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[Q] Downgraded bootloader for CM6, need to restore for nandroid

All,
I was running Fresh 3.2 on my evo, rooted via unrevoked3. I wanted to try CM6 which required downgrading the bootloader to .76. Decided to go back to Fresh but I can't do a nandroid restore. I wound up having to go stock and running unrevoked again, bootloader now reads .79 but nandroid still won't restore. I'm thinking I need .93 but not sure.
Any help/thoughts?

Yeah you need to upgrade your bootloader back to the previous version then all will be well.
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Any idea where I can find/download the later revision bootloader? I see .76 all over XDA and the web, don't see later versions for download.

i had the same problem last week. you did the right thing, but apparently didn't use the most recent stock RUU. once you reflash that, it should update your bootloader to 0.93. you can then re-root and restore.

I just downgraded my bootloader for cm also. My question is can you flash any other rom without updating the bootloader? Say I wanna flash a fresh rom. Would that work?

shdwboy said:
I just downgraded my bootloader for cm also. My question is can you flash any other rom without updating the bootloader? Say I wanna flash a fresh rom. Would that work?
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What was your original bootloader? 0.93? I believe there was no need to downgrade your bootloader for CM 6.1. I had sort of the same issue and this link helped me, I hope it helps you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800730

Well dang didn't kno that cm6 wasn't hboot specific. I just went off what he had in his guide. So with that pc36img I just flash in hboot and that will change my hboot to the .96? Will I have to flash a different rom right of way? Also are any other roms specific on what hboot u have? I don't mind setting up my phone again. That's the fun of it. Lol thanks tho for the link and helpfull info.

shdwboy said:
Well dang didn't kno that cm6 wasn't hboot specific. I just went off what he had in his guide. So with that pc36img I just flash in hboot and that will change my hboot to the .96? Will I have to flash a different rom right of way? Also are any other roms specific on what hboot u have? I don't mind setting up my phone again. That's the fun of it. Lol thanks tho for the link and helpfull info.
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Yes, put the PC36IMG.zip in the root of your SD card and then just boot into the Bootloader. Accept update and you are good to go. So far on my end, I have flashed many many ROMs and did not have to load a different HBOOT. Good Luck.

HBOOT 2.02 S-OFF Finally!

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2034/img20101102213315.jpg
Here is the picture of the 2.02 S-OFFed
It has a custom recovery on it now. More info to come.
If this has been figured out already sorry again!
!!!UPDATE!!!
Whats Completed,
S-OFF
Custom Recovery
ENG Bootloader.
HBOOT 2.02.0000 is completely cracked.

Advantage of hboot 2.02 > 0.76?

[email protected] said:
Advantage of hboot 2.02 > 0.76?
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THIS !!!!!!!! >

2.02 is non engineering hboot... so i would think there is not much point... but than again... i think probably 99% of us dont even touch those options.

Uh nothing that i know of, except that HBOOT 2.02 that i have found will NOT downgrade to .76 as they patched it, I tried the eng-PC36IMG.zip, unrevoked etc. They do not root, nand unlock and install recovery.

eng-PC36IMG.zip skips installing the bootloader wich is the HBOOT.
Unrevoked Errors out and will not get past the HBOOT and throws a error saying lost connection.

So far can not downgrade the stupid hboot. This is what happens.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1126/img20101102215418.jpg

amoamare said:
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2034/img20101102213315.jpg
Here is the picture of the 2.02 S-OFFed
It has a custom recovery on it now. More info to come.
If this has been figured out already sorry again!
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How did you get s off? Ive been trying everything for the past week

You cant downgrade as of yet to HBoot 76.
You can get S-Offed as of now that lets you install a custom recovery etc.

amoamare said:
You cant downgrade as of yet to HBoot 76.
You can get S-Offed as of now that lets you install a custom recovery etc.
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How did you do it?

Hex edit? Cough cough.

Like i said, more info will be released in a bit. I'm waiting for a response from someone.

kenny21 said:
How did you get s off? Ive been trying everything for the past week
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If you have s-off then you should be able to make a PC36IMG.zip out of one of these hboots found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801568

It will flash the PC36IMG.zip just fine, but its bypassing the boot everytime.

amoamare said:
It will flash the PC36IMG.zip just fine, but its bypassing the boot everytime.
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so, will this fix let us root the phone and load recovery and flash roms again? im so tired of being stock lol.

Yes, right now i have ClockworkMod recovery on it.
You can flash custom roms to the phone.
Only thing is i want to put the eng0.79 bootloader on there

amoamare said:
Yes, right now i have ClockworkMod recovery on it.
You can flash custom roms to the phone.
Only thing is i want to put the eng0.79 bootloader on there
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could we have an ETA on your fix? i would love to try it before i go to sleep ;(

Like i said just waiting on a message from someone and will post from there.

amoamare said:
Like i said just waiting on a message from someone and will post from there.
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Thanks for the effort. I bought an Evo today with 2.02 Hboot on it. I was afraid to be stuck with stock for a long time.

Ok 2.02 has been successfully cracked all the way.
http://d.imagehost.org/0355/IMG_20101102_233241.jpg
ENG bootloader has been loaded on. All fastboot cmds are restored. Sweet.

[Q] Unable to fix s-off

Hey,
I have a mytouch 4g and I had it perm rooted as well as s-off. I recently attempted to unroot my phone and made a mistake of attempting to do this while having the wrong radio. Now I am unable to flash any new kernals or radios to my phone. My wi-fi doesn't even work with the radio I currently have flashed. My phone reads this in boot
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.86.0000
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.08.04.30_M3
eMMC-boot
Sept 27 2010, 11:12:59
is there any way for me to fix this problem and get my S back on??
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I am currently running CyanogenMod 7.0.3

Re-root your phone, then flash the new radio, an stuff you need. Get s off also
Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.

Thanks
Mr.Highway said:
Re-root your phone, then flash the new radio, an stuff you need. Get s off also
Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.
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My phone is actually still rooted from when I used to have it rooted, if I flash the radio I need to use to make s-off work, will it work? i thought the entire purpose of s-on was to prevent me from being able to flash any radio?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996, follow that guide, its the saner one I used
Sent from an android,thats makes steve jobs jelous.

The best option for you would be to flash the PD15IMG from the hBoot. It will flash the radio you should have along with turning the s-on as long as you didn't use ./gfree to root the phone.

neidlinger said:
The best option for you would be to flash the PD15IMG from the hBoot. It will flash the radio you should have along with turning the s-on as long as you didn't use ./gfree to root the phone.
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in order to flash the radio from the h-boot, wouldn't i need to have s-off? Right now i have S-On so I am unable to flash radios

Terryshanks45 said:
in order to flash the radio from the h-boot, wouldn't i need to have s-off? Right now i have S-On so I am unable to flash radios
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The PD15IMG is the entire stock T-Mobile ROM. You do not need to be rooted or have s-off to flash that.
you are thinking of the radio files. You do not want to flash that.
hear read this
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/16/how-to-unroot-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g/

Hey,
I just tried that method with the stock PD15IMG.zip file and I got the message
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot
do you have any idea what could cause this to happen??
Would I brick my phone if i performed the factory reset from the HBOOT menu?

Terryshanks45 said:
Hey,
I just tried that method with the stock PD15IMG.zip file and I got the message
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot
do you have any idea what could cause this to happen??
Would I brick my phone if i performed the factory reset from the HBOOT menu?
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if your s-off all a factory reset will do is wipe everything on your phone.

neidlinger said:
if your s-off all a factory reset will do is wipe everything on your phone.
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so theres no point in me performing the factory reset...do you have any other suggestions as to what I could to to fix my phone?? I realize the problem lies with me having the wrong radio but I can't figure out how to get s-off in order to flash the stock radio and the stock rom gives me an error when I attempt to flash it...

Terryshanks45 said:
so theres no point in me performing the factory reset...do you have any other suggestions as to what I could to to fix my phone?? I realize the problem lies with me having the wrong radio but I can't figure out how to get s-off in order to flash the stock radio and the stock rom gives me an error when I attempt to flash it...
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IIRC you can flash radio files via fastboot but i do not know the commands to do it.

neidlinger said:
IIRC you can flash radio files via fastboot but i do not know the commands to do it.
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Thanks, I am logging into the IRC chat to see if someone there can help. I appreciate your help, do you know if there may be a guide on how to flash radios via fastboot on any website? i havent been able to locate one

S-OFF and no root, what do?

Here's the story. Got my original G2, played with it, rooted, s-off, the works. Needed to send it in for a warranty exchange so I unroot, s-on, etc etc, and put gingerbread on it. So I had the pc10img file on my sdcard.
Fast forward, I got my replacement G2, it had Froyo, had it rooted, s-off, the works before the battery was even finished charged (I waited for it to finish before I rebooted of course!) and I loaded up the official MIUI. usb tethering wasn't working so I figured I would download and flash a pershoot kernel! That "bricked" it. Wouldn't boot at all! So I booted it in to recovery (vol down + pwr) forgetting that the official gingerbread pc10img was on the sdcard. I was out and about so I just needed my phone back ASAP, so I went ahead and flashed it. So now I have stock gingerbread, with S-OFF and no way to get root. Is there another pc10img I can flash that is pre-rooted, or am I SOL til someone figures out how to root the latest update?
I'm gonna try gingerbreak after posting since I DO have s-off still...

silverton said:
Here's the story. Got my original G2, played with it, rooted, s-off, the works. Needed to send it in for a warranty exchange so I unroot, s-on, etc etc, and put gingerbread on it. So I had the pc10img file on my sdcard.
Fast forward, I got my replacement G2, it had Froyo, had it rooted, s-off, the works before the battery was even finished charged (I waited for it to finish before I rebooted of course!) and I loaded up the official MIUI. usb tethering wasn't working so I figured I would download and flash a pershoot kernel! That "bricked" it. Wouldn't boot at all! So I booted it in to recovery (vol down + pwr) forgetting that the official gingerbread pc10img was on the sdcard. I was out and about so I just needed my phone back ASAP, so I went ahead and flashed it. So now I have stock gingerbread, with S-OFF and no way to get root. Is there another pc10img I can flash that is pre-rooted, or am I SOL til someone figures out how to root the latest update?
I'm gonna try gingerbreak after posting since I DO have s-off still...
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To my knowledge there is still no temporary exploit for gingerbread that you would need to gain permanent root, sorry. It looks like you might be sol, but since you do have s-off try some of the other exploits like psneuter or gfree and post back. I would be very intrested if the hboot was somehow responsible for keeping the gingerbread g2's from getting root
Sent from my self-aware G2 w/ PyroMod v2.3.4 & UnNova Theme v1.0

gingerbreak did not work for me. I get this with the psneuter tool
spirit platform-tools # ./adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
Failed to set prot mask (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
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Did you flash the engineering HBOOT during the rooting process?

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Did you flash the engineering HBOOT during the rooting process?
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Good question. I'm not sure actually. But I do know right now that it has an official HBOOT on it. 0.82.0008

silverton said:
Good question. I'm not sure actually. But I do know right now that it has an official HBOOT on it. 0.82.0008
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I'm unsure if HTCs .zip includes a HBOOT update or not...but can you enter HBOOT (power+vol down) and check if it says SHIP S-OFF or ENG S-OFF?

I think that, since you're S-OFF, you'll be able to apply any PC10IMG.zip since it won't check signatures/versions - can someone correct me on this if I'm wrong?

theSpam said:
I'm unsure if HTCs .zip includes a HBOOT update or not...but can you enter HBOOT (power+vol down) and check if it says SHIP S-OFF or ENG S-OFF?
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It says SHIP S-OFF. And I was also thinking that since it is S-OFF that I could flash a PC10IMG that was already rooted, but seems almost all roms these days are only clockwork flashable.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

SUCCESS!
Back to semi-square one anyway.
I was able to successfully flash the shipped rom as a PC10IMG which I got here (http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision) and I'm going to say that this is most likely because I am radio s-off.

silverton said:
SUCCESS!
Back to semi-square one anyway.
I was able to successfully flash the shipped rom as a PC10IMG which I got here (http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision) and I'm going to say that this is most likely because I am radio s-off.
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It is because u were s-off. That was my configuration also so if I flash that official gb PC10IMG I'm still s-off but unrooted. To reroot I simply flash the 1.19 PC10IMG, let it get the 1.22 OTA if I feel like it then psneuter/gfree it all over again.
PS - to anyone else... don't even bother with gingerbreak for that official gb
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

I would put anything with root on it, just to get cwm. Than do as you normally would. As you may know, things are far easier through recovery.
::edit:: you should be able to find a custom built pc10img zip thingy, somewhere on these forums or from someone.
I'm sure you can easily make your own, and it should work.
Goodluck.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA Premium App

Downgrade HBOOT from 2.27.401.1 to 1.90.401.3

Friends, please tell me the way to HBOOT version slide runs on HTC ONE M9 Plus HTC__A07

Problem solved so:
1. Get S-OFF, Sunshine
2. Change to the CID HTC__J15
3. Make installer of ARUWizard and 0PK7IMG_1.85.401.6.zip rom
4. flashed without problems
5. Install all updates in order
got android 6
root
enjoy

I need to do the same "Downgrade HBOOT from 2.27.401.1 to 1.90.401.3". How can I do it with S-ON? Phone is not booting to OS therefore i can't make S-OFF with sunshine. Please help...

starmex said:
I need to do the same "Downgrade HBOOT from 2.27.401.1 to 1.90.401.3". How can I do it with S-ON? Phone is not booting to OS therefore i can't make S-OFF with sunshine. Please help...
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If your phone is bricked you can flash this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69147695&postcount=353 from TWRP.

greenapple88 said:
If your phone is bricked you can flash this http://.xda-.com/showpost.php?p=69147695&postcount=353 from TWRP.
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Thank you very much! Finally I succeed to boot the android. I've done as you said and it works.

starmex said:
Thank you very much! Finally I succeed to boot the android. I've done as you said and it works.
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Glad that it helped.

If I have s off. Can I just Downgrade it simply with an older Ruu and put it to SD card?
What are the consequences off having s off.
Flashing Roms and something like that in future?

Is any one here to help me for Hboot?? my phone is getting bricked after incomplete flash. its update hboot thn comes lots of error and flash incomplete. after that my htc one m9 plus didnt boot. is any one there to help me how to solve that? i tried lots of ruu file but it didnt get flash. im so upset with this phone now is there any one can help me for hboot? my os version - 2.30.401.1, S-on, Unlocked.