Hello,
I've look through many threads and also googled the problem.
So perhaps, someone can help me.
I've rooted my desire with Unrevoked3. I got SU right on my desire.
But I can not get S-OFF.
In the bootloader I see S-ON.
So i can't flash an new HBOOT image on my phone.
So what's wrong?
Can someone help?
Greetings
First have a read on http://alpharev.nl
Here is the video tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 (step four)
Just remember when S-OFF'ing you need a stock rooted froyo ROM, no 'data2ext' ROM's or it wont work.
What do you try to get s-off? With unrevoked you cannot set your phone to s-off, you have to use alpharev:
http://alpharev.nl
Ahh...
So, i have to use a rooted stock ROM like the one from MoDaCo.
And then I ccan flash the hboot image.
Is that right?
I am new as well. But I think the safest way would be to flash your RUU and start from scratch. Here is a video showing you how to flash your RUU. After you have flashed the RUU, read this guide. Follow everything step by step without skipping.
Dont forget to:
- Tick "Install unknown sources"
- USB debugging on
I followed that guide above and rooted my HTC desire, S-OFFed it, flashed the ROM perfectly. I got no issues at all. And it was easy to accomplish.
BrightmanCGN said:
Ahh...
So, i have to use a rooted stock ROM like the one from MoDaCo.
And then I ccan flash the hboot image.
Is that right?
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No, you have to set your phone s-off first. Instructions are given on alpharevs page. You can also follow instructions in the linked video.
After your phone s-off, you can flash a different hboot.
But remember, it's very easy to brick your phone with flashing a hboot if you do not care/know what you are doing!!
Hey guys, I did it..
Thanks for help.
For everyone with same starting problems here a short description.
1. Make a goldcard with the GoldCardToll
2. Make a downgrad with the downgrad23 tools
3. Unroot with unrevoked3
4. S-OFF with the iso from AlphaRev
5. Install the hboot you want.
That's it..
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Need to return my leedroid 2.2.2 to stock.
Somehow i have lost eng s-off. Tried to install different radio but it wouldnt allow me, as bootloader says ship s-off. So have been advised that i need to downgrade again, and go through the s-off / root process again - Here
How do i go back to the easy rooted 1.32 stock again. I have an RUU for that version, but its not seeing the phone. Found a workaround - Here - but it only got so far before the phone froze, and the installer said it couldnt find phone.
Thought for a minute i had bricked the phone, so after crapping myself, decided to seek help here on how to return to 1.32!
Look at the rooting tutorials for 1.72.
AFAIK, you need to change the version number for this to work (to allow downgrade).
Do you have ship s-off or you do not?
You can't flash a radio because you don't have eng s-off, therefore no fastboot commands.
Just flash any ruu you want using the pd98img.zip method and all shall be stock. Launching an ruu update from your pc is notoriously unreliable and I would never recommend it.
Here is a guide to the method if you have no idea whet I'm talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=826465
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caddish12 said:
i downt know
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Thanks!
dr.m0x said:
You can't flash a radio because you don't have eng s-off, therefore no fastboot commands.
Just flash any ruu you want using the pd98img.zip method and all shall be stock. Launching an ruu update from your pc is notoriously unreliable and I would never recommend it.
Here is a guide to the method if you have no idea whet I'm talking about.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=826465
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Had tried to flash pd98img from my sd card but kept getting some error (cant remember what it was now, will check again later). So thought maybe needed to use the RUU to go back to a stock ROM, but was just guessing at that. Will have another go at PM98IMG when i get home from work.
You have Radio S-OFF, so you do not have to use the downgrade guide. Just flash 1.32.405.6 stock ROM using PD98IMG.zip (get that from the downgrade guide), and then you can use my Radio S-OFF tool to go S-ON. You can also check the S-ON instructions in my tool thread.
jkoljo said:
You have Radio S-OFF, so you do not have to use the downgrade guide. Just flash 1.32.405.6 stock ROM using PD98IMG.zip (get that from the downgrade guide), and then you can use my Radio S-OFF tool to go S-ON. You can also check the S-ON instructions in my tool thread.
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Thanks. I tried last night to do this (though i was going to go the full downgrade route) but couldnt get it to install. But i was selecting the zip from sd card, which i think is wrong? (hboot will pick the zip up itself?)
Can you briefly explain to me what S-ON is? Im a total noob here, and always thought we were looking S-OFF to flash Kernels, Radios etc.
I owe you a thanks. Already handed out 5 today and cant give any more!
jkoljo said:
You have Radio S-OFF, so you do not have to use the downgrade guide. Just flash 1.32.405.6 stock ROM using PD98IMG.zip (get that from the downgrade guide), and then you can use my Radio S-OFF tool to go S-ON. You can also check the S-ON instructions in my tool thread.
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hmm having problems. Have got back to stock ok. But when i try to run your tool i keep getting connection error. Have tried in XP and win 7, and from root of drive as some others have suggested worked for them. Any ideas?
EDIT: Think i have it sorted.
Hi, I've been a lurker of these forums for a long time, ever since I had a Samsung T939. I've been able to manage things on my own by searching and reading and applying the helpful tips offered but this time I'm facing a wall.
I currently have my HTC Expresso running CyanogenMod 7.0.3-Slide. I tried the instructions for S-off using the resources by AlphaRev and I get that my HBOOT 1.0+ is not supported. One recommendation says to flash back to stock rom and re-root. I was wondering if I could just flash Stock Rom with Root Access found at theunlocker.com: How To: Root the HTC MyTouch Slide (Exploid Method) (Updated 01.26.11) with ROM Manager to go back to the stock rom with root access integrated and then try the s-off procedure again and Flash CM7 again.
To get S-off you need to have 0.52 h-boot, so you need to downgrade unless you had S-off before I think. There's a thread but I'm not sure if it works. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277266
SKAm69 said:
To get S-off you need to have 0.52 h-boot, so you need to downgrade unless you had S-off before I think. There's a thread but I'm not sure if it works. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277266
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It doesn't work. I followed the instructions carefully and got the same result as the other person that tried. I guess I won't be able to use custom fonts and splash screens. Why do some Mytouch have different HBOOT then? Grrrr.
iniara said:
It doesn't work. I followed the instructions carefully and got the same result as the other person that tried. I guess I won't be able to use custom fonts and splash screens. Why do some Mytouch have different HBOOT then? Grrrr.
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Because Froyo OTA brings that 1.02 hboot
Is there a flash file for S-off?
No, there's special Alpharev utility.
Were can I find a s-off flash file?
mistaa_skee said:
Were can I find a s-off flash file?
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You can't. Alpharev is the ONLY way to get S-OFF for the HTC Slide.
Hello all,
First of all thanks for the wonderful forum!
Before rooting my phone (Branded HTC Desire (ORANG202), HBOOT 0.80, 1.21.405.1) I have a couple of questions.
I read carefully the thread "Noob Proof Everything Desire Guide" but there are still some things I want to make clear.
1. Do I have to use a goldcard through the rooting and S-OFFing processes? Since as I understand from Unrevoked is the program used to flash superuser, busybox, and clockwork recovery into your phone, during the rooting process no new rom will be flashed.
Similarly, do I always have to use a goldcard to flash RUU, even after rooting ?
2. Does S-OFFing will update my HBOOT ver. up to 0.93? Will it update radio either?
Thanks alot for your attention!
A goldcard is used when there is no RUU available for your phone, and in your case, there aren't any orange RUU's, so yes you need one.
A golcard makes the phone ignore its CID, and allows any RUU to be used.
Due to your hboot being 0.80, you will need to use the alpharev live CD instead of revolutionary, and once you flash the new Alpharev hboots, yes, it will update it to 6.93.0001
It will not touch your radio, radios can be flashed manually with .img files through fastboot (recommended) or in a .zip file through recovery.
The phone is stuck at a screen with a blue android and a ! sign for more than 30 minutes. My wife decided to apply the update without asking me. Any ideas what to do now....
I have a backup of the phone just after it was rooted.
Hm.
I was more scared than I should have been - the phone has booted in CWM and the and CWM tried to install the OTA and failed.
I rebooted the phone and everything was back to normal:
To sum it up: rooted Desire+Stock ROM+OTA =nothing happens (at least here)
Go into fastboot and flash 2.3.3 RUU (a guide can be found in bortak's troubleshooting guide). Then use revolutionary to go S-OFF and get root:
http://revolutionary.io
But read documentary very carefully before you are doing something!
MatDrOiD said:
Go into fastboot and flash 2.3.3 RUU (a guide can be found in bortak's troubleshooting guide). Then use revolutionary to go S-OFF and get root:
http://revolutionary.io
But read documentary very carefully before you are doing something!
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Some people have provided the OTA as a flashable zip file, so I will just flash it the usual way Saves time
Any way, thanx for your answer
PS. The think I really CANT understand is why my fiancee refuses to get a custom ROM without lots of unneeded bloatware. Whatever
Through a serious of mistakes I have ended up with a N1 hboot on my desire..:good:
The phone is working etc, but I'm not sure how I can go about fixing my hboot issue - I want to go back to a stock hboot, though with using Revolutionary it says that my current hboot (0.35.0017) is not supported.
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
minist said:
Through a serious of mistakes I have ended up with a N1 hboot on my desire..:good:
The phone is working etc, but I'm not sure how I can go about fixing my hboot issue - I want to go back to a stock hboot, though with using Revolutionary it says that my current hboot (0.35.0017) is not supported.
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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How did u manage to change to that hboot?
Seeing that ur s-on, the only thing i can think of is running a desire ruu. Maybe someone else has an idea
Yea I'm a bit confused on how you ended up in this situation, but I think you should run the 2.3 ruu then use revolutionary to gain s-off.
1. Download the ruu here: http://d-h.st/d44
2. Follow these instructions to install it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45298337&postcount=21
Thanks for the link and ruu, sadly had no joy. It seemed like it checked the zip, and ran a bar at the top right, though nothing changed in the phone...I'd previously tried an ruu in Windows, which failed saying that it couldn't be installed on my device.
This happened when I was trying it a few different hboots, and I ended up applying the blackrose n1 hboot...to remove it I used the fastboot-w.exe (it comes with blackrose) which applied the stock n1 hboot and s-on.
I still have 4ext recovery on, currently running cyanogenmod 7.2.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2
minist said:
Thanks for the link and ruu, sadly had no joy. It seemed like it checked the zip, and ran a bar at the top right, though nothing changed in the phone...I'd previously tried an ruu in Windows, which failed saying that it couldn't be installed on my device.
This happened when I was trying it a few different hboots, and I ended up applying the blackrose n1 hboot...to remove it I used the fastboot-w.exe (it comes with blackrose) which applied the stock n1 hboot and s-on.
I still have 4ext recovery on, currently running cyanogenmod 7.2.
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2
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I believe you will need to flash the downgrader first, before the ruu.
1. Download downgrader, and flash.
2, Download ruu, and flash.
Chromium_ said:
I believe you will need to flash the downgrader first, before the ruu.
1. Download downgrader, and flash.
2, Download ruu, and flash.
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My pb99img guide post is turning out to be pretty useful.
But he can't use it to flash the downgrader if he is s-on.
Yeah I think the main problem is the s-on issue- I might see if there's a n1 based solution that works.
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Is blackrose a rooting method? Coz like if u use htcdev to unlock bootloader u need to relock the bootloader before u can run a ruu so there must be a simular way using blackrose.
jmcclue said:
Is blackrose a rooting method? Coz like if u use htcdev to unlock bootloader u need to relock the bootloader before u can run a ruu so there must be a simular way using blackrose.
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It's a way of changing hboots on the n1, similar to alpharev. I've not read up in depth, but it seems like quite a powerful tool. I am also considering trying to flash an ruu via fastboot as mentioned on the htcdev site.
Well the fastboot method failed in the same way the exe method failed; with a signature verify problem.
FIXED!
At last I had some time to sit down and figure out how to sort this.
Step 1 - reinstall blackrose, gives desire s-off
Step 2 - disable hboot protection in blackrose
Step 3 - fastboot install new hboot and recovery
===profit??
Interesting that blackrose works at all on the desire, it's a pretty cool little package: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1270589