[DEV] Flashing the Tattoo via HBOOT - COULD BRICK! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! - Click Android Development

Warning: This method hasn't been throughly tested. It could brick your HTC Click (Tattoo). In either situation, I am not responsible if your phone explodes into a portable fireworks show. Should you decide to take the risk, please make sure you have backed up your data in case of a brick. Thanks.
I found an another way to flash the HTC Tattoo via HBOOT.
What I did is name 'CLICDIAG.nbh' to 'CLICIMG.nbh' and got the following:
HBOOT said:
CLICK PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.52.0001 (CLIC10000)
MICROP-0203
RADIO-3.35.07.20
Sep 22, 2009, 14:40:39
HBOOT
Parsing [CLICIMG.nbh]
[1] MFG_DIAG
Do you want to start update?
<ACTION> Yes
<Power> No
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Knowing that I could possibly screw up/brick my Tattoo (and make it continuously boot into the DIAG program), I aborted the update. It goes to show that the Click/Tattoo still supports the classic way of flashing ROMs (like the way we got root on the HTC Dream/G1 via DREAIMG.nbh).
I have also heard that if you get rom.zip from the RUU (go to your temp folder in Windows while the RUU is on the "Welcome" screen and search for rom.zip) and rename it to 'CLICIMG.zip' and place it in the root of your MicroSD card, the Tattoo will also detect it as a ROM and ask if you'd like to flash it.
Opinions/Suggestions/Comments, anyone?

UPDATE: Tried to flash the ROM with SU-binary, and it bombed out with the dreaded error: "Main version is old! Update fail!". I googled for a solution, it said something about 'fixing' a perfect SPL on the Magic/Sapphire. Alas, I'm not game enough to try using a different devices' firmware.
I'm tapped for ideas.

Hi.
Did you check or try the recovery partition options?
Maybe something could be done with it...
android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Replace_Recovery_Partition

Just tried flashing... sadly failed with a 'signature error'.
P

Note: I was not using a goldcard, assume it wouldn't make any difference in this instance?
P

Coburn64 said:
UPDATE: Tried to flash the ROM with SU-binary, and it bombed out with the dreaded error: "Main version is old! Update fail!". I googled for a solution, it said something about 'fixing' a perfect SPL on the Magic/Sapphire. Alas, I'm not game enough to try using a different devices' firmware.
I'm tapped for ideas.
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Bad. RUU checking rom version to prevent downgrade.
ROM with test signed keys is one of oldest.
Need to search something new...

modaco said:
Note: I was not using a goldcard, assume it wouldn't make any difference in this instance?
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Since you were willing to flash it, I think trying with a goldcard is well worth the effort. It painless to create one..

It didn't help.
Coburn and I have been chatting on IRC (#modaco on freenode) and we're kinda running out of ideas at this point...
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Does that mean you don't see a chance getting root ever or just not that way?

Any 1 root
hi guys
any 1 successfully Root/or Flashed Via Goldcard ?

-bm- said:
Does that mean you don't see a chance getting root ever or just not that way?
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We're trying our best. The root looks grim, unless we can somehow get a S-OFF bootloader. :/

Getting a S-OFF SPL would only be possible through HTC (who hold the keys to sign it). Either we're very lucky and someone leaks such a SPL or we're dead in the water.
Next best hope is someone finding a local root exploit on the kernel or in one of the setuid binaries that come in the Tattoo.

I have updated a rooted Tattoo with rom renamed to CLICIMG.zip and and an unrooted Magic 32a with rom.zip renamed to SAPPIMG.zip and copied to and fat32 sd followed by fastboot as described earlier in this thread - and2209

Thank you man my old dead tattoo is alive now becouse of you! thanks again

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How to get Clockwork recovery, busybox, & root on 8/26 leaked RUU 3.21.605.1

Making a thread for this for now since it will probably get buried in the RUU post.
Most important thing first, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE RAN UNREVOKED FOREVER AND HAVE S-OFF! IF NOT DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS!
Get the RUU here:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Inc...4k_NV_1.50_PRL58006_release_143351_signed.exe
Follow this guide by IncredibleDoes to extract the rom.zip update here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695825&highlight=RUU
(don't download the file he tells you to, download the one linked above, but follow the rest of the guide to get the rom.zip file)
Once you get the rom.zip, follow this guide below:
1. Install this update, get rom.zip from the RUU file, rename to PB31IMG.ZIP (somewhere in this thread there is a post with link to rom.zip, but you still have to rename it), make sure your SD-Card was formatted as Fat32 and put this on the root.
2. Boot into hboot
3. Install PB31IMG.ZIP (not the one I attached to this post)
**Step 3 note** Your phone might reboot to either hboot or recovery after trying to install PB31IMG.ZIP, just get back to hboot and install again, when you get back to hboot you should notice its version .92 and S-OFF is still on, just install PB31IMG.ZIP again and all should be good. I believe at one point after it updates hboot it has to reboot to finish the install, so this might be what you are seeing.
4. Reboot, setup your google account, etc. (note first boot might take a few minutes and appear that your phone is stuck at the droid eye animation, be patient and don't do a battery pull)
5. Put the files I attached to this post on root of your SD-Card
***Files are PB31IMG.ZIP (this is not the update, either delete the other PB31IMG.ZIP or rename it to PB31IMG.BAK, this is just clockwork recovery in the PB31IMG.ZIP) , busybox.zip (remove the.zip extension, so the file is just busybox) ,payload-update.zip, and su-2.3.2.1-ef-signed.zip***
6. Power down phone and boot to hboot (hold optical button + power)
7. Install PB31IMG.ZIP in hboot, this installs clockwork recovery
8. Once that is done installing, press volume down, so your phone doesnt reboot, then select recovery
9. Once you boot into recovery choose install zip from SD-Card, then choose payload-update.zip
10. After that installs, choose to install another zip and install su-2.3.2.1-ef-signed.zip
11. Reboot and enjoy your rooted phone.
***Update*** I didn't realize busybox wasn't in the payload-update.zip I have attached it to this post. This site wouldn't let me post it without an extension, so rename busybox.zip --> busybox with no .zip extension. Also you can easily go to the market and download busybox, this requires root, which you will have, and it will install busybox for you after you click install.
Might as well put the usual disclaimer while I am editing this.
I take no responsibility for what you do to your phone, any issues, explosions, or bricks are caused at your own discretion.
Rom.zip will update the hboot, splash, OS AND Radio correct?
wpbear said:
Rom.zip will update the hboot, splash, OS AND Radio correct?
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Yes
This updates your hboot to .92 and OS and I don't think the splash changes, but it is in the update. The radio will update if you don't already have the 2.15 radio installed.
Why can't we JUST flash the OS? I already have 2.15 radio, and I don't care about Hboot.
Can't we just flash the OS and leave everything else the same? Like other custom ROMs?
mobilehavoc said:
Why can't we JUST flash the OS? I already have 2.15 radio, and I don't care about Hboot.
Can't we just flash the OS and leave everything else the same? Like other custom ROMs?
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You could, but this is just the way to do things now until someone puts out a rom. If you install this as-is, unrevoked 3 doesnt work anymore. This is a workaround to get root and recovery on your phone. I think the hboot .92 blocks unrevoked 3 from working, seems thats the part it failed for me was when it was in hboot. Of course we could always downgrade hboot.
mobilehavoc said:
Why can't we JUST flash the OS? I already have 2.15 radio, and I don't care about Hboot.
Can't we just flash the OS and leave everything else the same? Like other custom ROMs?
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If you wait a little bit, I am 100% positive we will have that option. Give devs some time.
TNS201 said:
You could, but this is just the way to do things now until someone puts out a rom. If you install this as-is, unrevoked 3 doesnt work anymore. This is a workaround to get root and recovery on your phone. I think the hboot .92 blocks unrevoked 3 from working, seems thats the part it failed for me was when it was in hboot. Of course we could always downgrade hboot.
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Ok, can't you just create an update with the system.img and flash that in Clockwork? Don't know enough about creating the package to do that but wouldn't that be all there is?
tats_06 said:
If you wait a little bit, I am 100% positive we will have that option. Give devs some time.
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I know, like everyone else - the smell of a fresh leak is hard to resist. I can wait though. The 8/1 leak with some tweaks has been working great for me
mobilehavoc said:
I know, like everyone else - the smell of a fresh leak is hard to resist. I can wait though. The 8/1 leak with some tweaks has been working great for me
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If you follow the guide above everything will be fine. Just you will have an updated hboot.
Anyone got a PB31IMG.ZIP that can downgrade hboot to .77?
I know its hard to resist installing a new leak, that's why I already did
TNS201 said:
If you follow the guide above everything will be fine. Just you will have an updated hboot.
Anyone got a PB31IMG.ZIP that can downgrade hboot to .77?
I know its hard to resist installing a new leak, that's why I already did
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757927
Guys you gotta give devs time to DEVelope, and to POST there new stuff. this leak just came about last night.
if you notice this is the 4TH leak, AND like the 3 previous leaks, there has been ROMs built from the leaks, AND ROMs of the leak, so give it time, this is just for those who have S-OFF have no patience. and are WILLING and nice enough to test and share there information.
people with S-OFF have the option of doing this, and of coarse downgrading hboot, blah blah, if you don't want to deal with all that, (which is me) wait for the awesome devs to do there thing, and release there stuff. you know Adrynalye is all over this, and will have a 4th wave put out when he has the time. patience is a virtue. too bad me and most don't have much.
I just pulled a whopping 20.6 in Linpack...whoa, Nelly. I'm sure I'll get a speeding ticket with this beast!
(for those with are missing a sense of humor: I know, I just thought it was interesting)
TNS201 said:
If you follow the guide above everything will be fine. Just you will have an updated hboot.
Anyone got a PB31IMG.ZIP that can downgrade hboot to .77?
I know its hard to resist installing a new leak, that's why I already did
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Why downgrade?
If you follow the guide above everything will be fine. Just you will have an updated hboot.
Anyone got a PB31IMG.ZIP that can downgrade hboot to .77?
I know its hard to resist installing a new leak, that's why I already did
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Why downgrade?
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he's assuming the downgraded hboot will work with unrevoked's tool
Ahh. I see. Thanks
obededom said:
I just pulled a whopping 20.6 in Linpack...whoa, Nelly. I'm sure I'll get a speeding ticket with this beast!
(for those with are missing a sense of humor: I know, I just thought it was interesting)
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I got 34.246 MFLOPS
Using KiNgxKernel #3
I actually had to go back into HBOOT 3 times just to flash the initial zip. It had to update the bootloader twice with quick restarts for some reason, but then it continued the update fine after that. Scared me a little bit.
Question
I asked this in another thread, but this one seems to be a much more appropriate place to ask ... for those of us with SOFF but otherwise stock, is there a reason to go through the extraction/etc steps ... what is the downside of just running the RUU?
jdmba said:
I asked this in another thread, but this one seems to be a much more appropriate place to ask ... for those of us with SOFF but otherwise stock, is there a reason to go through the extraction/etc steps ... what is the downside of just running the RUU?
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The RUU might not work, think some people tried and it didn't work. If you browse through the other post, you might be able to find someone who posted a link to download the rom.zip, but its really not that hard to do.
Nandroid Restore?
Thanks ... one more question.
If I try this, and hate it (or it turns out to be super buggy), can I restore a nandroid backup of my current setup (Radio 1.00.3.xxxx; HBOOT .77; Stock 2.1-Update) or will some of that not restore.
Thanks!

[Q] AlphaRevX S-OFF, Clockwork recovery and want to upgrade to WWE_2.30.405.1

All,
I want to install the WWE_2.30.405.1 OTA upgrade that arrived yesterday but when I tried, it failed, so I need some help.
I have an IncS that came with Froyo and which I then upgraded OTA to gingerbread when it arrived.
I later unlocked with AplhaRevX and installed Clockwork Recovery, then rooted by following the great guide in the dev section.
I don't really care about S-OFF, clockwork or root anymore, been there done that, didn't really make much difference to what I want to do with my phone, so if I have to reset to a stock S-On phone with standard recovery etc then thats fine.
Can anyone help?
This is what I tried, but it didn't work...
Last night I got an OTA notification that there was an update, so went ahead and tried the install.
When it rebooted I got a a boot screen with an exclamation mark in a triangle and the Android guy. Then nothing..
After about 20 minutes I decided to take out the battery and reboot, that got me back in and my phone is working now, but without the upgrade, so now I'm here looking for help.
You can upgrade with the RUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20 .2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed.
Donwload link on the forums.
Thanks, just found the link, but the hosting server is currently down so I can't test. Will post results when I can get the file and know what to do with it.
Some more questions...
The link is in the form of a windows EXE which makes me somewhat nervous.
I've only ever installed andoid rom's via the OTA update process, and so I'm not sure what I should do with this file.
I'll download later and see if I can figure it out, but have you explicitly tried this with the combination I have listed above?
I have a working phone right now so I'm not interested in anything that is untested.
Looking at other threads with the combination I have listed above, but applied in a different order, people have needed to resort to XTC-Clips to recover, I won't be able to do that so I need to fix this in software only.
abcprice said:
Thanks, just found the link, but the hosting server is currently down so I can't test. Will post results when I can get the file and know what to do with it.
Some more questions...
The link is in the form of a windows EXE which makes me somewhat nervous.
I've only ever installed andoid rom's via the OTA update process, and so I'm not sure what I should do with this file.
I'll download later and see if I can figure it out, but have you explicitly tried this with the combination I have listed above?
I have a working phone right now so I'm not interested in anything that is untested.
Looking at other threads with the combination I have listed above, but applied in a different order, people have needed to resort to XTC-Clips to recover, I won't be able to do that so I need to fix this in software only.
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what you need to do is just to download the latest Ruu v2.30.405.1, connect ur phone to computer, double click the EXE file that you downloaded to run the Ruu program on a winxp/win7, click the confirm or ok button ,then you'll get what you want in about 15mins...remember not to do anything on ur phone or computer during this period.
OK Great. Will do as soon as I can download from filefactory again.
Again though I want to know has anyone tested this process and what will state will my phone be in when it is complete?
Just want a bit of reasurance that someone has actually done this with an AlpharevX S-Off phone and clockwork recovery installed.
abcprice said:
OK Great. Will do as soon as I can download from filefactory again.
Again though I want to know has anyone tested this process and what will state will my phone be in when it is complete?
Just want a bit of reasurance that someone has actually done this with an AlpharevX S-Off phone and clockwork recovery installed.
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Those that were able to download the 2.30 RUU before the file server went down have reported that after upgrading to 2.30 AlphaRevX is no longer able to successfully run and S-OFF this version even though the HBOOT loader appears to be identical to the 2.12 RUU. If you currently have S-OFF and wish to retain it, then you shouldn't install the 2.30 RUU. You should wait for someone to build a rooted version of this ROM.
Or S-OFF with old rom, install ARHD 1.1.0 (2.30.405.1 based) and after the radio .06.03.03_M.
This is the right way.
tpbklake said:
Those that were able to download the 2.30 RUU before the file server went down have reported that after upgrading to 2.30 AlphaRevX is no longer able to successfully run and S-OFF this version even though the HBOOT loader appears to be identical to the 2.12 RUU. If you currently have S-OFF and wish to retain it, then you shouldn't install the 2.30 RUU. You should wait for someone to build a rooted version of this ROM.
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OK Thanks.
Do you have a link to someone 'reporting' that they tried the RUU on a phone with AlphaRevX S-Off and Clockwork?
Not worried about losing my S-Off status or root, I want my phone to be able to take OTA updates again, in fact if I could restore to the state it was in before I unlocked, then that would be best of all.
Also anyone willing to post a copy of the RUU somewhere else for download, cos the filefactory link still seems to be down.
abcprice said:
OK Thanks.
Do you have a link to someone 'reporting' that they tried the RUU on a phone with AlphaRevX S-Off and Clockwork?
Not worried about losing my S-Off status or root, I want my phone to be able to take OTA updates again, in fact if I could restore to the state it was in before I unlocked, then that would be best of all.
Also anyone willing to post a copy of the RUU somewhere else for download, cos the filefactory link still seems to be down.
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Here is a thread that discusses flashing the RUU and the attempts of AlphaRevX:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153871
OK That thread is all about how it didn't work, and the download site is still broken, so I'm not going to try anything for now.
I'll be away with work next week and need my phone to work, so I'll look in again when I get back and see if anything has changed.
Thanks for all your help anyway, I don't think this thread actually got even close to answering my question, but at least you tried.
If I try flashingthe RUU file then I'll be sure to let you know how it turned out.
Bye for now.
abcprice said:
OK That thread is all about how it didn't work, and the download site is still broken, so I'm not going to try anything for now.
I'll be away with work next week and need my phone to work, so I'll look in again when I get back and see if anything has changed.
Thanks for all your help anyway, I don't think this thread actually got even close to answering my question, but at least you tried.
If I try flashingthe RUU file then I'll be sure to let you know how it turned out.
Bye for now.
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The point of mentioning that thread was that these users had previously used AlphaRevX to gain S-OFF and when they installed the 2.30 RUU and they lost root and S-OFF and they are now attempting to get S-OFF back which is the part that is failing.
OK So I'm back from my trip and today I had a chance to play with this a bit.
I downloaded this RUU http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&drKey=1359&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.xda-developers.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D1033922&v=1&libid=1310921120143&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filefactory.com%2Ffile%2Fcc2d60f%2Fn%2FRUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed.exe&title=%5BROMs%5DIncredible%20S%20Shipped%20ROMs%20Collection%20-%20xda-developers&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filefactory.com%2Ffile%2Fcc2d...308_signed.exe and tested an install.
I got what I wanted more or less, I have the update and all looks good..
However for those of you following from home, these are the trade-offs.
All data on my phone was erased. I had an 'out of box' experience when I booted the phone.
I lost S-Off status
I Lost root
I seem to have a corrupt recovery partition. (When I select recovery from the boot menu it hangs at a screen with a red triangle and an exclamation mark. Only way to boot the phone after that is to remove the battery and re-insert).
4 in particular bothers me a bit, as I'm not sure how to recover that and I'm not sure if I may need it in future. If you remember, what I originally wanted was to be able to get OTA updates in future, from reading around, I don't think that will be possible with a corrupt recovery image, so any tips on fixing that would be great.
Just download the latest or if you wanna keep s off a previous RUU from your carrier. And run the program it will return the phone to stalk
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA Premium App
Hmm, thats what I think I've done.
My device is not tied to a carrier, so the WWE RUU Should have been the right one.
I have now also tried using fastboot to flash the recovery, but I get the following error
C:\Phone\>fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3658 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... INFOsignature checking...
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
I tried with an older recovery from WWE 212 as well, but got the same error. Don't really know where to go next, but any help gladly recieved.
abcprice said:
OK So I'm back from my trip and today I had a chance to play with this a bit.
I downloaded this RUU http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&drKey=1359&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.xda-developers.com%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D1033922&v=1&libid=1310921120143&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filefactory.com%2Ffile%2Fcc2d60f%2Fn%2FRUU_Vivo_Gingerbread_S_HTC_WWE_2.30.405.1_Radio_20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M_release_199308_signed.exe&title=%5BROMs%5DIncredible%20S%20Shipped%20ROMs%20Collection%20-%20xda-developers&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filefactory.com%2Ffile%2Fcc2d...308_signed.exe and tested an install.
I got what I wanted more or less, I have the update and all looks good..
However for those of you following from home, these are the trade-offs.
All data on my phone was erased. I had an 'out of box' experience when I booted the phone.
I lost S-Off status
I Lost root
I seem to have a corrupt recovery partition. (When I select recovery from the boot menu it hangs at a screen with a red triangle and an exclamation mark. Only way to boot the phone after that is to remove the battery and re-insert).
4 in particular bothers me a bit, as I'm not sure how to recover that and I'm not sure if I may need it in future. If you remember, what I originally wanted was to be able to get OTA updates in future, from reading around, I don't think that will be possible with a corrupt recovery image, so any tips on fixing that would be great.
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That's not corrupt, that's what happens on stock
Ahh OK, if that is normal then how do I test that my recovery partition is good? I don't want to get buggered when the next OTA comes along.

[Q] bricked htc hero

so my brother rooted his hero and flashed a custom theme a few months ago but did it incorrectly and bricked it i can get into hboot but when i try to get into recovery it stays on the white HTC screen and wont get passed that.. the same happens when i try to start it up normally... is there anyway to unbrick my phone.... i'd appreciate any kind of help.... etc. link, answers, other threads, or videos.... its his first android phone and i'd really like to help him unbrick it
DJ1395 said:
so my brother rooted his hero and flashed a custom theme a few months ago but did it incorrectly and bricked it i can get into hboot but when i try to get into recovery it stays on the white HTC screen and wont get passed that.. the same happens when i try to start it up normally... is there anyway to unbrick my phone.... i'd appreciate any kind of help.... etc. link, answers, other threads, or videos.... its his first android phone and i'd really like to help him unbrick it
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Haven't messed with a hero in a long time, but since you can get into h-boot, try to find a HERCIMG.zip of either the recovery or a full rom. (I see you now have an Evo, so HERCIMG.zip is just the Hero version of the PC36IMG for the Evo). Since the hero is pretty easy to root, I would suggest the entire rom to start fresh. If you are not familiar with HERCIMG.zip, put it on the root of your sd card and boot to hboot. It should then prompt you for the update.
eme82 said:
Haven't messed with a hero in a long time, but since you can get into h-boot, try to find a HERCIMG.zip of either the recovery or a full rom. (I see you now have an Evo, so HERCIMG.zip is just the Hero version of the PC36IMG for the Evo). Since the hero is pretty easy to root, I would suggest the entire rom to start fresh. If you are not familiar with HERCIMG.zip, put it on the root of your sd card and boot to hboot. It should then prompt you for the update.
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i'm gonna give that a shot and let you know what happens.... what should i do after it installs? should i try to boot into recovery and try to flash a rom from the ruu?
DJ1395 said:
i'm gonna give that a shot and let you know what happens.... what should i do after it installs? should i try to boot into recovery and try to flash a rom from the ruu?
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If you are using a full rom image, you will need to re-root. Just use the one-click root for the Hero. But yes after you flash the image, I would boot just to make sure you are now good.
If just use a recovery img then try to boot into recovery and flash a very basic, maybe stock like rom.
i downloaded a HERCIMG.zip and hboot wont recognize it.... i think its because i have the latest hboot and radio already installed so i dont know what to do now... i've done hard reset, clear storage and i still can only get the white htc start screen and it stays there for hours until the battery dies i've done a hard reset and now my phone says s-on so somewhere in the process of trying to fix this i've lost my s-off.... i have no idea what to do :'(
DJ1395 said:
i downloaded a HERCIMG.zip and hboot wont recognize it.... i think its because i have the latest hboot and radio already installed so i dont know what to do now... i've done hard reset, clear storage and i still can only get the white htc start screen and it stays there for hours until the battery dies i've done a hard reset and now my phone says s-on so somewhere in the process of trying to fix this i've lost my s-off.... i have no idea what to do :'(
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Try Fastbooting... if you Plug it into your Computer and press Volume Up (I believe?) You Should be able to get into Fastboot and Hopefully Fix your Problem!
Good Luck!
DJ1395 said:
i downloaded a HERCIMG.zip and hboot wont recognize it.... i think its because i have the latest hboot and radio already installed so i dont know what to do now... i've done hard reset, clear storage and i still can only get the white htc start screen and it stays there for hours until the battery dies i've done a hard reset and now my phone says s-on so somewhere in the process of trying to fix this i've lost my s-off.... i have no idea what to do :'(
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Reflash darchs eng-spl to enable fast boot commands. It will give you s-off again. If you can't find it let me know. Also I'd recommended flashing it with ra1.6,1.7 or cwm2.5. After you flash the s-off zip your phone should flash the hercimg.zip
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laie1472 said:
Reflash darchs eng-spl to enable fast boot commands. It will give you s-off again. If you can't find it let me know. Also I'd recommended flashing it with ra1.6,1.7 or cwm2.5. After you flash the s-off zip your phone should flash the hercimg.zip
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I don't have s-off I have no recovery so idk how to flash anything so I'm at a loss again.... I do really appreciate everyones help though thanks guys
DJ1395 said:
I don't have s-off I have no recovery so idk how to flash anything so I'm at a loss again.... I do really appreciate everyones help though thanks guys
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Try this... See if it Helps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804692
What did u name the zip file?
... it's been a common mistake with this process that people actually name "hercimg.zip", which now becomes "hercimg.zip.zip"
But u have to name it just "hercimg" since it's already a zip file.
Its just a thought ... and plz excuse me for questioning u if u did it correctly and it truly did not work.
Good luck and take care
Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk
PMGRANDS said:
Try this... See if it Helps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804692
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Thanks!
This worked perfect for my un-rooted, bricked Hero!
Jim
otb4evr said:
Thanks!
This worked perfect for my un-rooted, bricked Hero!
Jim
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It Worked? Great man... Glad it Helped you!

HTC Salsa Bootloader Unlocked!!

HTC has provided official tool to unlock Salsa bootloader, available at http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
Go to the website, sign up (if you havent done so), select Your device, Follow the instructions, and enjoy
Note : HBOOT update is required.
mate, let me know what is your RUU before doing the unlock. which part of download section did you take. Because mine, i got none. But i just continued to the fastboot oec, and simply send the code, and voila, its ***unlocked***
so i just wonder, why hboot updated is required since first, i dont get the update even i check it again and again, and second, it still can be unlocked without updating the firmware.
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mate, let me know what is your RUU before doing the unlock. which part of download section did you take. Because mine, i got none. But i just continued to the fastboot oec, and simply send the code, and voila, its ***unlocked***
so i just wonder, why hboot updated is required since first, i dont get the update even i check it again and again, and second, it still can be unlocked without updating the firmware.
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i didnt try it, i just posted the news...
but now i tried and couldnt update the hboot because i am on 1.12.720.3 and it says i need 1.12.720.5, i cant find the update anywhere.. so i just went on and tried the 'fastboot oem get_identifier_token' but i got a command error... i tried 'fastboot oem ?' but the command list didnt include 'get_identifier_token'
how did you do it?? which RUU are you on??
tried this, failed to update hboot, rom image error. basically im unable to update this hboot version.
this is the problem im having all round, i cannot update or revert from this chinese rom im using.
as for the fastboot, no point as i cannot get past stage one lol
why dont you try fastboot?? you might get lucky, kanded said he did it without updating... or is it that HTC is just bullsh**ing everyone bye saying it can be unlocked, but not providing the necessary updates for unlocking??
pachuau86 said:
why dont you try fastboot?? you might get lucky, kanded said he did it without updating... or is it that HTC is just bullsh**ing everyone bye saying it can be unlocked, but not providing the necessary updates for unlocking??
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tried, i've actually just said, f*** it to it. stay with what we got till someone develops a way around it all.
it requires updating all round just to access the first part!
ic... so whats with kanded ?? how did he do it??? Seems i have to wait some more as i cant get my hands on a clip either.... bummer
pachuau86 said:
ic... so whats with kanded ?? how did he do it??? Seems i have to wait some more as i cant get my hands on a clip either.... bummer
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don't know,
i do know u have to have all sdk parts installed as im unsure what it needs to run with, that took 2 hrs getting it all.
ive tried again, even skipping to fastboot, still nothing.
but ive already tampered with mine, already has cwm installed, s-off and rooted, with chinese uk o2 rom installed......so i wonder if he's using standard issue rom from scratch, but either way, it may not work on all salsa handsets.
but keep trying if you want. the option to send it us is still there!
man, i want to clarify.
the first time i bought this salsa, it is hTC Asia WWE, with S-ON of course.
there is no English language. fu** with it, so i tried to change into RUU O2 UK, by making my sdcard as a goldcard, and put the RUU files onto it.
Here i tell you the way, the RUU files is exe, right ? You can directly flash it as long as you got goldcard (its not hard to make it, everybody knows that)
Or, if that fail, there is still a way updating the stock rom with RUU. Install the exe, while its popping up in ur windows, open task manager, and you see RUU instalshield wizard is running, right ? now go to process, and see Aruwizard.exe
properties that aruwizard.exe, and open file location. you will see there is a zip "rom.zim"
rename that rom zip into PH11IMG.zip and put it into your sdcard that has been as a goldcard. now do the hboot, it will do the recovery itself. let me know if it works.
after that, go to htcdev, and then next step, no need to download for upgrading, bla bla bla, i got my bin_unlock by emails twice. hahaha.
get helped ? say thanks
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its for you bigbear, i read in any thread that you got problem with your rom right now, that you wanna go back to your stock from that chinese one rom, confirm me if im right.
you may try the way i've said above.
you know of course i also flash that custom rom you post, but i can get back to my before rom.
this is that we must be carefull. if you wanna get back to the last rom you have, you gotta do backup via recovery. there is a backup and restore section. do the backup, and save your backup (it is in clockwordmod folder) in the safest place.
lets say you wanna get back, just do the restore, and voila, you are in your home sweet home. no problemo at all altough you got big headache because of flashing the wrong rom
this is the way :
1) Format SD card as Fat32
2) Install HTC Sync Drivers. (available at htc.com)
3)Connect Your phone to PC. USB Debugging must on and usb connection type: Only Charging.)
4) Open SimpleGoldCard Tool as a admin
and follow procedure step by step at SimpleGoldcard tool.
works now, thanks to kanded and 0x.shivam.x0
BigBearEvo said:
tried this, failed to update hboot, rom image error. basically im unable to update this hboot version.
this is the problem im having all round, i cannot update or revert from this chinese rom im using.
as for the fastboot, no point as i cannot get past stage one lol
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How did you get a custom rom running on your phone? I can't root my phone because I don't have access to the clip. Is there any other method?
By going to htcdev and getting my bootloader unlocked. From there its plain sailing
Sent from a 3.5 Sensed Salsa
Yeah i know how to do that. Got my incredible s rooted juwt like that. Rather i installed cm7 and then it got rooted. Do you have any link on hiw to proceed after unlocking the boot loader? Oh and could i have a list of roms for the salsa? Thanks in advance.
XDA FTW
jhon101 said:
Yeah i know how to do that. Got my incredible s rooted juwt like that. Rather i installed cm7 and then it got rooted. Do you have any link on hiw to proceed after unlocking the boot loader? Oh and could i have a list of roms for the salsa? Thanks in advance.
XDA FTW
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www.wix.com/bigbearevo/salsa everything i know of is there
BigBearEvo said:
www.wix.com/bigbearevo/salsa everything i know of is there
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Alright thanks man. Appreciated. And good stuff with the site. Lastly, would you happen to know what language should i learn to write a kernel and for a rom?
And yes i pressed the thanks button
To learn kernels and Roms its best to use Ubuntu Linux. And I found finding a Dev that could teach u what u need, I'm still learning but my Ubuntu is offline so I've not progressed any further yet.
Sent from a 3.5 Sensed Salsa
Tried it and its working fine. Thanks to BigBearEvo's site. i could easily flash a 3.5 rom

100% new would like to know more about my phone! [SOLVED]

Hi Everyone i just joined XDA after learning that Ice cream sandwich was out.
I havent been able to udpate yet so here am i asking why.
Is it because i bought my phone used? (Someone else sold it to me so i have no idea where its from)
Or because i'm S-OFF? (No idea what that is LOL i just pressed volume key while powering my phone to find those info:
VIVO PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.13.0000
RADIO-3805.04.03.27_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 1 2011,18:34:39
Hoping someone can help me out and explain what those mean and if i should wait for my OTA update or install a custom rom.
Thanks in advance! :laugh:
kidpaddle45 said:
Hi Everyone i just joined XDA after learning that Ice cream sandwich was out.
I havent been able to udpate yet so here am i asking why.
Is it because i bought my phone used? (Someone else sold it to me so i have no idea where its from)
Or because i'm S-OFF? (No idea what that is LOL i just pressed volume key while powering my phone to find those info:
VIVO PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.13.0000
RADIO-3805.04.03.27_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 1 2011,18:34:39
Hoping someone can help me out and explain what those mean and if i should wait for my OTA update or install a custom rom.
Thanks in advance! :laugh:
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You are in great shape for modding your phone. It looks like you have a XTC Clip IncS which has permanent S-OFF. The only question remains is if you have a IncS model id PG3212000 (North American) or PG3213000 (European). The model id is going to dictate how easily you can get to the HTC ICS update.
After using an app called CID getter.
I've got those info:
[CID is:]: [11111111]
[ro.carrirer]:[ALL]
[ro.aa.maincid]:[BM___001]
[ro.aa.cidlist]:[BM___001]
[ro.product.manufacturer]:[HTC]
[ro.product.region]:[]
I've just been told on another thread that my model is the North american IncS PG3212000 and that i was not eligible for the OTA update...
So what should i do now? How can i install a custom rom instead of OTA ics since i've heard that custom roms are better especially since they get sence v4.
kidpaddle45 said:
After using an app called CID getter.
I've got those info:
[CID is:]: [11111111]
[ro.carrirer]:[ALL]
[ro.aa.maincid]:[BM___001]
[ro.aa.cidlist]:[BM___001]
[ro.product.manufacturer]:[HTC]
[ro.product.region]:[]
I've just been told on another thread that my model is the North american IncS PG3212000 and that i was not eligible for the OTA update...
So what should i do now? How can i install a custom rom instead of OTA ics since i've heard that custom roms are better especially since they get sence v4.
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Follow STEPS 4-12 in this post, but instead of installing CM7, you can pick one of the custom ICS ROMs from the Development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337105
step 4 says to put the cmw file in the "android" folder...i got an "Android" folder and it contains a "data" folder.
Am i supposed to create a "android" folder? or put it in android or in data????
kidpaddle45 said:
step 4 says to put the cmw file in the "android" folder...i got an "Android" folder and it contains a "data" folder.
Am i supposed to create a "android" folder? or put it in android or in data????
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You are placing the cwm file in a folder on your PC where you set up the Android SDK and contains the programs adb.exe and fastboot.exe. It needs to go in that folder.
LOL Been trying all this time and still frozen when going in fastboot USB and starting Command Prompt Whenever i launch the cwm-4.0.1.4-vivo.img it just stops at <waiting for device>
I'm not sure if its normal but while being in FASTBOOT USB I'm unable to see my phone drive in My Computer...
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LOL Been trying all this time and still frozen when going in fastboot USB and starting Command Prompt Whenever i launch the cwm-4.0.1.4-vivo.img it just stops at <waiting for device>
I'm not sure if its normal but while being in FASTBOOT USB I'm unable to see my phone drive in My Computer...
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Make sure phone isn't plugged into a USB 3.0 it must be a 2.0 port. Also install HTC sync so you get all the drivers
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium
Meh took a long break before coming back xD.
ummm so yeah i installed HTC sync and this time it didnt freeze but instead i got this:
FAILED <remote: not allowed>
Any help please?
Have you enabled USB debugging in settings? I think its under applications --> development or something?
Just tried...still no luck.
FAILED <remote: not allowed>
kidpaddle45 said:
Just tried...still no luck.
FAILED <remote: not allowed>
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Ok this post has a PG32IMG.zip file that will install CWM via HBOOT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23794582&postcount=15
Copy it to your sd card and then boot into HBOOT
I thought i was almost done but eh seems i'm cursed! -_-'
I've put that zip file in my SD card and when i started HBOOT it just told me No Image or Wrong image found and Wrong Zipped image...
Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
kidpaddle45 said:
I thought i was almost done but eh seems i'm cursed! -_-'
I've put that zip file in my SD card and when i started HBOOT it just told me No Image or Wrong image found and Wrong Zipped image...
Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
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Make sure that when you copied it to the sd card it didn't end up as PG32IMG.zip.zip!!!!
Hmm it seems the problem could be from my phone...could it be that it corrupts zip files?
I've downloaded the PG32IMG file from my PC and put it into my SD when i take off the USB and put it back in it says: "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged."
I've also tried to download it from my phone and move it to my SD i still get the same problem.
When i download the file and open it,it opens just fine...so it's not the file.
Something weird is going on! -_-'
kidpaddle45 said:
Hmm it seems the problem could be from my phone...could it be that it corrupts zip files?
I've downloaded the PG32IMG file from my PC and put it into my SD when i take off the USB and put it back in it says: "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged."
I've also tried to download it from my phone and move it to my SD i still get the same problem.
When i download the file and open it,it opens just fine...so it's not the file.
Something weird is going on! -_-'
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Do you have another SD card you could try?
Seems to be the SD Card i've formated it and retried the file opens just fine now...gonna run HBOOT and hope it works!
EDIT: IT WORKED! =D Yesss!! finaly....next step. XD
Awesomely awesome! =D
Its installing update!
vivo_signed_RUU_VIVO_SENSE30_WWE_3.11.405.2_ROM
When this is done i don't think i'll update using ota...i changed my mind,i'll install Ice Cold Sandwich,is there anything else i need to do in order to install a new rom? or i simply follow the same steps (without cwm of course)?
If thats all,a big thanks i'm going to edit the title to [SOLVED]
kidpaddle45 said:
Awesomely awesome! =D
Its installing update!
vivo_signed_RUU_VIVO_SENSE30_WWE_3.11.405.2_ROM
When this is done i don't think i'll update using ota...i changed my mind,i'll install Ice Cold Sandwich,is there anything else i need to do in order to install a new rom? or i simply follow the same steps (without cwm of course)?
If thats all,a big thanks i'm going to edit the title to [SOLVED]
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You should not have to reinstall ClockworkMod anymore unless you try to run an official HTC RUU. That is what wiped out CWM in the first place. Most custom ROMs can be installed from CWM and will not update a custom recovery.

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