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Root Boot loop after rooting DHD 2.3.3

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ksagar04

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Hi guys,

I have rooted the stock rom 2.3.3 of AT&T phone using the following link How to Root the HTC Desire HD – xda-developers .
But after the first reboot of my phone I am unable to enter clockworkmod recovery i.e after I press recovery, a get a tactile feedback and it reboots again with a HTC logo and then the screen fades off.

Please hope some one would help me out.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Regards,
Sagar.
 
Sagar - with that build, I can't remember if you first need to downgrade and then root... did you have to downgrade first or were you able to just root?

Could you get in to hboot and let us know what the info is?
 
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I didn't downgrade it. I just got it rooted through the AAHK. When I press the down button+power button, in H-Boot, I am getting the following info:

ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-0.85.0024
MICROP-0438
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 12 2011,00:55:45
 
S-On would tend to suggest that you are not rooted. The link you put is to the XDA website, but the AAHK is no longer on there... where did you get it (as in the AAHK)? Were there any strange messages when you used it?
 
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IIRC, you have rooted your own phone already? Did you use the AAHK? Did it take as long to do your friends phone?
 
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I have rooted my phone an year ago. Mine was a different case. I downgraded from 2.3.7 to 2.3.3 and then rooted it using gold card. (Even don't remember the exact process, but was a long one).

The one I have rooted now (tried rooting.. Don't now how far it is successful :| ) is my friend's phone, which I did it using AAHK. Took around 4-5 minutes.
 
It looks like your best bet is going to be to run an RUU on the phone, to get it back to a working state. We can look in to rooting once the phone is working :)

Download this RUU (which is an exe that you can run on your PC) - it is a case of "click next" and following the instructions.

If you need any more help on running the RUU, shout up :)

Once you've got the phone working again, lemme know and then we can go on to rooting :)
 
As your phone wont boot, you'll need to place it in fastboot and then run the RUU.

Power on into hboot and, after the writing flashes, select "fastboot" from the menu :)
 
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D-U-R-X said:
I have used the AAHK once to root my mates phone, but can't remember how long it took.

Hang in there... gonna do a bit of digging :)
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It took me some time, more than an hour, but mostly downloading the Froyo (Android 2.2) ROM for the downgrade. The other steps. 5 minutes each or so.
 
i skimmed thru that link,but didnt read it too closely since it seems to be a guide for running the aahk with linux :eek:

i have not personally used the aahk,but i do know you need to downgrade pretty far in order for the exploits used to be able to successfully s-off,supercid,and simunlock. a gold card is used to downagrade all the way to unbranded software build 1.32.405.6(containing hboot 0.85.0007)

after a closer look at things,it appears that you have somehow installed a different radio :eek:

software build 2.47.502.7 is the current build for the att inspire. it contains hboot 0.85.0024(wich you have) and baseband 12.56.60.25_26.10.04.03_M(wich you defiantely do not have :eek:)

it is likely this mismatch of hboot and radio thats keeping you from booting. the correct advice has allready been given(run the ATT ruu) so we will just need to figure out a way to make it run

one last bit of advice,the Desire HD and inspire 4g are almost identicle hardware. all dhd roms ive flashed have worked fine,as have all ruus that i have run. the key thing is this: do NOT mix and match radios,hboots,or other firmware ive been left a couple times with a non booting phone when trying to run an incompatible hboot or radio. very recently i tried to use the inspire htcdev hboot with the unbranded 3.0 rom/radios and no dice. i had to run the att ruu and then install the inspire htcdev hboot with that in order to get the phone to boot again.

you might go ahead and do this. it will confirm a couple of important things,or possibly lead us in a new direction:

(assuming you normally run windows,and not ubuntu)
-download this small file:
mini-adb.zip

-unzip it,and place the unzipped folder onto the root of your C drive(not inside a folder)

-open a cmd window(with win 7,click start bubble,type "command" or "cmd" in hte search box)

-now change to your mini-adb directory(assuming you didnt chagne the name). type in the black cmd window that opened on your PC:
cd c:\mini-adb

-pull the battery in your phone for a few seconds. hold volume down,then power. hold them both until you see the white/colored writing hboot screen

-select "fastboot" from the hboot menu with the vol rocker/power button

-in your cmd window type:
fastboot devices

it should output your phones serial number. if so youre good to go. if not,youre apparently having a driver issue. i usually recomend these drivers from Revolutionary: modified htc drivers download and install the drivers(you should just have to run that file). afterwards,unplug your phone,plug it back in. make sure its in fastboot. as soon as you get a result from "fastboot devices" your ready to procede to the next step.

-in your cmd window,type(or copy/paste,is much easier):
fastboot getvar all

-copy the info that outputs here. right click in your cmd window,click mark,highlight it all in white. hit enter. paste the info here.
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Hi Scotty85,

Thanks for ur help. Here is the output of the procedure you mentioned. Can you guide further.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\SURAJ>cd c:\mini-adb

c:\mini-adb>fastboot devices

c:\mini-adb>fastboot devices
HT19NT213520 fastboot

c:\mini-adb>fastboot getvar all
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 0.85.0024
INFOversion-baseband: 26.03.02.26_M
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: 0438
INFOversion-main: 1.32.405.6
INFOserialno: HT19NT213520
INFOimei: 358920043212536
INFOproduct: ace
INFOplatform: HBOOT-7230
INFOmodelid: PD9812000
INFOcidnum: CWS__001
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 4118mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: on
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: a3d4fa0f
INFOhbootpreupdate: 11
INFOgencheckpt: 0
INFOregion-id: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.014s
 
ksagar04 said:
Hi Scotty85,

Thanks for ur help. Here is the output of the procedure you mentioned. Can you guide further.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\SURAJ>cd c:\mini-adb

c:\mini-adb>fastboot devices

c:\mini-adb>fastboot devices
HT19NT213520 fastboot

c:\mini-adb>fastboot getvar all
INFOversion: 0.5
INFOversion-bootloader: 0.85.0024<-inspire hboot
INFOversion-baseband: 26.03.02.26_M<- downgrade baseband
INFOversion-cpld: None
INFOversion-microp: 0438
INFOversion-main: 1.32.405.6<-downgrade main version
INFOserialno: HT19NT213520
INFOimei: 358920043212536
INFOproduct: ace
INFOplatform: HBOOT-7230
INFOmodelid: PD9812000
INFOcidnum: CWS__001<- at&t CID
INFObattery-status: good
INFObattery-voltage: 4118mV
INFOpartition-layout: Generic
INFOsecurity: on<- :eek:
INFObuild-mode: SHIP
INFOboot-mode: FASTBOOT
INFOcommitno-bootloader: a3d4fa0f
INFOhbootpreupdate: 11
INFOgencheckpt: 0
INFOregion-id: 0
all: Done!
finished. total time: 0.014s
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im not sure exactly what the aahk did. it appears it maybe changed the baseband to an older one that would(in theory) allow gfree(s-off exploit) to work,but i do not believe it would i thnk the older software is needed as well to disable emmc write protect.

at any rate,you actually have 2 options:
1)in interest of getting back to a working phone quickly,with least effort ;):
just run the att ruu linked above for2.47.502.7. theres no reason it should work,as you have a compatible CID and main version

2)in the interest of getting a working phone,and obtaining s-off,superCID,and simunlock:
run the downgrade ruu. you can find it here: Shipped ROMs

however for this to work,you will need to make a working "gold card" wich is fairly easy if you have another android phone that you can use the "gold card helper" app with. you have to have the gold card,as your att CID is not compatible with the unbranded CID of the downgrade.

there are some gold card directions here: http://androidforums.com/inspire-4g...ally-downgrade-root-inspire-4g-desire-hd.html just follow step 3)make a goldcard

*in either case,make sure youre putting the phone in fastboot(select fastboot fromthe hboot menu) before starting the updater utility.

so just let me know what way you want to go,if youre able to make a goldcard,and what troubles you have getting either ruu to run.
 
Thanks Scotty85,

I have installed goldcard helper in another android phone and downloaded the image via goldcard card helper. How should I proceed further.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar
 
ksagar04 said:
Thanks Scotty85,

I have installed goldcard helper in another android phone and downloaded the image via goldcard card helper. How should I proceed further.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar
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just follow all the directions to make tht goldcard,and then put that gold card into the non-working phone.

download and run the ruu i linked above,for 1.32.405.6,with the phone in fastboot. if that fails,you can download this file: http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Thunderbolt_Developers/scotty85/DHD-root-downgrade-soff.zip

it contains a .zip version of the 1.36.405.6 firmware.you can flash it in hboot by transfering it to your gold card,and rename it PD98IMG and then boot to hboot.

alternatively,you can unzip the file,and trasnfer the unzipped folder to the root of yuor \c drive.

similarly to above,change to that directory in a cmd window:
cd c:\mini-adb_inspire

place the phone in fastboot. make sure its beeing seen:
fastboot devices

if you get your serial number back,you can use these commands to flash the 1.36.405.6 firmware:
fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fastboot flash zip RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip (i went ahead and edited this to the filename youre using below)

if it fails with a pre-update error,dont panic its normal,just enter the above again and it will continue

assuming it flashes all partitions with no errors,then:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
(note that your hboot version has changed)

fastboot reboot

if you get thru all that,and boot successfully into the 1.32.405.6 firmware,then you have 2 choices:
1)run aahk to supercid/s-off/simunlock
or
2)if youre getting a kick out of entering commands in the window,then we can continue entering commands to manually temp root and run gfree :)
 
Hi Scotty85,
The RUU didn't work. So downloaded the DHD-root-downgrade-soff.zip.
But got stuck in the step after - fastboot oem rebootRUU.
fastboot flash zip file_name is not happening. Showing error - cannot fastboot.

Please guide my how to proceed next.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.
 
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