Hello, I want to install an other ROM on the Defy in order to get 2.2 as it fails the official way. On my XT720, it's pretty straightforward. But on the Defy it seems so complicated. The wiki doesn't help either.
The problem is: I don't have Windows. I read something about flash_sbf which also works on Linux. And z4root to root the phone, so also no Windows needed.
But after rooting, what is the easiest way without Windows to put a ROM on the Defy? I want to install this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1096966
Vistaus said:
And z4root to root the phone, so also no Windows needed.
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Sorry, I don't know about Linux but in windows a stock CEE v2.2.2 can't root with z4root. I have to use SuperOneClick (V1.9.5)
Well, it's running stock 2.1 at the moment.
But I wasn't asking about rooting, I was asking about the flashing-part.
Here you go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076138
Wow! Thanks! I'm gonna try that
Thanks. It worked! There's now 2.3.4 on it. But there is still one problem.
I put the rooted Nandroid-backup on it, then flashed the SBF. So it should still be rooted. But it isn't anymore. And when I try to root it again, it fails saying that the system is read-only. 2.3.4 works perfectly, but it has to be rooted again. What can I do now? Root with something else or... ?
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Anybody tried this new method to root htc hero
with 1-click?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7550573#post7550573
it says hero - 2.1
stock heros have 1.5 "modified" or something like that, right?
so why does it say 2.1?
and is it dangerous to try, and what's the result of this type of rooting?
EG: if I run this on my wife's stock 1.5:
what will happen if it works?
what if it doesn't work?
I did the manually created goldcard method on my hero a ways back and don't want to do that again nor do I remember how I did it now. hoping this easy click method works, but not sure I want to try and bork my wife's phone.
Don`t know if it works at hero with Android 1.5.
Maybe you can test it!
After this,you should have root only.
Try and install apps from market,which requires root and you
can see if it works right!
Ganii said:
Don`t know if it works at hero with Android 1.5.
Maybe you can test it!
After this,you should have root only.
Try and install apps from market,which requires root and you
can see if it works right!
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so it will add root to the stock OS if I'm understanding right?
hmmm.... would it add a superuser app as well then? I mean, it must have to.
interesting... and then in theory I'd be able to flash a recovery onto her phone and do a full nandroid backup, and then flash froyo...
hmmmmm....
EDIT: oh, I suppose asking her first would be good or I'll be getting a divorce in the near future.
After Rooted you have to flash Recovery Image!
It`s X10 but should the same at the hero:
http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/x10-root-universal-androot.html
But don`t know if it works with hero and Android 1.5!
works perfectly on the hero. but doesn't include a SU app or busybox, so next step is download free superuser app from market and install it. that will let you install and run "rom manager" from clockworkmod, my personal favorite recovery, but amon-ra can no doubt be installed without too much trouble using the same app.
you're set, just need to wipe all and flash a new rom now. can't use titanium on stock rom without busybox so use "applist" apk from market to make text file list of installed apps so you can reinstall them after flashign a new rom. after that titanium will work great obviously.
Successfully I downgraded Evo from 2.2 to 2.1 android. and I want to upgrade it a gin to 2.2.
not only downgraded but also rooted 2.1 Android.
I get error message Error code: 1012
and when I download the official 2.2 it prosed but after a while its stuck!
what to do?
Can you help me to updated the rooted evo 2.1 to the official 2.2 please?
You need to make sure that nand is unlocked. Do Simple Root found in the dev forums or complete Part 2 of Toast's How to Root Guide also in the dev forums.
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Ibraheemoman said:
Successfully I downgraded Evo from 2.2 to 2.1 android. and I want to upgrade it a gin to 2.2.
not only downgraded but also rooted 2.1 Android.
I get error message Error code: 1012
and when I download the official 2.2 it prosed but after a while its stuck!
what to do?
Can you help me to updated the rooted evo 2.1 to the official 2.2 please?
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if you used the unrevoked way for both root and forever then you can't upgrade, you can download the ota all you want, but it will not install, which leads me to believe those of us who rooted this way will never be able to except a ota, so we might have to just rely on custom ROM's, which are better anyways.
I'd recommend Netarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build, and don't forget a custom kernel as well to go with that to make it really perform, also recommend Netarchy's 4.1.9 cfs kernel.
tomh1979 said:
if you used the unrevoked way for both root and forever then you can't upgrade, you can download the ota all you want, but it will not install, which leads me to believe those of us who rooted this way will never be able to except a ota, so we might have to just rely on custom ROM's, which are better anyways.
I'd recommend Netarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build, and don't forget a custom kernel as well to go with that to make it really perform, also recommend Netarchy's 4.1.9 cfs kernel.
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Tanks for offering me a solution but I do not who to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
Ibraheemoman said:
Tanks for offering me a solution but I do not who to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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Thanks for offering me a solution but I do not how to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
Ibraheemoman said:
Thanks for offering me a solution but I do not how to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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All of the instructions are in the forums. Read and follow the steps. You need to put in some of your own effort. No one is going to do it for you.
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Ibraheemoman said:
Thanks for offering me a solution but I do not how to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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Check out this link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Check out the section labeled "Reinstalling an official recovery" and it tells you what you need to do to install OTA Roms.
Give me a thumbs up if this helps.
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Check out this link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Check out the section labeled "Reinstalling an official recovery" and it tells you what you need to do to install OTA Roms.
Give me a thumbs up if this helps.
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In my sig, you can find a detailed guide for upgrading using Unrevoked Forever + the official OTA.
Ibraheemoman said:
Tanks for offering me a solution but I do not who to install a rooted room in my device, I am just knew to HTC,
So what are the steps to install knowNetarchy's HTC OTA Froyo 2.2 final build to a rooted Evo?
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it's really easy with installing roms, they all come with instructions, which are clear and simple, mostly just boot into recovery once you get that taken care of, do a factory data wipe, and install rom that is stored on your sd card in the download file, once you do it, you see how easy and simple it is, just make a nandroid backup first before doing the factory reset IMO.
tomh1979 said:
it's really easy with installing roms, they all come with instructions, which are clear and simple, mostly just boot into recovery once you get that taken care of, do a factory data wipe, and install rom that is stored on your sd card in the download file, once you do it, you see how easy and simple it is, just make a nandroid backup first before doing the factory reset IMO.
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Actually I did something else and it worked.
1- copied OTA official update to SD-card
2- waped the device
3- install the official update from SD-Card,
4- Restart
5- Delete user data from SD-card
it work fin I have the Superuser Icon, but I cannot access to the root as before, its OK as far as my device is back.
reekotubbs said:
Check out this link http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Check out the section labeled "Reinstalling an official recovery" and it tells you what you need to do to install OTA Roms.
Give me a thumbs up if this helps.
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Actually I did something else and it worked.
1- copied OTA official update to SD-card
2- waped the device
3- install the official update from SD-Card,
4- Restart
5- Delete user data from SD-card
it work fin I have the Superuser Icon, but I cannot access to the root as before, its OK as far as my device is back.
I know this has been asked a few times, but reading through 100's of threads and posts, I still dont see it..
Has anyone come up with a procedure to root a stock 2.2 froyo evo while using a mac computer yet?
thanks so much!
It's the exact same method. There's an unrevoked 3 for mac and it works done. An updated mac will also already have the driver so you can skip that step.
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well, the unrevoked website has this posted, re: stock froyo 2.2..
"unrevoked3 recovery reflash tool
unrevoked3 is a tool to flash a custom recovery image to your Android phone. A custom recovery image allows you to perform advanced tasks on the system partition, such as flashing custom ROMs and taking a full backup of your phone (a “nandroid” backup). We recommend installing the custom recovery image for all users who want rooted phones.
It can be obtained from http://www.unrevoked.com/recovery/.
At this time, unrevoked3 does NOT work on stock Froyo (Android 2.2) phones."
Is that true?
thanks
Yes. You'll want to find the root 2.2 thread in the dev forum. The steps are pretty much use an exploit to downgrade to 2.1 and then use unrevoked. I simply didn't cover all of the steps.
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yeah, I have seen that thread; so, just use unrevoked 3 for mac to "start" the process, and just follow the thread once you have root?
I dont recall if there are any ".exe" files you need to run through the process, since you obviously cant run those on a Mac..
thanks!
Hi, I know this thread is old but I'm resurrecting it because it sort of applies to my situation.
Basically I want to know if I could use this to flash to an old stock update as opposed to a beta build. (I'm on an epic so I won't go into more details, just curious if I can use this basic methodology since I do not have any access to a windows machine and ODIN does not work on mac). Thank you!
I wanna root my EVO and delete all the garbage I dont use. Ill stick with the stock rom for now.
With the hero, i would download rom manager, root the device, install clockwork and have at it - deleting the bloat.
is the process about the same with the evo? from my research, it seems that unrEVOked will root and flash a custom recovery. is this accurate?
thank you thank you
Former Hero user myself. I do believe unrevoked has been updated for the easy root method. If you want a stock rom you can use sprintlovers, or MikFroyo4.2 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883026. 4.3 is themed, but 4.2 is mostly stock with some bloat taken out, but it's put on your sd card if you want to install any of them, and it has been re-engineered. Basically useless language support has been taken out of all the apks and it is very fast, especially for a sense rom.
Ideally, I just want to gain root access with the stock rom, then delete bloat.
Is this possible with unrEVOked?
thanks!
i ran unrEVOked, everything seems to have worked. it rebooted, now the unrevoked recovery reflash tool reads, 'waiting for reboot'.
my phone rebooted and i installed superuser from the market. I dont have SU access via adb. i havent tried the phone method because i prefer adb. im gonna attempt it now.
thanks for your help more would be appreciated
edit: i actually dont even know how to boot into recovery on the evo. i tried home+power. gonna hit google.
tailsthecat3 said:
i ran unrEVOked, everything seems to have worked. it rebooted, now the unrevoked recovery reflash tool reads, 'waiting for reboot'.
my phone rebooted and i installed superuser from the market. I dont have SU access via adb. i havent tried the phone method because i prefer adb. im gonna attempt it now.
thanks for your help more would be appreciated
edit: i actually dont even know how to boot into recovery on the evo. i tried home+power. gonna hit google.
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Please before you go to far read up on Amon_RA/Clcokwork recovery and some of the issues that have come up recently. Also if you are a basic noob to this I suggest you download Rom manager to help you with flashing. One more thing if you rooted your phone properly there should of been no need for you to go to the market and dl SU. So double check and make sure its been rooted and you have S-off.
1 turn your phone off
2.press power button while holding the vol down button
3.check HBOot to say S-OFF - to ensure your rooted
i used urevoked and didnt seem to work. i had no su access. i then tried the adb method here with thte pc136img.zip that gave me 2.1.
when i try to run an ruu update i get error 170 usb connect.
anyway i can at least get back to stock?
thank you.
When did you buy your Evo?
If you just got it then unrEVOked will not work for you, you need to use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 root method
Also there is this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881747
read it before trying to root your phone and doing things that could brick your phone.
You also want to make sure the root method you are using is compatible with your hardware and hboot.....
Coming from the hero myself, it became clear quickly that there is a lot more to know about the evo vs what you need to know about the hero....
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This is the thread for the newest unrevoked. If you have new hboot then this is what you need. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.
link- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895208
squick said:
This is the thread for the newest unrevoked. If you have new hboot then this is what you need. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.
link- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895208
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thanks a lot! it didnt seem to work. i didnt have su access. is there a way to just root the stock rom 3.70.651.1? and gain access to delete the bloat?
tailsthecat3 said:
thanks a lot! it didnt seem to work. i didnt have su access. is there a way to just root the stock rom 3.70.651.1? and gain access to delete the bloat?
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I don't understand why it's not working for you. That's weird. I've only used unrevoked so I don't really have any ideas. Sorry.
SSjon said:
When did you buy your Evo?
If you just got it then unrEVOked will not work for you, you need to use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 root method
Also there is this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=881747
read it before trying to root your phone and doing things that could brick your phone.
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thanks. i tried that method, i dont have su access. i ran the AutoRoot v2.2 - No PC36IMG_UD.zip autorun file.
I just got my EVO a few days ago. I'm such a noobie to this, my last phone was an old school Razr..
I downloaded unrevoked3, followed the program prompt and it pretty much did all the work to root the phone. I just had to plug the phone into the computer. (Prior to rooting make sure you download the driver onto your computer but go into "remove programs" in windows and uninstall the HTC sync that came with the driver. You must also enable USB Debugging on your phone.)
I then went to the Droid Market on the phone and downloaded the free version of Titanium Backup. After downloading, the app should appear on your phone. When you first click the app it will display an error. Something about no root access or busybox. Just ignore that and click the "Problems?" button on the app. The app will install busybox and fix itself and now your good to go. Titanium will clean out any of the bloatware you don't want.
tailsthecat3 said:
thanks. i tried that method, i dont have su access. i ran the AutoRoot v2.2 - No PC36IMG_UD.zip autorun file.
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If it still did not work then you need to restore the RUU like it says in the post. I ran the file with the PC36IMG, try that.
did you install the modified HBOOT driver on your PC?
Hi,
Due a problem updating the bootloader, the phone had a soft brick.
The only ROM I was able to flash after that was a 2.3.6 Vodafone 4.5.1-134_DFP-139.
As I understand this ROM wasn't downgradeable and now I have a standard bootloader.
Can I install a new bootloader? How? Can I root this ROM? I wish to install a CM ROM.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for my bad english.
LLKS said:
Hi,
Due a problem updating the bootloader, the phone had a soft brick.
The only ROM I was able to flash after that was a 2.3.6 Vodafone 4.5.1-134_DFP-139.
As I understand this ROM wasn't downgradeable and now I have a standard bootloader.
Can I install a new bootloader? How? Can I root this ROM? I wish to install a CM ROM.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for my bad english.
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Yes，you can.But it's not necessary.You also can root the rom,and you must need the right tools.
Hi, what are these "right tools"?
Give me a link please
Help please
I have made an FAQ thread about it. To root use SuperOneClick. Rest of the info is here. In case of any doubts feel free to ask me.
The problem is that you can't root with SuperOneClick 2.1, the new one of SuperOneClick v2.3.3 seem work but now the problem is with Superuser....
I can't install 2ndinit
Ok, a cuple of reboots after SU worked now I have 2ndinit instaled.
Wich rom to install Over a non downgradeable 2.3.6 Rom?
CM7??
CM9??