My Desire is already rooted (using the old stage 1, stage 2 method) and I use Rom Manager to boot into Clockwork recovery.
A recent scare has made me want to permanently put Clockwork on my phone so I can access it from the boot menu.
Can I use Unrevoked to do this even though I am already rooted? It seems easier than using ADB.
Cheers.
Just connect your phone and run Unrevoked. Nothing more is needed. Done this several times to change between clockwork and amonra, works fine.
dont you think this thread belongs to the Desire Q&A forum? or the Desire General at most?
bisko said:
Just connect your phone and run Unrevoked. Nothing more is needed. Done this several times to change between clockwork and amonra, works fine.
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I tried doing this yesterday because I wanted Amon-Ra as well, but I got a misc partition error while running unrevoked. Ended up installing alpharev and flashing a recovery img that way. Any idea why that may've happened?
klaas4, no idea. Did you try to run it again? Never had a problem at all with unrevoked.
misc partition error happened to me as well (rooted way back with r4 method), also just did s-off instead. May as well, just as quick and easy as unrevoked anyway, and fastboot is great
klaas4 said:
I tried doing this yesterday because I wanted Amon-Ra as well, but I got a misc partition error while running unrevoked. Ended up installing alpharev and flashing a recovery img that way. Any idea why that may've happened?
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My guess is that you didn't use unrevoked on first root. I just tried on my unrevoked desire and I can flash other recoveries over it using unrevoked.
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scutworker said:
My Desire is already rooted (using the old stage 1, stage 2 method) and I use Rom Manager to boot into Clockwork recovery.
A recent scare has made me want to permanently put Clockwork on my phone so I can access it from the boot menu.
Can I use Unrevoked to do this even though I am already rooted? It seems easier than using ADB.
Cheers.
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Just flash the clockwork img file in your adb recovery and that'll be permanent!
Houly said:
My guess is that you didn't use unrevoked on first root. I just tried on my unrevoked desire and I can flash other recoveries over it using unrevoked.
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Strangely enough, I did use unrevoked the first time, and still I got that message. The first time I ever rooted my Desire though, was using Modaco's method. Maybe that changed some things on that misc partition, but I used an RUU and rerooted using unrevoked when it came out.
Strange, but true. Anyway, I'm now happy and rooted, and using AlphaRev's fastboot commands to flash and erase the device directly is very helpful. Thanks anyway!
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I really need help or direction to where I can get help please. I have been trying root my phone. I followed the guide on here for the Windows method and the Linux method when that was unsuccessful. The phone seems to have been rooted as I have the superuser permissions app (the ninja) and titanium backup worked once I went to the problems section and added busybox. Various other root only apps work. The app root check says I'm rooted but that I don't have busybox installed even though titanium backup says I have it.
My problem is unrevoked will not flash clockworkmod recovery. It says is firmware too new. I am on Telstra branded desire gsm on 2.1 exactly as I got it. Hboot is .75 software version 1.16 I did a factory reset and unrevoked said failed to flash recovery the first time then the next few times the usual is the firmware too new. I tried flashing the recovery using ROM manager but even that doesn’t work. I don’t know what else to do. Any advice????
I have not tried the manual method of installing clockworkmod the way it is explained on the cyanogenmod guide as I don't understand it.
I just don't what else to do. Please help me. Thank you.
hi maniacal26,
it's always better asking before than after having bricked the phone.
so now you are root, i think this is still stock rom. So it's normal that U are not busybox installed into the phone (titanium uses his own titanium... just stick fix the problem into the app titanium to get ONLT to allow titanium working fine)
You can install busybox by the market busybox
about root => get the app root checker it will tells you if U are well rooted
don't use rom manager as it a waste of time... i would advice you to use the recovery amon_RA v2.0.1 work great even to partition your sd card.
first of all you mus be sure that is a unbranded phone or branded phone
branded phone need a goldcard (look into the forum there s a lot of thread about it)
if unbranded u can use unrevoked 3.21 and select in the menu bar a presonnalized recovery which has been previuosly downloaded to your computer.
follow this TUT for branded phone as it seems you ve got one (telsra)
be caution and ask before if any doubt... ask question to this community.
there plainty members who knows a lot of stuff about android.
I have downloaded root check and it confirms I am rooted.
Busybox will not install using that app it says my nand is locked.
Titanium backup works and has installed its own busybox 1.16 even though the busybox app says there is no busybox installed and that it can't install one.
Where can I find unrevoked 3.21 I can only find 3.32 ?
I will make a goldcard now and try again.
Thank you.
maniacal26 said:
I have downloaded root check and it confirms I am rooted.
Busybox will not install using that app it says my nand is locked.
Titanium backup works and has installed its own busybox 1.16 even though the busybox app says there is no busybox installed and that it can't install one.
Where can I find unrevoked 3.21 I can only find 3.32 ?
I will make a goldcard now and try again.
Thank you.
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Is phone really new ??
Then may be your phone is PVT4 ...
Try using Amon RA Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621
Also search unrevoked on xda, its very easy to use, and if your phone is pvt4, you'll also have to use AlphaRev for S-OFF ....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794314
Hope it helps
I bought the phone brand new from Telstra in Australia and never did any of their updates it is stock.
I have tried the unrevoked method that is what has given me superuser permissions it just won't flash a recovery. I have been told to use 3.21 version but I can only find 3.32 so I can't go any further with that st this point. I made unrevoked flash the anon-ra recovery but it just keeps saying is fails to flash is it firmware too new. It can't be too knew as its what the phone shipped with when I bought it in June last year.
Thank you for it suggestions. I do not have pvt4 the bootloader does not say that.
Thank-you again. I will try what u suggested and report back.
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I bought the phone brand new from Telstra in Australia and never did any of their updates it is stock.
I have tried the unrevoked method that is what has given me superuser permissions it just won't flash a recovery. I have been told to use 3.21 version but I can only find 3.32 so I can't go any further with that st this point. I made unrevoked flash the anon-ra recovery but it just keeps saying is fails to flash is it firmware too new. It can't be too knew as its what the phone shipped with when I bought it in June last year.
Thank you for it suggestions. I do not have pvt4 the bootloader does not say that.
Thank-you again. I will try what u suggested and report back.
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Use the RUU to go back to stock and try again
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Use the RUU to go back to stock and try again
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i downloaded the telstra one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667 the one i chose is http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Bra...4_R4_Radio_32.30.00.28U_4.05.00.11_123851.exe
when i attempted to run it said i had the my usb cable is not connected first then upon rerunning it, it said that my ruu image is the incorrect one. my phone is a telstra branded phone i bought on a contract from telstra itself. it has to be the right one.... ????
thank you for ur suggestion. do you have any other advice?
hi maniacal26,
about the new... quite annoying since my phone bought from jan2011 is pvt4
i use unrevoked 3.21 you can donwload it by clik the name from my dropbox
the following link is amon_ra v2.0.1
from now, i use unrevoked to root and instal a recovery (wich would be cmd 2.5.3 (you can select file and choose another recovery like amon ra)
as my desire is unbranded I've never used a goldcard. so I could say more that is saying in the xda's tutorial.
from my own, i used unrevoked to root and instal a recovery - made a nand backup follow up by the alpharev 1.8 s-off.
once done i used fasboot methode to flash the recovery
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery c:\adb\amon_rav2.0.1
i bcp up all sd card on computer followd by partionning sd card with fat32 + ext3
from there i choose a custom rom (from my own - leedroid - which is the more stable and complete) that's all
since every thing work fine
(i advice to run alpharev on usb bootloader)
hope this would help
I'll put a shot in the dark here.
Download the CM7 for the phone.
If you're running ROM manager, Flash to the newest clockwork recovery first.
Boot into loader,
Wipe all data and cache memories, including Devalc
Then flash
Thank-you to everyone who tried to help me. I gave up for while and tried again. I installed amon-ra I just could not get clockworkmod to install to the phone kept saying I had too new firmware. When I tried to restore back using the original firmware off the HTC website it also said my firmware was too new and that I had to use one of the newer roms they had to offer.
I used unrevoked but chose amon-ra as alternative recovery. Worked instantly. Everything has gone smoothly since then. I am running cm7 with recommended radio. I just need to s-off to get more internal memory available.
If anyone has problems like this just amon-ra, it even worked using win 7 64-bit whereas the other way it wouldn't even work using ubunto.
As a side note I have noticed a massive slow down (compared to the fresh cm7 install speed) on the phone once there is too many apps installed. It seems to be more about number rather than size. Regardless of how many, if any at all, apps have been moved to the SD card. I found there was a Tom that said it fixed this but I'm just gonna stick with cm7 anyway. Ill just run less apps and for an update.
Also been running phone on 1113Mhz now and its not a problem in my use with overheating in case anyone was a little afraid to test out.
Thanks to everyone again and I hope this post can assist someone else who is ready to break the phone.
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So, here we go,
I am totally new to all this stuff, I got my Desire a few days ago. Actually before I was using an Iphone...So, a friend of mine told me I had to root my Device and sent me this noob proof guide from your forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
I started to do it step by step, but I did not read that little thing with the erase size data 40000. I rooted my Device with the unrevoked clockworkmod and did the errormessage "can't find misc".
I looked carefully in the thread and found the answer that I need to do the same thing with the Amon-RA recovery instead of clockwork and I did that. After a time
Unrevoked says "rooting..." and then "Is your firmware to new?"
What to do now? thanks for help
z0mtec
just tried around with different unrevoked and amon-ra versions, finally it worked with unrevoked 3.21 und amon-ra v2.0.0
Out of interest, could you check in hboot if you are s-off now.
z0mtec said:
just tried around with different unrevoked and amon-ra versions, finally it worked with unrevoked 3.21 und amon-ra v2.0.0
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It is still on "S-ON" why you asking?
hi, i meet same probleme at beginning.
i resolve that by using unrevoked v3.21
will install cwm 2.1.5.3, you would be able to flash your recovery with ra v2.0.1 once s-off alpharev.
use fastboot to do so
hope this help
edit you can used custom recovery in the menu file unrevoked to select amon_ra recovery 2.0.1
I've successfuly applied cwm 3.0.2.4 recovery with the latest unrevoked, though i was forced to apply 2.2 rom before patching))
sorry, i have no expireince with amon-ra.
No matter mate. It s Ur phone... Was to carry some help. If you sorted out that s the matter. Have fun
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Real Simple Solution for Rooting Desire on PVT4
z0mtec said:
just tried around with different unrevoked and amon-ra versions, finally it worked with unrevoked 3.21 und amon-ra v2.0.0
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Danke! This solution really works even without S-OFF. We were looking hard at so many other solutions but this by far is the easiest and effective.
Actually no because unrevoked only works a 2nd time, sometimes.
The best way is to s-off and fastboot flash recovery.
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I'm currently S-ON with hboot 2.10.0001.
When I try to use Revolutionary to get s-off it tells me that I don't have the right Hboot version.
So I checked the wiki for the tool and it says I need 2.16.0001 or 2.15.0001.
I tried flashing 2.16.0001 in recovery and it appears to work but at the top of my bootloader it still says 2.10.0001?
I'm not sure what the issue is.
P.S. ive been running miui for a while and do have some root just not unlocked nand i guess.
topdnbass said:
I'm currently S-ON with hboot 2.10.0001.
When I try to use Revolutionary to get s-off it tells me that I don't have the right Hboot version.
So I checked the wiki for the tool and it says I need 2.16.0001 or 2.15.0001.
I tried flashing 2.16.0001 in recovery and it appears to work but at the top of my bootloader it still says 2.10.0001?
I'm not sure what the issue is.
P.S. ive been running miui for a while and do have some root just not unlocked nand i guess.
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have you tried unrevoked also you cant flash roms without being nand unlocked (s-off)
UPDATE: Never mind. Unrevoked forever got me S-OFF
I can certainly flash roms and access recovery. No problems there.
I definitely have root (titanium backup works and I can issue superuser commands in terminal)
Is it possible that the bootloader is wrong?
BTW I cant flash different recoveries, it goes through but when I check I still have the same recovery (Amon RA).
I used a very old method of rooting (prior to GB). Everything has been cool but I did revert to stock everything briefly about 7 months ago.
When I took my phone in cause of a burnt out battery.
Can I use unrevoked even though I'm already rooted?
Don't want to mess anything up since everything is working except small things like adaway (requires s-off and won't work unless i use ADB from recovery).
topdnbass said:
I can certainly flash roms and access recovery. No problems there.
I definitely have root (titanium backup works and I can issue superuser commands in terminal)
Is it possible that the bootloader is wrong?
BTW I cant flash different recoveries, it goes through but when I check I still have the same recovery (Amon RA).
I used a very old method of rooting (prior to GB). Everything has been cool but I did revert to stock everything briefly about 7 months ago.
When I took my phone in cause of a burnt out battery.
Can I use unrevoked even though I'm already rooted?
Don't want to mess anything up since everything is working except small things like adaway (requires s-off and won't work unless i use ADB from recovery).
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I myself can't help with the unrevoked ?s because I never rooted a phone with unrevoked
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Lmao revolutionary on 2.2
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Why not update to 2.3.3 OTA and then use unrevoked takes 3 minutes to root
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hi friends..
while trying to rooting my htc desire through unrevoked3...
i am getting an error
"error: failed to get root. is your firmware too new?"
like this..
can anybody plz help me
why this thing is happening??
i am using official android 2.3 version on my desire
any suggestion plz
When you start your phone with Vol- & Power, whats is displayed on the white screen? Somewhere something like PVT4 maybe? If so, you can't install the "standard" recovery which comes with unrevoked3.
So what you got to do is:
1. Downloaf AmonRa v2.0.1 (from here for example: http://www.brutzelstube.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.1.img
2. In unrevoked choose the menu File/Custom Recovery and after that choose the img file
3. connect your phone via USB
Worked for me as well a few months ago.
I had the same problem with unrevoked. I used revolutionary, and it worked great.
visit revolutionary(dot)io
I used this in conjunction with a factory reset, which wiped me back to 2.1.
Use revelolutionary. Its a tool for instant s-off, root and custom recovery.
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Had same problem with Unrevoked, resolved it by downgrading my system using some older RUU update. But in that time I didn't know Revolutionary - using Revolutionary is definetly much easier than downgrading whole system.
JamesXY said:
Had same problem with Unrevoked, resolved it by downgrading my system using some older RUU update. But in that time I didn't know Revolutionary - using Revolutionary is definetly much easier than downgrading whole system.
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Unrevoked works for 2.2 but not for 2.3. Furthermore, it does not give s-off and flash custom recovery (CWM).
maikD. said:
When you start your phone with Vol- & Power, whats is displayed on the white screen? Somewhere something like PVT4 maybe? If so, you can't install the "standard" recovery which comes with unrevoked3.
So what you got to do is:
1. Downloaf AmonRa v2.0.1 (from here for example: http://www.brutzelstube.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/recovery-RA-desire-v2.0.1.img
2. In unrevoked choose the menu File/Custom Recovery and after that choose the img file
3. connect your phone via USB
Worked for me as well a few months ago.
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This a solution for the MISC-Errors when starting Clockworkmod Recovery (CWM). If one can start CWM, it means the root process with unrevoked started and finished successfully. But here the root process can't even be started, so your solution won't work.
@ashuonweb:
As PreScoper mentionend, use Revolutionary to get S-OFF and root access for your phone. But read documentary page very carefully before you do anything!
@ all...
thanx to all..
my problem solved by using revolutionary...
again millions of thanks to all above..
all are genius
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Hi all I've rooted my wildfire last year using unrevoked and all went ok... now I've used unrevoked another time to flash an updated clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 instead of my actual 2.5.0.1 almost because I can't charge my phone when it's off because of an old bug in cwm.
After running unrevoked the phone boots but I've lost superuser app and unrevoked itself fails with something like "cannot get root, firmware too new?" and if I run "su" from terminal emulator I got a "permission denied". The cwm is still version 2.5.0.1
Any idea?
I've just installed superuser app from the market and now I've restore the su command functionality...
What happened? and why unrevoked doesn't upgrade recovery image with the one I've specified?
mrfree2ita said:
I've just installed superuser app from the market and now I've restore the su command functionality...
What happened? and why unrevoked doesn't upgrade recovery image with the one I've specified?
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I never would have the idea to re-run unrevoked for flashing a different recovery. Although it's also suggested in The Complete Wildfire Index thread I always would choose one of the three other methods (always done it by the PC49IMG.zip method).
Flashing a recovery isn't just a minor tweak if I'm correct. So I'm not surprised that you lost superuser temporarily. I personally would get a bit nervous to do this by revolutionary - but that's perhaps I'm already an old wise guy
Because I've used unrevoked (when I've rooted my wildfire it was the only way) I'm actually S-ON so the other 3 methods shouldn't work in my case.
mrfree2ita said:
Because I've used unrevoked (when I've rooted my wildfire it was the only way) I'm actually S-ON so the other 3 methods shouldn't work in my case.
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oh well, I've been mistaken, then - yes that's the only method if you're s-on.