Unable to use firmware 3.24,3.30, 3.32

[pr0adam]

Hello. I'm trying to run various ICS roms that require firmware 3.24 or more(Android Revolution HD for example and numerous others). For a while I was running Virtuous Inquisition on 3.12 firmware but wanted to try some others out so I downloaded the 3.30 firmware found on the firmware for beginners topic page.
I am using the correct firmware because I know what my CID/MID are:

cid:T-MOB010
mid: PG5810000

However, no matter what ROM i use, I tried VI, Revolution HD, Blitz, on either 3.24 or 3.30 or 3.32, I always get stuck in a bootloop. VI gets stuck on a bootloop on any firmware besides 3.12. What do I need to do to get the higher firmwares to work?

This is what my bootloader screen shows on the top when on firmware 3.12. If you guys need more information just ask and I'll post it when I can.

***LOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.23.0000
RADIO-11.19.3504.29_2
OpenADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011, 12:14:25(clock seems to be super wrong idk why lol)

Thank you!

 

[malybru]

Hello. I'm trying to run various ICS roms that require firmware 3.24 or more(Android Revolution HD for example and numerous others). For a while I was running Virtuous Inquisition on 3.12 firmware but wanted to try some others out so I downloaded the 3.30 firmware found on the firmware for beginners topic page.
I am using the correct firmware because I know what my CID/MID are:

cid:T-MOB010
mid: PG5810000

However, no matter what ROM i use, I tried VI, Revolution HD, Blitz, on either 3.24 or 3.30 or 3.32, I always get stuck in a bootloop. VI gets stuck on a bootloop on any firmware besides 3.12. What do I need to do to get the higher firmwares to work?

This is what my bootloader screen shows on the top when on firmware 3.12. If you guys need more information just ask and I'll post it when I can.

***LOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.23.0000
RADIO-11.19.3504.29_2
OpenADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011, 12:14:25(clock seems to be super wrong idk why lol)

Thank you!

Hi,

Have you had a look at THIS THREAD ?

 

[pr0adam]

Yes I have. Using this thread I found the firmware that is supposed to work with my phone using the CID I found using the information in that thread. However, the firmwares listed for my thread that are 3.24 onward do not work for any of the ROMs I have tried. Only 3.12 and 1.17 work for me. I'm not sure why this is.

 

[kualmente]

I'm quite noob but probably you need to be supercid to flash some roms. You can follow the guide (in development forum 2nd sticky thread). Good luck

Strange you have locked bootloader btw.

 

[status_six]

Follow guide for superCID to see if that helps?

Sent from my Pyramid-T

 

[Mercvtio]

Well, looks like I have a similar problem...

I'm SuperCID, and till this morning, I was running VI 3.5.1b.

Seeing on the VI thread that the latest firmware could be run with it, I upgraded to 3.32... and since then, I'm stuck in an bootloop.

I tried everything : rolling back to 3.24 and to 3.12 ; changing roms ; wiping everything I could ; but i won't help.

Most of the times, I'm stuck at the HTC Splashscreen ; VI and Tripnice (yeah, even tried that one) go to the boot animation, then reboot. So I'm at a loss here as to what to do to fix it. Any help would be very welcome and appreciated !

 

[pdagenius]

Hello. I'm trying to run various ICS roms that require firmware 3.24 or more(Android Revolution HD for example and numerous others). For a while I was running Virtuous Inquisition on 3.12 firmware but wanted to try some others out so I downloaded the 3.30 firmware found on the firmware for beginners topic page.
I am using the correct firmware because I know what my CID/MID are:

cid:T-MOB010
mid: PG5810000

However, no matter what ROM i use, I tried VI, Revolution HD, Blitz, on either 3.24 or 3.30 or 3.32, I always get stuck in a bootloop. VI gets stuck on a bootloop on any firmware besides 3.12. What do I need to do to get the higher firmwares to work?

This is what my bootloader screen shows on the top when on firmware 3.12. If you guys need more information just ask and I'll post it when I can.

***LOCKED***
PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-OFF RL
HBOOT-1.23.0000
RADIO-11.19.3504.29_2
OpenADSP-v01.6.0.2226.00.1227
eMMC-boot
Dec 26 2011, 12:14:25(clock seems to be super wrong idk why lol)

Thank you!

Hi there. There are a lot of people here who will help you but you need to work through a procedure such as this Thread and identify what you have done and where you get stuck.

 

[kualmente]

Well, looks like I have a similar problem...

I'm SuperCID, and till this morning, I was running VI 3.5.1b.

Seeing on the VI thread that the latest firmware could be run with it, I upgraded to 3.32... and since then, I'm stuck in an bootloop.

I tried everything : rolling back to 3.24 and to 3.12 ; changing roms ; wiping everything I could ; but i won't help.

Most of the times, I'm stuck at the HTC Splashscreen ; VI and Tripnice (yeah, even tried that one) go to the boot animation, then reboot. So I'm at a loss here as to what to do to fix it. Any help would be very welcome and appreciated !

Well in such case I would extract the rom.zip from the official RUU (I hope you know how to do) and flash it as PG58IMG. Then start again the whole procedure.
Go to [ROM]Shipped Pyramid ROM Collection thread and dowload the RUU_PYRAMID_ICS_HTC_Europe_3.30.401.1_Radio_11.69.3504.00U_

Sorry but I cannot post links right now.

You won't lose superCID and S-OFF so it worths trying.

 

[pr0adam]

I have made my phone superCID and will now try to run the higher firmwares and see if that works this time around. I'll let you guys know if anything changes thanks for the help thus far

 

[kualmente]

I have made my phone superCID and will now try to run the higher firmwares and see if that works this time around. I'll let you guys know if anything changes thanks for the help thus far

Waiting for good news

 

[status_six]

Well, looks like I have a similar problem...

I'm SuperCID, and till this morning, I was running VI 3.5.1b.

Seeing on the VI thread that the latest firmware could be run with it, I upgraded to 3.32... and since then, I'm stuck in an bootloop.

I tried everything : rolling back to 3.24 and to 3.12 ; changing roms ; wiping everything I could ; but i won't help.

Most of the times, I'm stuck at the HTC Splashscreen ; VI and Tripnice (yeah, even tried that one) go to the boot animation, then reboot. So I'm at a loss here as to what to do to fix it. Any help would be very welcome and appreciated !

Can you reach recovery or bootloader?

Sent from my Pyramid-T

 

[pr0adam]

Nope still doesnt work. 3.32 still bootloops on various ICS roms i tested(ARHD and Blitz) even with superCID

 

[Mercvtio]

Can you reach recovery or bootloader?

Sent from my Pyramid-T

Yup, still got access to both of them. I resolved my problem by flashing both the firmware and the latest rom from He Who Must No Be Named... For a reason I still don't grasp, it seems that the firmwares I flashed previously didn't downgrade the bootloader, or something like that. Trip's one, however, is a waaaay bigger file and seems to rewrite a huge amount of things.

Don't know yet if I could switch back to VI harmlessly, though...

 

[status_six]

Sorry- of course you can reach bootloader, you listed it in your OP! Tired...
Something strikes me, you have hboot 1.23, I know this version causes issues with s-on users that have accepted OTA updates.
Have you run s-off via revolutionary in the past? Unlocked via htc.dev (which I think gives hboot 1.23)?
Does recovery work?

Sent from my Pyramid-T

 

[status_six]

Yup, still got access to both of them. I resolved my problem by flashing both the firmware and the latest rom from He Who Must No Be Named... For a reason I still don't grasp, it seems that the firmwares I flashed previously didn't downgrade the bootloader, or something like that. Trip's one, however, is a waaaay bigger file and seems to rewrite a huge amount of things.

Don't know yet if I could switch back to VI harmlessly, though...

Great!
Might still be worth checking out what I posted above to see if something in that causes the problem?

Sent from my Pyramid-T

 

[pr0adam]

After reading more around the forums I'm pretty sure I need a custom firmware. One with the HBOOT of 3.12 but the rest of the files of a 3.32 firmware. How would I go about doing this?

 

[kualmente]

I wouldn't mess things more than this.
I would go back to GB first.

Download the appropriate official RUU for your device and run it on the pc until appears the picture of a phone and "show readme file). Leave this window open.

then go to "My computer"-disk C (or wathever)- Documents and settings-name of computer (or your name)- local settings - Temp.
There you will find a folder or more folders with a weird name ie: {040EEDE2-371A-4BF6-8D25-1B12121F8D9E}.

Inside one of this folder you will find a file "rom.zip". do not extract, just drag and drop somehere in your pc.

Now close the RUU windows by clicking cancel.

Now rename "rom.zip" in PG58IMG and put in the root of your SD card.

Reboot your phone by pressing vol down+power.

At this point the file PG58IMG will be detected you will be asked to update. Say yes by pressing volume up.

Be patient as it will take a lot of time, don't touch or do anything until it has finished. a lot of files will be flashed and screen may goes black a couple times.

Dont worry and wait until it will say "press power to reboot".

Now you should be back to stock GB and start all procedures to upgrade once more if you like.

Remember then to delete the PG58IMG on the SD card.

When you will set your phone again, remember to untick fastboot for future use.

Hope it helps

PS: Forgot to say that by doing this you will lose root (not S-OFF and superCID) but you can easly re-root your device by following the guides in the forum.

 

[Mercvtio]

So I managed to flash back to 3.32 and VI 4.0 after 2 days of mercyless bootlopping.

What I did was :

1- superwipe everything, flash latest TripOS rom
2 - reboot to bootloader and flash Trip's latest firmware (this way, I knew I woul have both a matching rom and matching firmware, avoiding incompatibility issue). Trip's firmware rewrites a huge amount of things, and that seems to put an end to what was causing my bootloops.
3 - reboot and let the phone alone for 10 minutes, just to let everything settle right.
4 - reboot to recovery
5 - Superwipe again
6 - flash my rom (in my case, VI 4.0)
7 - power off, and boot to bootloader
8 - flash 3.32 firmware
9 - reboot and let the phone still for 10 minutes

So far everything runs perfectly (I just have a splash screen saying "Trip'n Nice" on it) and it saved me from going into the process of flashing a RUU, rooting the RUU, installing recovery and so on. Give it a try, it might work for you to.

 

[MOVZX]

Looks like He has HBOOT 1.23, so I suspect He's using HTC-Dev method to unlock the boot loader or running FOTA that maybe gives him HBOOT 1.23.

Since Revolutionary could only S-OFF up to HBOOT 1.18, so maybe He just need to wait till Revolutionary support HBOOT 1.23 (the only options, maybe next year )

BTW, what are You doing that causing You to have HBOOT 1.23?

 

[kualmente]

problem is that his bootloader shows ***Locked***.

If you go through htc-dev it would have shown ***Unlocked***.

This is why I would start from the beginning flashing a GB RUU and then start again the upgrade process.

My humble opinion, of course