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Root Cant root my desire hd help please

after i relocked it i re-runned the aahk newest tool, at the end it checked double the file instead of 1 time and then an error, after the 2 time check i got into the stock htc android 2.3.3 after that i runned the aahk tool again and it rooted my phone and setted s-off that was it for me after that i got the change to install custom roms, hope this helps you and others as well
 
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hmm after the pushing rom to sdcard and after temproot i get an error with unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/goldcard.img: operation not permitted, but it still is ongoing is that good? i still get to follow the steps, but i was wondering if that error is good or not



trying to root my desire hd using aahk.during the initial step where it downloads a file and asks us to press 'y' for flashing..after that i get an error
"Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/goldcard.img: Operation not permitted"...
But the process still continues and the phone restarts several times.and in the end that img file is checked and i am asked to update.cancelled that update though because did not want to mess up anything.
What am i doing wrong here..why that error in the beginning..
 
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the aahk is creating a gold card out of your sd,with it present and in the phone,in attempt to eliminate a potentially confusing manual step. the error you mention seems to be the aahk is having issue creating the gold card.

if you were asked to update on the phone,you can allow it-all it means is that you are unbranded,or simply a CID that allows unbranded RUUs to flash. the failure to create a goldcard would have prevented the phone to ask for the update if it was an incompatible CID.

assuming you have a working phone,go ahead and run the aahk again,if you want to. if you allow the update this time,it should downgrade and run the exploit to give you s-off,supercid and simunlock :)
 
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as soon as i got that chmod error,aahk asked me to pressvolume key+power button when i see a red triangle.did it and it went into some recovery mode,blue screen with some options.rebooted it from there.did this step 2 times and the 3rd time it went into the hboot asking me to press volume button to start update.i did not update and rebooted the phone because i wanted to clear out that goldcard error
 
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as soon as i got that chmod error,aahk asked me to pressvolume key+power button when i see a red triangle.did it and it went into some recovery mode,blue screen with some options.rebooted it from there.did this step 2 times and the 3rd time it went into the hboot asking me to press volume button to start update.i did not update and rebooted the phone because i wanted to clear out that goldcard error

you can allow that update. the hboot update is installing downgrade firmware,so that the unlock exploit can be run.
 
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this happened when i ran aahk first..

Would you like to DOWNGRADE? y/n y


Flash this RUU? (y/n) y

pushing rom to sdcard - this takes time, please be patient.
2582 KB/s (264435533 bytes in 99.978s)
Setting up to temproot....
2793 KB/s (572752 bytes in 0.200s)
471 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.039s)
323 KB/s (14475 bytes in 0.043s)
Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/goldcard.img: Operation not permitted...

Aahk said something like starting recovery..and after that phone restared several times till it reached hbbot for update..this thing and the red triangle at startup,are these things normal?Actually never rooted any phone before thats why so curious...
 
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this happened when i ran aahk first..

Would you like to DOWNGRADE? y/n y


Flash this RUU? (y/n) y

pushing rom to sdcard - this takes time, please be patient.
2582 KB/s (264435533 bytes in 99.978s)
Setting up to temproot....
2793 KB/s (572752 bytes in 0.200s)
471 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.039s)
323 KB/s (14475 bytes in 0.043s)
Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/goldcard.img: Operation not permitted...

Aahk said something like starting recovery..and after that phone restared several times till it reached hbbot for update..this thing and the red triangle at startup,are these things normal?Actually never rooted any phone before thats why so curious...

i have never run the aahk,so i cannot confirm for certain what you are seeing. i have written a manual guide to basically the same thing,so i am familiar with the basic process the aahk is doing for you.

id say the "Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/goldcard.img: Operation not permitted.." is not normal,but again,it apparently did not matter. if your phones CID was incompatible with the downgrade,the hboot screen would have give you a "CID incompatible" error,in wich case it would have been important for us to figure out why that error would take place.

since you arrived at an hboot screen asking you to update,then the rest of what the aahk does(gain temp root,rewrite the main version to allow the downgrade) apparently went without a hitch,so i would venture to guess the reboots and different screens you saw were in fact a fairly normal occurance.

again,you can accept this update on the hboot screen without fear of anything bad happening. as a matter of fact,it is prolly still on your sd card,so you may be able to boot to hboot,let it find the file,and accept the update without running aahk again(assuming the emmc hasnt changed your main version back to what it should be). if this is successful,let the phone boot into the downgrade softwarte,plug the phone back in and select the option to root,s-off,etc. dont panic if your sound doesnt work while on the downgrade software. be prepaired to immediately flash an update ruu,or install a recovery and flash a newer rom to get back to a 100% sound enabled,functional device ;)

hopefully D-U-R-X can confirm some of the things you are seeing for some peace of mind,ad he has experience running the aahk... im sure he will be along shortly :)
 
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This is what I am currently running... in the ATR Guide sticky, I have changed the name of the link just to IceColdSandwich, as the guy updates the OP of the thread on XDA each time they have a new version.

It's a good ROM... it is Vanilla Android (does not have HTC's Sense overlay/UI)... I prefer Vanilla Android and have had it on my phone since about 3-4 weeks after I got my phone :)
 
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