i have a htc desire and i want to root it. can someone tell me what are the steps i have to follow. this is the soft vers :
Android version
2.2
Baseband version
32.43.00.32u_5.09.00.20
Build number
2.09.405.8 cl218634 release-keys
software number
2.09.405.8
1. First i have to downgrade the hboot from 0.92 to 0.80 ?
2.My phone is unbranded so i don't think i need a gold card.
3.Root with unrevoked (more explaining or steps to follow, needed here)
and if i decide to go back to stock rom how do i knew wich one i need ?
if i forgot someting or something is rong please correct me
this is my first android phone so please be pacient with me .
There are a couple of ways to that all over this forum so choose the one that is easy for you to understand.
I strongly suggest making a Gold Card. The most important part of making the gold card (in my opinion) is making it from a class 2 MicroSD card!!!
If it's a brand-new Desire, make sure you know whether it's an SLCD screen. You need to know how much possible trouble you're getting yourself into =)
yes it's a new desire but it has an AMOLED screen. i have a micro SD class 2 4GB that came with the phone. I want to root the phone because after the 2.2 froyo update the gps stopped working(the gps icon blinks ) .i've waited for 45 min in the open sky and no gps fix...
I have read the tut on xda but it's the first time i try to root an android phone and i want to be sure i do this well...
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hi everyone
right
just bought desire unlocked from telstra shop and i need to debrand
i try so many ways no luck
is any simple way for newbe?
i'm happy to buy a goldcard from one of you guys if this is the problem
please help me
regards
Follow this instruction to root and flash custom roms:
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...e-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/
In the beginning of that process you need to make a gold card, instruction can be found here
http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/
After everything is done, you should be able to flash whatever (compatible) rom you want. My recommendation is this
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...ustom-rom-for-htc-desire-with-online-kitchen/
I've done everything above on my Telstra branded Desire w/o any problem. So if you follow every step in the guides, it should go fine.
hi
thank you for your reply and help i try that and give me
FAILED (remote:41 model id check fail)
i not sure what else i can do
are you far from perth?
Me as well i get that same error i did upgrade when i 1st got the device not knowing about rooting! maybe the software i have in my sign. might be the issue... i was think about jumping ship to nexus one and go 2.2 on that device instead.. jump ship or wait it out?
What is the HBOOT version and software version on your Telstra branded desire? Did you use download the correct files for your version of the Desire?
I did get a failure message the first time I did it (don't remember the details of message), but it has to do with my gold card. In the end I realized that I should be using my Desire as a card reader when copying the gold card image onto the SD card, and after doing it again with an independent card reader everything worked fine.
H-boot 0.75.000
the software ver. is in my signature... i have tried doing the gold card multiple times and also using card reader 2 different types on 2 differ computers.. i am gonna wait for the 2.2 OTA hopefully or maybe jump ship on desire..
same here
H-boot 75
i done two gold card which i think (done ok) not sure if we can test in anyway
i really need to change this telstra rom
what else i can try??
Will be considering doing same in future..
Anyone done a debranding to the telstra rom successfully as yet..
when is the 2.2 out will it be available to users threw telstra etc?
yes when is it comin for telstra? i am about ready to jump ship to nexus one.. desire is nice but have to draw the line with branding crap... HURRY!
I have no idea why the rooting process didn't work for you guys. My Telstra branded Desire came with 0.75 HBoot and 1.16 software, same as mofoliar's. I didn't have any problem rooting it following the guide, beside the gold card creation part, so I can say confidently that the root and debranding procedure I posted above does work.
You guys would be better off looking for help at the corresponding threads at modaco forum than whining about it here, as people who have more technical knowledge behind these procedures probably won't be looking at this thread.
Two thing I remember reading before I root my Desire:
1) Some people say that the above procedure may have problem on some machines with 64 bit Windows. But it worked perfectly fine on my desktop with Windows 7 64bit.
2) Not every SD card can be converted into a gold card. Mine is a Transend class 6 16GB microSDHC, if that helps.
If you don't need root, you can just flash your phone in RUU way. But a goldcard is still needed.
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Sent by winx199 via his HTC Desire
i just want to replace the telstra rom
how can i do?
hi tsekh501
what Rom version did your desire come with? was it from telstra? coz i just got mine today and its trying to downgrade the Rom and its not working. Getting errors like 130/140.
The link that you posted indicates for Rom version 1.1.5 or something but ours (telstra versions) are newer than listed.
any suggestions? Im sick of all the Telstra preloaded crap
thanks
I should have my N1 tomorrow so bye bye desire...
rhath127 said:
hi tsekh501
what Rom version did your desire come with? was it from telstra? coz i just got mine today and its trying to downgrade the Rom and its not working. Getting errors like 130/140.
The link that you posted indicates for Rom version 1.1.5 or something but ours (telstra versions) are newer than listed.
any suggestions? Im sick of all the Telstra preloaded crap
thanks
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and I'm sick of people asking questions without reading.
Go read carefully everything I posted here and what was said in the link I posted. You can find the answer to every question you asked very easily just by reading those posts again.
Given that you can't even read part of the instruction regarding the software version correctly, I'm not surprised that it didn't for for you.
this is my error
C:\r5-desire-root>step2-windows.bat
Desire Root Step 2
Pushing required files to device...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
error: device not found
Pushing update file to device sdcard - this may take a few minutes...
and jump back to first
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and I'm sick of people asking questions without reading.
Go read carefully everything I posted here and what was said in the link I posted. You can find the answer to every question you asked very easily just by reading those posts again.
Given that you can't even read part of the instruction regarding the software version correctly, I'm not surprised that it didn't for for you.
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I was wondering what rom version you were on simply because these T branded desires come with .75 and 1.16x versions. But thanks for the no help at all.
Hi guys.. I am new to the community. I have got a HTC desire and I wanna root it but I dont understand the whole root and modding stuff. So can someone pls explain it to me? Like whats the difference between rooting/ modding/ gold card? So to do some thing wat should I do first??
Step1--Goldcard?
Step2--Root??
Step3--Mod??
I read through the tutorial but there was too much info I dint understand. So can someone temme wat you did first or the steps you followed while rooting or modding your Desire? And which mod is good?? Thanks for helping
Edit- I have the Froyo OTA update
First off, why do you wanna root it?
Secondly, at this second, you can't root your phone due to the HBOOT. Once unrEVOked is back up this will sort it out. There is a way of downgrading your Desire to a lower HBOOT that can be rooted but if you're a n00b then it's probably best to either leave it or read a LOT until you're confident enough to try it.
Thirdly, a Gold card is needed if you want to flash a ROM other than the one that came with your Desire. E.g. I've got a SIM free Desire so I can only install official ROMs with an x.xx.405.x build number. If, for some stupid reason, I wanted to flash an operator specific ROM I'd need to use a Gold card. To check what you've got go to Settings>About phone>Software information
Thanks mate.. rooted my desire with unrevoked
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Didn't fancy answering my questions then?
Hi
My Desire is rooted with unrevoked. Can I somehow backup my stock rom? I did nandroid backup and titanium but that is another story. I want to backup my stock rom because of warranty. On shiped-roms there isn't my RUU available. Also how do I know that RUU is for SLCD?
This is my version : SLCD
baseband version : 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
kernel version : 2.6.32.15-gf5a401c [email protected]#1
build number : 2.29.404.2 CL263770
I'm guessing you made a typo and you're on 2.29.405.2?
If so, just download the RUU for that version and you're sorted
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe
OR (if not working)
http://www.multiupload.com/UOWLL86GVB
http://hotfile.com/dl/83542281/ad2e...32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe.html
EddyOS said:
I'm guessing you made a type and you're on 2.29.405.2?
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I do not understand too good this. In menu-settings-about phone-software information is next :
build number: 2.29.405.2 CL263770 release-keys
software number : 2.29.405.2
That doesnt match with my data in previous post. Is this because I rooted my phone?
No, it means you made a mistake in your previous post
Lol, I really did wrote down all specs before doing anything to my phone and doubleckecked. And backup. On two microsd cards. But It must be that. Anyhow thanx for links. I am now in peace.
Ok i have rooted about 5 desires for myself and me mates, and im trying to do me neighbors for her and i just cant get the pc to recognize it, bit more info:
The phone is with virgin but not branded.
Model: A8181
It's on stock 2.2 froyo, Build: 2.22.315.3 CL283825
KERNEL [email protected] #1
BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT- 0.93.0001
Radio: 32.48.00.23u_5.11.05.14
OK obviously i need to create a gold card and downgrade to 2.1 eclaire and root using unrevoked, but i cant acquire the cid via command prompt as it doesn't recognize the device,(debugging on or off) all possible drivers are installed from what i am aware and obviously i have the android sdk.
I don't normally ask for help on things where there is a million and one guides and believe me i have tried for hours, and i'm sure its something stupid but any help is much appreciated, and a vague step by step would be amazing (if possible).
Billy_M
Why don't you just copy the cid to SD via a file explorer of your choice? No need for root, adb or similar for this step...
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If thats a new desire it more than likely has an SLCD screen so if you downgrade to 2.1 to root, your going to have to get a SLCD rom for it, as the drivers were not in the AMOLED roms
but you probably knew that anyway
regards
vengeance1990 said:
If thats a new desire it more than likely has an SLCD screen so if you downgrade to 2.1 to root, your going to have to get a SLCD rom for it, as the drivers were not in the AMOLED roms
but you probably knew that anyway
regards
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If im honest with you, i wasn't aware they change the screens on the new ones and yes it is bran new contract phone :S
Also you need to downgrade your HBOOT to 83 not 93 from memory
Sent from a MIUI rom
if you want to make a gold card easily, search on android market for "gold card helper", i used it and its alot easier than the standard way
regards
HBoot is 0.85.0019
Android Version is 2.2
Baseband Version is 12.28e.60.140fU_26.04.02.17_M2
Kernel Version is 2.6.32.21-g88454e0
[email protected] #1
Build is 1.83.466.5 CL329580 release-keys
Browser is webkit 3.1
Purchased: Sim free n unlocked so zero branding on handset
I'm just completely stumped. I spent ages trying to get get unrevoked to work, but apparently not with 2.2.
So I got a downgrade guide, from here, and followed that to understand what I need to do. I've done the following:
[*]Installed HTC Sync, then uninstalled app to keep the usb drivers
[*]Installed the unrevoked HBOOT drivers to get the Bootloader Interface
[*]Downloaded the download kit and two more different image zips to the unrevoked reflash package (PD98IMG and PB99IMG 2.29.405.5 Radio 32.49.00.32U 5.11.05.27 release 159811 signed)
I run through the command line instructions in the guide and I get the hash temproot access in place, however, when I then reboot the handset I get the quick run through of each area and 'no image' under each one and then lastly I get a "no image or wrong image". As my phone is not branded I'm not using a goldcard (believe I don't need it from all comments) - which everything I've read tells me is a mem card or goldcard error. I've even reformatted my card in the phone - but still no luck.
I've now spent 2 days hunting the internet to work out what is going on...so any help, suggestions, confirmation I've been a total andriod noob would be appreciated ! I've spent my whole weekend trying to fix this, thanks Matt
PS: Only thing I can think to add is that the phone looks to be a Dubai region - hence my desire to root and v2.3 to get around marketapp nightmares.
Nooob - heal thyself...
The answer was in reading it all. Slowly.
I will suggest that in writing it all down slowly I realised I'd confused some steps from unrevoked attempts to the downgrade. So I went back to the guide...and read the bit at the top again and its the only place I ever saw mention of regional phones needing a gold card. So I used the addictivetips guide and excellent gold card tool and I was away !
Looks like I've downgraded it. So...now to crack on with root and ROM !
Format your SD card to FAT32 format, no formatting to default. That should make it work. Reason being bootloader only reads FAT32 or lower
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App
I have the same phone. It's made for Iran. The only way to solve your problem is the gold card.
MattH75 said:
HBoot is 0.85.0019
Android Version is 2.2
Baseband Version is 12.28e.60.140fU_26.04.02.17_M2
Kernel Version is 2.6.32.21-g88454e0
[email protected] #1
Build is 1.83.466.5 CL329580 release-keys
Browser is webkit 3.1
Purchased: Sim free n unlocked so zero branding on handset
I'm just completely stumped. I spent ages trying to get get unrevoked to work, but apparently not with 2.2.
So I got a downgrade guide, from here, and followed that to understand what I need to do. I've done the following:
[*]Installed HTC Sync, then uninstalled app to keep the usb drivers
[*]Installed the unrevoked HBOOT drivers to get the Bootloader Interface
[*]Downloaded the download kit and two more different image zips to the unrevoked reflash package (PD98IMG and PB99IMG 2.29.405.5 Radio 32.49.00.32U 5.11.05.27 release 159811 signed)
I run through the command line instructions in the guide and I get the hash temproot access in place, however, when I then reboot the handset I get the quick run through of each area and 'no image' under each one and then lastly I get a "no image or wrong image". As my phone is not branded I'm not using a goldcard (believe I don't need it from all comments) - which everything I've read tells me is a mem card or goldcard error. I've even reformatted my card in the phone - but still no luck.
I've now spent 2 days hunting the internet to work out what is going on...so any help, suggestions, confirmation I've been a total andriod noob would be appreciated ! I've spent my whole weekend trying to fix this, thanks Matt
PS: Only thing I can think to add is that the phone looks to be a Dubai region - hence my desire to root and v2.3 to get around marketapp nightmares.
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Just wondering why you got urself in so much trouble, u should've tried visionary plus to root your device... if rooting was the only thing you wanted..(as what i understood from a quick glance to ur post)..
Hi, I'm a little lost on the site here..
I have been reading up on rooting my DHD and to be honest i dont know if its possible, if it can what rom do i use and what tools..
Andriod Version 2.3.3
HTC sense version 2.1
Software Number 2.50.405.2
Any help & advise would be great.
Thanks
It is possible. Everything you need is in my signature
So downgrade first, then do Radio S-OFF and optionally ENG S-OFF. Then follow the instructions in Radio S-OFF thread (first post) to flash ClockworkMod and finally a ROM.
ENG S-OFF can be done later, too, so you do not really need to worry about it at this point.
I would recommend Android Revolution HD because it is the most popular ROM for Desire HD.
Thank you very much for the quick response ill get to doing it now
After downgrading you can use this guide (Its by the previous gentlemen as well)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11557769
I also recommend Android Revolution HD
Just to confirm I downgraded and rooted yesterday using these guides. Was simple and a brilliant help couldn't have done it without them.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
jkoljo said:
It is possible. Everything you need is in my signature
So downgrade first, then do Radio S-OFF and optionally ENG S-OFF. Then follow the instructions in Radio S-OFF thread (first post) to flash ClockworkMod and finally a ROM.
ENG S-OFF can be done later, too, so you do not really need to worry about it at this point.
I would recommend Android Revolution HD because it is the most popular ROM for Desire HD.
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Yes...ur post is marvelous...i also use ur post to downgrade and etc..nice man!
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App
to jkoljo -
I have followed your guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003) for downgrading my phone. step 1 and. step 2b (I have gingerbread) - I have followed them but I don't see what is written on step 3. I don't see "#", doesn't this mean I am stuck?
What should I do?
My phone has the following:
andriod 2.3.3
htc sense 2.1
baseband 12.54.6025U_26.09.04.11_M2
kernal 2.6.35.10-gd2564fb
build number: 2.50.405.2
software number: 2.50.405.2
browser version: webkit/553
Hi jkoljo, I've just got my DHD yesterday and need to unlock it. Can I follow your guide and tools without having an SD card? I've ordered one but that will be afew days coming.
Thanks.
Stevemann said:
Hi jkoljo, I've just got my DHD yesterday and need to unlock it. Can I follow your guide and tools without having an SD card? I've ordered one but that will be afew days coming.
Thanks.
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Nope I don't think its possible due to having to place the downgrade zip file on the SD card, and then there is the fact that if its branded you will have to make a goldcard.
Yes I am new to this myself so I apologize if i am wrong but just wanted to try and help you out.
Stevemann said:
Hi jkoljo, I've just got my DHD yesterday and need to unlock it. Can I follow your guide and tools without having an SD card? I've ordered one but that will be afew days coming.
Thanks.
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Also think its not possible, after all if there was a way it would be in the guide (a safe way at least). You should wait for your card to arrive and maybe try and get a second card in case you need to make a gold card.