[Q] Downgrade DHD using AAHK

[ghassan haddad]

Hello ,
i bought my DHD few days ago , it is shipped with the last GB update , Android version 2.3.5 , Sense 3.0 , software number 3.13.415.2 ...
i know how bad that looks , cuz rooting the GB shipped dhd seems to be pain in the ass ...
i started to look for it before making a new thread, i found 2 solutions , AAHK and HTC DEV TOOL .
starting with htc dev tool , i read that it has many disadvantages , and a lot of custom roms wont be able to be flashed after using this method in rooting , so i decided to choose the AAHK which seems much better , but i faced a major problem , the downgrading of the dhd ...
i started to root using AAHK , did every thing was written in the notes ,disabling av , installing drivers , usb debugging ....etc
1- connected the phone
2- pasted the password
3- pressed 1 to start hacking
4- i was asked to downgrade , i chose yes
here comes the problem , cuz the aahk started trying to download the PD98IMG , it completes 20 try then stops .
i took the link of the PD98IMG , and downloaded it myself , its a zip file sized about 256 mb ... i put it in the file that has the same name in the kit , and started over again , nothing happened .... pasted it to the sd card and started again , nothing happened also , and the kit tries always to download the PD98IMG with no result .....

did i make any mistake ?
did i miss a step ?
any help will be appreciated , thanks in advance

 

[ndmuni]

Hello ,
i bought my DHD few days ago , it is shipped with the last GB update , Android version 2.3.5 , Sense 3.0 , software number 3.13.415.2 ...
i know how bad that looks , cuz rooting the GB shipped dhd seems to be pain in the ass ...
i started to look for it before making a new thread, i found 2 solutions , AAHK and HTC DEV TOOL .
starting with htc dev tool , i read that it has many disadvantages , and a lot of custom roms wont be able to be flashed after using this method in rooting , so i decided to choose the AAHK which seems much better , but i faced a major problem , the downgrading of the dhd ...
i started to root using AAHK , did every thing was written in the notes ,disabling av , installing drivers , usb debugging ....etc
1- connected the phone
2- pasted the password
3- pressed 1 to start hacking
4- i was asked to downgrade , i chose yes
here comes the problem , cuz the aahk started trying to download the PD98IMG , it completes 20 try then stops .
i took the link of the PD98IMG , and downloaded it myself , its a zip file sized about 256 mb ... i put it in the file that has the same name in the kit , and started over again , nothing happened .... pasted it to the sd card and started again , nothing happened also , and the kit tries always to download the PD98IMG with no result .....

did i make any mistake ?
did i miss a step ?
any help will be appreciated , thanks in advance

Same thing happened to me yesterday. I use adb to flash the PD98IMG, you ve to be patient it will take a while for yr phone to reboot then use the AAHK again and you should be fine. You will be s off. I wanted touch recovery so i had to do another simple flash to get eng s off before i could use adb to flash the img otherwise i keep getting errors. Good luck:good

 

[ghassan haddad]

Same thing happened to me yesterday. I use adb to flash the PD98IMG, you ve to be patient it will take a while for yr phone to reboot then use the AAHK again and you should be fine. You will be s off. I wanted touch recovery so i had to do another simple flash to get eng s off before i could use adb to flash the img otherwise i keep getting errors. Good luck:good:

thanks for your reply , but will you please be more detailed , what is adb ?
do you mean that i shold first of all use this "adb" to downgrade then use the aahk to root the mobile ?
will u please write down the steps of downgrading and the rooting then ?

thanks a lot friend

 

[ndmuni]

thanks for your reply , but will you please be more detailed , what is adb ?
do you mean that i shold first of all use this "adb" to downgrade then use the aahk to root the mobile ?
will u please write down the steps of downgrading and the rooting then ?

thanks a lot friend

You have to set adb up on your pc first since you don't even know what it is follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424671 and understand it before you continue otherwise you may brick your phone.

 

[ghassan haddad]

You have to set adb up on your pc first since you don't even know what it is follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424671 and understand it before you continue otherwise you may brick your phone.

seems interesting , but i didnt find a code for flashing the PD98IMG, will u write it down ?

 

[glevitan]

seems interesting , but i didnt find a code for flashing the PD98IMG, will u write it down ?[/QUOTE

That is incorrect. The Hack Kit installs adb and fastboot the first time you run it, so you don't have to do it.

If the PD98IMG.zip file is in your SDCARD and you are not prompted to update in the phone, then your sdcard is not working as a goldcard due to being corrupted.

Use a new one or a different one that is not corrupted and you will be good to go.

 

[ndmuni]

seems interesting , but i didnt find a code for flashing the PD98IMG, will u write it down ?

Once you have yr adb set up put the PD98IMG.zip file (the one that AAHK downloaded 256mb).
Open yr cmd and put yr ph in fastboot mode and connect to pc.
without quotes "fastboot oem rebootRUU, you will see yr ph in black screen with HTC logo then type "fastboot flash zip PD98IMG.zip"
It will take quite a long time to finish the process so be patient, wait for yr ph to reboot, thats it u r done. Hope it works out for u.
:good:
Edit: since u ve not use adb before maybe it is easier for u if you go to the HTCdev unlock bootloader and download the sdk setup following the instructions from there.

 

[ghassan haddad]

Bingo

thanks a lot for all of you , the problem was in downloading the downgrade image as i told you , it was due to some internet proscription here , i used a proxy changing program and every thing went like a charm then .....
my DHD is finally rooted and s-off'ed :victory:

thanks again

 

[gordonko]

what about proxy settings, is somewhere GB2.zip? as i cannot dowload anywhere and from kid it gets error 404

 

[bananagranola]

AAHK and its servers have been retired.

 

[kaceps]

AAHK and its servers have been retired.

To bad
Is there any way to downgrade a 2.3.5 DHD then, or am I stuck with sense ?
Can we download the the zip file somewhere and copy it manually, or would that not work for some reason ?
If not, what is the best (if there is any) alternate method ?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give us, poor late birds that want to flash a custom rom to late ...

 

[bananagranola]

Unlock the bootloader with HTCDEV. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169515

 

[gordonko]

I have unlocked bootloader using hdev, but there is still hboot 2.00.29, s-on,and sense , i cannot downgrade and use aahk can someone upload allreday downloaded?gb2.zip How i can manualy install this zip using aahk?

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---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

I cannot install cwm recovery and custom room . Its horrible there

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Also it loading zip from sd card and after that just blink display and nothing, crc image.

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[glevitan]

I have unlocked bootloader using hdev, but there is still hboot 2.00.29, s-on,and sense , i cannot downgrade and use aahk can someone upload allreday downloaded?gb2.zip How i can manualy install this zip using aahk?

Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

I cannot install cwm recovery and custom room . Its horrible there

Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

---------- Post added at 07:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 PM ----------

Also it loading zip from sd card and after that just blink display and nothing, crc image.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

If you have an unlocked bootloader, you can then flash CWM and a custom rom. But you need to flash the boot.img in fastboot everytime...

 

[gordonko]

can you explan to me how ?

iam not clever as someone who have this phone, i have another phones, and i didnt know that with HTC is too many work,,,

how i can flash CWM recovery? and boot.img ? please help me

is there some method to downgrade from Hboot2.0.29 and 3.12 Europe WWE stock rom with s-On ? :crying:

 

[bananagranola]

can you explan to me how ?

iam not clever as someone who have this phone, i have another phones, and i didnt know that with HTC is too many work,,,

how i can flash CWM recovery? and boot.img ? please help me

is there some method to downgrade from Hboot2.0.29 and 3.12 Europe WWE stock rom with s-On ? :crying:

It has nothing to do with cleverness. Search and read. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169515. If it's too much work don't do it; just stay with stock.

 

[gordonko]

there is not too mouch work, to do it mate iam samsung owner and this HTC makes me crazy, samsung is very easy for do root etc..

but HTC have couple of problems, also i have WIN8 running so more problem,,,,i have unlocked bootloader after few days as i cannot install ADB driver for my DEsire HD, now iam on windows 7 and ADB driver working good...

also iam lookking for GB2.zip file from aahk software and manualy install that zip. but there is not any thru internet surfing...

but there is no something to install zip from SD ? iam just loading and than nothing install, crc image ?

 

[gordonko]

i flashed custom ice cold sandwich rom from CWM with s-ON , but phone stuck on white HTC ,,,how i can make my device again running? maybe on stock rom? how i can do it that, excuse me but it is annoyng

 

[hdorius]

i flashed custom ice cold sandwich rom from CWM with s-ON , but phone stuck on white HTC ,,,how i can make my device again running? maybe on stock rom? how i can do it that, excuse me but it is annoyng

Extract boot.img of ice cold sandwich and then
Fastboot flash boot boot.img

 

[gordonko]

yeah thanks mate its working , but i have to flast boot any time ? or is there any other solution? S-ON: 4EXT SmartFlash in apk i cannot check:crying: