Hi there.
I have a unbranded DHD on 2.3- 2.36.405.8. It's the official leaked version.
I'd like to root & install leeDroids new Rom based upon the official leaked one.
Could you guys possibly help me out?
I don't want to do anything major, but would like to make my phone better now as I can't see much happening after the gingerbread update. Thanks people.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App
Had you rooted previously before you installed the update?
Suggest you google gingerbreak to root your phone, then downgrade your phone to an earlier version so you can S-Off and you can then install custom ROMs.
Guide to downgrade http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
Hi guys. Thanks for your response. It means a lot.
I've never actually rooted any device before, never really had the b*lls lol.
I'll check these threads out & give it a shot.
Thank you very much.
There's not much to get your berries shaking, it's just the radio replacement you should be careful with.
First thing you should do is backup your device with either Titanium or ClockworkMod, though you probably need to root in order to do this, and then anything you might do, you can always revert back to what you had.
When you get to replacing the radio version, read instructions extra careful and be sure to do everything by the book (guide) and to check the checksum on the downloaded files. This could brick your device so no extra precaution is unnecessary..
Happy flashing
Hi guys. Cheers for getting back to me.
Before I start could you tell me whether the following procedures that im going to take will or will not be the right ones please?
1st obtain gingerbreak apk and install on my phone using the downgrade guide on xda
once ive done that use file (http://xdafil.es/DesireHD/RUU/RUU_Ac...032_signed.zip) and put on my sd card..... do I rename this file?
2. Once ive downgraded to this, must i perform a ROOT again to be able to flash a new rom?
3. I want to use this ROM - [ROM&KERNEL] LeeDrOiD HD V3.0.2 GB >EPIC!< |5th May | Official GB Sense 2.1 | TV Anim
4. on the 1.32xxx version do I root and use cwm 2 or 3 and just flash the above rom?
5. When exactly do i use the easy radio off tool please? EasyS-OFF_05.zip (747.4 KB, 20804 views)
Sorry for all the questions, but would be very grateful if someone could help
Edit* also after I write this in cmd
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_versi adb shell su
Do I write it exactly as it is? Or does misc_version get replaced with the name of the file?
Cheers.
ok.........
so installed and did gingerbreak, it said didnt work, but asked if i would allow super user permissions to which i said yes.
I opened up a cmd and went to downgrade folder ie; c:\users\ajay\desktop\downgrade
this is where the .zip for 1.36.405.6 is kept.
typed in that code adb etc.... and it said unrecognised command batch etc...
Could someone help us out alittle?
Im pretty dumb at this sort of stuff so my apologies guys.
Hope I manage to install a custom rom, but if i cant then thats cool too.
cheers
Here is my guide i have made and compiled together, follow that and you are done.
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HOWTO FLASH CUSTOM ROM ONTO GB DEVICE
Downgrade First!
You might need to format your SD card first before installing Gingerbreak, make a backup of your SD card by copying the files to a safe
place on your PC and then goto Settings - SD and Phone Storage - Click Umount SD card - Click Erase SD card - Click Mount SD card after erasing and formating the card has been
completed.
Gingerbreak help thread for problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
1. Download Gingerbreak from http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=578771&d=1303829207 and install it. Then tap root button.
2. You might get force close errors, just click the force close button and let Gingerbreak do it's job
3. Gingerbreak will in the end, usually say that something went wrong that you need to reboot etc, don't reboot! Just leave it open in your phone, and connect your phone to a PC. Charge only, USB Debugging enabled!
4. Download Android Terminal from the Market and after you installed it you can check if you are rooted, by typing su in the terminal, accept the Superuser request if it shows up and Press "Allow", if you get a "#" you are rooted and the Gingerbreak hack worked.
5. Now open up a terminal window(cmd) on your PC and go to the Downgrade folder on your PC where you downloaded the ADB files from at http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=483902&d=1294492245 , execute the following commands:
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell
su
!Now allow SuperUser in phone when dialog comes up!
If you got "#" in the result, you have temporary root! Proceed with commands:
Now type in terminal:
cd /data/local/tmp
./misc_version -s 1.31.405.6
1. Close the terminal window on your PC and set USB connection to disk drive in your phone and download PD98IMG.zip from http://www.multiupload.com/BTJ8KY0KH9 and place it on your SD card, don't extract the zip file!! Do not put the file into a folder of any kind on your SD card.
PLEASE NOTE!! If you can't set USB connection to disk drive you have to reboot the DHD, now you will be able to set USB connection to disk drive and transfer PD98IMG.zip file to SD from your PC.
2. Reboot while holding volume down, it will go to the Bootloader
3. Follow the instructions and Press "Yes" when it asks you if you want to flash PD98IMG.zip (start the update)
4. Done and reboot.
5. Proceed below with the two S-OFF methods and remove the PD98IMG.zip from your SD.
RADIO S-OFF
1. Install and download latest Visionary r14 from http://www.mediafire.com/?xhwc5m7f273l7b2
2. Open Visionary and tap temproot, then attempt permroot now. Your device will reboot.
3. Connect your phone to a computer (make sure you have USB Debugging enabled, Connect charge only!
4. Extract the Radio S-OFF zip file you dowloaded into a folder on your computer from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
5. Open my "Desire HD easy radio tool.exe" (Windows 7, right click & run as Administrator).
Choose the first option (RADIO S-OFF, Super-CID and Sim Unlock)
Click "Do it". There may be a SuperUser request on your phone, allow it.
6. Done.
ENG S-OFF(You need this enabled to be able to flash RADIO.IMG later)
1. Download and Extract the eng s-off zip file into a folder on your computer from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855403
2. Connect the phone to your computer in "Charge only" mode
3. Run "Desire HD easy s-off.exe" from the extracted folder
4. Click "I have RADIO S-OFF" (as you already done RADIO S-OFF earlier), IMPORTANT!
5. Click in "S-OFF" it
6. Your phone is now ENG S-OFF
7. Done
Flashing your ROM
1. Connect your phone using "Disk drive" to the computer.
2. Copy both your full-wipe-1-3.zip from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15057375/mero01-xda/Wipe/FULL-WIPE-1.3.zip and your CUSTOM ROM zip file to your SD Card
3. Check again that both files are on your SD card because once you full wipe, you won't have a ROM anymore.
4. Disconnect your phone from your computer
5. Install and open Rom Manager from the market
6. Tap on Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and download version 3.0.2.6
7. Wait for it to download (You need a wi-fi or data connection)
8. After it is done press "Reboot into recovery"
9. If you get an icon with a phone and an exclamation mark in a triangle, remove the battery from your phone, reboot and then flash the clockworkmod recovery again
10. Once you are in the clockwork mod recovery, you may use the volume keys as directional keys (up and down) and the power button may be used as Enter.
11. I recommend you do a nandroid back-up. You must have at least 1 gb of free space.
12. Goto Backup and Restore and make a backup of current ROM if something would fail during flash.
13. Select "Install Zip from sdcard"
14. Select "Choose zip from sdcard"
15. Select full-wipe-1-3.zip (It's right under those folders)
16. Confirm by selecting the Yes option in between those "NO"s
17. Wait for it to finish
18. DO NOT REBOOT!!! In case you were not aware, you now have no rom installed
19. Once again select "Install Zip from sdcard"
20. Select "Choose zip from sdcard"
21. Select your rom zip file
22. Confirm your selection (just like with the wipe)
23. Wait for it to finish
24. Please reboot from the recovery menu and flash nothing else before you have rebooted.
Flash recommended Radio for your custom ROM:
1. Download "Radio Flash.zip" from http://www.mediafire.com/?b172o4ftj1mcpn1 and extract it contents on your PC.
2. Put the radio.img file you downloaded for your custom ROM and put it in the same folder as you extracted the "Radio flash.zip" file to.
3. Make sure USB debugging is enabled in your Desire HD before proceeding.
4. Connect your DHD to your PC with the USB cable and make sure you select USB Charge Only!
5. Now goto the Radio flash folder on your PC and execute "Start here.exe"
6. In the terminal window that comes up you will type:
adb reboot bootloader
Your DHD now goes into Bootloader state, when it is in bootloader state you will type:
fastboot flash radio radio.img
When the terminal says that the process is done you will type:
fastboot reboot
7. Now the DHD reboots and everything is done.
!!GOOD TO KNOW!!
TESTING BEFORE FLASHING ANYTHING
Testing Root
1. Download Android Terminal Emulator from the Market
2. Run it and type in "su"
3. Accept the Superuser request if it comes
4. A "#" should appear if nothing is wrong with your root!
Testing Eng S-off and Radio S-OFF
1. Power Down Your Device
2. Go to Bootloader
3. If it says Ace PVT ENG S-OFF your phone is ENG S-OFF.
4. use Volume down to get to system info and tap power button to select
5. check CID for CID-11111111 (if you have this all is done 100%)
6. Reboot
Checking the device state:
1. Go to the bootloader (turn fastboot off, turn off phone, hold vol- and power)
2. If it says ACE PVT SHIP S-OFF in the first line, your device is Radio S-OFF
3. If it says ACE PVT ENG S-OFF, you have ENG S-OFF, go to System info
4. If system info CID is 11111111, your device is SuperCID5.
5. And if you can verify either Radio S-OFF or SuperCID (and you did both), it worked fine and you have both of them
6. You can check your original CID by going to radio tool folder with cmd and typing: "adb shell getprop ro.cid"
To go back to RADIO S-ON:(If you want to go back to RUU stock ROM again)
1. Flash stock ROM (RUU)
2. Temproot using Visionary
3. Use my tool, do Stock CID and S-ON (enter brand CID if you had a branded device, see second post)
4. Enjoy your factory-state phone
Prodelin said:
Here is my guide i have made and compiled together, follow that and you are done.
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HOWTO FLASH CUSTOM ROM ONTO GB DEVICE
Downgrade First!
Install Gingerbreak v1.2 apk which is latest, you might need to format your SD card first before installing Gingerbreak, make a backup of your SD card by copying the files to a safe
place on your PC and then goto Settings - SD and Phone Storage - Click Umount SD card - Click Erase SD card - Click Mount SD card after erasing and formating the card has been
completed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1044765
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THIS LINK IS BROKEN.. can you check it please?
Hi thanks very much
Ill follow this guide now, and hopefully be sorted.
just quickly, where do i get recommended radio? and during...
4. Open up a cmd and go to Downgrade folder, execute commands:
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell
su
do i press enter after each line of text?
ajay83 said:
Hi thanks very much
Ill follow this guide now, and hopefully be sorted.
just quickly, where do i get recommended radio? and during...
4. Open up a cmd and go to Downgrade folder, execute commands:
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell
su
do i press enter after each line of text?
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Yes enter after each line
For recommended Radio look into the thread of the custom ROM you will flash, it will say what radio they recommend to their ROM
Hi there.
1st thank you for being so patient with me mate, I appeciate it.
after i typed the 1st line of those commands it wouldnt have any of it. It said....
'adb' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
I think I should just leave it. Ill have all the guys on here pulling their hair out coz i cant do the simplest thing lol.
Thanks for your time anyway bud.
Revised my guide to make it easier to read and understand.
ajay83 said:
Hi there.
'adb' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Thanks for your time anyway bud.
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You need to type adb in the folder you have adb.
If you have adb.exe in folder c:\Downgrade you must go to that folder first and the type adb.
ahh ok.
Thank you very much bud. Legend =)
and where could i get Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 please? I read the forum and it seems to be a good recommended one.
I'll give it ago tonight or tomorrow morning and let you know how i got on.
Thanks for all your help and for being patient bud.
ajay83 said:
and where could i get Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 please? I read the forum and it seems to be a good recommended one.
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From the Radio's thread in the development forum.
[EDIT] @Andy: Sorry, not today.
ajay83 said:
ahh ok.
Thank you very much bud. Legend =)
and where could i get Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 please? I read the forum and it seems to be a good recommended one.
I'll give it ago tonight or tomorrow morning and let you know how i got on.
Thanks for all your help and for being patient bud.
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You can get that particular radio from:
http://tinyurl.com/6ynbecn
Mr_JMM said:
From the Radio's thread in the development forum.
[EDIT] @Andy: Sorry, not today.
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Don't worry you have to be nice all the time. Sometimes It hurts my head being nice. I would of answered the same TBH. Its not like it isn't in a sticky.
Hi there.
gingerbreak worked!
Followed the codes and got superuser access.
I had formatted my sd card prior to doing this btw
I closed the terminal and went to change usb from charge to disk drive and the option had gone. took it out and reinserted and still it wouldnt find it for me to put .zip file on???
It would not show my sd card was there until i re booted?
Its a shame we cant just temproot it with gingerbreak and flash the rooted GB 2.3 leedroid, but then i guess this is where all this -s off stuff comes in right?
I havent got a clue now let alone to begin with lol.
Lads I think i give up =( . Thanks for all the help and advise and patience but your dealing with abit of a numpty here and we could be here a very very long time.
I appreciate all the help & Ill keep my eyes open if a way comes out to permroot 2.3 without downgrading etc...
ajay83 said:
Hi there.
I closed the terminal and went to change usb from charge to disk drive and the option had gone. took it out and reinserted and still it wouldnt find it for me to put .zip file on???
It would not show my sd card was there until i re booted?
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Same thing happened me, i had to reboot to make SD card show up again, but that is no problem as you have already changed misc_version with adb, you can now just put the PD98 file to the SD card and reboot and flash from bootloader.
Easy.
You have come along way now, just do as i said earlier, the rest is easy, don't give up now
Related
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE
Infos
Why Should I root my phone?
Read Here
What can I do with recovery?
With recovery you can principally flash cooked roms, but also other things like make nandroid backups (Internal memory backups), partition your sdcard, fix problems etc...
If you want root there are 2 methods:
First Method
Is very simple, just download and install InstantRoot.apk (attached)
To install this from sdcard you need a file explorer like ASTRO
After the install a notify that says root access gained should appear, if not try second method
Second Method
This will install also recovery
1. Enable Debug USB from Settings->Applications
2. Download flashrec and install it with file manager like ASTRO
3. Download Amon_RA's recovery and put it in your sdcard
4. Run flashrec and tap Backup Recovery
5. Tap in the textbox and write this path:
Code:
/sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-vx.x.x.img
At moment of writing last version is 1.5.2, so the path should be
Code:
/sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
6. Tap Download then flash recoery
7. If you get an error retry from step 3, else continue
8. Turn off your phone and reboot it keeping pressed Home button, recovery should start
9. Connect your phone via usb
10. Download Android SDK and extract all in the same folder
11. Download this and extract it in your sdk/tools folder
12. Open cmd (if you are on windows, if you are on a mac or on linux open terminal) and move to sdk/tools folder using this command
Code:
cd path
13. Give this commands in order
On windows:
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb push su /system/bin/
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
adb shell umount /system
adb shell reboot
On linux/mac
Code:
./adb shell mount /system
./adb push su /system/bin/
./adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
./adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
./adb shell umount /system
./adb shell reboot
14. Now you have root access on your phone
If you want recovery:
Just follow root's second method to the step 7
Flashing Custom roms using recovery:
Custom roms are in Zip format, to flash it is really easy once you have recovery.
Once downloaded a rom put it in your sdcard root, then reboot into recovery (Keep home button pressed while turning on your phone)
Now make a wipe going to Wipe->Wipe data, then come back to main menu and go to Flash zip from sd card, select your zip and you're done
Thanks for the guide How does Nandroid backup fit into this?
maybe you need to tell how to downgrade(or a link to a guide )
nice guide, only i have already rooted my phone(2 months ago or something xD)
@Culturelol
nandroid backup is recommeded when you install a new rom, so you can always back to your original/past rom
So i root with this guide, then nandroid and then i can flash the new rom?
One more small question Is there anything special i should know about flashing the radio?
culturelol said:
So i root with this guide, then nandroid and then i can flash the new rom?
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Yep
culturelol said:
One more small question Is there anything special i should know about flashing the radio?
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No, only that you can't flash a GSM radio on a CDMA phone and back, if you do this you'll brick your phone
Exit93 said:
Yep
No, only that you can't flash a GSM radio on a CDMA phone and back, if you do this you'll brick your phone
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Is that done the same way? Boot to recovery and then flash the radio? And is this done before or after wipe / install of the new rom?
culturelol said:
Is that done the same way? Boot to recovery and then flash the radio? And is this done before or after wipe / install of the new rom?
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You can install radio whenever you want, it's flashed in another nand partition
nice rom - but the Home button doesnt work - is that normal?
krueck83 said:
nice rom - but the Home button doesnt work - is that normal?
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Wrong discussion...
If you refer to CKDroid you need to flash googlebits to get home button working...
Exit93 said:
You can install radio whenever you want, it's flashed in another nand partition
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But it is flashed through the recovery screen?
culturelol said:
But it is flashed through the recovery screen?
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Yes, it is
Thank you - it works.
Thanks for the instructions.
1-Do you need to follow step 8-12 to get root and flash rom`s or is the android sdk and superuser only if you want to develope yourself?
2- If ypu do this and after want back to stock rom . As far as i`ve read it`s as easy as just flashing from HTC website and you`re back ? Won`t recovery still be left on your phone?
Thanks
Rui-Cruz said:
Thanks for the instructions.
1-Do you need to follow step 8-12 to get root and flash rom`s or is the android sdk and superuser only if you want to develope yourself?
2- If ypu do this and after want back to stock rom . As far as i`ve read it`s as easy as just flashing from HTC website and you`re back ? Won`t recovery still be left on your phone?
Thanks
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1. Steps from 8 to 12 are only to get root access on stock rom, if you want to change rom you don't need to make those steps
2. To get back to stock rom just flash official update, as far as i know recovery will be deleted
Thanks
Thanks for the guide.
Was being anal and following the guide to the letter (not wanting a brick!) and it just rebooted to stock recovery
Code:
4. Run flashrec and tap Backup Recovery
5. Tap in the textbox and write this path: /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
6. If you get an error retry from step 3, else continue
Should we be tapping the download button once we entered the img location?
Ne0
alfie196 said:
Thanks for the guide.
Was being anal and following the guide to the letter (not wanting a brick!) and it just rebooted to stock recovery
Code:
4. Run flashrec and tap Backup Recovery
5. Tap in the textbox and write this path: /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2.img
6. If you get an error retry from step 3, else continue
Should we be tapping the download button once we entered the img location?
Ne0
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Yes, sorry it's my fault, correcting...
Sorry silly question
Please could someone tell me, if using the first method the InstantRoot.apk. Will this wipe the current ROM/data/apps etc from the phone or will it just enable Root privilages and leave everything else the same?
Many thanks
Jeremy
It just roots your phone and leaves everything in tact, just did it now.
The guide is not clear on how to flash the rom though. Because it says "If you want recovery" I don't want recovery I just want to flash. I have root now what's next? In simple steps, no recovery required just want CKDroid.
hatski said:
It just roots your phone and leaves everything in tact, just did it now.
The guide is not clear on how to flash the rom though. Because it says "If you want recovery" I don't want recovery I just want to flash. I have root now what's next? In simple steps, no recovery required just want CKDroid.
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You need recovery to flash roms, it's written on the start of the first post
I found that some of the new user they dont know from where they can bring the tools to flash roms or kernels so i will help them by uploading all files they need to do that...
1- android-sdk-windows
2- i9000_Kernel_LK9_01b9.tar
3- i9000_Kernel_Original.tar
4- Kies_1.5.0.10052_28.exe
5- Odin3_v1.0.exe
6- s1_odin_20100513.pit
7- Superuser.apk
8- su
9- Superuser_v1_CSC.tar
10-update.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/?yqzebmymnn2
and to download any oem roms go to this website and make registration and download any rom you want
http://samsung-firmware.webs.com/WEBPROTECT-samsungi9000.htm
-WARNING: THIS METHOD CAN BE DANGEROUSE. DO NOTHING IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DO.
I CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE IF YOU TRANSFORM YOUR I9000 LIKE A BRICK
Tested on JF2 and JFB
First method:
If you have adb and you know how to use it!
1. Download: update.zip
2. Put update.zip to SD card
3. Enter
Code:
adb reboot recovery
4. In Recovery menu select 'apply sdcard:update.zip' (use vol_down + home)
Phone will reboot
and you have
1. su+Superuser
2. busybox (/system/xbin/busybox)
Second method:
If you have Odin3 and you know how to use it!
Your data and programs will be deleted!!!!
1. Download: Superuser_v1_CSC.7z
2. Unpack
3. Flash this file as CSC file with Odin3
How to install busybox utils
in terminal enter
Code:
su
busybox --install -s /system/xbin
i get it from here
http://forum.samdroid.net/f49/superuser-su-busybox-i9000-26-06-2010-a-1355/
ADB cant find phone, I had adb set up for my G1, what do I need to use adb on my SGS?
go to settings>applications>development>usb debugging and mark it
after that connect your usb it will work
note make sure you install all drivers will
Many thanks...thought it was something simple i had forgoten!
edit: SGS now rooted!!
Nice One Thanks will this work with an out of the box galaxy s or does it need to have something else done to it??? thanks
EDIT: Im suprised theres not so many people like amazed cuz this is great
EDIT2: Thought i put the links on to this forum might help to put them in 1st post update.zip and Superuser_v1_CSC.7z
EDIT3 lol : Do we need to mod the kernal to overclock or canwe now jus over clock it if so to what sppeds ??
yes...just out the box, I used
http://forum.samdroid.net/f49/superuser-su-busybox-i9000-26-06-2010-a-1355/ (same as above!)
its SOO easy just to get superuser and SU, I was so happy to get titanium backup working again..
kirandeep said:
yes...just out the box, I used
http://forum.samdroid.net/f49/superuser-su-busybox-i9000-26-06-2010-a-1355/
its SOO easy just to get superuser and SU, I was so happy to get titanium backup working again..
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Thank-You that is good isnt it then and much easier realy than my hero
no problems...theres no recovery yet, just SU i think..im no expert but i could follow those instructions once i got ADB working.
Qustion,
If i rooted my phone and want to go back to the original FW or i missed something and never worked and want to reflash my phone again with the untouched FW, Is it okay? or my phone will be bricked as a result of bad rooting?!
need to know that.
Thank you!
Please help me
I am ok with computers but very n00b to smartphones.
I downloaded SDK, enabled USB debugging, in CMD my serial came up so that was all ok.
I put the update.zip on the sd card of the phone and turned on the phone with vol down + home key expecting it to let me choose the update.zip but I got a yellow android triangle screen with the android bot icon using a spade and underneath it says
"downloading.....
Do not turn off target!!!"
What have I missed?
Thanks in advance
dan 6a said:
Please help me
I am ok with computers but very n00b to smartphones.
I downloaded SDK, enabled USB debugging, in CMD my serial came up so that was all ok.
I put the update.zip on the sd card of the phone and turned on the phone with vol down + home key expecting it to let me choose the update.zip but I got a yellow android triangle screen with the android bot icon using a spade and underneath it says
"downloading.....
Do not turn off target!!!"
What have I missed?
Thanks in advance
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Did you enable USB debugging on the S? It's off the Settings|Applications|Development menu.
In the CMD shell, did you go to the android-sdk-windows\tools directory and run 'adb reboot recovery' with the USB lead connected?
Thankyou
I did it, I didn't put in the command shell, I rebooted it thinking the vol down + home would bring me into the recovery screen
How do I confirm it worked? It looked like it was doing stuff.. *edit I found the superuser app*
Wow sounds great! Custom recovery anyone!? Just got back from romania, nice little treat!
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Hi,
i'm new to this..I have a I9000 and maybe I wan't to root it.
But I have some questions first and i I hope anybody can help me.
1) Can you go back to the stock settings ?
2) Do you still have your warranty?
3) Can you put a costum ROM on it? Example: Can you use the ROM they use on a nexus one?
4) What can you do more when u are a superuser?
Thnx
worked perfectly (first method) fast and simple
I have root now
can't wait for custom recovery.
the busybox in here was not very good had to let titanium backup update to its version of busy box.
If you want the full featured busybox, why not taking this one?
removing apps..
can someone help me out please, i cant seem to find a way to remove apps that are already installed from samsung...
Do you have already root? Then you should open your command line where your adb binary lies in and type the following:
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /system/app
ls
and identify the packages which you don't need and remove them by typing:
Code:
rm PACKAGENAME.apk
rm PACKAGENAME.odex
Ok guys, first of all Scotty2 gets all the credit for the program R&D. I used my device as a test bed and have tried a couple different kernels (Gr8Gorilla's O/C Kernel and the stock kernel).
Now for the boring stuff ...
This is a very invasive way of rooting your device but the benefit is TRUE S=Off and root privileges throughout the system. As such, you do this at your own risk and if you brick your device neither Scotty2 nor myself are responsible, YOU ARE!!! Do this at your own risk!!!
This is not for the faint of heart and if you have any reservations about doing things like this do not do it.
This process will do three things for your device. I will explain them here:
1. It will set up Super CID on your device allowing you to flash any carriers rom (not just tmobile). Giving you more freedom with your choice of software. The software still needs to be device specific to the glacier for compatability reasons though. Like vodafone glacier roms etc.
2. It will subsidy unlock your device. In other words, it will SIMUNLOCK your phone allowing you to use an AT&T sim card and so on in your device without needing the unlock code from HTC.
3. Most important of all it will turn the RADIO S=Off. This is the ultimate S=Off because the radio is what controls the security flag in the first place. Once you turn it off here it is off everywhere and will allow you pure unadulterated access to your device.
This process will not change your bootloader (unless your on 0.86.0000 and you follow the optional steps).
Now, you may be asking "Why do this? I already have root from your other guide and it has given me r/w access to system and recovery. I thought this meant we had permanent S=Off." This is only partially true. We have had an engineering bootloader and "Label" s=off not radio s=off. When you turn the security off in radio it is off permanently no matter what hboot you have installed engineering or otherwise. However, it is optional but you can still copy the engineering hboot over and it will allow you to flash whatever you like without (as much) fear of bricking your device.
This guide assumes you know how to use ADB. If you do not there are guides all over XDA to show you how. There is even a really good one in this forum. Also here is a video on how to setup adb discovered by topgun303: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UF5w1dKe2U
*NOTE*
For some reason this process can bork your recovery. If you notice after following the steps below that in order to reboot from recovery you have to uninstall/reinstall the battery and hit the power button, just install/reinstall clockwork recovery through Rom Manager in the android market and it will fix your problem.
CONFIRMED: Guide does work for pre-OTA devices!!! Thanks xanz!
Here we go:
If you are already permarooted per the other guide just follow the first 11 steps.
Make sure you have visionary installed on your device. (If you were already permarooted w/s=off ignore this step.)
Download this file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?s7afymwe2wb3x60 New version of gfree with more options! See below.
md5sum: b73c56ca0e21664c5756d4ad295063c5
1. Now unzip the file into your SDK tools directory.
2. Plug your device into your computer.
3. Now open explorer and hold down shift at same time you right mouse click on your SDK tools directory (platform-tools if you have the R8 version of the SDK). Select open command window here. If you are in linux (ubuntu) right mouse click on your SDK tools folder, choose actions, and choose open command window(or whatever it's called). Otherwise, open a command prompt and cd your way to your SDK tools directory.
4. Type "adb push gfree /data/local" and hit enter.
Optionally, you could dl the file to your phone use androzip or something like it to unzip the file and then use root explorer to move the file named gfree to /data/local. Not the gfree.h file. All the other files are source code inlcuded for the gnu license. This would skip the first 4 steps.
5. Now unplug your device from the computer.
6. Run visionary to gain temp root. (If you were already permarooted w/s=off ignore this step.)
7. Open terminal emulator on your device, type "su", and hit enter to gain root privileges.
8. Type "cd /data/local" and hit enter.
9. Now type "chmod 777 gfree" and hit enter to make the program executable.
10. Type "./gfree -f" and hit enter.
New features in gfree.
gfree usage:
gfree [-h|-?|--help] [-v|--version] [-s|--secu_flag on|off]
-h | -? | --help: display this message
-v | --version: display program version
-s | --secu_flag on|off: turn secu_flag on or off
-c | --cid <CID>: set the CID to the 8-char long CID
-S | --sim_unlock: remove the SIMLOCK
With the new features you can turn off one thing at a time. You can also turn security back on and set the CID back to stock if you wish. To turn simlock back on you still have to follow the revert procedures on this page as the information that is patched to turn the lock off is encrypted and we can't write back to it other than restoring the entire image.
So, if you wanted to leave simlock on but turn security off and set super CID the command would be "./gfree --secu_flag off --cid 11111111" + enter. The -f switch after ./gfree that is now in the above step (./gfree -f) just tells gfree to patch everything.
11. Wait for the program to finish and then reboot into HBoot to see if S=Off. Also, check your bootloader version. If it says s=off and has bootloader version 0.86.0000 it worked.
If you already had hboot 0.85.2007 you can check it through the hboot menu. It gives you an option for "system info" in the hboot menu. Highlight it and hit power. It should say CID = 11111111 or something like that. If it does your golden.
Congratulations!
12. If this is the first time you have rooted your device you will need to run visionary again (temproot w/set system r/w after root checked and then attempt permroot) to make root privileges permanent and then reboot again. Now "su" should work properly for you.
Gfree writes a backup of the file that it patches named Part7backup-numbers.bin on your sdcard. I suggest putting this file in a safe place as it is the only way to revert if you need to.
[Optional] Steps to flash engineering bootloader.
1. Restart your phone and plug it back into your computer.
2. Download this file: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NN5726Z8
md5sum: df4fd77f44993eb05a4732210d2eddc6
3. Copy the file to your SDK tools directory.
4. Open a command prompt again and cd into your SDK tools directoty (platform-tools if your on the new R8 SDK).
5. Type "adb push hboot_dhd.nb0 /data/local" and hit enter.
6. Now open terminal on your device and type "su" and enter to gain root priviliges.
7. Type "cd /data/local" and enter.
8. Now type "dd if=hboot_dhd.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18" and hit enter.
9. You should see something like: 2048 bytes in 2048 bytes out 1048576 bytes copied blah blah blah.
10. Now restart the device into hboot and check if your bootloader version is 0.85.2007. That is what you want to see.
Congratulations, you now have a TRUE root and engineering bootloader on your shiny MT4G!!!
Procedure to revert
1. Rename the part7backup file that you already have to something just so you know that it is the original backup.
2. Open up terminal emulator or adb shell and type "su" + enter to get root privileges.
3. Type "cd /data/local" and hit enter.
4. Now type "./gfree -f" + enter to run gfree again. It will disable wp on the emmc and remove the brq filter in the kernel. (as well as make another backup, which you can delete if you wish)
5. Now run the "dd if=/where/your/part7backup-numbers.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" and it should show the output:
xxxx bytes in
xxxxbytes out
xxxxxxxxxx copied in blah blah blah
6. Run "sync" and then reboot. (I didn't do this and it worked fine but it won't hurt either. )
If you have the engineering hboot 0.85.2007 installed you will still be showing s=off when you do the above revert steps. Follow these steps to reflash the stock hboot and turn s=on:
Download this file and unzip it to /sdcard on your device.
unroot.rar
http://www.mediafire.com/?12oi5elu7v2y8og
md5sum: aad4e64126cf8d92d7e8b5abb48fdadd
Terminal Emulator Method
1. Open up terminal editor on your device.(I prefer this method b/c you can see the output.)
a. Type "su" + enter to gain root privileges.
b. Type "cd /sdcard/unroot" + enter.
c. Type "sh unroot.sh" + enter.
d. Follow the onscreen prompts.
File Explorer Method
2. Open root explorer, sufbs, or some other file browser with root access.
a. Navigate to /sdcard/unroot.
b. Click on unroot.sh and allow it to run. Some file browsers ask permission before they execute scripts.
c. Wait 18 to 20 seconds and reboot your phone into the bootloader to check if S=on.
You now have S=ON again.
Here is a pic of the stock HBoot 0.86.0000 with S=Off to prove it.
If already on ENG bootloader, S-OFF, and perm rooted via your other guide would we be able to just run gfree for the "radio/sim" unlock?
Genocaust said:
If already on ENG bootloader, S-OFF, and perm rooted via your other guide would we be able to just run gfree for the "radio/sim" unlock?
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Yes, that's what I did. Good call btw! I wrote the guide in a hurry just before heading to work and knew I would miss something.
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
u could use root explorer to place the gfree file in data local couldn't u?
Yes you could use root explorer. I am going to revise this as soon as I get time. I'm at work right now.
As for the optional steps, you wouldn't need to do them if you already followed the other permroot guides successfully b/c you should alread have hboot 0.85.2007 installed.
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
so is the 0.85.2007 is the one we want to be on?
mrpanic7 said:
my bootloader is 0.85.2007 is this the sweet one i want or the stock one?
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Good to go. You have the engineering hboot.
Should work from either one as long as you have some kind of root access.
But ... Keep that one.
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
sweet thanks, and the whole talk about subsidy unlock and flashing other device roms, is that part of the hboot im running, or the gfree file ?
Hey grankin01 this is what i have on my screen. Bec i just got this phone from warranty claim.
GLACIER PVT ENG S -OFF
HBOOT-0.85.2007 (PD1510000)
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
oct 11 2010, 12:44:14
@mrpanic7, no its part of the gfree patch.
@topgun303, what kernel version are you running? Stock?
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
sweet thanks will test tonight and comment when everything is done! how do we know if hte gfile goes thru successfully? since im already permarooted
grankin01 said:
@mrpanic7, no its part of the gfree patch.
@topgun303, what kernel version are you running? Stock?
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
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Kernal version: I have not flashed anything other kernal yet. This is what came with my phone.
2.6.32.21-g899d047
[email protected] #1
tue oct 26 16:10:01 CST 2010
Hey grankin01 I dont have adb steup, can you provide workaround for that. Meaning without adb.
Awesome man. Great job. Just to be clear. After unzipping the file, all of them need to go in the data/local folder yes?
So we can use root explorer to oaste the file, then the termunal steps?
Sent from my rooted w/s=off HTC Glacier on Iced Glacier Dark Froyo Themed 1.1.1 using XDA App
You should be able to use root explorer and yes put all files in /data/local including the hboot_dhd.nb0 file if you are going to do the optional steps.
Edit: Added mention of root explorer method between steps 4 and 5.
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
hey grankin01 my phone is on engineer bootloader right now. what are the advantages of engineer bootloader vs bootloader version 0.86.0000?
Also if i flash bootloader version 0.86.0000, can i go back to engineer bootloader.
u r the maaan
after trying everything i got s=off thanx to you...but 1 lil isue the root did not stick for me after checking hboot to see if i got s=off
topgun303 said:
hey grankin01 my phone is on engineer bootloader right now. what are the advantages of engineer bootloader vs bootloader version 0.86.0000?
Also if i flash bootloader version 0.86.0000, can i go back to engineer bootloader.
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Eng hboot will let you flash anything you want. Stock hboot will still limit your choices.
Yes you can just do the optional steps from the OP to go back to eng hboot. Actually having stock hboot will let you see if it worked without having to do anything special.
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
wadie said:
after trying everything i got s=off thanx to you...but 1 lil isue the root did not stick for me after checking hboot to see if i got s=off
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So this did work w/stock device and kernel?
Try running visionary r14 and doing permroot option. Being a stock rom you may still have to fiddle with it a little. Not quite an exact science.
My MyGlacier 4G MINE!!!
So the bootloader version 0.86.0000 provides simunlock correct? If i read correct from the first page of op. For now i think i will stay on engineer hbootloader.
Also one more thing op, I found a great video on how to setup adb. I have already got my adb setup using this. If u like you can post it in the op section. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UF5w1dKe2U
This guide is now obsolete. Please use this guide instead.
For Gingerbread Phones, Please use this guide.
Hey guys, this is probably the easiest guide to follow for rooting a branded desire Z. The reason why this can sometimes be hard is cause it uses a unique identifier (INFOCID) and the companies that brand the phones ONLY want roms from their company on them. This stops us from using a WWE rom like every else to downgrade and then root.
But ultimately, the reason I'm making this is because every other guide I've read constantly links you to other guides or other pages and it sorta annoyed me. So after I figured it all out I posted one concise guide that doesn't redirect you 50 times.
Now I’m gonna run you through EVERYTHING so you won’t get stuck anywhere.
This guide will work with:
Device: Desire Z or G2
Firmware Version: Any Firmware version will be fine (All you need to do is downgrade using step 1)
Android Version: Froyo or any previous variation of Android (Absolutely no gingerbread device will root with this method)
Btw, I take no responsibility for any damage taken by using these procedures. Sorry =P
Also if you don't have ADB and Fastboot set up then go ahead and follow the guides on the first two posts here. -Thanks nephron
g4b4g3 said:
If your INFOCID is NOT one of these you need to make a goldcard to downgrade!
HTC__001
HTC__032
HTC__E11
HTC__203
HTC__Y13
HTC__102
HTC__405
HTC__304
HTC__A07
HTC__N34
HTC__J15
Which can be checked by typing the following two commands:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem boot
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If your CID matches one of the CID's above then you can skip Step 1.
1. Creating a Goldcard:
Prerequisites:
ADB Set up and running fine (to check if it is working just connect your phone and have USB debugging enabled. Then type adb devices in your CMD Prompt)
HxD Hex Editor (see attachments of post 1)
USB Debugging enabled on your phone
1.Firstly we need to mount the memory card on a windows PC.
2. Format the memory card as FAT32 using all the default options.
3. Mount the memory card on your Phone. Then give it a couple of seconds.
4. Remount the memory card on your PC.
5. Find your CID by using the follow command in your cmd prompt (YOU NEED ADB)
Code:
adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid
6. Use the excel sheet provided to reverse the CID (see Attachments)
7. Goto this website and send yourself a goldcard.img
http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard
8. Run HxD hex editor AS AN ADMINISTRATOR! (I can’t stress how important having admin rights is)
9. Go to Extras > Open Disk Image. Then select your goldcard.img
10. Go to Extras > Open Disk. IMPORTANT: Select your memory card UNDER the Physical Drives category. DO NOT open the logical drive.
11. Switch to your goldcard.img tab. Go to Edit > Select All. Then Edit > Copy.
12. Go to the physical drive tab and select the lines 00000000 until you get to the one with 00000170.
13. Go To Edit > Paste Write.
14. You should have a huge block of red characters now. This is good btw.
15. Mount your SD card on your Phone and let it detect it. If it comes up with a corrupt SD card error you have done it wrong and you may have to start over.
16. You are done with the goldcard.
2. Downgrading and Debranding
Before you start this please do the following:
1a. Download the RUU I’ve linked (it should be a ~300mb exe file) -Thanks g4rb4g3
ii. If you are a BELL User. Please download this RUU instead.
1b. Run the setup until you get to the screen with the tick boxes (Some Users may have to run this as an Administrator)
1c. Leave the setup running and go to C:\Users\<your account name>\AppData\local\temp ( Or Try %AppData%\Local\Temp\ ). Then right click and Sort By Date Modified. Look for the most recently created folder which should look like {xxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx}. Then navigate into it and its then into its one folder. Look for rom.zip and copy that to your goldcard/memory card.
1d. Rename the rom.zip on your memory card to PC10IMG.zip (Make sure it is exactly the same as the way I've typed it there)
1e. Mount your sd card back onto your phone.
2. Download the attachments (misc_version & psneuters) and extract them in a folder like C:\RootVision\
Now you are ready to begin:
1. Open a CMD prompt window
2. Navigate your way to the folder with psneuter & misc_version IN CMD PROMPT. (So the cmd prompt window should be something like this C:\RootVision> )
3. Now we will use the following 5 commands one after the other
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell
4. After the last command you should have a # and a flashing line for you to enter text. This is good. (If you get a $ you have done it wrong and should try typing the commands out again)
5. Now you have the # type the following command in: (This will spoof the radio version)
Code:
/data/local/tmp/misc_version –s 1.33.405.5
Then go ahead and type:
Code:
exit
6. Type this command into your cmd prompt (btw you should be back with the normal C:\RootVision>)
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
7. Once on your white screen with colourful text you can go ahead and press the power button ONCE
8. Now just wait for the rom to install and verify. If you get INCORRECT CID your gold card doesn’t work or your CID doesn't match and you'll need a goldcard. (Go to Step 1. and make a goldcard for your phone)
9. Go ahead and install the rom when it asks you.
10. You are done downgrading and can now begin the Rooting process.
See Post 2 For Rooting
Assuming all as gone well and you now have a rom without superuser but you have a baseband version that is 1.34xxxx.
Alright, let’s begin.
Prerequisites:
Download psneuter
Download gfree 0.5
Download root_psn
Download flash_image
Download the Desire Z hboot
Download Clockwork Recovery
ALL of these are in the attachments section
They all should be extracted into the same folder. Use something simple like C:\RootVision\Root
3. Root your Desire Z!
Before you start:
Enable USB Debugging and Allow Unknown Market Installations again.
Also delete the PC10IMG.zip on your phone if you downgraded.
Okay lets go:
1. Now Assuming you succeeded at the last part you should have a stock-ish rom without superuser. What we want to do is start by pushing all the files across with the following adb commands (use in cmd prompt the same way you pushed files in 2.)
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
adb push root_psn /data/local/tmp/
adb push flash_image /data/local/tmp/
adb push su /sdcard/
adb push hboot-eng.img /data/local/tmp/
adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*
2. Alright now we have all the files we need to root the phone. Input the following command. This is just putting our clockwork recovery in a convenient place with an easy name.
Code:
adb push recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-vision.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
3. Now we’re gonna temp root again by typing in the following:
Code:
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell
4. This should leave us with another #. Now enter the following commands:
Code:
cd /data/local/tmp
./gfree -f -b hboot-eng.img
./flash_image recovery recovery.img
./root_psn
sync
5. Type in: (thanks for the correction john_d1974)
Code:
reboot
6. You should have a rooted phone with superuser after the reboot. Also it will have clockworkmod, SuperCID, secu-flag off & an Unlocked HBOOT-ENG.
If gfree 0.5 doesnt work for you then this section is for you:
Prerequisites:
Download psneuter
Download gfree 0.2
Download root_psn
Download flash_image
Download the Desire Z hboot
Download Clockwork Recovery
ALL of these are in the attachments section
They all should be extracted into the same folder. Use something simple like C:\RootVision\Root
1. Now Assuming you succeeded at the last part you should have a stock-ish rom without superuser. What we want to do is start by pushing all the files across with the following adb commands (use in cmd prompt the same way you pushed files in 2.)
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
adb push root_psn /data/local/tmp/
adb push flash_image /data/local/tmp/
adb push su /sdcard/
adb push hboot-eng.img /data/local/tmp/
adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*
2. Alright now we have all the files we need to root the phone. Input the following command. This is just putting our clockwork recovery in a convenient place with an easy name.
Code:
adb push recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-vision.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
3. Now we’re gonna temp root again by typing in the following:
Code:
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell
4. This should leave us with another #. Now enter the following commands:
Code:
cd /data/local/tmp
./gfree -f
./flash_image recovery recovery.img
./root_psn
sync
5. Type in: (thanks for the correction john_d1974)
Code:
reboot
6. You should have a rooted phone with superuser after the reboot. Also it will have clockworkmod, SuperCID and secu-flag off.
4. Installing your own custom ROM
This section is just in case you don't know how to install a custom ROM.
Note: Always make sure the ROM you are installing is FOR YOUR PHONE! If you install a ROM meant for another phone you could potentially damage it or brick the phone itself.
1. Download the ROM you want and copy it to your SD Card. (Try to keep it in a folder that is easy to get to)
2. Turn off your phone.
3. Hold down the volume down button and then press the Power Button. This should take you to a white screen with lots of colourful text. One of which says FASTBOOT or FASTBOOT_USB.
4. Press the power button ONCE when BOOTLOADER is selected(BLUE)
5. Navigate using the volume buttons until you get to RECOVERY and then press the Power Button again.
6. The HTC Logo will come up then you will get a black screen with text.
7. From here you should Always do a NANDROID Backup so you can restore a working ROM if something fails.
NANDROID Backup
7a. Navigate to 'backup and restore' and then select it by pressing the trackpad button.
7b. Select 'Backup' and then let it finish. Once done you have a backup of your android.
8. Now you want to do these before you start installing:
a. 'wipe data/factory reset
b. 'wipe cache partition'
c. Go into 'advanced' and select 'Wipe Dalvik Cache'
9. Now you can install the ROM itself. This is done by selecting 'install zip from sdcard' in the main menu. Now you can select 'choose zip from sdcard' and just go ahead and select the ROM you copid to your sd card earlier.
9a. If the phone says verification failed then just toggle the signature verification option.
FAQ - For Anyone with any issues.
1. My version is 1.7xxxx or higher. Can I use this method?
Yes you can. This method will downgrade your phone to 1.34 so your radio is no longer locked thereby allowing you remove the secu-flag, add superCID and allow you to install a custom recovery (like ClockWorkMod)
2. My CID is XXXXXXXX and isn't on that list, will this method still work?
Yes it will. The reason why it will work is because a goldcard is essentially a manufacturers way of bypassing the CID checks used by ROMs. Therefore, by creating our own unique goldcards we can also bypass the CID check.
3. My CID is on the list that you mentioned. Do I need this goldcard?
No, you can skip the 1st step because when the ROM checks your phones CID it will match up perfectly and the phone will install the older radio without issue.
4. What Benefits does rooting a phone grant you?
Simply, it allows you to install any ROM of your choosing onto the phone as well as use custom kernels and certain applications that access locked functions on the phone. This can ultimately lead to; a longer battery life; more stable roms and more frequently updated roms; and finally an overall faster Android experience.
5. What is root access?
Root access essentially gives you access anything locked by the manufacturer on the phone. This most importantly means that you can read and write to any system partitions on the phone that would normally be locked.
6. Whats psneuter?
psneuter is an application used to grant temporary root access. This is done through an exploit in the android system and will give us a window to further exploit the system and ultimately grant us Permanent Root Access.
7. How do I find my CID?
To find your CID you run two commands. Firstly, in your CMD prompt you type 'adb reboot bootloader' when your phone is connected and USB debugging is active. This will restart your phone into its bootloader. Then once you see the words FASTBOOT_USB you type 'fastboot oem boot'. Then look for the words CID and then just read the 8 character CID.
Also there is a post with a screenshot here.
8. My phone will not find PC10IMG.zip
You will need to double check that the PC10IMG.zip is the correct ZIP file from the RUU that has been linked. It should be roughly 250mb in size and should be placed in the root folder of your SD Card. Also your SD Card must be compatible with your device (able to be read/written to). If you cannot access your SD Card from your Desire Z or G2 then there is probably something wrong with your SD Card. It should probably be reformatted.
9. Can I use this on the Desire Z/G2 running Gingerbread?
So far no one has been able to root the gingerbread version of android on the Desire Z/G2. Unfortunately, this guide still cannot root gingerbread desire Zs or G2s.
If there are any more, feel free to post them and I'll add them
10.I'm Missing my AdbWinApi.dll? What now?
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I don't know if you've figured this one out yet, but here's the solution to a potential cause.
You need to add the directory containing the "AdbWinApi.dll" to Windows' path under Environment Variables, so Windows know where to look for the necessary files when you enter commands in the shell.
For this exercise I'm going to assume that you have installed the Android SDK in the directory called "android-sdk-windows" on your C: hard drive. If you have it installed somewhere else, change the path I'm mentioning below accordingly.
Go to the Windows "Control Panel".
Click on "System and Security".
Click on "System".
Click on "Advanced system settings" in the left column of the window you're in.
Find the button called "Environment Variables" in the window that opens (it's at the bottom on the first tab).
Scroll down in the "System variables" box until you find "Path".
Select "Path" and click the "Edit" button.
At the very beginning of the input field called "Variable value" enter the following:
"C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools;" (without the quotes).
Do not remove any of the other paths, and make sure you have a semi colon at the end of the new path you're adding.
Reboot.
Now the windows command shell knows where to find the necessary DLL's and whatnot.
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will this work if i have 1.84.666.2?
anyone? thought?
Should work fine as long as you've got a Desire Z or G2 lol.
hi, manageage to root the DZ sucessfully, however on step 5 you say
"5. Type in:
Code:
Reboot"
i got an Reboot: error not found
i retried with with "reboot" and was sucessful
Hi, im sure this has been covered before in other posts, but, could someone tell me, if i were to use the above method to downgrade and root etc, would this prevent me from doing an official upgrade, to, say gingerbread in the near future? Also is there any real benefits to going to gingerbread? I ask as im sure ive read somewhere its only possible to flash to cooked roms, not official ones (once downgraded and rooted etc).. this would concern me as ive moved over from win mo to android, and in my experiance, EVERY cooked unoficial rom i ever flashed (xperia x1) was simply rubbish, and i tried alot of them. (Even though people would say the roms would be fine, bugs smoothed out etc), i went back to stock in the end after constant dissapointment.
Sorry for the rant, just need to know where i stand.. thanks people..
jmpcrx said:
Hi, im sure this has been covered before in other posts, but, could someone tell me, if i were to use the above method to downgrade and root etc, would this prevent me from doing an official upgrade, to, say gingerbread in the near future? Also is there any real benefits to going to gingerbread? I ask as im sure ive read somewhere its only possible to flash to cooked roms, not official ones (once downgraded and rooted etc).. this would concern me as ive moved over from win mo to android, and in my experiance, EVERY cooked unoficial rom i ever flashed (xperia x1) was simply rubbish, and i tried alot of them. (Even though people would say the roms would be fine, bugs smoothed out etc), i went back to stock in the end after constant dissapointment.
Sorry for the rant, just need to know where i stand.. thanks people..
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It is pretty difficult to go back to stock updates from your carrier for example Vodafone. This is because of the unique CIDs used and the fact that it is extremely hard to find a stock ROM since no one can give you a NANDROID backup.
Anyways, there are numerous benefits to rooting your phone included with most ROMs. These benefits include longer battery life, faster ROMs & various other things depending on each chef.
Ok, thanks, but are the roms buggy at all, will some of the hardware not work properly, or will i have freezing probs etc, as i found this always to be the case with win mo roms?.. have you personally found a rom that works perfectly that includes htc sense? As i do like the UI..
My goal is to have all security off, full perm root, with a perfecly working sense rom that i can then overclock to a speed that works well with my particular phone, and to underclock when idle etc..
Thanks..
I need to verify that my Tmobile G2's INFOCID is compatible.
I typed in the two commands:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem boot
The first one worked. The second command is not recognized once I'm in the bootloader. Can someone suggest a solution?
Newbie question,
how to unroot if i rooting the phone using this metode?
and how to go back to original rom?
Vader™ said:
Newbie question,
how to unroot if i rooting the phone using this metode?
and how to go back to original rom?
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Firstly, to root the phone just follow the steps and once you've finished them all you will be done.
Second, it should technically be possible once you've rooted the phone to simply do a NANDROID backup via ClockWorkMod Recovery before you start flashing new ROMs. If you have backed it up and later decide you want to unroot then all you would need to do from there is restore your nandroid backup and unroot the phone through this method.
forceOnature said:
I need to verify that my Tmobile G2's INFOCID is compatible.
I typed in the two commands:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem boot
The first one worked. The second command is not recognized once I'm in the bootloader. Can someone suggest a solution?
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Using this method you don't have to worry about your CID. If you make a goldcard it will completely bypass the need for one of the CID's listed in the first post. So to put it simply, you don't need to worry about your unique CID if you create and use a goldcard to downgrade.
Aegishua said:
It should technically be possible once you've rooted the phone to simply do a NANDROID backup via ClockWorkMod Recovery before you start flashing new ROMs. If you have backed it up and later decide you want to unroot then all you would need to do from there is restore your nandroid backup and unroot the phone through this method.
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okay, but we need to root the device first right? before ClockWorkMod Recovery can run, the problem is, if I root the device first, the device must be downgrade to build 1.34.405.5, and now my Desire Z using build 1.82.xxx.x
is it if we backup via ClockWorkMod, the ROM that we backup is 1.34.405.5? not my current build?
please help bro, really confused here
Hi forceonature, im no expert, but when i was having a look myself, i found out it was simply my enviroment variables wernt set up for the directory fastboot was located.. an easy way round this was just to enter the directory fastboot was in (program files, 'some directory'.. do a quick search) within your command prompt, and type the second command from there.. hope that helps..
Everything goes fine until
mmap() failed. Operation not permitted
when I put in
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
Any help?
Also I can only put su and Superuser.apk on my sdcard if I manually transfer them.
Hi forceonature, im no expert, but when i was having a look myself, i found out it was simply my enviroment variables wernt set up for the directory fastboot was located.. an easy way round this was just to enter the directory fastboot was in (program files, 'some directory'.. do a quick search) within your command prompt, and type the second command from there.. hope that helps..
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I need to verify that my Tmobile G2's INFOCID is compatible.
I typed in the two commands:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem boot
The first one worked. The second command is not recognized once I'm in the bootloader. Can someone suggest a solution?
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I tried the same thing to get my DZ phones CID and the first one worked and the second didn't. If I don't have to make a gold card all the better. How can I find out for sure if my CID is on the list or not? Also if I have to make a gold card do I need to have a micro SD card to make the gold card?
Thanks,
Chevy
chevy2410 said:
I tried the same thing to get my DZ phones CID and the first one worked and the second didn't. If I don't have to make a gold card all the better. How can I find out for sure if my CID is on the list or not? Also if I have to make a gold card do I need to have a micro SD card to make the gold card?
Thanks,
Chevy
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You should get a line that says INFOt.cid=XXXXXXXX or any of the lines that say your 8 Digit CID. However, as you can see there are multiple lines that say it and they should all be the same.
If your CID does match one on that list then you will not need a goldcard.
I've attached a screenshot to make things easier.
forceOnature said:
okay, but we need to root the device first right? before ClockWorkMod Recovery can run, the problem is, if I root the device first, the device must be downgrade to build 1.34.405.5, and now my Desire Z using build 1.82.xxx.x
is it if we backup via ClockWorkMod, the ROM that we backup is 1.34.405.5? not my current build?
please help bro, really confused here
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Yeah, you can only have a NANDroid backup of 1.34.xxx because there is no way to get clockwork onto a 1.72+ rom.
Hi, I'm new to rooting the G2. Iv'e been trying to follow this tutorial, but I'm having some trouble. After renaming Rom.zip to PC10IMG.zip I booted into the bootloader and it says 'no image found' or something like that. What am I doing wrong? Am I not supposed to put the zip file on the root of the SD card? Is it possible to just use the RUU to downgrade?
And regarding the downgrade, the build number on my G2 shows 1.22 . Isn't that lower than 1.34?
Any help is appreciated!
I followed the instructions twice and both times I get to
"/data/local/tmp/misc_version –s 1.33.405.5"
I get
/
Patching and backing up partition 17
Error opening backup file.
#
The first time around I iqnored it and went through hboot, the rom PC10IMG.zip was checked and verified and finally failed prompting "the main version is older"
what am I missing?
EDIT: checked SD card, unmount and remounted phone/sdcard no avail.
Will try 1.33 Bell rom next.
EDIT2: Patching and backing up sucessful, problem was I couldn't get my phone to stay in debugged mode without being in DISK DRIVE, had to start HTC Sync to mount the phone in that way to relieve the sd card, allowing adb to patch the file. Now running through PC10IMG.zip with fingers crossed.
EDIT3: Everything went smooth after that! Thanks. Now I will attempt to update to 2.3 and Sense 3.0
EDIT4: Now running on 2.3.3 and Sense 3.0 Virtuous port. Testing...probably going back to more stable gingerbread and sense 2.1
Here is a step by step guide to root your xoom that is already updated to 3.1
You might also find this useful if you relocked your device to get the 3.1 update.
****** WARNING************ WARNING************ WARNING******
1. All steps are for the 3G Verizon Wireless Xoom. The steps are almost the same for WiFi but the files you need to download are different. You can find everything for your Wifi Xoom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078019
2. You will lose all data by unlocking your device. This is just something you will need to plan for. Backup everything BEFORE you start this. If you Have any questions about backing up your data I will be happy to help. If you are already unlocked then you dont need to worry about this. /win
****** WARNING************ WARNING************ WARNING*******
How to use this guide
.....PLEASE READ THIS!......
This guide is divided into 3 sections:
1. Root Your Xoom
2. Flash CWR
3. Flash Kernal
These sections must be completed in order. If all you want is root then just do the 1st section. If you want SD card support then you must do all 3 steps.
Each section has its respective folder in the .rar file that I’ve linked Below.
1. Root files
2. CWR files
3. Kernel
As you work your way through this guide I will refer to files located in these folders.
All files used in this guide can be found here:
https://rapidshare.com/files/2447837220/3.1_Root_and_Recovery_Tools.rar
Or Here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S9BTBCC6
***If people are having issues or don't understand how to set up ADB, this post helps a ton, and cuts out things you don't need***
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/moto...platforms.html
Lets get started!!!!
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Unlock and Root Your Xoom
>Root Files folder<
Steps found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968342
1. Download the Motorola Xoom Root Zip file and unzip it.
(I replaced thes files with "root31.img", "SU", "superuser.apk" All found in the "Root Files" folder if you use my download link)
2. Place the files in the SDK Tools folder.
(You can skip the next 3 steps if you’ve unlocked with fastboot previously or if you lost root due to upgrading to 3.1)
3. adb reboot bootloader
5. fastboot oem unlock (wait for reboot)
6. adb reboot bootloader
7. fastboot flash boot (name of new boot.img(root31.img attached))
7. fastboot reboot (wait for reboot)
(you will need to enable usb debuging here)
8. adb remount
9. adb push su /system/bin
10. adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
11. adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
12. adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
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Flashed CWR
>CRW Files folder<
Steps found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
1. Download the recovery image (CWR.img attached)
2. Pull up your command prompt
3. Adb reboot bootloader
4. Fastboot flash recovery (name of recovery.img (CWR.img))
5. Fastboot reboot
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Flashed Kernel
>Kernel folder<
Steps found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013
1. Reboot into recovery. (adb reboot recovery or volume down while booting)
2. Go into "mounts and storage"
3. Select "mount USB storage"
4. Your SD Card will now be mounted on your computer. Drop the kernel (and boot image pack if applicable) onto SD Card.
5. "Go Back" then go into "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard"
6. If you are flashing a boot image pack, flash it first. (3G_light_ON_Speed.zip) Then flash the kernel zip. (Tiamat_Xoom-1.4.2_1.4Ghz.zip)
7. Back out to main menu and reboot.
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I am not taking credit for any of these steps I am simply trying to put the info in one place for people who need it.
The files I have attached Via download link are files taken from the threads listed above, I have not modified ANY of these files!
Where did you attach the files?
soooooo could have used this last night! Great job compiling all the stuff into one place!
Sorry, They are still attaching. Its taking forever. I will throw it up on rapidshare or something like like 2 min
2 min 10 sec
z06mike said:
Where did you attach the files?
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Ok, download link is up there
https://rapidshare.com/files/503342030/3.1_Root_and_Recovery_Tools.rar
Awesome! Thanks
Updated Files.
https://rapidshare.com/files/1651389459/3.1_Root_and_Recovery_Tools.rar
sgtagem said:
Here is a step by step guide to root your xoom that is already updated to 3.1
All steps below were for my 3G Verizon Wireless Xoom. The steps are almost the same for WiFi but the files you need to download are different and must be found on the threads listed below.
All tools can be found here:
https://rapidshare.com/files/1651389459/3.1_Root_and_Recovery_Tools.rar
Unlocked and rooted my Xoom
Steps found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968342
1. Download the Motorola Xoom Root Zip file and unzip it. (I replaced this file with the root31.img)
2. Place the files in the SDK Tools folder.
3. adb reboot bootloader (You can skip the next 3 steps if you’ve unlocked with fastboot previously)
5. fastboot oem unlock (wait for reboot)
6. adb reboot bootloader
7. fastboot flash boot (name of new boot.img(root31.img attached))
7. fastboot reboot (wait for reboot)
(you might need to enable usb debuging here)
8. adb remount
9. adb shell push su /system/bin
10. adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
11. adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
12. adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
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Flashed CWR
Steps found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
1. Download the recovery image ( I used the image that keeps charging light on)
2. Pull up your command prompt
3. Adb reboot bootloader
4. Fastboot flash (name of recovery.img (CWR.img attached))
5. Fastboot reboot
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Flashed Kernal
Steps found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013
1. Reboot into recovery.
2. Go into "mounts and storage"
3. Select "mount USB storage"
4. Your SD Card will now be mounted on your computer. Drop the kernel (and boot image pack if applicable) onto SD Card.
5. "Go Back" then go into "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard"
6. If you are flashing a boot image pack, flash it first. Then flash the kernel zip.
7. Back out to main menu and reboot.
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I am not taking credit for any of these steps I am simply trying to put the info in one place for people who need it.
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When I clicked on the rapidshare link, my anti-virus warning went off with a vengence.
any chance this could be compiled into a one click methods for tards like me?
One adjustment needed, found on my end:
On step 9: "adb shell push su /system/bin" remove "shell", otherwise you end up with "push: not found" error
all the other lines are fine.
First off great instructions for rooting the 3G Xoom. But after going through the process last night there are a few things that may catch up users...
The "adb shell push su /system/bin" command may not work for at least some users or they may get a error. Should be changed to "adb push su /system/bin" or at least put a note to try that if the first does not work.
The "Fastboot flash (name of recovery.img (CWR.img attached))" should be "Fastboot flash recovery (name of recovery.img (CWR.img attached))" I know they should be able to figure this out but may cause some users a headache for a while while they figure it out.
You might also put a note that if you lost root due to upgrading to 3.1 but had earlier did the "fastboot oem unlock" when you were 3.0 or 3.0.1 you don't have to do the "fastboot oem unlock" again. The "fastboot oem unlock" wipes all the data which I don't think is necessary.
Overall though great instruction and I love how you provide a link with all the files right there in the instructions. I hate instructions that vagely tell you to get the files from another post and then not even provide a link to that post.
Dan
I updated the commands should work for all now
This is the 1st guide Ive done so I knew things would be missing, thanks for the heads up. I hate how some of those threads bounce you around like a ping pong ball.
Kamau54 said:
When I clicked on the rapidshare link, my anti-virus warning went off with a vengence.
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If you are worried about the DL link you can get the files from the threads directly. I would never put my reputation at risk by spreading infected files. Cant really say much more
Brenardo said:
any chance this could be compiled into a one click methods for tards like me?
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Im sure someone will. I would have no clue how sorry
thanks for the guide!!!
has there been any news about geting the SD working? i had it working om 3.0.1
iDroidNow said:
thanks for the guide!!!
has there been any news about geting the SD working? i had it working om 3.0.1
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It works after doing all these steps. It will show up as "External"
it does not work on mine with these exact instructions and i have read about others having the same issue.
iDroidNow said:
it does not work on mine with these exact instructions and i have read about others having the same issue.
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If you boot into recovery and go into mounts and storage can you mount it. if you plug in your computer from this point you should see external.
ok i was referring to seeing it in a File browser (Astro) etc... i guess that is not working yet?
thanks for the information.