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[HTC Inspire 4G] gardoonza:
Using Hack Kit - Stuck at Downgrade < waiting for device >

Hi,

I'm a noob but I did try searching for an answer before posting.

I'm stuck, Im' using the hack kit V11 with Linux and I completed:

step 1: Reverse CID

And now I'm on step 2: Downgrade. Here is what I see:

______________ON PC__________________________________________

--set version set. VERSION will be changed to" 1.31.405.6

Patching and backing up partition 17...

0+1 records in

0+1 records out

384 bytes transferred in 0.002 secs (192000 bytes/sec)

Be patient - installing the downgrade ROM

erasing 'cache'... OKAY

... OKAY

< waiting for device >

______________ON PHONE________________________________________

htc logo in the center

And both have been sitting this way for overnight...

I was tempted to pull the cable out and try to start again, but I don't want to brick my phone.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do safely?

I appreciate everyone's help!

Especially attn1. I've used his work on my old aria (happy to see he is also working the inspire).

JC

_________________________________________________________

I looked around and searched this thread
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tejan:
Alright, so I did the reverse CID thing and it keeps saying that the CID is invalid. Help?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Your fastboot drivers are not working. Try the alternate downgrade method in the updated script.

Either your drivers are not installed correctly or you did not copy the rev cid correctly.

You can both stop in the irc channel in my sig for help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdpyo:
I have my reverse CID, put it in the right folder and to be honest I am lost on where to go next.

I open hack-ace.sh and a window pops up and I am unsure where to go from there. I need someone to hold my hand through this....
[HTC Inspire 4G] sawkdanny:
Well yes it is! I am using it..... You can use it on any supported GSM network.......
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdpyo:
Anywhere i can view a better walk through?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
If you're having any trouble with this, then the author, attn1, will be more than happy to walk you through any problems in real-time by connecting to his IRC chat channel here:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdpyo:
Thanks Gene, have to check it out when i get home from work.

Note; Dictated but not read.
[HTC Inspire 4G] volumnus:
Anybody have a rom.zip file for radio 26.09.04.1?

I can only find an img file of the radio, and since this is my first attempt to flash a rom and radio, I want to follow the "effen manual" precisely. I can only find and img file of the recommended radio for coredroid.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
Answered in your other thread in General:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1106324
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aaron78:
@attn1,

I so want to root my Inspire in a really bad way but the effen-manual is confusing to me. I am scared to ruin my phone. Are there any cleaner more exact step by step instructions. Please do not think I am down playing the manual, its just confusing me. Btw, G8 job on this and I am looking forward to using it to root my phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
Read through this guide front and back several times:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=AT&T_Inspire_4G:_Rooting

This will give you a good idea on what the hack kit does within its scripts (this is how I first rooted my Inspire way back when). If you have any specific questions on any of the steps, I'd be happy to help you, or you can join attn1's chat channel on IRC for real-time help, questions you might have, or just shoot the bull:

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdpyo:
Big thanks to shad0wf0x for the walk through last night!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aaron78:
Thanks Gene Pool. I will check that link at home tonight. I wish someone could walk me through the process. I am tired of the limits AT&T has placed on this phone.

Thanks again.

Sent from my HTC Inspire ™ on XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] mhuggins:
ok how do you get the download link to work cause all it does is going to a blank page please help
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aaron78:
ROOTED and CM7 installed like a charm.
[HTC Inspire 4G] thecrazy88:
It was doing the same thing to me. I just right clicked on the link and selected open and it worked.
[HTC Inspire 4G] g3ismeee:
Hello attn1 and all

Thanks attn1. I managed to get my Inspire rooted via the hack kit. The only issue is WiFi is not working. It says its connected, but no data downloads. I have been up for 24 hours and a little rummy, so quick questions. Should / does the downgraded ROM right after root have this issue / behave this way? If I flash one of the upgraded ROM's from the dev section will this automatically fix the issue, or do I need to do some other flashing, like a specific radio? Thanks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] g3ismeee:
Nevermind

Rooted with CoreDroid. New ROM fixed the Wifi. Thanks again attn1...yeah I got it rooted which is awesome...but man it took at least 2 trys for every step which was kind of nerve racking :-o, + a soft brick and a CWM black screen during the CoreDroid flash. But it's done! And with the only post the above during all that...ugh I should sleep. Thanks again for the method attn1 for real.
[HTC Inspire 4G] renehd2:
hello i dont get the part where i need a GOLD card can someone explain me please??
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
HTC has codes in each DHD to designate model and region. The HTC Inspire is one of the larger DHD family but does not belong to the immediate family this RUU was intended for. Since there is no RUU for this family capable of doing what this RUU does, this one is as good as it gets for this purpose.

The downgrade RUU is for phones with the following CIDs:

cidnum: HTC__001

cidnum: HTC__E11

cidnum: HTC__N34

cidnum: HTC__203

cidnum: HTC__102

cidnum: HTC__405

cidnum: HTC__Y13

cidnum: HTC__A07

cidnum: HTC__304

cidnum: HTC__J15

cidnum: HTC__032

AT&T Inspire is CID CWS__001, so the RUU will no flash on it's own. The goldcard temporarily assigns the phone supercid (11111111) so that the downgrade RUU will flash. It also overrides the model ID, which on the Inspire is PD9812000, but on the devices for which the RUU is targeted, is PD9810000.

In short, no goldcard, no downgrade for the Inspire or any other DHD (Like the Telus version) in the same situation.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rhart729:
Inspire rooting and flashing

Hi Attn1, I chatted with you a few weeks ago on the IRC channel and had to stop what I was doing before we got finished. I finally got around to trying again and started from scratch with Bubby's Simple One-click. Son of a gun, it worked flawlessly and I flashed my rom finally. I first put on CM7 and it looked very good. Over the next few days I proceeded to flash several more rom's on the phone and decided that the best performing one was CM7. It is great.

Anyway, just wanted to give you a thanks for your help and all the great work you are doing!

Richie
[HTC Inspire 4G] malicenfz:
I keep getting a black screen with a phone and a red exclamation point in it when doing step 3, help?
[HTC Inspire 4G] klquicksall:
Did you open ROM manager and flash a recovery
[HTC Inspire 4G] malicenfz:
I dont have rom manager it isnt rooted yet.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hungmung:
If you go into the bootloader and see s-off then all you

Need to do is download rom manager and choose the flash clockwork recovery option

Sent through the power of Cthulhu.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdpyo:
Is the how to flash to stock in the manual?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Pick_A_Name:
Many Thanks!

I finally got my inspire rooted last night. Thanks most of all to attn1 for the wonderfully easy system. Also to the guys on IRC that helped me (Shadowfox, matt_b is all I can remember right now), but I couldn't have done it without you guys!

FYI...everyone the cover for the SD car slot is connected to your radio and should be left on! :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
Ok so I using the hack kit back on launch day and now I have to help my buddy root his and I seemed to have deleted the old version. So I dl the newest one and man everything looks way different. I already have a gold card and am using a mac. I am unable to enter root password through terminal. I actually haven't started yet I am just trying to figure out what has changed. It looks like everything is in a script now which is cool, but I sure would feel alot more comfortable with the old version. Anyone have a link for version 4? Or any of the ones that still make u enter all the commands manually?
[HTC Inspire 4G] cal4877:
I'm having problems installing drivers. When I click on the drivers to install it get a pop up screen like is going to install but than it goes away.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kelevra1:
hi all, will it root my DHD, i'm on 2.37 OTA update
[HTC Inspire 4G] ahm12:
hey guys before i root my phone i have some dumb questions

in effen manual after step 3 which says (S-OFF, SuperCID and More), i am assuming clockworkmod will be installed right ??

after the reboot after step 3 i should be able to get into cloclwork mod and install my custom rom right ???

i am assuming Options Menu Steps are optional?? or i have to those too ??
[HTC Inspire 4G] 1.18.12:
Open it and read it?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Gingerbread? Probably not. Can you temproot with Gingerbreak? If so, maybe I can update it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] timdawgdentist:
Rooted my little brothers inspire 4g last night. I was helped by someone named el guapo84 on the irc. Thank you got it rooted and on newest cm7 nightly thanks

timdawg
[HTC Inspire 4G] ahm12:
holy moly.

attn1 you are awesome..

advice to newbies (open dos, start your process and as you are in the process read the effen manual, if you read it before starting the process you will be as confused as i was..)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ahervey85:
sorry, i figured it out
[HTC Inspire 4G] ahervey85:
i see this question was never really answered. i rooted my phone last night using this method, thanks for all the help from everyone and all the work you're doing! but now i seem to be having the above problem. i can connect to my wifi, entered in the correct password, but cannot to an sites or anything. any steps to correct this issue or like pp pointed out, will flashing an upgraded ROM solve the issue?
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
With the hack kit, you are left with the downgrade rom, which is not intended to be left on the phone. Yes, you need to flash a rom and recommended radio. This will fix it. If you want to remain stock for now, search for attn1's Ace_Cingular_US rom. It is a package of both the latest stock rom and radio that can be flashed thru bootloader. This will also fix everything.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ahervey85:
thank you so much, i will get on that now!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Pick_A_Name:
Just a question... Is your SD card cover off? That was my problem. That cover connects the antenna.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ahervey85:
i actually did make that mistake a few days ago, but no it's on now. i have service no problem, just not through the wifi, which i can connect too
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
I had the same problem. I was connected to router with a strong signal, but I could not view any web pages or use any wifi internet. Once I flashed the stock rooted rom I mentioned, all was fixed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pwnerman:
im a real noob with this phone so please dont hate if my questions are stupid but is the windows bugfix needed for ace-hack-kit-v11a.zip?

Also does this work if that OTA update was installed that came out idk how many weeks ago?
[HTC Inspire 4G] g3ismeee:
Flashing an upgraded ROM will most likely solve the issue. Lots of reports of the ROM included with the hack kit not connecting to WiFi. Happened to me when I rooted. Just tryflashing a new ROM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] BabyJay:
posted in error
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Yes and yes. I replied to you in the other thread in case you wanted to read it. If you have questions feel free to ask.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
You were probably never rooted. Scott_S replied to your question in the other thread.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
I sure did. To an identically worded post in fact.

I guess the poster with the question is either impatient or trying to cast a wide net. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Indeed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] muba:
Sorry, I'm not good with this stuff.

Probably dumb questions.

Anyway.

I got through option 1 fine, put .img into its folder.

I noticed romzip folder had no rom.zip, so I downloaded this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=996368

and placed it in romzip

And now I'm trying option 2 Downgrade and getting stuck at this screen:

***********************************************************

Ace Hack Kit for Windows attn1 2011

Root/S-OFF Menu

Run Menu Options 1 - 3 in order

READ THE EFFEN MANUAL

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]?2

* server not running *

74 KB/s (384 bytes in 0.005s)

1496 KB/s (557962 bytes in 0.364s)

1405 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.011s)

property service neutered.

killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)

--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6

Patching and backing up partition 17...

0+1 records in

0+1 records out

384 bytes transferred in 0.002 secs (192000 bytes/sec)

Be patient - pushing the downgrade ROM to your phone.

* server not running *

< waiting for device >

*****************************************************

for 40 min.

I don't think it's normal.

Any advice?

Thanks.

And the phone screen is green, red, yellow, blue and purple text like "fastboot USB"
[HTC Inspire 4G] tomlogan1:
ROM Manager

Used this tool to root my Inspire and have flashed many ROMs with no trouble. Thank you, Attn1. For some reason, ROM manager doesn't work on my phone. When I boot into recovery with Quickboot, CW is orange and has all the options. If I try ROM manager, when I use it to manage backups, for example, CW comes up green without all the options.

I never had this issue on my Aria. What might have I done incorrectly?
[HTC Inspire 4G] BabyJay:
Sorry about the double post. I did a little more research and found bubby's method to root the phone just a short while after posting on this thread. So I thought I would copy the question and put it in bubbys thread then delete the post I did on this thread. I came back to find out that I can't delete the post. -_- Unless there is a way and I can't see it...and I thought "damn it, someone is gonna bash on me for double posting"

Sorry again :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] sparker366:
Did you read the effn-manual? Any where in the effn-manual does it say to place anything in the romzip folder? No it doesn't.

Why do you think he said read the Effn-manual. When doing stuff like this its best to put the thinking part of human nature on hold and read the effn-manual and follow it to the letter.

I mean no offense by this post it may seem a bit harsh but its meant to get a point across so folks don't brick there phones.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sparker366:
If you can't delete a post then edit the post and remove the content and say posted in error or something to that affect.
[HTC Inspire 4G] caviera:
Some help for a newbie in Inspire please. At first step, it shows teh following (error):

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

Cut and Paste this number at http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard

Place the goldcard.img file you receive back in your email in the gcimg directory.

READ THE EFFEN MANUAL!!

*** Close this notepad window to continue ***

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

What did I do wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] muba:
Yes, I did dead it.

And I followed it w/o a rom.zip first few times.

Why bother answering with BS when you have no idea what you talking about and you answer has ZERO useful info?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
No worries. You're acknowledgment and explanation goes a long way in cutting you some slack. :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] caviera:
If someone could help me in the previous post, I would apreciate it!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Check your pm's
[HTC Inspire 4G] muba:
ok, got through it.

May be my experience will help some digitally challenged schmuck like myself.

What I did:

Completely uninstall AVG

Completely uninstall Spybot

Turn off windows firewall

Turn off windows defender

Install HTC Sync

reboot

UN-Install HTC Sync leaving USB drivers

reboot

Turn off fast boot in phone settings

Run Hack kit.

w/o a single error.

oh, and that probably nothing, but I switched micro SD 8GB for 2GB and formatted it from the phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ToPHeD:
Guys im having a problem. I hope this isnt a double but i couldnt find the patience to browse through 130 some pages to find a solution. Anyway.. i have followed the effin manual EXACTLY and am on step 2 - Downgrade. This is what i have been staring at for well over an hour now...

Ace Hack Kit for Windows attn1 2011

Root/S-OFF Menu

Run Menu Options 1 - 3 in order

READ THE EFFEN MANUAL

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]?2

1 KB/s (384 bytes in 0.218s)

2494 KB/s (557962 bytes in 0.218s)

991 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.015s)

--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6

Patching and backing up partition 17...

0+1 records in

0+1 records out

384 bytes transferred in 0.001 secs (384000 bytes/sec)

Be patient - pushing the downgrade ROM to your phone.

erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 0.109s]

finished. total time: 0.109s

... OKAY [ 0.156s]

finished. total time: 0.156s

sending 'zip' (293949 KB)... OKAY [ 47.440s]

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i

mage...

INFOsignature checking...

I realise it says be patient... but an hour and a half? something has to be wrong. Also, my phone is just sitting there, black background with white htc. Remind you, i followed the Effin manual to the T!
[HTC Inspire 4G] muba:
OK,

WIFI didn't work like for many others here.

I followed advice and flashed to stock rom.

Had some problems at first - phone would not recognize zip on SD card.

I formated card into fat32 (win 7 defaults format to FAT !) and unchecked fast format.

Copied ZIP and then it worked fine.

Used Titanium backup to remove ATT crap, and now now I own a perfect phone.

Million thanks to developer of AHK
[HTC Inspire 4G] lebmb:
SD & Gold card

hey everyone, just picked up an Inspire last night, and i've been reading around, def not new to the scene but never used a gold card before. so far everything seems to be straight forward, i downloaded the kit and read the manual, but i do have a question

1) i can't seem to format the 8gb sd card that came with it, i tried under win xp, win 7 (both 32bit) panasonic sd card formatter, 2.0 and the new beta 3.0 (they both say that the lock is enabled on it. i tried formatting from the phone after unmounting and it erased only the files i manually added to the sd card, kept pictures, videos and all that good stuff that was previously on the sd. what i would like to do is use my 32gb sd card and then i was hoping to format the 8gb and use it for another phone. should i use that 8gb as a gold card? will it make any difference in letting me format it later on ?

so basically at this point im just not sure which sd card to go with, and how to solve the formatting issue on the original 8gb sd card. any help is greatly appreciated

EDIT: is the sd have any type of DRM or something? or do i just have a bad SD card? lol

EDIT2: im starting to wonder if it was encrypted previously and when the previous owner reset the phone, must forgot to clear the encryptions, kinda strange, i tried to format using linux or even repartition, i put it in my EVO and tried to partition from recovery and i got nothing. lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] bluizzo:
hi i keep getting invalid cid on the goldcard site. am i doing something wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] lolocabra:
downloading to try :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] bluizzo:
thnaks but i think i figured it out. you gotta take out the symbols(~,-)?
[HTC Inspire 4G] FX4:
Is there a way to complete this and have "Inspire 4g" be the end phone model? Really don't think it's believable trying to reboot to stock for warranty purposes when the phone model says "Desire HD" when it's an Inspire...

I also have the RUU download with the newest software updates, radio, and RIL but don't know how to integrate it with the hack.
[HTC Inspire 4G] fernandezhjr:
What the phone identity is on the phone will be dependent on the rom you are using. If you want stock rooted, get attn1's Ace_Cingular_US rom and radio package and flash it thru bootloader after you are done with step 3 of the hack kit.
[HTC Inspire 4G] FX4:
The problem is I'm trying to get stock unrooted Inspire. My phone keeps shutting off by itself when it boots up when I have my working sim card in. Take my sim card out and the phone will stay on without issue so I don't believe it's a battery problem. I think I'm going to have to send the thing in and I don't want it to say "Desire HD" or "S-off" lol. Right now I have S-on and tried booting with the PD98IMG file being the RUU stock ROM with the newest updates Hack put up but it just sits at "Checking File" or whatever in bootloader and goes back to the menu without giving me the option of loading it, so I assume there's no way around it without rooting again...

If I do go through Hack-ace.cmd and unroot, flash the stock RUU it lists (Desire HD) can I then update through HTC and receive the newest Inspire update or would it be the newest Desire update? I don't have wi-fi where i'm at now, and I don't want to take my laptop to where I do have it...pita.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
It sounds like you don't have the actual stock RUU PD98IMG.zip file. If you are S-ON, only an official HTC PD98IMG file will work. There is a signature of sorts (not like a typical apk signature) that must be present and valid for the HBOOT to continue. It sees a PD98IMG and checks it out, but then aborts because there is no signature. Could this be the case?
[HTC Inspire 4G] FX4:
Is there an official PD98IMG.zip file for the Inspire on here? I just followed Hack-ace all the way through (unrooting, return to stock) so the RUU that he had on there was the one it uses.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
It's on here somewhere. It's packaged with the RUU exe and can be extracted by running the RUU up to the point it asks you to "agree", then searching your temp folder for ROM.zip. You can then rename ROM.zip to PD98IMG.zip, place it on your SD card and it should take when you reboot into hboot.

Search for:

RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed

but note that the forum engine will insert a space in there for some unknow reason after I hit the "submit" button unless I package it in code tags thus:

RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release_166557_signed