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[Q] Help with failed HTC Desire root using unrevoked

Ola,
I tried to use the following instructions to root my desire, which is using android 2.1 and bootloader .83.
I used the easy method in a linux live cd. from the htcdesire site.
It hung on the screen that said "Checking for root files" and stayed there for about an hour. I never got the success message.
I had the recovery manager on the phone screen, so I selected reboot, and the phone came back fine.
I tried using unrevoked again and had the same issue.
So I am not entirely sure if I am rooted or not. I am assuming not, since I do not have a superuser app in my listing of phone applications.
Anyone have a solution to this issue?
Thanks!
MW

MisterWolfe said:
Ola,
I tried to use the following instructions to root my desire, which is using android 2.1 and bootloader .83.
I used the easy method in a linux live cd. from the htcdesire site.
It hung on the screen that said "Checking for root files" and stayed there for about an hour. I never got the success message.
I had the recovery manager on the phone screen, so I selected reboot, and the phone came back fine.
I tried using unrevoked again and had the same issue.
So I am not entirely sure if I am rooted or not. I am assuming not, since I do not have a superuser app in my listing of phone applications.
Anyone have a solution to this issue?
Thanks!
MW
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I think you missed root permissions. A 100% safe way:
Get an Ubuntu live cd (you can use any as long as sudo or su works there), extract unrevoked, then run the following commands in the terminal:
cd /path/to/unrevoked
chmod +x reflash
sudo ./reflash
If it asks you for a password, use "ubuntu" or "root". Unrevoked should start working.

This happened to me with my Desire as well. It turns out I was rooted.
Try turning your phone off, then hold the power and volume down buttons, then once you reach the boot screen, go ahead and select recovery. If you've successfully rooted your device, you should now be in whichever recovery mod you used unrEVOked to flash. For me, it was ClockWorkMod.
Go ahead and start following some custom ROM guides!

I do have the clockwork recovery mod on the phone, but when I tried to install titanium backup, it told me I do not have root permissions.
The tip with chmod'ing the flash file also did not work. I still get the same error.
Thanks

MisterWolfe said:
I do have the clockwork recovery mod on the phone, but when I tried to install titanium backup, it told me I do not have root permissions.
The tip with chmod'ing the flash file also did not work. I still get the same error.
Thanks
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If you have clockwork mod, then flash any rooted rom from here. I recommend Pinky Desire, Neophyte mod or LeeDroid. These are my favorites, though, you can choose any you like
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

K900 said:
If you have clockwork mod, then flash any rooted rom from here. I recommend Pinky Desire, Neophyte mod or LeeDroid. These are my favorites, though, you can choose any you like
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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I tried what you suggested, but the install failed due to not having root permissions, which hearkens back to unrevoked not working correctly.

MisterWolfe said:
I tried what you suggested, but the install failed due to not having root permissions, which hearkens back to unrevoked not working correctly.
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Then try running unrevoked under Linux, as I suggested in post #2
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

K900 said:
Then try running unrevoked under Linux, as I suggested in post #2
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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I ran it in linux the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth time I attempted to root the phone. Each time the process gets stuck on 'checking for root files', and hangs indefinitely.
Clockwork mod was installed, but the phone was not rooted.
Clockwork requires the phone to be rooted in order to flash roms.
I'll try unrevoked again tonight, but I am not expecting a different result.
Maybe this is a bug that will be dealt with in a future release.

This is very strange. If it has written ClockworkMod to your recovery partition, wether the ROM currently installed is rooted or not shouldnt have anything to say. You ARE trying to flash the zip from Clockwork Recovery by entering the bootloader when booting the phone, and not trough ROM Manager or similar? Sory for asking, but the thing some people does...
It would help to know what guide you have followed "the htcdesire site" isnæt really telling me anything.

MisterWolfe said:
I ran it in linux the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth time I attempted to root the phone. Each time the process gets stuck on 'checking for root files', and hangs indefinitely.
Clockwork mod was installed, but the phone was not rooted.
Clockwork requires the phone to be rooted in order to flash roms.
I'll try unrevoked again tonight, but I am not expecting a different result.
Maybe this is a bug that will be dealt with in a future release.
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Have you tried re-downloading it? Maybe the files inside are corrupt
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Thanks for the assistance.
I haven't had a chance to re-do the unrevoked again yet. if it should work with clockwork on, then it is likely a file corruption issue as you mentioned. I'll try again and report back.
myhtcdesire.com/modding/how-to-root-your-desire-easily-method-1 is the rooting method I used and will try using the same method again.

Success.
Looks like it was a corrupted clockworkmod issue.
Thanks for all your help

K900 said:
I think you missed root permissions. A 100% safe way:
Get an Ubuntu live cd (you can use any as long as sudo or su works there), extract unrevoked, then run the following commands in the terminal:
cd /path/to/unrevoked
chmod +x reflash
sudo ./reflash
If it asks you for a password, use "ubuntu" or "root". Unrevoked should start working.
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I've juste used your method and it worked, thank you very much!

Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?
I am on the original HTC_Desire_Android_2.3_Upgrade rom downloaded from HTC development
I have tried the Windows method to root my phone with unrevoked.
When I run unrevoked it follows the following cycle:
unrevoked3 app: Pushing recovery
unrevoked3 app: Installing unrevoked services
Phone: Rebooting phone...
unrevoked3 app: Wait for bootloader
unrevoked3 app: Running pre-boot sequence
Phone: Reboot phone
unrevoked3 app: Waiting for reboot
Phone: Phone reboots to normal, not to bootloader. I do not know if this is correct
unrevoked3 app: Waiting for system to settle (might be a minute)
unrevoked3 app: Running root...
After awhile (on screen I have to enter pin for sim card but I do nothing)
unrevoked3 app: Error: failed to get root. Is yuor firmware too new?
Phone: Reboot phone
Could somebody tell me what is wrong and how to solve it?

jjplayground said:
I am on the original HTC_Desire_Android_2.3_Upgrade rom downloaded from HTC development
I have tried the Windows method to root my phone with unrevoked.
When I run unrevoked it follows the following cycle:
unrevoked3 app: Pushing recovery
unrevoked3 app: Installing unrevoked services
Phone: Rebooting phone...
unrevoked3 app: Wait for bootloader
unrevoked3 app: Running pre-boot sequence
Phone: Reboot phone
unrevoked3 app: Waiting for reboot
Phone: Phone reboots to normal, not to bootloader. I do not know if this is correct
unrevoked3 app: Waiting for system to settle (might be a minute)
unrevoked3 app: Running root...
After awhile (on screen I have to enter pin for sim card but I do nothing)
unrevoked3 app: Error: failed to get root. Is yuor firmware too new?
Phone: Reboot phone
Could somebody tell me what is wrong and how to solve it?
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with the gingerbread ruu u need http://revolutionary.io/ to make it s-off and then allow root
here a complete guide http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/HTC_Desire

So first I have to s-off the device first and after that run the unrevoked app?

jjplayground said:
So first I have to s-off the device first and after that run the unrevoked app?
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After s-off it will also install a CWM recovery, so u can simply flash from the recovery the super user zip contained in the guide above (or alternative if u want change ur rom, directly flash one of the rooted roms from the dev section )
Unrevoked is not needed anymore, run revolutionary is very simple, fast and stable

Will try that! Keep you posted.

andQlimax said:
After s-off it will also install a CWM recovery, so u can simply flash from the recovery the super user zip contained in the guide above (or alternative if u want change ur rom, directly flash one of the rooted roms from the dev section )
Unrevoked is not needed anymore, run revolutionary is very simple, fast and stable
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Thank you it worked very well!!!!
One question left: Now I can install ClockWork again so I can download roms and install them. ClockWorks has it's own bootloader right? Will this be a problem? Do I have to flash the clockwork mod?

As far as I know ckockworkmod (cwm) does not have its own bootloader, because it's a recovery. After running revolutionary successfully, you can just boot into cwm from bootloader. Or flash every you want from fastboot.
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Can't pass HTC screen

Guys i have a question regarding the htc splash screen. I rooted twice today just to test a few things.
When i rooted for the first time i used windows 7 + hboot drivers from unrevoked3 site and flashed/rooted my device (stock rom (froyo)). Everything worked fine but when i run clockwork recovery mode and select the backup option i get something strange.
My device is backing up and it says it's done, when i select the reboot option my device get stuck at the splash screen and reboots, hangs, reboots, hangs, reboots etc. I need to pull the batteries off to get back in recovery mode. This time i select restore and select the backup i created before all this happend. Now it's passing the htc splash screen.
Because i thought i got problems with the windows drivers i decided to root with linux, so i installed the official ruu update over my rooted rom and root it under linux to make sure i am a bit saver.
Now when i do a backup and reboot again i get the same thing ? it hangs at the splash screen. Is the unrevoked recovery tool bugged (clockworkmod) ??? because when i restore with the backup i created it is passing the htc splash screen again.
I don't understand.
(Sorry for my bad English)
PS: I used this rom to root. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=828519

As far as i know you need to root only once..i guess rooting again n again may hav messed wid phone..nt sure though..wait for a reply from someone who is experienced..i hav been using android since past 3 months only
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

What you could try is this.
Use unrevoked again, but in unrevoked select a alternative recovery image.
Then load this image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=839621
This is the amon-ra recovery. And for the record, you can root with unrevoked as many times as you want
Btw, you are sure that you waited long enough? If you restored a nandbackup, booting the phone can take 5-10 minutes

Oo..i thght it is similiar to jail breaking tht needs to be done onl once...lolzz
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

lordvoldemort said:
As far as i know you need to root only once..i guess rooting again n again may hav messed wid phone
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You really didnt read well didnt you ? it already happend the first time i rooted . Secondly, if i root and install a official ruu update over it everything will get wiped and cleaned....so there would be no problems when i decide to root.
Lennyz1988 said:
Btw, you are sure that you waited long enough? If you restored a nandbackup, booting the phone can take 5-10 minutes
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Yeah i am sure....after backup the phone showed me the menu screen that i could select options such as rebooting the phone. When i reboot after backup it doesnt get passed the splash screen and reboots (and those steps gets repeated). If i don't use recover....my phone is dead

- Flash a stock ruu (rom)
- Then root again and use amon ra.

Lennyz1988 said:
- Flash a stock ruu (rom)
- Then root again and use amon ra.
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Already did that 1 minute ago....testing it now
Edit: Whooohooo.....works ... backed up files and rebooted now and i don't get stucked at htc splash screen.
Clockworkmod will never get on my device again.

MichelN said:
Already did that 1 minute ago....testing it now
Edit: Whooohooo.....works ... backed up files and rebooted now and i don't get stucked at htc splash screen.
Clockworkmod will never get on my device again.
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This seems to be a documented problem with Unrevoked. The first reboot after rooting and backing up Nandroid seems to hang the system for some, and restoring the Nandroid fixes it. After restoring the Nandroid (as you did) there should be no further problems. And since you did that, your problem should have been fixed. And since you restored to a rooted copy, why did you have to try again with Linux? Your problem was already fixed by the Nandroid Restore..

unrEVOked isn't the issue, Clockwork Mod is...just use AmonRA instead

EddyOS said:
unrEVOked isn't the issue, Clockwork Mod is...just use AmonRA instead
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Thought the 1st Nandroid Restore fixes it..Does Clockwork mod still pose probs?

Clockwork Mod is the issue - flash AmonRA from the start and you won't have this issue (or I never have anyway, use AmonRA as you can partition SD cards in it)

I have the same issue can't pass htc screen and with 2 black lines.
I will flash RUU then root by unrEVOked. My question is how to flash/install AmonRA, do i have to flash using Clockwork will it override my recovery? Sorry guys noob question...

protuger said:
I have the same issue can't pass htc screen and with 2 black lines.
I will flash RUU then root by unrEVOked. My question is how to flash/install AmonRA, do i have to flash using Clockwork will it override my recovery? Sorry guys noob question...
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I didn't have 2 black lines, mine rebooted after it couldnt pass HTC splash...i needed to remove battery or it keeps rebooting.
What i did with clockworkmod is restore (the backup you created before rebooting)....this should fix the problem. If this is not the case then i don't know because i never rooted before. You should ask a expert.
Anyway because i needed to restore anytime i posted this topic, people said i should use AmonRA. So to do this i installed the latest official ruu (posted by EddyOS) (to make sure everything is clean and good again). Then i used linux to make sure it is saver.
When you downloaded the unrevoked3 tool open it and don't plug you phone yet, go to options and select custom recovery. Now select the AmonRA (latest version i used) to flash with unrevoked3. Now plug in your phone and relax.
The only thing i am scared off is to flash hboot to go s-off.

Actually the cause of this problem was when i have tried the method for s-off...sad...

When i run unrEVOked it says this thing....
Device "/sbin/sh:getprop: not found
"is not supported at this time.

protuger said:
When i run unrEVOked it says this thing....
Device "/sbin/sh:getprop: not found
"is not supported at this time.
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Try flashing true Linux. Download Ubuntu and this way you can boot your pc in linux.

Could you please give me a step by step guide on how to this unrEVOked if i have already booted up to linux? Im not familiar with the codes.

protuger said:
Could you please give me a step by step guide on how to this unrEVOked if i have already booted up to linux? Im not familiar with the codes.
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You need root rights in ubuntu, use google to find it

thanks hope google stops my sleepless nights...

[Q] Clockworkmod Recovery 3.0.0.6 mod please Close

Question.... i rooted my phone using unrevoked and installed 2.5.0.1 but now i want to use the 3.0.0.6 i have it downlaoded and on the sd card of my phone and i ran it in recovry and it loads fine how ever when i restart my phone the recovery keeps reverting to 2.5.0.1
could someone just tell me where im going wrong with this XD
cheers the only thing i can think of doing is instaling a RUU then rerooting with a img of 3.0.0.6
Cheers

Hi there,
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901503

Well i have tryed to use unrevoked to flash the img file and it always passes the first reboot how ever it always eather failes with a communications error or it sits on waiting for system to settle. and after a reboot it still running the old clockworkmod recovery

I,ve managed to successfully go through the whole Unrevoked process, selecting custom image, yet I still have the old cwm recovery

Unless I run update. Zip. Or start. Recovery from rom manager I'm still using the old version. Is there something we are doing wrong or is there another method
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

I have succesfully flashed it with unrevoked. Downloaded it from here http://mirror.kanged.net/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.6-buzz.img
However first time it stucks at htc logo and then unrevoked says "waiting for root (safe to reboot if not working)" or something similar, so i disconected phone, pulled battery, booted and stared all again. This time everything went fine.
Only problem was that rom manager was still saying that im on 2.5.0.1, so downloaded this http://mirror1.kanged.net/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.6-buzz.zip and copied into sdcard\clockworkmod\download\mirror1.kanged.net\recoveries\ and deleted the old one from this path.
Hope it helped...

Finally managed to flash cwm 3.0.0.6 using Unrevoked 3.14. Unrevoked 3.2xx just didnt seem to work at all for me. Recovery is now a joy to use, and performing nandroid backups seems much faster

Sorry for the stupid question, but where can i get version 3.14? when i go to unrevoced.com i can only get version 3.32 wich says "Device Wildfire not supported".
Strange because I've rooted my Wildfire on this PC with unrevoked, so all Drivers are installed and it should work. I think it's a problem with the new version.
thanks in advance

Can't remember where I found it, but I still have it. I'll upload it later

After instal recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.6-buzz.img tru Unrevoked v3.14 there is problem with ROM CyanogenMod V7.0.0-RC2 superuser dont work i need to flash back with RUU_Buzz_HTC_WWE_1.14.405.2_R_C_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.19_release_141106_signed.exe then again run Unrevoked v3.2 and after that do restore with 2.5.1

Unrevoked 3.14, for anyone who needs it
http://rapidshare.com/files/453198400/reflash_package.zip

rapidshare link expired, i just tried
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.14/reflash.tar.gz
and it's working..
Reflashed clockwork 3.0.0.6 with it without problems.

cybertyk said:
Unless I run update. Zip. Or start. Recovery from rom manager I'm still using the old version. Is there something we are doing wrong or is there another method
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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did you manage to make it work?

gaspo.sk said:
did you manage to make it work?
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You can't update recovery from ROM Manager. We don't have s-off.
Edit: In fact I'm not sure if ROM Manager can do it even with s-off.

My rom manager recovery is 3.0.0.6
I have described few posts back how i manage to do it.
And i also have fake recovery 2.5.0.1 i some zips have amend script and i dont have time to convert it.

zexcrazy said:
My rom manager recovery is 3.0.0.6
I have described few posts back how i manage to do it.
And i also have fake recovery 2.5.0.1 i some zips have amend script and i dont have time to convert it.
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I meant, you can't permanently flash your recovery via ROM Manager. For that you need to use a reflash tool (Unrevoked for us) or use fastboot if you have s-off.

Oh, that, right. Sorry, my mistake.

Flashing recovery without rooting
Is there a way to flash a recovery using unrevoked without rooting?
I really need to send my phone to my carrier so I'm worried that they could find I've been messing around with it and void my warranty...

Ruu it from windows
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

Michealtbh said:
Finally managed to flash cwm 3.0.0.6 using Unrevoked 3.14. Unrevoked 3.2xx just didnt seem to work at all for me. Recovery is now a joy to use, and performing nandroid backups seems much faster
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Are you having 2 superuser app conflicting each other after flashing via Unrevoked 3.14 as it is described in other threads? (ClockworkMod v3.0.2.4)

need Recovery for HBoot 93 SLCD

Hi,
I have a TELUS HTC Desire that was already rooted when I got it.
It has HBOOT 0.93
I didn't know that my phone was SLCD so when I used ROM Manager to flash recovery, it messed up my recovery.
If I go into hboot, and press down arrow to boot into recovery, I get the black screen with the little phone and the red triangle with the exclamation mark.
I was desperate enough to try the ClockworkMod Recovery for the HBOOT 0.83 (ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1 SLCD)
from hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748618
flashed that on with UnrEVOked but didn't work. Recovery is still messed up.
I googled and searched for a week to find something for HBOOT 0.93 but I never find anything. Everything is for 82, 83 and 92. There are other people who asked about 0.93 in other threads but there are never answers to them.
Does anyone know of a proper ClockwordMod recovery img or ANY recovery img I can flash for my HBOOT 0.93
My phone is already android 2.2 but i would really like to flash to LeeDroid
Should I reflash my phone with the RUU to get rid of any dmg done? The only thing i'm afraid of is that my phone will be unrooted because of the RUU reflash and I can't find a way to root it.
If it's not possible to use UnrEVOked or Rom Manager to install LeeDroid because of HBOOT 0.93, I'm willing to manually do it.
But will the LeeDroid flash properly onto my phone if it's HBoot 0.93?
Does the flashboot thing when i boot into the HBOOT work for installing custom ROMS if I can't get into recovery? I noticed it will load images...but not sure exactly what the fastboot thing is suppose to do.
Thanks!!

HBOOT 0.93 is not the problem, neither is your SLCD. Use fastboot to flash your recovery, I suggest use either AmonRa 2.0.1 or CWM 2.5.1.8.
CWM from ROM Manager isn't the best recovery for your HBoot as I think it flashes 2.5.0.7 which is no good on your HBoot.
You can't flash a ROM from fastboot, you need recovery. Once you've done that, LeeDrOiD will work fine on your setup, but I would suggest you study up a lot more before proceeding, for one thing, it's easy to find a lot of info on HBoot 0.93 on this forum, secondly, get to know fastboot etc as you needs to know this for when things go wrong with cheat/easy methods like ROM Manager.
Take your time, be confident you know what you are doing it before you do it, you don't want to brick your phone.

Both of you need to know quite a bit more, but especially the OP...
But no he can of course not flash an unsigned recovery from fastboot without being s-off, and from the sound of the first post I'm confident he's not.
ghalalb is right though when he states that this has nothing to do with your bootloader version or slcd, and i really can't imagine how you can get the simple instructions on here wrong, but please simply use unrevoked via usb. It comes preloaded with a perfectly fine recovery for you, and also i believe you should really reconsider the decision to hack your phone with this little knowledge on the subject.
Also 2.5.0.7 vs 2.5.1.8 has nothing to do with hboot versions.. Both will work fine if flashed correctly, but the problem with just making rom manager flash the recovery is, that it is not quite up to date, so it does not actually flash anything. It just downloads an update.zip file, which loads the recovery when flashed. This fixed the problem of not being able to flash a custom recovery back before unrevoked came around. And to correct you on another thing you got wrong, yes you can actually flash a zip file containing something like a rom from fastboot if you are s-off. It will probably just not work exactly the same way, as the recoveries does.

That's interesting that you say hboot version and slcd has nothing to do with the ClockworkMod when other threads are very specific about which clockworkmod version you should use depending on your hboot and if your phone is slcd or not.
Also last time I did an update to the phone, it just used the fastboot. Didn't go into recovery.
I followed the exact instructions for unrevoked but an error occurrs when it tries to unroot...All I wanted to do was flash the recovery and not unroot the phone since it's already unrooted. So probably that's why it was having problems. But the recovery was still messed up after unrevoked did it's work.
I wonder if part of the problem is because I'm using a test image and not the actual production image for the phone. Which is probably another reason why the phone was already unrooted.
I'll try to reflash my phone using the RUU for a production image and try Unrevoked again just so everything is clean from the start

Trust me it doesn't matter. The only problem was on slcd phones back when they first came out, where cwm didn't contain the drivers for the new screen.
That is why it says it's for 0.83, as back then 0.83 was equal to slcd and all amoled models had come with 0.75 or 0.80. But now after the newer updates everyone is on 0.93 or so, and all newer cwm recoveries will work for both amoled and slcd. So no there is not a specific recovery for every bootloader, and there is no way a flash from rom manager messed your recovery up, as it never flashes anything.
And i think you might need to slow down and think about what you are doing? Because you talk about unrooting with unrevoked, and unrevoked will probably try to root your phone If you use unrevoked correctly you will have it working fine.
Also you say last time you updatet it, it used fastboot? updatet it officially? As then there is a reason you have the stock recovery. But try using the ruu and then go back to rooting using unrevoked or just keep it stock, as it might not be a good idea trying something without knowing what it does.
edit: and the screen you get with the phone in a triangle with an exclamation mark doesn't mean anything is wrong. It's just the stock htc recovery... If you press vol-up+power(or vol-down+power i don't remember) when you see this screen, you get a simple menu, which lets you flash update.zip and erase data.

mortenmhp said:
edit: and the screen you get with the phone in a triangle with an exclamation mark doesn't mean anything is wrong. It's just the stock htc recovery... If you press vol-up+power(or vol-down+power i don't remember) when you see this screen, you get a simple menu, which lets you flash update.zip and erase data.
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Thanks for your response I thought that the triangle screen was bad since I tried the volume stuff and I couldn't get to the screen.
But if that's the stock htc recovery, then that means the clockworkmod recovery wasn't flashed properly?
I will try the keys again when i get to the recovery state later.
Actually I was having problems with UnrEVOked because my phone was ALREADY rooted. So it was trying to do something that was already done which is probably why it failed. I only needed unrevoked to flash the recovery...I didn't need it to do anything else but the recovery.
What I have on my phone right now is not the official load. It has test keys and crap in it....
Anyways, I'll see if I can get into the recovery menu properly before doing the RUU flash to have a clean start.

Ok Unrevoked should work fine anyway though. It just flashes a recovery and the su binary plus the superuser app. So if you are rooted it will just overwrite them. Your problem is far more likely to be a driver problem.
I rooted the old way as well(the one only allowing test keys signed roms) and then i used fake flash from rom manager until alpharev s-off came along, and now i just flash everything but roms from fastboot, it's far easier.

driver problem?
I followed the unrevoked instructions and my computer recognizes the phone while it's in bootloader
i can also adb shell into it when it's just normally powered on etc
oh and to answer previous question, yes i updated to 2.2 using fastboot
i put IMG99.zip onto my sdcard
powered on while holding the volume down for fastboot
it went and found the image on my sd card and grabbed it...and asked if I wanted to update...and viola...2.2
my phone was...2.0 or 2.1 when i first got it i think...i forgot what it was before 2.2
that's why i asked if anyone just stuck a custom rom into their SD card and tried using fastboot before....seems like everyone these days use things like rom manager, unrevoked etc >_<
I would think that the fastboot would find the zip file and can unzip and load it just like how it did the testkey one i did before....but i thought i would ask before i tried....maybe i should wait next week until i'm at home and have sd card readers in case anything goes wrong so i can recover the phone easier lol

There is a reason why people don't do that.. When you flash that way via fastboot, it only allow zip files signed by HTC, if you are s-on, and those write everything on the system to stock, which means you lose root and custom/modified recovery.
You could potentially do it that way if you were s-off, but the bootloader flashing utility does not allow as sophisticated commands as the custom recovery does, so everything in the original roms is actually packed in .img files for every partition.

All good advice.
I offered mine as my Desire would not accept CWM 2.5.0.7 (to this day it doesn't), and it would only accept CWM 2.5.1.8 or AmonRa 2.0.1. (as they work on PVT4 with a 40000 page) As for unrevoked, the only version that works for my Desire is 3.2.1, the latest (which I think is 3.3.2) doesn't work on my Desire.
It seems the longer these phones are around, the more individualised rooting and recovery has become, so advice should maybe always come with a word of caution.
***this is what worked for my device***
TinyAggie, I hope you are getting there!

Yep new page size will require the modified cwm for it, but it still has nothing to do with hboot version. However the other recoveries should flash ok as well, they just won't work well for installing roms(gave some error), which he hasn't come to yet

ghalalb said:
All good advice.
I offered mine as my Desire would not accept CWM 2.5.0.7 (to this day it doesn't), and it would only accept CWM 2.5.1.8 or AmonRa 2.0.1. (as they work on PVT4 with a 40000 page) As for unrevoked, the only version that works for my Desire is 3.2.1, the latest (which I think is 3.3.2) doesn't work on my Desire.
It seems the longer these phones are around, the more individualised rooting and recovery has become, so advice should maybe always come with a word of caution.
***this is what worked for my device***
TinyAggie, I hope you are getting there!
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I found the same thing that only unrevoked 3.2 would work with my device.
I finally managed to flash the custom rom and is what i did to make it all work >_< Maybe it'll help someone else
I started with a fresh official load by flashing the RUU.
Then I used unrevoked that you can download from their website
I still got an error. CID missing. I go searching for it and it seems like a common enough error that the unrevoked team had addressed it
Because of the error, it was not able to unroot and flash recovery properly. The only thing it did was s-off.
So 2 ways to get root/recovery on your phone
1. Manually....find a PB99IMG.ZIP file that has root in it and flash that, then you can either use rom manager to flash the recovery or do it manually as well.
I created my own PB99IMG.zip with the recovery image of clockworkmod for desire using the android info .txt file I had in my other PB99IMG that contained the root access. Put the PB99IMG.zip into your SD card, go to Flash boot and let it do it's magic.
2. Easier way, get unrevoked 3.2 ... There was a warning for using it. Apparently you should only use the 3.2 version if you get the CID error.
But with unrevoked 3.2 it will give you superuser and the recovery image without you doing anything so it's easier.
So after I finally got Root, I backed up my sd card onto my comp.
Then I partitioned my SD card using ROM manager.
Once that was done, i flashed into recovery to do a backup.
After that I tried using ROM manager to flash leedroid...
it looked ok but it never managed to get past the splash screen after 20mins so I pulled the battery and rebooted
Same problem so I decided to flash manually.
Went into recovery and cleared everything then flashed the rom from SD.
Now I'm on leedroid
So far it looks exactly the same as the stock rom. It has everything I need so I'm happy.
I hope this helps anyone with similar problems.
Sometimes you just can't take the easy way out and have to do things manually

[Q] probelm in rooting & flashing recovery

Sirs,
I need your help for my problem.
I tried to root & flash ClockworkMod Recovery image by using UnrEVOked_3.31. so by mistake the image file for ClockworkMod was corrupted. So during rooting & recovery process and after several reboot of my phone "HTC Desire", the UnrEVOked_3.31 said fail can't flash recovery image.
Then after I repeated the process again but by valid and good file image of recovery. but the process did not success, UnrEVOked_3.31 said failure.
Here, I stop and check my phone, it is working fine and I found Superuser app in application, So What does that mean, Is my phone rooted?
also, I went to HBOOT, then I selected RECOVERY in there, I saw HTC sing for part of second then return back to Hboot.
My desire information: SLCD display, Hboot v 0.93, S-ON, android 2.2
So, please give help, and I hope to heare you soon.
Regards

If You have Superuser app in application Your phone should be rooted , but if You can't open recovery something is wrong. Mayby try unroot phone to stock, and root again.
2) Or You can s-off with revolutionary and flash recovery with fastboot.
http://revolutionary.io/

Thanks for your kindly help.
before just half hour, I decided the following steps:
1.copy from SD the recovey v.2.5 have been downloaded from Rom Manager .
2.disable SIM lock and screen lock
3.use UnrEVOked_3.31 again for last time to flash recovery.
4.never touch phone until finish.
So, this time I sucessed and I flashed the recovery well.

You can use Alpharev's tool also, so go S-OFF and to use a new partition table with more data space.

phonedroid said:
You can use Alpharev's tool also, so go S-OFF and to use a new partition table with more data space.
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To use alpharev, you have to be rooted.
@OP:
Which error message did you get when flashing?
Anyway, I recommend to use revolutionary (you get root and S-OFF in two very easy steps) :
http://revolutionary.io.
BUT read documentary page before doing anything.
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