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[HTC Inspire 4G] wdkingery:
i did everything, but when i downloaded rom manager it says i'm not rooted..

i'm stuck with a rom that has no sound

what can be done about that?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
you are not stuck you are exactly where you are supposed to be. flash a rooted rom from clockworkmod. read the end of the hack kit for the procedure.

if you get stuck, come to the irc channel in my sig.
[HTC Inspire 4G] boomersooner4900:
I'm stuck on the setup downgrade step. terminal says "checking adb connection..." and then goes back to sh-3.2# instantly. Ideas?

On OSX 10.5 if that matters
[HTC Inspire 4G] drewdatrip:
Just some quick tips for Mac users.

Switch to admin in terminal: sudo su

Make sire to start each command with : sh

And finally don't forget the. SH on the end of the hack file.

All this can be found in the effin manual, however I seemed to overlook it. Hope this helps somone.

Drew
[HTC Inspire 4G] topramin11:
This would be awesome to add to the effen guide
[HTC Inspire 4G] ladiesgod:
The Hack Kit worked great!

Just follow the directions exactly and no probs!!!

Thank You!
[HTC Inspire 4G] D-REW:
I am having the same exact problem!!! Does anyone know why it is doing this? I am also on the mac. And I also typed in "sudo sh" before all of this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Udonitron:
Damn....banned from the irc channel due to calling Anthony "Tony"

Seriously is the channel that "elitist"?

Kind of defeats the ideal of open source if they are so closed minded about something that trivial
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
Drewdatrip- can you give me an example of how you start off your entire command in Terminal? Do put sh before /Users/yourname/etc... and end it with /hack-ace.sh?
[HTC Inspire 4G] g3t0ut:
wow so much easier than the other one, which worked great in the beginning! you rock!
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Surely you jest.

And don't call me Shirley.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Udonitron:
Exactly Shirley
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ferrari353:
where do I extract the HTC drivers to?

Also, I have the goldcard.img from when I rooted last time so can I use that again or should I make a new one?
[HTC Inspire 4G] boomersooner4900:
d-drew, have you made any progress? I'm still stuck
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ferrari353:
I really hate this hack kit. The manual doesn't explain how to do anything. It just says:

3. Downgrade ROM

hack-ace setup-downgrade

This will:

move files to the phone

start temp root

write your goldcard image to the sdcard

When you see the # prompt, type exit and hit enter

hack-ace install-downgrade

This will:

Restart the phone in fastboot and erase cache

Start the RUU process and flash the downgrade ROM

Reboot the phone

That doesn't explain anything! What am I supposed to do? Bubby's method was way easier and there was a video explaining it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Rather than bash the hack kit did you go into the irc for help? The instructions are pretty straightforward. Just as an fyi, without the hack kit or attn1's efforts you wouldn't be rooting your inspire at all.

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ferrari353:
yeah I didn't find the IRC until after and I'm trying to get help there now. And I would be rooting with Bubby's like I did before. But anyway, thanks for the great work :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Don't thank me, thank attn1 ;) good luck.

Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] kopsis:
I used an existing goldcard image and it worked fine. Just drop it into the right directory and skip past the goldcard image creation steps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
What if my gold card is still created from the last time I rooted? Do I still need to let it create a "new" goldcard, or can I just not worry about it? Will the kit throw an error or just recognize that there's already a gold card and there's no need to create one?

Answer: It gives you the obvious error "goldcard.img: no such file or directory", but moves right on

attn1: My hat's off to you. You've managed to simplify this process to a point where it's stupidly easy. THANK YOU
[HTC Inspire 4G] D-REW:
Naw dude, still couldn't get passed that problem. I tried going over the steps after and yeah I wasnt able to root my phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
stop by the irc channel in my SIG. I have an idea or two.
[HTC Inspire 4G] drewdatrip:
First switch to admin

sudo su

Then navigate to your hack files.

Sh filename.sh
[HTC Inspire 4G] kopsis:
Technically, you don't even need to explicitly run sh in Terminal. If you're cd'd to the hack files dir, you can simply:

./ace-hack.sh command
[HTC Inspire 4G] jaraya13:
Hi guys, a quick question, my HTC Inspire is coming next week, if I apply the procedure greatly explained in this thread, is this going to carrier unlock my Inspire from the At&t network. I mean so that I can make phone calls in my country? Or I still need to buy an unlock code in eBay? Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] klquicksall:
This will carrier unlock.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jaraya13:
Awesome! Thanks pal.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
How do i install htc drivers? the htcrndis and adbfastboot folders dont have .exe files :/ i use windows 7 x64

I read like 2 days ago that a new version of htc sync was released, maybe that version includes the newer drivers? should i install htc sync and then install the drivers in the fisrt post or just install the drivers in the first post?
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2002wrex:
has anyone seen a rev-cid as long as this one?

00~28,-2~26,-4~24,-6~22,-8~20,-10~18,-12~16,-14~14,-16~12

,-18~10,-20~8,-22~6,-24~4,-26~2,-28~0,-30

I have entered it backwards and forwards and in every which way, and the site always comes back with: "please enter valid CID"

Any suggestions?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Yeah, if there is a newer version of HTC sync, the drivers should be good. You could install that, then shut off HTC sync on the windows PC before running the hack kit.

You are not getting adb connectivity when the cid is being checked. Try the new (V11) version of the hack kit. It's menu driven and it addresses some of the connectivity issues.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
I get exact same error, this is my cid number 00~28,-2~26,-4~24,-6~22,-8~20,-10~18,-12~16,-14~14,-16~12

,-18~10,-20~8,-22~6,-24~4,-26~2,-28~0,-30

Im downloading v11 as suggested :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] drewdatrip:
Quick question with the V11:

If you did the hack Kit v9 or 10c, did turbo's sound fix get applied?

I do not notice tinney audio but i have barly ever used the phone without the hack kit, so i dont have a great referance to what i SHOULd sound like

any recomendations?

Drew
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
No that's new, but it doesn't matter at all if you have already flashed another ROM. All this does is get the downgrade ROM fully functional. It's doubtful very many people will keep that ROM very long. The whole purpose of this process is to enable choice - and there are now a ton of sound enabled inspire/DHD ROMs to choose from.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
any chance of reuploading v11 in another server? its painfully slow , i already ahve one broken download :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
Im a little bit confused, im still downloading v11, but now i need to dowload v11a , what do i do with it?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
you will need to open v11 with winrar & replace the hack-ace.cmd with the v11a hack-ace.cmd thats all that is different once you replace it you just use the v11 hack kit as normal following the effen-manual of course :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
the 11a script is a tiny download. Just replace the script in the hack kit directory with it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] boomersooner4900:
I had some trouble with v10 so was excited to see v11. When it finished step 2 the manual says to go through setup and enable usb debugging. When mine was done it rebooted the phone back to exactly how it was before the process. nothing has changed or been erased and i didn't have to go through setup. I'm stumped

ALso, when i tried to run step three after that, it went to a black screen with a picture of a phone with a red caution triangle/exclamation point. scared me to death bc i thought i bricked my phone but after a battery pull its back to normal.

One last edit: Im running OSX 10.5 (not sure if that matters)
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2002wrex:
thanks attn1, will give it a try!
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2002wrex:
amazing... this is on par with all of the other one-click rooting techniques out there. way to make a complicated process totally user-friendly!
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
come into the irc channel in my sig and we'll try to sort you out. It sounds like there may be a path issue on that version of OSX.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
wow im REALLY impresed with v11 , i managed to do the whole process in 30 minutes , everything is working fine, thank you guys! is a LOT EASIER now ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ladiesgod:
The new hack kit is INSANELY easy to use. Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] chongwj:
Great hack kit, very easy way to root the phone.

However, I found that my inspire phone LED not blinking during standby mode after the root. First I thought it has to do with custom roms, but after trying with different roms they all have same issue. It does show notification led eg missed calls, sms, etc but not blinking green when phone is on. I try 3 times rooting the phone again but same issue. It already doesn't blink when in downgrade roms.

Not a big problem but would be nice to fix.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
One thing that got my attention while hacking the device was that i started the process right after i had charged the battery to 100% and pretty soon after the process started the led indicating the battery life dropped from green to orange, indicated it wasnt fully charged, and actually when the process was finished i had to charge the battery for quite a bit of time :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] benj36:
Just a quick question. In the below instructions from the hack kit..how to you extract the ROM out of the exe file. When I try to run the exe file I just get an adb error. It doesn't install anything anywhere that I can find.

I'm also a little confused as to why I need to download the RUU exe file and extract instead of just the stock ROM. Do you know of a stock rom I can download? Lastly the link for the RUU below did not work for me....5 times I downloaded and got a corrupt file. Downloaded it from somewhere else.

Thanks for all the hard work on this,

"3 Install Shipping RUU

Before running this step you must:

Obtain a COMPATIBLE Inspire/Desire rom.zip extracted from the RUU.

Name the file rom.zip and place it in the romzip directory.

Note:

the AT&T RUU can be obtained here: http://tinyurl.com/6hh8s3r"
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
You are looking at the optional backout/factory restore procedure.

You don't need to download anything to root/install clockwork etc.

If you are trying to install the RUU to return to factory (unroot, S-ON, no custom recovery, factory firmware), then yeah, you can download it from the link I provided. That's not an .exe - it's already been extracted from the RUU. just rename it rom.zip and place it in the romzip directory, per the Effen Manul.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nhutpham:
Same exact thing is happening to me, running windows xp
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Come on into the IRC channel in my sig if you need help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] benj36:
Your talking about the link in Hack Kit V11? http://tinyurl.com/6hh8s3r

That looks like a link to the stock radio...a (P98IMG) That doesn't come with a room too does it. Several of the other links to stock ROM come as a P98IMG.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
That file is not a radio - thats the RUU in zip format, signed by HTC. The RUU contains the full stock firmware, NOT just the radio.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nhutpham:
hey attn, thanks for helping me on the irc channel yesterday, I just wanted to say that I got a new sd card but the downgrade step still didn't work - I had a copy of the v10c kit and I used that one and the downgrade steps worked fine with the same exact setup. I was using the v11a script, the original v11 wouldn't do anything when I ran the downgrade step.
[HTC Inspire 4G] benj36:
attn1 thanks for the info.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mikef1182:
Just used v11 and it was SUPER easy from start to finish! Thank you so much for an awesome method!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] churro7:
all my data will be gone?
[HTC Inspire 4G] vibr4x:
@churro7

Going from a stock rom you will loose all data. You can back up your contacts to SD card and restore them after rooting and installing what ever rom you decide on up to and including the rom that is installed after completing attn1's method.

Edit: spelling
[HTC Inspire 4G] churro7:
I have to redo all my accounts etc?

I got mybackup pro for this
[HTC Inspire 4G] vibr4x:
If the app allows you to backup your accounts then you can use it to restore said accounts and apps if it does apps also on what ever rom you are going to use after.rooting. is your phone already rooted?
[HTC Inspire 4G] churro7:
I havent rooted yet but mybackup pro cant backup the data of apps and system without root :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] dethpikil:
trying to relock and revert to stock. i think i did it, but the option to use third party apps is still there. how can i check if im completely stocked? no root, s-on, and so forth.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
1. get terminal emulator from the market install it then open it type su if you get access then your rooted still, if you get access denied then your unrooted

2. with phone powered off hold volume down + power button to enter hboot from there you can check if you have s-off or s-on

if you get access denied through terminal emulator & your hboot reads s-on then you are completely stock :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] dethpikil:
well, i have s off and typing su, or anything for that matter in terminal gives me permission denied. but i dont think im on shipping radio and rom. im pretty sure its the downgrade rom.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
take a look at the MISCELLANEOUS section in this thread maybe it can solve the issues that you are having --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1033353
[HTC Inspire 4G] dethpikil:
k, now im completely stock. now im going to reroot. i have my gc img in its directory. but now i cant downgrade. i enter 2. it does nothing.
[HTC Inspire 4G] badoink:
What's up.

Trying to get back to stock. Made it up to Step 3 and now I'm lost.

I ran the RUU and it said it updated my rom but didn't see anything about rom.zip. The effen manual just said to extract the romzip but I'm running on OSX and the zip was just not opening (used Unarchiver and Archive Utility) so I had to get on Windows to run it. All it said was it updated my rom. But when I looked in the files, I still couldn't find anything about romzip.

Anyone help me out here? thanks

edit: There's a FAQ thread floating around with different instructions but I was following the EFFEN MANUAL bc the FAQ instructions weren't working.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
look at my post 2 posts above yours maybe it can help you
[HTC Inspire 4G] badoink:
That's actually the first place I looked when I was looking to go back to stock, but the first step gave me an error so I just quit. Anyway, I'm trying to get the terminal emulator instructions on there working but again I'm getting an error "./gfree not found"

edit: Just checked, I think I'm back to stock. Never got the .gfree thing figured or the romzip but whatever. Can't access su on terminal emu.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
stop in the irc channel and we'll sort it out if you have any more difficulty. The hack kit downgrade works. I've tested it on all platforms.
[HTC Inspire 4G] radcpuman:
I finished the process and seem to have root (wifi tether works).

Do I need to install the ATT Stock radio?

My wifi doesn't work? It connects, but I cannot use it.

How do I get to the irc channel?

Sorry for the dumb questions.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pd4x:
HELP!!! GPS not working

Am a newbie so please pardon my silly question but I REALLY NEED HELP :(

I followed the manual and successfully rooted the phone , Did a full Wipe and then installed custom rom (TPC (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=982963)) and finally flashed stock radio and everything is perfect except GPS. I am not getting any signal even in open area even after waiting for more than 30 mns. I tried copilot live, google maps and even GPS Status but none of the programs is showing any GPS Signal/Satellite lock. I was using HTC HD2 earlier and used to get signal in less than a minute, Inspire is my first Android phone and therefore am clueless how to solve this issue. PLEASE HELP... Thanks in Advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sawah:
Alright time to pick your guy' brains :D

I previously had root with MIUI installed. I discovered my voicemail wasn't working and after trying numerous fixes thought maybe it had something to do with my root. So I, being smart and instead of calling at&t first, unrooted my phone but never obtained s-on no matter what I did. When I discovered voicemail didn't work on the unrooted stock rom, then I called at&t. Turns out they never switched my voicemail from my iphone visual voicemail to normal for the Inspire. That would have been great to know yesterday before I unrooted. :/

So right now, I'm unrooted, with s-off, on the newest htc update. Hack kit v10 gets me all the way through the rooting process, but su yields an access denied, so obviously I don't have root. Hack kit v11 won't get past step two. What am I doing wrong? Could really use some assistance please. I don't really mind not being rooted I guess, but what bugs me is why it won't work. I never had issues the first time. Is it because I already have s-off? Is there some other way I need to go about it because of that?

Thanks on advance!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] radcpuman:
I have installed the Inspired Ace v1.0 Gingerbread 2.3.3 ROM. It works great. I used root process from attn1 to root. I want to install the 4.11 radio from this post. If I read the manual correctly, I just rename the zip to rom.zip and put it in the romzip folder. Is that correct? Is the zip file packaged correctly for this method of installation?

Also I've installed clockworkmod 3.0.2.5. Will that affect the radio upgrade process?

Thanks for any help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
with anything before v11, the goal was to get s-off and custom recovery, not to have a working rooted rom. At this point, you should flash a rooted ROM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
Since you are s-off, just install ANY rooted rom. Here is ATTN1's stock ROM with the OTA update. Very fast, very stable...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
No, that radio thread uses another method (less safe) to flash radios. see this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1002226 for information about how to package and flash a radio the preferred way. Radios packed that way can be flashed safely using the method outlined in the hack kit - it's another variant of the same method.

No, clockwork won't hurt anything.
[HTC Inspire 4G] radcpuman:
Thanks attn1 for the direction.

Just to make sure I understood the instructions for packaging the radio to use your hack kit.

1. copy the PD98IMG.zip file from the tools/radio folder to the romzip folder.

2. replace the radio.img in the zip file with the 4.11 radio.img file download from the thread above.

3. rename the pd98img.zip file to rom.zip

Thanks again for your help. (sorry for the noob questions)
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
yep, that about sums it up.

Or you can flash it the way described in the thread I linked. Different way to use the same process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
My thoughts on a video and why I don't want one and won't cooperate with someone making one of my work:

I want to be able to make changes that are not going to be captured in a video

I don't want an out of date video to screw people up in this process like it has in the past.

I want to be able to move updates quickly as I see opportunities for improvement without worrying about how the new process will screw with video documentation.

I want the the written documentation to be accurate and effective - and proven.

I want people to READ the EFFEN MANUAL.

If you can't read the EFFEN MANUAL, then I don't think you should even think about hacking your smartphone.

Please - stop with the videos and requests for videos.
[HTC Inspire 4G] radcpuman:
Thank you for the reply.

I took the plunge and ran the script this morning. Worked like a charm.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tepickytoo:
"READ THE EFFEN MANUAL" HAHAHAHA funny as hell! I just got my inspire and I'm excited to try this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tepickytoo:
Ok, I don't have an SD card, does this mean I can't use this? :s
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
you need 1 to make the goldcard so the answer is no you can't use it
[HTC Inspire 4G] netnerd:
is it my microSD card?

after i did Step 1 (making goldcard)

on the inspire, it said "damaged microSD, need to format"
[HTC Inspire 4G] laxwillsch:
Yes it is your SD card I ran into the same problem but when I used the Samsung one that came with the phone it worked. I am fully rooted with cwm recovery. I used gold card helper and the mmc2 number.
[HTC Inspire 4G] BlownFuze:
Thank you everyone - works great.
[HTC Inspire 4G] d00mz:
Got it working! Thanks for the hard work, rooted on the day that I bought it = awesomeness!!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Naytwan:
I just tried 3 different cards in my inspire 4G with gold card helper and for mmc2 they produced the same code for each card. I need to find a friend with an HTC phone.

edit:looks like i spoke to soon. Sammy card gave a different number.
[HTC Inspire 4G] d00mz:
did you try this method from the updated docs?

This was what I used last night, and it worked great in making my gold card.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Naytwan:
Yeah I tried that, it produced the same number that gold card helper did. I just tried and I am still getting the same errors

mmap() failed. Operation not permitted during the hackerize-ace setup-downgrade but it does show it is in temp root at the #. Then when I type exit I get this,

--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.40

Patching and backing up partition 17...

Error opening backup file.

The system cannot find the batch label specified - end
[HTC Inspire 4G] harlenm:
Just read the instructions, and it doesn't seem too complicated, so I'll try it as soon as my SD card comes in.

However, no one has answered the question of how do you return to the stock ROM if you need to return the phone for warranty issues, or if I decide not to keep the phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Naytwan:
I got it working, just flashed my stock radio back on. The stick sammy card worked this time.
[HTC Inspire 4G] meatrocket:
I just rooted last night, but haven't updated to the ROM. Was the original radio included in the package or did you find it somewhere else?

I'm to the point where my sound doesn't work, so I guess I need to flash back to the [ROM]RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_Radio_12.39.60.19_2 6.06.04.06_M_release to get back to stock or to ROM - Inspired DHD AFR, is that right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] sgaar:
Got sound?

I have been following this thread and one of the things that has keept me from rooting the phone is that in one of the first posts there is a mentioning of sound not working. Is that the case ot does it work following the process described in the archive in post# 1?

Are there anything that doesn't work after the root? -reception, call quality, signal strength, etc?

EDIT: Reading post# 110 i see that meatrocket doesn't have sound but others do. How to get sound?

Thanks,
[HTC Inspire 4G] Naytwan:
I just followed the instructions in the read me. It shows my baseband is back to what it was before the root. I am flashing the rom now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] meatrocket:
Which ROM are you flashing? This Cingular ROM is the original, right? The DHD is the European ROM on an Inspire kernel?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Monkeyfeng:
no class on monday! i will root my inspire today!!!! let's go!