Hello everyone. First of all, sorry if this post is not in the right forum.
My problem is that I rooted my HTC Desire a few months ago using unrevoked3, or at least I think so. I know I tried to do that, but right now I don't remember if I succeeded or I gave up.
The question is, how can I know if my phone is rooted? I have the "superuser permission" icon in my menu but if I run Terminal Emulator and type "su" I get "permission denied".
I know that sounds kind of stupid. I was convinced my phone was rooted but since I am getting the "permission denied" message something must not be working...
Any help?
Thank you in advance.
Boot to recovery. If you have clockworkmod you are rooted
Nothing happens
If I do that, a mobile phone image appears with a "warning" sign besides (an exclamation mark inside a red triangle) and nothing happens. What does that mean?
Thanks.
Easy way to know if you are rooted, is to download an app that requires root and if it works then u are rooted. If not try again
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Dj Telo said:
If I do that, a mobile phone image appears with a "warning" sign besides (an exclamation mark inside a red triangle) and nothing happens. What does that mean?
Thanks.
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It seems that you could've lost the root access.
To make sure, download any apps with root prerequisite from the market and see if they work (as suggested).
Do Unrevoked again if you are sure that you have lost the root access.
Note:
I will loose the root access if you flash any official RUU from HTC that si why you should better turn the automatic firmware update off.
Dj Telo said:
If I do that, a mobile phone image appears with a "warning" sign besides (an exclamation mark inside a red triangle) and nothing happens. What does that mean?
Thanks.
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Yep, you're unrooted
Dj Telo said:
Hello everyone. First of all, sorry if this post is not in the right forum.
My problem is that I rooted my HTC Desire a few months ago using unrevoked3, or at least I think so. I know I tried to do that, but right now I don't remember if I succeeded or I gave up.
The question is, how can I know if my phone is rooted? I have the "superuser permission" icon in my menu but if I run Terminal Emulator and type "su" I get "permission denied".
I know that sounds kind of stupid. I was convinced my phone was rooted but since I am getting the "permission denied" message something must not be working...
Any help?
Thank you in advance.
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What hardwarerevision does your desire have? You find this out, when you boot into bootloader and read the number behind the word "pvt" (first line). If there stands a 4, you have to run unrevoked with custom recovery (amonra 2.0.1) again. Reason: unrevoked flashes clockworkmod recovery. But this recovery does not work with pvt4- desires. You have to download amonra-recovery:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/attachm...-0-0-14-11-2010-recovery-ra-desire-v2.0.1.zip (link extracted from serious german forum)
Original xda Thread:
[Recovery] [14-Nov-2010] RA-desire-v2.0.0 [GSM] - xda-developers
After downloading and extracting the zip, integrate this recovery into unrevoked (File>custom recovery>choose downloaded amonra recovery) and run unrevoked again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044
No warranty for any damage.
MatDrOiD said:
What hardwarerevision does your desire have? You find this out, when you boot into bootloader and read the number behind the word "pvt" (first line). If there stands a 4, you have to run unrevoked with custom recovery (amonra 2.0.1) again. Reason: unrevoked flashes clockworkmod recovery. But this recovery does not work with pvt4- desires. You have to download amonra-recovery:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/attachm...-0-0-14-11-2010-recovery-ra-desire-v2.0.1.zip (link extracted from serious german forum)
Original xda Thread:
[Recovery] [14-Nov-2010] RA-desire-v2.0.0 [GSM] - xda-developers
After downloading and extracting the zip, integrate this recovery into unrevoked (File>custom recovery>choose downloaded amonra recovery) and run unrevoked again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044
No warranty for any damage.
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Hi again.
I downloaded an app from the market with root requisites and it doesn't work, so it means I lost my root access, in case I ever had it. Maybe I lost it when I updated to 2.2 via OTA.
About what MatDroid said, my hardware version is pvt3, so I shouldn't have that problem.
Anyway, I have tried to run unrevoked again and, after the computer makes my phone reboot, unrevoke gets stuck and displays "Waiting for bootloader, make sure the driver is installed". I have been asking google for a possible solution to that but I just haven't succeeded.
I am sure the driver for my phone is installed, as I have been messing around with ADB in the last week to unlock the "move to sd" option in every app and it worked. Or is it a different driver, perhaps?
Thank you for all your replies.
You can check if your driver is installed in two ways:
1.) Start adb and type
Code:
adb devices
Now the serial number of your device should appear
2.) Connect phone in usb debug mode and on "only charge" and "never ask" to your computer, start windows devices manager and check wether there is the device "android 1.0" or "android phone" or something like that.
Maybe install hboot drivers again:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
And conclusive, do not say thanks, use the thanks button.
MatDrOiD said:
You can check if your driver is installed in two ways:
1.) Start adb and type
Code:
adb devices
Now the serial number of your device should appear
2.) Connect phone in usb debug mode and on "only charge" and "never ask" to your computer, start windows devices manager and check wether there is the device "android 1.0" or "android phone" or something like that.
Maybe install hboot drivers again:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
And conclusive, do not say thanks, use the thanks button.
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It appears in the "adv devices" list and in the devices manager, both. Anyway, I am going to try to install the drivers again, because I still get stuck in the "Waiting for bootloader..." screen.
Well... Aftef having tried lots of things during this evening, reinstalling drivers in different computers and running different versions of unrevoked, I finally got it to work.
But...
Here is the thing... Although unrevoked ran correctly untill the "Done" message was shown, I still have "S-ON" in the screen when I turn on the phone with the volume down key pressed. I continuously get "permission denied" messages in adb console as well.
Before unrevoked showed "Done", I had tu run it a couple of times because it got stuck in "Rebooting to recovery" or something like that. Is there a problem with that? I have been asking google about that and I found some people with the same problem, but they re-ran unrevoked as I did and their problem solved.
I feel that I am really close to getting full root access but still need a bit more help... Thank you all!
With unrevoked you do not root your phone. To get full root access you need to be s-off:
http://alpharev.nl/
Is that what I need, for instance, to run the "Ad Free" app from the market? Is that what they mean when they say "you need root access"? Thanks.
Dj Telo said:
Is that what I need, for instance, to run the "Ad Free" app from the market? Is that what they mean when they say "you need root access"? Thanks.
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No. You can run adfree without to be s-off. If there is written, one needs root excess to run this app, you can run all of these apps (the where it's not needed, anyway). Only if there is written, you need to be s-off, then you need to be s-off. But i only remember one app (a game, so not really important). Conclusion: You have the right access to run apps which need root access.
Well, it happens that I tried to run it but my phone rebooted. It made me think that maybe it was due to some kind of root access issue. I'll ask for a solution in some Ad Free thread.
The app System Tools is not working properly either when I try to perform root required actions. In case it may mean something.
Well, it is finally working now. Seems that this bad dream is over. Thank you!
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Normaly unrevocked root perfectly the phone...
Search market for 'root checker'. Easiest way to check if your rooted or not.
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Amandroid said:
Normaly unrevocked root perfectly the phone...
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Normally, you got it mate.
Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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hi there
I got my SLCD desire a few weeks ago and did the HTC upgrade to android 2.2.
Later I discovered that, with this upgrade, the rooting process is quite difficult.
Yesterday I found this thread to downgrade Android 2.2 to 2.1 (which I did and which seems to have worked perfectly).
Now I try to install the ClockworkMod with Unrevoked 3.1 to get root access.
I use win7 x64. Unrevoked3 gets stuck at "pushing recovery image".
It's been like that for half an hour without any change...
I installed the modified hboot driver and there are no devices without working drivers in the "device manager".
Is this a windows specific problem and it will work if I use linux?
Or did I do something wrong?
thanks for helping
sorry I'm a new member I cannot post the link to the "Downgrade froyo to stock 2.1", it tells me new members cannot post outside links...
Tyderion said:
hi there
I got my SLCD desire a few weeks ago and did the HTC upgrade to android 2.2.
Later I discovered that, with this upgrade, the rooting process is quite difficult.
Yesterday I found this thread to downgrade Android 2.2 to 2.1 (which I did and which seems to have worked perfectly).
Now I try to install the ClockworkMod with Unrevoked 3.1 to get root access.
I use win7 x64. Unrevoked3 gets stuck at "pushing recovery image".
It's been like that for half an hour without any change...
I installed the modified hboot driver and there are no devices without working drivers in the "device manager".
Is this a windows specific problem and it will work if I use linux?
Or did I do something wrong?
thanks for helping
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How many times have you tried to run Unrevoked?
dunno, about 10 times
most times it failed after 5-40 sec with "failed to push recovery image. terminating...".
And now is the third time that it is pushing and pushing... last two times I quit after an hour or so...
Tyderion said:
dunno, about 10 times
most times it failed after 5-40 sec with "failed to push recovery image. terminating...".
And now is the third time that it is pushing and pushing... last two times I quit after an hour or so...
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yeah well it should only take about 15 seconds in all so its obviously not working, as for why I am not sure it sounds as though you have set it up correctly. Does your phone boot into HBOOT correctly when you plug it in using Unrevoked?
You have to use a custom image to root slcd screen using unrevoked. Let me see if i can find the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7563237&postcount=1
hahaha i'm stupid! *facepalm*
nowhere is written that the sd card has to be in disk mode (opposed to charge only for the downgrade)
now it is working I think that was the only problem .... :S
thanks anyways for the quick answers
hmm ... how long should it take to flash it?
It now correctly goes to hboot, connects and then reboots and then states:
Flashing recovery image. Do not touch your phone!
But it's already been doing that for some minutes....
Is it normal that it starts flashing while the HTC-Boot-Logo is still visible?
(late) EDIT: worked with Linux LiveCD, something on windows made it impossible to finish the rooting process
Hello all. I'm sort of new to this.
Okay, here's the story.
After trying for half a month trying to perm root, I read somewhere that I should do a Nandroid backup first. I then downloaded ROM Manager and installed ClockworkRecovery via the app. Before this, I had temp. rooted my g2 using Visionary + r14 (Perm root wouldn't work no matter how many times I tried).
I pressed the backup rom button, and my screen turned black, then an icon of a phone with a red triangle with a ! point inside of it appeared. I am not sure whether that mean it is still backing up or if I screwed up my phone.
Any advice? Or do I have to reset or something?
You need to root before you can do a full system backup.
blackknightavalon said:
You need to root before you can do a full system backup.
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Correct. But don't worry; your phone isn't screwed up ATM. just pull the battery and reboot.
Draketh said:
Okay, here's the story.
After trying for half a month trying to perm root, I read somewhere that I should do a Nandroid backup first. I then downloaded ROM Manager and installed ClockworkRecovery via the app. Before this, I had temp. rooted my g2 using Visionary + r14 (Perm root wouldn't work no matter how many times I tried).
I pressed the backup rom button, and my screen turned black, then an icon of a phone with a red triangle with a ! point inside of it appeared. I am not sure whether that mean it is still backing up or if I screwed up my phone.
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I think your phone hasn't got its recovery flashed properly. After you flash Clockwork, you should really test it by selecting the "Reboot into Recovery" option from ROM Manager. Very often the first time you try that it doesn't work, and you need to flash Clockwork for a second time, and then it works.
It's not backing up, you haven't screwed your phone. Just boot it normally, go into ROM Manager, flash Clockwork again, and test booting into recovery. If that works, then you can do your backup.
There was a known issue with clockwork recovery where if you tried to install it it would give the screen you described. However, upon doing a battery pull, rebooting the phone and installing clockword recovery again usually was a success. Some people said it took them three times, but the majority of users said doing it a second time worked (second time worked for me).
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Took 2 installs for me. If you still have trouble you can manually install it. Just do a search for manual clockwork recovery.
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No gold, guys.
Eh... No good on the clockwork backup. Tried the methods: Re-install Rom Manager, clear data cache for rom manager, re-flash recovery, restart phone, went to ymca and worked out, and reboot into recovery (didn't work) then reflashed recovery again. I can't think of anything else to try. Every method results in that dumb phone with the red triangle...
Is this a common problem?
EDIT: Oh, and I got permanent root finally, and tried all of these steps again. Still no success.
UPDATE 2: Uh-oh. I went into hboot (power+volumedown), and it showed that I still have s-on. I've heard that means bad things if you are rooted with s-on still. Is this relevant?
Draketh said:
UPDATE 2: Uh-oh. I went into hboot (power+volumedown), and it showed that I still have s-on. I've heard that means bad things if you are rooted with s-on still. Is this relevant?
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I think that you'll have to get S-OFF if you want to flash custom recovery.
Its not a bad thing to have s on. You just cant flash any non official update without s off. At this point you i think you will want to follow the gfree instructions for full unlocking. After that you should be good to go. Also did you hit vol-up plus power when you got that triangle?
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K I looked at gfree
And yes, I have been pressing volume up + power when the trianglE appears. It doesn't make a difference. Isn't gfree the same thing as visionary?
UPDATE: I can't get gfree to work, because my stupid XP computer won't install drivers (tried all ways of getting 'em on, just throws me an error)
I saw a sticky'd post that boasts g2 guide for perm root and s-off individually. It says that I can put the hboot.img in /data/local/, and enter a command line into Terminal, and then command "sync", and it will s-off it. BUT it also says above that by typing the command wrong, or not having the right program could cripple or paperweight my phone. Should I try that?
Draketh said:
And yes, I have been pressing volume up + power when the trianglE appears. It doesn't make a difference. Isn't gfree the same thing as visionary?
UPDATE: I can't get gfree to work, because my stupid XP computer won't install drivers (tried all ways of getting 'em on, just throws me an error)
I saw a sticky'd post that boasts g2 guide for perm root and s-off individually. It says that I can put the hboot.img in /data/local/, and enter a command line into Terminal, and then command "sync", and it will s-off it. BUT it also says above that by typing the command wrong, or not having the right program could cripple or paperweight my phone. Should I try that?
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No, Visionary isn't the same thing as gfree. Visionary can get you root (both temporary and permanent). As can an alternative called rage.
What gfree gets you is radio S-OFF (so you can flash custom ROMs), plus SuperCID and SIM Unlock.
Don't do the thing with hboot, that's more risky, as it says.
As for the drivers, download and install HTC Sync from HTC's website, that includes USB drivers.
Rage method worked like a charm for me. Visionary was to buggy.
I recommend you use the Rage method and report back.
xomikronx said:
Rage method worked like a charm for me. Visionary was to buggy.
I recommend you use the Rage method and report back.
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Agreed. I read a lot of bad things about visionary that I rooted just using rage.
I did it using visionary following the tutorials @ theunlockr.com
That site has great tutorial step by step as well as vids to go along with it. Used it for s-off and permroot, as well as loading custom roms.
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steviewevie said:
No, Visionary isn't the same thing as gfree. Visionary can get you root (both temporary and permanent). As can an alternative called rage.
What gfree gets you is radio S-OFF (so you can flash custom ROMs), plus SuperCID and SIM Unlock.
Don't do the thing with hboot, that's more risky, as it says.
As for the drivers, download and install HTC Sync from HTC's website, that includes USB drivers.
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UPDATE: Installed Desire Z's HTC Sync, drivers appear to work like a charm. I'll post back later and see if s-off helps nandroid recovery.
Hello,
I got my Evo today and am pretty excited! I want to get this thing rooted and some CM7 nightlies going on I am familiar with android/rooting, adb, fastboot, and all that. What got me is seeing the different stuff for different evo's My Evo is as follows..
Baseband 2.158.00.11.19
Software 3.70.651.1
PRI 1.90_003
HARDWARE 0003
H Boot 2.10.0001
Its the white back...
Anyway I am looking for the correct root method, and would like clockwork recovery, if possible. Once I get that I hope it is a bit easier to find CM7 for it, lol.
Thanks in advance
http://unrevoked.com/
Fairly quick. Make sure you have the windows drivers installed [if on windows]. Also, install, then uninstall HTC sync. Once the drivers are loaded, on your phone enable usb debugging, connect to pc in CHARGE only, then run unrevoked, and put your phone down. It should reboot 2 times...taking roughly 5-8 minutes, give or take, and you'll be all set. You'll be on clockwork recovery by default, and you can upgrade to the latest recovery using rom manager.
here's a compilation of info for you. I recommend unrevoked btw
* http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/194918-rooting-dummies.htm
* http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...top-5-benefits-of-rooting-your-android-phone/ (5 Benefits of rooting)
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MrvgV2Nias&feature=related (What is root video)
This next link (first one) is where you will actually go to free your phone from the man lol. If you are going to use a Windows computer to root, there is an extra step of installing some drivers:
* http://unrevoked.com/#evo
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsoVzMadiQE (Video using unrevoked and drivers)
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXWm8262iMU&feature=player_embedded (Another video using unrevoked)
Drivers link and instruction info for windows:
* http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install (FYI, the drivers link is near the top of the page in the link)
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXDszE0Ytn8 (How to install HBoot drivers)
Good luck!!
Thanks for the fast responses! I am downloading the HTC sync, kinda slow server on their end. I have the H Boot drivers installed and ready to go. Let me get this straight, in charge only mode I run "reflash package" from my PC (windows 7).
Thanks
cordell12 said:
Thanks for the fast responses! I am downloading the HTC sync, kinda slow server on their end. I have the H Boot drivers installed and ready to go. Let me get this straight, in charge only mode I run "reflash package" from my PC (windows 7).
Thanks
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Correct. Just make sure usb debugging is also enabled, found in settings> applications > development.
It has rebooted twice now, but the app gives me a error...
Internal error: Uninstalling Package Failed
Recovery Image: Clockworkmod Recovery
Do I leave it sit, or rerun it? Or is it done?
installed super user and titanium back up count not get root
cordell12 said:
It has rebooted twice now, but the app gives me a error...
Internal error: Uninstalling Package Failed
Recovery Image: Clockworkmod Recovery
Do I leave it sit, or rerun it? Or is it done?
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The app [rom manager] or unrevoked is giving you an error?
teh roxxorz said:
The app [rom manager] or unrevoked is giving you an error?
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sry unrevoked
cordell12 said:
sry unrevoked
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Disconnect the phone from the pc. Boot into the bootloader by turning your phone off, then holding vol+down as is turns on. The select recovery. Also tell me if it says S-OFF at the top. If you get the red triangle, you're rooted, but no recovery and I can give you the clockwork recovery.
Edit: This was my 666th post. Its special because each of my names [first, middle, last] all have 6 letters, = 666.
teh roxxorz said:
Disconnect the phone from the pc. Boot into the bootloader by turning your phone off, then holding vol+down as is turns on. The select recovery. Also tell me if it says S-OFF at the top. If you get the red triangle, you're rooted, but no recovery and I can give you the clockwork recovery.
Edit: This was my 666th post. Its special because each of my names [first, middle, last] all have 6 letters, = 666.
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I have a phone with a little triangle (red) on top right, with ! in the middle of it.
LOL @ 666 post!
cordell12 said:
I have a phone with a little triangle (red) on top right, with ! in the middle of it.
LOL @ 666 post!
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Can you get into the bootloader screen?
teh roxxorz said:
Can you get into the bootloader screen?
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The white screen , yes from there I chose recovery, and thats when I see the phone with triangle. Was I to run this from H Boot (white screen)? I ran from home...
Okay you scared me. Put that on your sdcard, boot into bootloader, and when it asks to update, select yes, the reboot phone and you'll be set.
teh roxxorz said:
Okay you scared me. Put that on your sdcard, boot into bootloader, and when it asks to update, select yes, the reboot phone and you'll be set.
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It asked me to update, I volume up for yes, then I did the same for reboot. I am rebooted now, and still now root titanium still says no root...
I am on windows 7, should i change compatibility to XP and rerun UnRevoked?
getting a bit worried, lol. Phone is 2 hours old
Okay good. Now re-run unrevoked.
teh roxxorz said:
Okay good. Now re-run unrevoked.
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On the phone Zysploit is force closing...
Now unrevoked app is saying FAIL is my firmware to new?
Also, its possible to have a bad flash [it happens to other users] so no need to worry. You're in good hands.
cordell12 said:
On the phone Zysploit is force closing...
Now unrevoked app is saying FAIL is my firmware to new?
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What is Zysploit?
teh roxxorz said:
What is Zysploit?
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I have no clue, must be something to do with the unrevoked, because as soon as I clicked force close the unrevoked app popped up the error message..
Well basically re-run the whole process from the begging, the unrevoked on the comp I mean.
Severe panic!!
I rooted my Desire which was running 2.2 Froyo on the O2 UK network using unrevoked and it worked fine without any issues. Custom recovery by ClockworkMod.
The next day I then decided i needed to turn S-off so found a guide and tried installing unrevoked forever from a zip on the root of the SD and i got 'installation aborted error 42'. Tried again the next day but before i got started i decided to give myself re-assurance that i wouldnt lose anything on the device so i entered recovery and chose restore.
Big mistake! My handset then rebooted and got to the O2 splash screen. It wont move from there. Pulled battery out and tried again. Same. I assume i havent bricked the device and it is just stuck in a boot loop?
Since then i have removed all my user data from the SD card and 'cleared storage'. Tried installing an miui rom and again 'installation aborted'.
Can anyone clarify why this is happening and point me in the right direction?
I am a noob and would appreciate any help on this.
TannyBhoy said:
Severe panic!!
I rooted my Desire which was running 2.2 Froyo on the O2 UK network using unrevoked and it worked fine without any issues. Custom recovery by ClockworkMod.
The next day I then decided i needed to turn S-off so found a guide and tried installing unrevoked forever from a zip on the root of the SD and i got 'installation aborted error 42'. Tried again the next day but before i got started i decided to give myself re-assurance that i wouldnt lose anything on the device so i entered recovery and chose restore.
Big mistake! My handset then rebooted and got to the O2 splash screen. It wont move from there. Pulled battery out and tried again. Same. I assume i havent bricked the device and it is just stuck in a boot loop?
Since then i have removed all my user data from the SD card and 'cleared storage'. Tried installing an miui rom and again 'installation aborted'.
Can anyone clarify why this is happening and point me in the right direction?
I am a noob and would appreciate any help on this.
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Try to bring you phone to stock.
Download RUU .
Turn your phone on in fastboot (hold back button and press power - when your phone is off).
You have to have HTC Sync installed.
Run the exe file.
After that repeat the rooting and s-off-ing procedure.
Can the RUU be flashed in clockwork mod recovery or does it have to go through HTC Sync?
If it cannot be flashed in Clockwork Mod, I presume he has to
Connect phone via USB to PC,
boot into Fastboot as you mentioned
run HTC Sync
and then run the Ruu.exe file (does HTC Sync recognise this filetype and then do it's thing?)
And that's it? (Just that it seems too simple!)
OriginalThinking said:
Can the RUU be flashed in clockwork mod recovery or does it have to go through HTC Sync?
If it cannot be flashed in Clockwork Mod, I presume he has to
Connect phone via USB to PC,
boot into Fastboot as you mentioned
run HTC Sync
and then run the Ruu.exe file (does HTC Sync recognise this filetype and then do it's thing?)
And that's it? (Just that it seems too simple!)
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You might need a goldcard. Try without one for now.
Right I'll let him know to give that a go. If it doesn't work I might pick your brains around the goldcard option.
Massive thanks so far for your advice!
Dude thanks for that. Im going to give that a bash and let you know how i get on!
Much appreciated!
Haven't tried this but it's worth giving it a shot. http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...gold-card-for-htc-desire-without-hex-editing/
Or this: http://www.nazriawang.com/2010/04/how-to-create-goldcard-with-ubuntu.html
TannyBhoy said:
The next day I then decided i needed to turn S-off so found a guide and tried installing unrevoked forever from a zip on the root of the SD and i got 'installation aborted error 42'. Tried again the next day but before i got started i decided to give myself re-assurance that i wouldnt lose anything on the device so i entered recovery and chose restore.
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Hello. I think you wanted to say you chose back-up, otherwise you couldn't have chosen the restore option since you don't have any restore points.
So if you hit back-up and your phone stuck in the boot loop it is normal. This is a problem because of the root and the fact that making a nandroid back-up will mess something in the NAND. But restoring the back-up you just made should resolve all the problems. I had the same issue and by only restoring the back-up I've just made got me working back, and still had the ROOT.
I don't think you need to run a RUU just for this.
UsManyDead said:
Hello. I think you wanted to say you chose back-up, otherwise you couldn't have chosen the restore option since you don't have any restore points.
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I should have made clearer sorry. After i rooted successfully i entered recovery and hit backup option and it told me it had created a backup successfully. I had been using the phone as normal for another day before deciding to s-off and at that point i thought to 'test' my backup to make sure it had done it so i chose restore thinking anything i have downloaded on the phone since the back up will disappear and was expecting the restore to bring my phone back to the settings i had the previous day but the restore failed and thats when it got stuck in the boot loop.
Mine did the same thing except, instead of trying to s-off it just decided at one point that it felt like it, literally, I wasnt even using it at the time it was just charging. I did downloaded the stock ruu, it was linked earlier. Put it in fastboot, run the ruu and boom, however i did it on my goldcard, so make one if it doesnt work without it. Good luck.
paul.c said:
Try to bring you phone to stock.
Turn your phone on in fastboot (hold back button and press power - when your phone is off).
You have to have HTC Sync installed.
Run the exe file.
After that repeat the rooting and s-off-ing procedure.
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BACK IN BUSINESS!! Dude you are the man! The RUU didnt install as it was a different boot version so from the site you suggested i used the Froyo version and its now working! Many thanks.
P.s. What's the easiest way to s-off? Also whats the correct way to create a complete back up restore point and then actually restore to that point without getting to this stage again?
paul.c said:
Try to bring you phone to stock.
Turn your phone on in fastboot (hold back button and press power - when your phone is off).
You have to have HTC Sync installed.
Run the exe file.
After that repeat the rooting and s-off-ing procedure.
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BACK IN BUSINESS!! Dude you are the man! The RUU didnt install as it was a different boot version so from the site you suggested i used the Froyo version and its now working! Many thanks.
P.s. What's the easiest way to s-off? Also whats the correct way to create a complete back up restore point and then actually restore to that point without getting to this stage again?
TannyBhoy said:
BACK IN BUSINESS!! Dude you are the man! The RUU didnt install as it was a different boot version so from the site you suggested i used the Froyo version and its now working! Many thanks.
P.s. What's the easiest way to s-off? Also whats the correct way to create a complete back up restore point and then actually restore to that point without getting to this stage again?
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Easiest way to s-off is alpharev:
http://alpharev.nl
***NEW ISSUE***
Since i have my phone back to it's original state and have lost root access. The idea is to root again via Unrevoked, which requires me to update the Android 1.0 driver (in device manager under other devices) to the Android Bootloader Interface. However, DM now does not say 'other devices - Android 1.0' and instead it says 'Android Devices - MY HTC'. So i decided to completely uninstall HTC Sync and all it's drivers and then rebooted PC, reinstalled SYNC and then uninstalled again but this time leaving the drivers in. Rebooted again and repeated the process but it still recognises the device as 'MY HTC' instead of 'Android 1.0'.
Could it be that this is fine, it's just the new way since i am using the updated version of HTC sync now? Or is this going to cause an issue? I am now playing it a lot safer to avoid anymore issues and quite happy to try something you may suggest...
TannyBhoy said:
***NEW ISSUE***
Since i have my phone back to it's original state and have lost root access. The idea is to root again via Unrevoked, which requires me to update the Android 1.0 driver (in device manager under other devices) to the Android Bootloader Interface. However, DM now does not say 'other devices - Android 1.0' and instead it says 'Android Devices - MY HTC'. So i decided to completely uninstall HTC Sync and all it's drivers and then rebooted PC, reinstalled SYNC and then uninstalled again but this time leaving the drivers in. Rebooted again and repeated the process but it still recognises the device as 'MY HTC' instead of 'Android 1.0'.
Could it be that this is fine, it's just the new way since i am using the updated version of HTC sync now? Or is this going to cause an issue? I am now playing it a lot safer to avoid anymore issues and quite happy to try something you may suggest...
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Same here. But everything is working fine.
So put phone in usb debug mode and "only charge" mode, start abd, connect phone via usb to pc and type
Code:
adb devices
. If your desire's serial number is shown, everything is fine.
MatDrOiD said:
Same here. But everything is working fine.
So put phone in usb debug mode and "only charge" mode, start abd, connect phone via usb to pc and type
Code:
adb devices
. If your desire's serial number is shown, everything is fine.
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Hey man thanks for the advice. If yours is working fine, ive no reason not to try it!
As i am a noob, can you clarify "start abd" ??
Also, type code "adb devices", where to type?
TannyBhoy said:
Hey man thanks for the advice. If yours is working fine, ive no reason not to try it!
As i am a noob, can you clarify "start abd" ??
Also, type code "adb devices", where to type?
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To start adb issue: "adb start-server" command without the quotes
To stop it: "adb kill-server"
Here is the complete list: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
TannyBhoy said:
***NEW ISSUE***
Since i have my phone back to it's original state and have lost root access. The idea is to root again via Unrevoked, which requires me to update the Android 1.0 driver (in device manager under other devices) to the Android Bootloader Interface. However, DM now does not say 'other devices - Android 1.0' and instead it says 'Android Devices - MY HTC'. So i decided to completely uninstall HTC Sync and all it's drivers and then rebooted PC, reinstalled SYNC and then uninstalled again but this time leaving the drivers in. Rebooted again and repeated the process but it still recognises the device as 'MY HTC' instead of 'Android 1.0'.
Could it be that this is fine, it's just the new way since i am using the updated version of HTC sync now? Or is this going to cause an issue? I am now playing it a lot safer to avoid anymore issues and quite happy to try something you may suggest...
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Thanks for the suggestions surrounding ADB but i guess im too much of a noob for that part, it seems massively complicated, im sure it doesnt to you guys. Isnt there an easier way? Or considering my above quote, can i just assume that its all working fine and go ahead with the root or should it really need to have 'Android 1.0' in device manager?
Im pretty certain this all happened becuase the first time i rooted i had followed instructions and uninstalled HTC Sync (not the drivers) which had been on my system since i got the phone lat year. Since i had to reinstall to flash the RUU im certain its an updated version of HTC Sync thats causing this issue. But is it really an issue?
TannyBhoy said:
Hey man thanks for the advice. If yours is working fine, ive no reason not to try it!
As i am a noob, can you clarify "start abd" ??
Also, type code "adb devices", where to type?
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Here you have a nice guide about adb:
http://androidforums.com/desire-all...fastboot-windows-updated-1st-june-2011-a.html
This should answer all your questions.
I ran the Hack Ace on my HTC Desire HD from my Ubuntu 12.10 OS and I got to the point where the phone rebooted with the Android version downgraded to 2.3.3 and Sense 2.1.
In the Effen manual it then says to run the following command to check whether it worked
Code:
adb reboot recovery
but I get the red triangle.
Another section in the Effen manual headed "Flashing ROMs with ClockworkMod Recovery" says
Hold down vol- button, then press power to start, keep holding the vol- down button until Hboot menu shows up
After some file checks are done, use the vol- down button to scroll down to recovery
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But when the Hboot menu appears, I cannot scroll, and after a short pause the phone loads the PD98IMG.zip file and prompts me with
Do you want to start update?
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And it keeps doing this each time I try to access the Hboot menu.
I have searched the forums (I admit not all too thouroughly...) but did not find someone with a similar situation.
My phone works fine, but the whole point of the exercise was to flash the TrickDroid_v4.0.0 ROM eventually...
Any advice would be appreciated
lgastmans said:
I ran the Hack Ace on my HTC Desire HD from my Ubuntu 12.10 OS and I got to the point where the phone rebooted with the Android version downgraded to 2.3.3 and Sense 2.1.
In the Effen manual it then says to run the following command to check whether it worked
Code:
adb reboot recovery
but I get the red triangle.
Another section in the Effen manual headed "Flashing ROMs with ClockworkMod Recovery" says
But when the Hboot menu appears, I cannot scroll, and after a short pause the phone loads the PD98IMG.zip file and prompts me with
And it keeps doing this each time I try to access the Hboot menu.
I have searched the forums (I admit not all too thouroughly...) but did not find someone with a similar situation.
My phone works fine, but the whole point of the exercise was to flash the TrickDroid_v4.0.0 ROM eventually...
Any advice would be appreciated
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Delete the PD98IMG.zip file from your sdcard. Let me advice you that you are just downgraded and not S-OFF and rooted if you just ran the kit once. Phones running OS 2.3.5 need to be run twice, the first to downgrade and the second to achive S-OFF, superCID and root....make sure that you check that you are S-OFF, otherwise you will get stuck. :good:
ran second hack
Thank you for your quick response.
I was under the impression that the script had run twice, but that was incorrect.
I ran the script a second time now, and the phone got set to S-OFF, rooted...
success
glevitan said:
Delete the PD98IMG.zip file from your sdcard. Let me advice you that you are just downgraded and not S-OFF and rooted if you just ran the kit once. Phones running OS 2.3.5 need to be run twice, the first to downgrade and the second to achive S-OFF, superCID and root....make sure that you check that you are S-OFF, otherwise you will get stuck. :good:
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Dear glevitan,
This just to thank you, and torxx. I have successfully installed the TrickDroid_v4.0.0 ROM.
camera not working
I'm back.
Really enjoying my rooted phone with its Trickdroid ROM, but I noticed today that I cannot film... :crying:
Anybody have some input on that?
Cheers