yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Inspire 4G] mholmes05:
I used this method of creating a gold card. Since I've created it, I've had two seperate incidents happen when the inspire said the SD card had been removed when it had not. To solve it, I turned the phone off, and took the card out and put it back in. Once I did that, it could read the SD card fine and it was back to normal.

Is this a sign of an incorrectly formatted gold card? Is this something I should not be experiencing?

Thanks for the help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] SeTHJ:
Thank you

Inspire 4G / XDA App / Yeah!
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
My SD Card was doing this before and after creating the gold card. I don't think it has to do with the gold card process. I've seen people report the same thing in a few other threads, hopefully this isn't a device issue..
[HTC Inspire 4G] mholmes05:
Anyone else have that problem?
[HTC Inspire 4G] waldoelx7241:
I was having the SD card errors that it would unmount itself so I went to radioshack and bought a 16GB for $35 and it has not given me that error since, I bought it Sunday night

Sent from my Inspire 4G by at&t son! XDA Dev App
[HTC Inspire 4G] Jgen:
Both mine did it "Samsung cards" they have been replaced and no problems anymore. I think all my Samsung products just hate life.

BTW: both Samsung cards came with the phones.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mholmes05:
Okay sounds like I need a new card - if I replace this card how does it affect my hold card? Do I use this memory card when installing this Rom when its available and then after installation go to the new one?
[HTC Inspire 4G] tempster:
has this thread died ???? havent seen anything exciting latley ?

i got my gold card ready , waitting on the root thing :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
The whole forum seems a little slower than usual today. Hopefully this means everyone is working on something good :) Hopefully this doesn't mean that everyone's jumped ship to the Atrix.

Have you tried following r34p3r's video guide for root? I was having difficulty following attn1's instructions, but r34p3r's video straightened everything out for me
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
I saw on Android central that HTC released the source code for it today. maybe that's why it's so quiet.
[HTC Inspire 4G] blainetaylor:
Ill have to watch the video, instructions also through me off. I do have my goldcard Rdy tho.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Say don't wait for this one click the walk.through us simple but go to WWW.androidcentral.com and go to HTC inspire section and the hacks and mods section and find gold card tab click it its way easier to go using gold card tool once u get the gold card just have the fold with the extracted hack hit somewhere and u don't even have to put gold card in the folder in fact don't touch the goldcard.img cuz its saved on your SD card after tutorial
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/inspire-rooting-roms-hacks/62261-making-gold-card.html enjoy
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
My head hurts after reading that ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Lol 2 things...

1. Please PLEASE use punctuation. That's very hard to understand. :p

2. The entire PURPOSE of this thread is for a SIMPLE way to root that DOESN'T involve a "hack kit" of any kind. That's the entire point! ;)

Later down the road, the goldcard will not even be needed with this method, if all goes well.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hitekredneck:
Ya, mine too. His keyboard must be screwed, it doesn't seem to have a "," nor a "." key that is working. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
I hear crickets chirping ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Well using xda app lol and the keyboard sucks. Well if you want root,you will need a goldcard. The link I provided shows how easy it is and trust me,once you downgrade its nothing to it. :) tthe tool works great , and instead if having to use hex editor and copy and paste. You simple use tool to put clean goldcard on then you skip to where you bring up cmd
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
We are still working on this, no crickets...I have been a bit busy with therapy and doctors...so we are doing our best....be patient please...

WC
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
It just seems to many ppl that its been nearly two days without a single word. bubby has left ppl high and dry before with promised hopes and updates.maybe that's why people are edgy and a bit skeptic. IMO
[HTC Inspire 4G] gunnyman:
Nevermind move along
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Gunny, I may need to borrow a line from you.

My phone is not my.....
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Keep in mind that I've also been testing and haven't had time to cut a fart over the past few days and dont see that changing for a few more days. Bubby doesn't own an Inspire so he relies on testers. He's a good guy, a smart guy. If he says he's going to finish it I take him at his word.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Keep in mind also that a few posts back, lrs421 said that in fact using bubby's program, he has rooted and S-off'd his Inspire already. It IS working, but still buggy. Be patient, young padawans.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
I wasn't trying to start anything honestly. I was just bumping the thread a bit. I'm still looking forward to it and a bug free version is way better than a rushed buggy version. We all know that. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] aimfire72:
I got impatient and decided to root using the Ace hack kit., lol. It really wasn't that difficult, hardest part was making the gold card (took me 2 tries) which we'd have to do anyways for the one click solution. If you're impatient like me, give it a try.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rodger-sp:
I to used the kit was not that hard
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
I'm waiting because of the warranty. HTC nor AT&T will take back a rooted or S-Off device, and the hack kit doesn't really have an easy way to get back to stock... It's a pain. I know because I wrote the basic how-to.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Timelord83:
Yes how does one get back to the stock rom because i used the Ace hack method and my call sound quality is crappy at best and at random the phone looses sound mid call i can hear them fine but on their end its like i hung up completely DEAD. also want my US apps back amazon mp3 for one relies on the phone to tell it region for which amazon site to use and i won't pay uk prices for songs :(.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Testing at the moment.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RMXO:
I decided to use Ace Kit also & had difficulties at first. I couldn't figure out why I was having such a difficult time rooting my phone when I was following the directions to the T. Later I find out it was due to having a bad Goldcard.

I originally bought 2x Kingston 2GB MicroSD card but none of them would work properly for me. I had to use the 8GB Sandisk that came with my phone. Its working perfectly now with the Sandisk.

I just got done downgrading the ROM as I write this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Check This Thread ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] jeffclay:
to all of those wondering. progress is still being made. I've joined Irs in testing these things. Perfection is hard to come by, software development is/can be a patient process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Timelord83:
oki i am questioning if my phone is s-radio off or not.. is there a way to tell??
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
Boot to HBoot (Vol - and Power), it will say at the top "S-Off"
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
Hey, take care of yourself first, I hope you are feeling better! We'll still be here when it's ready, biting our nails, but we'll be here ;) :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] Timelord83:
apparently i'm retarded because that does nothing at all till i let go and the phone just starts really REALLY fast

edit: i had fast boot enabled after disabling it. the phone nicely went into HBOOT and my radio is indeed off.. thank you kind sirs. also it took example number 3 to turn my S-radio back to on.. but its on now :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Turn off fast boot in the applications menu.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Or instead of shutting of your phone off and manually turning it back on, use the "restart" command in the shutdown menu while holding volume down. It'll vibrate the whole time, but it will reboot the HBOOT menu. :)

I think that was also in that thread, somewhere lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] jlusco:
I tried the hack kit and it didn't work so I'm gonna wait till this is ready so keep up the good work
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Well after everything install a stock Rom and then get the stock kernel and flash. That's what I did and it workss great nice and loud
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Am I able to use it after I've already used hack kit?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
If you want to re-root then sure this will do that for you. You'll just be guided through the whole process again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sheanzyy:
I grew impatient :). I used the ace hack kit with the video tutorial by r34p3rx ... If you follow the video, I'm positive you'll be fine.

I will still donate to this project, but not as much as my original pledge because I have rooted with another method. Still, good work bubby. You have a promising future in development or wherever your future endeavors take you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nelify:
Thanks Bubby. I have an updated version. It's on my post!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11671077#post11671077
[HTC Inspire 4G] mi04se1:
Will this wipe all the apps and settings? I dont care really because I have a titanium backup from my Captivate.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
571mb which if you consider that it's stored on a server with unlimited bandwidth, and the program installs to temp folders, it's not all that much. It's takes my internet, which mind you isn't the best, about 7 minutes to download the whole program. The biggest reason for the size is the downgrade rom and the stock rom.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Yes.

10char
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Initial release now available for download.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
If you close the program it gets deleted from the temp files, just run the exe again and your back in business. If you are having any issues or concerns come to this thread for help, as I'm sure many of the users here will be able to guide you in the right direction. Again, thanks to everybody for the ongoing support in this project and what I'm doing. This one is for you. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] JetBlk:
It is due to the roms it needs
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Please let me know if it works for you, as you try it all out tonight. It's been tested on over 3 computers, with 3 different phones, and 3 different with no problems.
[HTC Inspire 4G] TDQuiksilver:
I understand that. Just curious if there was any way to use some compression techniques for those who have "slower" connections.

Out of curiousity (and it has probably been answered), but what is the reason why an Unrevoked-type method couldn't be used? Small file size and one simple flash without gold card. I am curious about the actual technical reasons.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jwlyons:
Had no luck with the hack kit, hope this fairs differently.

Thanks for all the hard work!

I followed the guide in the OP to create a gold card, however I formatted the SD card through my phone, as well as created the gold card that way.

Will that be a problem?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
The method to obtain S-OFF is different then in those phones, and more like the methods for the G2 and the Desire HD. Another exploit aside from the radio exploit in the downgrade hasn't been publicized either.

The compression is on high.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Nope, no problem. There shouldn't be any difference.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
If somebody would like to make a quality video of them running through the one click and obtaining root, clockwork, and S-OFF, by all means that would be great, and I'd gladly add it to the OP. I would do it myself, but as previously stated I don't have an Inspire 4G.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
It does. According to the 3 other testers.
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
For anyone having gold card troubles I recommend this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970157

Ive tried all previous methods of making a gold card and this is the only one that worked for me.It actually worked on the first try even.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jwzg:
Quick question: The downgraded ROM is dead stock right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Definitely. I linked to it in the OP and in the GUI itself. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
The downgraded rom is from the Desire HD, but that's only used for the radio exploit to get S-OFF then stock is put back on the device and rooted.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
This message appears that you may be trying to restore a captivate backup to your inspire... be careful with that! They aren't the same device and even restoring to the same device running a different rom can sometimes cause massive force closes. When you root, make a Nandroid backup in clockworkmod FIRST THING so you'll have a backup!
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
Nevermind just got done downloading and noticed you already bundled it in there.

BTW took me less than 5 min to dl the package.Everything looks great.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
You will have sound. Don't confuse everyone. :P The end rom after the one click WILL have sound.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
How about these? Lots of design changes but they are somewhat accurate of the final product.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Re read his answer. He only downgraded that Rom. The stock Rom is put back on after the downgrade is complete and the downgraded Rom is then completely gone. You will have perfect sound.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
...and I just realized I forgot to finish typing in that last response. It was supposed to say he only downgraded that Rom temporarily for root exploit. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Then it can be flashed through clockwork. There are plenty in the forums. ;)

I don't blame you AT&T sucks, HTC doesn't. ;P
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Then PM me and I'll tell you how to get the stock EU rom. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] jwlyons:
So I get to the step that says it's pushing the downgrade ROM to the SD card, then my phone reboots, and whenever I select bootloader, it tells me that the PD98IMG.zip isn't found.

Is this a problem inherently with my SD/gold card? Should I buy a different SD card and try that, and if I do that does it mean that if I put in the SD that came with the phone that it won't work while that SD card is in?

Sorry for so many questions, just learning everything for the first time. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] rawb123456:
mmap() failed operation not permitted

what usb mode should i be in? disk drive or charge only?

any help?? thanks in advance
[HTC Inspire 4G] aNdroidnut:
Should be charge only I believe.
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
I'm no expert at this stuff but over the last couple weeks I have managed to return every possible error message.

But using the new gold card tool I was able to skate through everything else finally.

What I did was sync as disc storage and through the pc performed a full format. Opened the new gold card tool found the card, formatted through the utility followed the rest of the steps using the mmc2 number. The program did its thing and once done my pc recognized it as a gold card.

Everything else I did with the phone checked as charge only.

Hope this helps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Yes charge only. If you are having any other problems, just close the program and re-launch the exe that you downloaded, and try again. Also, make sure usb debugging is enabled, and fastboot turned off, as well as charge only mode, and not disk mode. If you are having any other problems, after checking that uninstall HTC Sync, it has been known to cause problems. It will still leave the needed drivers and any backups.
[HTC Inspire 4G] RMXO:
I'm no expert but I had the same issue. I had to use the SD card that came with the phone to make a working GC instead of the two Kingston 2GB SD I tried originally.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Relaunch the exe you downloaded and try again, sounds like a copy error, if that doesn't work, try a new card.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jonny_ringo_wvu:
Would there be any utility in uploading the .exe file as a torrent? Then a bunch of us could seed it and potentially speed up downloading.
[HTC Inspire 4G] slapdaddy:
Charge only. When in disk drive mode, your phone mounts the memory card to your computer so as far as the phone is concerned, it isn't even there.

Sent from my Inspire 4G.
[HTC Inspire 4G] yellowdragon:
Dang. Got the mmap() failed message. :-(

Yet the script continued.

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

Press any key to continue . . .

Changing directory to use the needed resources...

Restarting adb server...

* server not running *

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..

15 KB/s (557962 bytes in 34.568s)

12 KB/s (15837 bytes in 1.280s)

mmap() failed. Operation not permitted

--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 quite a while.

Yes, the phone is in charge mode and quick reboot has been disabled. Just in case, I rebooted the phone after deselecting quick reboot.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Close the program and all related windows, and open the exe again and try it again. It is working. I have confirmation of that.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jlusco:
ok i have been sitting for like 20 min with just this

Press any key to continue . . .

Changing directory to use the needed resources...

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 *

anyone give me an avrage time on this

im running windows 7 ultimit 64bit if that makes a dif
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Enable usb debugging and disable fastboot.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Bosnazmaj:
If anyone wants here is the torrent file and i am seeding it already so hopefully that might lower the load on the direct downloads.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
I'm flyin on the first link. 400kB/s
[HTC Inspire 4G] yellowdragon:
Closed the program, rebooted the computer and the phone. Still have the mmap() failed

For the sake of completeness, I'm downloading the AT&T drivers to make more tests.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Av8tor86:
Noob question

New to android, how do you disable fast boot?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Seems specific to certain people, i have alot of people telling me it's working just fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
Settings-applications-4th choice
[HTC Inspire 4G] yellowdragon:
I'll keep trying.

Still, my respects to you for your hard work. :-)
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
Under settings- applications
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
settings>applications>fastboot i believe, just uncheck it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] p4ranoid4ndroid:
Settings>applications>uncheck fastboot

Edit: bubby beat me to it I guess
[HTC Inspire 4G] Bosnazmaj:
dumb question, i see that there is a option for goldcard, do we use that one to create a goldcard or do we still use some other source. :p
[HTC Inspire 4G] nelify:
I believe bubba linked to my post. Give it a try,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970157. App is called, SimpleGoldCard.

Thanks Bubba!
[HTC Inspire 4G] jlusco:
ok now im getting this

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

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..

2476 KB/s (557962 bytes in 0.220s)

1932 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.008s)

mmap() failed. Operation not permitted

--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 quite a while.

any ideas can i ignore it sorry foor being a noob lol

now i get HBOOT say no image or wrong image
[HTC Inspire 4G] Bosnazmaj:
Thanks will do
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
It's pushing the rom, it will take a while.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jlusco:
HBOOT said the update failed. what should i try
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Redo your gold card. You didn't make it right.
[HTC Inspire 4G] yellowdragon:
bubby323 FYI:

Followed the script by hand. The mmap() message appears when it tries to do

adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter

All the previous commands execute properly.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
I found this out while testing last night it seems to be sometimes related to if you made your gold card correctly.
[HTC Inspire 4G] yellowdragon:
I'll do it again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rawb123456:
Riddle me this

First off thank you Bubby so much for all of your hard work...very appriciative.....secondly

i have s-off but no root

i followed all directions up until clockwork, booted to bootloader and the script never started.

so i installed Root explorer and tried to remove bloat manually...no go

any help with this? anyone? thanks again for the support
[HTC Inspire 4G] jlusco:
i redid my gold card and it says this right before pushing the files

mmap() failed. Operation not permitted

and hboot still says no image or wrong image

any ideas
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
You can root with visionary or z4root once you have s-off.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Lol. Wait for it to search for the zip.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rawb123456:
this happened to me to but i just waited patientley and the phone booted to bootloader and in continued following the instructions
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
Seeding!

10char
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Once you have S-OFF, then your set really. Just root with visionary or z4, and install clockwork with rom manager.
[HTC Inspire 4G] yellowdragon:
Noted something when redoing my goldcard.

The original CID ends with B4 but the reversed CID starts with 00. All the other numbers are correct.

I'll replace the 00 with B4 and try the process again. Will report in a few minutes.
[HTC Inspire 4G] booty hater:
I feel like restoring back to stock so I can try this out.
[HTC Inspire 4G] galfert:
I think you need to add some kind of personal branding. Right now it looks like something HTC put out. I'm just wondering if you could end up with some trouble from HTC by only using their name and logo. Come up with a cool name for this software tool and maybe a logo for it too.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
Noob friendly eh? Sounds right up my alley. I'm new to the rooting scene and this will help. Thanks for taking this on.
[HTC Inspire 4G] imstill@g:
Definitely feel the suspense building, Hope Dev Just pops up with Program ready, if not, dying to beta, have both PC and Mac on a few different machines ready to test. Thanks for the work.
[HTC Inspire 4G] sheanzyy:
Once the first phone is rooted with his method, my pledge will be in his paypal account....expedited! Oh....and anything is possible. lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] sheanzyy:
Although this isn't really a necessity because there is already an application for it, it would be a neat addition to the overall GUI itself. Good idea :).

As said in previous posts, basics are fine with me. Perm-root, +S-Off, on a stock ROM is BEYOND what HTC Inspire owners could imagine. Especially only a week after release.
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
I like the "Flash Custom ROM" feature that this GUI has, would this be a difficult implementation? I haven't used it yet, but CWM/Rom Manager doesn't seem to be that difficult of a process...but c'mon, who doesn't like a simplified 1 click?

You're doing awesome work, keep it up!

Edit: This is probably one of those "Let's wait to get the main function working properly first" things, but just wanted to throw it out there
[HTC Inspire 4G] wrxtcy379:
not to make such a noob comment what is s-off?
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Exactly why we want this :)

Radio security on and off.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tempster:
im also a noob lol , but from what i've read s-off allows us to install roms ????

but what im wondering is if it also takes care of the upload speed issue ??? without installing a new rom ?