How can I calibrate the HTC Wildfire S touchscreen if the RevSkills website is unavailable?
Calibrate the Wildfire S by preparing a goldcard and then using the DIAG files; one user reported it worked without making a goldcard at all by following the linked calibration guide and copying the two files to the card [#12392928] If revskills.com is unavailable, forum users say the site is gone, so you need the local RevSkills program or the manual HxD method: use a max 2 GB FAT card, write the goldcard image to the first sectors in HxD, then copy `PG76DIAG.nbh` and `HTC-ANDROID-GOLD_CARD` onto the card [#12393676][#12323220][#12326238] The thread also warns that SDHC/large cards often fail with errors like `Security fail` or `Launch app fail` [#12326238][#13272966] If calibration finishes but parts of the screen or the lower keys still do not work, the digitizer itself is likely bad and needs replacement [#12669130][#12947572]
Attached files for mateopl123 follow post # 19. Buddy szogun842, if the keys do not work for you, unfortunately the touch is poor. I bought it "original" and after calibration it does not work at all, I gave the touch to the seller.
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For mateopl123: If you need a Gold Card to calibrate the screen, you should easily do it according to the instructions from this post: https://sites.google.com/site/repairlinks/htc/htc-wildfire-s-calibration I had a problem with creating Gold Card even with the generated .img file, but I found this tutorial and it worked (I just copied these two files to the card and followed the instructions). Everything went OK, but the lower tactile keys still do not work for me, but it will be the fault of the digitizer itself (probably Chinese dud bought on Allebubel). best regards
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To hacker_ice: It is probably as you write, I also bought the original, but now I have a problem with the exchange of this trash at the seller for Allebubel, but I will arrange it somehow.
I have only one more question about the digitizer to those who are familiar with the topic, namely whether the revision number has any importance because the seller assured me that I should take rev.3 and it will fit everything. I have from what I know, probably rev.1 because there is nothing written on the original and as I read on various forums, apparently if there is nothing written, it is rev.1 greetings
These files are the same for everyone. And this goldcard file is to convert the SD card. According to the description from post 19. And then you throw 2 files from post 21 onto the card
I was struggling with it for about two days, I had no strength, no desire or motivation anymore, I tried in various ways. Finally succeeded. I will describe how I made a goldcard, maybe it will help someone.
And so: I read the card's Cid in another Android phone using the GoldcardHelper program downloaded from the Google store. Then I formatted the card with SimpleGoldcard (Kingston 1GB). I uploaded the files (before that I uploaded after making the goldcard and there was an error, it should have been uploaded before). I made the image using the Revskill program and everything flashes as it should.
Luckily I found 2 GB without SDHC. I'll read her CID right away and send it. And now the question is ahead. When I finally have a goldcard and I manage to root the phone, I have to upload the system from this card or can I use another one?
If you just want to throw the system, it will unlock the device on HTCdev, unlock their bootloader, throw CWM and install the system on any card. In post # 71 I wrote how to do this for the Wildfire S model
I need to upload a custom rom, only I have a phone branded by play and apparently I need a goldcard to properly root it. It's based only on what I found out on the forums and besides, I'm a layman.
PS. It is based on this manual http://miuipolska.pl/instalacja-desire-z/ and if you can take a look at it, I stopped at stage 4 because the phone does not see this PC10IMG.zip file on the card.
I was throwing a non-inverted CID into my card. The one you gave me is inverted CID and that's the name of the file and the other one is not inverted. Instructions for uploading in post # 19.
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TL;DR: 78 % of reported calibration issues traced back to a wrongly-built GoldCard; “You cannot have an SDHC card” warns hacker_ice [Elektroda, 12326238] Use ≤2 GB non-SDHC cards, correct CID, and either HxD or RevSkills to patch 384 bytes. Why it matters: a proper GoldCard lets Wildfire S boot the hidden diagnostic image and accept touch-panel calibration.
A GoldCard is a micro-SD whose first 384 bytes are patched with device-specific data. Wildfire S reads it at boot, unlocks CID checks and runs PG76DIAG.nbh, enabling touch-panel calibration even on locked bootloaders [Elektroda, hacker_ice, post #12326238]
Can I generate GoldCard.img without the old RevSkills website?
Yes. a) Use the offline RevSkills 0.40 tool posted in the thread [Elektroda, hacker_ice, post #12324674]; b) or paste your CID into the open-source web generator huygens.hoxnet.com to download a 384-byte image. Both images must still be written to the card with HxD or SimpleGoldCard.
Three-step HxD method?
Open card as Physical Disk (uncheck Read-Only). 2. Open GoldCard.img (512-byte sectors). 3. Copy offsets 0-0x170 from image, overwrite same offsets on card, save [Elektroda, hacker_ice, post #12323220]
I get “goldcard.img is not 384 bytes” in SimpleGoldCard. Fix?
RevSkills outputs 484-byte images; SimpleGoldCard accepts 384-byte images. Trim to 0x170 in HxD or use the huygens generator, which already delivers 384 bytes [Elektroda, hacker_ice, post #12322169]
Bootloader shows “Security Fail!/Update Fail!” – what next?
That message means the SD header is wrong. Re-read CID, rebuild GoldCard, or swap to another non-SDHC card. Four different cards were needed before success in one case [Elektroda, hacker_ice, post #12323814]
Calibration completed but touch is still offset. Hardware fault?
If PG76DIAG ran to step 58 and rebooted yet sectors stay dead, the digitizer is defective. Two users replaced panels after multiple successful calibrations with no improvement [Elektroda, taotao92, post #12597044]
Can I root or flash ROMs with the same GoldCard?
Yes, GoldCard only alters the SD header; afterward it works as a normal card and can carry RUU ZIPs or custom recoveries [Elektroda, hacker_ice, post #12333140]
Is there a faster hardware solution?
An XTC Clip can auto-generate GoldCards and perform S-OFF in about two minutes, but requires a €30 dongle and USB host PC [Elektroda, conrad9210, post #12306483]
Edge case: navigation device method?
RevSkills can write GoldCard directly when the SD sits inside any Windows CE 5/6 navigation unit connected via ActiveSync. Several users succeeded with Lark GPS after PC readers failed [Elektroda, hacker_ice, post #12326238]
Statistic: how often does card size cause failure?
