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[HTC Inspire 4G] rynsalem:
HELP!!!!

So I've been searching for an hour and cant find anything here that helps. My phone shows Fastboot USB and I do what it says, push the power button to enter HBOOT and nothing happens. any help would be great

THANKS!

HTC Inspire 4G Simple One Click S-OFF, Downgrade, Clockwork, Root

Scripted by bubby323 of XDA-Developers

Press any key to continue . . .

Press any key to continue . . .

Changing directory to use the needed resources...

Restarting adb server...

Looking for device...

The script will not continue if your phone is not connected.

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

* daemon started successfully *

Pushing the files needed to downgrade your phone..

392 KB/s (557962 bytes in 1.388s)

368 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.042s)

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

Patching and backing up partition 17...

Pushing the exploitable rom to your sd card this could take a while.

1811 KB/s (301004498 bytes in 162.250s)

Done! Now rebooting into the bootloader to downgrade your Inspire.

When fastboot comes up press power to enter HBOOT, then press enter.

Press any key to continue . . .
[HTC Inspire 4G] hasssan1:
Wolf,

I keep losing root privilege. is there any fix for this issue ? Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
If you did it as described in the FAQ, that should perfectly fix your SU force close problem.

With S-Off, you no longer need a goldcard to flash, so you can format that one and use it for storage if you desire, or use another one to flash ROMs from.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Does your phone say it's looking for the PD98IMG.ZIP file? Do you have Fastboot turned OFF inside the phone settings? ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] raysolomon:
This does not work on my new HTC Inspire 4G as advertised.

Straight out of the box, I follow your instructions and when it gets to HBOOT, it fails after verification.

Any suggestions of why it did not work?

* Gold card was created successfully

* Fastboot turned OFF

* USB debugging enabled
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
What microSD card did you use for your goldcard? Just because it says it was created successfully does not guarantee that it is a valid goldcard. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Is it force closing or are you actually just losing the privileges? I am assuming you mean privileges. Try this: Go into menu, settings, manage applications, select all at the top, find superuser and select it, clear data. After that try booting into CWM recovery and select fix permissions. You could do it from within the OS but try rebooting and let me know if that worked. Also another question, are you loosing root after a reboot?
[HTC Inspire 4G] raysolomon:
8 GB SanDisk Micro SDHD (Class 4)

I suppose I can add that to the incompatibility list

:(

I wil go to Best Buy tonight and try to find a compatible one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rynsalem:
I have Fastboot turned off. It doesn't say anything about PD98IMG.ZIP on the phone (the file is on the SD Card :/ ) The phone gives me the options fastboot, recovery, factory reset, simlock, and image CRC but i can't select anything its like the phone froze. I do get the message in the prompt window on my computer saying my phone should search for it. :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
If it is the one that came with the phone, try to make it again. That is the one that I used, and SanDisk makes the best cards to use for goldcards. If that one does NOT work, you might try finding a SanDisk 2Gb card to use. I have had success with those as well, however optimally, the one that came with the phone is usually best. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] rbjscv:
Post FAQ link at start of this thread?

If it's already there, then my apologies.

Just reading it answered my ongoing nagging problems with root permissions.

And after reading the faq I now remember having seen that info in the thread, but just couldn't manage to search it out.

Thanks to ClearD and Bubby323 for taking the time to put it together.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Press the Power button on your phone once to enter into the Fastboot menu, wait about 5 seconds, and it will search for the PD98IMG.ZIP file and begin to update it.

Edit: It should actually be searching for the file in the initial bootloader menu, I believe. Try going into fastboot, then pressing power once more to go back out to bootloader. It will flash something for a split second (about 9 lines of text in green) that tells you it's searching for the file. Do you see that?
[HTC Inspire 4G] rasroygbiv:
Boot animations are somewhat ROM specific. Maybe post that kind of question in the forum for the ROM you are using? We have enough clutter here.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rasroygbiv:
I used a Class 2 SanDisk 8g for my gold card and it failed repeatedly. I used a Class 2 Transcend 8g and it worked like a charm.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Not a problem. It will *hopefully* be posted there sooner or later lol. For now, you can find the FAQ right here.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
im fixing to pick up the inspire 4g, and coming from my tmobile g2 im fairly familiair with flashing roms/kernels. i didnt want to post a new thread so i thought id ask here. i was looking at this, and im still confused.

how do i exactly use this? i download it and then what?

DHD roms/kernels work with the inspire? do all roms out right now allow sideloading of applications and enable highspeed data that was denied from att?

can someone please help me out, because im already having a panic attack about rooting and romming and i dont even have the phone yet. haha!
[HTC Inspire 4G] rynsalem:
NOPE Nothing I press the power button to go into the bootloader and it just freezes
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
1. Plug the phone into the computer via USB, follow instructions, and root it from your computer.

2. Only *CERTAIN* DHD ROMs work with the Inspire, as the phones are SIMILAR, though not identical.

3. Sideloading/HSPA+ is ROM specific, check with the individual ROM before loading it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
You might want to run this RUU from your PC, which will return you to factory, non-rooted stock. It will *NOT* turn S-On, though, if you are already S-Off. It seems your HBOOT might be messing up, and that factory shipped ROM should fix that. Once you are back to factory ROM again, try the rooting process once more.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
yeah, but doesnt it have to deal with a goldcard and such? i suppose when i rooted my g2 it was easy because i just pushed files trhough terminal
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Backup anything on your microSD card before you start, because the goldcard tool is included. Or it will be, if it's not already.
[HTC Inspire 4G] andy442:
I was having a hard time flashing CWM but your advice worked for it. THANKS!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Mind explaining which method you used? :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
wouldnt it be included in the package i downloaded? why do i need to back it up? so i can use it AS the goldcard? so when i do this procedure its gonna be rooted with s off and superuser installed? and then i can install clockwork recovery?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
It should be.

Correct. The microSD card that comes with the device usually makes the best goldcard. It will need to be formatted to make the goldcard.

Correct. And actually, ClockWorkMod may also be installed, but what I would personally do is download ROM Manager immediately and install the latest version of ClockWorkMod overtop of the one that is installed through the simple root tool.
[HTC Inspire 4G] grumpy.medic:
[Q] Root but not really?

Hello all.

I am not sure if this has been answered before or not. But I used Bubby's awesome app and achieved root (I think).

Using the Terminal Emulator when I type "su" my hash changes from $ to #.

However, when I try to manually remove some of the bloatware from terminal

rm /system/app/ATT_Navigator.apk​

It gives me a read-only file system error. Same happens when I use Bubby's bloatware removal script.

Can someone point me in the right direction or help me out, please?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Try using Root Explorer app to mount the System directory as R/W, then you can delete the APKs to remove the programs.
[HTC Inspire 4G] doktor buknasty:
Or you can use Titanium Backup.
[HTC Inspire 4G] grumpy.medic:
Thanks fellas!

Yay for Titanium Backup!
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
and alllll of that is done with the program that is issued in the OP? sorry for the annoying questions, i just want to get the phone, and know what im doing immed. i appreciate your help. if i make the goldcard that came with the phone, ill still be able to use that card for its regular purposes? do i need that SDcard in the phone once its rooted? like if i got a larger SDcard, it wouldnt matter?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Yes, that's all accomplished with the root tool; you will be able to use the microSD that came with the phone once you are rooted; you only need the goldcard once, and then you can reformat it and use it like a regular SD card, or replace it with a larger one.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
thanks :). ive also heard about that there is a audio issue, what is that about? you have been an enourmous help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
;) FAQ, 3rd question down
[HTC Inspire 4G] bfinch:
ok guys i dont think has been answered yet..

im rooted using this method. s-off, SU works great. i have rom manager and flashed the new CWM.

when i try to go into recovery, i see the HTC emblem then it fades to black, then nothing happens. I've tried getting into recovery from RM and manually.

ive tried alternative recoveries as well. i can select roms using RM, or select to backup my current rom. but when i do, i get the HTC emblem then black and nothing else. please help
[HTC Inspire 4G] milleirish:
ClearD:

You keep posting your Faq but every time I click on it to read it. I get this error:

The proxy server is refusing connection

Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections.

* Check the proxy settings to make sure that they are correct.

* Contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is

working.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
It's written in Google Docs, your best bet would be Internet Explorer, or Google Chrome. :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
Try it again, it's coming up fine for me.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
There is a section on how to fix clockwork mod here bro. :) Hope this helps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hasssan1:
Yes, i keep loosing it. every time i loose it, i clear data in both rom manager and super user, then click fix in rom manger, reboot and then i get it back the root. but after hour or so i loose it again ( i tested with terminal too ) . i also update the rom and rom manger to the latest version. so please advise if there is a permanent fix for this issue. thanks for your help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rynsalem:
anything I should worry about when i do this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] IWantAnA2:
Is there a video walk-through? I'm absolutely turrible when it comes to things like this, and things that may seem self explanatory to one may not be the same to another. Heck, I didn't know I had to have my phone plugged in to my laptop for the gold card deal. Sorry, I'm a super noob.

But props to you Bubby for putting this all together!
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
So if I use this method and root my phone, do I need to load a rom that allows me to sideload apps? Correct? Or what is the sideload wonder machine? Thnks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mi04se1:
The cooked ATT rom has enable third party apps under settings-apps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
I'm assuming all cooked roms do though.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DonS:
Virus?

When I download this package my Trend-Micro anti-virus software deletes it as a virus infected file. The virus malware names in the logs are

AndroidOS_LOTOOR.A and Android.C1E9BC2B

This happened at the end of the file transfer when it was saving the file. I didn't get to where I try to run it.

Is this file clean?
[HTC Inspire 4G] eighty1:
Any other method to get eng s-off? its killing me the fact that it took forever to get root and now I have no clockwork. The eng s-off is not working for me as I keep getting connection error. Hoping there is a another way to fix clockwork or get eng s-off.
[HTC Inspire 4G] seedoubleyou:
a word of thanks

long (2 or 3 days) time lurker, first time poster...

Just got my AT&T Inspire a week ago, and successfully used your tool to root the device this morning. Thank you very much for your hard work to make this tool.

One thing I discovered during the install that I didn't see mentioned:

Assumptions: you use your phone as the USB reader to make the goldcard and utilize the tool.

Make sure when you run the utility after creating your gold card, that you set the phone to charge-only before starting the actual downgrade/upgrade process. Leaving the phone set to mount the SD card will cause read and write errors during the installation (which in retrospect is a no-sh!t piece to the process). The PC does not need to have the SD card mounted to run the utility, nor does it want it to be!

If anything, you may want to add a comment to your script to indicate as such. Even a linux/win hacker of old like me can overlook a stupid setting like that and find himself wasting a ton of time googling to figure out why the backup or file copy part of the process doesn't succeed. Once I changed it back to charge-only and re-ran the setup, as my 5y/o says, "BOOM goes the dynamite! ..I was rocking along without issue!

Many many thanks again for your hard work, now its time to go play in root land. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
You should turn off both your antivirus, antispyware, and firewall before you run this. It is a false positive, everything is safe.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Smokeaire:
First off: Bubby I am impressed as hell with your talents and demeanor. Keep up both. I'm going to donate even though I haven't rooted yet as soon I can remebember my PP account (haven't used it in a couple of years).

Second: I'm coming from my rooted N1 running CM7 nightlies, so this method of rooting is more than I have attempted.

My first attempt (about 5 days ago) resulted in a phone that had no sound, but my wife who was calling me could hear me. I'm going to assume from reading this thread that I had attained a incomplete root process. I did sort of panic and returned the phone as defective. lol

Also I can only access the internet either through my phone or hotspotting my laptop with my phone. That was another reason for returning the first phone.

I'm going to attempt another go at it. Am I correct in reading that when the whole process is finished I should have the rom back that was on the phone to begin with with the phone rooted? I do like the HTC rom but want to give CM7 nightlies a go. Is the Inspire referred to as "Ace" in the CM nightly mirror site? If not what is the name.

Thanks...going to take a bunch of deep breaths now. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
I suggest just following everything to a tee and not to rush it. When the phone is actually rooted, it will be the stock rom. From there you can flash clockwork from rom manager and then install roms from there. Which I assume you know from using your N1. The process just downgrades the rom on the phone to a old desire hd rom that doesn't have sound, so it can be rooted and then its brought back to the normal rom rooted. There are roms in the dev section. One that is actually the stock rom of the the inspire, but with fixes. Like hotspot, and sideloading apps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Smokeaire:
Thanks for the reply. What is the recommended way to backup the Inspire before starting this process?

Going to start the Gold Card creation now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
From what I've read everything you need is in this tool. I'm honestly not sure how to back it up before being actually rooted. If you just fail, you won't be rooted. Simple as that.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
Let's clear this up. Everything we need to root is in this tool, correct?
[HTC Inspire 4G] seedoubleyou:
Except for hardware...and wetware..yes
[HTC Inspire 4G] PatrickHuey:
Hardware and wetware?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Everything you need to do all of this is in the tool. You need a computer, your phone, the microSD card that came with your phone, and a USB cable to connect it with, which also came with your phone.

Guys, before posting questions that have been answered hundreds of times already, please PLEASE do a search of this thread and

READ THE FAQ! :D :D

It opens just fine in any web browser. For the one user that was giving the proxy error, you most likely have a virus. Not joking.
[HTC Inspire 4G] seedoubleyou:
Hardware - what cleard said

Wetware - your brain
[HTC Inspire 4G] eighty1:
I have been rooted since yesterday after it took about 2 days. I am not able to fix my clockwork isssue. I own and mac and had to use my fiancee old dell to root, but when I try to use the easy s-off application I always get connection error for some reason. This is the same cpu I used to root. I was wondering if I can rename the rom I want to flash to pd98img.zip and just flash in bootloader? or would that not work because I need to wipe data and such?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Don't rename and don't flash that image in this manner. It is not designed the same way.
[HTC Inspire 4G] eighty1:
Should I start from scratch and see if it fixes my clockwork issue or is it bound to happen. I am not able to run the eng s-off tool and sitting here rooted and cant flash any custom roms. :mad:
[HTC Inspire 4G] techsican:
Noob. getting the following error when I try to run the one click app. I was able to create the gold card.

HTC Inspire 4G Simple One Click S-OFF, Downgrade, Clockwork, Root

Scripted by bubby323 of XDA-Developers

Press any key to continue . . .

Press any key to continue . . .

Changing directory to use the needed resources...

Restarting adb server...

Looking for device...

The script will not continue if your phone is not connected.

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

* daemon started successfully *

Pushing the files needed to downgrade your phone..

1835 KB/s (0 bytes in 557962.000s)

989 KB/s (0 bytes in 15837.000s)

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

Patching and backing up partition 17...

Error opening backup file.

Pushing the exploitable rom to your sd card this could take a while.

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

Done! Now rebooting into the bootloader to downgrade your Inspire.

When fastboot comes up press power to enter HBOOT, then press enter.

Press any key to continue . .

when I follow the steps on my phone, no update happens. I was in debug mood, set to fast boot and usb connect to hard drive.

Any ideas what could be causing this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] topgun303:
Make sure debugging is selected. Uncheck fastboot and connector phone vs charge only mode. Then run the program. Now when the phone boots up in hboot, it will search for update and ask you if you want to install it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
You were running the program with your phone in mass storage, disk drive mode, it needs to be in charge only. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] cooleric56:
yo bubby i have been trying to gtalk you for help for hrs, can you please help me
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
1. Whats mmc?

2. whats cid ?

3. Does this program unlock the sim?

:confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] eighty1:
I attempted to re use the tool and root all over again but in the process I now get error device not found in the command prompt. Does this mean I need to reinstall something? I switched usb cables and ports but no go.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Four-Fifty-X:
Google is your fried. If you don't know what any of those things are, I would not try this process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Are you in charge-only mode, USB Debugging On, and Fastboot off? =]

But yes, retrying the process never hurts, to fix things that could have gone wrong
[HTC Inspire 4G] berdo:
I have completed all the steps, including fixing SU permissions and the phone works great. The only issue is I don't seem to have any 3G connection. I have Edge just fine but no 3G. My wife and I are sitting at the same table she has 3G on her iPhone and I only have Edge.

Forgive me if this has been posted already, I tried searching but nothing was found. Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks

****UPDATE****

After a few hours it started working. Guess it just needed time to re-register or who the heck knows.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rubyv:
I've tried to download this for two days. All of my antivirus crud is turned off. It takes several hours, then fails. Is there a mirror for download?

To the kid who cooked this up, I hope my 7 year old geek in training is as brilliant as you are at 14.
[HTC Inspire 4G] eighty1:
I didnt have usb debugging checked that was my problem. After attempting to run it again it went all the way to the end and said your bootloader is corrupt do no reboot. I dont know if that means never reboot it again or what? I want to do the simple root process all over again but afraid it wont boot up. dammit
[HTC Inspire 4G] budsmoker420:
Got downgraded Desire rom installed now stuck , last command at terminal fails

I don't know what to do now im stuck in the downgraded rom and have tried everything I know... Everything worked up until getting into the terminal and

it responded childs forked and then the next command where it says setting cid

to 111111 and all the other crap say at the very bottom that it failed , there is nothing that says thats its not supposed to say that because the info about what is suppose to be displayed back to you in not detailed whatsoever.. so I have no root no /.. no sound and stuck in the desire rom.. to quote from someone else this **** dance of gold card then downgrade and then this then that is freaking stressfull.. anyway..so what do I do now?? i mean when try to get the script started again it just *****es at me and closes I mean.. can someone walk me through getting root here and turning s-off because I went into the bootloader and its still on.. so i made sure this desire rom was fresh and did a factory reset

because Im thinking it might have been caused because of the fact I added google account to the profile when I got into the downgraded desire rom and just wasn't thinking about the fact I need to keep it as untouched as possible till I get root so can someone tell me what I need to do next.. I have no phone now lol.. well one with no sound and no ability to call .. im excited to get this done but depressed at the same time to be stuck without any voice communication .. Like I said whole program crashed when I tried to get the script to run again ... so im stuck at the very begining in the program .. and obviously downgrading has already happend so when you click downgrade it you get this

HTC Inspire 4G Simple One Click S-OFF, Downgrade, Clockwork, Root

Scripted by bubby323 of XDA-Developers

Press any key to continue . . .

Press any key to continue . . .

Changing directory to use the needed resources...

Restarting adb server...

Looking for device...

The script will not continue if your phone is not connected.

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

* daemon started successfully *

and it never connects.. it just sits for ever and does nothing with the phone connected.. I really appreciate the help on this... ;)

THANKS,

Abe
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
I would try flashing the stick RUU. Look in the sticky thread for it.
[Captivate General] Ptrout:
Just curious which ROMS support rotated home screen.

I know Darky, and Perception did, but just installed serendipity and it doesn't seem to support that feature.

This is a ROM feature or a module or app I can install to enable it.

If so, names of ROMS or apps would be appreciated it.

Thanks
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
All roms have screen rotate, if it was not working, bad flash
[Captivate General] Ptrout:
I don't mean ability rotate the screen. I mean a rotated home screen.

Some ROMS, will have a verticle HOME screen, and some ROMS will when rotated will display the HOME screen in Landscape mode, with the launcher on the side.
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
Got you, not rom specific, launcher specific. I use adw, has that feature, not all do. I am not sure which launcher serendipity uses