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Cant root Desire

Ok Guys heres what I,e got
Firmware ver 2.1-updat 1
Baseband ver 32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2
Kernal ver 2.6.29-b7e82785
Build Num 1.19.707.7 CL171460 release keys
Software num 1.19.707.7
Browser ver Webkit3.1
Ok. now I,ve spent probably about 24 hours during the past three days trying to root the thing. made a gold card after about 10 attempts, have tried and tried to root the thing, have tried 3 or 4 different methods, most fail becase either I loose USB connection to the fone when navigating to Bootloader. From there on in she all over rover. Actually I,m not sure I have the right ROM to add to the fone, but I,d really like to get to the point where it asks for the rom. I,ve aged about 10 years since embarking on this venture, and still the thing is as bought. The phone isnt branded, bought it thru ebay from Hong Knog I think, has asian english which aint no fun. Have loaded Morelocal2 on but it still aint nice.
Can someone who has rooted one of these with similar ver software email me whith there secrets please before I go totally insane or really root the thing against a brick wall.
Cheers Guys.

Try the tutorial in my sig (second link). You should have no problems rooting with that.
It provides you with the required downloads for rooting. Just download and flash your ROM of choice in place if the 'rootedupdate.zip' file.
Please state any errors you recieve while attempting root.
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Rooting Desire
I,ve tried your link, now my wife has been helping me, she cant get it to install either, I,ve even got to the stage of watching in Device manager what happens when it goes into Bootloader/recovery mode. the link between the HTC and the computer breaks,SOOOOOOO as I,ve stated before I have a very good understanding on HOW to root the thing, its just that for some reason I cant keep the phone connected thru the USB . I think this is the only prob I have. Something else that also happens is I get a Customer ID failed message half way thru step 1
What ever system I try to use to root this thig thats where I end up.
Wifie is going to try one more time, this time we are going to try the fone with a default startup to look at the disc not the HTC Syn.
Please keep trying to help guys

Rooting Desire
OK Heres the wifie update,
Screen says,
Pushing update file to device
error: device not found
error: device not found
Now wipe and apply rootupdate.zip from the recovery image menu.
Error: device not found
[email protected]:/mnt/cdrom/root$
So there we go guys, thats it in a nut shell

Try using the TinyCore method, I had all sorts of issues in Windows but this worked first time...see this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6710081&postcount=2
obviously download the right Live CD for your bootloader

Also if you are trying to root in windows, make sure you have HTC Sync installed.

Desire root
Yep, I,m using the tiny core app followed the instructions in the link as advised. Still loses connection at bootlader/recovery

When you get back to Bootloader, how long do you wait before trying to run? As I normally leave it 5 or so seconds and then it's fine...if you do it too quick it'll say no device found
Which TinyCore CD did you download? I'm assuming you have HBOOT 0.80 on your device before you started?

Rooting a desire
An answer to your question, I,m using the tcl_r4_desire_hb80 file. when you ask how long are you waiting , I reckon it taks me more than 5 seconds to type in sudo ./step2.sh
I could try it again and wait longer.

Desire a rooted phone
Nope sorry guys, I,ve tried god dam everything, still wont connect afetr step 1 with tcl_r4_desire_hb80.
Somehow I need to be able to force a usb connection.
hey I tried this on Vista and XP, thought XP might be better. is there a stand alone app to force USB drivers when tcl_r4_desire_hb80 boots into termial screen

If you have done step 1, is it possible after failed attempts at getting into the recovery, you have usb bricked it?
Try switching it on normally and see if you have normal usb connectivity, and the sd card mounts and works fine?

socktug said:
If you have done step 1, is it possible after failed attempts at getting into the recovery, you have usb bricked it?
Try switching it on normally and see if you have normal usb connectivity, and the sd card mounts and works fine?
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I too was thinking that there is a possibility of his device being bricked, especially when receiving errors indicating that the device cannot be found in recovery.

Rooting desire
OK, wondered that myself,
connected phone to PC, sync straight away with fone
reconnected it to pc in disk drive mode and connected, checked in My Computer and the disc drive was there with all my files.
Suppose that means everything there is ok to

OK if it isn't usb bricked then it's got to be a driver issue. My suggestion would be to follow the tutorial in the dev section and use tiny core linux.

Rooting desire
OK guys,,, so heres where I,m at, so far all info gained from you lovely people has been to no avail.
What I,m getting is this
In device manager I am watching what happens when the Desire goes from fastboot to bootloader. In bootloader I get "Android 1.0 with the yellow tiangle indicating it aint set up with drivers. In fastboot I get "My HTC" under Android USB Devices. now in either Bootloader or fastboot I,m only getting one or the other, and as I said, the triangle under "Android 1.0"
Now Ive gone to Android 1.0 and tried to add a driver, seemingly thers not a driver in the world that will work with Android 1.0. All driver in my Sdk dont work. The driver installer asks for a driver but wont except anything trown at it.

First, via your phone, go to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and ensure the USB Debugging option is selected.
Try a different USB port.
I actually think you need to create a Gold Card even though you have stock rom 1.19.707.7
Try the Gold Card.
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I have the exact same issue on win.7 64bit.
Try ignoring the no android 1.0 issue, continue to put your phone into recovery with the volume down and power buttons. Wait about 10 seconds after you see the black screen with red triangle, and then click on recovery windows.bat. Works for me everytime.
Windows takes it's time to see and install devices so it may be that you are trying things too quickly after connecting the usb lead.

HTC Sync won't recognize my Desire?

Just got a Desire, had a Hero before. With the Hero HTC Sync found the phone, but with the Desire it just stays disconnected, and after the Phone has finished searching for HTC Sync a message pops up saying it didn't find it. So anyone know how to fix this? Running latest HTC Sync 2.0.33.
Am able to open cmd and type:
Code:
cd\
cd AndroidSDK\tools\
adb devices
And it list a serialnumber for the phone while the Phone is in HTC Sync mode. But still haven't got HTC Sync to find my phone.
Got Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.
Thanks in advance.

i had to uninstall and re-install HTC sync after changing the ROM, to get it to pick up my desire again. have you tried that?

Did a reinstall, though also plugged the phone into another USB port, worked now. Though ofc not sure if it was the reinstall or other USB port that helped, but anyway thanks.

Remove your old devices in your htc sync and reconnect, if that doesnt work you may need to restart your machine (maybe even device) ive had it a few times after flashing a few roms.

I just down loaded HTC sync from new and it does not reconise my desire either. It is flashed with frost 9d. Will that make a difference??

duryard said:
I just down loaded HTC sync from new and it does not reconise my desire either. It is flashed with frost 9d. Will that make a difference??
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Yes. No Sense, no sync, no way. Pick between Sync and Froyo ROMs.

Hello,
I run into the same issue: HTC Sync doesn't recognize my Desire.
I have Windows 7 32 bit OS. I installed HTC Sync v 2.0.33 and the drivers included in the package. Then I plugged my Desire and selected the HTC Sync mode. It worked for 2 mins, then it has disconnected. I unplugged, plugged, ... and now, it keeps displaying : Can't find HTC Sync on your PC.
Then, I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers, and it worked in the same way: disconnected after 2 minutes. I also tried to plug the phone in another USB port, without any success.
Does sb have any idea to fix this ?
Julien.

Mine is the same - it's never been recognised, either when stock or after rooting and flashing. Tried 2 versions of HTC Sync, rebooting, reinstalling. I have now given up.

Does your OS detect the device is connected when you connect it via usb in htc sync mode or even in usb storage mode?

Same problem. Not ROM Related, but USB port related
I had the same problem.
After flashing a new ROM (R4_Evil_D with AS2D) to my device, I had no problem with HTC Sync.
After Update to HTC Sync v2.0.33, it stopped recognising my HTC Desire.
Tried everything, but plugging it into another USB port fixed it for me.
Hope this helps.

I hope this question will fit this thread. I've noticed a new app in apps list on my phone. It is listed in "downloads" tab and is called "HTC Sync". The problem is i didn't download it, but it appears in downloaded apps section. How could this be? Even more pressing on it i have an option to uninstall it. I know it's a silly question, because there is no real alert about the device, but i would like to know everything about the device and especially about things, that are going on inside without my "authorization" if could name it like that. Anyway, what is this app and what is it for and what happens if i uninstall it, because it isn't listed in the marked to reinstall it...
Thanks in advance!

Proximer said:
I hope this question will fit this thread. I've noticed a new app in apps list on my phone. It is listed in "downloads" tab and is called "HTC Sync". The problem is i didn't download it, but it appears in downloaded apps section. How could this be? Even more pressing on it i have an option to uninstall it. I know it's a silly question, because there is no real alert about the device, but i would like to know everything about the device and especially about things, that are going on inside without my "authorization" if could name it like that. Anyway, what is this app and what is it for and what happens if i uninstall it, because it isn't listed in the marked to reinstall it...
Thanks in advance!
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HTC Sync and Vista 32

Hello everyone
Great forum. Was able to root/nand unlock and flash DC with ease from all of the information here, even with the EVO being my first smartphone. Thank you all.
Now my question is about trying to get the HTC Sync to work with my Windows Vista. I have Home Premium and nothin I have tried is working. The computer sees the HTC and I have tried several drivers, but it will not initialize the driver and HTC Sync won't connect. I can run as a HDD and that works fine, but trying to sync or charge only will not allow me to run CMD tools.
I have the beautiful Scetched Android boot image through using a root file manager, but would like to create a custom splash screen.
And I guess I need to sync to flash.
Any ideas?
Thank you
Criim

Are you running the latest version of the software? Haven't heard any specific issues with Vista 32. Also check that you aren't using any kind of extension cable between your computer and your USB cable. Try another USB port as well.
Here's a link to HTC Sync:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/
Edit: Also, just to make sure, you are not using HTC sync to apply a custom boot video right? Cause as far as I know, you don't use it for that. I've never used HTC sync for anything other than the USB drivers for ADB. I thought once you made the video that you applied it via either a ROM image or by uploading it using ADB, HTC SYNC is just a backup/syncing program for the phone.

Sirchuk said:
Are you running the latest version of the software? Haven't heard any specific issues with Vista 32. Also check that you aren't using any kind of extension cable between your computer and your USB cable. Try another USB port as well.
Edit: Also, just to make sure, you are not using HTC sync to apply a custom boot video right? Cause as far as I know, you don't use it for that. I've never used HTC sync for anything other than the USB drivers for ADB. I thought once you made the video that you applied it via either a ROM image or by uploading it using ADB, HTC SYNC is just a backup/syncing program for the phone.
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It is the USB cable that came with the EVO plugged right into the computer and have tried 2 different slots. I am not really trying for the sync. It is just a good indicator for if the driver is working correctly, which it isn't for some reason.
I just wanted it to connect so I can run commands at the CMD prompt.
I already have the boot video and root/nand unlocked through file managers and the term emu. Now I want to flash a new splash screen, but to do that I think I *have* to flash it from the PC. If you know of a way to do it in some other way, I'd love to hear how.
Going to take a nap, but was thinking about trying to uninstall my AntiVirus, just in case one of the services was screwing with the driver. I had it turned off, but it might have had a service that was still there.
Criim
Edit:
Well I tried unistalling my AVG, rebooting into safe mode to remove any instances of the HTC driver, and then did a fresh install of the above file. Still shows an error in the device manager with my EVO plugged in.
"Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)"
I even tried to plug it into all 8 of my USB slots just in case.
I'm stumped.
Criim

I'm having the same problem. I just rooted my Evo and now I can't connect to HTC Sync at all. Device manager shows "My HTC" installed properly. Evo connects to pc fine but times out when trying to connect to HTC Sync.
I've tried downgrading to HTC Sync 2.0.31. I'm currently trying with 2.0.40 with same results. Nothing.

ADB: Device Offline

Okay, so here's my story. I have an HTC Desire. Bought it two days ago.
I've flashed and rooted with unrEVOked 3.32, then installed this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997 (The stock ROM with radio)
It was working wonderfully, then I figured hey, why not install HTC's available update. So I did.
It installed, and now does nothing but reboot. I've tried to re-recover from the (now 3e) menu, but keep getting signature verification failures.
I've tried to create a GoldCard, got a spare 1GB MicroSD card that I'm using, but when trying to use ADB, I get a 'device offline' error, and therefore can't create a GoldCard. I have USB drivers installed from HTC Sync, and they worked fine for the flashing process itself. USB development was enabled the last time my phone booted, but I'm not sure whether that counts when I can't boot it.
I'm busy downloading and am going to reinstall HTC Sync for drivers, but have also tried the drivers included as a package in Android's SDK.
I've tried switching MicroUSB cables (although I only have 2 at the moment - HTC and SonyEricsson) with no luck, after reading stuff about some manufacturers' cables not playing well with ADB. Still get a device offline error.
I've got all I need to make a GoldCard, but ADB just won't work. I've also tried disabling firewalls/antivirus, to no avail.
Help?

Checkout this thread it has some good info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831734
To make gold card use the gold card tool. If you can't find it here on XDA then PM me your email.
Sent with HTC Desire

When it said that my device was offline, I installed the Hboot drivers from unrEVoked and updated the SDK as well (might of used the SDK drivers instead) and it got sorted out.

[Q] How can I make my HTC Desire Z connect to a PC?

After I bought a new HTC Desire Z, I am completely unable to connect to computer. By "unable to connect" I mean, that I was unable to connect neither as a storage device nor through HTC Sync.
Just to be sure I tried to connect with another cable (stock one failed, after all) and with both Windows 7 (64-bit) and Debian (Wheezy). Meanwhile I could successfully connect with my Nook Color (and my previous phone, Samsung i551 if that matters).
The phose itself works just fine, it works flawlessly in all respect but connecting to PC. It reads from 32GB MicroSD card without problems - but each time I want to access card, I need to pull it out, and that's kind of bother.
My original goal was to root the phone, and install CWM, and then CM9, but since I am unable to connect, I cannot execute ADB commands...
On Debian I tried to acomplish it by installing ADB, and downloading ALL packages - didn't help much. I've got the newest version of JDK and JVM, so that's not the case. And, as I mentioned before, NC connects just fine so HTC should do it as well.
Then I tried with Win7. Just like on Linux I downloaded all ADB packages. Next, I installed HTC Sync, and then tried to connect - with no effect. Then I removed HTC Sync leaving only drivers (I found somewhere, that I should do it this way). Still no use. Turning off antivirus didn't help either.
Each time I also tried both: with and without "USB Debugging" option, with or without MicroSD card, with or without fastboot*.
Trying out a variety of advices, I found on the internet, I found out that:
1) phone displays information that it is connected to the computer only after I reboot it while leaving cable connected - PC still doesn't notices it though (and neither does ADB),
2) mentioned notification comes only with stock cable - any other will only cause phone to reboot and charge without any notification,
3) while following some "USB Brick" tutorial I learned, that I also cannot go into fastboot mode*, because I doesn't have/have invalid pc10diag.zip file (and some others similarly-named files),
4) my phone is S-Off though,
5) as one would expect Unrevoked couldn't help.
Factory reset didn't change a thing. Sending phone back is also not an option, since I bought it in another country (it was sent to me from Singapore).
The only thing I didn't tried is connecting phone to another PC, but I highly doubt that it will change anything.
I already run out of ideas, and I would be glad if anyone could lead me to some solution. If there some way (root/flash from SD card?), I would be really grateful to know it.
* - When I talk about the first one, I mean that option in Settings>Applications>Fast boot, the other one I mean is option in hboot.

Do you have the sync version from the desire z website? I noticed the version on the desireZ page is not the same as the standard version on the htc website. I did have the same problem. After i changed the sync version I was able to connect in sync. After that I used the tools and turtial.pdf of the strawmetal website
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yep, use the drivers in strawetals pdf guide (google search strawmetal pdf g2 root) or cyanogen wiki or xda wiki. you may need to uninstal curent drivers first than manually reinstall them.
the bit about only oem cable works is a bunch of ... but it is true that some ultra cheap pos cables may only work to charge due to poor design, but its very unlikely
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

Thanks for your fast reply!
ineedone said:
Do you have the sync version from the desire z website? I noticed the version on the desireZ page is not the same as the standard version on the htc website.
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I have had standard version. After your suggestion I tried to check the one on Desire Z page (www . htc . com/www/help/htc-desire-z/#download) but it seems, that now its the same version as the one I had before (URL address is exactly the same). I tried then removing drivers completely, tried this one -> www . theandroidsource . com/g2-desire-z-root-rooting-roms-hacks-overclocking-etc/555-latest-htc-g2-desire-z-sync-driver-download.html, and rebooted - no difference, neither sync nor storage mode works.
demkantor said:
use the drivers in strawetals pdf guide (google search strawmetal pdf g2 root) or cyanogen wiki or xda wiki.
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The site with driver referred by both, strawmetal tutorial and xda wiki, no longer exists and instead redirect to general support page. CyanogenMod Desire Z rooting page currently doesn't have any information about drivers... Could you tell me what version number you have? I would google it, and at least check whether it's driver thing or not.
BTW, are you able to see anything Android/HTC related in Device Manager? Apparently, on Vista there should be something like "Android Device"/"Unrecognized Android Device" (depending on whether or not drivers are present). But I don't see anything in Windows 7, no "installing driver", no new position in Device Manager, when I connect the phone. Also no information about failed driver installation or unrecognized devices. That is why I thought, that maybe I got USB bricked phone :/

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1728208
this is a thread I made on setting up adb/fastboot for the vision, on about the tird post there is alink to the drivers needed for this, use these.
if you don't getting -new devices found loading drivers- then either you didn't uninstall the old ones properly or there is something wrong with cable, port on phone, or port on computer
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

That driver didn't help. I tried to conect NookColor with stock HTC cable and it connected. I guess it must be something with phone's USB... :/ I'll look into "USB Brick fix" tutorials, maybe they will help.

well if your sure you uninstalled any old drivers than try cleaning the usb port on your phone, maybe compressed air a little electric parts cleaner (battery out) make sure the pins don't looked damaged, etc. also see if any drivers try to pop up and install when plugging in when is in recovery or bootloader
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