Well I finally bought a Desire HD and it's a great phone. I have done allot of things with it but it felt like I wanted more. Then I found this website and found out about rooting a phone. I hope to learn allot here.
My question: Can please someone give me all the sticky's or threads for learning everything I need to learn about rooting before I actually do it myself?
Thank you in advance.
Hi, welcome to XDA community.
It seems that you've come to the right place for rooting and flashing custom roms. All the basic information regarding rooting, downgrading can be found in the 1st sticky post in Desire HD Android Development section here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079108
Please do read them thoroughly and search for other threads for any questions or problems encountered involving rooting your phone.
Please do your best and good luck.
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Thanks I have read it and anded up here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
Can't I just use gingerbreak or doesn't it work on a desire HD?
It depends on what base you're on. The latest base that can be rooted gingerbreak is 2.36. Any higher base is not possible to root, for now.
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Then ill have to wait. Thank you for your help
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whatever you do don't put on screen protectors with water and don't i repeat don't try to disassemble it trust me -_-
bloodhunter112 said:
Then ill have to wait. Thank you for your help
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U could downgrade it, and then apply root. Try searching for downgrade. I think its made by jkoljo...
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dashrink said:
U could downgrade it, and then apply root. Try searching for downgrade. I think its made by jkoljo...
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Yep, downgrade is achievable latest on 2.37.762.2 and later version. Stock 2.42 and above will have to wait.
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Hi bloodhunter112
I made a small HTC Desire HD resource page here if it helps.
Links in my sig too.
I hope you enjoy your DHD
bruno_123 said:
whatever you do don't put on screen protectors with water and don't i repeat don't try to disassemble it trust me -_-
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I received a body protecter recently and it says to apply with liquid soap and water!?
.... I haven't got round to putting it on yet. Can you tell me if i should avoid this method. - did your device become water damaged this way?
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sure as hell it messed up mine one, that liquid got under the digitalizer and soaked my lcd, it did work but it looked like real liquid display(then i got pissed off and took mine apart and found it really hard to remove lcd from housing since it was glued all over the place and i got even more pissed of and went on it like a terminator, then spent 200 bucks in service shop so they would replace it badly(i have two small dirt dots under the screen)) lol search around and you'll find a few other guys with same problem, you can do it nicely even without water trust me **** off that liquid solution you don't want my story to happen
Thanks for the heads up! Appreciate it!
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bloodhunter112 said:
Well I finally bought a Desire HD and it's a great phone. I have done allot of things with it but it felt like I wanted more. Then I found this website and found out about rooting a phone. I hope to learn allot here.
My question: Can please someone give me all the sticky's or threads for learning everything I need to learn about rooting before I actually do it myself?
Thank you in advance.
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room cooks really great! trying it
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I was on youtube just surfing around looking at different G2 things and I found a video from a WalterJohnson9068 of a rooting program you download and plug your G2 to your computer and in a few clicks the root is done, I wanted to know if anyone else found this, and wanted to ask if it works 100% to root and get s-off like Visionary and others on the Forums.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_9b03UbSI
OOPS, just relised I posted this in the wrong section...sorry guys
its fake btw
Yes, definitely fake. Found this awhile ago and it didn't seem legit. Only a few comments on it and no talk on these forums about it.
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checked the comments posted, all from same general people, posting the same video and commenting each other on it, full warning to anyone out there, if it isnt proved on XDA to work, it might be fake........
Yea this is fake.
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There have been several threads about this.
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There have been several threads about this.
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Ya, but this is kind of a weird topic to search for. "Root," you're gonna get everything.
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There have been several threads about this.
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I didnt notice, sorry bout that, been too busy programming things >.< my mistake.
Bull****!
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why not lock this thread?
hello everyone im new in this forum and i just purchased a desire and the memory is very low on it and its very slow and its by telus desire. my friend told me this is great website to learn about desire. can anyone here help me root the telus desire and run a custom rom? i just got the desire 3 days ago taught its a fast phone and mine is running very slow and im running 2.2 telus official.
Please pm me and save my phone.
Thanks
-Sofia
Root using unrevoked
S-off using iso from alvpharev.nl
I think that a good Rom is ownheredesirehd
Just Google how to do it all or look on here, there are so many forums for everything that there's no point in explaining it all,
If you have any questions that you can't find a forum for, just reply to this
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I sent you a pm
*damo* said:
Root using unrevoked
S-off using iso from alvpharev.nl
I think that a good Rom is ownheredesirehd
Just Google how to do it all or look on here, there are so many forums for everything that there's no point in explaining it all,
If you have any questions that you can't find a forum for, just reply to this
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-Sofia
The problem is im new and I don't understand those words s-off and unrevoked.
-Sofia
sofia-captivate said:
I sent you a pm
-Sofia
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I sent you one back
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anybody???
please someone pm me. and help me save my phone i will pay or something im a girl and not use to these stuff but can learn fast if someone show me
Go on Skype
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It's been a while since I've visited this forum. As an ex G1 owner and since September a DHD owner, I'm a little somewhat out of the game.
I successfully rooted my G1 basically just to get the phone to function and have not rooted the DHD as of yet, as its met my needs well ( upto now ).
I've searched and searched for info on rooting and am gutted to learn I can't use a one click method as the phone is nand locked.
I'm hoping to put his out to you guys, not for the easiest option, but as I'm very rusty with whole rooting thing, I'm hoping you can advise me on which you think is the safest, most stable and worthwhile.
Also, is there any difference in root options as per where you reside ( I.e. UK, US ) as to which downloads needed to root?
Thanks for any help guys
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You should take a look at the sticky threads in dev section.
Thanks mate, will do now. Just wanna do it right if you know what I mean
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Shoofwiar said:
It's been a while since I've visited this forum. As an ex G1 owner and since September a DHD owner, I'm a little somewhat out of the game.
I successfully rooted my G1 basically just to get the phone to function and have not rooted the DHD as of yet, as its met my needs well ( upto now ).
I've searched and searched for info on rooting and am gutted to learn I can't use a one click method as the phone is nand locked.
I'm hoping to put his out to you guys, not for the easiest option, but as I'm very rusty with whole rooting thing, I'm hoping you can advise me on which you think is the safest, most stable and worthwhile.
Also, is there any difference in root options as per where you reside ( I.e. UK, US ) as to which downloads needed to root?
Thanks for any help guys
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this is that you should to do for obtain superuser permission (root):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841076
visionary Rxx its the most secure option to root your device,, it´s a "one click" tool and works with 1.32xxx versions of official firmwares..
if you have an upper version, browse "how to downgrade" in the bar of above
if you have android 2.3.3 via OTA, browse about "gingerbreak"
cheeerssss
Thanks man, so it doesn't matter which tool I use for a UK phone?
Downgrading shouldn't be a problem, its just obtaining the right files I guess. Thanks again
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Thanks man, so it doesn't matter which tool I use for a UK phone?
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Correct. But if you have problems with one method try the other. For example, try the one click methods first but if you get stuck try the full command line style methods.
Ok, my personal preference would be to follow the long hand method as detailed on the cyanogenmod wiki. Reasons being that using visionary is unnecessary so why do it ,secondly if you do it long hand and it fails, unlikely as that is you'll know where and hopefully why, thirdly I like the geek factor off doing it the awkward way. This will work fine on a UK DHD as it's how miner was rooted.
Duplicate post, sorry
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My phone is on a t mobile contract, but doesn't have any branding on the phone itself or the screen on boot up. Am I right in thinking I can bypass the goldcard part for rooting?
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Shoofwiar said:
My phone is on a t mobile contract, but doesn't have any branding on the phone itself or the screen on boot up. Am I right in thinking I can bypass the goldcard part for rooting?
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Yes, t-mobile phones are, normally, unlocked certainly mine was.
Hello dear xda family!I been looking for almost 24hrs straight online for a simple quick solution to rooting my htc G2 from tmo.Its on stock 2.3.4.
It would be nice to see ice cream sandwich on it but i would just be happy with cm7.There seems to be allot of gimmick on the web on what program to use with ease then there's other methods that do not seem simple.
I don't want to mess up the phone so please i would appreciate some true detailed guides or something that will not lead me to ruin the phone.
rep to be left and thanks in advance.
Gthunders said:
Hello dear xda family!I been looking for almost 24hrs straight online for a simple quick solution to rooting my htc G2 from tmo.Its on stock 2.3.4.
It would be nice to see ice cream sandwich on it but i would just be happy with cm7.There seems to be allot of gimmick on the web on what program to use with ease then there's other methods that do not seem simple.
I don't want to mess up the phone so please i would appreciate some true detailed guides or something that will not lead me to ruin the phone.
rep to be left and thanks in advance.
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First off, you're not going to be able to get Ice Cream Sandwich on your device because it's not even out yet. As for rooting, use the guide in the wiki ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD); the "one click" rooting apps have a high brick rate.
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Use Cyanogen's guide. As I posted in another thread, I rooted three G2's with no problems using rage/gfree.
the wiki is the best way to root a G2 with no risk of bricking it (use cut & paste)
Agree, the wiki worked great.
On another notice, the best way to learn flashing, is by bricking it, and not to do that agian.
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What the **** is up with the thread title?
blackknightavalon said:
Use Cyanogen's guide. As I posted in another thread, I rooted three G2's with no problems using rage/gfree.
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i rooted 3 G2's too!
one of them was mine... and i had to root it twice!
and one of them, i had to create a goldcard
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Gthunders said:
There seems to be allot of gimmick on the web on what program to use with ease then there's other methods that do not seem simple.
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One-click root solutions do not work on the G2/Desire Z, as HTC included too many security measures. You have to use the Wiki or CyanogenMod guides. The process is not that difficult. Read and understand the guides before you start, and follow the instructions carefully, and you will be fine. Those that insist on one-click solutions are just lazy.
OriginalGabriel said:
First off, you're not going to be able to get Ice Cream Sandwich on your device because it's not even out yet. As for rooting, use the guide in the wiki ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD); the "one click" rooting apps have a high brick rate.
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blackknightavalon said:
Use Cyanogen's guide. As I posted in another thread, I rooted three G2's with no problems using rage/gfree.
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OP... these two here posted the same info for me when I made my thread about doing the same thing. The walkthroughs they linked will guaranteed work 100%, so long as you follow the instructions to the letter.
Following the walkthrough I had my phone rooted and running CM7 in a matter of minutes.
My Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342536
i just got a g2 and it has 2.3 on it im a noob as this and i really dont know how to root i heard from a friend that i have to downgrade it but idk how
is there a way that i can just root it with to?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
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Sorry to say that, but if you can’t use the search function, you should probably not be trying to root your phone
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
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Thanks
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Before goin into root u must get a clear idea about it..otherwise you l end up in bootlop problems.
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The best way to safely root you g2 >
Google unlockroot this is a software that roots your phone all you need is an internet connection this software will root your phone with super user installed and you have no problem
NO need to do complecated stuf enable USB debugging connect to pc and follow the instruction
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED
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strip419 said:
The best way to safely root you g2 >
Google unlockroot this is a software that roots your phone all you need is an internet connection this software will root your phone with super user installed and you have no problem
NO need to do complecated stuf enable USB debugging connect to pc and follow the instruction
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED
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Huh, I can't imagine this to be the safest way to root your phone, being I have only now just hearted about it from you I can't say I am an authority on this, but just browsing the site a bit it seems like the opposite of safe... reminds me of lots of the one click root ideas... yeah I know some work fine but... yeah I suggest be skeptical and read up first before doing this
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Well how do you want a noob to use adk for this that process is quite long and has realy scared people fom rooting and enjoying thier phones....i dont know of where you were told this is not safe i have rooted my G2 and GS2 with this and a lot of my guys phones too not even a pin droped and every thing worked.....or do you know of any phone that has been bricked with that software??????
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demkantor said:
Huh, I can't imagine this to be the safest way to root your phone, being I have only now just hearted about it from you I can't say I am an authority on this, but just browsing the site a bit it seems like the opposite of safe... reminds me of lots of the one click root ideas... yeah I know some work fine but... yeah I suggest be skeptical and read up first before doing this
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you dont fancy testing it for us then :laugh:
strip419 said:
Well how do you want a noob to use adk for this that process is quite long and has realy scared people fom rooting and enjoying thier phones....i dont know of where you were told this is not safe i have rooted my G2 and GS2 with this and a lot of my guys phones too not even a pin droped and every thing worked.....or do you know of any phone that has been bricked with that software??????
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I think a lot of your information is outdated, for example Visionary is extremely outdated for most of the firmwares that's out now. The method outlined in the XDA Wiki as well as the Cyanogenmod Wiki is proven to work without fail (with the assumption that the end user actually follows the instructions to the letter).
The one click method tends to have problems and ends up in here for help, and far as hearing about it, normally hear complaints about their phone being bricked and how to fix it, they don't go into details exactly on "how" they bricked it, just that they whine and whine to unbrick it.
PS: I wish there was a way to remove an accidental thanks.
Well true there are some bad one click softs out there thats why i recommended what i have tried without problems........the fact that some are bad does not make dem all bad if only we bring up those that have bricked phones and those that helped cos not anybody has it easy with the XDA method by the way i recommend what i have tried so trust me what will i get by bricking someones phone (same module and and it worked)
PS:giving back your thanks.....
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strip419 said:
Well true there are some bad one click softs out there thats why i recommended what i have tried without problems........the fact that some are bad does not make dem all bad if only we bring up those that have bricked phones and those that helped cos not anybody has it easy with the XDA method by the way i recommend what i have tried so trust me what will i get by bricking someones phone (same module and and it worked)
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But of course with lack of information (ie: what phone did you have, what firmware was it at, was it originally Froyo, etc?), people attempting to do the same tends to cause problems.
Though in my opinion, if you can't handle the method outlined in the XDA wiki (which will work with any version of the phone, including instructions for making a gold card), then it's probably not the best idea to even attempt having a rooted phone.