yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
If it still says S-On, you'll need to downgrade and S-Off, correct. :) It's VERY VERY hard to brick an Android device, but as rule number 1, I would NEVER EVER unplug it while doing anything like this unless the phone is turned off.

You can turn USB Debugging on and Fastboot off while it's plugged in. I left mine plugged in for the whole process, if I recall. ;)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chowlz:
Okay, I'll try again from the start I guess... If I get all the way to S-Off, does the script end somewhere so I can do the exploit, or do I start the exploit as soon as it tells me about it?

BTW, I have Inspire Hack Kit from attn1; is there anyway to skip a few steps?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
I never used the hack kit... this simple root program will tell you exactly when to run the exploit.

First you downgrade, then get S-Off, then root/clockwork/superuser, then upgrade again to the stock ROM. More or less in that order. All you have to do is follow the instructions and you should be fine. :)

Make sure not to close any of the windows that the simple root opens. They close by themselves when the last command is executed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bookofjoshua:
I found using this threads program to be much simpler than the Hack Kit.

If you run into your first problem where it was hanging here--->

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 *

I just went into settings and disabled then re-enabled usb debugging mode when that happened and it picked it right up. I left the phone plugged into the computer the whole time.

I actually restarted the process several times because I kept having problems and everything still came out ok.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Chowlz:
I assumed I left off of downgrading at downgrading and continued from there. xD

It was really fun; felt different because it was the windows command prompt and not a Terminal. Anyway, I have S-off (I checked at the top in fastboot), flashed the radio, and got clockwork installed, but I didn't permroot it.

Anyway, I got into clockwork and now on Andriod Revolution :D

I'm having bunches of fun now xD
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
...are you sure you're not rooted? ;) Did you use ROM Manager to get into ClockWorkMod? If so, then you were either temp rooted at that time or you're rooted. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] yellowdragon:
Hey Bubby, FINALLY rooted my phone! Looks like my computer has something misconfigured (what a great excuse for an upgrade!!!)

Here's what I finally did:

Used ANOTHER computer

Formatted the card in the phone as FAT32

Fresh reboot on the phone

Followed your instructions

Thanks a lot!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kent_Davis:
excellent news

I just asked him about you last night! I wondered if you ever found success or not! Congratulations!
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kent_Davis:
There are good people in the world and this is why this site is a good site! This makes me hopeful and kudos to you for stating the truth!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
So, I got Superuser Permissions back from my Nandroid backup... and it gives permissions to programs that need them. However, when I actually try to OPEN the Superuser Permissions file, it force closes... I've tried deleting its data already also... any ideas? I'd like some sort of control beyond the one-time popup window lol. :)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's (so far, on mine) the only thing I've found that doesn't work perfectly yet.
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
It did for me too, using both the Hack Kit and the One Click methods, I haven't had any issues since I flashed CoreDroid though. CoreDroid has a newer version of The Superuser Permission's App, this is the icon for it-

The older version has the little Ninja Guy-
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
I'll try some other ROMs and see if any of them use the actual Inspire ROM as a base, then. :) I love Bubby's method here because it's stock rooted, and I took off the bloat myself. The way he has it here, it doesn't have the horrible DHD color issues and things like that lol. Thanks for the tip!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] californiarailroader:
I'm not seeing any color issues or any issues on CoreDroid, it's pretty solid!
[HTC Inspire 4G] 007design:
i'd also like to know if the bloat remover is good to use. the button is in the gui (at least of the version i downloaded) but it does have a disclaimer about being experimental. i seem to think you were still fiddling with it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvigue:
even if im not going to try the One Click Beta that is out, is it ok to run this anyway? will it screw up my phone?

what if something goes wrong when i do this. is there a Full return to STOCK image i can re flash?
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
To return to stock follow this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=957692

Make sure you take note in post #2 that says you'll want to get S-On before running the stock RUU. Bubby had posted an S-On tool somewhere in this thread, I'm sure he'd be happy to give it to you. There are also instructions for obtaining S-On manually in post #27 of that thread
[HTC Inspire 4G] bathnapkin:
Clockwork recovery comes on every time I power off. Any way to fix this or remove clockwork?

Got root on my second run through. I messed up the first time.
[HTC Inspire 4G] grumpy.medic:
Release Notes?

@ Bubby

Realizing you are busy enough with this project already, would you be able to post a list of changes in your release notes?

I think it would be great to have a roadmap of improvements per version posted somewhere.

Please let me know if this sounds feasible to you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
If you look on the first page you will see he has posted a fix for this.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bathnapkin:
Ok I fixed that. I had the problem with superuser permissionsgranting but not opening from the app menu someone I followed the instructions to update it from the markeet which did not work so I flashed superuser from recovery and now it doesn't work at all. Any ideas?
[HTC Inspire 4G] theworm20uk:
when i try this method its says there is no image in the PD98IMG........any ideas
[HTC Inspire 4G] RMXO:
For step #5, I flash back to 2.5.1.3 right?
[HTC Inspire 4G] :
As of 3.0.0.6 clockwork is fixed to work with everything. The older version is no longer necessary.

HTC Inspire Clockwork Recovery * CM7(kang) * Eng S-Off
[HTC Inspire 4G] mcstore5:
my inspire is running on the desire hd now and the sound doesnt work... or internet on 4g
[HTC Inspire 4G] Loiselle:
Bubby... I was wondring if you have a time table for the update to be released with...

Bloat removal, Sideloader, and a restore to factory stock.

Thanks in advance.
[HTC Inspire 4G] theworm20uk:
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..

2490 KB/s (0 bytes in 557962.000s)

15 KB/s (0 bytes in 15837.001s)

property service neutered.

killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)

--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.

2423 KB/s (0 bytes in 301004498.121s)

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 . . .

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

e update.

Install the update. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Press any key to continue . . .

Plug your device in using the USB cable.

Then press enter to continue.

Press any key to continue . . .

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 *

thats are far as it will go for me,it never gave me the option to install PD98IMG says no image ????
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhardamon:
Also make sure that fastboot is turned off because once the phone reboots, it has a tendancy (at least mine did), to revert back to being on which leaves the command prompt window hanging until you turn off fastboot. Then you'll need to press the exploit button and follow the instructions. Hope that helps Chowlz.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ptulluri:
Which rom are you using. It is working for me, did you backup you APN. There is sound fix that was posted on the following thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=972725.
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
You should get onto gtalk and run through it with bubby, he can help you alot, he did it for me and now I am rooted and running the core droid rom from the rom manager, man it is like a brand new phone. plus the colors on the screen almost look like a Amloed instead of a LCD.
[HTC Inspire 4G] carhigh:
What exactly is cwm for and why do people need it? I see there is an update and plenty of people were asking for a fix, and it was updated, or whatever. Im just wondering what it is needed for.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
If you read back any number of pages, there have been tons of people stuck exactly where you are, and this has been answered over and over.

You are 1/3 of the way through the root, do not give up. Re-run the program, making sure to run the first window until it tells you to run the exploit, LEAVE IT OPEN WHILE RUNNING THE EXPLOIT, then go back to it when you're done running the exploit to put the stock ROM back on.

What has happened is that you have downgraded your rom to the exploitable DHD rom (step 1) and you have not yet re-upgraded back to stock (step 4).

The general steps go like this:

-Downgrade to exploitable DHD Rom (has no sound/no 4g, and it's temporary)

-S-Off the Inspire

-Root/ClockWorkMod/Busybox

-Upgrade back to rooted stock

Bubby, can you PLEASE make the next release have the exploit also built into the first button (so it's not separate and people aren't closing the first window without finishing) so people won't have this issue? :p I'm getting tired of answering this same question 10 times a day lol.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Also answered previously. ;)

CWM = ClockWorkMod, it is a "recovery", which will allow you to flash ROMs to the Inspire (or pretty much any android device) from the boot screen. You can also make a COMPLETE system backup, and clean up caches/factory reset with it, without being booted completely into Android.
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
For anyone needing steps to completely return to stock, I've updated the return to stock thread here to include Bubby's S-On tool. That should make some lives easier until the button is completed in his 1-click. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] carhigh:
Yeah but i still dont understand all the fuss over the cwm everyone installs and/or updates.

I threw a rom on my sd card and entered, i think hboot, and flashed the rom.
[HTC Inspire 4G] milleirish:
Has anyone posted a walk thru video of this?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
You can flash any zip file and don't need to rename them all to PD98IMG and get confused about which ROM is which. You can't do that in Fastboot.

I don't believe so yet, but if you have any major issues, we can help you right here. Make sure to use the search button though, to see if your questions have already been answered lol. A lot of the most common problems are things that we've already fixed 10 or 20 times in previous posts. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] carhigh:
Ok i understand now. For me its not as big a deal as some other people. I think ive used it on my dell streak to flash a perfmod and battery indicator zip files. I get it now. THANKs
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvigue:
great work by the way.

is it ok to use my inspire to format the SD card since i have no card reader?

also, do i install the PD98IMG.zip First? before i run the program?

thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
To format through your Inspire, plug it into your computer via USB Disk Drive mode, then open "My Computer", select the drive that your phone shows up as, right click on it and select "Format", using the FAT32 file structure.

Also, just run the program. It flashes everything you need for you.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvigue:
ok...for some reason it cant push the downgrade.zip to the phone...could it be a windwos 7 permissions thing?

where are the temp files stored?

EDIT: yeah, it will not push any files to my SD card. what could cause that?
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
Make sure you're running the program as administrator (it's an option when you right click on it), make sure the HTC Sync drivers are installed, but the HTC Sync program itself is uninstalled, and it might very well be a bad goldcard. Are you using the microSD card that came with the phone to make the goldcard?
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvigue:
yeah i run as administrator, and i am using a different card. i am uninstalling HTC sync now

should there be ANY files at all on the card after i get the SUCCESS from the gold card program? i see NOTHING on the card
[HTC Inspire 4G] ClearD:
I believe it patches the goldcard image to the first few blocks on the card, so they may show up, they may not. Make sure you're using a SanDisk card, and preferably the one that CAME with the phone. Just because it says success doesn't mean it actually will work, surprisingly. It just means the program patched the card correctly.
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Out of all the gold cards I have made I have never seen anything on the card at all.It patches the MMC in some way but I do not know how. that is above my intelligence level. But I have never had a bad gold card either.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvigue:
yeah for soen reason it wont push anything..ill try another card

would having a fauly gold card cause stuff to NOT push on the card aslo? i was getting ADB Time errors too? wtf?
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
I think that your best bet is to get on to Gtalk and contact bubby, he is who helped me through it, I would not know, even this one click method is more complicated than I really want to tackle on my own.
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvigue:
whats his name on Gtalk?
[HTC Inspire 4G] jhardamon:
After you have successfully rooted do you have to keep the PD89IMG.zip folders on your SD card or can you delete those? Are there any files that you must keep on your SD card?
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
When you make the card and it gives you that long number I have found that Copy and Paste is much more reliable than inputting each number, to easy to mess up on it. As I said I have probably made around six gold cards for one reason or another and have never had a bad one. Just take your time NO rush!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] dvigue:
yep, i did that...

still says "cannot push dwngrd.zip" to SD card...WTF!!~
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
I looked for the post with it and it looks as though it was removed for some reason, I would say to PM him and get it from him.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Hey man great work everything worked great except I am getting this when I try to boot into clockwork, I tried it straight up after the "one click" and after reinstalling it from rom manager and get the same results. I also tried the fix that was posted and same thing...

Anyone else having this issue? Thanks.

clockwork not working
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
It has to be the card because I could always get to downgrade with no problem, mine was when it came to exploit that I could not get past that.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tonyph33r:
im having the same problem i try couple different sdcard no luck
[HTC Inspire 4G] craigkal:
That's same issue I am having. I tried flashing the Clockwork fix from the first post and still same result for me.

I read that it might be related to stock based ROMs. I'm considering trying CoreDroid or AndroidRevolution to see if it makes a difference but don't have time right now.
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Ya I tired core droid and it stilll does it, but whats weird is I flashed core droid by using rom manager to "install from SD card" it rebooted and did the fading htc screen and sat blank for awhile and then core droid booted. so it's like it works just the display doesn't work
[HTC Inspire 4G] craigkal:
That's been my experience too. It's working, you just can't see anything. I told it to make a backup from ROM Manager and it rebooted to the black screen and created the backup folder on the sd card.

Not sure what is causing it. I haven't seen anyone have this issue that followed attn1's Hack Kit method so I may try to redo it using his method.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tonyph33r:
im getting error Model ID Incorrect! fail when trying to search for PD98IMG.zip file anyone having that error msg?
[HTC Inspire 4G] RMXO:
Could be a bad goldcard. Try making a new one or using a different microSD to make a goldcard.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kent_Davis:
Good Advice!

good advice - that is what i would suggest he is always willing to help out and you will be up and going in no time!
[HTC Inspire 4G] 007design:
i'm stuck at the Exploit part. the terminal window says Forked 4972 childs but then just sits there. i've waited and waited. i tried pushing Menu>Reset Term, i tried going to Settings>Applications>Manage and killing the task, but afterwards i can't get Terminal to start again. and when i reboot it doesn't say i have S-OFF.

what am i doing wrong?!
[HTC Inspire 4G] silenzzzz:
a general question for others following this thread ...

i have ran it, and have S-off ... have been able to install ROM Manager and then clockwork .. i have the superuser permission icon but if i click on it .. it shows nothing but a blank screen ... is that normal? .... only my 3rd android device to ever flash ... so still learning here ...

i can use rom manager to boot into the recovery mode ... and it came up and asked for S user permissions ... so i beleive i am good to go for now ...

thanks to everyone that has helped with this thus far ... donation will be sent with next paycheck for sure ... :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scabes24:
Yes thats normal, opening SU will only show the list of apps you've allowed permission, a log and a few settings.

Sent from my HTC Inspire
[HTC Inspire 4G] Yumunum:
OS X? :S Us Mac users can't do anything with .exe files... :( Is there a plan to make an OS X compatible one click method? I'm just a little confused.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Kent_Davis:
Please Remember

send him a PM and he will get back to you. remember he is in school so your response will not be instant (especially during school hours lol)

I respectfully remind you all he has school, homework, and a life.

The weekends are the times he can spend the most time on his projects so be patient during the week.

But, really he loves to offer personal help when he can through Gtalk so send him a PM.

Thanks for understanding!
[HTC Inspire 4G] mburke178:
ok, i used the one click method, everything worked. I have s off, root, and cwm with the black screen issue. I then tried to upgrade to the rev ROM and somehow lost power during the flash. It will still turn on and i can get to the bootloader screen with it still showing S-Off but whenever i try to boot my phone it stays on the White HTC screen forever. Can anybody help me please.
[HTC Inspire 4G] farmercyst:
Here is what i would try. put the rom from here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=965634) on your sd card and rename it to PD98IMG.zip. then boot into recovery and flash. it should work.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mburke178:
i ended up reflashing the shipped ROM i got from the forums and eveything is back to normal. The only thing is i now can't boot into bootloader (VOL down and power) do i need to run buddy's one click for that? Is it safe to restart the oneclick process now?
[HTC Inspire 4G] bathnapkin:
Ok as soon as I finished I made a backup.

At first superuser shows a blank screen like normal and if I use a root app it grants permission like normal. But after I grant permission I cannot open superuser to manage permissions. It force closes. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] car_nut:
Did you disable "fastboot"?
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
After flashing a new ROM you'll need to go back to Settings-->Applications and remove the check from Enable Fastboot.

Edit: car_nut beat me to it
[HTC Inspire 4G] wolverine423:
Read this.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11486952&postcount=226

Link to thread.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bathnapkin:
Thank you I've been trying different things and recovering all night.
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
I am running Core Droid for DHD on mine and everything works fine, the only problem I have is when I turn off the phone and plug it in to charge, it boots into recovery??? It is not that big of a problem and think it is Clockwork and not something from the rooting process.

Since this phone has been out less than two weeks, I feel great that it has gotten this far, thanks to some really great people!!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] silenzzzz:
hmm ok thanks ... mine still just shows a black screen ... no log or anything else ... if i knew how to take a screen shot i would ... it isn't anything game breaking just wanted to make sure .. currently only app i have that needs SU is ROM Manager which i have granted access to already ...

will be flashing a rom to the phone likely sometime today is the main reason i was asking ...

but i see some others are having issues also with the superuser.apk and sense ....so that may be the issue i am having as well .. mine just isn't force closing ...
[HTC Inspire 4G] wolverine423:
The older version of superuser that comes with a few of the stock rooted roms is very basic. The version I had before doing to update (my last post) superuser would only show the programs that I had given su permissions to. So if you open it before any programs have permissions you will see just a black screen.

Hope that helps.
[HTC Inspire 4G] homeslice976:
To address the non-immediate issue in this post, I use an app called Shoot Me for screenshots. You'll have to turn it on after each reboot, but then simply shaking the phone will take a screen shot (i do tend to take a lot of accidental screenshots of the homescreen, but it puts everything in a Shoot Me folder on your SD, so it's easy to clean up)
[HTC Inspire 4G] silenzzzz:
mine still shows a black screen even after giving a program SU permissions...

ahhh nice thank you =)
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Black screen

To all that have the problem with black screens in recovery, I think that this thread will give you some help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=974789

I believe a thank you should go to californiarailroader for finding this and testing it out since I really did not have this problem.
[HTC Inspire 4G] wolverine423:
out of curiosity, did you tell superuser to remember that you allowed permission to the app?
[HTC Inspire 4G] silenzzzz:
yes, and when i open the app back up it does not ask for it again ...
[HTC Inspire 4G] javanutsy:
My phone is 100% stock and I haven't tried this tool yet. But I want to thank and support Bubby for his hard work, efforts, and friendly attitude. I will wait a little to see how this tool develops, but I want to honor my bounty pledge now.

Confirmation number: 5XE48473SA095342X.

Thanks and keep up the good work!
[HTC Inspire 4G] footbal9584:
Ok, after reading this, I figured it out.

Here is the fix for CWM clockworkmod not booting and just showing white htc and fading to a black screen.

All you have to do is go here, download the attached "EasyS-OFF_05.zip" and extract the folder. Then run the .exe and check the "I have Radio S-OFF" box and then "S-OFF IT!".

You can then reboot the phone into bootloader and select recovery and it will boot into clockwork.
[HTC Inspire 4G] rawb123456:
Did you use the back arrow to exit terminal in the first place? You should. Then terminal is suppose to force close once. The next time you try to open it it should open and then you need to enter 3 more command lines.

FYI you have soff but no root. And you are stuck on the desire hd Rom. Start over and try again. Hope this helps.