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[HTC Inspire 4G] jilaso:
No, I get the same result.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 2udCrRAZdK:
Do you have the file:

c:\Ace Hack Kit\Tools\Win\adb.exe ?

(I'm assuming you're running windows)
[HTC Inspire 4G] harlenm:
I got that error, just ran it a second time without closing the command prompt and it worked fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jilaso:
Thank you for your help. The hack file had not unzipped properly, so it couldn't see that folder, I guess. But I was able to get root, so thank you... ROOT!!! What about fixing the sound, though?
[HTC Inspire 4G] BzeBwoi:
on step hackerize-ace clean

and keep getting the following error:

rm failed for /sdcard/PD98IMG.zip, No such file or directory

Any Advice?
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
Flash the inspired-dhd-afr003 ROM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] wrxtcy379:
i dont know if its me or what...

i follow the guide perfectly but then when i go to downgrade the rom i get model id incorrect.. from searching ive found its a gold card problem

When i find the goldcard using command prompt i get a different set of numbers then if i use gold card helper i cant understand why?
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
When you are using the command prompt, which mmc value are you using? You should be using mmc2. The gold card helper lists which value it found and reads from I believe.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
You might want to check out this post. The instructions are easier to follow:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/inspire-rooting-roms-hacks/62261-making-gold-card.html
[HTC Inspire 4G] BzeBwoi:
i've made it further now..

in terminal emulator and after i type it /data/local/tmp/root

i get the following message

killall: rage: no process killed

mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists

mount: Device or resource busy
[HTC Inspire 4G] Frrrrrrunkis:
Really got a noob question, but do I need to be running ADB or something on my PC or is this a file that gets opened on the Inspire itself? I must admit, that ATTN1 mad rooting the ARIA so easy I am lost all over again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tony710:
adb runs on your PC, the files for this are all included in attn1's hack kit
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wizardd:
I have followed each step to the letter, multiple times, and cannot get past /data/local/temp/root in the emulator. I keep getting /data/local/temp/root: not found. Does anyone know what I did wrong or know of a fix?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Frrrrrrunkis:
Thats what I thought, but nothing comes up when I click on the ADB icon in the extracted folder.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
/data/local/tmp/root
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
You have to open a command window on the PC and change to the directory where you extracted ADB to. Once you are in that directory you would type the ADB commands.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wizardd:
Sorry my bad...typo on the post, I did type tmp on the phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Try this:

cd /data/local/tmp
root

Be sure to press enter between each line.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wizardd:
Gave it a shot and came up root: not found.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Copy and paste the output of:

cd /data/local/tmp/
ls

That will list all the files under the folder /data/local/tmp on your phone, if 'root' isn't there, it didn't get pushed to that folder correctly and you need to go one step back and try again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] TXRangerXDA:
So I ran through the steps in the kit, and rooted with no problem. Thanks! The one thing I have noticed, is that since I did this, I cannot properly shut down my phone. It will look as though it is shutting down, and the screen goes black, but if it is plugged in, I do not get the batter charging icon on the screen. Then when I press power to boot it up, it comes on almost immediately, as if it were only sleeping or something. Anyone else have anything like this?

I noticed it first when I was trying to get into Fastboot mode to flash a radio, when I shut down, then hold volumn down and Power, it just turned the phone on, very quickly.

Thanks for any advice.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wizardd:
Did as instructed and the following listed:

rage

busybox

root

Typed root and hit enter...still came up root: not found.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
The battery charging screen was in the original HTC Recovery image. The HTC Recovery image has been replaced by ClockworkMod Recovery and no longer has the battery screen available.
[HTC Inspire 4G] TXRangerXDA:
Fair enough, so I won't see the baterry charging when off. However, when I "Power Off", then press the power button, it vibrates and comes on almost immediately... 2 seconds maybe? When I restart it takes much longer to boot up...
[HTC Inspire 4G] Frrrrrrunkis:
Doh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Face palm. How did I forget that? Ugh.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
You have the FASTBOOT option enabled, which is like the PC hibernate/sleep mode.
[HTC Inspire 4G] anlog:
Just a heads up...

I couldn't get a working goldcard generated with the adb commands. It would give me a code, but it was wrong and I would get the "Model ID Incorrect" error. I finally ran Goldcard Helper from the market and it gave me the correct code...
[HTC Inspire 4G] TXRangerXDA:
Ah yes, now the name makes sense :). Now I was able to Google Fastboot and see how to disable it. Are there any disadvantages to having it enabled and using it like that? Not often that I shut it off after all, was just wondering... things like on airplanes, etc.

Edit to ask: With it enabled, how do I get into the fastboot menu? Say for flashing a radio? I pulled the battery once, and another time rebooted to clockworkmod recovery and then did vol down + power...

Thank You.
[HTC Inspire 4G] matt_b:
are you reperforming the entire step?

make sure to redo the entire step, not just the root part.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lirnosh:
I'm getting the same error! Can you tell me how you fixed this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] rdctx84:
extracting hack

I'm surely going to be ridiculed for asking this, but have never dealt with extracting a tar.gz file. I have 7zip and tried to extract it, but don't think I was successful. Can someone please help the helpless??? I need steps to extract the file.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Some PCs malware detection systems are eating the root script before it ever gets pushed to the phone. I have updated the docs/scripts with a fix for this - try v5 of the docs.
[HTC Inspire 4G] p4ranoid4ndroid:
when i try to enter hackerize-ace commands into command prompt it tells me the command is not recognized. How can I solve this? Im in the directory that contains the hack kit. What could i be doing wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] skillz9669:
going crazy

so everything worked great up until the it rebooted after the hboot installation,

phone rebooted, i ensured it was on debugging and chose charge only

with command prompt still open and pointed to the correct folder i then typed:

hackerize-ace clean

i get: rm failed for /sdcard/PD98IMG.zip, No such file or directory

any answers please??? Going nuts over here
[HTC Inspire 4G] IsraelR:
Try it again. I noticed that if I was too quick with the next step after rebooting, it reported an error. Maybe the SD card takes longer to mount then I had expected?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wizardd:
Thanks for the edit...unfortunately, it didn't work. I still have the root not found issue and when i run the hackerize-ace fix-win command I get the following in the CMD window:

D:\Inspire>hackerize-ace fix-win

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

The system cannot find the path specified.

D:\Inspire>

I did notice the phone is set to S-OFF but, no superuser and cannot load a new ROM.
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
Well yesterday I got tired of waiting for the one click - so I thought I'd give this a shot.

To attn1: Thank you for taking the time to figure out how to do this and creating a guide that others would be able to follow.

Also to r34p3rex: Thank you for making a video for a visual of this process, had it not been for your video, this process would have taken me substantially longer.

I ended up with no sound, but flashed Android Revolution and got tinny sound back, quiet speakerphone. I think I'll flash stock rooted today, as people are reporting good sound with it. My goodness it's nice to have that option...
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
The hack kit or just the hack kit docs?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
This clearly needs more work. The output of this is not going where I expected it to.
[HTC Inspire 4G] p4ranoid4ndroid:
when i extracted the hack kit it extracted to my /users/documents so thats where i pointed the command prompt. Is this incorrect?

(sorry captivate noob, but im trying to learn!)
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
I repeat: the hack kit or just the updated docs? What was the name of the file you extracted from?
[HTC Inspire 4G] rdctx84:
Thanks

Thank you for all you do for the Android community! When I grow up, I want to be just like attn1!
[HTC Inspire 4G] tagleda:
Radio Help.

I cannot flash the stock radio. When I type in hackerize-ace.sh setup-radio in the cmd line, I get an error saying windows can't open this file.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hawk4031:
This is because you need to run the other file: hackerize-ace.cmd. The .sh version is for Linux/Mac
[HTC Inspire 4G] tagleda:
I know i sound stupid because I am new at this but how do I do that? Thanks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hawk4031:
In the hack kit folder, there should be two hackerize-ace files. From the Windows command prompt you should be able to just type: hackerize-ace setup-radio
[HTC Inspire 4G] tagleda:
awesome I got it to work. Thank you guys so much. I haven't had a HTC since the Magic and I am just refreshing my head with all this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sshimomichi:
Alright, after several attempts I have successfully rooted my Inspire. When I tried rooting my mobile device, I was using my desktop. No success. When I tried doing the same thing on my laptop, it worked. Both computers run WIN 7 x64.

Just letting you people know :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] POPPY SEEDE:
Great job attn1 keep it up
[HTC Inspire 4G] aaronpaws:
Running into a bit of a snag. Every time I try to downgrade it fails. any ideas on why?
[HTC Inspire 4G] blakev599:
sorry if this has already been asked, becuase i didnt read through ALL 50 pages of this thread, but Im stuck on the last step of the permroot. Whenever i type the command /data/local/tmp/root it says that "mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exits

mount: device or resource busy"

Im in debugging mode and charge only mode, any suggestions??

thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
What are the messages you are getting when it fails? You didn't give us a lot of information to go on.
[HTC Inspire 4G] graywoulf:
Please help an old guy out here...

OK, I admit I'm a noob here but I would like to learn about "rooting" and it's advantages. I would really like to know what you mean by "Radio s-off" and what "flash back the stock radio" means if you don't mind to teach me a little bit about your world of rooting. I would be most appreciative of your time and input.

Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] hcenteno21:
I am getting main version is older...I see some say to remake the gold card and I have several times. I have used 2 8gb sandisk and 1 2gb sandisk...could they all be bad?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jaxboater:
thx

A couple of hours - done - thanks a lot
[HTC Inspire 4G] drew47715:
I am so confused...

Okay I followed the steps to root over 10 times... I keep getting stuck on the last part like other people have been as well. When I type in the /data/local/tmp/root command I get "root:not found" I have tried everything I know to do to fix the problem but no dice. I am new to android for the most part and this is killing me that I can not figure it out on my own... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tpbklake:
Here are some things to try:

1. Disable any virus/spyware software. On some Windows systems these programs are deleting the root script, thus the reason it doesn't get copied to the SD card.

2. After disabling virus software, re-extract the hack kit again.

3. Then try the process again.

If it still fails you will need to check into the IRC chat room and get some help.

http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
[HTC Inspire 4G] ultravorx:
I need help, I managed to get through the downgrade. When the phone rebooted, it was a full factory reset with 24 hour time zone, but there was no terminal program in the app list. Any ideas on what to do now?

I tried downgrading again but to no avail.

Frank
[HTC Inspire 4G] cdkraut:
Thank you to attn1 and the rest of you in the irc chat room to help figure out little simple hiccups during the rooting process. Be patient, keep working it, and read the instructions. Windows 7 users remember to to use admin mode during your command prompts. My big hiccup was after setup-downgrade. Make sure your sd card is mounted properly in the phone, So the install-downgrade will take to the sd card.

Happily rooted :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] otakonx:
I'm stuck on the Ace setup-downgrade. I was getting the "Error detecting HTC phone on USB connection" error because of where my adb is in my SDK (in the newer version they moved it to platform-tools).

After changing the adb path in the hackerize-ace.sh to my platform-tools path I actually got it to run. Unfortunately, soon after that I get the bash prompt instead of the root followed by this error when I "exit": "/data/local/tmp/misc_version: not found".

USB debug is on, USB charge only is on, and adb can see my device.

This is my second Android but first root - looks like I didn't get very far. If anyone has some pointers, please give me a hand. Much Appreciated. :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] unc-newbie:
When I download the Ace Hack Kit v2 and try and unzip it I get "corrupted file or archive". Is anyone else having this issue?
[HTC Inspire 4G] p4ranoid4ndroid:
like most Ive made it all the to entering /data/local/tmp/root in the phone terminal and got the error root not found as stated I might. However when i tried to enter hackerize-ace fix-win i got hackerize-ace: not found. Any ideas? im so close and everything was going smooth

edit:re-did the whole process from the start and still im the same position. /frustrated

edit 2: just checked /data/local/tmp and i do have busybox, root, and rage listed
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
Would anyone know why I get the "permission denied" error when trying to push the downgrade to the sd.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jjon:
this might be a dumb question but im trying to change my cmd directory to find my folder on my desktop but everytime i run as admin the directory stays at C:\windows\system32 how can i change it to C:\Users\(username)\desktop

please help
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
Ok I remounted the card and when trying to push it this time I didnt get an error but when looking for the pd98img it never finds it and returns to previous menu.
[HTC Inspire 4G] IsraelR:
cd C:\Users\(yournamehere)\desktop
[HTC Inspire 4G] IsraelR:
I just had the same problem and it turned out to be the gold card. I had made two (just for fun, I'm odd like that) and the second one worked perfectly all the way through to the end.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jjon:
ok thanks now another problem. when i try to enter hackerize-ace clean while the phone is in disk drive and usb debugging, its still telling me

"rm failed for /sdcard/PD98IMG.zip, Permission denied"

and when i try to put the phone on charge only its telling me

"rm failed for /sdcard/PD98IMG.zip, No such file or directory"

what am i doing wrong?
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
I dont understand how I could be messing this up so many times.

This is the process Ive used the most for my gc's.First I perform a full format of the sd not a quick.Then I use the gold card helper app to get the reverse cid(Ive used both mmc1 and mmc2 numbers).Enter the number on the website.Open gold card tool pc app and load gold card image.Then patch it it goes through the steps and says its successful.

Am I missing something?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jjon:
is the hackerize-ace clean part necessary? or is there a way to do it manually without cmd?
[HTC Inspire 4G] p4ranoid4ndroid:
For those getting stuck on the last step of perma root (/data/local/tmp/root) and its failing. Try rebooting back to HBOOT and flash gtg's rom here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=968689

As long as you have s-off this should work (I did it myself)
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exits is normal. I should remove that line from the script.

I am not sure about the rest of that stuff though. It sounds like you may have run that command more than once?
[HTC Inspire 4G] aaronpaws:
after I create my goldcard i get "damaged SD card" in my notification bar and when i try to run hackerize.sh setup-downgrade it says

# exit

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

Patching and backing up partition 17...

Error opening backup file.

sh-3.2#
[HTC Inspire 4G] skroll82:
A few things here:

1) This can be caused by some SD cards. (if you are using the one that came with your phone, it should work)

2) If you are doing this on a mac, the instructions aren't clear, but when you substitute /dev/diskXsY in there, you don't want to include the sY part. For example, on my machine the goldcard's dev entry was /dev/disk4s1, which is disk4, partition 1. Make sure you dd if=goldcard.img of=/dev/disk4 so that you are writing to the block device, not the partition.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dquin:
Help for Noob

Hello All,

I'm a former iphone 4 user and since my iphone got physically destroyed, I decided to switch to android. I've had the phone for about a day and still getting used to it. Is there a section here for new users? also I do want to root it and possibly update to 2.3 is that possible? and does anyone have a step by step for dummies available? Thank you so much for all your help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] otakonx:
Thanks! This is definitely helpful since I did this on a Mac and haven't been able to properly make the goldcard. Quick and probably dumb question, once I use the goldcard to perm root the phone, can I use another SD card for storage or do I have to keep the goldcard in at all times? I've been ready a lot on the goldcards but mostly just tutorials.
[HTC Inspire 4G] skroll82:
You don't need to keep it in. It's not going to hurt anything, (I just left mine in and am using it as storage as I goldcarded the card that came with the phone), but you don't need to.
[HTC Inspire 4G] redneck_666:
Sorry for not wanting to browse through 50+ pages, but has anyone tried it with the HTC Ace AT&T kernel yet? I would figure that'd be the answer to all of the sounb problems.
[HTC Inspire 4G] otakonx:
I thought the v3 fixed the sound issues? doh. I might wait on this if there are still sound issues.
[HTC Inspire 4G] maevro:
I have been working with ROMs and Radios for years with all kinds of OS on phones and never had an issue but for some reason I am not understanding the Hack Kit and feel like an idiot.

Every Android device I have no issues but with the Inspire it is making me crazy. I know its broken down well but im still not getting it. I formatted a 2GB MicroSD card via Fat32 on my computer, I formatted it on the phone, but im kind of lost there.

I feel like a moron. Help if you kind. Someone out there I had to have hooked up when I worked at MCO and took care of you.

Thanks to anyone who can teach an old dog a new trick.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tizzl10:
rooted! freekin' sweet!
[HTC Inspire 4G] gunnyman:
have you watched the howto video? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=957559&highlight=video
[HTC Inspire 4G] subtlesti:
i keep getting this at the setup-downgrade step

--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405

Patching and backing up partition 17...

The system cannot find the batch label specified - end

is software 1.80.502.3 too high? I just noticed the guide had downgrade from 1.75 at the top. I just got my phone last week.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DJHile:
I'm having this same issue. I have followed the instructions very clearly and when I push the downgrade to the sd card everything seems and reboots fine. Is there any way to fix this? How can I watch outputs for errors?

When I get to the white boot screen the progress bar on the right is blue and progresses to 100%, the second time through it is yellow and also progresses to 100% and then the error occurs.
[HTC Inspire 4G] TomAG:
HTC Inspire 4G Rom Source Code Available

I found the source code for the Inspire 4G Kernal available here from the HTC - Developer Center located here "developer<dot>htc<dot>com". It download as a file called "ace-att-2.6.32-g3c08447.tar.gz" of about 84 MB in size. Didn't know if this news had made it to the forum. I've extracted the source and it looks pretty interesting. Have fun!!!!

:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] Frogg3r:
When I do one of the final steps "/data/local/tmp/root", the terminal returns "not found", but when I run "hackerize-win fix-ace" from the windows command prompt, I get "The system cannot find the batch label specified - fix-win". can anyone provide any help?

Thank you

EDIT: Search wasn't working, I see this was asked a few pages back. trying the no anti virus approach.

EDIT: Still the same results as before.

Major props to attn1. He was able to get me and another person with the same issue fixed late last night!
[HTC Inspire 4G] RBDH:
Ok, I've been able to get past other problems I was having with the help of the people in irc. But now I have this problem that is keeping me from getting past step 2.

C:\ace>hackerize-ace setup-downgrade

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

1656 KB/s (557962 bytes in 0.329s)

1546 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.010s)

Starting adb shell to test temp root...

if you see a '#' prompt, okay to proceed

if you see a '$' prompt, temproot failed

type exit at the prompt to continue

error: device not found

error: device not found

Any idea what could be causing this? (If I continue on with the install-downgrade I get to the fastboot screen but then it just freezes after I push power, but I'll worry about this after I figure out my first problem)
[HTC Inspire 4G] larry buser:
Followed U-tube vid and the written instuctions ... step by step. Had several problems, i.e.; errors finding \dir\files, process that wouldn't start, Goldcard went great, "adb out of date. Killing ..." statements, # passes - $ fails ... I got #, ended up with a brand-new HTC Inspire 4G that, now, is a Desire HD w/o sound - Did not root, or S-off, and it did not back-up (no recovery) ... and I'm having troubles finding a Stock ROM to try to set this thing back. I've spent hours trying to root this dang-thing - no luck. It's not your product - it that this AT&T/HTC phone won't root.

Same problem as "RBDH" - Only my fastboot worked.

C:\ace>hackerize-ace setup-downgrade

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

1656 KB/s (557962 bytes in 0.329s)

1546 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.010s)

Starting adb shell to test temp root...

if you see a '#' prompt, okay to proceed

if you see a '$' prompt, temproot failed

type exit at the prompt to continue

error: device not found

error: device not found

#_
[HTC Inspire 4G] jwlyons:
I'm on the first step after the Goldcard process and I keep getting this error:

failed to copy 'tools/dngrd/PD98IMG.zip' to /sdcard/PD98IMG.zip': Read-only file system

Any ideas?