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[HTC Inspire 4G] :
Prepaid Benefits

I have an inspire 4g now that I am using as prepaid. I am able to refill minutes and subscribe to messaging package; but sadly not data. If I root my phone will I be able to use the prepaid data plans on it?

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] snorkle:
So im trying to do this, in the instructions it says to copy the number it gives and place it into the site where it makes it reverse http://hexrev.soaa.me/, how ever the site isnt working... and i tried using the App that finds it and when i tried to install it said model id incorrect.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
As the CID reverser website is down, we need some easy alternatives for reversing the CID to submit to the gold card site. Windows has numerous gold card utilities available, but for those doing this in Linux or OSX, here's a simple script I wrote that extracts the CID and reverses it properly.

adb debugging on, charge mode only, usb plugged in. Copy this to a script and make it executable (chmod 755 filename) I'll update the hack kit when i get a chance.

# cid reverser
# attn1 2011.04.13
#
cid=`adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid`
echo Your mSDCard CID is : $cid
cid1=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,1,2) }'`
cid2=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,3,2) }'`
cid3=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,5,2) }'`
cid4=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,7,2) }'`
cid5=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,9,2) }'`
cid6=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,11,2) }'`
cid7=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,13,2) }'`
cid8=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,15,2) }'`
cid9=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,17,2) }'`
cid10=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,19,2) }'`
cid11=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,21,2) }'`
cid12=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,23,2) }'`
cid13=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,25,2) }'`
cid14=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,27,2) }'`
cid15=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,29,2) }'`
cid16=`echo "$cid" | awk '{ print substr($0,31,2) }'`
echo Your reversed CID is: 00$cid15$cid14$cid13$cid12$cid11$cid10$cid9$cid8$cid7$cid6$cid5$cid4$cid3$cid2$cid1
exit
[HTC Inspire 4G] snorkle:
i keep getting this stupid model id incorrect error, ive tried 100s of methods of making the goldcard, nothing seems to be working.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
what OS are you using? That is definitely a gold card issue. Keep at it, or see me tomorrow in the irc channel in my sig. It's too late tonight - I'm done.
[HTC Inspire 4G] snorkle:
im running vista, 32 bit? i think. but ill keep trying if it dont work ill try to contact you
[HTC Inspire 4G] scottypimpin636:
Had the same problem with mine last night. Tried multiple SD cards, tried it with the SD mounted in the phone and in a USB adapter. This is on Win 7 x64

I tried it on my netbook running XP 32bit and it worked the first try.... :D

I was using Bubby's GUI method for the Gold Card but i'm sure it's a similar process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] MN_Evolution:
Hey Bur when you skipped Step 5; flashing back the Stock radio, did you just leave it or did you flash a different/newer radio?

Also to anyone who can answer. I originally rooted my phone with bubby's simple one click, so i made a gold card already. I flashed the Stock RUU so i'm back to where i started and will now try Hacker Kit for Root etc and also skip Step 5. Do i need to make the Gold card again since i already have one or can i skip that step as well? attn1? anybody?

I'm trying to fix the crap-tastic data speeds that everyone seems to be having after they change radios... Looks like the steps i'm taking kind of mirror Buradd's add it seem to fix his so i'm anxious to see if it'll help me as well. <crosses fingers>.

Thanks In advance!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Gene Poole:
Your gold card is good to go as long as you don't change the boot sector (like by formatting). It's good in any application that requires a gold card.
[HTC Inspire 4G] MN_Evolution:
awesome! thanks Gene!
[HTC Inspire 4G] marcbsmoove:
Gold card error

Hello! I'm trying to make a gold card to root my friends new inspire and i followed the instructions to the tee. had a problem on wed site to get reversed cid,but was led to gold card tool. followed to the tee as well and when i was to the part where you downgrade rom.. I'm getting the error "id failed"....can some one PLEASE

help!!! I'm using Att1 hack kit V9... Thanks in advance!! :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] dailomac:
this page doesnt work for hex reverse anymore.. http://hexrev.soaa.me/

any other solutions?
[HTC Inspire 4G] driftkidd2323:
the only other tool I know of is this - http://bit.ly/fT1kmE

either work for me, but you need a spreadsheeting program.
[HTC Inspire 4G] maevro:
I give up. Making a Gold Card is the easy part, but I run into a wall after that.

If anyone is in the Brooklyn, NY area i need your help and will pay.

merosenfeld@gmail.com
[HTC Inspire 4G] takato23:
this do the same as HTC Inspire 4G Simple Root and S-OFF?
[HTC Inspire 4G] numetheus:
I have chosen Wifi and Data connection, and ran through the Setup utility to verify it. I have also waited an hour with wifi turned off and get the same thing. Could this be hsupa+ being enabled for the inspire 4g in the inspire-saga rom?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Flyer729:
Resource busy

I've searched the forums and google and I can't find anything on this. When I reach the step to push the image of my goldcard to my sdcard, no matter what I do, it says "resource busy".

I am using a mac. Also, I followed the step of unmounting the card, but not ejecting it. I'm at a loss here, and don't know what to do.

Thanks for your help,
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Version 10 has been posted this morning.

This is a major update, and includes a CID Card reverser and integrated gold card image writing, which should alleviate the majority of problems surrounding gold card generation.

Also, there is no phone terminal commands or ROM manager to complete the task and flash clockwork.

Feedback appreciated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mohkg:
downloading now thank you
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Downloading now, I'm going to flash back to stock to retry. Good work dude, I've said it once and I'll say it again. You're the Godfather of the Inspire forums ;)

won't have time today after all. Good luck guys...
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
This usually happens when the sdcard is corrupted or not available. You need to eject the SDCard from the PC and then make sure the phone is in charge only mode.

Reformat the SDCARD FAT32 with MBR and not GUID. Then get V10 of the hack kit and try again. It's been updated to greatly simplify the gold card creation process, streamline the rest and greatly reduce errors.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
can i get an alternate link to download this please because the link provided keeps timing out on me
[HTC Inspire 4G] mudknot2005:
awesome job attn1! I am going to flash back to stock and give this puppy a shot.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Going on 100 downloads already and zero feedback?
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
Not home yet but I will try it and leave feedback. People are just coming and leaving can't leave any feedback or thanks. Smh. I already know this is gonna be nice. Thanks :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] mikeyfg:
Hello i actually have a Evo but im rooting my brothers inspire. Im used to the simple one click root program that does all this.... When i download the file ace-hack-kit-v10.tar.gz when i extract it its shows a bunch of files. I know .gz files are linux files but how do i do this on Windows 7? Any video links ect?? Please help thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] Daveyk:
getting wierd reversed CID

Hi,

Thanks for all of your work! This looks great!

I have been reading the manual for v10 over the last 5 hours and think I've it down... have rooted another phone... feel like I understand the process.

Wondering what I might be doing wrong if on the first command line entry, >hack-ace rev-cid,

I get back,

Your reversed CID is: 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

C:\ace-hack-kit-v10>

I also wondered if the reverse cid was mmc2 or mmc1? The android app goldcard helper gives me a clean reverse cid.

Thanks,

daveyk
[HTC Inspire 4G] boomersooner4900:
I get the error message: Error detecting HTC phone on USB connection. USB debugging is enabled and phone is in charge only mode. Thoughts?
[HTC Inspire 4G] XAviierG:
try plugging out and plugging back in
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Did you install the HTC Windows Android device drivers? (Prerequisite)

Is USB Debugging enabled and the device plugged in?

Is the phone in Charge Only mode?

This happens when adb can't connect to the device.

Same as above. HTC Android device drivers for Windows are required for Windows.

Read the "effen-manual.html" Videos invariably get outdated. It's not that hard. If you get stuck, the IRC channel in my sig has help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] boomersooner4900:
I'm on a mac
[HTC Inspire 4G] Daveyk:
I think that that is a standard message when you are not in sync mode, I get it with both charge only and when runing a drive only.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Daveyk:
Setup all looks right...still not getting rev CID, Thanks, Dave
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
Im downloading version 10 right now, thank you for your efforts, we get closer to an easier s-off each time ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
What OS? I found an issue with the mac version.

fix is here: http://droid.neolobster.com/roms/hack-ace.sh
[HTC Inspire 4G] Daveyk:
Win 7 Ultimate
[HTC Inspire 4G] klquicksall:
man up to version 10 now. I rooted with version 1 back in the old days of February. :D:D The gold card took me like an hour to make.

Thanks att1 for the hack kit.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Please stop in the IRC channel and we'll try to sort you out.
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
V10 Hack kit, worked great for me (welp) on my Mac. Took about 15 minutes with the new script. Just remember to do sudo su after navigating to the Hack kit directory. That's what was giving me problems.
[HTC Inspire 4G] BB2DX:
Big Changes

Holy sh!^ this is totally different from V2 when I originally rooted my inspire! Way smoother and seemingly a lot faster. Thanks again for this! No reason at this point to use any other method!
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Working on some mirrors and bugfix uploads. :|
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
"attn1.... helping noobs everywhere to not blow up their $500 phones"

Seriously everyone... this is the best thing going and near fool proof.

If the instructions were any simpler and detailed we could teach chimps to root phones.

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MrGarak's 1.4.15v6 MIUI

cattleprod's cyan0#4.2 @1.26Ghz Smartass
[HTC Inspire 4G] Jesse6749:
Quick FYI, if you do not follow the Efenguide by the letter the process will fail badly, I just wasted almost 2 hours just cause I did not folow all the directions. As soon as I stuck to the guide walla the process just worked as it is stated by attn1.

Update: Following the guide I had my Inspire rooted in less than 15 minutes.

attn1 - As I suspected rooting the phone and installing a custom rooted rom did re enable my wifi tethering.

Again Thank You for all your help!!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
how can we make a goldcard because this site is down --> http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard

are there any goldcard generators ?
[HTC Inspire 4G] knuckleheadAj3:
+1

Site is a no go for me too...

EDIT: NVM. It's back up.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
Error Connecting

Im on a mac and even used the new hack-ace.sh file from that website (right clicked on the link and downloaded as a file) when in terminal I navigate to the hack kit file and try and run /hack-ace.sh rev-cid and it says error connecting to htc device. What do i do? Im in charge only mode and have debugging enabled. Do I need to re-format my card for the computer to connect or what am i missing? I also started off logging in as sudo sh in terminal. The instructions to me I guess are not so simple if someone could help me out that would be great.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
Ive got a couple of doubts ( really silly ones) , i'm using windows:

1. I unzipped the hack kit 10 in my desktop, and named the folder "hack" so how do i navigate to the folder? i use "cd" in linux but it looks like it doesnt work on windows, i run cmd and then shouldnt i type there something like cd /desktop/hack ?

2. In step 4 you say "Quicky run through setup and again turn on USB Debugging" but we already had turned usb debugging on in step 2 , does it turn it off by itself?

3. After step 4 we need to manually change the phone from charging only mode to mass storage mode, to be able to copy the rom to the sd card, right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] knuckleheadAj3:
1. When you type in cd, it will always take you back one directory or back to a specific directory that you wish to go to. Once you get into the correct directory, you can then switch into the appropriate folder. So let's say you start off in C:\Document And Settings\username. Type in cd to go back to C:\Documents And Settings\. Then, type cd Hack to access the Hack folder in Documents And Settings directory, if it's located there. Do you kinda get what I'm saying??? (Also, it's been a minute since I've used Windows CMD, as linux is 10 times easier....)

2. During Step 3, the phone wipes itself. So when it reboots again, it will be on a fresh install.

3. Yes and no. What I recommend is using a cheap ass SD card for your goldcard image. I used the 8GB that came with the phone for my goldcard, and then once I got to the last step, I loaded my ROM (the latest CoreDroid of course....) on my 16GB and slid that card into the phone before I booted up into Recovery. That's just what I did; really didn't want to use my goldcard for the massive amount of flashing that's about to ensue...

Hope this helps...
[HTC Inspire 4G] knuckleheadAj3:
Is you're adb set up on your mac??

Adb must be set up first before you even think about attempting the Hack Kit...
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
No, you just need to be root. If you are root, it can set up adb and fastboot and run. If not, it won't work.

You must be root to run it (per the instructions)

After you opened terminal, did you do sudo su?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Yes, open as ADMIN, and cd to the hack kit directory, wherever you put it.

Yes, it does, when you wipe the stock rom and flash the downgrade, you need to set up all over again.

You mean at Step 6? No, not necessarily, but you can as long as you eject on the pc side before going back to charge mode only on the phone.

You could also opt to do adb push to the sdcard instead, leaving the sdcard in charge mode the whole time.

While running every other hack kit step, the phone should be in charge only mode. Step 2 is clear about this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Quick question, can I use the gold card that I used in my phone for any other Inspire?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Well the gold card write is built into the process, so just keep goldcard.img in the gcimg directory and you can start at setup-downgrade on the next phone. Even if it's not there, the write step would probably just toss an error without writing and continue on - so yes, you can.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
Thanks for the quick reply and all the hard work you've put into allowing us to use OUR phones as we see fit.

Tx
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmolloy:
I am already rooted with the original Hack kit but I am messing around with this one trying to get better with the terminal. I figured I would use it to make a gold card but I am coming up with the following error:

sh-3.2# sh hack-ace.sh rev-cid

Checking adb connection...

hack-ace.sh: line 52: adb: command not found

Your reversed CID is: 00

sh-3.2#

If anyone more proficient at reading error codes than I am can enlighten me here I would appreciate it. I have tried twice and got the error both times.

For the note I am on CM7 but I don't think that would have any effect here.
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
Are you in the correct directory where you have kit extracted when running commands?

Me thinks it's telling you that it can't find your card/sdcard/gold card

I had an issue with the first gold card I tried to make and ended up having to simply use a different sd card. It was the sd card that was my problem and not my process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
Yes i started as sudo su and then terminal went to the next line with sh-3.2# instead of Jesse$ which is how it starts off before i type in sudo su?
[HTC Inspire 4G] symonc:
If you're not logged in as the root user on the box - then it should be asking you for a root password in order to enable root privilege. I don't even give my everyday user account ability to be as root simply because I don't want one of my kids capable of screwing something up should I leave it logged in and they feel like looking for games in package installer.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmolloy:
I am in the correct directory, confirmed with the list command. I was wondering if it was the Micro SD card as well. Thanks for the input.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Make sure you are using v10c scripts. The error is telling you the adb bin is not found.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
Thank you! the info was indeed useful, maybe ill use my old sd card for the goldcard :) , btw all i had to type to get t the folder using cmd was "C:\Users\myusername\Downloads\hack"
[HTC Inspire 4G] JamesR913:
When i type "hack-ace setup-downgrade" i Get a device not found does anyone have any help?

Edit: everything worked fine with the kit i just had an SD card issue.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmolloy:
I had the same problem and here is what I noticed. When I looked in the V10 hack kit in the Tools>OSX folder there are two files, they are the adb files that are used to push everything onto the phone. In the V9 Hack kit they show up as "Unix Executable files", in the V10 hack kit they are just showing up as "Document", not executable files.

I replaced those files with the Unix Executable files from the V9 Hack Kit and did not have an issue with finding the phone anymore but ran into another issue I have not had time to sit down and try to figure out. (see my posts up above, attn1 put me on the track thinking it is the abd files I switched out.) I think we need to figure out how to make those two files show up as Unix Files and go on from there. Let me know if you come up with anything.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Those files are fine. Did you get the updated scripts?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmolloy:
I haven't had time to look into it yet. How do I go about getting the updated scripts? I have to plead a little ignorance here, the terminal and scripts are all new territory to me. I am trying to get better so you don't have to keep helping me!

Thanks by the way. you are doing awesome things for us Inspire users.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
They are in the the download area of the first post. If you are admin, they should run fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bmolloy:
Wow, if they were a snake they would have bit me. I guess it pays to go back to the OP if you are having issues!

Thanks a million.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ben.kank:
Need some help

New Inspire owner here. I have managed to successfully follow the directions till the hack-ace install-downgrade command. I have been waiting for more than 30 minutes for it to complete. From my reading in the thread that doesnt seem right. The phone screen is black with the HTC logo displayed in the center and following is displayed in the terminal window:

D:\Users\benk\Desktop\inspire\ace2>hack-ace.cmd install-downgrade

Be patient - pushing the downgrade ROM to your SDCARD.

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

* daemon started successfully *

< waiting for device >

erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 0.154s]

finished. total time: 0.154s

... OKAY [ 0.159s]

finished. total time: 0.159s

< waiting for device >

sending 'zip' (293949 KB)...

Is that normal? Should I just be patient and wait longer? If it doesn't complete what are my options? Can I just unplug and restart the process? If I unplug will the phone reboot or will I be left with a soft brick? I am running on Win7 x64. Any insights would be appreciated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
no, not normal. looks like the pc froze, but this can happen if the sdcard needs to be reformatted.

see me in the irc channel in my sig.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ferrari353:
Okay is this for rooting? I rooted with Bubby's one-click thing, but then I sent in my phone to HTC to get fixed so it had to be returned to stock. My phone should be back on Monday, so do I root with this or Bubby's tool?
[HTC Inspire 4G] klquicksall:
Well i guess you didnt read the title of this thread before you posted this. This is the best rooting kit out there.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Phatfike:
Clockworkmod Recovery not flashing on ace-hack soff

Hey attn1 great work by the way. I've successfully navigated through the effen manual & everythings working for me up to the soff command. Idk if v10c flashed the clockworkmod recovery img during the command. i know it did the other two, but said done without rebooting or going into bootloader & flashing anything, plus on the cmd prompt it didn't say anything. Could you please give me any pointers. I'm trying to keep this brief but would pm you if you need anything further, Feel free to do the same. I will continue with the process & see if clockworkmod made it on there.

Well after everything & booting into recovery i found that clockworkmod had installed, but i an across another problem. I re-installed the at&t shipping radio 7 without yet flashing a new rom, I have no sound. I have read this is a common poblem & I hope it resolves when I flash a better rom. Thanks again

Thx for the excellence,

Phatfike
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
It did ask for my password. I should have mentioned that. Do I need to reformat my card for this computer to use the rev-cid command? I can get into the directory in terminal where the hack kit is just fine its just executing the .sh file is whats not working. I must be missing a step or a letter or something. What do i do?
[HTC Inspire 4G] joe4324:
my download keeps stopping at 23% and hanging there. Is this happening to anyone else?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Did you try the mirror?

Make sure you downloaded the new bugfixed script for OSX/Linux in the OP. That should make thinks go much better.
[HTC Inspire 4G] joe4324:
Actually it keeps timing out and needing to be restarted. Is there any other mirrors up? or torrents? I have been trying since last night. Not sure why it hangs...
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
So I ask again -

DID_YOU_TRY_THE_MIRROR?
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
No there is no video that works with this kit, and I don't want one. I want people to read the effen-manual.html and follow it. It's really simple, and it works.
[HTC Inspire 4G] joe4324:
I tried the mirror and the main link, the farthest I got now is 60% I'm going to try a download manager. Between my seemingly failed root on my inspire and this download I'm having a rough day :)

You guys are awesome!
[HTC Inspire 4G] stryfe2010:
Just wanted 2 say thanks. Used the v9 on my original inspire & v10 on my insurance replacement, worked great no issues @ all.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
the v9 goldcard url and the v10 goldcard url are no longer working. anyone have a good url?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Doo Doo:
you just have to wait it out bro its offline right now but it will eventually come back online thats what happened to me the other night

Edit: its back up now hurry & make your goldcard
[HTC Inspire 4G] jbizz:
@attn1 @shad0wf0x

The issues were with my drivers for ADB, I tried the kit on another PC, and it worked like a charm.

Thanks for all the help and stuff in the IRC channel!

The hack kit is hands down a very simple and quick way to root!

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[HTC Inspire 4G] wdkingery:
i downloaded the HTC USB file from the first page, but i don't see any way to install it?

and when i finally found USB debuggin, it installed and failed b/c of "ADB" .. so i think it's related to the file i downloaded.. help?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhester1967:
Make sure you downloaded the new bugfixed script for OSX/Linux in the OP. That should make thinks go much better.[/QUOTE]

-I did use the new bugfixed script to begin with. I must not be understanding how to execute the first step or something