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[HTC Inspire 4G] LordGeek:
Having alot of fun with this since obtaining the phone today after testing the Motorola Atrix4G for the past 2 weeks (it sucks) .. well, where should I begin ...

I downloaded this, before attempting anything, went through ALMOST all the postings in this thread to make sure of things that might or might not happen .. to most part I was successful in getting this installed, BUT ...

After resetting everything back up on the phone, I decided I wanted to modified my build.prop file for the HSXPA changes .. this is where I found I'm going to have problems. I installed Root Explorer, went to open it .. and of course it requested for root access .. well, SuperUser FC'd on me .. continuously !!! Anything I try doing on the phone that requires access to SuperUser application crash.

Is there a fix out there for that ?

I have since put my Inspire 4G back to factory (using the RUU Stock) .. ready to attempt this again, unless someone can tell me of another way to get this thing rooted .. LOL
[HTC Inspire 4G] ah_hin:
i was having the same problem, but I downloaded the new file posted up by Bubby and everything worked flawlesslly

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11908922&postcount=1858
[HTC Inspire 4G] LordGeek:
Link to posting OK .. link within post to replacement ZIP not working !!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Yes, that was hosted on my website also. I will upload a mirror, if it isn't too big.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Thank you a bunch for the mirror!

I will look into those issues. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Download now works in the second post. Mirrors are coming soon from a couple of people, and my website should be back up within the next day.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhardamon:
Quick question, I finished using the one-step GUI and everything is working perfectly. When I try to make a nandroid with clockworkmod it reboots, shows the HTC logo, then the screen fades to black and stays there. Is this how clockwork works or should some sort of text start showing up on the screen? I am just trying to figure out if it's a problem with rom manager (which I updated to the most recent version btw), clockworkmod, or something else entirely. If this can be solved by using the methods in the f.a.q. then I will just follow that, I just needed some confirmation on what it clockworkmod looks like when it is successfully performing a nandroid. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Yes, just use the fix in the F.A.Q. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] LordGeek:
LOL .. ok, I'm blond .. what second post link ??
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhardamon:
Thanks a lot Bubby, will do.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Imaano:
Would it be possible for someone to make a video tutorial using this program?

Thank you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
FAQ IS HERE

Dedicated mirror will be up VERY SOON. Within 1-3 hours of this post.
[HTC Inspire 4G] camokatu:
Hi,

I made gold card as per program, and started rooting process. But then during the process I got this in the terminal window (sorry have to quote):

On line 47 is when I got scared that it takes too long and aborted the process. Mainly because of lines 27 and line 30, at these I had no idea what was going. Thankfully nothing bad happened and phone works. Does this have to do with FAQ's last question? Also, I got the point where I saw fastboot with HBOOT and recovery menus, and saw this message: "When fastboot comes up press power to enter HBOOT, then press enter.", but how do I enter HBOOT if using volume keys I can't get to it it seems.

Should I just ignore the warnings and wait for the process to finish? (saw couple of replies where people had same type of messages)

Sorry, if these questions are not formulated correctly - I am very new to this.

thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ineversl33p:
Quick question, so Ive followed all of the steps and when im towards the end in the terminal emulator after i enter:

/data/local/gfree then enter

-f enter

then it says not found

did i miss something? thanks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Updated FAQ, read answer number 13 ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
You don't press enter between gfree and -f.

/data/local/gfree -f
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Website is back up. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ineversl33p:
cool thanks.

ok i did it as stated above and it runs then says "error opening copy file".
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Jeez, that was fast. For the future though, you've now got mine as a backup. I went through LOTS of old emails and finally found the old PW also, so I started the transfer of the latest version and I'll post it on here when it's done uploading (little bit longer, it's about 2/3 of the way done now). :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ineversl33p:
I'm just going to go back to stock, re download and start over and see if it works.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Couldn't hurt. I'm not quite sure what's throwing that error...
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Format your sd card.

Make it a gold card.

Run my program. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] larry buser:
I've s-off'd, clockwork'd, and root'd my inspire using RC1 - nice ... but, while s-off seems to stay off, Root goes away?! I get everything and it up/downloads VERY fast [man, I love this phone!] but it won't Titanium, Tether, or Rom Manager ... I get a massage:

Sorry!

The application Superuser (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Force Close

& An error occured while attempting to run privileged commands!

WIFI Tethering asked if I'm sure I'm Rooted?

But sideloader works on .apk's - love your work and this phone ... have you seen or heard of this problem before?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Frequently Asked Questions: FAQ

Simple Root Tool Mirror: http://www.techsupporteverything.com/download/HTC_Inspire_4G_Simple_Root_S-OFF_RC1.exe

Rooted PD98IMG.zip Mirror: http://www.techsupporteverything.com/download/PD98IMG.zip
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Read the FAQ posted above. This has been answered a lot. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] larry buser:
Thank you very much!!!! I'm reading it now - didn't know about this FAQ .... you really helped.
[HTC Inspire 4G] vietxboi825:
I followed all the instructions for the root and show s-off rl, so i try to install a radio but says (writing radio...FAILED(remote:not allowed)). What am i doing wrong?help please?
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
Did you Eng S-Off? You need to do that to be able to flash Radio's.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855403
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
on the program it says "GETSID , this sid is already reversed" whats sid? according to google it might be the "Carrier Identifier ( used in locking a phone to a specific carrier's SIM cards)" is it true ?
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
That's it, just follow the directions and you'll be good to go.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chad_Petree:
so after i finish following the steps my sim will be unlocked? :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Follow all the steps accordingly, and then move on to my program which, yes, will leave you sim free in the end. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] misterbbq:
ya know...i used the very first one he put out and rooted my phone pretty easily. so i'd bet most of his updates are just to make it even easier....
[HTC Inspire 4G] aeneas3:
hi all

thanks for the work on this.

I seem to keep getting the same error over again. When I get to the step:

Done!

now rebooting into bootloader to downgrade your inspire. when fastboot comes up please press power to enter hboot, then press enter.

then I get the error stating that the image cannot be found when it tries to open pd98img.zip and another associated file (pd98diag.zip). I redownloaded the pd98.zip and put it on the sd card and I get the same error.

any thoughts? I checked the faq and the solution listed there does not seem to work (reDLing and putting it on the SD card). thanks. if this is solved or if there is another post I did not find when I search, feel free to point me in that direction.

thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] DonS:
OK, I'll stop using it. I didn't know it would cause issues. It seems the Inspire has plenty of RAM, so I probably would not really benefit that much.

I am curious why certain tasks keep restarting. One example is News. I set News to not automatically update but it keeps starting back up even after it's been killed. I also noticed that YouTube loads all the time even if I never us it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
I believe this might be indicative of a bad gold card. Try remaking the gold card, or using a different card for your GC

You should be able to use Titanium Backup to Freeze these unwanted apps. As long as they're frozen they shouldn't start back up
[HTC Inspire 4G] camokatu:
I followed the steps and copied PD98IMG.zip to root of the card. In terminal I have this:

And on the phone I have the screen with menus:

HBOOT USB PLUG

<VOL UP>

<VOL DOWN>

....

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

IMAGE CRC

So the terminal been sitting at the last line for about 5 min or so. Is this indication that something is wrong or should I wait?

thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] extreme22:
will this work with HTC desire HD from telus thanks

i know there the same phone but you never know
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
There's an easier Root and S-Off process for the DHD

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857537
[HTC Inspire 4G] aeneas3:
thanks will try that. unfortunately on my laptop the disk formatter crashes when I use the gold card maker program. will do it at home tomorrow on the desk top.
[HTC Inspire 4G] extreme22:
thanks alot man
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
I have seen that before. Try the same steps as you have and this time wait a little while after you get those errors to see if it will actually finds the image and loads it. It may not be done searching. Give it a try to see if you get something after the errors but be patient. (It is not going to take a half hour though. Give it five minutes.) Also, is the file you are transferring to your phone titled PD98IMG.zip or just PD98IMG?
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
Did you already push the PD98IMG downgrade file to your phone and press the power button to update, or are you stuck at the step after the phone went through the update and has been rebooted? I just want to be clear as to which step you are at.
[HTC Inspire 4G] enjoiracin:
I have a quick question:

I am at the part where it is asking me to type the following commands into the phone's terminal emulator:

/data/local/gfree -f

sync

My question is that after typing in "/data/local/gfree -f" do we hit enter and then type in "sync" and then hit enter again?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
They aren't exactly the same phone. ;)

Yes. Enter after each line of commands.
[HTC Inspire 4G] enjoiracin:
Thanks for the help!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
yes, hit enter. When it says done then type sync and enter. Close term.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PMad:
Cant Root

Ive been trying to get my phone rooted for days now, but i run into the same problem every time.

In the dos window, it tells me that it cant copy the downgrade zip file to /sdcard/PD98IMG.zip because its read only. I read the FAQ and it mentioned that you need to download the file from the link, and manually place it on the SD card. So i did that and it successfully boots to the fast boot thing.

So then the instructions say to hit the power button to go to the HBOOT thing and it will automatically install, and when finished i hit the power button to reboot.

Thats where the problem now lies. Once i hit enter in the dos prompt, i see this on my phone

So it has a blue progress bar at the top right, that finishes, then it says its checking the PD98 file with a gold progress bar at the top right, then back to the HBOOT menu it goes.. I hit the power button and it goes back to the fast boot menu.. Not like what the instructions say.

So i choose the reboot option and it goes back into my phone exactly as it was and never installs.

What do i do? Im at a loss now...
[HTC Inspire 4G] aeneas3:
the zip. will try it again for longer tx
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Sounds to me like a bad goldcard. Have you tried remaking it with a different microSD card?
[HTC Inspire 4G] enjoiracin:
So I followed all the steps and they all completed successively. Now my problem is finding out if I actually have root or not? I tried the program Titanium Backup and it tells me that it could not retrieve root access and MyBackup Root also says the same thing. Am I missing something here?

Little more info on the problem: When I try to open Titanium Backup or MyBackup Root I get the following error:

"The application Superuser (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

Also the app Superuser force closes every time I try to open it after that...
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
On your computer rename the file to PD98IMG and save. Just take off the ".zip" at the end. Transfer to your phone. Try it again and let me know if your phone saw it this time.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
FAQ Number 4
[HTC Inspire 4G] enjoiracin:
Whoops...Should have checked there first. :\ Thanks for the help.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PMad:
I did. The first time, i used the 8gig SD card that came with the phone. I already had a 16gig so i swapped them out originally, so the 8gig was never used. When i tried to root it the first time, i swapped back to the 8 gig so that i wouldnt lose anything on my 16gig card, and tried that probably 15+ times and never worked.

So today, i backed up everything on my 16gig, formatted it, and tried that and exact same thing.

I saw in the forums somebody had a problem similar to mine, and they found out that the card was formatted as FAT, and they changed it to FAT32, but i checked and they've been formatting as FAT32... Im lost :confused:
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Try a much smaller card... in my opinion, the best cards have been between 1-2 gigs, SanDisk.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wolf:
If you follow the gold card instructions then it should be formatted to fat32.
[HTC Inspire 4G] camokatu:
Oh, I messed up at this step "/data/local/gfree -f sync". Should be two commands from comments above. Will try again...
[HTC Inspire 4G] PMad:
Well, my smallest SD card in the gig range is my 8 gig. I have one thats 64mb and another thats 128mb haha.... damnit.... :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Tomorrow is the big day, finally going to get Java up and running, and no promises, but I'm thinking maybe we could see a Linux/Mac version in the future. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] onesojourner:
I think this may not be working correctly. it says:

this scripts will not continue if you phone is not connected.

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

* daemon started successfully *

its been there doing nothing for about 15 minutes.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PMad:
Cant root

So as said in my previous post, this is what comes up on the screen after i make my gold card, and put the PD98IMG.zip on my external SD Card:

I get the blue progress bar on the top right, when thats done i get this message:

That screen has a gold progress bar, moves a bit faster then the blue one did.

Then it goes back to the HBOOT screen, hitting the power button swaps me back to fast boot, and again back to HBOOT, etc... Instructions say it should restart the phone but it doesnt. Here's what i have for the command prompt screen:

Anybody have any ideas? It was suggested that i use a 1-2gig SD Card, but i dont have one, and cant buy one. There's gotta be another way?
[HTC Inspire 4G] PMad:
Ok so i repartitioned my 16gig card to be a 1.5gig partition, and left the rest unpartitioned, and im having the exact same issues :(
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Put your card in your computer and do a FULL format not the quick one and that should wipe the card completely of everything, then make your card. I found that the full format cleans the card completely and format it in FAT 32. I have made Gold cards on 2,8 and 16 GB cards and they all have worked.

One other thing, since it is a 16GB card that would be a Micro SD HC, is your computer's card reader compatable with that card or are you using a HC card reader usb adaptor?? I have seen people try and use a HC card in their computer when it is not HC card compatable??? I am just trying to cover all bases I know how frustrating it can be until Bubby and I did mine on Gtalk. Even with his help it took three hours to do.
[HTC Inspire 4G] aeneas3:
same error :( with the file renamed to exclude the .zip
[HTC Inspire 4G] surfer2278:
Just want to say thanks. Everything is working perfectly, you definitely made a good phone much better.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
/data/local/gfree -f
sync

Yes you need an enter key press in between :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Make sure usb debugging is enabled under Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging.
[HTC Inspire 4G] PMad:
I'll give that a shot. I first tried everything using the adapter that came with another SD card i bought, its HC compatible and everything, and did all that with the 8 and 16 and it didnt make a difference. Lately i've been leaving the card in the phone and doing it right off the phone, the instructions said i can do that, but still that isnt working either.

I'll do a full format on the card with windows and see if that solves the problem Thank you very much for the input!
[HTC Inspire 4G] onesojourner:
Yep debugging is on. Should the phone be syncing when I run this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] tmdegler:
why does it keep comming up model id incorrect after it loads the img ?
[HTC Inspire 4G] vietxboi825:
Thanks man, it worked..Appriciate it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathEvil:
how long does it take to push the att rom for restore?

it has been like 10min already...

I followed all steps carefuly
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
HTC Sync should NOT be installed. Read FAQ. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Bad gold card or no S-Off. Are you people trying to load that PD98IMG.zip BEFORE rooting? Because if so, that is completely wrong. That file is only to fix a couple of issues. If you are not having issues, you do NOT need this file. If you DO need it, you either need S-Off or your goldcard to flash it. :)

Also, do NOT rename the file. It needs the ".zip" ending.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
It takes a little while. It's around 300 Mb.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathEvil:
clearID - you mind pointing me in the right direction?

I'm after the terminal commands, and it says its pushing the cooked stock att rom, but its been like that for now about 20min.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Give it maybe another 20 mins or so, It's a pretty big file. If it still isn't pushed, you might want to start the root process again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathEvil:
ok, I do that. The desireHD rom went through in less than a minute so it shouldn't take that long...
[HTC Inspire 4G] tmdegler:
Ok i make goldcard then run simple root then phone goes to bootloader then loads PD98ING then when it checks it it fails model id incorrect
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Your goldcard is bad. Try a different microSD card and make another one. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] motumbo:
Process Duration

How long the whole process should take? aprox.
[HTC Inspire 4G] camokatu:
Woo hoo! It works! youtube.com/camokatu (sorry, can't post links yet)

Thanks a lot guys for your help!
[HTC Inspire 4G] tmdegler:
tried 2 different ones
[HTC Inspire 4G] onesojourner:
That's what I thought. Any other ideas?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Depends on if you can follow directions and read the F.A.Q first, but it shouldn't take more than 30 mins max. ;):p
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Keep trying. Are you making them either with a USB card reader or the mass storage reader that is in the phone itself? These are the 2 most successful methods. Using a reader built into the computer also usually does not work.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tmdegler:
Tried both ways but same thing happends
[HTC Inspire 4G] tosh1:
Did you ever figure this out?

This is where I am stuck as well. I type that in TE and it goes through the motions and tells me 4972 childs also, BUT it never FORCECLOSES like it was suppose to!!!

So I went home and then reopened TE and typed the next command and then it states cannot fork!!!!

I dont know if I can start from here or start over or what? Any help would be appreciated.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
You are manually closing it the first time like the instructions say, right? It's supposed to force close once when you re-open it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Keep trying different microSD cards until you find one that works. That's the only advice I can give. The process works, some microSD cards just don't.
[HTC Inspire 4G] onesojourner:
alright it looks like my phone is not being seen for some reason. I have installed sync, unistalled sync and reinstalled sync and I get the same results.

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 *

error: protocol fault (no status)

Pushing the files needed to downgrade your phone..

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

ADB server didn't ACK

* failed to start daemon *

error: cannot connect to daemon

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found

error: device not found
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathEvil:
ok so I tried again and did everything the same, only this time it actually pushed the coocked rom:)

so is the "remove bloat" option working yet?
[HTC Inspire 4G] tosh1:
What do you mean manually force closing? Do i type something in terminal emulator? I kept waiting for it to close the window or something pop up to close it but nothing happened, so I just hit the home button to get me out and then went into programs again and went back into TE.

Typed the next command and then it still said unable to fork....

What did you do?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Manually CLOSING, not manually force closing. :p

Press the BACK button a few times to back out of the terminal emulator instead of pressing home and leaving it running.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tosh1:
OK thanks buddy...got it to finally do it when I tried it again and it looks like all is well except I have no service!!! Root is there, ATT logo is there on startup, but when I go outside there is no signal? Did I lose my radio? I remember the post stating flashing a radio after is recommended, but I remember not seeing any ATT radios on there?

Is this my problem? My radio disappeared and I need to flash this? Is there a stock ATT radio available to flash?
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathEvil:
bloat feature is not doing anything for me. Can somebody post best way to get rid of the bloat? to think of it, why the coocked rom still has the bloat?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
This shouldn't have messed with the radio at all, so I'd try restarting your phone a few times and just giving it a little bit to find it. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
It's a stock ROM with root added. It gives the OPTION to remove bloat, in case anyone out there uses it.

I hear that Titanium Backup does it well, and I personally used Root Explorer to remove the .apk files to the bloat programs from the System/app directory.
[HTC Inspire 4G] DeathEvil:
I did tried the "remove bloat" feature but did nothing for me. I'm was asking for some tested proven method because some people were saying that the apps are coming back after being uninstalled, some say to freeze etc.

most importantly I got my root going so thanks to all involved!
[HTC Inspire 4G] abrusil33:
update fail! is not a gold card issue....

Actually: that is not a "GoldCard" issue. this is "simple root and S-OFF" issue; may be something in adb package is missing (older sdk or else) .

I am rooting 2nd Inspire 4G for my friend and 1st time I was using more complex method:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=952352

and it works for me the second time while I had "Update Fail" problem using "simple root and S-OFF" method.

I formated and made a gold card using just phone by switching between disk drive and charge only modes.

I am not into adb programming just yet, but am sure that "simple root and S-OFF" is missing something. I would love to use it, but tired to go back and forth to buy new microSD cards and keep bumping into "Update Fail" wall.