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[HTC Inspire 4G] ptulluri:
Remove ATT Apps

I found a way to remove ATT stock apps in windows.

1. Download -http://androidcommander.com/

2. Make sure Android SDK installed.

3. Download the latest CWM Recovery 3.0.0.6 in Rom Manger.

4. Reboot into Recovery

5. Please make sure you backup prior to deleting

6. mount system

7. Connect your phone and fire up Android Commander app.

8. navigate to system/app

9. Select the ATT stock apps and hit delete.

10. Close app and return to CWM and unmount system and reboot.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mi04se1:
If your rooted, just use Titanium Backup to delete the bloatware.
[HTC Inspire 4G] hitekredneck:
Thanks a million for that. I had tried everything but that. So simple. LOL

Now, I will use the ENG S-OFF tool to fix clockwork and then I can install a few fixes.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Bubby, a page back, there is a superuser fix:

Superuser for 1.72.xx.xx Sense Roms

Can you please incorporate this into your build, rather than the one you are currently using?

I went in, deleted the cache of the current superuser, flashed this one through CWM, and it works! :) No force closes. It's the updated ChainsDD version.

Edit: Also Bubby, before you go including ENG HBOOT S-Off into your build, please read my posts on that forum as well. If something goes wrong flashing it, your phone will be an unfixable brick. USE WITH CAUTION.

This is why I am requesting that you keep your 1-click using Radio S-Off, instead of ENG HBOOT S-Off, and leave that as a way to fix the few with the CWM problem. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Clear D, you have become the s-off guru around here :). Thanks for the s-on pointers. Would you happen to know how to turn eng hboot back on?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
To get the stock HBOOT back on, you actually need to flash the stock HBOOT back. While this is relatively easy to do, we don't actually HAVE a stock HBOOT to flash back yet, so this process (as far as I'm aware) is stuck as S-Off for our phones right now, until someone can create a stock flashable zip with our factory HBOOT.

It's been a little while since I've messed with engineering HBOOTs, so if anyone that knows even more about this feels a need to correct me, please do so lol.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ptulluri:
when try to i get

E:unknown vloume for path [system:app/Blockbuster_htc.apk]

E: can't mount system :app/Blockbuster_htc.apk

Installation aborted.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
To remove the bloatware on mine, I used Root Explorer.

Navigate in the app to the /System/app folder, then mount as R/W (upper right corner). Then go and find the apps in the list that you don't want (be careful, as some are required for the phone to operate), and long-press on them, then select "delete".

Restart your phone and they will be completely removed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
Could you elaborate on this a bit please? I'm curious how to do it.

EDIT: NM. Figured it out.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ndwgs:
Lol, that might explain things...

So, what do you suggest on how to back up everything first, before diving into this?

Is there a program? Site? Link? I can't find any good ones to back up my data and contacts, everything.

I don't have the phone in possession yet, but i will, and i want to be prepared before i get into rooting and removing the fabolous bloat :)

Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ptulluri:
For some reason the system folder is being mounted as r/o i can't see it mount it as r/w.
[HTC Inspire 4G] attn1:
Yes, actually, we do have a stock hboot to flash back. It's in the AT&T RUU, and easily extracted from the rom.zip.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
I just extracted it and renamed it to load into hboot. Thanks attn1!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
There's one problem solved! :)

However, the other half of that problem still remains. If your power goes out, phone accidentally disconnects, flash fails halfway through, etc, you will be left without an HBOOT.

What that means is no boot screen, no clockworkmod, no fastboot... essentially no phone and no way to fix it without JTAG. I'd still much much rather be safe than sorry, with Radio S-Off. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Good point. Best not mess with this thing.
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
I have a question, would't just flashing the RUU just replace the HBOOT??I already did the eng s-off and am not worried about it, if something goes wrong I just take the phone back, from what I have seen most of those AT&T flunkies would not know what S-off is anyway!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
It should as the Rom is pulled from ruu but to be honest I've never gotten ruu to work properly for me. Easier to extract the rom.zip from temp files.
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
I already have flashed the AT&T RUU rom twice already when I could not get the exploit to work for me, so I flashed back and had no problem's at all. I am a pro at it because when I had my desire I flashed Stock HTC WWE RUU'S on it to get it unbranded and to up date every time a new one was released that is how I got so good at Gold Cards because you had to have a card to flash the RUU's.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
So I take it your recent unbranding was successful ?:)
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Bubby was very busy and we never got to it so I just flashed the Core Droid rom from the Rom Manager and it is great. I like it better than the stock AT&T Rom, it makes my screen look as if it is a Amoled instead of a LCD. I did not have this good of a look on my Desire and it was Amoled.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cooleric56:
which rom did yu use to flash it can u send me a link, and do you have ot do anything speical??
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Do you have rom manager downloaded from the market??If you do just open it and then click on Download Rom there you will see Core Droid. click on it and there you will see their downloads. I have Core Droid DHD 3.1 Themed, click on it to download it and Rom Manager will install it for you.

Remember always let rom manager do a back up for you and then let it wipe the existing rom before install.
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
BUBBY where are you!!!

Anyone heard from bubby lately?? I have tried gtalk and he is nowhere around, must have a lot of homework, hope to hear from him soon.:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Without an HBOOT for your phone to boot into, the RUU won't be able to flash. I bricked a couple of phones this way in the past.
[HTC Inspire 4G] 007design:
I put the PD98IMG.zip on my SD card and got to the HBOOT step. It thinks for a while and when the progress bar gets to 100% I get this message:

Main Version is older!

Update Fail!

Press <Power> to reboot.

What does that even mean?

I don't get asked to install the update. I've tried remaking the goldcard more times than I care to count. What do I try next?

Sorry for my n00biness

007
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
You need to re-make your gold card, and try everything again from the beginning.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Sorry, I've been working on porting all my work to Linux and Mac, that way they too can get in on the action. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kent_Davis:
NOPE you read it right....

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[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Yes but all it does is turn it off not remove it so as I said just flashing the RUU would turn it back on would it not?? Besides I am not worried about it anyway, I am not a person that looks for the bad to happen.If it does OH WELL!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
Out of curiosity, it asks to boot into recovery. What do I do then? I haven't clicked it yet as I was unsure. This will be my first ROM. Thanks.

EDIT: NM! I felt adventurous and clicked boot into recovery. It's doing everything for me. :) Perfect for a noob like me.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
OK. I installed the CoreDroid ROM but now I don't have root access anymore. Any suggestions?
[HTC Inspire 4G] RMXO:
That is awesome. I would prefer to do the hacking on my Mac
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
There is no way I can see that by installing a custom rooted rom that you could lose root, do you still have superuser on your phone???
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
I don't know how I could either. I have ROM manager on my phone still. It automatically reloaded when the ROM was finished installing. When I click on ROM manager I get this message: You must root your phone for ROM Manager to funtion. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su" or "/system/xbin/su" use google search on your computer to find instructions to root your phone.

Was I supposed to load a ROM with my gold card? I'm not understanding what went wrong here.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Enriguelee:
I have the same problem. It said my phone is not rooted. I am redoing Bubbie's procedure to see if I did anything wrong the first time in his procedure.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
Always nice to have company in a situation like this. lol That's what I'm going to do tomorrow as well. No biggie. Easy process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
With a corrupted or incomplete bootloader, meaning if your flash of engineer HBOOT fails, which is what I've been discussing this whole time, you will NOT, I repeat NOT be able to flash ANYTHING, including the stock RUU. It will not even boot. To flash the stock RUU, you need your phone to be able to boot into HBOOT mode. If that doesn't exist in a working format, that is impossible without using JTAG, which force-flashes using the phone's hardware pins and is very expensive. Make sense?

I don't look for the bad either, I just want to make sure there aren't a bunch of people with failed flashes that brick their phones beyond repair. I am simply trying to warn of the dangers, because unlike the method that Bubby uses, the ENG HBOOT method is a little riskier.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rahadza:
I've run the one click process on my Inspire and all went well so thanks heaps to the OP. Only questions I have is (and maybe the original post can be updated?):

1. What is the Clockwork/Recovery fix for that is in the 2nd post?

2. Does the S-off include radio s-off as well?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
I can't answer the first question, but the S-Off used is Gfree, which is indeed a radio S-Off. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] rahadza:
Thanks mate hopefully someone can answer my other question.

Also I read a couple of posts back that you mentioned some of the bloatware shouldn't be removed as it affects functionality. Is there a list floating around of what bloatware can be removed? I'm not using it on AT&T obviously if that makes any difference?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
New version ready for an upload here in a bit, I've been quite busy for this release, sorry if I haven't been able to answer your questions. I'm booting into linux now to mount the system.img and update it to the latest superuser, and then im going to see if I can get the bootanimation changer working. Still for Windows only at the moment, a Linux/Mac version will be coming sometime within the next two weeks depending on how much time I can devote to this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
I remember removing anything with "AT&T" in its name (those were obviously not needed), and also the Asphault 5 demo that came with it, and any other demos/games I didn't want. Just use common sense, and if you aren't sure, leave it there just in case. :)

If you're rooted (which I assume you are), make a backup in clockworkmod before you go removing anything, that way you can always go back and restore it if you accidentally mess up. ;)

Bubby: Thank you for all your work, and for the SU update!! :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] eric70634:
*whew* spent the last week reading and reading about rooting this inspire...i came off an Aria that was completely point click n BAM! done... my question is if i successfully make a gold card (which i've read plenty about) does this "one click" work with minimal risk of leaving me stuck without a phone? i'm aware of the risks etc...and can't quite get a grasp on the "hack kit" yet...maybe i should read if a few more times...i just wanna root..run custom roms til i find one i like...and no worries ..lol seems simple right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] cushcalc:
Success! and Thanks!

Finally completed all steps tonite, after slowly and meticulously following each and every step (after several aborted previous attempts). Thanks, Bubby!

Just sent you a PayPal donation in appreciation.

Confirmation number: 3VE47300NE556243C.
[HTC Inspire 4G] macdude15:
Is this a Perm root and will this work with android revolution 2.1!!

HI :) HTC android noob here and i was wondering if the Android Revolution ROM would work with this S-Off and root or will i have to use the hack kit??

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=964841

also is this a perm root??

THANKS SO MUCH !
[HTC Inspire 4G] RMXO:
I was able to run 1 click & the hack kit successfully but making a working Gold Card was the hardest part. For a GC, I would suggest using the 8GB Sandisk that came with the card. That was the only MicroSD that I could make a successful GC out of.

Yes, you could use Revolution ROM after you get S-Off & root. All you need is ROM Manager & CWM afterwards. Yes, it's a perm root.
[HTC Inspire 4G] macdude15:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! the other guys at the other thread wouldnt reply to me. so thank you! i have no more worries about flashing when i get my phone :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
RC1 is posted in the 3rd post. Changelog. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] fq9228:
Bubby, looks that " . . . . added "unknown sources" to the applications menu -can now install apks from the phone itself. . . . "

can be enabled only by repeating whole process again. There is no optional button with this feature (some short executable script . . I guess)), which could be perfect solution for people who have already successfully flashed your previous "beta" release?

Once again, thanks for all you efforts to help us.

My contribution will be done soon . . .

Bob

Edited:

Confirmation number: 5SV78756NV9047303
[HTC Inspire 4G] cnnxda:
i get to the part where it it searches for the zip file.. i just place dit on the SD card... but after that whole processes doesnt work. im at the find unknown sources and it doesnt show up on my phone

keeps saying pd98img is older and update fail
[HTC Inspire 4G] divingdoggie:
New Here....

Hey Guys....

been up all night reading through all the pages on this thread. Wanted to try this but couldn't find anything that directed me to the Simple Root GUI...can anybody help?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ah_hin:
uh oh.. it shows a graphic with a phone at the center of the screen and a exlaimation mark on top of it... won't turn off even when i press and hold the power button....

did i just brick the phone? ****...

this happens after it boots into Hboot and i pressed the power button on the phone....

edit: I took out the battery and rebooted it, and i am glad that it rebooted....

BUT, my problem is, how come I can never get past this step:

"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 . . .

Press any key to continue . . .

Your phone should now search for the PD98IMG.zip, and then ask you to install t

e update.

Install the update. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Press any key to continue . . ."

when I get to the bootloader on the phone, and press Power, i don't see any information regarding "update instructions" on screen, why is that? should I have unplugged my phone from the computer?
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
It's in post 3 on this page-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=961406
[HTC Inspire 4G] driftkidd2323:
have you heard of dropbox? make it public. unlimited hosting.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
I'm uploading to drop box now, but everytime I upload I have to wait an hour, let alone when I have to edit something.
[HTC Inspire 4G] driftkidd2323:
what do you think hosting is going to do? you're going to have to re-upload and then re-download once you edit it...

edit: and you do realize that dropbox saves changes to files, and it doesn't recopy the file again and again and again?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jadewolf05:
Quick question... does the gold card have to be made from the included 8gb, or can I use the spare 1 gig or 4 gig that I have?

Sent from my Inspire 4G using the XDA app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Dedicated hosting uploads much faster than a public hosting such as Dropbox, because it has more bandwidth to work with.

I was just offered a domain and unlimited hosting and bandwidth for free by jeffclay. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
The minimum size will be 1 gb.
[HTC Inspire 4G] driftkidd2323:
any genuine card will work just fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] r_3:
I made mine with the stock card
[HTC Inspire 4G] driftkidd2323:
congrats, it's still not a one click GUI. have fun playing with your 600mb file though.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jadewolf05:
Cool... thx, think ill use the 4gig just to be safe.

Sent from my Inspire 4G using the XDA app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] altereddezignz:
I have a business website at justhost..
[HTC Inspire 4G] jlusco:
Will this downgrade the Rom and cause the audio problem or will it just give u root
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
It downgrades the rom, obtains S-OFF, installs clockworkmod recovery, flashes the stock rooted rom and then removes bloat. So you end up with a stock rooted experience.
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
The goal is to downgrade and flash rooted stock.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bigdessert:
So this will not cause any sound issues? is downgrading the same as flashing one of those desire roms as in the earlier root process?
[HTC Inspire 4G] lrs421:
Sound should be fine. But that's been fixed by Jason (good work).
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
HTC Inspire Simple One Click

Meaning it's for the HTC Inspire 4G, it simplifies the rooting process behind a clean, neat GUI, that's not going to scare noobs away, and they are one click segments. The most you do in the whole process is press enter a few times and point and click while listening to some nice music. What more could you want? Let alone the amount of time I've put into this, and the amount of updating it's going to get over the next couple of days. This by no means is the final version I wouldn't even call it an alpha. Chill with the comments hating on me and the project until you see the thing. :rolleyes:
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
There will be no sound issues.

You will have to make your own gold card, just follow the instructions in the 3rd post, no big deal. You can use any card 1GB in size or more, including the stock 8GB card, and there are videos online outlaying the process.
[HTC Inspire 4G] King Shady:
Can't wait to get root and donate you for the hard work! Thanks so much dude!
[HTC Inspire 4G] bubby323:
Thanks to all my supporters. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
Try pulling the battery, then power it up again.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kent_Davis:
i think you just wait
[HTC Inspire 4G] divingdoggie:
duhhh... missed that completely, Thanks.... I'm gonna try this tomorrow, it's just way to late right now to do anything.....
[HTC Inspire 4G] mmr8cmh:
sorry for the noob questions but it is just stoped at daemon started do you just wait or is there something I need to do ?
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
No worries!
[HTC Inspire 4G] crzytown69:
I cant get past this step below. Says not found ?????

Open up terminal on your phone and type these simple commands, each followed by

an enter.

Press any key to continue . . .

Press any key to continue . . .

/data/local/tmp/rage
[HTC Inspire 4G] hitekredneck:
Yes, you can install Android Revolution after using this Simple One Click.

And yes, this is perm root.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mrro82:
Bubby, Quick question for you and I'm not sure if you saw mine and another guys post but when we did a custom ROM, we lost root. Any ideas as to why this would have happened?
[HTC Inspire 4G] mmr8cmh:
I'm also stuck here ?
[HTC Inspire 4G] 007design:
I had to remake my gold card several times. I was able to get to this point and had similar results (altho mine found it but then just hung).

Seems to me that faulty GCs are likely the main culprit in a lot of these aborted attempts.
[HTC Inspire 4G] crzytown69:
im stuck there as well and no way that i can figure to revert back.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Russ741:
Works GOOD! With a little common sense

Gave this a go last night and after a couple shots of old thought provoker I got the job done. As a long time ROM flasher I feel I should post my notes from the experience.

1. The gold card creation application linked in the app didn't work for me. It wouldn't write the data back to the SD after getting the image. Had to do that manually using the ACE Hack Kit. (I posted to the OP on that one)

2. Bubby did a really good job putting notes in the process, with one notable exception. When you downgrade the ROM and reboot the process wants you to reconnect the phone to PC and do some steps. Which you CAN'T DO! The ROM comes up with fastboot on and USB debug OFF! So there needs to be a step inserted to boot to the ROM and turn off fastboot and USB Debug on. If you don't do this the process will stall as the application won't ever find the phone again.

Keeping in mind that this is a WIP and not ready for prime time, Bubby is well on the way to a one click solution!

Great JOB! :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] Russ741:
Sorry gang, it's not the GC... its common sense that is faulty! See my post above.
[HTC Inspire 4G] cushcalc:
Adding "unknown sources"

+1 My question also. Is there a way to enable "unknown sources" without going through the whole root process again? Titanium Backup says I need to enable this in Settings>Applications, but I don't see an option for that anywhere in settings
[HTC Inspire 4G] TheRickster:
Excellent work!

Now I feel comfortable enough to do this...Thanks for all yours and other contributors hard work.

35421615NU513000N:)
[HTC Inspire 4G] crzytown69:
Can some one tell me what i am doing wrong?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Chris and April>cd C:\inspire root\ace-hack-kit-v9\too

ls\win

C:\inspire root\ace-hack-kit-v9\tools\win>adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2

/mmc2:*/cid

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

1b534d3030303030107604578400ab66

C:\inspire root\ace-hack-kit-v9\tools\win>cd C:\inspire root\ace-hack-kit-v9

C:\inspire root\ace-hack-kit-v9>hackerize-ace setup-downgrade

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

2179 KB/s (0 bytes in 557962.000s)

15 KB/s (0 bytes in 15837.001s)

mmap() failed. Operation not permitted

Starting adb shell to test temp root, please be patient...

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

if you see a '$' prompt, temproot failed

type exit at the prompt to continue

The system cannot find the path specified.

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

Patching and backing up partition 17...

C:\inspire root\ace-hack-kit-v9>hackerize-ace setup-downgrade

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

* daemon started successfully *

2490 KB/s (0 bytes in 557962.000s)

15 KB/s (0 bytes in 15837.001s)

mmap() failed. Operation not permitted

Starting adb shell to test temp root, please be patient...

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

if you see a '$' prompt, temproot failed

type exit at the prompt to continue

The system cannot find the path specified.

# hackerize-ace install-downgrade

hackerize-ace install-downgrade

hackerize-ace: not found

# hackerize-ace setup-downgrade

hackerize-ace setup-downgrade

hackerize-ace: not found

#
[HTC Inspire 4G] Mhyst:
Seems silly, but did you install the drivers from the HTC Sync software and plug your phone in to charge only?
[HTC Inspire 4G] crzytown69:
yea.... I have gotten a little further where it froze on bubbys app i picked up on ATTN1 hack kit and picked back up on bubbys it says its pushing cooked att stock rom for restore and that it may take awhile. so we will see

.

update well i am s-off now and it says its installing new rom this is as far as i have got in 6 hours. until now it hasnt been s-off