[Q] How to downgrade the HBOOT？

[meizuyujiaqi]

My Legend has upgraded to 3.15.405.3（via RUU）
Now the HBOOT version is 1.01.0000
How to downgrade the HBOOT to the early version？
THX

 

[TeCH-Guruz]

My Legend has upgraded to 3.15.405.3（via RUU）
Now the HBOOT version is 1.01.0000
How to downgrade the HBOOT to the early version？
THX

Not sure if you can downgrade the HBOOT but I dont see why you would need to. If it is because you need root follow these guides. Even if you already have a working goldcard make it again mine was working for other phones but wouldnt work for this.
Part 1
Part 2

Once you have finished them you should have HBOOT 1.01 with Android 2.1 full root with clockworkmod so you can flash any rom you would like.

 

[meizuyujiaqi]

thanks a lot
I get the way to root,I only want to know how to downgrade the HBOOT
English is not my mother tongue,so my English is not so good
pardon

 

[i4o]

For now no way to downgrade HBOOT 1.01 to HBOOT 1.00 or 0.43 .....
We wait for a solution ....

 

[meizuyujiaqi]

For now no way to downgrade HBOOT 1.01 to HBOOT 1.00 or 0.43 .....
We wait for a solution ....

THX
wait for a solution…

 

[BlaY0]

Why do you want to downgrade it???

Sent from my HTC Legend

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

Why do you want to downgrade it???

Sent from my HTC Legend

For kicks.

 

[orgia82]

Why do you want to downgrade it???

Sent from my HTC Legend

Now we have a "BECOUSE"...

AlphaRev has made S-OFF for our legends here.
alpharev . nl (without spaces)

But this is only possible with hboot 0.43

We will wait...

 

[TheLegendaryJay]

S-OFF is only really useful for real devs, not leaches like the rest of us.

 

[Dr.Romca]

S-OFF is good for anyone who wants to change things in system..no more signing zips

Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

S-OFF is good for anyone who wants to change things in system..no more signing zips

Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

And system overlay didn't help with that because?

 

[oysteivi]

S-OFF is good for anyone who wants to change things in system..no more signing zips

Seems you don't need to sign zips for flashing with ROM Manager. Works for me anyway.

I don't have much need for S-OFF myself -- the only thing I can think of is that it should let adfree android work right after flashing CM. Saves me the extra reboot to flash my symlink-etc-hosts.zip..

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

Seems you don't need to sign zips for flashing with ROM Manager. Works for me anyway.

I don't have much need for S-OFF myself -- the only thing I can think of is that it should let adfree android work right after flashing CM. Saves me the extra reboot to flash my symlink-etc-hosts.zip..

?? You could merge it into one zip. You could flash both at the same time (fakeflash)

 

[Dr.Romca]

And system overlay didn't help with that because?

Because I didn't install it I was waiting for the S-OFF, now I'm glad I didn't have to upgrade my HBOOT

Seems you don't need to sign zips for flashing with ROM Manager. Works for me anyway.

Wow, now it worked....thanks for the tip
EDIT: but the thig that you actually reboot your device in recovery is annoying

 

[monkeydrufy]

sorry guys, I would like to install modaco rom
I have read that Clockwork recovery is required, I have a legend with Hboot 1.01
what Can I do?

thanks

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

sorry guys, I would like to install modaco rom
I have read that Clockwork recovery is required, I have a legend with Hboot 1.01
what Can I do?

thanks

For the 15 billionth time, fakeflash.

 

[oysteivi]

?? You could merge it into one zip. You could flash both at the same time (fakeflash)

Yeah, I know, I know. It's just me being lazy end letting ROM Manager do everything for me. Download through ROM Manager and then flash both zips from recovery might be the most convenient.

(..or just S-OFF, which I plan to do when I get back from vacation )

 

[canttona]

waiting and waiting. We should be pacient.

 

[cmstlist]

I don't even own a Legend, but I've lurked around the Desire, Desire Z and G2 forums - and I own a Nexus One.

I've noticed that procedures for downgrading the HBOOT on these devices seem to involve making a modification to the misc partition, which then fools the phone into accepting a RUU/PASSIMG/etc that downgrades HBOOT.

I see here a procedure that downgrades from the Froyo OTA using a similar idea:
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-legend-legend-modaco-com/323201/downgrading-from-froyo-ota/
But the resulting HBOOT is still 1.001.

Could this method be adapted to accept a RUU that will roll back the HBOOT even further?

 

[Kot_Ik]

Nope. Current HBOOT (1.x) does not allow to fool itself and this is the main problem. You may play with misc and downgrade rom, but HBOOT remains the same. The only 0.43 version of HBOOT allows downgrading.