[Q] Go back to stock rom? or re flash? - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I downgraded and flashed my HTC Telus Desire HD with Android Revolution HD 3.3. This worked fine.
Until I went to flash the radio with the recomended radio. When I open up VISIONary to do a temp root, it seems to do nothing, it will not go past "rooting device, please wait...." I have tried flashing the radio by going into the "bootloader" at phone start up and flashing the radio image that way with no luck neither.
I believe the program Superuser is not functioning correctly....I say this only because I have installed the SU Update Fixer program, it says "signatures don't match, fix now?" and it stops at a point where it says " changing file mode to 644..."
Should I go back to a stock rom? Or should I reflash Android Revolution? I am beginning to think that these custom roms are not worth it for me.
PLEASE HELP!

Why didnt you permroot to start off with? And dont worry about update fixer thats only if u use superuser frm market ur using the one provided with your rom
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snowwhite007 said:
Why didnt you permroot to start off with?
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I guess I didn't do enough reading, and dove in head first. In short I F'd up!
Needless to say, I need HELP.

You have to temproot and then again permroot it. Then only your Superuser can actually work on and off.
If you mention about flashing radios, obtaining a Superuser is not enough. You have to had Radio S-OFF and ENG S-OFF to do so. This also applies if you wish you flash other custom ROMs.
No worries about learning. Take your time. I took some time to actually understand things here. Lol.
Cheers.

superstick1 said:
You have to temproot and then again permroot it. Then only your Superuser can actually work on and off.
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Thats just it, VISIONary will not temproot and there fore I cannot permroot...VISIONary seems to do nothing after I hit the "temproot now" button. It goes to the screen that says "rooting device..." and just stays there. What do i need to do to fix this? After this I can do the Radio S-OFF and ENG S-OFF...but cannot get to that stage. That is why I am asking about reflashing.

Arhd 3.3 should be rooted out of thr box. No need to root it with visionary.
Tapatalked with Tapatalk from my Desire HD using Tapatalk.

You should really get more familiar with how flashing stuff on android works so you don't do any mistakes and brick your DHD. If you would just have read the OP in ARHD 3.3 thread, you would've known it's already rooted.

Just to clear this thing.. Temproot and permroot are things that apply only to the current ROM. You did them already in stock ROM to be able to get a custom ROM. Do NOT use Visionary with custom ROMs, those are already rooted.
Just go ahead and flash the radio. Your phone is as rooted as it is possible.

jkoljo said:
Just to clear this thing.. Temproot and permroot are things that apply only to the current ROM. You did them already in stock ROM to be able to get a custom ROM. Do NOT use Visionary with custom ROMs, those are already rooted.
Just go ahead and flash the radio. Your phone is as rooted as it is possible.
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I was going to say I have downloaded "Root Checker" from the android market and it says my phone is properly rooted....with busy box installed.
jkoljo, what should I do about my radio problem? Reflash android revolution HD 3.3 and then try the radio flash? or go some other route?

You can just follow leith51's guide, no need to reflash the ROM or anything.

jkoljo said:
You can just follow leith51's guide, no need to reflash the ROM or anything.
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That is why I was asking about reflashing the Rom. In order to flash the radio, I need to Radio S-OFF which uses VISIONary to do a Temp root. When I go to do this Temp root, VISIONary seemingly does nothing, it just freezes on the page that says "rooting device, please wait...."
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

If you have a custom rom it's already rooted, no need to use visionary.
Sent from my Leedroid powered pocketsized supercomputer using XDA App

Hawks556 said:
If you have a custom rom it's already rooted, no need to use visionary.
Sent from my Leedroid powered pocketsized supercomputer using XDA App
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So your saying I do NOT need to do a Radio S-OFF to flash the radio as well?

bleagues said:
So your saying I do NOT need to do a Radio S-OFF to flash the radio as well?
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I'm saying that you need to read up a little, rooting and flashing isn't for the average user. You need to know what you're doing.
Visionary is a rooting tool and as you have a custom rom (ARHD) you do not need to root it once more. Check the "About Android Revolution HD" box in the thread, root is listed there.
And if you have already done s-off earlier, it will not all of a sudden revert to s-on again if you haven't done it?

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How do I return Desire Z under warranty?

I have done S-OFF, PermRoot and currently overlocking on my unbranded European Desire Z, but I need to send it back to HTC to repair my phone with some hardware issue under warranty.
What do I need to do? I have seen some guides here but they are all for the T-Mobile G2, and am worried if I follow it it will brick my unbranded European Desire Z.
Just unroot and use an official image! Then everything should be fine.
Blubberor said:
Just unroot and use an official image! Then everything should be fine.
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BAD. NO. YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
Flash a stock rooted rom first, THEN follow unrooting steps. There's a thread around here somewhere.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
ibemad1 said:
BAD. NO. YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
Flash a stock rooted rom first, THEN follow unrooting steps. There's a thread around here somewhere.
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It's only bad if you have S-OFF only via the eng hboot (not gfree), and if you are trying to downgrade your ROM.
If you have S-OFF via gfree then you're fine, just flash the stock ROM back on. Then undo gfree via its options to set S-ON (see the Wiki).
Unfortunately my phone used the S-Off and Root using the old 'hBoot' method I followed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9143423&postcount=3
So what should I do?
steviewevie said:
It's only bad if you have S-OFF only via the eng hboot (not gfree), and if you are trying to downgrade your ROM.
If you have S-OFF via gfree then you're fine, just flash the stock ROM back on. Then undo gfree via its options to set S-ON (see the Wiki).
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ibemad1 said:
BAD. NO. YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.
Flash a stock rooted rom first, THEN follow unrooting steps. There's a thread around here somewhere.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 running Cyanogenmod.
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hamish909 said:
Unfortunately my phone used the S-Off and Root using the old 'hBoot' method I followed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9143423&postcount=3
So what should I do?
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What ROM are you running exactly ? If you are still on the stock ROM, and you flash the exact same version back, it will be ok.
I've made no mods prior to this. It was a brand new Desire Z so it was all stock.
Then I did the following:
Rooted and s-off via engineering hboot
Installed Visionary and applied Permroot
Installed ROM Manager for Clockworkmod
Flashed gtrab's godspeed 1.4ghz module via Clockworkmod
How should i go about this now?
Thanks.
i believe steviewevie already gave you the answer.
and to protect everyone here -- nobody is responsible for any problems should you have any - only you are.
androidcues said:
i believe steviewevie already gave you the answer.
and to protect everyone here -- nobody is responsible for any problems should you have any - only you are.
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You sure about that, Sherlock?
I'm not trying to hijack your thread so please know that but I want to make sure. I thought I could just use the unroot thread to unroot (thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835971) should I need to but it seems as if I need to flash a rom now looking in this thread so just to make sure:
1) I rooted my phone via this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965
2) I installed clockwordmod and made a backup.
That's it! I'm going to freeze some apps in a min using Titanium but not uninstall them.
SO... question is, should I need to send my G2 back, what unrooting steps should I take exactly? thanks!
*edit* Ummm MORON* (me) this thread is for the Desire Z NOT G2 which is the phone I am talking about. Sorry, smh! *
hamish909 said:
You sure about that, Sherlock?
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Aye holmes..
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[Q] Flashed GB official ruu. Can not root. Help...

Hi Fellow xda.
I have flashed the official Gingerbread ota update ruu to my desire.
After that i realized that i couldnt root or go back to Oxygen rom, now that the hboot version is 1.02
Before i had hboot version 0.93 i think.
I have tried the downgrade to 2.1
and root again with unrevoked.
None of these 2 methods work.
Is there any other way to go back to rooted and custom recovery to oxygen rom or hboot 0.93?.
With oxygen and launcherpro my desire feels faster than stock sense
Anyone else have this problem?
There is currently no method of downgrading the hboot or rooting the official GB RUU.
I guess all you can do is wait until somebody figures a way to root and install custom recovery
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Ops good job I never installed this. I read others having this problem also.
Same situation, precipitaded mself, now can't root and all my backups are Titanium backups, have nandroid backups but can't use them....
damn...
isn't it possible to downgrade hboot?
I am also facing this problem. Is there any solution available now?
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HTC Desire: Android 2.3.3 official Gingerbread rom.
No solution - check Alpharev/Unrevoked updates - if there will be a solution, it will probably be in the developement section.
Someone said that they used a Froyo RUU to downgrade then they just rooted. But it didn't work for other people but I think its with a shot. Otherwise you'll have to wait.
Swyped...
Hmmmm...I did not know about this...
I did not flash the RUU directly but tried to flash the rooted or modified ones from this forum...and decided to keep InsertCoin 1.0.9
How did the devs root it then? Perhaps, try asking Baadnewz and/or NeoPhyTe for help, since they have released the rooted official update.
I don't think they rooted it as such, but more of "ported" it. I don't know a thing about rom development but go and ask him.
aaa said:
Hmmmm...I did not know about this...
I did not flash the RUU directly but tried to flash the rooted or modified ones from this forum...and decided to keep InsertCoin 1.0.9
How did the devs root it then? Perhaps, try asking Baadnewz and/or NeoPhyTe for help, since they have released the rooted official update.
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The difference is that when u run the ruu, it will overwrite ur hboot, ur recovery, ur rom, ecc, everything...So u lost root, because the ruu restore everything as stock.
In particular after run the ruu, the new hboot installed doesn't allow to root again and doesn't allow to change hboot at the moment.
Instead, when u flash the rooted rom based on official gb (u already have root and u don't lost it, simply), the zip contain only the rom part and with inside the super user apk (that allow root permission), so flashing it u will continue to have ur recovery, ur hboot, ur root permissions.
Instead when running the ruu, so u lost root, there is no way to install again a custom recovery and there is no way to push the super user apk into the rom (unrevoked / alpharev doesn't work)..At the moment.
From devs side, create a rooted rom is easy, as they extract from the ruu only the rom and make it rooted pushing in the zip that they are going to create the super user apk and some other tweaks to the kernel as well...All this can be done with the dsixda kitchen
I hope everything is clear now
shankly1985 said:
Ops good job I never installed this. I readothers having this problem also.
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That you did. There are plenty of threads with that information available.
is there a way to root now?
we should wait?
Okay well then i guess im stuck like others :S
i was just thinking if there was a way to get superuser rights by using the terminal or adb.
i did also try the old root method for the desire that came before unrevoked. That didnt work.
Thank goodness...I was tempted to flash the original RUU...but my stomach told me not to do it...I would have been in the same situation if had flashed it too...
I hope there will be an easy solution in the near future for you guys
@andQlimax: Thanks for the information so...so, I hit the thanks button
Popenda said:
Okay well then i guess im stuck like others :S
i was just thinking if there was a way to get superuser rights by using the terminal or adb.
i did also try the old root method for the desire that came before unrevoked. That didnt work.
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and what should we do now?
except waiting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151765
That's prob as close as you'll get to the update without flashing the RUU.
Meaple said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151765
That's prob as close as you'll get to the update without flashing the RUU.
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i can't access recovery
I think gingerbreak can still temp root this build if it helps.
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ste1164 said:
I think gingerbreak can still temp root this build if it helps.
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Have the same problem as others here. Tried both apk and adb with GingerBreak. No luck
...but I'm trying to play around a bit and got a noob idea to use ARUWizard to flash custom rom. I've extracted RUU 2.29 and RUU 2.3.3 and replaced 2.3.3 rom.zip with the one from 2.29. It didn't work of course as newer version has been discovered but I was wondering if it's possible just to root the standard rom.zip and put it back. Is there any chance that it works?
Have anyone rooted htc desire with Gingerbread RUU update ?
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[Q] S-OFF Help

I’ve recently rooted my desire (gsm) using unrevoked (Linux) and i thought it would also give me S-OFF but apparently I where wrong. I've already searched around looking for a way to get S-OFF and in all the TUT’s, Guides etc. it says that you should have an unrooted stock HTC 2.2 ROM or at least an official HTC ROM and that’s the problem…
I’m using Cyanogen Mod 7.1 and I had a backup of my stock 2.2 Sense ROM but I lost it.. or. well... i deleted it accidentally.
Now the question is; Can I still get S-OFF and how? Do I flash a HTC ROM and then do it, should I use AlphaRev, Revolutionary or do it manually (if that works on Ubuntu)
All help appreciated
It should work fine with CM7 aslong as you didnt flashed any a2sd/d2ext scripts.
If i remember correctly, i was doing my first S-OFF with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703&highlight=leedroid
k3lcior said:
It should work fine with CM7 aslong as you didnt flashed any a2sd/d2ext scripts.
If i remember correctly, i was doing my first S-OFF with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703&highlight=leedroid
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does that mean you have to flash stock ROM?
i once had this problem too, it causes my phone to stuck at the boot screen (Joker with S-OFF card), and then i flashed a ROM built without A2SD. Voila, it worked!
xuminarc said:
does that mean you have to flash stock ROM?
i once had this problem too, it causes my phone to stuck at the boot screen (Joker with S-OFF card), and then i flashed a ROM built without A2SD. Voila, it worked!
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Not necessarily stock ROM, but ROM without a2sd/d2ext scripts.
k3lcior said:
It should work fine with CM7 aslong as you didnt flashed any a2sd/d2ext scripts.
If i remember correctly, i was doing my first S-OFF with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703&highlight=leedroid
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I don’t know. I downloaded CM7 using rom manager flashed that, Gapps and superuser 3.0 beta 4
But just to be on the safe side I’ll flash Leedroid 2.2 but then what? Do I use Revolutonary or AlphaRev??
edit: a2sd/d2ext scripts it that when you have partitioned the sdcard? cause ive done that but thats easy to fix
No point in using alpharev it's just longer. Use revolutionary.
Hey!
www.[B]revolutionary[/B].io
This is awesome and easy method for rooting
and to achieve S-OFF
Ashutosh1313 said:
www.[B]revolutionary[/B].io
This is awesome and easy method for rooting
and to achieve S-OFF
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This is not a "pressable" url. Please edit it.
Ashutosh1313 said:
www.[B]revolutionary[/B].io
This is awesome and easy method for rooting
and to achieve S-OFF
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linked URL www.revolutionary.io

[Q] Half bricked dhd after Adv Ace Hack tool

I have a dhd with latest 2.3.3 ota stock rom for europe. I tried the adv ace hack tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821 and I got Cwm but no s-off. And the rom did not want to boot.
I tried a custom rom flashed through cwm but it wont boot either. Im getting stuck on the white screen.
Im currently downloaded a pd98img of stock rom. I am wondering if I put it on the sdcard and flash it through hboot will the phone work again?
Need help asap
hg3atintin said:
I have a dhd with latest 2.3.3 ota stock rom for europe. I tried the adv ace hack tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821 and I got Cwm but no s-off. And the rom did not want to boot.
I tried a custom rom flashed through cwm but it wont boot either. Im getting stuck on the white screen.
Im currently downloaded a pd98img of stock rom. I am wondering if I put it on the sdcard and flash it through hboot will the phone work again?
Need help asap
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Well you won't be able to flash a custom rom if you have s-on. Yes it should work again if you flash a ruu official rom. Once that's done. S-off and your done.
Guessing you did something wrong hence the issues you faced
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
My Dhd was the same as yours and didn't have any problems. Did you ask for some help on the irc channel or did you just not read the manual
Was about to try the ace-hack until i read this post. Total noob at this been looking for months to do this. If i run the hack can i just put say leedroid on a new sdcard and install through CWM. I just need to know if it all goes wrong can i get back to stock rom with the PD98IMG...
Never mind the phone i'll be brickin' myself....
Thanks in advance.
for stock devices, the HACK kit is probably the easiest and fastest one-step process to S-OFF, ROOT, install CWM for flashing custom ROM's , downgrading etc
i tried it yesterday and it worked flawless for me, just read the manual and follow it step by step..
Cheers, maybe give it a try later.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
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I have a dhd with latest 2.3.3 ota stock rom for europe. I tried the adv ace hack tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259821 and I got Cwm but no s-off. And the rom did not want to boot.
I tried a custom rom flashed through cwm but it wont boot either. Im getting stuck on the white screen.
Im currently downloaded a pd98img of stock rom. I am wondering if I put it on the sdcard and flash it through hboot will the phone work again?
Need help asap
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I had the exact same problem 2 nights ago!
What I did: Downloaded a stock 1.32 rom, named PD98IMG.zip and put it onto the root of my SDcard, then entered bootloader (holding volume down and the powerbutton) and then you just wait for it to scan the SDcard. Once it finds the PD98IMG it asks you if you want to install. Follow the screen intructions and you'll be fine.
After I got the stock rom up and running (1.32) I downloaded visionary from the android market place, and rootet id through that. There are good guides on how to do this on the web. Just search for "How to root Desire HD", and skip the downgrade step, cause if you installed the 1.32 edition, you just did
Good luck, hope this helps!
sl4mp said:
I had the exact same problem 2 nights ago!
What I did: Downloaded a stock 1.32 rom, named PD98IMG.zip and put it onto the root of my SDcard, then entered bootloader (holding volume down and the powerbutton) and then you just wait for it to scan the SDcard. Once it finds the PD98IMG it asks you if you want to install. Follow the screen intructions and you'll be fine.
After I got the stock rom up and running (1.32) I downloaded visionary from the android market place, and rootet id through that. There are good guides on how to do this on the web. Just search for "How to root Desire HD", and skip the downgrade step, cause if you installed the 1.32 edition, you just did
Good luck, hope this helps!
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You couldnt provide the links to the stock rom im not able to find it! As you can tell I have the same issue!
mciscrazy said:
You couldnt provide the links to the stock rom im not able to find it! As you can tell I have the same issue!
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Use this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
1.32.405.6 - http://www.multiupload.com/BTJ8KY0KH9
Good luck
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Well you won't be able to flash a custom rom if you have s-on. Yes it should work again if you flash a ruu official rom. Once that's done. S-off and your done.
Guessing you did something wrong hence the issues you faced
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+ 1, s-off by away
u r the SAVIOR ... AWESOME!!!... i tot i bricked my friend`s DHD.....
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sl4mp said:
I had the exact same problem 2 nights ago!
What I did: Downloaded a stock 1.32 rom, named PD98IMG.zip and put it onto the root of my SDcard, then entered bootloader (holding volume down and the powerbutton) and then you just wait for it to scan the SDcard. Once it finds the PD98IMG it asks you if you want to install. Follow the screen intructions and you'll be fine.
After I got the stock rom up and running (1.32) I downloaded visionary from the android market place, and rootet id through that. There are good guides on how to do this on the web. Just search for "How to root Desire HD", and skip the downgrade step, cause if you installed the 1.32 edition, you just did
Good luck, hope this helps!
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my savior!!!!!

[Q] Cannot get su/root access on HTC Desire bravo

I have just bought 2 HTC Desire phones 2nd hand for my wife and myself. One was already rooted, with su access and Nikez-Lente-1.0.1b2-bravo rom running very stably.The other was unlocked but branded and with a stock sense rom (not sure if if was gingerbread or ics).
So I immediately set about "rooting" the stock phone. I used Revolutionary, got s-off and installed sandvold Beta_0.18.2.1. I then installed Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed and expected to get root/su access on the phone. It was only when I tried using a2sd tool that I found I didn't have root/su access. Since then I've put the phone back to RUU and tried using unrevoked to root, but it fails everytime with a message "do you have a newer firmware?" or something like that.
I've put 4EXTRecoveryUpdater touch recovery on, installed Nikez-Lente-1.0.1b2-bravo again, installed su again, still no access. I've tried Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed, still no joy. Nothing seems to be able to put this phone into su/root mode.
And the strange thing is, both phones are on hboot 6.93.1002. So why can I not root the other phone?
I've searched the net for 2 days now and can find nothing to help. All the guides for unrevoked make it look like the simplest thing in the world to do.
What do I need to do?
Check my sig, desire all things root, s-off using revolutionary. Theres a superuser zip file there, try flash that in recovery. Where did u get that superuser zip file?
Sent from my HTC Desire
jmcclue said:
Check my sig, desire all things root, s-off using revolutionary. Theres a superuser zip file there, try flash that in recovery. Where did u get that superuser zip file?
Sent from my HTC Desire
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I'm not sure. My head is fried looking at website after website and thread after thread about this. I think it might've been here: androidsu.com/superuser/
mickrick said:
I'm not sure. My head is fried looking at website after website and thread after thread about this. I think it might've been here: androidsu.com/superuser/
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Yh i think with that site u have to download and flash the su binary aswell as the superuser.zip
download & flash this in recovery and u should be rooted
http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip
This is the SU file from the guide in my sig
Sent from my HTC Desire
Thanks for that
Tried that one, still getting "permission denied" in terminal.
Just a thought - should I downgrade the bootloader to an unrevoked compliant one?
mickrick said:
Thanks for that
Tried that one, still getting "permission denied" in terminal.
Just a thought - should I downgrade the bootloader to an unrevoked compliant one?
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Boot recovery, nandroid backup and try flashing a rom that has superuser already installed. Strange that its not working
Sent from my HTC Desire
jmcclue said:
Boot recovery, nandroid backup and try flashing a rom that has superuser already installed. Strange that its not working
Sent from my HTC Desire
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Cheers. Can you suggest a rom that does?

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