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I've never hacked my phone before but I really do want the Froyo update.
Looking at the guide in the other forum it looks pretty complex but I'm willing to put some time into getting it done.
couple of questions though.. Once i've done it if something goes wrong Can I roll it back to what it is right now? a 2.1 T-Mobile Branded Desire (Bravo)
And also does this affect my service with T-Mobile as the carrier and will they know i've hacked my phone etc?
Yes. Noobish dumb questions but sadly ones i need to get straight in my head first.
You can unroot and go back to stock whenever you like
and when you update to a cooked Froyo ROM make sure you update the radio first
Hi there i know this is my first post but i have been trawling these forums looking about rooting for quite a while now.
Anyway don't worry i used the unrevoked 1 click method and although it was sacry it was really simple and worked a treat. The ability to flash custom roms is really cool, im curretly running leedroids 1.6a rom.
All i can say is read lots of how to's and then when you fell comfortable go for it!!!
BTW im on t mobile also and the new radio has actually improved my signal, i can now get full bars on HSDPA at home whereas i used to get G or 1-2 bars of H!!
I'm on T-Mobile too, and have recently rooted and flashed my first custom ROMs. All I can say is just read up on the superb guides that cover pretty much all the bases. Use the Unr3voked tool for rooting, it really is very easy if you follow the instructions. Then when you want to flash custom ROMs, again just follow the instructions and it's very easy.
Ok great!
Thanks alot for your replies, they've been very useful.
I'm going to have a look at getting my Desire Rooted using Unrevoked atm.
Just a quick question.. what is a GoldCard and why do I need one (In reference to the rooting faq/walkthrough)
Can you follow the instructions detailed in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743408
thanks for the alternative solution to getting Froyo on my phone.. One question to this, does getting the OTA Froyo actually work on T-Mobile considering they haven't released it yet?
I'm alittle bit unsure on how it all actually works.
I'm currently trying the unrevoked method atm but if that doesn't work i'll research and try your method in conjunction with creating a goldcard
Kunal23 said:
Hi there i know this is my first post but i have been trawling these forums looking about rooting for quite a while now.
Anyway don't worry i used the unrevoked 1 click method and although it was sacry it was really simple and worked a treat. The ability to flash custom roms is really cool, im curretly running leedroids 1.6a rom.
All i can say is read lots of how to's and then when you fell comfortable go for it!!!
BTW im on t mobile also and the new radio has actually improved my signal, i can now get full bars on HSDPA at home whereas i used to get G or 1-2 bars of H!!
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im on t-mobile too and although the test radio was crap the new official radio is gr8, get hsdpa all the time now
The OTA Froyo will arrive on Tmob when they release it,,, it would work but its going to be a wait
Cooked ROMs are the way to go IMO, and i hope you acheive root (then its flash happy time)
DanTehManUK said:
The OTA Froyo will arrive on Tmob when they release it,,, it would work but its going to be a wait
Cooked ROMs are the way to go IMO, and i hope you acheive root (then its flash happy time)
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Dan, ok. right.. I've installed the Hboot Drivers as instructed so now the phone shows up as bootloader when in the Hboot menu and usb connected. but when i connect my phone powered on normally in charge only and usb debugging mode i still can't get unrevoked to accept that i have a phone connected..
i've checked my device manager and i notice that i have something called ADB that isn't drivers properly? is that something to do with this all?
you need to get the drivers, there is a link somewhere on here from memory
ah ha
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
you should be ablet o read through that and find everything, failing that follow whats there for the goldcard method
This is getting out of control now..
I have to download the Android SDK and because i'm in Windows 7 I have to download HTC Sync and then boot to Vista to get the correct drivers?
ok.. so basically before i can use unrevoked i need ADB, USB Bootloader and HTC Sync working?
Im on Win 7 and it works fine, since im not branded i didnt have to make a goldcard, its alot easier then it looks and with a goldcard apparently its the same only you have a funky SD card, just follow and enjoy
Dan.. Are you using Unrevoked? or the method using a different bootloader or whatever?
As per post i didnt need a goldcard (or unREVoked etc) but a mate of mine has used a goldcard and described the method as 'simple as it gets'
so im just going with what he said
Eureka! Unrevoked works now.
Now i'm in the rebooted system where it has options like apply sdcard.update.zip lol.
I suppose i should download a 2.2 froyo rom now.. which would you suggest?
Personally im between LeeDroid 1.7b and SETrom 4.5 both work lovely for me,,, but i do want the bootscreen from LeeDroid (and the R2D2 Sounds) on the SETrom lol
Well, if it helps, I posted my steps on what i did with a stock T-Mobile (UK) device I bought off a friend. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7422943#post7422943
Was easy and worked perfectly. I'm now happily enjoying AdamG's OpenDesire 3.0.2 ROM and loving it.
EDIT: Oh yeh, used "Gparted" to partition my 16gb sd card for using ap2sd properly and that too was pretty easy and without issue.
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Personally im between LeeDroid 1.7b and SETrom 4.5 both work lovely for me,,, but i do want the bootscreen from LeeDroid (and the R2D2 Sounds) on the SETrom lol
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you said i should upgrade my radio first?
is that another rom? so i have to flash the radio (i've found the link to it in leedroid's thread) and then flash the leedroid rom?
Also.. I guess this might be obvious but A2SD won't work unless I properly partition the SD card yes? after formatting it.. will that mean losing my bootloader?
isaw said:
Well, if it helps, I posted my steps on what i did with a stock T-Mobile (UK) device I bought off a friend. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7422943#post7422943
Was easy and worked perfectly. I'm now happily enjoying AdamG's OpenDesire 3.0.2 ROM and loving it.
EDIT: Oh yeh, used "Gparted" to partition my 16gb sd card for using ap2sd properly and that too was pretty easy and without issue.
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wow. you are psychic
Hi All,
long time reader, 1st time poster,
i have switched from the nexus to the desire, and i have seen lots and lots of diffrent roms for the desire, so i was wondering if i may ask your assistance in locating the best one?
which rom most people prefer ?
what advantages does X rom have over X rom ?
i currently have a desire running 2.2 froyo if there is anyone else switching which could suggest a good switch ?
Hi,
I'm fairly new to this whole rooting business myself and certainly not an expert on advising which is is the 'best'. A lot would depend on your needs and preferences. For my use, however, I found the ROM at :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741775
to be very stable and to my liking. It is virtually the same as an OTA update of Froyo, except it is rooted and has some miner modifications.
Read a lot and try different Roms; I'm sure you'll find one to your liking and needs.
Hi Mag,
Thanks for your advice, it sounds like a nice easy starting mod,
btw how did you root the phone to start with ?
i have tried the current REVOked client but that seems to fail each time.
so i was debating sitting back and waiting for REVOkeds new 3.2.1 client to be released for download.
Here is what I did with my very limited knowlage about rooting:
1. I made my working sd card into a 'gold card'. Not sure if that was necessary or not, but it couldn't hurt.
2. I downgraded from OTA froyo to the 2.1 version.
3. Then rooted my phone using Unrevoked3.
After that I was able to update to any rom using clockworks recovery only.
Everything went very smoothly for me without any hickups.
You can find all the needed details about the individual procedures above, on this great site. Search and you will find .
Hope this is of some help.
Mag
PS.: Unrevoked at, http://unrevoked.com/#inc, is suposedly working on a new version that is able to root Froyo without having to dowgrade to 2.1 first.
Unrevoked's rooting solution is already out for the Desire FYI
Here is the link for it
http://unrevoked.com/
Be advised that they have removed the current version because it had some issues with the Evo 4G but the older 3.2 is still up and flawless for the Desire.
Unrevoked Desire
Sadly I had major driver issues with my current PC and couldnt root my phone as of yet.. but will do it in a couple of days when i get my new PC So I cant provide feedback as of yet... But the Wiki page of Unrevoked has pretty much everything covered up for you
Hope I helped a little
yeah the current version means you need to downgrade to 2.1. but id rather go straight into rooting, than mess about with downgrading 1st.
Hardware 0003
baseband 2.15.00.09.01
kernal 2.6.32.15
build/software 3.30.651.2
pri 1.77_003
Hboot 2.02
I just bought this Evo today, and I really want to root it just like I did my Hero (so I have experience with roms and command prompt) but I dont know which root guide to use. There are a few I found, and since it's a brand new Evo with the latest OTA's, software's etc, I don't want to use the wrong guide and brick my phone. What would be the best guide to follow for this latest model?
Everything I see is for different softwares and hardware 0004.
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Sorry, thanks. Right now I'm looking at this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045&page=4
Anyone else have any ideas?
I'm having a few issues with the first few steps. If anyone could help, it would be awesome. Kinda a drawback of having a brand new version. Also making sure all my Android SDK is all installed
Im having trouble with step 2.) Open a command prompt and change to where ever you extracted the files to.
I have the folder extracted to: C drive -> HTC Evo
All the extracted files are in HTC Evo folder. How do I do this in command prompt? The rest I can do. I rooted my old Hero just fine. I just need the steps for the first few parts. I get HTC or whatever is not recognixed as an internal or external command etc. I have the HTC sync software all succesfully installed and everything rebooted.
USB Debugging is enabled
danman132x said:
Sorry, thanks. Right now I'm looking at this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045&page=4
Anyone else have any ideas?
I'm having a few issues with the first few steps. If anyone could help, it would be awesome. Kinda a drawback of having a brand new version. Also making sure all my Android SDK is all installed
Im having trouble with step 2.) Open a command prompt and change to where ever you extracted the files to.
I have the folder extracted to: C drive -> HTC Evo
All the extracted files are in HTC Evo folder. How do I do this in command prompt? The rest I can do. I rooted my old Hero just fine. I just need the steps for the first few parts. I get HTC or whatever is not recognixed as an internal or external command etc. I have the HTC sync software all succesfully installed and everything rebooted.
USB Debugging is enabled
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Honestly the easiest way to root these days is using Unrevoked
As far as I know it will work on any Evo. You will need to hboot drivers which you can find here. Also, make sure that you have HTC Sync uninstalled, as it gave me problems when I rooted.
edit: I am not sure of the new versions you speak of, but you could probably give Unrevoked a try anyways.
Do not use unrevoked or it could pemanently corrupt your radio or boot loader
I never heard of that happening to users using the unrevoked method.
I suggest subscribing to their Twitter. They let us know when and how to OTA update.
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I am having problems as well. I've tried unrevoked and several other manual methods to root the EVO I just bought yesterday, and no luck!
From what I can tell, the HBOOT version is 2.02.0000 and everything I've found online is for an older version of HBOOT.
Does anybody know how to downgrade this new HBOOT? The only thing I've found in the forums is for downgrading an older version of HBOOT. And please no methods that require .NET.
Try zBoot on the market. I used it to root my GF's Optimus-S. It works with a lot of phones, and although they say it isn't supported with the EVO, I have read that some people have had success.
Ok, I cross-posted to the CM forums too, here's the response that I got:
You won't be able to downgrade the hboot. and your camera will not work on cm for now since htc is using new hardware for the camera in the 2.02.0000 versions.
Follow this to root and get S-off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
If you can deal with the no camera then awesome. If not sucks that you finally come back to this lol
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link to the thread on CM:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/10549-rooting-my-new-evo/page__view__findpost__p__92631
Goddamit stop trying unrevoked it doesn't work with new hboot (software 3.30) and that zbot thing doesn't work on NAND protected devices like the evo. You are shortening your phones life. i consider it my duty to help people root in extsnge for downloading all the developers roms. My email, gtalk, and im are all [email protected]. Always open to help.
Dk
I just rooted my brand spankin new Evo using the below and it worked like a charm! It is even easier than the methods for the older Evos.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
ronnienyc said:
I just rooted my brand spankin new Evo using the below and it worked like a charm! It is even easier than the methods for the older Evos.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
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that was what i was going to suggest
I have rooted my DHD using unrevoked3. I have super user permissions app, and clockwork mod recovery. Then I read that you can't install a custom rom without S-OFF. Do I still need to do the Visionary+ w/DHD eng script?
I thought my DHD still had S-ON but now I don't think I could have clockwork without it being off.... I'm confused.
Anyways I did go ahead and attempt the Visionary+, but perm root doesn't seem to do anything. I could probably skip that step I guess. The DHD script complains about busybox not being installed which is probably done during the perm root of visionary. I then installed Titanium Backup and did the check errors function and installed busybox. It said it installed, but terminal emulator still complains about busybox.
Confused. Can anyone help me?
drilus said:
I have rooted my DHD using unrevoked3. I have super user permissions app, and clockwork mod recovery. Then I read that you can't install a custom rom without S-OFF. Do I still need to do the Visionary+ w/DHD eng script?
I thought my DHD still had S-ON but now I don't think I could have clockwork without it being off.... I'm confused.
Anyways I did go ahead and attempt the Visionary+, but perm root doesn't seem to do anything. I could probably skip that step I guess. The DHD script complains about busybox not being installed which is probably done during the perm root of visionary. I then installed Titanium Backup and did the check errors function and installed busybox. It said it installed, but terminal emulator still complains about busybox.
Confused. Can anyone help me?
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are you sure you have a DHD unrevoked is for the desire/evo/wildfire ect anyway however you rooted, you can use this tool to s-off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
Thanks, I'll give it a try. =]
drilus said:
Thanks, I'll give it a try. =]
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btw if you have rooted using unrevoked and have clockwork mod installed, you dont need to s-off to flash a rom, you already have write acess to the nand in recovery
How did you do that using unrevoked on DHD?
or you remove nandlock only with unrevoked and root with visonary ?
Something isn't right here. It isn't possible to root dhd with unrevoked
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Further information on Unrevoked & DHD
I seem to be having the same problem as the OP.
A bit of background: I just upgraded from my HTC Hero, and had some experience of rooting and installing custom ROMS on that device. My first job when I got my new HTC Desire HD was to get it rooted so I could get all Orange's crap off of it and have a streamlined new phone.
However, in my haste, I used Unrevoked, failing to notice the difference between a bog-standard HTC Desire and the newer HTC Desire HD. The upshot: Unrevoked *did* succeed in rooting my phone and installing ClockworkMod Recovery, but now the recovery partition thinks it's an old-fashioned HTC Desire and so won't install DHD ROMS. I can install bog-standard Desire ROMS to my heart's content.
So, I'm in a bit of a mess. I want to install a DHD ROM on my DHD, but I can't. Also, now that I've already gone through one rooting process, the standard procedure doesn't work, so I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to proceed. Any advice would be appreciated. Should I:
- try to get the phone back to its unrooted condition as it was when it came out of the box (in which case how do I do that?)
- flash a different recovery partition in the hopes that I can get it to recognise that my phone's a DHD and not an old standard Desire?
- fiddle about with the ROMs to get them to bypass the device checks (in which case how do I do that?)
Any other suggestions, let me know. It's possible I may have stumbled on a new method for rooting a DHD...
To fix it, just flash 1.32.405.6 RUU.
But I have to say, that is not possible
Desire ROMs on DHD, without S-OFF, everything is just simply wrong. Are you even sure that you have a Desire HD? Please send me a picture of your Desire HD running some Desire ROM.
oops
OK, it appears that there's a much simpler solution. Orange appear to have sent me the wrong phone.
Sigh...
Hahhahhah, good job Orange
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk
ok, so to Orange's credit, I've sent back the wrong phone, and they've sent me the right one, next day delivery, having knocked 40% off the original price. Looking forward to playing with it this evening - I won't be touching Unrevoked with a barge-pole!
thanks @jkoljo for alerting me to the possibility that I might have been sent the wrong thing!
we get there in the end...
Very nice, good luck with your new phone
Well after reading that it is unlikely that the gsm desire wasn't going to receive full gingerbread, I decided to root mine.
I haven't bothered with rooting since my G1 as I have been happy with the desire.
Firstly I copied the SD card contents, formatted with fat32. Then added a 1.9GB ext3 with partition manager 10.
Rooting method
I used the unrevoked method. Note to others, you do need to install HTC sync and then un -install. I found that I had to install the modified usb driver several times before unrevoked would proceed with install. But in the end all went well and I attained root.
Roms.
My hboot is 0.93.
I first tried cyangenmod but it just boot looped, I think it was because I hadn't S-off, so I was using the wrong hboot, I couldn't be bothered with s-off so will stick to ROMs which work with 0.93.
I have tried Oxygen Aosp Rom. Very nice Rom, fast with minimal apps, but you just add what you want.
My current ROM is the leedroid desire HD port. I like this indeed with all the bells and whistles of HTC sense. I also added the sense 3.0 add on, quite nice.
So that where I am now enjoying some new features to my desire, which I must admit has not lost any of its attraction since I first bought it 18 months ago.
I thought I had forgotten how to do this root malarky, but it is a lot simpler than when I had the G1, saying that though it was never too difficult if you read the instructions properly.
Andy
root in one click
Root is very simple on desire, got it on the very first one kick
yeah, once youve figured everything out its loughably easy. got my desire back from repair on tuesday and it didnt even take half an hour to free it from the bonds of the branded stock rom and return it to its full cm7 glory
performed my first ever root a few days ago on my Desire and was surprised how easy it was.
i just followed the guide i found on here (somewhere, can't remember where now) and had GingerVillain 2.7 installed in no time.
i'm no technical whizz, but as long as you can follow instructions it's a breeze.
(now just gotta try to understand what the hell a kernel is/does)
And with this new method it's become much easier:
http://revolutionary.io
MatDrOiD said:
And with this new method it's become much easier:
http://revolutionary.io
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much easier to s-off i concur, but for just root with s-on then unrevoked is probably still slightly easier..
I had issues with the drivers first time I ran it through too - it kept trying to windows update search and by that time unrevoked had timed out waiting
Yeah, I used revolutionary the first time. Running cm7 now and loving it
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rooted, flashed and s off my pvt4 desire few days ago with all the guide in xda. awesome forum. thanks a lots although i faces some heart beat moment...
I did mine the other day, when I was doing the s-off bit, it sat there for half an hour just after the "brick" warning part... I had to pull the plug in the end. Fortunately stock Rom fixed it again. Twitchy was an understatement! Thought i'd killed it...
Turned out to be the usb on my laptop causing the error. Tried it on another pc and it was sweet as a nut.
Long story short, I've ordered a class 10 card so I'm just trying different roms for now until that arrives. Will probably stick to LeeDroid as I like sense.
Great guide made this very easy (apart from the sphincter clenching part mentioned earlier). Thanks to all on xda
Im having trouble with some ROM's, I get the "Status error 7" when trying to update from recovery, I do a full reset/wipe etc first ofcourse.
Some ROM's install fine, I dont get it o0
chronaden said:
Im having trouble with some ROM's, I get the "Status error 7" when trying to update from recovery, I do a full reset/wipe etc first ofcourse.
Some ROM's install fine, I dont get it o0
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Change recovery to AmonRA or one from my sig if you're S-OFF.
Similar experience here, using unrevoked, tried sense 3 rom's, cm7 and now on XJ's MIUI.
Really brought some life back into the old phone.
Thanks to all at XDA.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
chronaden said:
Im having trouble with some ROM's, I get the "Status error 7" when trying to update from recovery, I do a full reset/wipe etc first ofcourse.
Some ROM's install fine, I dont get it o0
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maybe you should change the HBOOT