[ROM] Inspire 4G Stock Rom w/Root, HSUPA, and Sideloading

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Last updated 2/28/2011

This is a pure stock rom with root+hsupa+sideload.

Warning: the following steps to flash the rom will wipe your data.

- Use HTC Inspire Hack Kit or some other way to get S-off so that you can flash custom roms.
- Download the rom, rename it to PD98IMG.zip, put it to the sdcard.
- Go to Settings -> Applications, turn off fast boot and then power down the phone.
- Boot into hboot by pressing volume down + power button and flash.

After flashing you should have a pure stock rom rooted, with hsupa on, and sideloading as an option. I don't have any problem with this rom while I got superuser permission, sideloading back on and noticed a higher upload speed.

Some people report to have problem with ClockWorkMod recovery on the stock rom. You can try the suggestion from this thread.

Link for the ROM: http://www.multiupload.com/93I04ACXYU

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Below are the steps that I took to made this rom, you can ignore it if you are not interested into know how to cook system.img or hack a rom.

I basically added the root files to the system.img and change ro.ril.hsxpa=1 inside of the build.prop file to ro.ril.hsxpa=3 to make hsupa work, edit the customize/CID/default.xml file and change <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">false</item> to <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">true</item> to enable the sideloading option in settings, no need to flash any custom radio or kernel.

Here's how to do it:
- Download the RUU for the stock rom.
- Open the RUU you downloaded, wait for the screen that says Welcome to the Rom Update Utility to come out, but don't flash yet!
- Navigate to the temporary folder and locate rom.zip, which is a file that the installer extracted. I found it by navigating the folder with the most recent Date modified.
- Copy rom.zip to some other folder. This is the zip file which you can use on the phone to flash back to stock.
- Extract android-info.txt and system.img from rom.zip and put system.img in a place where Linux can access.

Right now for the cooking part linux is required. I used Ubuntu to do it.

sudo mkdir /mnt/system
sudo mount -o loop,norelatime /path to/system.img /mnt/system

nano /mnt/system/build.prop

update ro.ril.hsxpa to 3 to enable hsupa

You also need the root files busybox, su, and Superuser.apk, which can be found at ace-hack-kit-v002/tools/root

sudo

cp /path to root files/busybox /mnt/system/xbin/busybox
chmod 4755 /mnt/system/xbin/busybox

cp /path to root files/Superuser.apk /mnt/system/app/Superuser.apk
chmod 644 /mnt/system/app/Superuser.apk
cp /path to root files/su /mnt/system/bin/su
chmod 4755 /mnt/system/bin/su

nano /mnt/system/customize/CID/default.xml
(update <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">false</item> to <item name="unknown_sources_visibility">true</item> to enable the sideloading option in the menu.)

umount /mnt/system

Right now you have a cooked system.img

- extract all files from rom.zip, replace system.img with the one we just cooked, then put all the files back to a new zip named PD98IMG.zip.

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Couldn't you post your cooked PD98IMG.zip for us? Shouldn't it work for all Inspire devices if it was taken from the official RUU?

it is very big, hold down. The phone needs to be S-off first in order to flash.

Originally Posted by angelchen1111

it is very big, hold down. The phone needs to be S-off first in order to flash.

Yeah... but you should still be able to post it. That would be a WHOLE lot easier than every one of us making the exact same file when we could just flash the one you made. Make sense?

If you want to share, try uploading it to multiupload.com

Pre-rooted stock system.img
File name: PD98IMG.zip File size: 242.81 MB
More links
have fun

Here's the link [removed]. Revert back to stock after being S-off to flash it. Also flashing system.img seem to factory reset the phone, so back up your data inside of your phone if any before flashing.

I just tried it and it did give me root access. Upload speeds are still crappy for me. It was worth the time just for root access. Thanks!

so let me ask a question. If someone were to use temp root with say visionary, can S-off be set from there without a gold card?

Originally Posted by angelchen1111

I found a way to enable hsupa and root the phone on the stock rom by "cooking" system.img from the stock rom and flash it over after the phone has been S-off and returned to stock.
I basically added the root files to the system.img and change ro.ril.hsxpa=1 inside of the build.prop file to ro.ril.hsxpa=3 to make hsupa work, no need to flash any custom radio or kernel.

Here's how to did it (this still looks kind like rough draft, I don't know if someone can help me to edit this to make it better or if I can put it up to wiki):
- use HTC Inspire Hack Kit or some other way to get S-off so that you can flash custom roms.
- Download the RUU for the stock rom.
- Open the RUU you downloaded, wait for the screen that says Welcome to the Rom Update Utility to come out, but don't flash yet!
- Navigate to the temporary folder and locate rom.zip, which is a file that the installer extracted. I found it by navigating the folder with the most recent Date modified.
- Copy rom.zip to some other folder. This is the zip file which you can use on the phone to flash back to stock.
- After done copying rom.zip proceed with RUU to flash back to stock.
- Extract android-info.txt and system.img from rom.zip and put system.img in a place where Linux can access.

Right now for the cooking part linux is required. I used Ubuntu to do it.

sudo mkdir /mnt/system
sudo mount -o loop,norelatime /path to/system.img /mnt/system

use an editor to edit /mnt/system/build.prop and update ro.ril.hsxpa to 3 to enable hsupa

You also need the root files busybox, su, and Superuser.apk, which can be found at ace-hack-kit-v002/tools/root

sudo

cp /path to root files/busybox /mnt/system/xbin/busybox
chmod 4755 /mnt/system/xbin/busybox

cp /path to root files/Superuser.apk /mnt/system/app/Superuser.apk
chmod 644 /mnt/system/app/Superuser.apk
cp /path to root files/su /mnt/system/bin/su
chmod 4755 /mnt/system/bin/su

umount /mnt/system

Right now you have a cooked system.img

put android-info.txt and the cooked system.img to a zip named PD98IMG.zip and put it to the sd card.

boot into hboot by pressing volume down and power button and flash.

After flashing you should have a pure stock rom rooted and with hsupa on. I don't have any problem with this rom while I got superuser permission and noticed a higher upload speed.

The install was fine and i have not had any fc yet. the only problem that i have is that i cant install non market apps. any suggestions on how to allow restore from titanium backup?