Is it safe to root my Desire HD? (Will i loose all my games, apps contacts etc?)
Also, If i were to use this Where would i start. On a mac.
I have no knowledge of how to root, or even what a root is, i have looked around but i have googled, quite a bit , still no luck.
1. Whats clockworkmod. Is it a program, etc?
2. What exactly does root do, is it like Jailbreak in iOS?
3. Hm, is there a noob proof guide?, Like with everything explained, even like, how to double click?!
4. I think you get the idea, Im a designer not a hacker
Any help is warmly greeted.
(except lmgtfy.com )
My MSN: [email protected]
thetmyster said:
Is it safe to root my Desire HD? (Will i loose all my games, apps contacts etc?)
Also, If i were to use this Where would i start. On a mac.
I have no knowledge of how to root, or even what a root is, i have looked around but i have googled, quite a bit , still no luck.
1. Whats clockworkmod. Is it a program, etc?
2. What exactly does root do, is it like Jailbreak in iOS?
3. Hm, is there a noob proof guide?, Like with everything explained, even like, how to double click?!
4. I think you get the idea, Im a designer not a hacker
Any help is warmly greeted.
(except lmgtfy.com )
My MSN: [email protected]
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1. ClockWorkMod (or CWM) is a custom recovery, that allows you to flash unsigned (custom) ROMs.
2. Root gives you r/w access to your system files and superuser access to your phone to modify system settings. It's not exactly like a jailbreak because Android (unlike iOS) gives you the freedom to install non-market apps without root.
3. jkoljo's one-click s-off thread gives you easy and understandable guide and tools, but it's for Windows. I don't know if there is a tool similar to that for a mac. Actualy the only thing for which you need a computer, is the S-OFF. It's not required for root, but is for installing CWM.
There is one important thing which you need to know before proceeding. That's the version of your software. If it's 1.32 then you can root your phone straight away, but for 1.72 you have to downgrade first. There is a sticky in the dev section of the forum for that (never used it myself).
EDIT: Rooting does not remove any games, contacts, etc.
Soo, I'm on 1.72.405.3
Also, could this block visionary from appearing in the market?
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Download visionary r14
Paste visionary file to SD card. From Market download any file manager and install it.
Im trying this now, I hope i dont have to downgrade for a temp root right?
Hm, Visionary + seems to work,
But terminal emulator keeps giving a "Permission Denied"
And VNC Server Crashes (Shows black screen for ~5min and then says force close)
When U have permroot download this: One click Radio S-OFF
when U have Radio S-OFF then download from Market Rom Manager free and press Flash ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3. Download Gingerbread rom - paste on SD card. Reboot to CWM recovery. Make backup curent ROM. Find on forum file "FULL WIPE 1.2" flash it. At the end flash the Gingerbread ROM
YAY Understandable guide!
Hm, when i had temproot my phone speed dropped to about 10% of what it usually is, it was really laggy. Is this normal on a temproot?
Hmm, Didnt work. No root options avaliable, gave me a black screen.
heres what i did.
http://cl.ly/2h3x1c173C1z1l2X3D0k
seba84_2005 said:
When U have permroot download this: One click Radio S-OFF
when U have Radio S-OFF then download from Market Rom Manager free and press Flash ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3. Download Gingerbread rom - paste on SD card. Reboot to CWM recovery. Make backup curent ROM. Find on forum file "FULL WIPE 1.2" flash it. At the end flash the Gingerbread ROM
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Where can I see if I'm Radio S-off?
When I press power button and down button, I can see "SHIP S-On"
Is this different?
Can I still follow the guide in your link?
nm8 yes you have S-ON so you can't install any modifited files (Recovery, ROM, Radio etc)
Follow the instructions: One click Radio S-OFF
thetmyster said:
YAY Understandable guide!
Hm, when i had temproot my phone speed dropped to about 10% of what it usually is, it was really laggy. Is this normal on a temproot?
Hmm, Didnt work. No root options avaliable, gave me a black screen.
heres what i did.
http://cl.ly/2h3x1c173C1z1l2X3D0k
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You must wait until the visionary finish temproot if you have still a black screen, wait long moment.
I left it for 2 days now........ :S
thetmyster said:
I left it for 2 days now........ :S
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Hi, If your on 1.72 then ou need to follow this guide to downgrade, be carefull though, follow step by step. Worked for me....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
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As the thread title, is it currently possible to root / install a custom rom on a HD running the official OTA Gingerbread release?
I have a vodafone branded HTC Desire HD (not locked to any network though) - and have recently upgrade to Gingerbread via the OTA update.
If it is possible, a link to the procedure / downloads would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance...
No, You need to downgrade first, search forum.
Yea ofcourse you can ... GingerBreak is what its called...
Here you go: LINK
Read the WHOLE POST, and make sure you have the required specifications needed to use gingerbreak.
:::I personally havent used this, but in the link i gave you, some people said that v1.2 worked with the desire hd. You can go and read some user comments (or alternatively use the "search" to search for posts with desire hd in it, and see their feedback)
Yes . But if your build version is 1.84 you'll have to downgrade before you can root / install a recovery .
Here's an easy guide for downgrading ( Even I followed it.)
[GUIDE] How to downgrade 1.7x/1.8x/2.x to 1.32.405.6 by jkoljo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
I did it! I was up till 4.45am last night (this morning) rooting my phone and installing custom rom (its bloody addictive aint it)
The only snag I hit, was the first step to create a gold card (I have a branded Desire HD)... I used this procedure...
http://theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/
When it came to running the following command
adb shell
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
it failed! It wasn't until I did considerable research, that someone suggested changing to mmc4... which worked.
Everything else... vision, radio etc worked perfectly.. now the proud owner of a HTC Desire HD running Android Revolution HD
You have to downgrade first
Woooot!
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dont understand your last post.
yener90 said:
dont understand your last post.
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I thought it was quite obvious my esteemed xda member... you can't take screenshots on your phone unless it is rooted - the screenshot I posted was just a celebratory visual confirmation, that I am now rooted and running a custom rom - all thanks to this superb community
lol really forgot XD
congratulations you made it.
lol..Have fun with ur rooted phone!!
It gets extremely addictive after a while
CodeNameUnknown1 said:
lol..Have fun with ur rooted phone!!
It gets extremely addictive after a while
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To be completely honest, when I first got my HD, I vowed not to root it, due to the hassle of the initial procedure, not to mention loosing the convenience of OTA updates and the potential of voiding warranty. It wasn't until I stumbled across this community by accident, did I see the sheer diversity of options / roms / hacks etc, that it became too enticing not to root
gcarter said:
To be completely honest, when I first got my HD, I vowed not to root it, due to the hassle of the initial procedure, not to mention loosing the convenience of OTA updates and the potential of voiding warranty. It wasn't until I stumbled across this community by accident, did I see the sheer diversity of options / roms / hacks etc, that it became too enticing not to root
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Hahaha, yea , same here.
gcarter said:
To be completely honest, when I first got my HD, I vowed not to root it, due to the hassle of the initial procedure, not to mention loosing the convenience of OTA updates and the potential of voiding warranty. It wasn't until I stumbled across this community by accident, did I see the sheer diversity of options / roms / hacks etc, that it became too enticing not to root
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+1 for that.
I rooted my DHD just 2 days back, and i got to say, anyone using unrooted device is missing a whole bunch of cool things.
Can you sum what you do for root your device please?
And for the screen, you can use the SDK (ddms.bat) if your phone is not root
Hi I'd be very interested how toy did it on gingerbread as well. I get kinda temproot and a problem worth the sd card only? Most people think that it does not work with gingerbreak on dhd?
Rooting*the HTC Desire HD (GingerBread 2.3.3)
Hi gcarter,
I'm trying to root my HTC Desire HD after upgrading it to GingerBread.
Here is my system information.
Android*version: 2.3.3
HTC Sense version: 2.1
Baseband version: 12.54.60.2SU_26.09.04.11_M2
Kernel*version: 2.6.35.10-gg0956377 [email protected]#1
Compile date: Tue Mar 29 06:10:15 CST 2001
Firmware*version: 2.36.163.13
Navigator version: WebKit/533.1
I'm able to get temporary root using GingerBreak. But I did not manage to go further. In order to help the rest of the world to get out of the @Secuflag HTC jail, I'm wrting all the steps in sites.google.com/site/arabic4android/root-htc-desire-hd[/url] and would like to come with a completely safe solution for me and the others.
If you can help me describing exactly the original ROM you were using and the commands you used, the links you visited, as much as you can, I'll be very grateful.
Thanks,
Hello guys.
I've been reading through this forum for the last week, trying to downgrade my DHD but I think I'm doing something wrong, I'm getting really pissed off right now.
I recently updated via OTA:
Baseband: 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M2
Build Number: 2.36.405.8 CL47853
I jusr can't downgrade, or root without downgrading.
Do I even have to downgrade? Since my FW is pre 2.37?
Even so, when I try to downgrade, i do the adb thingy in the cmd, everything goes well, I get the # thing at the end when I type su and so on.
But, when I turn off the phone and reboot it into a bootloader, nothing happens, no update process, it just sits there in bootloader.
Why is that?
I've made a goldcard using GoldCardTool (i used MMC0 instead of MMC1, there was no MMC2 option, just 1 and 0).
-I enabled debuging
-switched to charge only
-my phone is fully charged
-I even made a factory reset prior doing all of this
I've also tryed rooting without downgrading.
Gingerbreak puts superuser on the phone, i think I get temproot (when I type SU in terminal emulator, # appeares), but as soon as i restart the phone, superuser is removed.
Visionary+ goes to black screen, and I don't understand why since my FW is prior 2.37 (I know you can't root those yet, or downgrade).
And even if my FW is too "new", why can't i downgrade? It just won't start the update process when I reboot to bootloader.
Everything else I do in cmd with adb goes well.
Recently I had HTC Hero, and I think it took me about half an hour to root it, simple and easy (it was my first HTC), so I really want to root my DHD, but it is turning into a nightmare.
Please, what am I doing wrong?
Thank You.
EDIT: I've tryed with AMT now also, it says my FW is not compatible, that I have to run gingerbreak first, then click downgrade in AMT.
Since GB cant temproot my phone, I did it with adb, got SU, clicked Downgrade in AMT, and it reports that I have permroot Permissions, that my device's number has been set to 1.00.405.1 and that I can proceed with downgrade as normal.
So I've tryed going into cmd adb again, did the whole proces again, rebooted into bootloader and nothing! I'm going crazy now.
Atrax2010 said:
I jusr can't downgrade, or root without downgrading.
Do I even have to downgrade? Since my FW is pre 2.37?
Even so, when I try to downgrade, i do the adb thingy in the cmd, everything goes well, I get the # thing at the end when I type su and so on.
But, when I turn off the phone and reboot it into a bootloader, nothing happens, no update process, it just sits there in bootloader.
Why is that?
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This means that you are granted root access
Atrax2010 said:
I've also tryed rooting without downgrading.
Gingerbreak puts superuser on the phone, i think I get temproot (when I type SU in terminal emulator, # appeares), but as soon as i restart the phone, superuser is removed.
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this means you just facing S-ON issue. Please read my analysis on https : // sites.google.com/site/arabic4android/root-htc-desire-hd
i accidently accepted the most recent ota 4.22.651.2 update from for my evo and now im not able to root can someone please tell me what to do to be able to root my phone again i cant imagine having my evo withou it being rooted....is there a way i can go back to the previous software...and answers in this matter will do thanks in advance
How had you rooted? Unrevoked forever?
Swyped from my Raided Evo
Are you s-off? If so, just copy a recovery to the root of your sdcard and flash it from the bootloader
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
if you are s-off, easy.
Accidentally......lol
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My favorite is when people ask for help, but never check back to their threads
Swyped from my Raided Evo
+1
lol.....
Maybe he saw the thread where I just tore another guy a new a-hole for his idiocy....
Vinchenzop said:
My favorite is when people ask for help, but never check back to their threads
Swyped from my Raided Evo
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i hate when they do come back, but ask the same question right after you gave them a perfectly good answer.
everything is worse in paragraphs as well.
Please help me.
1. I was S-off.
2. Then I went flashed a recovery PC316img and went to stock. Then I downloaded the 4.22 GB update.
3. Now with the update we are locked out of the bootloader and you cant hit the volume down button and power button and pull up the boot loader. I even tried to to do the one click unrevoked and it wont let you go into bootloader sequence.
Am I screwed or is there a way to reflash to a previous version the 3.70 update? If so I will do it.
Here's my bounty. I will paypal 50 bucks to anyone who can help me flash to a previous version before Gingerbread so I can be unrevoked.
Thanks,
Mark
PS I was messing around with my phone and I was able to get it to go into some kind of Safe Mode that showed up on the screen and I even took pics of it. But I dont think that will help me...
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As I was saying above. What is safe mode? (I dont really care, I just want my unrevoked back.)
mark1107 said:
Please help me.
1. I was S-off.
2. Then I went flashed a recovery PC316img and went to stock. Then I downloaded the 4.22 GB update.
3. Now with the update we are locked out of the bootloader and you cant hit the volume down button and power button and pull up the boot loader. I even tried to to do the one click unrevoked and it wont let you go into bootloader sequence.
Am I screwed or is there a way to reflash to a previous version the 3.70 update? If so I will do it.
Here's my bounty. I will paypal 50 bucks to anyone who can help me flash to a previous version before Gingerbread so I can be unrevoked.
Thanks,
Mark
PS I was messing around with my phone and I was able to get it to go into some kind of Safe Mode that showed up on the screen and I even took pics of it. But I dont think that will help me...
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Just flash the same PC36IMG you had to begin with. Put it on sd card, pull battery and then hold vol down + power.
turn off the fastboot option. it's somewhear in there so once you find it uncheck, and your boots will be normal speed (no longer superfast) but you can get into bootloader.
Go to settings, applications, and uncheck fastboot. Flash my linked file (amin_ra 2.3) from bootloader. Reboot into recovery and wipe and flash as you usually would.
http://db.tt/vqV9Yq7
Swyped from my Raided Evo
I have same problem in evo when you find solution then you send me pm message.
jamhassan said:
I have same problem in evo when you find solution then you send me pm message.
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What problem? We may be able to help if you tell us what the issue is
Swyped from my Raided Evo
Thanks guys. It worked. I unchecked fast boot, and was able to get to the boot loader screen and then flashed PC316img and it took me back three updates and then I simply updated to 3.70 and used Unrevoked and wireless tehther. I'll try to find a way to work out loading the new update and then adding unrevoked again and wireless tether...I just want to keep wireless tether I dont care about Gingerbread right now. Hopefully someone will come up with a way to load a form of GB without having to lose wireless tether and unrevoked....?
i rooted with unrevoked 3 im not sure if it the same as unrevoked forever though
vandon1 said:
are you s-off? If so, just copy a recovery to the root of your sdcard and flash it from the bootloader
sent from my pc36100 using xda app
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where do i find the recovery to copy to my sd card im not familiar with this at all
vinchenzop said:
how had you rooted? Unrevoked forever?
Swyped from my raided evo
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i rooted with unrevoked 3 im not sure of that is the same as unrevoked forever
Heya. I've been browsing the forums back and forth and I wasn't able to find the specific answer I wanted for my question. Here goes:
First of all: Great program!
I have a HTC Desire running 2.2.2. I’ve been running Unrevoked 3.32.
I get the following error message ““Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?”
So, my question is. Do I have to downgrade my firmware? Or will there be a new version of Unrevoked that supports 2.2.2 any time soonish?
Or Might I in fact be doing something wrong?
I know about revolutionary.io but that doesn't seem to give me root access, which was what I really wanted.
I heard about this amazing program, for the first time, to days ago. Ever since I’ve been really curious and impatient about getting root access.
So, in your experiences eyes, what should I do?
Sincerely
Naggert
If you got revolutionary to work but didn't have root, then why not just download superuser app on the market?
I never tried installing revolutionary since the forum said I wouldn't give me root access. Thought it might cause more problems if I had to remove it again and all...
But you're saying it's possible to use revolutionary and then download "superuser" app from Android market? I mean, that would totally solve my problem :O
EDIT:
Been looking on Android market. It seems like superuser requires root access.. So that won't work, if revolutionary doesn't grant root access, right?
Revolutionary will give you s-off. You can practically do anything afterwards. Just read up before you go do the actual process.
Ah.. Yeah currently I have s-on...
Hm. I will most likely try and install revolutionary once I get back home from work. However I don't think it will work with the root access and all...
Superuser is the first app a user should install after rooting, if the rooting method didn't do it already. "Rooting" a phone allows a user to establish total control over the device, but Superuser is the app that provides the button for that control. With Superuser installed, any app that needs root privileges to run will have to ask permission, and an informative pop-up will display with the option to give it those privileges. This app is an absolute must for any of the other apps on the list to even run.
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naggert said:
EDIT:
Been looking on Android market. It seems like superuser requires root access.. So that won't work, if revolutionary doesn't grant root access, right?
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Read this. http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
Specifically read question #4 on the Common Problems & Questions section.
Hm.. See that makes my heart beat a little faster! Thank you so far... Think I'll spend the last half hour at work, playing with this little tool.
Thanks for your guidance so far! I will report back once my telephone is totally broken
Sure no problem. I've used unrevoked and never had the chance revolutionary so hopefully everything would run smoothly. As i've said earlier read up
Depending on how much tweaking you'll do with your phone, you'll eventually would want to s-off your phone anyway. Good luck.
I made it work!!!
Getting the revolutionary beta key was really hard! :O All those I / l and = 0 / O 's...
I tossed it [NIGHTLY][ROM][GWK74] CyanogenMod 7 for vendor Bravo (HTC Desire GSM)
So far it's running smoothly. Phone contacts have been loaded and I'm currently copying all my old music and photos back over on the phone!
Only thing tho... No android marked... Guess I have to do a little reading on this.
Cyanogenmod doesn't include the market app but you can flash it or manually copy the apk to the /system/app folder since you are s-off. Just dont forget to change the permissions.
Flash google apps
stankyou said:
Just dont forget to change the permissions.
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Yeah I see this quite a lot... Still not sure how to... I think I've installed Android Marked but I get an error.
I get this far:
Says I'm supposed to add an account to the unit. If I press "yes" it just closes back to the previous screen.
EDIT:
Btw I made dir called: system/app/vending.apk
I think it's installed correctly
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Revolutionary fixed it for me too!
Running android 2.2.2 on HTC Desire, did eveything unrevoked told me, and then found this thread, revolutionary finally gave me S-OFF
Thanks!
Okay guys, I have a question, too!
So, I bought a used Desire (though the only sigh that it was used are a couple of schratches on the covers) and I just thought a good thing would be to root it...
So, revolutionary did its thing just about 5 mins. ago... Hooray, I have S-OFF!
But how the heck do I get it rooted with the stock ROM? I don't want to lose any data on it (although the only valuable data is the Temple Run savegame)...
I only need root to repartition my SDcard so apps could be installed there...
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/439627-guide-revolutionary-s-off-rooting.html
go there and ur s-off so skip half of it. u need to flash superuser.zip to gain root. ul find the superuser.zip file there, cant upload it coz im on my phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire
..I have an S-Off T-Mobile G2 shipped from US ( I'm from India) and I need to get it rooted. I've been through many tuts on the internet but they are too complicated. The primary issue is I don't know where to start from as it is an S-OFF phone ie; it works on any sim. It would be very very helpful if anyone can help me by a step by step procedure to root this S.off phone.
On a G2 s-off means security off by hboot I don't think s-off means its unlocked to any career ....and if u have s-off go on theunlocker.com and look for perminant rooting the G2 using visionary and since u say u have s-off than all u have to do is use visionary to root..one click....be careful as visionary have chances of brick if u don't know what ur doing
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
I recommend the following TUTORIALtutorial from cyanogen wiki
I rooted mine with this method and everything went smooth. i heard visionary is not recommended so my advice would be avoid visionary. take a look at that tutorial and see.
Barry:// said:
On a G2 s-off means security off by hboot I don't think s-off means its unlocked to any career ....and if u have s-off go on theunlocker.com and look for perminant rooting the G2 using visionary and since u say u have s-off than all u have to do is use visionary to root..one click....be careful as visionary have chances of brick if u don't know what ur doing
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
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* But i have upgraded to gingerbread & the VisioNARY app from modaco gives me this warning: " This application is no longer being updated and is only recommended for use on Froyo builds."
* i dont know what s-off exactly means ...but my phones unlocked and im using an indian carrier.
Go to this guide.
Run the 'Gaining Temp Root' and 'Temp-Rooting to Backup' sections only.
Enjoy root.
-Nipqer
eternalchrist99 said:
* But i have upgraded to gingerbread & the VisioNARY app from modaco gives me this warning: " This application is no longer being updated and is only recommended for use on Froyo builds."
* i dont know what s-off exactly means ...but my phones unlocked and im using an indian carrier.
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First, you can't/don't want to use Visionary. This is not effective to achieve root if you're running Gingerbread, and it can potentionally brick your phone.
Since you are S-OFF (Security Off) you should be able to follow this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Since you already have S-OFF you should be able to just do the "Gaining temp root" and obtain permanent root. The root should stay because you are S-OFF. But I do wonder if you are really S-OFF because you said your phone "works with any carrier," but that does not mean you have S-OFF. That simply means you're SIM unlocked. When you boot into the bootloader (by pressing Power and Volume down) what does your phone say? The first line should say something like: VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
Ditamae said:
First, you can't/don't want to use Visionary. This is not effective to achieve root if you're running Gingerbread, and it can potentionally brick your phone.
Since you are S-OFF (Security Off) you should be able to follow this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Since you already have S-OFF you should be able to just do the "Gaining temp root" and obtain permanent root. The root should stay because you are S-OFF. But I do wonder if you are really S-OFF because you said your phone "works with any carrier," but that does not mean you have S-OFF. That simply means you're SIM unlocked. When you boot into the bootloader (by pressing Power and Volume down) what does your phone say? The first line should say something like: VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
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yes it does say "S-OFF" ...!!
eternalchrist99 said:
yes it does say "S-OFF" ...!!
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Okay, then you have more than enough info to proceed.
Ditamae said:
Okay, then you have more than enough info to proceed.
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alright...so you mean i just need to do the "Gaining Temp Root" procedure?!
thanks!
eternalchrist99 said:
alright...so you mean i just need to do the "Gaining Temp Root" procedure?!
thanks!
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Do "Gaining Temp Root" and "Temp-rooting to Backup" and you should be rooted.
Ditamae said:
Do "Gaining Temp Root" and "Temp-rooting to Backup" and you should be rooted.
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okay ...i'll get back soon ...after trying that ... thankss for the response!!
eternalchrist99 said:
okay ...i'll get back soon ...after trying that ... thankss for the response!!
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Okay I'm sorry if I'm sounding noobish but this is what happened.
* the 'Gaining temp root' section went all well and the device got exploited hence I exited adb shell.
* While doing 'Temp rooting for backup all the commands went well except the 'superuser' installation....it gave me the error 'INSTALL FAILED ALREADY EXIST'. Then i remembered that superuser was actually ther in my phone from the day I bought it but the app isn't responding.(still). So i skipped the step. But when I tried open titanium backup as the guide said... it wasn't able to get root access & asked to check whether my Rom is rooted.
[Q] Do I need to follow the further steps & downgrade from gingerbread to Froyo ??
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This is the present condition of the boot loader.
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It might be an old version of SuperUser, see if you can update it in the market.
If the fixsu.sh script finished properly, the SuperUser app should be the only thing holding you back from having root.
-Nipqer
Nipqer said:
It might be an old version of SuperUser, see if you can update it in the market.
If the fixsu.sh script finished properly, the SuperUser app should be the only thing holding you back from having root.
-Nipqer
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On market it was showing superUser installed hence I tried the SuperUser update fixer. When I open the app & try fixing it shows:
Checking Signatures.....fail
Extracting tiny busy box.......OK
Extracting SuperUser.apk.......OK
Gaining root access........... fail!
"Try downloading and flashing an update.zip from androidsu.com"
uninstall the current SuperUser app you have. then use the one included in the zip.
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uninstall the current SuperUser app you have. then use the one included in the zip.
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But I guess its a system application & it doesn't have a uninstall option!! How do i do that???
It shouldn't be a system app. See if you can uninstall it via market, or just in app settings.
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It shouldn't be a system app. See if you can uninstall it via market, or just in app settings.
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No uninstall option!!
We could find the app and manually remove it.
Get temp-root, in adb shell:
Code:
cd /system/app
ls | grep user
That should ouput a name (Superuser.apk on mine, could be something like com.chainsdd.superuser.apk)
then use:
Code:
rm -rf <name of app>
and it'll be gone.
-Nipqer
My charging port is shot on my evo 4g. So i originally upgraded to the evo 4g LTE but i was having lots of issues with wi-fi and 3g, so i returned it.
Took my Original evo into the sprint repair facility and they took a look at it and said they would have to send it back to HTC but they cant do it because it has a custom rom on it.
So i want to unroot it but i was having issues flashing the IMG36.ZIP
here is my phone set up
s-off
Hboot- 0.97.0000
radio 2.15.00.05.02
As you can see I have a very early HBoot so im not sure which way to do it lol.
massiveian said:
My charging port is shot on my evo 4g. So i originally upgraded to the evo 4g LTE but i was having lots of issues with wi-fi and 3g, so i returned it.
Took my Original evo into the sprint repair facility and they took a look at it and said they would have to send it back to HTC but they cant do it because it has a custom rom on it.
So i want to unroot it but i was having issues flashing the IMG36.ZIP
here is my phone set up
s-off
Hboot- 0.97.0000
radio 2.15.00.05.02
As you can see I have a very early HBoot so im not sure which way to do it lol.
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So not sure if it was a typo in your post, but the ruu zip to flash should be PC36IMG.zip for the name...if the file is what you wrote, it wont work in bootloader
klharalson said:
So not sure if it was a typo in your post, but the ruu zip to flash should be PC36IMG.zip for the name...if the file is what you wrote, it wont work in bootloader
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Sorry it was a typo. I meant PC36IMG.zip it seems like everyone I have downloaded is corupt when I try to use it. I should be able to just mount my EVO to my laptop as a disk drive and drag the pc36img file over and put it in the root of the SD card right?
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Sorry it was a typo. I meant PC36IMG.zip it seems like everyone I have downloaded is corupt when I try to use it. I should be able to just mount my EVO to my laptop as a disk drive and drag the pc36img file over and put it in the root of the SD card right?
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So everyone you download from goo im stock supersonic ruu doesn't work?? If you can remember what way you rooted your phone with, there is a s-on zip that you flash...do you already have that?
klharalson said:
So everyone you download from goo im stock supersonic ruu doesn't work?? If you can remember what way you rooted your phone with, there is a s-on zip that you flash...do you already have that?
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Yes I installed the s-on so i am currently s-on now.
I believe i rooted with unrevoked but it was almost 2 years ago so i dont remember lol
massiveian said:
Yes I installed the s-on so i am currently s-on now.
I believe i rooted with unrevoked but it was almost 2 years ago so i dont remember lol
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I would try to run the ruu and see what happens now that you are s on
this is what i keep getting when i download pc36img.zip
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massiveian said:
this is what i keep getting when i download pc36img.zip
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from goo.im, click save as and save it to the sdcard that you will put back in your phone (left me know if this is what you are doing). I have never recieved that error, so trying to figure out what you are doing that could be causing this. Other thing I would recommend just in case is from the download page, scroll all the way down and download the bottom zip.
Edit: you aren't trying to open the zip after download are you?
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from goo.im, click save as and save it to the sdcard that you will put back in your phone (left me know if this is what you are doing). I have never recieved that error, so trying to figure out what you are doing that could be causing this. Other thing I would recommend just in case is from the download page, scroll all the way down and download the bottom zip.
Edit: you aren't trying to open the zip after download are you?
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its been so long since I have rooted/unrooted. I had it set to automatically open the file after downloading. I am trying to use RUU but i had to download the latest RUU I still had 1. something instead of 3.70
massiveian said:
its been so long since I have rooted/unrooted. I had it set to automatically open the file after downloading. I am trying to use RUU but i had to download the latest RUU I still had 1. something instead of 3.70
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Great news that you found that! disabling that will let you download the ruu and you should be golden.
Edit: if you are turning it in, it really doesn't matter, but the most current is 4.67 as I have not recieved the newest update and goo.im doesn't have it either.
klharalson said:
Great news that you found that! disabling that will let you download the ruu and you should be golden.
Edit: if you are turning it in, it really doesn't matter, but the most current is 4.67 as I have not recieved the newest update and goo.im doesn't have it either.
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I have what you need in my sig in the unrooting instructions.
And yeah, you shouldn't be unzipping the file .
The 4.54 or 4.67 versions should work fine.