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Need some help

Ok, my wildfire has hboot 1.01.0001 and it got S-OFF via the XTC Clip....anyway, unrevoked (latest version ive downloaded from the enurevoked site) still cant root the phone (i keep on getting the "is your firmware to new" message over and over).
What to do to get it rooted now?

What I did was to install an older ruu from the shipped rom website. After you did install it you should be able to use unrevoked.
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i found this link here:
forums.phone-tools.cn/showthread.php/31659-Hboot-1.01.001-Unlock-And-Rooting
the clockwork from the file PC49IMG.zip installed successfully
however, it says it cant find the update.zip on the sdcard (and the file is present)

hans3103 said:
What I did was to install an older ruu from the shipped rom website. After you did install it you should be able to use unrevoked.
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Which one, there are kinda many out there?

Why make it difficult for yourself put an older ruu and then use unrevoked. It's a little more work but if you are not sure what you do then it is the best way.
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The method posted at:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000367
worked, rooted now )))))

getting S-OFF in your device is what u need to root froyo wildfire. once u have got S-OFF, u can root wildfire in two ways
1.noobs guide to root wildfire froyo official
2.flashing an older android 2.1 rom update utility, so that u can root with unrevoked software.
regarding the process of noobs guide, u can search here in the wildfire xda forum to know the process. it uses super one click method to root the phone.
and regarding the second process, im describing it here.
once u have got S-OFF in your device, then it is possible to downgrade your bootloader. only do this with official ROM UPDATE UTILITY. donot do it with any other process. go to the website
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Buzz/
there download ur region rom exe file. the most important thing is to download a android 2.1 rom. donot download the froyo rom. then make the ROM UPDATE UTILITY. at the end of that process u will get an official 2.1 on ur device with downgraded bootloader (0.80). then root ur phone with an updated version of unrevoked. thats all.
i dont know whether S-OFF persists after the official RUU.

Flash recovery?

Hi, I flashed rcmix hd and am really enjoying it at the moment, but if I wanted to go back to my stock rom I had, do I just restore my nandroid backup?? And then unroot and eng s-on?
Thank you ;-)
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Yep, should be as simple as that (restoring the backup will return the phone to the state it was in when the backup was taken).
Unless you're needing it fully back to stock for warranty purposes I'd be inclined to leave root and s-off so when you inevitably get sick of the stock ROM again you can flash another without having to bother re-doing all that, but that's just me

You will also have to replace CWM with the stock one.
An alternative would be flash RUU, s-on and unroot.

I didn't see post sorry, yeah I was thinking of going back to stock, but wondered whether I should use Vodafone branded ruu or use official HTC ruu??
If I flash official HTC ruu, will I debrand my phone? And if its debranded do I still get ota updates?
And after flashing HTC ruu, do I just do radio s-on and unroot? Or as u said just flash official ruu and leave root and radio s-on for another rom later on down the line?
Oh and you said I will need to replace cwm with stock one, so if I flashed HTC ruu, does that automatically replace it?
Thank you
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dazza_84 said:
I didn't see post sorry, yeah I was thinking of going back to stock, but wondered whether I should use Vodafone branded ruu or use official HTC ruu??
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It's really up to you.
If I flash official HTC ruu, will I debrand my phone? And if its debranded do I still get ota updates?
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Yes it will be debranded and yes you will get OTA updates
And after flashing HTC ruu, do I just do radio s-on and unroot? Or as u said just flash official ruu and leave root and radio s-on for another rom later on down the line?
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You got it wrong, I meant you will have to do s-on and unroot after flashing RUU
Oh and you said I will need to replace cwm with stock one, so if I flashed HTC ruu, does that automatically replace it?
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Yes

Hawks556 said:
It's really up to you.
Yes it will be debranded and yes you will get OTA updates
You got it wrong, I meant you will have to do s-on and unroot after flashing RUU
Yes
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ok thank you, i was gonna flash official ruu 1.32 but it is in exe. format, how would i do that?? because i thought it had to be a zip file, so you could install it through cwm????

Maybe it's meant to be used on the computer if it's an exe?
You will also probably have to connect the phone to the computer via usb.

Hawks556 said:
Maybe it's meant to be used on the computer if it's an exe?
You will also probably have to connect the phone to the computer via usb.
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hhmmmm, maybe i should just use the zip file then.
theres 2, either 1.32 xx3.exe
or 1.32 xx6.zip
does it really matter which one i flash??

It's not meant to be flashed, it's meant to be executed on the computer with the phone connected via usb. HTC Sync should be on too. I was just being sarcastic earlier...

Hawks556 said:
It's not meant to be flashed, it's meant to be executed on the computer with the phone connected via usb. HTC Sync should be on too. I was just being sarcastic earlier...
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looooool i know , but ive just got used to using the zip file and installing through cwm, so all this talk of exe. files is confusing me yet again :-0???
but i suppose using the 1.32 xx6 zip file is ok, i hope

The RUU is an all in one utility to flash official HTC ROMs, RUU = Rom Update Utility.
To flash one, ensure you have HTC Sync installed (for correct drivers), plug your handset in to your computer, double click the RUU.exe, follow the prompts. Easy as peas.

andyharney said:
The RUU is an all in one utility to flash official HTC ROMs, RUU = Rom Update Utility.
To flash one, ensure you have HTC Sync installed (for correct drivers), plug your handset in to your computer, double click the RUU.exe, follow the prompts. Easy as peas.
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Ahh ok sounds easy enough, thanks.
Can I ask which is the more stable rom out of 1.32 xx3 and 1.32 xx6?
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Can I flash a ruu.zip through cwm or do I HAVE to use the exe. On comp?
And do I need to rename the ruu.zip to pd98img.zip???
Cheers
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if im not wrong flashing the ruu will flash the recovery to the default one as well.and will also eng-S-On it...so the only thing to do after that is just to root and radio S-On.

dazza_84 said:
Can I flash a ruu.zip through cwm or do I HAVE to use the exe. On comp?
And do I need to rename the ruu.zip to pd98img.zip???
Cheers
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Why do you have to make it harder than it is? Just run the RUU .exe from your computer.
jittery said:
if im not wrong flashing the ruu will flash the recovery to the default one as well.and will also eng-S-On it...so the only thing to do after that is just to root and radio S-On.
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Yes that had already been confirmed, your post doesn't answer his last question at all. Don't just post something random because you need your 10 posts, it might do more damage than good.

Hawks556 said:
Why do you have to make it harder than it is? Just run the RUU .exe from your computer.
Yes that had already been confirmed, your post doesn't answer his last question at all. Don't just post something random because you need your 10 posts, it might do more damage than good.
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Yeah I done it now mate thanks just run it through computer and it done its thing.
So I'm debranded now, I lost root but did get ota update for 1.32 xx6 which I updated so happy at moment , thanks for your help ;-)
Oh but cos I'm debranded at the moment if I wanted to do s-on and change cid thing, would I change it to debrand model or do I need to change cid to branded? Cos it was originally branded? But not anymore ???
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As you have a unbranded rom, use the unbranded CID
P.S. If you find my posts useful, hit the thanks button

Mate you have been so helpful, honestly mate I couldn't even put it into words how greatful I am, I really appreciate all u have said and guided me through it all, thanks alot ;-)
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Help With Bootloader Unlock Tool

Just Recently I tried to use HTC's bootloader unlock tool on my desire hd. When i tried to install the ruu that htc provided I was greeted with this message close to the end of the installation(Picture provided below). I've tried to update my Desire hd as it asked me to but it says that I already have the latest version(my build number is 2.37.720.3). Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Try aahk. The htc tool wont give you s-off anyway.
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The tools in this forum are faster to use and non destructive (no data loss - unless you flash a ROM that is ) and give you a full S-off and Eng Hboot.

To use the HTC tool to unlock the bootloader, your Desire HD should be updated to 3.x version. In the first page of the unlock tool in HTCDev, there are links to download the latest version RUU(according to you region) and instructions to update. You may try that.

Try updating your phone. The error states that the ROM version should be 3.13.720.2 yours is 2.37.720.3.

mr_makulit said:
Try updating your phone. The error states that the ROM version should be 3.13.720.2 yours is 2.37.720.3.
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This.
Thread Closed.

Flash Radio HTC Desire HD 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M

http://www.mediafire.com/download/vp3wdxbqon1dsu7/PD98IMG.zip
New link Radio 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M old all links didn't work:
md5sum check:
6388D1DC569AC51693B58D7DE258F2CB
1. Download PD98IMG.zip
2. Copy into Sdcard Root Directory not Any folder...
3. Power Off yor device.
4. Hold Volume Down and Power button(FAST BOOT)
5. Press the volume Up button FLASH the zip....
Thanx
Njoy
If you like click Thanks............

MaratabHashmi said:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/vp3wdxbqon1dsu7/PD98IMG.zip
New link Radio 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M old all link didn't work:good:
1. Download PD98IMG.zip
2. Copy into Sdcard Root Diractory not Any folder...
3. Power Off yor device.
4. Hold Volume Down and Power button(FAST BOOT)
5. Press the volume Up button FLASH the zip....
Thanx
Njoy
If you like click Thanks............
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Flashing a radio is risky operation that can render you device inoperable, so you have to provide md5sum to assure integrity of the file
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I flash this radio on my dhd no worries it will not brick your dhd if you properly flash......
Thanx
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MaratabHashmi said:
I flash this radio on my dhd no worries it will not brick your dhd if you properly flash......
Thanx
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That is not true. Md5sum should be disclosed to prenvent flashing a corrupted download.
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RIL LINK:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/vjgbab4w7w1aduf/RIL_12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M.zip
md5sum check:
6388D1DC569AC51693B58D7DE258F2CB
Njoy

Xeleth said:
Thank you for all the effort but this 26.14 radio file, including the flashing method, can be found from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295. Download link for it is still up (confirmed).
And yes, you should always include the MD5 sums.
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THanks ill backup and then flash radio

Xeleth said:
Backing up your device (nandroid) will not actually back up your radio. In case you lose connectivity
and it's not about the RIL, you need to reflash the original one.
I'd recommend you don't flash this radio unless you have problems with device connectivity.
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Ohh ok, thanks for the info btw.

Guys can anyone help me get the radio flashed on my Desire HD, the phone had a lot of problems and may have a hardware fault, but I want to flash the Radio, I had already flashed the ROM which fixed a lot, its on a as close to standard rom as possible its running 2.3.5 but the radio version is very very old and much older then another Desire HD I have that works perfectly.
I have done so many of the ways to do the flash of the Radio files but I have not got one of them to work, I also cant work out how to get Eng s-Off, I have S-Off already.
If i just download this file and put on sd in root nothing happens when I reboot into the hboot, I have also tried the fast flash and abt.
any advice

Mark0hal said:
Guys can anyone help me get the radio flashed on my Desire HD, the phone had a lot of problems and may have a hardware fault, but I want to flash the Radio, I had already flashed the ROM which fixed a lot, its on a as close to standard rom as possible its running 2.3.5 but the radio version is very very old and much older then another Desire HD I have that works perfectly.
I have done so many of the ways to do the flash of the Radio files but I have not got one of them to work, I also cant work out how to get Eng s-Off, I have S-Off already.
If i just download this file and put on sd in root nothing happens when I reboot into the hboot, I have also tried the fast flash and abt.
any advice
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When you reboot into bootloder Wait min 30sec and don't press any button after that you see radio IMG find by your device then press volume up key and flash the radio....
Every Radio IMG install through this method......
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Mark0hal said:
Guys can anyone help me get the radio flashed on my Desire HD, the phone had a lot of problems and may have a hardware fault, but I want to flash the Radio, I had already flashed the ROM which fixed a lot, its on a as close to standard rom as possible its running 2.3.5 but the radio version is very very old and much older then another Desire HD I have that works perfectly.
I have done so many of the ways to do the flash of the Radio files but I have not got one of them to work, I also cant work out how to get Eng s-Off, I have S-Off already.
If i just download this file and put on sd in root nothing happens when I reboot into the hboot, I have also tried the fast flash and abt.
any advice
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Which file? What's it named? What happens with fastboot and adb?

Twifden asange
bananagranola said:
Which file? What's it named? What happens with fastboot and adb?
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Ok so when I boot it and leave it it does flash up quickly wih green writing that says something like "wrong image"
I have a HTC Desire HD - and I downloaded the PD98IMG.zip for it, I have tried a few different once (ones off different sites that are the same thing).
With adb and all the other ones they don't work as Eng S-off is not on as they are windows based terminal ones and I cant get it off the onclick E-Off does not work (but it looks pretty old and probably does not work on 2.3.5.

Mark0hal said:
Ok so when I boot it and leave it it does flash up quickly wih green writing that says something like "wrong image"
I have a HTC Desire HD - and I downloaded the PD98IMG.zip for it, I have tried a few different once (ones off different sites that are the same thing).
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Where did you get the PD98IMG.zip? Any file can be renamed to that, and most people do so that it's compatible with flashing from hboot, but that still doesn't tell me what the file is.
Mark0hal said:
With adb and all the other ones they don't work as Eng S-off is not on as they are windows based terminal ones and I cant get it off the onclick E-Off does not work (but it looks pretty old and probably does not work on 2.3.5.
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Huh? I believe you don't need Eng S-Off to flash radios, just S-Off. And what does windows based terminal have to do with anything? And does fastboot work?

Just used this image to restore my radio back to stock . This has fixed my gps because I had accidentally flashed a Inspire 4G Radio on a Desire HD. This file is not the flashable bootloader zip it is to be flashed in bootloader with adb.
bananagranola said:
Where did you get the PD98IMG.zip? Any file can be renamed to that, and most people do so that it's compatible with flashing from hboot, but that still doesn't tell me what the file is.
Huh? I believe you don't need Eng S-Off to flash radios, just S-Off. And what does windows based terminal have to do with anything? And does fastboot work?
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You do need ENG-Soff (Engineer S-OFF) this is because the radio partition is not flashable due to restrictions with the Hboot.

Ok I have tried the radio file from this post, I have tried about 3 others from other posts all with the same version of Radio as the one of this file as its the ones working right on my other htc desire hd's.
As far as I have read you need Eng S-Off to do this remote of the device (as I mentioned Windows Terminal Screen that connects to the phone) wihout Eng S-Off you dont have the permission to do it from your PC.
So the .zip file on boot up is not working and I cant seem to get Eng S-Off either (I have tried a few guides but no luck so far).

Hi, is there a way to flash radio with S-ON? Thank you.

wangzhuoyu said:
Hi, is there a way to flash radio with S-ON? Thank you.
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No. S-ON prevents you from doing that
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XDA_h3n said:
Just used this image to restore my radio back to stock . This has fixed my gps because I had accidentally flashed a Inspire 4G Radio on a Desire HD. This file is not the flashable bootloader zip it is to be flashed in bootloader with adb.
You do need ENG-Soff (Engineer S-OFF) this is because the radio partition is not flashable due to restrictions with the Hboot.
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You don't need ENG S-OFF to flash a radio but just S-OFF. the engineering hboot allows you to run flash commands in terminal but the important stuff is to have security partition off.
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For any country?
Sorry for this question, noob here
My actual Radio (as I see it in the bootloader) is 12.10.04.03_M, for the numbers I'm not sure if this will be compatible and I don't want to screw up my phone.
Is safe for me to flash this radio? (yes, i'm S-OFF)

joelzombie said:
Sorry for this question, noob here
My actual Radio (as I see it in the bootloader) is 12.10.04.03_M, for the numbers I'm not sure if this will be compatible and I don't want to screw up my phone.
Is safe for me to flash this radio? (yes, i'm S-OFF)
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Yes you flash this radio......
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Okay so I got this desire HD today. Everything seems okay except 3g connectivity. When I switch network to Gsm only or Gsm/Wcdma, I get edge network. But when I switch to wcdma only, I loose network.
So my question is:
Could it be a radio problem??
Could flashing the radio fix this?
I have S off
And I live in an area with 3g coverage.(Because I used to have 3g coverage with my old My touch 4g).
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mickeyasamoah said:
Okay so I got this desire HD today. Everything seems okay except 3g connectivity. When I switch network to Gsm only or Gsm/Wcdma, I get edge network. But when I switch to wcdma only, I loose network.
So my question is:
Could it be a radio problem??
Could flashing the radio fix this?
I have S off
And I live in an area with 3g coverage.(Because I used to have 3g coverage with my old My touch 4g).
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What radio version currently you use.....
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How to S-OFF EVO V?

I've got my bootloader unlocked. I tried to get a KitKat rom installed, but no luck. I followed a bunch of steps from one of the threads here. It has me use ADB and TWRP. It says S-OFF is optional.
I can get all the way through flashing a rom, but when I reboot it's not there.. just my stock Android 4.0.3 that came with my phone.
Maybe S-OFF is needed? But I can't get S-OFF to work.. I didn't want to do the wire trick. I have software from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2436217
It says check best method. But in there my bootloader version is not listed.. 1.58. I tried more than one S-OFF software with no luck. One of them was Revolutionary which required it to be 2.15 or 2.16.
What to do?

yuppicide said:
I've got my bootloader unlocked. I tried to get a KitKat rom installed, but no luck. I followed a bunch of steps from one of the threads here. It has me use ADB and TWRP. It says S-OFF is optional.
I can get all the way through flashing a rom, but when I reboot it's not there.. just my stock Android 4.0.3 that came with my phone.
Maybe S-OFF is needed? But I can't get S-OFF to work.. I didn't want to do the wire trick. I have software from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2436217
It says check best method. But in there my bootloader version is not listed.. 1.58. I tried more than one S-OFF software with no luck. One of them was Revolutionary which required it to be 2.15 or 2.16.
What to do?
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This is the wrong device thread. This is htc evo 4g not evo 3d/evo v.
But I will tell you the wire trick is safe and easy if you run it from Ubuntu. You dont even have to install Ubuntu you can run it from a cd and that method has resulted in 0 bricks. The windows version has had a few bricks so it is not recommended.
Fyi only htc ics roms will run on hboot 1.58. Gingerbread sense and all aosp require older hboots and you can not downgrade hboots unless you get s-off.
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yuppicide said:
I've got my bootloader unlocked. I tried to get a KitKat rom installed, but no luck. I followed a bunch of steps from one of the threads here. It has me use ADB and TWRP. It says S-OFF is optional.
I can get all the way through flashing a rom, but when I reboot it's not there.. just my stock Android 4.0.3 that came with my phone.
Maybe S-OFF is needed? But I can't get S-OFF to work.. I didn't want to do the wire trick. I have software from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2436217
It says check best method. But in there my bootloader version is not listed.. 1.58. I tried more than one S-OFF software with no luck. One of them was Revolutionary which required it to be 2.15 or 2.16.
What to do?
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Is there a link for the KitKat rom you tried to install?

toplist said:
Is there a link for the KitKat rom you tried to install?
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@toplist the post is from a htc evo v/evo 3d user his kitkat rom will not work with the og ev which is what I would assume you are one.
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