[Q] Creating A Goldcard with sd reader? - myTouch 3G, Magic General

Hello everyone,
I've been trying for sometime over the past few days to restore my phone to functionality which I foolishly made useless. I have a TMO Magic with this:
Radio version: 2.22.19.26i.
SPL/hboot version: 1.33.0006.
product: sapphire.
mid: sapp30000.
security: on.
build-mode: ship.
After much incorrect flashing of radios and spls, I've had to restore the original SAPPIMG.nbh to get back to this point, but because I have a sim from my local cell carrier (Fido, up in Canada) without a data plan it won't recognize my sim. The only option I've been able to determine will work and get me back to have a custom recovery, eng spl, and cyanogen mod goodness is to use a goldcard, however I can't use the phone to format/read/write my extra sd which makes this difficult. I've been trying to fool around in linux using an sd card reader and the android sdk, following a guide called How to create a goldcard with Ubuntu Linux (I can't link yet, but that should get you to the right place) However its not clear exactly on how to find the CID from the sdcard using linux, and I've always been a windows person myself so my background knowledge of linux terminal commands is severely lacking. To summarize my question: With my phone in this state, what steps can I take to load a custom recovery? And if this is possible using a Linux box and a card reader, what terminal commands must I use?
Thanks alot for any help
Edit: My bad, I though I posted this in the general forum. I know you guys mods hate that so please move my thread to the general section, or delete it and inform me so I can repost.

If you mean the step no. 6 in this guide: http://www.nazriawang.com/2010/04/how-to-create-goldcard-with-ubuntu.html
then it's an ADB command , and you need to setup adb on your ubuntu first.
Follow this guide to know how to setup adb on Ubuntu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537508

D260 said:
Edit: My bad, I though I posted this in the general forum. I know you guys mods hate that so please move my thread to the general section, or delete it and inform me so I can repost.
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Will do. Try to pay better attention where you post your new threads in the future. Thanks.

single said:
If you mean the step no. 6 in this guide: http://www.nazriawang.com/2010/04/how-to-create-goldcard-with-ubuntu.html
then it's an ADB command , and you need to setup adb on your ubuntu first.
Follow this guide to know how to setup adb on Ubuntu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537508
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I have adb set up in linux, but I have the default rom installed and can't get into it to turn on usb debugging. Thats why I'm trying to read the CID of the microsd using a card reader.

Do you have recovery installed ? Try to get your phone into recovery and do the adb command again.
If not then borrow another phone from a friend and use it to get the cid of the card
Sent from my HTC Magic using XDA App

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Help!! messed up updating cyanogenmod! Bricked??

I really need some help please! I think I may have done something very bad. I have a tmobile mytouch 3g. I was trying to update from cyanogenmod 4.2.1.9. I was using a darkstar theme from ringer nation.
Here’s where I think i screwed myself. I am fairly new to all this stuff so I was trying to find a guide on how to update the mod and instead of doing it properly by adding the files to the sd card, doing a wipe, and then installing everything. I instead messed up and did an install of sapping.nbh and basically followed all the directions to originally root the phone. Including formatting the sd card and everything. When I realized that i was doing this all wrong I was still able to load my os and everything seemed ok. I was getting a sd card error that said that the card was blank or had an unsupported file system, but I was able to mount it so, I erased everything off the card and then put the cyanogen update and the drc83_base file and attempted to load into recovery and do the update.
I loaded into and did a wipe. I attempted to follow the instructions on upgrading from the cyogen page. (God I wish I had found that page first) But after I did the wipe and I attempt to Apply any from SD I get “error: sd card is not mounted”
When I attempt to reboot the phone it goes to the tmobile mytouch logo, THEN it goes to my them logo from Ringer Nation, then it just goes to a black screen I let it sit there for like 5 minutes to see what would happen, but nothing. So I took out the battery and sim. I can get into recovery though so I hope that someone can help me figure out where to go from there.I thought that since I had done a wipe that the theme would have been deleted as well? This is weird.
I did do a nandroid backup before. Hopefully that will prove to be helpful. Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to dump as much useful information about this problem so that hopefully someone will be able to help! BTW I'm using a mac with the latest snow leopard software.
As I am desperate for help, please reach out to me via aim – icolinirie or via email
Thank you in advance for everything. This is a great community, and all of Cyanogen’s work is greatly appreciated!!
EDIT: I really need some help! Here's some more information. I have a Magic 32B. Its running Cyanogenmod v1.4 + JF Recovery.
From what I have gathered I need to adp into my phone in order to get it to mount. Anyone know how to do this on a mac. I am trying, but I don't fully understand. I have created the .bash_profile from terminal and typed the following "export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/itunes/Documents/android-sdk-mac_86/tools" which is the path to the tools file in the sdk. I am just stuck at this point. I don't know what to do from here.
Hi I quote.
Install SDK utilities you need to connect your PC to your phone
You can download the full SDK from the Android Developer website for your platform
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
You'll need to download the SDK appropriate for your platform and extract it into a directory somewhere. I'm going to assume you're using Windows here and suggest you extract it into a folder called
C:\AndroidSDK\
on your hard disk. You can put it anywhere you like really, but if you do you'll need to substitute it for the folder above.
Add the tools directory to your system path for easy access
In Windows it's easy to add the Android SDK Tools directory to your system path. Doing this lets you use the Android SDK tools anywhere and makes it easier for you.
On Windows XP: Go to Control Panel->System, Choose the 'Advanced' tab and then click 'Environment Variables' To do this on Vista/Windows7: Simply go to Control Panel->System and choose 'Advanced System Settings' and then 'Environment Variables'
Now that you've got here locate Path under System Variables and click Edit, then add the following to the end of the string displayed:
;C:\AndroidSDK\tools\
Then click OK until you get out of the menus.
Now that you've done this you should be able to bring up a command shell and type 'adb' and it should run straight away without needing to change path.
Please note that you can skip this step completely if you find it too complicated - however you will need to CD to the ?AndroidSDK\tools every time you open up a command prompt so it's worthwhile doing. I'm going to assume you have made the change above in all further examples as it gets too complicated really. If you're not confident in a DOS shell, I'd suggest you do a little bit of reading up on basic navigation in DOS first.
Enable Debugging mode on the phone before connecting to PC and installing the ADB driver
Menu > Settings > Applications > Developement > USB Debugging
Install the USB drivers correctly - check using "adb devices".
If you have already connected your phone to your computer before then the USB drivers are probably already loaded. If you're lucky then typing 'adb devices' in a command prompt will produce something like:
C:\AndroidSDK>adb devices
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXXXX device
Where XXXXXXXXXXXX is the serial number of your phone. If it doesn't produce that line, then you need to check Device Manager and ensure the device drivers for your phone were installed correctly.
If you are having issues installing the ADB driver, you need to connect your phone then go into Device Manager and check the ADB device properties. Check the following property and it'll look something like:
Device Instance Id: USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02&MI_01\7&293A7D0D&0&0001
To fix the driver installation problem, you need to edit the driver's .ini file and change all the references of 0C03 to 0C02, or 0C02 to 0C03 if your device property states your Device Id is 0C03.
Note: After flashing a new ROM, your Device Id may change again to either 0C03 or remain as 0C02. So you need to update the .ini file again as above to refelect the change and re-install the driver. Another known way to fix the above issue is to download and install HTC Sync - this seems to install the correct drivers.
How to use ADB
ADB stands for Android Debugging Bridge - it's a useful way of talking to your handset while it's running. ADB provides commands for copying files to and from your phone, installing packages and debugging your Android applications.
Useful commands include:
adb devices - lists which devices are currently attached to your computer
adb install <packagename.apk> - lets you install an Android application on your phone
adb remount - Remounts your system in write mode - this lets you alter system files on your phone using ADB
adb push <localfile> <location on your phone> - lets you upload files to your phones filesystem
adb pull <location on your phone> <localfile> - lets you download files off your phones filesystem
adb logcat - starts dumping debugging information from your handset to the console - useful for debugging your apps
adb shell <command> - drops you into a basic linux command shell on your phone with no parameters, or lets you run commands directly
How to use Fastboot
Fastboot is another boot method and is used to drop the phone into a safe mode to load/flash alternate roms. You need USB debugging turned on before you can use Fastboot mode - so I'd recommend you do this first (under Settings->Applications->Development->USB Debugging). You will also need to power off your phone first (hold down Power and select Power Off) and then hold down the Back+Power Buttons to start the phone in Fastboot mode. You will need your USB cable connected to be able to issue any commands and assuming your drivers are correct you should be able to issue:
C:\AndroidSDK>fastboot devices
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXXXX fastboot
Other commands in this mode include - we'll cover these below in subsequent sections.
fastboot boot <filename> - boots a rom stored on your pc specified by the filename
fastboot flash <partition> <filename> - flashes a rom stored on your pc, partition can be one of {boot, recovery, system, userdata}
fastboot binaries for mac and linux can be found here.
3. Learn how to use fastboot and boot a recovery rom
Download a recovery rom for your device
There are several different recovery roms available for the HTC Magic devices.
Amon_RA has created several nice recovery roms available from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492 and get the Recovery Rom appropriate for your device - these recovery roms have Nandroid Backup and Nandroid Restore and are perfect for the average user.
You can also use Cyanogen's 1.3.1 Recovery ROM available for: PVT32A devices and PVT32B devices - this rom has some additional options for partitioning your SD card for ?Apps2SD/Swapper/etc.
Fastboot the recovery rom
Fastbooting a rom doesn't write anything to your device - it just loads it directly from your PC - so it's a completely safe way of fixing/recovering/backing up your existing rom. To fastboot a rom you need to first drop your phone into Fastboot mode and check that it's working. Now drop into a command shell and make sure the recovery image you're wanting to load is in the same directory that you're running this in. If it's called something other than recovery-rom.img then substitute that instead.
C:\AndroidSDK> fastboot boot recovery-rom.img
If you are having problems changing the directory in the command prompt, just make a copy of the command prompt .exe itself, and place it in the folder that contains the recovery rom, then run the above command.
And once again, if you have a perfected SPL which does not allow remote fastboot, you will have to fix it first.
Use the Recovery Rom to Backup your current ROM with Nandroid
Once you've booted to a recovery rom - you can use the Nandroid Backup option. If you get a 'cannot mount /dev/mkblkxxx error' when you do this then check your microSD card is inserted correctly and if so, wait a few seconds for it to register to the recovery rom correctly. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again (sdcard can take a few seconds to mount!)
You do not need to be a rocket scientist to do this.
you can use the ADB to put in recovery again by fast boot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
Hey! First off Thanks for the reply! I really appreciate someone chiming in to throw some advice my way! But while reading your thread you described the instructions for windows. In this case I have a macbook pro running snow leopard.
I did download the android sdk to my documents folder and I understand that I need to execute some scripts from the terminal on my mac to get things running. But I really dont know what those scripts are or what exactly to do.
I can get into the recovery mode on the MyTouch by holding power and home when powering on. So do I open the console from the recovery screen on the mytouch and then run the scripts on the terminal from my macbook? And which scripts should I run to get the sd card mounted onto my desktop (that is what I'm trying to do). Im not too sure what to do from there either. I want to get the phone back to stock android 1.5 os so that I can root again. My sd card has to be corrupted because it keeps giving me an error saying that it wont mount when I try to do a fix file systems or try anything from that menu. What to do??
What!
can you get in the recovery?
Yeah I can get into cyanogen v1.4 recovery. I'm just stuck from there.
Ok ok If I understand this correctly then you are not briced. you do not have any imag on your phone.
if you do not have anything nadroid recovery on sdcard you must enter a new ROM on the sdcard and flash it
remember full wipe.!
Yes this is what I believe I must do. But I need to either find a way to mount my SD card from the phone while it is in recovery mode (cyanogen v1.4). That's my problem.. I wish there was an easier way to get it mounted onto my mac from the recovery screen. I think I'm just going to go to best buy tomorrow and get a micro sd card reader and maybe another sd card just in case.
Once I have done that though. What files should I put onto the sd card in order to flash it back to original factory android 1.5.
What do you think?
Good idea
I have never used cyanogen v1.4 recovery
I use the recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img and ther you can use USB togle in recovery mode, You must go to the store to buy the adapter that fits on your Mac, I have two adapters for your Mac, you can borrow
Yeah that's the plan for tomorrow. Thanks for the offer man. But I'm in Los Angeles, Ca LOL!! Where are you?
icolinirie said:
Yeah that's the plan for tomorrow. Thanks for the offer man. But I'm in Los Angeles, Ca LOL!! Where are you?
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Bergen . norway.
http://maps.google.no/maps?f=s&utm_...o-google-gm&utm_medium=ha&utm_term=google map
OMG! WOW! Looks like a beautiful place! LA is a concrete jungle but beautiful in its own respects. Bergen looks like a very comfortable place! I enjoy finding out about these things. Maybe someday I'll visit. I'd definitely love to!
icolinirie said:
OMG! WOW! Looks like a beautiful place! LA is a concrete jungle but beautiful in its own respects. Bergen looks like a very comfortable place! I enjoy finding out about these things. Maybe someday I'll visit. I'd definitely love to!
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it is sick cold. I'll take one picture out the window

[Q] Duth(netherlands) G1 Cant Root

T-mobile G1
Firmware version 1.6
Baseband Version 62.50S.20.17U_2.22.19.26I
Kernel Version 2.6.29-00479-g3c7df37
[email protected] #19
Build Number DRC92
Hi guys ,new in here.
I have a T-mobile G1 that i Bought From Netherlands . I wanted to root and upgrade it into cyanogen but i had to downgrade it first into 1.5 or 1.0 . i tried many links and guides but i always get the 00028002 error and then the rainbow screen with the Serial0 error. many had the same problem but no clue ... Any Ideas??? i am 100% sure that the format of my SD is FAT32 but not sure about the file i download. i tried many.I cant even install the original SPL.
Thanks in advance!
on the Rainbow screen it shows these for me :
DREA110 PVT 32B
HBOOT-0.95.0000
CPLD-4
RADIO-2.22.19.2
i have same problem
Can somebody pleas help us? of is a way or not , because is stressfull to waith for a message
What is easier than trying to downgrad is useing exploid exploit
Here is a draft of the steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Ezterry/G1_1.6_To_Custom_Firmware
I made it in a rush so clean if need be.. but don't completely re-write if you want to do that post elsewhere.
As for the problem with downgrading is the files are only intended for US/UK dreams and you don't have one of those..
however my steps above are probably also safer for those with said dreams.. since it tries to avoid the brick potential with dangerSPL
Now i have been trying that link, but i cant go forward from step 3
run the following adb commands:
* adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid
* adb push flash_image /sqlite_stmt_journals/flash_image
* adb push recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0-cyan.img /data/local/recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0-cyan.img
* adb push spl_1_33_2003.zip /sdcard/spl_1_33_2003.zip
* adb shell chmod 755 /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/flash_image
* adb shell /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid
red_net0 said:
Now i have been trying that link, but i cant go forward from step 3
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You run them from your computers command line..
Is there an error?
IT dosnt work and yes i have that line from cmd on my computer
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IT dosnt work and yes i have that line from cmd on my computer
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Unless you give details I'm not sure how you expect anyone to help
"It doesn't work" could mean:
1) adb/fastboot isn't properly installed on your computer
2) you are not running adb from the directory with the files
3) you are making a typo in the command line (or I made a typo in the commands in that document.. unlikely but not impossible)
4) phone doesn't have USB debugging enabled or is not plugged into the computer
5) Your USB port on the phone is fired.
Ok i think the first adb running and the 2cond I think? How can i running that adb ?
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Ok i think the first adb running and the 2cond I think? How can i running that adb ?
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Try either the xda thread for adb/fastboot/sdk or the adp1 developer site
wiki page said:
[size=+2]Install ADB/Fastboot[/size]
For this to work I expect that you have adb/fastboot installed on your computer and understand that adb/fastboot commands are entered into your computer; not the phone
The XDA thread on setting this up is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719 Otherwise additional information is on the htc adp site: http://developer.htc.com/adp.html#s2
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Many windows users find it easiest to put the files in the tools directory with adb. That said I'm primarily OSX and set up the path to allow me to access the commands anywhere.
I have been trying to install adb but i dont have the SDK Setup.exe file!
2cond thing that i see is
that
Things you need:
Android SDK - Download
Winrar - Download (32bit) Download (64bit)
Windows PC
USB Cable
A Rooted HTC Dream (Google G1)
I dont have a rooted HTC Dream
That line lies; adb is used by developers on non rooted devices all the time..
the setup is the windows drivers..
Questions about adb *if* posted in the adb thread will be read by many more windows users that may be able to help.
You don't need to pm if you are asking the question in this thread.
I thing
I have the problem that i cant downgrade i have been 1 month trying to downgrade my g1 no lukky!:S
Try downgrading to RC7.....instead of RC29.
I had DRC93 (Dutch G1) and I followed the follwing link step by step
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=727688
remember to use RC7
.....mine is working perfectly

[Q] Trouble running adb

I am determined to downgrade and root my phone on my own, as opposed to paying someone on CL to do it for me. I just moved from Sacramento, CA to Cleveland, OH and I just got my comp unpacked and connected to the internet.
I Just downloaded SDK w/ all of the platform tools, ect. I have also been reading up on ADB and the appropriate commands. My only problem is my comp isnt recognizing the platform tools. it is located at the root of my C:\. Am I missing something? I was going to post in the development forum, but because I am new I can't. Can someone help me out please? I know I am close.
Thanks
How did you typed the command?
First of all be very grateful you can't post in the development sections because if you did it would only of lead to problems with these hungry users that are always ready to flame someone... Anywho...
Follow this guide to downgrade:
Downgrading
Follow this guide to downgrade and root the phone after that you can flash cyanogen if you want or anyother rom that u chose (((HINT: Black Unicorn Resurrected v4.1.1)))
lol, thanks for the heads up.
Does anyone have a link to a thread that shows step by step what to type and what the correct returns would look like?
The all seem to be a little different, and maybe im just an idiot but its pretty confusing seeing so many different ways to accomplish this
Ok, so I am going to try the wiki way to downgrade and root my phone. Hopefully this works.
Thanks for the help
TurboBrickMike said:
I am determined to downgrade and root my phone on my own, as opposed to paying someone on CL to do it for me. I just moved from Sacramento, CA to Cleveland, OH and I just got my comp unpacked and connected to the internet.
I Just downloaded SDK w/ all of the platform tools, ect. I have also been reading up on ADB and the appropriate commands. My only problem is my comp isnt recognizing the platform tools. it is located at the root of my C:\. Am I missing something? I was going to post in the development forum, but because I am new I can't. Can someone help me out please? I know I am close.
Thanks
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So you have your platform-tools folder in C:\platform-tools? right?
Go into that platform-tools folder under command prompt, and type adb shell, see if it can detect the device.
Try this thread for adb help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
Thanks
Thank you guys for all of your help. It worked! My phone is now downgraded back to Froyo. Next is Root w/ S-Off and Cyanogen Mod.

broken usb port, charge only, need root?

My usb port is broken, I have verified by booting into fastboot. It will charge my glacier, and the device even displays the mass storage/tether notification, but my pc doesn't react at all. I verified with a brand new laptop running Windows 8 and 7. Different cables. Pda net drivers. Every htcdriver.exe I could find. Simply put, I think I'm lucky it charges at all.
I know visionary doesn't work on 2.3.4. I have tries a million times. Gingerbreak also fails. Without adb or even mass storage I'm desperate. The onlything I can hope for is perhaps, if I used the downgrade method, but instead of using adb I used terminal to push the files and chmodd my heart out. I tried mv /sdcard/fre3vo /data/local/temp but I get an error.
How can I use terminal to set up temproot so I can downgrade, permroot and soff?
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My usb port is broken, I have verified by booting into fastboot. It will charge my glacier, and the device even displays the mass storage/tether notification, but my pc doesn't react at all. I verified with a brand new laptop running Windows 8 and 7. Different cables. Pda net drivers. Every htcdriver.exe I could find. Simply put, I think I'm lucky it charges at all.
I know visionary doesn't work on 2.3.4. I have tries a million times. Gingerbreak also fails. Without adb or even mass storage I'm desperate. The onlything I can hope for is perhaps, if I used the downgrade method, but instead of using adb I used terminal to push the files and chmodd my heart out. I tried mv /sdcard/fre3vo /data/local/temp but I get an error.
How can I use terminal to set up temproot so I can downgrade, permroot and soff?
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I have an idea. Buy a MicroSD adapter.
Your gonna be saved. Also you might need a goldcard to downgrade.
N_otori0us_ said:
I have an idea. Buy a MicroSD adapter.
Your gonna be saved. Also you might need a goldcard to downgrade.
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I have an SD card reader, I am more concerned with the lack of adb. Can you link to a guide specific to making a goldcard for the glacier?
hapticxchaos said:
I have an SD card reader, I am more concerned with the lack of adb. Can you link to a guide specific to making a goldcard for the glacier?
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It might be in one of the rooting threads or the true permaroot thread.
I can't really help much because I have a HTC panache which has a different rooting procedure.
Try using the HTC supertool
Or does that need a computer...
I'm pretty sure most of if could work with terminal after you get temp root.
Sent from my HTC Glacier
I did find a guide that helped me make one, but I get the main version is older error in hboot. It's my understanding I will first need to change the version # on my phone, for which I need temproot and adb.
Is anyone familiar with goldcards and can help me make one?
hapticxchaos said:
I did find a guide that helped me make one, but I get the main version is older error in hboot. It's my understanding I will first need to change the version # on my phone, for which I need temproot and adb.
Is anyone familiar with goldcards and can help me make one?
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Here's the thread I used. Something about a goldcard should be there.
--> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16858971&postcount=98

[GUIDE] Workaround for attaining S-OFF (for Windows 8.1. users)

For those on Windows 8.1 who have just about given up trying to get S-OFF...
For reference I have an ATT HTC One, but showing in bootloader as m7ul (didn't seem to make a difference to any downloads/steps anyway so meh)....
hboot = 1.44
S-ON (hence the inability to install the new GPE 4.4 ROMs)...
So I have tried every single fix imaginable on these forums and the Internet in general... absolutely nothing has worked... trust me....
I then seen a comment from someone mentioning using Ubuntu to do it... I thought... no way, I'm not bothering, all that effort, and it'll still fail... well tell you what, via various forums, sites, fixes etc (lol) I got there in the end.
Prerequisites:
Rooted
hboot 1.44 (I haven't tested newer versions... assume you're looking here really because you had the same problems as me - test with other hboot versions at your own risk I guess)
Not sure if the version of Rom you are currently on matters, I was on 4.3 Google edition (Eragon V14), so don't ask me which to be on
Let's do the following:
1) Download Windows Ubuntu from here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer
Click "Get the Installer"
Download and save the .exe to wherever you want
2) Right click the .exe and create shortcut
3) Change the target of the shortcut (right click --> Properties) to end with the following: \wubi.exe --32bit
4) Run the installer, and just go with any defaults
5) Once rebooted in to Ubuntu we are going to download and install fastboot and adb
6) Click the Windows key, type "Terminal" and hit RETURN
7) type the following at the "command" prompt: (do not type [RETURN] <-- lol)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 [RETURN]
sudo apt-get update [RETURN]
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot [RETURN]
When prompted, enter the password you set up when you installed Ubuntu in the first place.
8) To confirm Fastboot now works (yes... it was that easy)
Boot your phone in to Fastboot (hold VOL DWN + Power --> Fastboot)
Connect up the phone to USB
In the terminal, type the following then press RETURN
sudo fastboot devices
You should see your device serial, confirming it is recognised by Fastboot ----
9) Now to download Rumrunner -- get the archive from the following location:
http://rumrunner.us/rumrunner_downloads/rumrunner_HTC_0.5.0.tgz
Open the download (rather than save), and extract all files to the Home/Download folder (you can just click and drag them over)
10) Now, we need to allow the "soju" file to be executed
Right click the extracted file "soju" --> go to Properties --> Permissions tab --> Tick "allow executing file as program"
Almost there.....
11) Boot the phone back up and enable USB Debugging via Developer Options
Also change display timeout to 10mins, and set screen security to None
12) Disable Fastboot where applicable (Settings --> Power --> Fast boot)
13) Now to run the Rumrunner application....
Again, within the terminal, type the following:
cd Downloads [RETURN]
(if this doesn't work, you need to navigate to the folder you extracted the "soju" file to, so the cd (change directory) DOS command works fine here)
Now type the following (once you are in the same location as "soju")
sudo ./soju
If you are ready (definitely) to start the process, now press RETURN.
14) You will be asked twice to type "Yes" exactly as displayed followed by RETURN to confirm, please do not type Yes to the warnings that will come up periodically after the script starts (if you give them a moment, you will see them continue without any input from yourself)
15) Sit back... and wait for it to complete. The process took about 20mins in total to complete on my phone... and I've now got S-OFF. If you keep getting prompted for what to do with your phone being plugged in - just press cancel to the prompts.
p.s. if this worked - please press THANKS :good:
If anyone needs any clarification, let me know, I will try and respond as soon as possible (if others could help - that would be appreciated too)
Registered here just so I could say you are awesome! Your guide worked for me after literally months of trying to get s-off for my AT&T HTC One hboot 1.55.
A couple things I had to do differently:
1. I used a ISO image of Ubuntu 12.04.3 32 bit burned to a dvd and just booted off it to the option to try Ubuntu without installing. I could not get your link to work with my Windows 7 installation.
2. Since I was not actually booting from my hard drive but rather a read only DVD, I had to do some improvising for the extracting of the rumrunner files. I put them on the desktop, but then had to search a bit to find them in order to run the soju file in terminal.
Again, thank you!
EM101 said:
Registered here just so I could say you are awesome! Your guide worked for me after literally months of trying to get s-off for my AT&T HTC One hboot 1.55.
A couple things I had to do differently:
1. I used a ISO image of Ubuntu 12.04.3 32 bit burned to a dvd and just booted off it to the option to try Ubuntu without installing. I could not get your link to work with my Windows 7 installation.
2. Since I was not actually booting from my hard drive but rather a read only DVD, I had to do some improvising for the extracting of the rumrunner files. I put them on the desktop, but then had to search a bit to find them in order to run the soju file in terminal.
Again, thank you!
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whats yer firmware fella?
painnpleasure said:
whats yer firmware fella?
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It was 3.17.502.3 but since I achieved s-off I am now a "converted to Google Edition" with firmware 3.62.1700.1.
EM101 said:
It was 3.17.502.3 but since I achieved s-off I am now a "converted to Google Edition" with firmware 3.62.1700.1.
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Ok thnx fella.im on 3.63.111.3 and having difficulties running rumrunners.ill give it another go then. I want to get to go Google edition aswel.
sudo ./soju
I get err command not found!!
help plz should I be using the linux?
No prob I gut it :laugh:
skythunder83 said:
sudo ./soju
I get err command not found!!
help plz should I be using the linux?
No prob I gut it :laugh:
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Use the ls command to see what is in the directory you are in. Use the cd command to change directories. Keep searching til you find the directory where you put the soju file. Good luck.
Does my HTC One still have to be unlocked from HTC-Dev? Thank you in advance.
EM101 said:
Registered here just so I could say you are awesome! Your guide worked for me after literally months of trying to get s-off for my AT&T HTC One hboot 1.55.
A couple things I had to do differently:
1. I used a ISO image of Ubuntu 12.04.3 32 bit burned to a dvd and just booted off it to the option to try Ubuntu without installing. I could not get your link to work with my Windows 7 installation.
2. Since I was not actually booting from my hard drive but rather a read only DVD, I had to do some improvising for the extracting of the rumrunner files. I put them on the desktop, but then had to search a bit to find them in order to run the soju file in terminal.
Again, thank you!
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Glad to hear buddy. I also spent a considerable amount of time trying to find a solution to this and had just about given up.
Thanks for providing some additional notes on your steps too, might help someone else get theirs working too.
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alessiomoro1994 said:
Does my HTC One still have to be unlocked from HTC-Dev? Thank you in advance.
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By whatever means, you will need to initially be rooted. Unlocking via HTC Dev was how I got root.
Ironically this also (at the time, not sure if it's changed) doesn't work in Windows 8.1 lol and I had to root my phone using my parents laptop with Windows 7 installed.
They then upgraded to 8,1 so I couldn't use it to get S-OFF later on.
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I finally got s-off on my att htc one. Was pretty much trying the same thing as OP stated here, but had some difficulties with other things.
1. OP's instructions didn't work for latest ubuntu (13.10)
2. Had linux mint installed on my pc, but it was 64bit.. tried quite a bit to get it working there (adb and fastboot work), but rumrunner was not happy with 64bit
3. Finally tried it on Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS 32 bit and everything was smooth with it
One other thing to note.. I used live USB instead of installing ubuntu on my pc. had no issues, but had to use a bit older version of ubuntu and 32 bit (even tho my pc has 16Gigs of memory)
Don't know what's different, but Rumrunner worked for me - hboot 1.56, ARHD 41.0 and Windows 8.1
I'm using crouton install of Ubuntu on my chromebook and after trying to install adb and fastboot I get:
E: Unable to locate package android-tools-adb
E: Unable to locate package android-tools-fastboot
Any ideas guys? I really want s-off! Any help would be appreciated!
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roose21 said:
I'm using crouton install of Ubuntu on my chromebook and after trying to install adb and fastboot I get:
E: Unable to locate package android-tools-adb
E: Unable to locate package android-tools-fastboot
Any ideas guys? I really want s-off! Any help would be appreciated!
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Sounds like the location of those packages has changed? Unless the reason it isn't working is because of the version of Ubuntu you're on. Hmm.
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Try this:
http://vondroid.com/threads/how-to-...on-ubuntu-and-other-linux-based-systems.9793/
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My computer finally can recognize my phone in fastboot mode. Thanks !
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punisher195 said:
My computer finally can recognize my phone in fastboot mode. Thanks !
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Use the "thanks" button and rate the thread then
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