to explain it?
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
Right click on the cammand file and choose run as administrator

no hay de queso no mas de papa
[HTC Inspire 4G] jacquiegardner:
Wrong Hack-ace file

I was trying to right click on the file that unzipped with the effen manual. Wrong file!

I right clicked ont he file I down loaded and I got the run as administrator prompt. I clicked on it and I just got a flash of the cmd window. Any clue what I'm doing wrong? I've got all virus, malware, and firewalls shut off.

I need a effen manual for dummies! Really, I'm an electrical engineer! I've done ROM flashing and all kinds of programming. Really frustrating how I can't figure this out!

If I can get this figured out I'm gonna write a manual for dummies!

Can somebody help? Please?
[HTC Inspire 4G] WiHu:
Hi everyone, please dont give me a public complain... Yes, I search before... my mother language is spanish and sometimes I cant be enoughly clear.... I bought a Inspire from USA and I didnt have simcard on it. I wanted to use this method but I couldnt reach the menu of the phone to swich on USB Debugging... Obviusly, if you dont have Att simcard the phone is blocked in the beggining, only emergency calls. At the end, I couldnt wait more time of 15 minutes :) so I bought the code 23 usd... :( ... Now, I will unlock other Inspire 4G but I dont wasted my money if I can do it for free. The question is... How can I to put USB Debbuging mode without access to the menu? There is any other alternatives.. Recovery mode? adb? Sorry if this is a repeated question but seriusly I couldnt find the answer. Maybe, a good idea will put this answer in the body of the topic to everyone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jacquiegardner:
Thanks!

Finally figured it out!

I would like to write a manual for dummies to contribute. How can I submit it?
[HTC Inspire 4G] kainepaine:
I love this, thanks a bunch! :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] porfymartinez:
I agree. Took me a bit, but i got it.

Device: HTC Inspire 4G

ROM: Virtuous Unity 1.31.0
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sdobron:
All of the MD5 Sums in the OP are incorrect.

Please update them.
[HTC Inspire 4G] secretasianman:
Great hack tool. It rooted my Inspire and I installed a custom ROM. Thanks for the hard work ATTN1!

I have a question and I'm sorry if it's been answered in one of the previous posts:

In the Bootloader screen, my phone shows SIMLOCK in blue right below the words Factory Reset in red. Does this mean my phone is still locked to AT&T? Is there a way to determine my phone is unlocked other than finding someone with a T-Mobile SIM and trying there's?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
I believe that is a completely different thing. I think that allows you to lock out your phone based on the SIM card to prevent unauthorized access (in case it is lost or stolen).

In short, if you have S-OFF, then gfree completed successfully and that means that you are SIM unlocked and carrier unlocked. It's basically all or nothing.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvsone79:
MD5 Sums not matching

MD5sum of the files are not matching.

What's listed in this forum:

ace-hack-kit-v12.3.zip = 222d8fae1f0044678a97f71239c8f07b

hack-ace.cmd = 0e7b82cf11c6bda24d9ec933b87bd4b7

REC-PD98IMG.zip = e57027cb2e68a08dca2d61bea6cee132

What I've got:

ace-hack-kit-v12.3.zip = E2D0E7383209B61DFD460D7106CE5A34

hack-ace.cmd = 222D8FAE1F0044678A97F71239C8F07B

REC-PD98IMG.zip = E57027CB2E68A08DCA2D61BEA6CEE132

I have a feeling that the file is OK, there's just a typo, particularly since the MD5sum listed for ace-hack-kit-v12.3.zip matches what I get for hack-ace.cmd. However, it doesn't hurt to point it out, since only REC-PD98IMG.zip is matching up.

Thanks, attn1, for your kick-ass developing and continued updates!
[HTC Inspire 4G] secretasianman:
I didn't use gfree... Everything was automatic. I thought the hack kit automatically unlocked as well?
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
Yes. The hack kit uses gfree to to soff

no hay de queso no mas de papa
[HTC Inspire 4G] ChiefWilNel:
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[HTC Inspire 4G] theards:
Gold Card?

Any help with GoldCard creation would be gratefully appreciated. As the site is down, if anyone has PSAS software and can assist... please do! Thanks!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] adebam:
GREAT!!!

Thanks so much. i was really impressed laying my hand on this, following the instruction word for word and getting the job done. more grease to your elbow.i got 2pcs done now.at the end of simlock removal and s-off processing. it's not compulsory writing a greater ruu or stock firmware?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nysona:
Just wanted to give a big thanks to Attn1. This hack kit worked like a charm. I was a bit hesitant to run the hack kit because of reading all the different comments about how it didn't work.. But I gave it a shot. I have no idea how it messed up for people.. It ran so smoothly for me.. I didn't have to do a thing. It finished within 20 minutes and I now have a perfectly rooted phone.

Thanks so much for all your hard work.
[HTC Inspire 4G] seemles:
yup site is still down and the free revskills wont make the image :(

thanks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] c1o5ry1991:
hack-ace.cmd ?

So, what does the "hack-ace.cmd" file do exactly? When are we supposed to use this/what are we supposed to do with this? Are Windows users supposed to just run this before starting up the kit?
[HTC Inspire 4G] metallbloodxox:
step2 downgrade help

getting stuck on INFOsignature checking... its been 2 hours and nothing... please help... somebody did post the same question? nobody have answered i have a goldcar and on spet 1 but cant pass step2, any hel will be apreciated thanks..
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
Download it and, after you extract the hack kit, drop it in that folder. It will ask if you want to replace the existing file, just accept it. Now, you are ready to run the hack kit.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ethere:
Just did this after going back to stock. Worked flawlessly as long as you read the manual as stated in the original post. Thanks for all the hard work put in to make this happen.
[HTC Inspire 4G] WiHu:
You wont believe this!!! the answer is.... Dont put the simcard until you execute the hack kit and finish the process! I wasted 25 usd buying a code! :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] stretch148:
first, a big thank you. This hack kit was straight ahead, simple and did the job without (much) hitch.

This is the first time I've rooted a droid device, however, not new to xmodem methods on previous phones aka flashing....I'm very techy too. But...don't let that stop you from doing this. I only had one hitch, and that was loading the stock ATT radio. The phone went to reboot, and got stuck on the reflective HTC symbol. I just pulled the battery to shut it down, then powered it back up and tried from that same spot again. voila. I am now running leedroid. only took about 30-45 mins.

I was very apprehensive. I had NO way of ready all 1000+ posts. No video to accompany, had me leaning towards bubby's...but seeing outdated on the post made me extremely nervous. All I kept reading here, was read the EFFEN manual. Well...I'm in software quality assurance and the manual leaves a bit to be desired. I may even take a stab at 'adding to it/improving it' cause I have mad documentation skills.

Now...let me put some others minds at ease. This was way simpler than bubby's one click. This ace hack kit is more of a one click than the video everyone is watching. and, if you do, just follow the directions, you will do great.

You simply do what the manual says (it could have do this then this will happen...or even screenshots). When you run the hack_ace.cmd as administrator, a dos like window (command prompt) will show up on your windows screen. A MENU will be presented to you before anything happens to your phone. You choose option 1, Hack my Inspire/DesireHD. Which will then lead you to another menu. Still nothing has happened to your phone. Each menu option will DO exactly what the EFFEN manual claims it will do. So...select '1', press enter. It will launch notepad with YOUR CID. and the text file will also provide a link for you to navigate too to create your Goldcard.img. Simply cut and paste the CID into the appropriate field, provided your email address is correct you will receive a goldcard.img via email. Follow the directions. then select '2' from the menu...then 3, then 4 back to main menu to select Optional menu to load the radio.

Again, only snag I had was loading the radio..I think I should of been loading the OTA..which btw...I found a (bug) the menu on this command window page is 1., 1., 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8....the 2 is missing. I used two anyway (thinking I know how software is designed) and 2 worked for the OTA update Radio. The snag was it froze on the reboot into the flash mode...it got stuck on reflective HTC logo. I just popped the battery out and restarted the phone, also restarted the hack_ace.cmd as it was in <waiting for device> mode...so restarted the cmd file and got back to where I needed to be and did it again, selecting 2 this time.

Shazam. I am now a rooter. I have leedroid on it and really liking it. thank you so much.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sdobron:
I've used this tool to s-off before and ran the stock RUU to restore the phone back, but keep s-off. Will this tool root me without having to downgrade again?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
No. It is absolutely necessary to downgrade to the DHD 1.32.405.6 ROM as it is the only one that works correctly with gfree, the tool that actually modifies the device to S-OFF. Because this is an older version and made for a different device, there are a lot of hoops to jump through in order to accomplish the downgrade.

If you are still S-OFF, it's a pretty simple matter to regain root. With S-OFF, you can flash clockworkmod recovery, or other PD98IMG type flashes without any problems since S-OFF ignores normal security measures put in place to prevent your from doing this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sdobron:
I think you misunderstood.

I am S-Off now and would just like to root the stock AT&T Gingerbread ROM. Can I just install busybox and superuser from the market to gain root?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
Maybe I could have been a bit clearer. I meant that the ace hack kit tool necessarily needs to install the downgrade ROM to work. You need to try a different tack. You can manually root your ROM as you say by installing busybox and su if you are comfortable with doing that. I've already done that and made it a PD98IMG installer here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16118438#post16118438

As mentioned in the post, it will delete your data partition. Since you are already running the GB release, you can avoid this by opening the zip file and removing the data image.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Sdobron:
Thanks much!
[HTC Inspire 4G] duck867:
so i'm trying to help someone do this for their phone over a video chat, so please bear with me. They're on os x 10.5.something and we got the reverse cid and then saved the goldcard.img in the right place. When we choose step 2, downgrading, a line reads "error unable to create a plugin" and then it continues on until sending zip, at which point it just hangs indefinitely. the phone sits at the HTC screen and the terminal does not move past that step. I couldn't find any posts that had "error unable to create plugin" and I use an epic which is a relatively easy root process, so I'm at a loss here. Can anyone help me out?