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Need Help..Can't root with Unrevoked Beta 3.21

Could someone please help I keep getting "failed to flash recovery image" every time I go throug the process on the Beta Test 3.21. Everyone seems to be having success.
I no that I have the bootloader installed and the phone is definetly on "charge only" mode when I try to use the program.
I know for a fact that there is no HTC Synce or anything downloaded to my computer that could hurt it because I am on a brand new computer.
What am I missing..is there something else that I need to download to my computer or phone to make it work?

dguidry12 said:
Could someone please help I keep getting "failed to flash recovery image" every time I go throug the process on the Beta Test 3.21. Everyone seems to be having success.
I no that I have the bootloader installed and the phone is definetly on "charge only" mode when I try to use the program.
I know for a fact that there is no HTC Synce or anything downloaded to my computer that could hurt it because I am on a brand new computer.
What am I missing..is there something else that I need to download to my computer or phone to make it work?
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I would highly suggest checking out the IRC channel #unrevokedtest. There are Unrevoked developers there to help with issues that people are having with the beta builds of 3.21.

is your phone on 2.2 or 2.1? d if its on 2.2, you have to use a different method for rooting...that is what happened to me.

I am on 2.2..But I thought the beta test was for stock froyo 2.2?

idk i wasnt able to get it to work, use this method, it's the one i used
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765496

of course he's not online now. well i sent him a PM with the link to that guide to rooting, all we can do now is wait and see if he posts something like "help i think i bricked my phone!" in this section. anyways, good luck to you

unrevoked 3.2

Recently I was finding a way to root my phone with froyo. I found that unrevoked 3.2 was out and I was downloading it, the real version was out but was taken away due to some problems but there is still a test version for those who want to root devices with froyo.
I have tried it with 2 HTC Desire devices and it still has not worked, see how it works for you. Any ideas when the actual versions will come out? The problems I have faced were that unrevoked reflash program did not recognize my phone when it was connected to the computer. Any way to make it work?
Thanks!

mmastrac said:
Hey all,
As you may have seen elsewhere, we've been working pretty hard to bring you unrEVOked 3.2 with out-of-the-box, one-click support for all Android versions on the GSM and CDMA desires.
Available for Linux, Mac, and Windows:
http://www.unrevoked.com/recovery/
Please start by visiting the help page and reading it through:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/unrevoked3
1. Windows users MUST install the HBOOT drivers for this to work:
http://www.unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php?id=public:windows_hboot_driver_install
2. Windows users need to uninstall HTC Sync or any other program that might talk to the phone over USB (doubletwist, etc). Disabling HTC Sync from the system tray is not enough. They interfere with the root process and will cause problems.
3. When asked for USB connection type, select "Charge Only" and "Remember this".
Special thanks to Sebastian Krahmer for the rageagainstthecage exploit.
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look @ this Post from here in the Forum
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Thread reported.
Don't post your questions in the development section!
There is already a thread for UnrEVOked 3.2 you could ask this in.
Thank You,
NoobNazi

If i use unrevoked 3.14 with an slcd display and bootloader 0.92 do i still need the custom image for slcd?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

[Q] Desire 2.2

I bought an unbranded/unlocked Desire a few days ago, and it had Froyo preinstalled.
It REFUSES to connect to HTC Sync, and it seems impossible to root using unrevoked too (i've tried Vista, Win7 and Ubuntu). All without success. I have tried EVERY method/guide/tutorial out there.
So my question is this. HOW DO I ROOT?!
I'm thinking of using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256
And then using unrevoked on the stock 2.1, but in that thread it says
Update:
The new version of unrevoked3 (3.21) can now root froyo ROMs directly, and a downgrade is no longer necessary if you just want to root and install custom recovery, although there appear to be a few issues with this new release. If you want to rebrand/debrand your phone, rooting won't achieve this and you can use this method instead. If you cannot get the new version of unrevoked3 to work you can also run this and use the older version (3.14) that works with Android 2.1.
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So i have no garauntee that unrevoked will work on 2.1 either, and i'm not downgrading for no reason.
Does anyone have any ideas, cause i'm running out of ideas here.

DannyDrama said:
I bought an unbranded/unlocked Desire a few days ago, and it had Froyo preinstalled.
It REFUSES to connect to HTC Sync, and it seems impossible to root using unrevoked too (i've tried Vista, Win7 and Ubuntu). All without success. I have tried EVERY method/guide/tutorial out there.
So my question is this. HOW DO I ROOT?!
I'm thinking of using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256
And then using unrevoked on the stock 2.1, but in that thread it says
So i have no garauntee that unrevoked will work on 2.1 either, and i'm not downgrading for no reason.
Does anyone have any ideas, cause i'm running out of ideas here.
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Does it have a new H-boot that unrevoked cant do yet? What is the H-boot on the phone?
Does unrevoked come up with any errors? Have you instaleed the correct drivers, adb for it?

What is your hboot #?
Power off, press down volume and power on should tell you at the top.
Then check the sticky topics, at the top of dev section, as they have solved newest hboot problems.
Ps this is best for the q&a section, good luck, and sure we'll all try and help.
Desire is the source of all suffering.

HBOOT number is 0.93, take it this is too new?
The non-connection to HTC Sync worries me, if it wont connect to the manufacturers software, what is there to make me think it will work with anything else?

Don't quote me on this but unrevocked should work on 0.93,
Best is to get suck into this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709146&highlight=unrevocked
And see how you do.
Goes through the whole deal with drivers etc.
Do you have ADB yet? because you can use adb devices to check to see if your desire is connecting to your computer, but as cjm1979 said you need to get latest drivers from the adb, but seem to remember you have to uninstall htcsync anyway to use unrevocked. But it should all be there in that guide.
But getting adb and drivers is important.

> Uninstall HTC sync 3.x version from your windows box and install 2.x version and then try it ( Important: Disable any firewall/antivirus tools when doing it)
The latest version of unrevoked should work.

Just found this in the unrevocked topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725738&highlight=solved&page=36
My HBOOT version is 0.93.0001
Follow the instruction to unrevoked,f after installed the HBOOT driver and enable USB debug, run unrevoked as administrator and connection "charging only",
the unrevoked still not start as follow, any idea?
Solved: I never install HTC sync.
Read all post found similar situation and I install and uninstall HTC sync. Problem resolved.
Never used htcsync for myself anyway.

Ok guys, i found the problem.
This is embarassing, But i forgot to uninstall DroidExplorer which unknown to me, was cocking it all up silently. Uninstalled that, ran unrevoked and it looks to be working, i'm currently on the ClockworkMod recovery screen. Yeah, all working now, and i should be rooted now.
Am i correct in saying that since the phone was unlocked/unbranded, i can now just whack an update.zip on my SD and flash it? Or is there anything else to be done before that (I know enough to do a Nandroid backup before that step)?
Thank you all for helping an idiot solve his non-problem!

I've uninstalled Sync, moved the drivers to system32, ran unrevoked as admin, ran it in compatibility mode, nothing. All required drivers/softwares/fairy dust is present. I really have tried nearly everything listed on tutorials. I've damn near broken googles servers just searching for a fix!

You don't copy any drivers, HTC sync installs in 2 parts - the program and the drivers.
Once installed, go into Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the program but leave the drivers. This works fine
Then make sure unrEVOked is running BEFORE you connect your phone, and make sure USB Debugging is enabled on the phone

One of the tuts i read said movng the drivers to system32 might help, but did it hell. I'm all rooted now, just installed TitaniumBackup, is it meant to ask for permissions 2000 times every time i do something? It just asked me about 20 times O.O

DannyDrama said:
One of the tuts i read said movng the drivers to system32 might help, but did it hell. I'm all rooted now, just installed TitaniumBackup, is it meant to ask for permissions 2000 times every time i do something? It just asked me about 20 times O.O
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Once, when you've ticked the box,
Unless your talking about superuser notifications which you can turn of in the superuser app
Desire is the source of all suffering.

You mean the 'remember' box? Yeah, done that too but it keeps popping up asking for permissions anyway.

DannyDrama said:
You mean the 'remember' box? Yeah, done that too but it keeps popping up asking for permissions anyway.
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Yes meant the remember box, is the box always the SU box or is it a grey notification box saying SU access has been granted.

Its always the SU box, asking me to give permission, but the remember box is always ticked.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Rooting Friends DINC, Help me?

So I have a vast amount of experience in rooting phones (done my own Samsung Fascinate, HTC Thunderbolt, friend's HTC Evo). I have been rooting, flashing roms, kernels, making custom themes, etc for the past year and a half so I know what I am doing. However, each phone seems to bring a new learning experience. I have read up a bit on rooting it but I am a bit confused at the best method to root this phone and flash a rom...any suggestions on a good guide/what-to-do? I was thinking of flashing CM7 or MIUI
Keep in mind I have a pc so I can do it on a pc but he has Apple computers that can dual boot into windows as well, but keep that in mind.

use unrEVOked to root. Check the stickies in the development forum
you'll have clockwork recovery after that so i'm assuming you should know what to do from there with flashing roms, backing up etc.

br125 said:
use unrEVOked to root. Check the stickies in the development forum
you'll have clockwork recovery after that so i'm assuming you should know what to do from there with flashing roms, backing up etc.
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Need a little more guidance...I have looked at this thread...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739428
Already have adb setup on my computer but do I need to set that up on his mac (can that even be done?) and I can't find a concise guide on the best way of rooting and how to do it

CC268 said:
Need a little more guidance...I have looked at this thread...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739428
Already have adb setup on my computer but do I need to set that up on his mac (can that even be done?) and I can't find a concise guide on the best way of rooting and how to do it
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Yes you can use ADB on OS X, but it isn't needed to root. Just download the unrevoked app from their site, and run it. No drivers required, no ADB needed. Plug 'n play! (Phone needs to be set to charge only though, with USB debugging on)

BrettApple said:
Yes you can use ADB on OS X, but it isn't needed to root. Just download the unrevoked app from their site, and run it. No drivers required, no ADB needed. Plug 'n play! (Phone needs to be set to charge only though, with USB debugging on)
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doesnt have the right software needed on his mac he has old osx so cant do it on his so i will have to try on my windows laptop

Well it works on 10.5 and 10.6. So it's either Tiger and earlier or a PowerPC. I think it only works on Intel based Mac's (Leopard +). I don't think it's a universal binary.
I haven't had to do it on Windows, but you should just be able to get the drivers from their site as well. HBOOT Driver Install

In which case you do need drivers. I think they're packaged with the unrevoked tool, been a long time since I've used it though.

Rooting on the INC is easy.
It's not like most other phones because you don't have to deal with ADB, the unrevoked team made it easy.
1) Download droid incredible driver (easiest way to download the correct driver is to get HTC SYNC)
http://www.htc.com/us/support/droid-incredible-verizon/downloads/
- OR -
Apparently they're also packaged in the unrevoked tool, in which case just get it from there.
2) Download and run unrevoked:
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
Follow the 3 steps in unrevoked and you're done. BAM. Rooted.
Also S-OFF is highly recommended (allows you to do more stuff to your phone and ensures that root will not be taken away)

I have a problem I can't install a Rom primexl error E: can't open/sdcard/primexl3d.zip why?

Can't Root...

I can't figure out for the life of me how to setup adb on my friends mac booted into windows (he has really old software so he has to use windows)...I dont see any SDK setup I only see SDK Manager, tried running that and I am just lost. I also tried doing it on my laptop because I have adb setup already but it wouldn't do a thing when I had it connected to revoked, and im pretty sure hboot was installed...any ideas?

Well with Windows, you need the usb driver, then hook up in charge only mode and with usb debugging on, then run the tool that comes in the bundle. Don't need adb for unrevoked.

iowabowtech said:
Well with Windows, you need the usb driver, then hook up in charge only mode and with usb debugging on, then run the tool that comes in the bundle. Don't need adb for unrevoked.
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oh...good grief...where can i get that driver?
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problem is i go to download the driver, go to hboot, connect, and under device manager under other devices there is android 1.0 and USB Device and when I right click there is an option to update driver which just brings up the wizard and doesnt do anything, there is no option for update driver software

You're using these instructs?
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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Only other thought is if you weren't logged on as admin perhaps the option to update drivers wouldn't be present. Not sure tho.

iowabowtech said:
You're using these instructs?
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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Yes...course there not the clearest instructions but I seem to be doing everything right...I have never been so frustrated with rooting a phone and I have rooted 3 phones

what a disaster...still cant figure it out...ive been doing this for 5 hours now.

What version of Windows are you using? I don't understand what you mean by not having an option to update the driver. Never seen it before I guess.

CC268 said:
oh...good grief...where can i get that driver?
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problem is i go to download the driver, go to hboot, connect, and under device manager under other devices there is android 1.0 and USB Device and when I right click there is an option to update driver which just brings up the wizard and doesnt do anything, there is no option for update driver software
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There isnt an option when the wizard comes up to choose a file manualy, or browse my computer, or select a file? Every version of windows ever made has had the option to manualy update a driver, they just look different on different versions of windows.
Here is the driver if you need it. Just unzip it to somewhere on your pc.
http://dinc.does-it.net/android_usb_driver.zip
The file you will want to point it to in the zip is android_winusb.inf

The dInc is NOTHING like rooting a Tbolt. You only need two pieces of software and a phone that is booted up and running with USB Debugging checked under Applications.
Remove HTC Sync if it's installed. Install the modified USB driver provided in the wiki for unrEVOked. Connect the device and select "Charge" mode. Open the unrEVOked tool and execute it.
This will NOT work if you updated to Gingerbread.
It's also not assured to work the first time. Mine took 3 tries, but eventually worked. EVOs I've used it on have worked the first time or third time. It's not a sure thing because of the nature of the exploit used.
Use unrEVOked Forever if you desire a bootloader with permanent S-Off.
It's pretty much that simple.

loonatik78 said:
The dInc is NOTHING like rooting a Tbolt. You only need two pieces of software and a phone that is booted up and running with USB Debugging checked under Applications.
Remove HTC Sync if it's installed. Install the modified USB driver provided in the wiki for unrEVOked. Connect the device and select "Charge" mode. Open the unrEVOked tool and execute it.
This will NOT work if you updated to Gingerbread.
It's also not assured to work the first time. Mine took 3 tries, but eventually worked. EVOs I've used it on have worked the first time or third time. It's not a sure thing because of the nature of the exploit used.
Use unrEVOked Forever if you desire a bootloader with permanent S-Off.
It's pretty much that simple.
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Agreed. The only thing I'll add to this, since I just rooted my girl's HTC Desire and friend's DInc is this: I followed the Unrevoked Wiki and installed their drivers, Unrevoked forever, and set it up as explained. The phones would reboot as Unrevoked was working, but it would get to a spot waiting for phone to reboot, and they never would.
I realized with the HTC Desire that you need a different tool to root that phone, but you needed the HTC Fastboot drivers for Windows. I downloaded that driver as well, and everything worked. You can get those drivers from HTC Sync, just install it, then when you go to Control Panel to remove it, there should be 3 entries. Remove everything but the HTC Sync drivers.
You can also get them from Revolutionary, located here. That'll get you the HTC Sync drivers only.

RMarkwald said:
Agreed. The only thing I'll add to this, since I just rooted my girl's HTC Desire and friend's DInc is this: I followed the Unrevoked Wiki and installed their drivers, Unrevoked forever, and set it up as explained. The phones would reboot as Unrevoked was working, but it would get to a spot waiting for phone to reboot, and they never would.
I realized with the HTC Desire that you need a different tool to root that phone, but you needed the HTC Fastboot drivers for Windows. I downloaded that driver as well, and everything worked. You can get those drivers from HTC Sync, just install it, then when you go to Control Panel to remove it, there should be 3 entries. Remove everything but the HTC Sync drivers.
You can also get them from Revolutionary, located here. That'll get you the HTC Sync drivers only.
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I'm also thinking the Unrevoked tool won't be updated to support the dInc, if anyone was wondering. The Supersonic (EVO 4G), which is technically identical to the dInc, is now supported by Revolutionary. Version 0.5 will probably support the dInc, I'm thinking. Might be good if people looked there rather than the Unrevoked site.

loonatik78 said:
I'm also thinking the Unrevoked tool won't be updated to support the dInc, if anyone was wondering. The Supersonic (EVO 4G), which is technically identical to the dInc, is now supported by Revolutionary. Version 0.5 will probably support the dInc, I'm thinking. Might be good if people looked there rather than the Unrevoked site.
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I was wondering if that'd be the case with Revolutionary, pretty slick tool! Easy to use, and it supported the Desire so I'd think if it's supporting the EVO that the DInc would be too. I agree, that'd be the place to look.

S-off is included in the Unrevoked tool now. No need to flash Unrevoked Forever separately.

iowabowtech said:
S-off is included in the Unrevoked tool now. No need to flash Unrevoked Forever separately.
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Well, you can tell how long ago I rooted my dInc!

loonatik78 said:
Well, you can tell how long ago I rooted my dInc!
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I hear you, I'm starting to forget things about it and I'm still running the thing.
I'm just holding out these last few months for either the Prime (hoping for the best) or the Vigor. It's time for a change.

iowabowtech said:
I hear you, I'm starting to forget things about it and I'm still running the thing.
I'm just holding out these last few months for either the Prime (hoping for the best) or the Vigor. It's time for a change.
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If you want my opinion, I think development for the Vigor/Inc HD will be nothing short of explosive. A lot of what's been learned on the Tbolt will make it's way there and I think there will be a lot of back and forth on those platforms.

CC268 said:
I can't figure out for the life of me how to setup adb on my friends mac booted into windows (he has really old software so he has to use windows)...I dont see any SDK setup I only see SDK Manager, tried running that and I am just lost. I also tried doing it on my laptop because I have adb setup already but it wouldn't do a thing when I had it connected to revoked, and im pretty sure hboot was installed...any ideas?
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If you have never rooted this phone before, and this phone has the latest Gingerbread update then I don't think it's possible to root.
I may be wrong though.
And yeah I rooted my bro's TB and it was a bit of a pain (had to do terminal bullcrap and run a bunch of specific commands)
For the INC you just press big fancy buttons (make sure you have the driver on your PC) and it's done.

well thanks guys I will try again..he is on 2.2 so I dont believe thats gingerbread

CC268 said:
well thanks guys I will try again..he is on 2.2 so I dont believe thats gingerbread
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No you should be fine. Try to find a way to get us some screenshots of the PC so we can get a better idea of what's up. Or just try it on a different pc for as much time as you have in it already.

iowabowtech said:
No you should be fine. Try to find a way to get us some screenshots of the PC so we can get a better idea of what's up. Or just try it on a different pc for as much time as you have in it already.
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I will be trying again today. I have everything setup on my Alienware M14x so I dont know if I can do it on the same computer I have been trying to set it up on his 2007 Macbook Pro (however I can't use ios because its too old for revoked so we have been trying on bootcamp on windows xp). I will try again using some of the info you guys gave. Should i do Revoked 3 or forever??