Root Boot loop after rooting DHD 2.3.3

[scotty85]

Hi Scotty,

It is still 2.47.502.7 -the software number.Can you please send me the RUU link for the downgrade.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar

it is the same one we were trying to flash originally. the .exe is linked in post 20,and the .zip is inside the download for miniadb_inspire,in post 21.

here is the link to miniadb_inspire again:
http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Thunderbolt_Developers/scotty85/DHD-root-downgrade-soff.zip

the software number we need to downgrade to is 1.32.405.6. the file inside the download should be named RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE_1.32.405.6_Radio_12.28b.60.140e_26 .03.02.26_M_release_155891_signed. you can shorten it like you did the other ,if you wish. may want to include the 1.32.405.6 number in the name,so its easier to keep them straight on the PC

 

[scotty85]

Hi Scotty85,

Correct me if I am wrong. The downgrade RUU is the same zip file present in http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/Thunderbolt_Developers/scotty85/DHD-root-downgrade-soff.zip.

I am right, for some reason I may have replaced this zip file with some other zip file by mistake.

If it is the situation, I am supposed to carry on from the step 5. ( By downloading the correct RUU )..

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

correct. you just need the correct ruu. i dont have the .zip uploaded by itself anywhere,so the easiest way to get the .zip will be to just re-download that.

may want to just replace the current miniadb_inspire folder with the new one to avoid confusion.

and then yes,start at step 5. youll need to temp root and change the main version again so you can downgrade. then,the only factor will be your gold card working correctly.

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty85,

Thanks for your help.. I have re-downloaded the DHD-root-downgrade-soff.zip and proceeded with steps from step 3.(creating a gold card)

I am stuck again in Step 5 in the following command
adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.31.405.3

Its throwing error like- Patching and backing up partition 17...
Error opening backup file.

------- pasting steps followed and output of cmd window ----------

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\k.sagar>cd c:\mini-adb_inspire

c:\mini-adb_inspire>md5sums RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - PC-Tools.Net: Tools and utilities for Windows, Unix/Linux, DOS
Type md5sums -h for help

[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[c:\mini-adb_inspire\]
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip 100% c3d244a9f056e48ee3851a14ff52204c

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT19NT213520 device


c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp
613 KB/s (9796 bytes in 0.015s)

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FBB00000 -end FFFFFFFF
fre3vo by #teamwin
Please wait...
Attempting to modify ro.secure property...
fb_fix_screeninfo:
id: msmfb
smem_start: 802160640
smem_len: 3145728
type: 0
type_aux: 0
visual: 2
xpanstep: 0
ypanstep: 1
line_length: 1920
mmio_start: 0
accel: 0
fb_var_screeninfo:
xres: 480
yres: 800
xres_virtual: 480
yres_virtual: 1600
xoffset: 0
yoffset: 800
bits_per_pixel: 32
activate: 16
height: 106
width: 62
rotate: 0
grayscale: 0
nonstd: 0
accel_flags: 0
pixclock: 0
left_margin: 0
right_margin: 0
upper_margin: 0
lower_margin: 0
hsync_len: 0
vsync_len: 0
sync: 0
vmode: 0
Buffer offset: 00000000
Buffer size: 8192
Scanning region fbb00000...
Potential exploit area found at address fbb6cc00:1400.
Exploiting device...

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
991 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.015s)

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.31.405.3
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.3
Patching and backing up partition 17...
Error opening backup file.

c:\mini-adb_inspire>
--------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

 

[scotty85]

is your sd gold card in the phone? or mounted as disk drive instead of charge only?

i believe that error is becasue it cannot find the sd card to put the backup file on.

edit:

you can continue on if you want,and see if the main version changed. it may have changed it,even tho it was unable to back it up,im not 100% sure.

you jst need to make sure you get 1.31.405.3 when you enter the fastboot getvar mainver command. if so,then youre good to go

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty85,

The sd card (gold card) is the phone only.
It is not mounted (as USB), selected the option "charge only".

So, there isn't any problem even if I proceed further without the backup happening..

Thanks and regards,
Sagar

 

[scotty85]

Correct... As long as the main.version changed,you can continue.

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty85,

I have tried numerous times, still I am facing a lot many errors. Donno where I am doing the mistake. Please help me out.
I am posting the whole procedure again here, that I did it.

--------------------------------------------

c:\mini-adb_inspire>md5sums RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - PC-Tools.Net: Tools and utilities for Windows, Unix/Linux, DOS
Type md5sums -h for help

[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[c:\mini-adb_inspire\]
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip 100% c3d244a9f056e48ee3851a14ff52204c

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT19NT213520 device


c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp
298 KB/s (9796 bytes in 0.032s)

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FBB00000 -end
FFFFFFFF
fre3vo by #teamwin
Please wait...
Attempting to modify ro.secure property...
fb_fix_screeninfo:
id: msmfb
smem_start: 802160640
smem_len: 3145728
type: 0
type_aux: 0
visual: 2
xpanstep: 0
ypanstep: 1
line_length: 1920
mmio_start: 0
accel: 0
fb_var_screeninfo:
xres: 480
yres: 800
xres_virtual: 480
yres_virtual: 1600
xoffset: 0
yoffset: 0
bits_per_pixel: 32
activate: 16
height: 106
width: 62
rotate: 0
grayscale: 0
nonstd: 0
accel_flags: 0
pixclock: 0
left_margin: 0
right_margin: 0
upper_margin: 0
lower_margin: 0
hsync_len: 0
vsync_len: 0
sync: 0
vmode: 0
Buffer offset: 00000000
Buffer size: 8192
Scanning region fbb00000...
Potential exploit area found at address fbb7f800:1800.
Exploiting device...

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
1288 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.012s)

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.31.405.3
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.3
Patching and backing up partition 17...
Error opening backup file.

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb reboot bootloader

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot devices
HT19NT213520 fastboot

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot getvar mainver
mainver: 2.47.502.7
finished. total time: 0.001s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot getvar cid
cid: CWS__001
finished. total time: 0.001s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY [ 0.356s]
finished. total time: 0.356s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot flash zip RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip
sending 'zip' (293949 KB)... OKAY [ 52.838s]
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i
mage...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
FAILED (remote: 41 model id check fail)
finished. total time: 105.971s

I am getting a bit concerned now.
Please help.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar

 

[scotty85]

crap! so apparently misc_version wont change the misc version without that. im still thinking its an sd card issue. do you have a different one you can stick in there for that part? maybe the gold card has some sort of issue or has become corrupt somehow.

evertything youve typed prior to the misc_version failure looks fine,im not sure why it didnt work. my only thots at this point are: something wront with the sd, or somethint running on the thats making the phone angry

sorry for the late reply,was busy at work today.

im going to put my phone back to att stock,so i can see if i can figure anything out.

 

[scotty85]

small update: stock,s-on,att phone,i took my sd card out and got the same error.

popped it back in,and the command worked fine.

c:\mini-adb_inspire>[COLOR="Red"]adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp[/COLOR]
813 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.019s)

c:\mini-adb_inspire>[COLOR="red"]adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version[/COLOR]

c:\mini-adb_inspire>a[COLOR="red"]db shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.31.405.3[/COLOR]
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.3
[COLOR="Blue"]Patching and backing up partition 17...
Error opening backup file.[/COLOR]

c:\mini-adb_inspire>[COLOR="Red"]adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.31.405.3[/COLOR]
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.3
Patching and backing up partition 17...

ive got to step out for a bit,but ill be back in a couple hours

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty85,

When I create the goldcard and put it back in the phone, its showing damaged SD card.
Does that mean there is a problem with SD itself.
If that is so, I am trying with an another card.

Thanks and Regards,
Sagar.

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty85,

I have created a new goldcard using another SD card. ( I have followed this link to create goldcard. AddictiveTips

 

[scotty85]

that link looks ok,if you followed all the directions exactly.

i tried a few times,and quite predictably got the error when the sd was not in the phone. im sure youre getting fustrated with the repeated errors,but i still feel the prollem is with the sd card.

perhaps there is something incorrect about the methods youre using to mkae the gold cards? do you have an sd that is NOT a gold card that you know is working correctly in another phone? if so,try the process with it. if it works,then we will know the prollem was with the gold cards.

at that point,at least the main version will be set,and ypou can try swapping out the sd for one of your gold cards. if the ruu fails with the model id error,then we can go about figuring out the gold card issue.

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty,
Can suggest me some other way to create a goldcard other than using the goldcard helper.
I have tried a few more links but didnt work as well.
-----------
In the mini-adb folder, I have also tried this:

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid
02544d534430344738b29c6da6009136

But still this too didn't help.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

 

[scotty85]

do not worry about the gold card for now.

just try with a regular working sd card,and see if you can get past the "opening backup file" error.

you might mount the know working sd card as disk drive before proceding,and make sure you can see its contents on the PC,and move things to and from it.

once youve verified you have a working sd,in the phone and is still working,then procede with step 5

just go to the fastboot getvar mainver command,and if you get the right main version,then go ahead and fastboot reboot. tomoro we can work on the gold card. for now,im off to bed, i have to wake up in about 6 hours

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty,
I have connected the SD card as disk drive and I am able to transfer files from the computer to SD and vice versa as well.

I have the process connecting to the working SD card (Not the gold card)

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c:\mini-adb_inspire>cd c:\mini-adb_inspire

c:\mini-adb_inspire>md5sums RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - PC-Tools.Net: Tools and utilities for Windows, Unix/Linux, DOS
Type md5sums -h for help

[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[c:\mini-adb_inspire\]
RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip 100% c3d244a9f056e48ee3851a14ff52204c

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT19NT213520 device


c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp
1913 KB/s (9796 bytes in 0.005s)

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FBB00000 -end
FFFFFFFF
fre3vo by #teamwin
Please wait...
Attempting to modify ro.secure property...
fb_fix_screeninfo:
id: msmfb
smem_start: 802160640
smem_len: 3145728
type: 0
type_aux: 0
visual: 2
xpanstep: 0
ypanstep: 1
line_length: 1920
mmio_start: 0
accel: 0
fb_var_screeninfo:
xres: 480
yres: 800
xres_virtual: 480
yres_virtual: 1600
xoffset: 0
yoffset: 800
bits_per_pixel: 32
activate: 16
height: 106
width: 62
rotate: 0
grayscale: 0
nonstd: 0
accel_flags: 0
pixclock: 0
left_margin: 0
right_margin: 0
upper_margin: 0
lower_margin: 0
hsync_len: 0
vsync_len: 0
sync: 0
vmode: 0
Buffer offset: 00000000
Buffer size: 8192
Scanning region fbb00000...
Potential exploit area found at address fbb7f800:1800.
Exploiting device...

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
1546 KB/s (15837 bytes in 0.010s)

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb shell /data/local/tmp/misc_version -s 1.31.405.3
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.3
Patching and backing up partition 17...

c:\mini-adb_inspire>adb reboot bootloader

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot devices
HT19NT213520 fastboot

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot getvar mainver
mainver: 1.31.405.3
finished. total time: 0.001s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot getvar cid
cid: CWS__001
finished. total time: 0.000s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot oem rebootRUU
... OKAY [ 0.838s]
finished. total time: 0.839s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot flash zip RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip
sending 'zip' (293949 KB)... OKAY [ 53.064s]
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this i
mage...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
FAILED (remote: 41 model id check fail)
finished. total time: 106.198s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [ 0.185s]
finished. total time: 0.186s

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.185s


-------------------------

Thanks and regards.
Sagar.

 

[scotty85]

Excellent! The main version is now wat it should be,so we just need to get the gold.card working. You can try putting the goldcards you allready made into the phone and do the steps to run the ruu. However Do not be discouraged if the ruu continues to.fail,since there was apparently an issue with them.

Do either gold card work in the phone,and let you view and transfer files?

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty,
I have created a goldcard again and then proceeded further into step 5
I was getting the :
Patching and backing up partition 17...
Error opening backup file.
still I proceeded as the :
mainver: 1.31.405.3
was showing up.
After the
fastboot flash zip RUU_Ace_HTC_WWE.zip
-----------------------
(sorry, couldn't paste the prevoius commands as I hadn't set the lines of scroolback. But I followed the step 5 exactly)
INFO[RUU]WP,system,88
INFO[RUU]WP,system,91
INFO[RUU]WP,system,94
INFO[RUU]WP,system,97
INFO[RUU]WP,system,100
INFOstart image[userdata] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,1
----
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,30
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,32
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,33
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,34
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,36
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,37
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,38
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,40
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,20
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,21
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,22
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,24
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,25
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,26
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,28
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,29
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,30
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,32
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,33
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,34
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,36
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,37
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,38
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,40
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,40
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,41
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,42
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,44
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,45
---
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,70
INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,71
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,95
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,96
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,97
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,99
INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,100
INFOstart image[sp1] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,100
INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,0
INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,100
INFOstart image[sp2] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,sp2,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,sp2,100
INFO[RUU]WP,sp2,0
INFO[RUU]WP,sp2,100
INFOstart image[tp] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,100
INFOstart image[tp] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,100
INFOstart image[tp] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,100
INFO[RUU]WP,tp,0
INFOstart image[tp] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,0
INFO[RUU]UZ,tp,100
INFOstart image[radio] unzipping & flushing...
---
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,76
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,85
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,95
INFO[RUU]WP,radio,100
INFOstart image[rcdata] unzipping & flushing...
INFO[RUU]UZ,rcdata,0
INFO[RUU]WP,rcdata,0
INFO[RUU]WP,rcdata,100
OKAY [333.529s]
finished. total time: 386.385s
c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY [ 0.181s]
finished. total time: 0.182s
c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot
< waiting for device >
^C
c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot-bootloader
< waiting for device >
^C
--------------
I broke the command, as the phone wasn't responding and got switched off. Later I removed the battery and the re-inserted it. Switched the phone on, after a few minutes it entered into boot loop, but still it wasn't responding. I tried connecting to my system using usb cable, still there wasn't any use. I have noticed that the downgrade had happened by looking at hboot 0.85.0007.

Then, I removed the battery,SD card(goldcard) waited for a few minutes and placed it back.
Now, the phone's power button isn't responding. Either are the volume keys.
When I press the power button after a few minutes (approx after 5 minutes or so) the HTC LOGO is appearing on the white screen and continuously vibrating as well.
Hope, you can provide me some solution. In the worst of my nightmares. Hope I haven't bricked the phone or did I.
Please help me.
Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

 

[scotty85]

so are you still able to get to hboot? if so,try doing a factory reset in hboot. if that does not let the phone boot, just run the downgrade ruu again.

note that you do not need to keep repeating all of step 5,just the sommands to run the ruu:

fastboot erase cache

fastboot oem rebootRUU

fsatboot flash zip zipname.zip

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot reboot

i do not believe anything weve done with the phone could cause the volume or power buttons not to work. hopefully that will sort itself out,as ive no idea what could have caused it,other than a very coincidental hardware failure.

sometimes you may need to reboot the PC as well,and try switching ports and calbes to get connectivity again.

you will need to get the phone into fastboot in order to use the fsatboot commands to try and flash the ruu(select fastboot in the hboot menu)

if you cannot get the phone to reflash the downgrade again with fastboot,you can try placing it onthe gold gard,and flashing from hboot as a PD98IMG file.

 

[ksagar04]

Hi Scotty,
I am unable to enter into H-Boot.
Just stuck up at the HTC LOGO and the phone keep on vibrating.
I don't have any idea how to move further.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

 

[scotty85]

Hi Scotty,
I am unable to enter into H-Boot.
Just stuck up at the HTC LOGO and the phone keep on vibrating.
I don't have any idea how to move further.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

wich htc screen? the white one with the green letters? or the black one with the silver letters?

so vol down/power does NOT take you to hboot?

at some point you were in hboot or fastboot,as you saw 0.85.007

 

[ksagar04]

The white screen with green letters.

When I saw 0.85.007 in H-Boot, it wasn't responding. Don't know why it didn't respond. When I entered the command:
c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot
< waiting for device >
^C

c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot-bootloader
< waiting for device >
^C

It was waiting for device, means probably the device got unrecognised(or unplugged) after the downgrade happened.

Yes, the volume keys+power button are not taking me to the boot screen.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

 

[ksagar04]

After giving the command:
c:\mini-adb_inspire>fastboot reboot-bootloader

The phone got shutdown but never booted into the boot loader abd so I had to remove battery and restart it. At that moment the Boot loader appeared after a while but never responded, so again I removed the battery and sd card and then put it back. From this moment onwards, the phone was only appearing with HTC LOGO (green color) on white background.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

 

[scotty85]

even after pulling the battery for several minutes,vol down/power does not take you to hboot?

if you give the phone a few minutes on the htc screen,do you get a response from adb devices ?

edit
if you plug it in to a wall charger,does the power light come on?

if the above does not work,try pluggint it in for several hours to a wall charger and then try and power on. then pull batter again,and try and get to hboot.

 

[ksagar04]

No, I didn't try connecting the phone on HTC screen to the system.
I will try and see if some thing pops up.But for the first time when I connected it with the unresponsive BOOT LOADER, it just said
LIST OF DEVICES and showed nothing except blank space.
I will connect it on HTC screen and then will let you know what happens.

Thanks and regards,
Sagar.

 

[scotty85]

cool,im on my way to work,ill be there till 6ish,and will continue to mull this over while im there.