Appaantly to downgrade to 1.5 on my vodafone uk htc magic, because its not a perfect SPL, i have to create a goldcard, now, is there anyway to root my phone easier than creating a goldcard? (too complicated for me), when i try to do the sappimg.nbh file, i get incorrect id, i followed every guide
My phone details :
SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP s-on g
HBOOT 1.33.0004 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.19.261
Apr 9 2009,23:30:40
can i root easier?
What do you aim to do?
If you wish to flash a new rom then you dont need to root first because with that SPL you can boot the phone into fastboot and use the usb fastboot facility to remote boot the recovery tool via the android sdk. Then use nandroid to backup your existing rom, wipe the phone and flash a new img. (i believe the new rom has to be signed as s=on)
I have done the exact same this week as my first attempt to flash my uk voda magic. I must have read every article I found and discovered that so many are misleading/confusing for the owners of a non-perfect spl 32b. I used this method to go straight from an unrooted magic running donut to the new cyanogen 5 running eclair using Amon's recovery tool 1.6.2g, my phone details are exactly the same as yours.
One thing I have been wondering is if I should flash the recovery program onto my phone? Is it safe to rely on usb fastbooting the program?
see the htc_sapphire_hacking wiki for more info.
thanks mate, i didnt need to downgrade my phone as i have been trying to do for weeks, now proud owner of rooted htc magic with cynaogens new 2.1 rom
mc1 said:
One thing I have been wondering is if I should flash the recovery program onto my phone? Is it safe to rely on usb fastbooting the program?
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Yes I would flash the recovery image on to your phone, its perfectly safe and much more convenient than using fastboot every time.
fastboot flash recovery recovery-name.img
i have a vodafone NL magic
32B unknown
1.33.0006
can i do the same thing...
i want it so much ... a nice rom
i hope you people can help me
thanks
I am in need of warranty services so I installed stock vha rom and did a factory reset, etc.
Problem is the phone is still s-on and rooted.
I can remove root in visionary... How do i s-on? I would not like any traces of hacking left over. thanks.
You have to flash a stock RUU
Aamir.Badat said:
You have to flash a stock RUU
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uhm can you explain?
I need that too
thanks in advance
If we hard reset our phone without keeping the backup and untick the option of installing the backup from the options, then i think we loose the root and the S-OFF.
I am interested also too, to remove the s-off
Antonios, no, S-OFF would remain. Also using stock RUU is not enough in most cases, as it would fail at hboot version checking while flashing OR Radio S-OFF would remain in the phone nevertheless. One tried, tested and simple way to S-ON from pretty much any phone state is to:
- Do Radio S-OFF (yes, S-OFF) with my tool if not already (link in sig)
- Follow the instructions in my Radio tool thread to go S-ON
It will remove clockworkmod, eng hboot, custom rom, everything. Your device will be completely stock after the process.
Should be sticky in Desire HD Android Development section. no?
I am a wildfire user from HK, and recently I rooted and flashed CM7 nightly by the procedure form 3xeno:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
Following is my case:
Since I have already OTA updated into 2.2.1 froyo, I downgraded the HBOOT and rooted with revolutionary method. Then I flashed CM7 with no problem occurred.
However I used the setcpu to overclock my device into 768MHz and i ticked the set on reboot by accident. I cannot reboot into CM7 loading screen so I flash the CM7 rom again and boot my device successfully. Then I also flashed the most updated kernel provided by 3xeno above. I haven't pay attention to the signal service since this point, no signal can be searched no matter what I did. I have already checked the APN setting and also doesn't work. The battery drain very fast (cell standby 82%) unless I turn on the airplane mode.
I reckon this is the problem of kernel/radio, and some developer said flashing radio is risky, so I flashed the RUU rom from Shipped ROM instead. I have tried both froyo and eclair RUU, even though some of the eclair disabled the touch input, but all the RUU cannot bring my signal back. Since the RUUs i flashed were with different radio version. I can still see the baseband version from setting=>about phone=> software information. The wifi can work with no problem.I didn't know what's wrong.
I have googled a lot and read a lot of threads in xda but still no idea. I decided to send it for repair. What should I pay attention to it before sending it for repair?
Maybe I forgot to mention something
In setting=>about phone=>Phone Identity
Model number : HTC Wildfire A3333
Phone number: Unknown
IMEI and Device serial number: same as the label under battery
IMEI SV: 01
In setting=>about phone=>Network
Operator name: Unknown
Signal strength: 0
Mobile network type: Unknown
Service state: Out of service
Roaming: Not roaming
I have tested my device with my friendsss' SIM cardsss, and the problem still persist.
ALL of the SIM cards, including mine, work well on the other phones.
Moreover, when I press down+power button, some sentences shown up:
SD cheking...
loading.. [PC49DIAG.zip]
no image!
loading.. [PC49DIAG.nbh]
no image or wrong image!
loading.. [[PC49img.zip]
no image!
loading.. [[PC49img.nbh]
no image!
after that it returned to the HBOOT menu and all become normal. They keep shown up no matter what RUU or CM7 rom I flashed. Is it a normal case or a sign of losing signal??
I have also installed the darktremor for app2sd before i flashed back the stock rom from RUU.
Sorry for my bad English.
Since you have s-off'ed your device with revolutionary, you have a custom bootloader, and thus no waranty anymore.. So it can and will cost you.
I don't know what is wrong with your phone.. perhaps stupid, but have you already tripple-checked your APN settings?
Erwin
Thanks for your suggestion. I've triple checked for the APN setting and sure that it is correct.
Maybe I forgot to mention something
In setting=>about phone=>Phone Identity
Model number : HTC Wildfire A3333
Phone number: Unknown
IMEI and Device serial number: same as the label under battery
IMEI SV: 01
In setting=>about phone=>Network
Operator name: Unknown
Signal strength: 0
Mobile network type: Unknown
Service state: Out of service
Roaming: Not roaming
I have tested my device with my friendsss' SIM cardsss, and the problem still persist.
ALL of the SIM cards, including mine, work well on the other phones.
Moreover, when I press down+power button, some sentences shown up:
SD cheking...
loading.. [PC49DIAG.zip]
no image!
loading.. [PC49DIAG.nbh]
no image or wrong image!
loading.. [[PC49img.zip]
no image!
loading.. [[PC49img.nbh]
no image!
after that it returned to the HBOOT menu and all become normal. They keep shown up no matter what RUU or CM7 rom I flashed. Is it a normal case or a sign of losing signal??
I have also installed the darktremor for app2sd before i flashed back the stock rom from RUU.
As far as i know apn has nothing to do with ur network unless you enable/ use gprs/3g internet connection.apn means access point name, and so it have nothing to do with the calls or network. I think ur problem is with radio, as u have a3333 u can try flashing a new radio, and some ruu does not contains radio,if it is a moded one,so there are chances that u have used one of them, go for it , try a new radio.
And in worst case it is a hardware problem,in which ovclck had done some thing wrong with ur processor or the radio module(hardware).in that case dont try to get ur motherboard replaced by htc,since u r out of warranty it will cost u a lot, so buy a new phn, nxt time go for wildfire s.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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As far as i know apn has nothing to do with ur network unless you enable/ use gprs/3g internet connection.apn means access point name, and so it have nothing to do with the calls or network.
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Learned something new here
I would try the same as what howlyshah suggests: reflash your radio, without the whole blabla of RUU's.
You can try first the latest radio (ending with 20.10). If that doesn't work, you can try the one ending with 19.25.
The process is indeed not without risk, but so is s-off'ing and rooting your phone, and you did that already Just make sure that you have enough battery, you don't interrupt the process and be very patient (for example, it could be that the first boot takes longer than usual).
You can find the radio's in the wildfire index.
biteyou said:
Moreover, when I press down+power button, some sentences shown up:
SD cheking...
loading.. [PC49DIAG.zip]
no image!
loading.. [PC49DIAG.nbh]
no image or wrong image!
loading.. [[PC49img.zip]
no image!
loading.. [[PC49img.nbh]
no image!
after that it returned to the HBOOT menu and all become normal. They keep shown up no matter what RUU or CM7 rom I flashed. Is it a normal case or a sign of losing signal??
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This is really really really normal. It is simply your bootloader searching for an update file. For example, if you are S-OFF and you rename an zip-file that you want to flash to PC49img.zip, the bootloader will automatically ask you if you want to flash that file (so no need to go into recovery). If you are S-ON, that will only work if the zip-file is signed by htc, of course.
Good luck!
ErwinP said:
Learned something new here
I would try the same as what howlyshah suggests: reflash your radio, without the whole blabla of RUU's.
You can try first the latest radio (ending with 20.10). If that doesn't work, you can try the one ending with 19.25.
The process is indeed not without risk, but so is s-off'ing and rooting your phone, and you did that already Just make sure that you have enough battery, you don't interrupt the process and be very patient (for example, it could be that the first boot takes longer than usual).
You can find the radio's in the wildfire index.
This is really really really normal. It is simply your bootloader searching for an update file. For example, if you are S-OFF and you rename an zip-file that you want to flash to PC49img.zip, the bootloader will automatically ask you if you want to flash that file (so no need to go into recovery). If you are S-ON, that will only work if the zip-file is signed by htc, of course.
Good luck!
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Really thanks both of you! Finally I downgraded the CWM into v2.5.0.7 to flash the radio. I have flashed the radios ending with 20.10 and 19.25 and the problem still exists. Maybe it is the hardware problem.
showlyshah said:
As far as i know apn has nothing to do with ur network unless you enable/ use gprs/3g internet connection.apn means access point name, and so it have nothing to do with the calls or network. I think ur problem is with radio, as u have a3333 u can try flashing a new radio, and some ruu does not contains radio,if it is a moded one,so there are chances that u have used one of them, go for it , try a new radio.
And in worst case it is a hardware problem,in which ovclck had done some thing wrong with ur processor or the radio module(hardware).in that case dont try to get ur motherboard replaced by htc,since u r out of warranty it will cost u a lot, so buy a new phn, nxt time go for wildfire s.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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Thanks so much but I am a little bit confused by what you mentioned "out of warranty". Since I am still in the warranty period, is it still eligible if I flash the RUU froyo asia HK and flash the HBOOT 1.01.0002(S-on)? Or are you talking about the motherboard replacing service is out of warranty and they will charge me for the motherboard?
I am decided to buy a better phone now, I think it is a really good excuse Thank you guys!
Ya you have broken the security that htc implimented to protect their custom android os,which they use in wildfire,by s-offing ur phone.you can how ever fool them by flashing an ruu,and the s-on the drevice. I think there is some way to s-on the device.search the forum, u will find it, else flash an old ruu, like 2.1 or lower, connect to pc suite, update ur phn,and maybe htc will again update ur phone, and s-on it(i never tried it, but i think it will work,as most companies do the same like se,nokia etc), then you can get ur warranty back, save a bucket of buckz
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
showlyshah said:
Ya you have broken the security that htc implimented to protect their custom android os,which they use in wildfire,by s-offing ur phone.you can how ever fool them by flashing an ruu,and the s-on the drevice. I think there is some way to s-on the device.search the forum, u will find it, else flash an old ruu, like 2.1 or lower, connect to pc suite, update ur phn,and maybe htc will again update ur phone, and s-on it(i never tried it, but i think it will work,as most companies do the same like se,nokia etc), then you can get ur warranty back, save a bucket of buckz
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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The alpharev hboot has a version number 6.x The hboot from alpharev AND from htc are protected against downgrading: you can not install one with a version lower then 6 ATM. So flashing a RUU will NOT work.
Btw, we didn't broke the security, the phone is still S-ON. But the hboot thinks it's S-OFF.
However, I tought I've read somewhere here on the wildfire section a way to downgrade the alpharev hboot to a htc one. So you can take a look indeed.
Erwin
EDIT: I've just read this in an other toppic:
rashmifantasy said:
For maybe some more like me that want to go back to what it use to be with the hboot S-OFF, S-ON issue.
I had my phone S-OFF with alpharevx beta. Used CM7 -stable for couple days but decided i wanted to go back to all original. I first RUU my phone with the RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.2 4H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_signed.exe file. Boot it up, made sured it runs, then did what is instructed below here;
To be able to do this you need HTC USB drivers installed. Install the HTC pakage, reboot, uninstall the HTC-
Sync software, keep the drivers! reboot PC again.
Power off your phone. Plug in your USB cable to phone. Press volume down and powerup your phone. After it
settle navigate down and choose fastboot option.
1. Unpack these files to your c:\fastboot
2. Open up your windows command promt (WinVista/7 users rightclick choose run as Administrator)
3. in command promt type CD\ then press enter
4. then your should be in C:\
5. type cd fastboot
6. then you should now be in dir C:\fastboot
7. Im bored to death typing, look below. Beware of each command ends with enter. After success, reboot.
C:\fastboot>fastboot oem mb 9C068490 1 30
... OKAY
C:\fastboot>fastboot flash hboot hboot_buzz_7225_1.01.0001.nb0
sending 'hboot' (512 KB)... OKAY
writing 'hboot'... OKAY
Files needed (Windows version): megaupload.com/?d=UO9L74I9
Works perfectly for me.
* NOTE: Im not responsible for your phone if you brick/kill it. These steps worked for me!
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Thanks to all of you! All of your suggestions are useful and I finally got my wildfire S-on(fastboot: flash into Hboot1.01.0001, then flash RUU and become Hboot 1.01.0002) and sent to HTC for repairing. Finally they replaced the main board and it now works perfectly.
I am so scared my device will be broken again, so I want to seek a full guide here before I S-off, root and flash a new ROM again because of some bug of the stock ROM.
Q.1
Sometimes when I receive a call, I cannot unlock the lock screen, seems the touch screen is not working while ringing. Every time I encounter this problem, I have to reply the call after the the device stop ringing. It is really troublesome for me. Is flashing another ROM the only solution for solving this problem? any ROM suggestion for this problem??
Q.2
Before I sent the phone to repair, the Hboot 1.01.0002will check for update:
(SD cheking...
loading.. [PC49DIAG.zip]
no image!
etc..)However after HTC sent me back the repaired phone I found that the Hboot now do not search for the update anymore. In case I break the phone again by S-off, rooting andflashing a new rom, I need to S-on the phone again. But I am quite sure that If I S-on the phone again, the resulting Hboot will search for update and therefore different from the original Hboot after the phone repaired.
My question is: Is this device in the warranty in this case?
Q.3
I am also looking for a ROM supporting APP2SD/APP2EXT/Dalvik-Cache2SD/DATA2SD/DATA2EXT system (I am quite confused with the difference between them even after googled, can anyone tell me that?), any suggestion of the ROM supporting it?
I have used Darktremor before my phone broke for the app2sd but It is quite difficult to use since it involves inputing some command in the terminal emulator (and so scared to break the phone again by this). Actually it is very good, but I prefer some user-friendly apps that can perform the APP2SD/APP2EXT/Dalvik-Cache2SD/DATA2SD/DATA2EXT system.
I found some apps, for example, simple2ext(S2E) and link2SD but I dunno the pros and cons between them.
My question is, which system moving apps into sd card is most suitable for wildfire??
Thanks for your help!!
So, after rooting with revolutionary tool, i gotta go back to stock for waranty purposes.
My stock version is an arabic one, so here is what I am gonna do,
1. Use a WWE froyo RUU.
2. Push hboot 1.0.0001 through ADB.
3. Run my locale version RUU (Arabic One) (Froyo) which will bring me to hboot 1.0.0002. --iHope--
Is this procedure right ?!
Please I need fast feedback in order to start doing it as I need to send my phone to waranty as soon as possible.
Thanks everyone!
Please refer to this thread
PS: First time I used that RUU my hboot was 0.8.x so I only had to run the .exe file WHILE THE PHONE WAS BOOTED INTO BOOTLOADER ( Hold Power Button>Reboot>Bootloader)
I re-rooted my phone soon after with Revolutionary but did not used any RUU.exe because I will not go stock yet.
If the RUU won't work while the phone is ON, just reboot it into Bootloader, that should do the trick.
after rooting my wildfire and testing many Roms and even going back to the original RUU, i can say that it will never be like the stock Rom
Thx guys for your effort,
but I know how to do all this, I am not that newbie!
I just wanted to know if the procedure is right, so I can be safe!
And I just did it, and I am done, smoothly with no problems!
Have you got your S-ON? I want to know because I want to unroot soon for warranty reasons and my phone was S-Off since I got it from Vodafone...
Dethox said:
Have you got your S-ON? I want to know because I want to unroot soon for warranty reasons and my phone was S-Off since I got it from Vodafone...
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Yes I did, with hboot 1.0.0002 and COMPLETE stock, just as I got it from the factory!
Good to know that. I just remembered that my bootloader was unlocked when I bought the phone from Vodafone so I cannot get S-On back...
Nevertheless, I will try my luck soon. I just need to find the warranty sheet ) ....I lost it and cannot find it....lol
Im wanting to return my rooted DHD to stock for warranty repair.
Ive downloaded RUU HTC WWE 1.72.405.3 but dont believe this will restore the stock splash screen.
Can anyone advise, if not can anyone upload original HTC SplashScreen so I can re-flash.
TIA
It will replace your bootsplash to the original. Remember flashing an ruu will not completely take you back to stock. You'll still have soff, supercid. Use the ace hack kit's return to stock option
Thanks...
I flashed RUU 1.32
Used s-off tool to s-on and stock cid.
Is there a way to confirm all is now stock unbranded as new?
I tried menu - settings - about phone
check for updates and it says i have latest version installed !!!
How can i confirm if DHD is restored to stock as surely i should get update notification when checking for update.
Edit: nvm i just tried again and it showed 1.32.405.6 is available as update.
I presume it wont show latest release, but in date order of release from current rom.
To check if everything went according to plan. Look in hboot to see if your back to son.
Also if you want to skip, flashing all the Ota's until your current, you could just flash a newer ruu.
All sorted, cheers.
I forgot about unchecking fastboot
All ready now for warranty repair at HTC.