Hello,
I just picked up an HD7 pretty cheap, and I decided I'd stick with it for awhile and start playing with it.
First off, here is what it is updated to:
Carrier: T-Mobile USA
OS: 7.10.7720.68
Bootloader: 5.10.2250.0
Basically, I have been reading around the threads for awhile, but I am still not understanding what is needed to put a custom ROM on this phone.
I understand that since I have a 5.X bootloader, that I need to downgrade, but is using a USB Y Cable my only option? Or is there another way to downgrade without any extra hardware? Thanks for any help.
ya u got a tmous phone like me. here u go:
this is what i used
two of these LINK
and one of these
LINK
instructions with video LINK
the flash drive was a lot cheaper when i bought it. like 5 bucks. if u have one laying around ur house id try that one first before buying another.
chrisizzle492 said:
ya u got a tmous phone like me. here u go:
this is what i used
two of these LINK
and one of these
LINK
instructions with video LINK
the flash drive was a lot cheaper when i bought it. like 5 bucks. if u have one laying around ur house id try that one first before buying another.
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So there's NO way to do it without a Y-Cable? There is no way to do it with just a normal USB to Phone Cable? Thanks.
troby86 said:
So there's NO way to do it without a Y-Cable? There is no way to do it with just a normal USB to Phone Cable? Thanks.
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since OSPL 4.xx and 5.xx are not supported by XSPL, at least currently, one is limited on how they can downgrade the Bootloader.
the method choices:
pre-Mango Back-up via Zune Restore
y-cable
a. Goldcard method
b. non-Goldcard style method
JTag
instructions for all, but jtag & goldcard, can be found in via the tutorial link in my signature.
sh4d0w86 said:
since OSPL 4.xx and 5.xx are not supported by XSPL, at least currently, one is limited on how they can downgrade the Bootloader.
the method choices:
pre-Mango Back-up via Zune Restore
y-cable
a. Goldcard method
b. non-Goldcard style method
JTag
instructions for all, but jtag & goldcard, can be found in via the tutorial link in my signature.
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Ok, thanks. For the JTAG method, do I need any extra cables? Also, I can't seem to find a JTAG tutorial.
troby86 said:
Ok, thanks. For the JTAG method, do I need any extra cables? Also, I can't seem to find a JTAG tutorial.
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i haven't ever used jtag before. you might try searching riffbox, it is a popular type of jtag.
Ok, thanks. I guess I'll just do the Y-Cable method. I'll hit up Best Buy today, and pick up my supplies. Wish me luck!
Alright. So I made a Gold Card, and I created a Y-Cable. I made the Y-Cable correctly, and the Gold Card correctly, but it is still not working. The phone is not recognizing the SD Card on the other USB female end.
The ONLY thing I didn't do is solder the cables together, I tightly twisted them, and ensured none of the other colors where touching, by securing each bundle with electrical tape. But I'm not getting any response from the phone in USB Host mode.
Also, is it possible to use the internal memory to flash the file? Example, what if I take apart the phone, and put the file on the internal memory card, can I attempt to flash that way?
Update: Still not able to get the Y Cable to work. I have verified it's correctness over and over again, and I have verified that I am creating the Gold Card correctly. I still cannot get the phone to recognize the USB SD Card, it just stays on the Enter USB Host Mode...
So, I've moved on. I read that if I SIM unlock my T-Mobile US phone, that I can flash a 5.X EUR RUU, then flash a lower T-Mobile bootloader. I purchased a SIM unlock, and have unlocked the phone, but I still cannot get the phone to flash.
I have all of my drivers installed, and when I run the Update Utility, I get a connection error. So I unplug, put the phone into bootloader mode, and connect, ensure that the Serial changes to USB at the bottom, and attempt to flash, and I get Error 294, Invalid Vendor ID.
So now, I am unsure of what to do from here. Any help would be great. Thank you.
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Hey guys, please forgive me if I misuse my terminology here but I am still a padawan learner.
My wife's hero is rooted and running a cyanogen rom. All was well for months but now her usb plug is broken and NOT charging. I have not yet verified that the usb won't talk to the pc but I assume it's the case because I can't get the thing to charge. Of course i have tried 5 or 6 diff chargers, tried wiggling, etc. but i am convinced that there is a broken prong in the phones plug. The phone is under warranty for 2 more days but I understand that I need to flash it back to stock before trying warranty stuff.
I have searched and the answers I have found are to simply run the latest RUU from the htc website. I found it, no problem, but it is an .exe file and would require the usb to work, right? The phone is dead right now or i would test the usb>pc connection and I have arranged to briefly borrow a friend's battery later tonight. If i can't get the connection to work is there any other way to flash this thing back to stock? If I just download a stock rom and flash that then i will still be rooted right? Do they check that? and lastly what about running an OTA update? Any advice/ideas are greatly appreciated.
Come to think of it, I might have the original naandroid backup that i did of the phone back in the day. If i restore this, would it go back to stock?
Here's what you can do:
Go HERE and download the S-OFF bootloader.
Flash it
Download THIS - its the zip that gets uploaded/flashed when you run the RUU.
And..as per instructions on that page:
Simply rename this to HERCIMG.zip and place on the root of your SDCard.
Power your phone completely off.
Press and Hold VOL DOWN and POWER until your phone boots into HBoot mode.
Wait for it to verify the zip, then click <ACTION> (Trackball) to update, or <SEND> (Green Call) to cancel.
After it flashes you'll have a stock phone, with the stock bootloader
Its the same setup I have on my phone..Just in case I need to un-root on the fly Except I have two zips. One with the stock bootloader and one without so I can keep it unlocked.
Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.
drumstyk1 said:
Gotta love XDA, thanks so much. I may have found it if I had thought about searching for "stock sprint zip format". Hopefully the next guy will find this. I have been helped by your advice many times throughout the forums in my searches.
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You should add "or computer" to the title as well For those that may search 'unrooting without a computer'
And you're welcome that's why I'm here
Not working (yet)
Hi, another noob here: SAKKA.
I also need to revert to stock. I already switched the phone number (just upgraded and giving Hero to daughter). So have to push everything from Mac via USB. Unable to d/l md5sum: a77a2dee8e903e8f1a18b28b5c5e0b40 b/c it won't connect (too old?) Have HERC in root, did steps 1-4. But no go. Is there someway I can chat and get some help? Or do you know where i can chat now that AOSP is no longer running an online chat room (as far as I know)?
do u have any idea how old this thread is
Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?
sethfriedman said:
Oh.
D'oh. Thanks.
That being said. Know how I can find someone to talk me through this?
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There is this help page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13479613
I always unroot with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8551240
Then I root with the "one click method"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743289
Both never fail me....
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
V's CDMA Hero
i tried this! it was on the updating part and when it was almost done, the htc screen appear and it started all over with s-off. so it said fail.
Just curious, if phone is already activated to her # then why go back to horrible stock.
If u want a stock ROM flash liquid sense or nfx.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=643
From either of those two ROMs u can do all that stock can.. like activation, PRL updates, etc.....
So unless its going for service under warranty there is no need to unroot to stock.
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
Hi all,
If i change my sdcard (using 32gb tutorial) and put a 1gb goldcard with unbranded Rom, it's possible to update my rom? It's impossible on my country get the correct "Y" cable (as viper tutorial).
Regards!
Unless you wanna end up with a bricked device with no warranty, no, it won't work, especially with a 1GB card!
tatarezende said:
Hi all,
If i change my sdcard (using 32gb tutorial) and put a 1gb goldcard with unbranded Rom, it's possible to update my rom? It's impossible on my country get the correct "Y" cable (as viper tutorial).
Regards!
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Hi,
Do not kidding me, lol. It is easy to make Y-cable. Belive me !
I tried with 2 cables... Making green and white on devices (phone x usb card reader) and power (red, black) on usb or power charger and on both devices. No success :-(
Is there any special hint for this?
Thanks guy... I'm going crazy with this branded t- mo device.
Regards!
PanNet said:
Hi,
Do not kidding me, lol. It is easy to make Y-cable. Belive me !
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Actually, i've already done a cable using a "regular" Y cable, connect data on phone and an sd card reader, and another on power (follow the tutorial schema). But... Without lucky! Is there any special cable to buy? The cable on tutorial are only avaliable on amazon uk... And don't ships to my country. Anyone can help me?
Regards,
Emerson Moraes
So, I'd very much like to get a new hero from my insurance plan, but a while ago I rooted with zroot (I think, it was one of the insta-root programs) and flashed to cm6.1. After reading countless threads on how to unroot without USB support (whole reason why I need to turn my hero in) i've tried time and time again to both HERCIMG.zip files from official RUUs and also that i've downloaded, but none work. All I ever get is the nice quick runthrough as soon as I load up hboot saying no images are found.
Possible issues that I can think of are that they just aren't signed zip files, although i'd think that renaming one wouldnt really screw with that. Otherwise, it seems if I could get my phone to s-off i'd be able to flash one of the many official RUU-obtained files i've created.
If it's any help, my hboot version is 1.47.0000 and my radio is 2.42.02.10.29
And on another note, is it at all possible to use clockworkmod recovery to install the official RUU? Seems I could do that without any issues, but before trying that I want to see if someone has any input.
Thank you in advance!
are you sure that it is the usb port on the phone that is damaged and not the cable? only reason that i mention it is that recently i picked up a new cable (free from my provider) and mine works great now. as it turns out the usb cords are very fragile, the data connection is the first to go, my old cable will still charge the phone fine, but won't work for anything else.
try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=958968
Nah it's not the cable, nor is it my computer. Tried roughly 5 different cables and multiple computers/versions of drivers and sync software. The plastic around the port has a crack, which probably has something to do with it. Not to mention i'm a mechanic by day... Phone gets dirty, dropped and the port definately gets abused, lol. Either way, I'd like to try that but unless i can find a wifi adb console that will stay linked without a fully booted phone I doubt it will help
Actually, let me just ask this, because if the answer is something resembling no, I'm **** outta luck most likely.
Again no matter what HERCIMG.zip I try, none of them ever get recognized by the bootloader. Is this because the zip file itself is not signed, even if i obtained it from an official RUU? If so, I need to be able to get s-off i suppose and I am still unclear on how to do that with my current radio upgrade. Havent found anything supporting it.
Update time! So yeah. I re-flashed amon-ra and after trying damn well near everything i've read or thought of, I ended up re-partitioning my SD card. Lo and behold, I get another hercimg.zip on there and it sees it! Granted, I got main version older error, but i'm going to try the newest ruu ive found and see where it goes. If not, I know there are other ways to deal with that... But i'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
In closing, for this post at least, for anyone else who has issues getting hboot to recognize HERCIMG.zip, flash amon-ra and repartition your sd card. Should work great
Ok so I purchased an i9000M that was advertised as broken (got it for cheap) to see if I could get it going for my step daughter. I turn it on.... I get the samsung boot screen and goes black when it should be booting OS.
Windows still recognizes it somewhat. If I look in device manager under "portable devices" It shows a "j" and "k" drive that are identified as i9000 and i9000 sd or something like that. Although Windows sees it.... It wont mount these drives unfortunately.
Things I've tried ( Before someone suggests I use a JIG............. It doesn't and will not work on this phone)
USB JIG (tested and working on my Hercules)
SD Card Partition (EXT4 and FAT32) because I suspect borked internal storage
SD Card Partition (ReiserFS and FAT32) Still nothing......... then I realized the phone probably wasnt rooted
3 button combos ( every single combination) nada
plugging in USB cable while holding volume up and down...
ADB Reboot recovery/download ( not recognized because I cant turn on debugging)
ETC ETC ETC........
I have been searching google for hours for some kind of clue as to what can be done other than JTAG repair and All I come up with (no matter what site im on) is " Use a USB JIG" duhhhh Its getting rather annoying.
Im no stranger to flashing ( no expert) but this one has me stumped. I was considering buying a RIFFbox anyways but I thought maybe some experienced users out there might be able to suggest something.
My hope is that something can be done with the J and K drive that was mentioned. Perhaps I can format and somehow push a rom straight to the internal storage without any assistance from the phone itself...... I know..... wishful thinking. or perhaps boot straight from external SD???? That would be interesting!
More to this.... I realize this question has probably been asked a million times because it seems to be a common issue on this phone but I suppose my long winded question really boils down to my last paragraph which I havent seen suggested yet.
EDIT: I have a Windows 7 AND kubuntu 12.04 dual boot if any suggestions require linux
Any help would be greatly appriciated.
kibosh1981 said:
Any help would be greatly appriciated.
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My Android Solutions should get you started but FIRST ensure your battery is no malfunctioning and Battery contacts are good and not loose.
xsenman said:
My Android Solutions should get you started but FIRST ensure your battery is no malfunctioning and Battery contacts are good and not loose.
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Thanks. i will have a look and experiment tomorrow.
I'll report back my progress
if it pops up when you plug it into the computer, check if it does in odin. if does in there too try to flash a stock rom. or better yet take this download and follow the read me intructions, except the dl mode part cause you said it doesnt work. try both with the phone on and off. no it isnt the bell version of the pom but it will work. you will problably want to root it then install galaxy s unlock tool from the market and use that to unlock the phone aswell.(cause it not the bell rom)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?34oxweahfpy53dj
taz0697 said:
if it pops up when you plug it into the computer, check if it does in odin. if does in there too try to flash a stock rom. or better yet take this download and follow the read me intructions, except the dl mode part cause you said it doesnt work. try both with the phone on and off. no it isnt the bell version of the pom but it will work. you will problably want to root it then install galaxy s unlock tool from the market and use that to unlock the phone aswell.(cause it not the bell rom)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?34oxweahfpy53dj
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As I mentioned.... no download mode, therefore.... No ODIN. Unless someone has some magical way to make it work otherwise. The computer knows its an I9000 at least. Kies says its in the wrong mode and I have no UI so debugging is out of the question.
Also: Xsenmen. I was unable to get any of the tools to connect. In one section you mention that AndroPlatina attempts to connect while booting? I was unable to get this to happen. I even tried the "heat trick" to no avail
I don't have access to a Y cable or goldcard, I'm on bootloader 5.12 and on TMOUS. I've tried the Europe_401 method but no luck, I am not SIM unlocked, nor do I know how to do so.
I've seen a method that can get you back to pre-Mango using Zune restore, problem is that I just got this particular HD7 and am not on the same computer as I was in the past when I initially did the update on my previous HD7. Is there a way to get a copy of the backup needed to restore from Zune?
Thanks.
stevew84 said:
I don't have access to a Y cable or goldcard, I'm on bootloader 5.12 and on TMOUS. I've tried the Europe_401 method but no luck, I am not SIM unlocked, nor do I know how to do so.
I've seen a method that can get you back to pre-Mango using Zune restore, problem is that I just got this particular HD7 and am not on the same computer as I was in the past when I initially did the update on my previous HD7. Is there a way to get a copy of the backup needed to restore from Zune?
Thanks.
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Look mate, the easy way is to make the y-cable, I did it with spare parts and converted my TMobile HD7 to a European HD7..., I tried everything, even the MS tool and all are trash, the Y-cable is the only option.
remember 1GB microSD card, the Y-Cable, and power (whether it's USB from a PC or the wall charger)
if you need more help, I'll gladly assist you.
faustolg said:
Look mate, the easy way is to make the y-cable, I did it with spare parts and converted my TMobile HD7 to a European HD7..., I tried everything, even the MS tool and all are trash, the Y-cable is the only option.
remember 1GB microSD card, the Y-Cable, and power (whether it's USB from a PC or the wall charger)
if you need more help, I'll gladly assist you.
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I actually stripped down a USB hub and mated everything together following some tutorial here. I got power to my SD card reader and to the phone.
I was using a 32gb micro SD due to me not having another. I put the phone in USB host mode, connected USB, then the phone said Loading for like 15 minutes.
I removed the USB, tried again, but only kept reading USB host mode...the phone still works though.
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