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[Q] Confused and Overwhelmed. After some Clarity!

Hello!
I recently purchased a HTC Desire HD through a carrier in Australia after being a nokia dumbphone owner for my "connected life". I have done some reading into the Custom ROM scene and I am loving the potential benefits and modifications that are possible with them, however being new to Android, new to Smartphones and new to Custom Roms I am to say the least a little confused.
I decided this carrier added bloatware just has to go and after a little reading I like the idea of LeeDrOiD HD v1.2.
I have attempted to follow the instructions in the Leedroid HD thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842802
Which tells me i Need to flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842819
Which in turn tells "You will need the ENG HBOOT installed on your device to flash this recovery!"
and of course I could not find any details on what ENG HBOOT is let alone how to install it.
How deep does the rabbit hole go Alice? The multiple tears are becoming confusing and complicated and I am wondering if this is just a LeeDroid thing, or are these steps necessary for all custom roms? Or just the Desire HD. I am fairly confident with the safety of replacing a rom but the more steps by more people are adding uncertainty in the safety of the whole procedure and of course raising the probability of an under informed and maybe slightly reckless newby to brick a perfectly acceptable phone.
Is anyone able to reccomend a resource to better acquaint a Newby with this new territory? Is thier a more comprehensive guide to installing LeeDroid or "Rom-ing" an android phone.

Hi,
Give me a few minutes to pull together a few guides for you.
This Guide with Video is very helpful at performing all the little tasks that allow you to flash custom ROMs.
In short the ENG HBOOT allows the flashing of an unsigned recovery "Clockwork Mod", which then allows you to flash custom ROMs. Flashing the ENG HBOOT is a one time process, once you have done it there is no need to do it again.
Just a few questions,
1). Do you have a Stock HTC Unbranded & Unlocked ROM or a Carrier Branded ROM?
2). Have you rooted you DHD yet?

This is the way I personally went about the whole process, its a guide that zexbig posted and can be found HERE
Summary:
1) Download Paul's Visionary+ tool (I have used version r12) (google removed this app from market) so You will have to download it from Paul's website.
This tools enables root and removes new HTC protection.
2) Install engineering version of HBOOT to get S-Off (HTC bootloader, something like BIOS for Your PC)
This step is optional and it's not required in order to flash custom ROM's on Your DHD but gives You more freedom with Your device.
3) Install custom recovery image (recovery is special program which is invoked from HBOOT
in order to flash ROM onto Your device.
Detailed description:
1) Download Paul's Visionary+ tool
1.1) Click here to download http://android.modaco.com/content/ht...ne-click-root/ or download it from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...3&d=1290501865
1.2) Install Visionary+ on Your DHD
1.3) Run it, enable "Set system r/w after root
1.4) Click "Temproot Now!" - Wait until it's finished
1.5) Click Attempt Permroot Now!
1.6) DHD automatically reboot's
To test that everything went fine download from market application "terminal emulator"
run it, type su
If You get after that sign # it mean's that everything went fine.
Time for next step!
2) Install engineering version of HBOOT to get S-Off
2.1) Download sfjuocekr DHD script for flashing HBOOT from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835746
2.2) Unzip it and copy it to Your SDCard (It's important that You have on Your SDCard root directory with name DHD and all files inside this directory.
(I have run into the strange problem for which I'm not sure is it problem with my PC or DHD, each time when I connected my DHD via USB cable my SDCard was automatically mounted as Disk Drive instead of just being in "Charge only" mode. I resolved this by removing back cover and ejecting SDCard and inserting it again while phone was operational, which is very unsafe thing to do!).
2.3) Run Terminal Emulator
2.4) Type su
2.5) Type "sh /sdcard/DHD/check
(Please be aware that You have to type "sh" in front of command)
2.6) If everything went OK type
sh /sdcard/DHD/backup
2.7) If this also went OK proceed with
sh /sdcard/DHD/hboot
This command will install engineering hboot which have S-Off turned off.
3) Install custom recovery image
3.1) Since ROM manager now officially support's Desire HD, we will use it to download and install custom clockwork image.
3.2) Run android market app on Your DHD and download and install ROM Manager app from market.
3.3) Download and install ROM manager.
3.4) Run ROM manager and select first option (Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery).
3.5) Wait until ROM Manager say's that installation went successfully (Current version of ClockWorkMod is 2.5.1.3)
3.6) After installation tap in Rom manager option Reboot into Recovery to test that everything went well.
3.7) DHD should reboot in clockwork recovery manager.
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-Visionary is now v14+, not 12 as posted.
If you have any problems, just let us know.

Quick Response thanks!
It is unfortunatly a Carrier Branded rom. Full of widgets that are just links to webpages. What is even worse is I bought my phone through a company who leases lines off the carrier so because I am technically not with the carrier I can't use their aps even if i wanted to.
I believe I have temp rooted it so far. I have downloaded VISIONary +

Epic.. Thank you kindly. I am in the process.

I don't understand why carriers have to ruin the whole "Android Experience" by bundling awful apps that nobody wants, otherwise they would of downloaded them themselves.
The last guide I posted is the one I used. Once you have followed all of the steps then your in a position to flash a custom ROM. If you are planning to overclock or underclock then you will also need to find a suitable "Kernel" to flash with your ROM. Most ROMs do come complete with a custom kernel but that may not be the best for your particular needs.
Once bit of advice. Always, always a backup of your ROM before you flash anything else.
Flashing custom ROMs is easy once the above steps are complete.
1). Download your chosen ROM.
1a). Optional Download your chosen Kernel.
2). Transfer ROM (+ Kernel) to your SD Card, place in the root of the card.
3). Boot into Recovery. Power off (Ensure HTC Fast Boot is disabled), Power on whilst holding VOL DOWN, using volume keys select Recovery, press power to enter.
4). Create Backup, backup and restore > backup.
5). Wipe All Data including cache
6). Install .zip from SD Card, Select the correct ROM zip and confirm.
7). Optional, repeat with Kernel, if necessary.
8). Reboot.
9). Bask in glory, you have conquered your smartphone.
Again, if you want more info feel free to ask. We all had to learn once, or twice.

For Clarification on HBOOT loading.
2.2) Unzip it and copy it to Your SDCard (It's important that You have on Your SDCard root directory with name DHD and all files inside this directory.
(I have run into the strange problem for which I'm not sure is it problem with my PC or DHD, each time when I connected my DHD via USB cable my SDCard was automatically mounted as Disk Drive instead of just being in "Charge only" mode. I resolved this by removing back cover and ejecting SDCard and inserting it again while phone was operational, which is very unsafe thing to do!).
I do want to be viewing the Android device as a disk drive?
Secondly Do I create a folder on the SD card in the root directory called DHD and then drop the 3 files contained in the Zip file into that folder?
Example
Root Directory
>.data
>Alarms
>Android
>bugreports
>DCIM
>DHD --Newly created folder
>>DHD-dumb --dragged and dropped
>>DHD-smart --dragged and dropped
RTFM.txt --dragged and dropped
>downloads
etc..

Yes you do want to view it as a disk drive.
You are also correct with the folders.
SDCard/DHD/ - place files here -

Ok my description failed.
Instead of the folders listed above
">>DHD-dumb --dragged and dropped
>>DHD-smart --dragged and dropped
RTFM.txt --dragged and dropped"
should I be taking the contents of (smart or dumb?) and placing that in the DHD created directory?
obviously the commands in the terminal dont correspond to having the files in a sub folder. I appologise for you having to answer obvious questions however I am a little weary of bricking.

I'd rather you post a question and get it answered before you post a problem and have an expensive paperweight.
Take the "DHD-smart" folder from wherever you extracted it, place that on your SD Card, then rename that folder to just "DHD".

Excellent. All Is working as planned. I'm in the process of D/L ing Leedroid rom.
Thanks for your help again.
I'll post back once I have things up and rolling.

No problem at all.
Just remember to make a backup from within "Recovery", it will save you one day.

I appologise I forgot to Post back.
Everything is running sweetly now, absolutley no bugs with the Root or new LeeRoid rom.
Thanks again for your help.

Daft Templar said:
I appologise I forgot to Post back.
Everything is running sweetly now, absolutley no bugs with the Root or new LeeRoid rom.
Thanks again for your help.
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Welcome to the ranks of Android hackers. Health warning: flashing is addictive.
Sent from my performance enhanced Desire HD.

Yes it is
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Newbie guide: HTC Desire: Stock FroYo to Gingerburst 2.1; simply (well 30 steps anywa

Hello all,
To make the actual guide more accessible I have moved my original ramblings that previously preceeded the actual guide to the bottom
[size=+1]Section 1reperation:[/size][size=-1]Download and unzip all the files needed[/size]
Step 1: Get yourself ready, download all the items you need (save them all in an easy to reach directory on your pc):
Revolution to root and s-off your phone: http://revolutionary.io/ credit to Eric Smaxwill • Koush Dutta • Adam Glasgall • Sen Verbrugge • Kenny Millington • Matthew Fogle • Joshua Wise • Michael Sullivan • Matt Mastracci • Ryan Pearl
Droidzone for the gingerburst rom: http://gingerburst.droidzone.in/ credit to Sibere for the Data2SD development •o$$!ram for the source build. •Robocik, Neophytex360, Coolexe for doing pioneer porting work •snq- for the kernel and Kernel mods, ext4 support, Wake-on-trackpad etc! •dsixda for the Android Kitchen •C0urier for hosting my site and for mirrors (Thanks a lot!) •deXter (and AdamG & _thalamus), Roach2010 for suggestions to improve the Data2SD code
http://revolutionary.io/revolutionary-0.3pre7.zip - windows version, unzip/extract all the files; although this is a direct link you really need to download this by going to http://revolutionary.io/ and clicking the link from there (you must have java enabled) as that causes the java frame to appear i the webpage which you use to get the key (used later)
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe - windows drivers
http://goo-inside.me/superuser/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip - root superuser access; don’t unzip
http://hotfile.com/dl/125113123/dfb5a65/GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip.html - Gingerburst ROM; don’t unzip
http://gingerburst.droidzone.in/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=1 – Data2SD installer; don’t unzip
http://gingerburst.droidzone.in/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=2 – Data2SD reinstaller; don’t unzip
When you are done you should have a list of files as the below:
Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip
Data2SDReInstallerNXE2.zip
GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip
HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
revolutionary-0.3pre7.zip
su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
and a folder with the extracted items:
revolutionary-0.3pre7\AdbWinApi.dll
revolutionary-0.3pre7\libcurl-4.dll
revolutionary-0.3pre7\libjson-0.dll
revolutionary-0.3pre7\mgwz.dll
revolutionary-0.3pre7\msvcr71.dll
revolutionary-0.3pre7\revolutionary.exe
On your PC, using windows explorer navigated to the directory where the files are saved:
Step 2: Double click (run) the HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe file to install the drivers
[size=+1]Section 2:Root & Super-user:[/size][size=-1]Use revolutionary to flash a new HBOOT, S-OFF your phone and install ClockWorkMOD recovery, then use ClockWorkMod to give Super-user[/size]
Step 3: Double click the revolutionary-0.3pre7 directory to enter it and
Step 4: Double click (run) the revolutionary.exe file
It will open a command window and get to a point where it is waiting.
Step 5: Either:
With your phone powered on. Go to Settings->Applications->Development and turn USB debugging on then Connect the USB cable between the phone and PC.
or
Power off the phone. Leave it for 20 seconds to be certain it is off. Press and Hold the Volume down button and while holding it press the power on button. Keep holding the volume button and very quickly the phone will enter Bootloader mode. Connect the USB cable between phone and PC.
Step 6: At this point the revolution command window will recognise the phone is attached and ask for the beta key. Select and copy it from the website you left open when downloading item 1) and then right click on the top strip of the command window where it has the revolution name, choose the option menu item Edit and paste – this ensures you get the beta key entered correctly (on my first go I tried to type it and mixed up l and I, and o and 0). Agree with what the revolution program asks and it will tell you if it was successful.
Step 7: Power off the phone. Leave it for 20 seconds to be certain it is off. Press and Hold the Volume down button and while holding it press the power on button. Keep holding the volume button and very quickly the phone will enter Bootloader mode. Use the volume down button to scroll one menu item down to Recovery and the power button to select that item. The screen will go white with the HTC logo and then after a short time will enter the ClockWorkMod recovery menu.
Step 8: Scroll down to and select the menu item “mounts and storage” and then scroll to the bottom item and select it (“mount USB storage”)
Step 9: If it is not plugged in, plug in your USB cable between the phone and PC and the PC should recognise the phone is SD card reader mode. If a windows explorer window does not open (or windows offer you a choice to browse the folder) then press the windows key+E at the same time to open a windows explorer window and navigate to the “Removable Disk” that is your SD card in the phone.
Step 10: Copy su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip from the PC to the SD card.
Step 11: Disconnect the USB cable and then on the phone select “unmount” and press the back button on the phone. Scroll down and select the menu item “install zip from SD card”. Scroll until you find su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip and select it. Once complete reboot.
[size=-1]For those who have apps, contacts, phone logs, sms messages etc. that they want to back-up, they should allow the phone to boot into normal mode. Download the various backup programs from the market – and as the phone is now rooted you can use all the apps that are mentioned at the bottom of the post.[/size]
[size=+1]Section 3:New ROM preperation:[/size][size=-1]Back-up, partition SD card and copy ROM files to SD card[/size]
Step 12: Power off the phone. Leave it for 20 seconds to be certain it is off. Press and Hold the Volume down button and while holding it press the power on button. Keep holding the volume button and very quickly the phone will enter Bootloader mode. Use the volume down button to scroll one menu item down to Recovery and the power button to select that item. The screen will go white with the HTC logo and then after a short time will enter the ClockWorkMod recovery menu.
Step 13: Scroll down and select “backup and restore” and then select “backup”. Clockworkmod will make a backup on the SDcard in the ClockWorkMod directory and show you progress as it does this. This ensures you can always return to this state at a later date if you wish.
Step 14: Once the back-up is complete, press the phones back button and then scroll down to and select the menu item “mounts and storage” and then scroll to the bottom item and select it (“mount USB storage”)
Step 15: If it is not plugged in, plug in your USB cable between the phone and PC and the PC should recognise the phone is SD card reader mode. If a windows explorer window does not open (or windows offer you a choice to browse the folder) then press the windows key+E at the same time to open a windows explorer window and navigate to the “Removable Disk” that is your SD card in the phone.
Step 16: Copy the entire contents of your SD card to a folder on the PC.
Step 17: Copy the following files downloaded previously into the folder on the PC where you have copied your SD card contents. They should be in the base folder. Files 4, 5 and 6: Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip, Data2SDReInstallerNXE2.zip and GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip
Step 18: Disconnect the USB cable and then on the phone select “unmount” and press the back button on the phone. Scroll down and select the menu item “advanced”.
Step 19: Scroll down and select “partition SD card”. (Note this will wipe out your SD card contents – hence why we copied it to the PC).
Step 20: Choose a size for the ext partition that is 2048MB or less, but at least 500MB.
Step 21: Select 0M for the size of swap partition. NB: It is vital that this be 0 or Data2SD won’t work!
ClockworkMod will partition the SD card and inform you when it is done.
[size=-1]At this point I had a huge issue getting my PC to recognise the SD card through ClockWorkMod and had to reboot the phone, reboot the PC, uninstall the drivers on the PC ( by running HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe ) and reinstall them (by running HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe ) and only then would the PC see the SD card when ClockWorkMod is mounting it. I hope others don’t have this issue, but this is why I hav recommended keeping the USB cable disconnected and rebooting the phone at this point.[/size]
Step 22: Power off the phone. Leave it for 20 seconds to be certain it is off. Press and Hold the Volume down button and while holding it press the power on button. Keep holding the volume button and very quickly the phone will enter Bootloader mode. Use the volume down button to scroll one menu item down to Recovery and the power button to select that item. The screen will go white with the HTC logo and then after a short time will enter the ClockWorkMod recovery menu.
Step 23: Scroll down and select the menu item “mounts and storage” and then scroll to the bottom item and select it (“mount USB storage”)
Step 24: If it is not plugged in, plug in your USB cable between the phone and PC and the PC should recognise the phone is SD card reader mode. If a windows explorer window does not open (or windows offer you a choice to browse the folder) then press the windows key+E at the same time to open a windows explorer window and navigate to the “Removable Disk” that is your SD card in the phone.
Step 25: Copy the contents of the folder for the SD card that you made on the PC – so the entire contents that were on the SD card are now back on it + the downloaded files which you copied into the base directory. From windows explorer you should see on the removable disk the downloaded Files 4, 5 and 6: Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip, Data2SDReInstallerNXE2.zip and GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip
[size=+1]Section 4: Flash Gingerburst ROM:[/size][size=-1]Flash GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip, reboot into phone mode, (don't install anything or sync) [/size]
Step 26: Scroll down and select the menu item “install zip from sdcard” and scroll to and select GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip from the list.
Step 27: ClockWorkMod will install the Gingerburst ROM. Once complete, press the back button on the phone and then select “reboot system now”. This will bring up the white screen with the HTC logo. It will take some time on this screen (if it is sitting for longer than 30 minutes there is an issue) and then it should begin loading up the new gingerbread install – though remember at this point the memory of the HTC desire has not been expanded onto the SDcard partition that was created, so choose your carrier e.g. Vodafone UK contract, skip the keyboard introduction and the google and other sync sections, until it begins to load the home screen. Wait while it does this – you may see some low memory warnings.
Step 28: Once it seems basically finished with this hold the power button of the phone in until the power-off menu appears. The new gingerbread power off menu has some more options – choose “Restart” and it will then bring up a sub-menu. Choose “Recovery”. This will boot directly into ClockWorkMod recovery.
[size=+1]Section 5: Flash Data2SD:[/size][size=-1]Flash Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip , reboot into phone mode, Enjoy! [/size]
Step 29: Select “install from zip” and scroll to the file Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip and select it. ClockWorkMod will now install the Data2SD mod which will format the ext partition you created earlier to an ext4 type. It will show you progress.
Step 30: Once complete, select “Reboot to system”
The white screen with the HTC logo will appear and for a brief moment the nearly invisible LED next to the silver htc at the top of your phone will flash blue – this is a good sign. The white screen with HTC logo will remain for a while, although expect it to flash of and back on or go a little darker every couple of minutes. (It should not stay this way for longer than 30 minutes – if it does there is a problem.)
Eventually the phone should boot up into phone mode, the memory warning should be gone and you are now the proud owner of a Gingerbread HTC desire with sense 2.1 and the phone memory extended onto the partition on the SD card.
Go wild, install apps to the phone, synchronise your gmail, calendar, contacts, facebook and everythingelse you can think of. The phone should be quick and responsive and there should be no memory warnings. Say thank you on the xda developer website to the the revolution team and the droidzone guys.
Let me know if we need corrections to this guide, or if you think it should have screenshots etc. to accompany it. (I have done it from memory, checking where feasible without actually repartitioning my SD card again etc., but since I did it all only last night it still be pretty much correct). I have done this using my only HTC Desire and a Windows 7 64bit pro Lenovo laptop.
Although it’s long I hope it’s not daunting anymore.
PS: Useful Backup programs (search for them in the market) – many require root access:
Titanium Backup (Titanium Track)
MyBackup Root (included in the Gingerburst ROM)
APN backup and restore (Ritesh Sahu)
Call Logs backup and restore (Ritesh Sahu)
SMS Backup and Restore (Ritesh Sahu)
ROM manager (ClockWorkMod)(very useful tool for those using custom ROMS, includes some functions for accessing and using ClockWorkMods ROM backup functions)
And of course ClockWorkMod itself – though this is installed by the process above and not through the market.
PPS: Below is my original ramblings that preveiously preceeded the steps. Moved here to make the actual guide a little more accessible.
Firstly a huge thank-you and humble appreciation to the incredible devs that created the hacks and cooked up the ROMS used in this tutorial. It precisely because they are so amazingly genius that perhaps they don’t realise just how daunting this all looks to a newbie. I have tried to credit everyone that deserves it but am bound to have missed someone who created some part of this or hosted some files etc., if you deserve credit bask in the warm glow of knowing you are a great person and then politely let me know and I’ll edit the post)
Personally I am not your average computer user and I have over a number of years used the tools from this and other forums to hack and mod various phones beginning with the original xda on which this site is named. I’ve had my desire for nearly a year, but partly because it’s such a good phone, partly because it’s my work phone (though that never stopped me before and partly because this time around it just seemed so complex with so many choices and options and methods (and worryingly chances to go wrong) I have not rooted it until now. The reason I took the plunge was the simple issue that I had already basically removed all non-daily-use apps and even downgraded the Adobe-flash support and other updated apps and was still running out of space!
That said, it took me about 10 attempts, during which on a number of occasions I was left with the white screen and HTC logo and nothing else Some of those were of course my own fault – I didn’t follow the instructions exactly :-| , some because I just hadn’t understood the instructions, or didn’t realise what was actually meant and some because I couldn’t get me hardware to work. (booting to the ISO image of Gparted totally refused to see the SD card in the phone )
This guide should hopefully bring all resources together in 1 place and make it absolutely clear how to do it the simplest way and with the least steps and using nothing other than the phone itself (where possible) and your pc linked to the phone via USB where necessary. I hope it’s OK to link directly to the downloads o download pages for the files – I have mentioned the websites they come from, but I’m sure the MODs will correct me if this is not permited.
To start with I assume you are on a brand new phone with nothing installed except the vanilla Froyo supplied with the phone. There are some very clever tools to back up your various bits of important info if you aren’t in this state and I would recommend you use them. I will try to show when and where they would be useful, but I am not aiming to show how to take a phone that been in use for a year and convert it to Gingerbread with Sense 2.1 and still have everything set up as was.

That is the longest post I have ever seen!!!...
Good job
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

only some sorting and opmaak

I have to agree - it`s a big long post - it might be a good idea to put a few linebreaks in between each point, to space it out and make it easier to read
a second suggestion might be to put some sub-headers in..
e.g. -A download files, B root, C partition, D Install

Good points.
I'll have a go at tidying it up and creating logical sections tomorrow when I've got access to my PC.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Lothaen said:
I have to agree - it`s a big long post - it might be a good idea to put a few linebreaks in between each point, to space it out and make it easier to read
a second suggestion might be to put some sub-headers in..
e.g. -A download files, B root, C partition, D Install
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Totally agree. The content of the thread might be good (I am sure it is), but this advantage gets lost by its horrible formatting which makes it nearly unable to read.
Another suggestion, short the first part (before step one) to the really important points. On this way its focal point gets concentrated to the steps 1-30, which is what you want, I guess.
At last, I may advise you to read some sticky guides here to get a good impression how to format texts.
Nevertheless, you did good work!!

MatDrOiD said:
Totally agree. The content of the thread might be good (I am sure it is), but this advantage gets lost by its horrible formatting which makes it nearly unable to read.
Another suggestion, short the first part (before step one) to the really important points. On this way its focal point gets concentrated to the steps 1-30, which is what you want, I guess.
At last, I may advise you to read some sticky guides here to get a good impression how to format texts.
Nevertheless, you did good work!!
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I have edited the original post:
1) Moved the original intro words to the bottom - the focus is as you said the guide
2) Re-formatted the text to make it more readable
Does that seem better?

Hello all,
This is a much shorter, less wordy version of the guide without all the detailed explanations, just the steps
[size=+1]Section 1reperation:[/size][size=-1]Download and unzip all the files needed[/size]
Step 1: Get yourself ready, download all the items you need (save them all in an easy to reach directory on your pc):
http://revolutionary.io/revolutionary-0.3pre7.zip - windows version, unzip/extract all the files; although this is a direct link you really need to download this by going to http://revolutionary.io/ and clicking the link from there (you must have java enabled) as that causes the java frame to appear i the webpage which you use to get the key (used later)
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe - windows drivers
http://goo-inside.me/superuser/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip - root superuser access; don’t unzip
http://hotfile.com/dl/125113123/dfb5a65/GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip.html - Gingerburst ROM; don’t unzip
http://gingerburst.droidzone.in/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=1 – Data2SD installer; don’t unzip
http://gingerburst.droidzone.in/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=2 – Data2SD reinstaller; don’t unzip
When you are done you should have a list of files as the below:
Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip
Data2SDReInstallerNXE2.zip
GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip
HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
revolutionary-0.3pre7.zip
su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip
Step 2: Run HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe file to install the drivers
[size=+1]Section 2:Root & Super-user:[/size][size=-1]Use revolutionary to flash a new HBOOT, S-OFF your phone and install ClockWorkMOD recovery, then use ClockWorkMod to give Super-user[/size]
Step 3: Enter the revolutionary-0.3pre7 directory and
Step 4: Run the revolutionary.exe file
It will open a command window and get to a point where it is waiting.
Step 5:With your phone powered on. Turn USB debugging on then Connect the USB cable between the phone and PC.
Step 6: At this point the revolution command window will recognise the phone is attached and ask for the beta key. Select and copy it from the website you left open when downloading item 1) and then right click on the top strip of the command window where it has the revolution name, choose the option menu item Edit and paste – this ensures you get the beta key entered correctly. Agree with what the revolution program asks and it will tell you if it was successful.
Step 7: Enter Recovery mode: (Power off the phone. Leave it for 20 seconds to be certain it is off. Press and Hold the Volume down button and while holding it press the power on button. Keep holding the volume button and very quickly the phone will enter Bootloader mode. Use the volume down button to scroll one menu item down to Recovery and the power button to select that item. The screen will go white with the HTC logo and then after a short time will enter the ClockWorkMod recovery menu.)
Step 8: Select “mounts and storage” ->“mount USB storage”
Step 9: Connect Phone and PC via USB.
Step 10: Copy su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip from the PC to the SD card.
Step 11: Disconnect the USB cable and then on the phone select “unmount” and press the back button on the phone. Select “install zip from SD card”. Scroll until you find su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip and select it. Once complete reboot.
[size=-1]For those who have apps, contacts, phone logs, sms messages etc. that they want to back-up, they should allow the phone to boot into normal mode. Download the various backup programs from the market – and as the phone is now rooted you can use all the apps that are mentioned at the bottom of the post.[/size]
[size=+1]Section 3:New ROM preperation:[/size][size=-1]Back-up, partition SD card and copy ROM files to SD card[/size]
Step 12: Enter Recovery mode.
Step 13: Select “backup and restore” -> “backup”. Clockworkmod will make a backup on the SDcard in the ClockWorkMod directory and show you progress as it does this. This ensures you can always return to this state at a later date if you wish.
Step 14: Once the back-up is complete, press the phones back button and then select “mounts and storage” -> “mount USB storage”
Step 15: Connect Phone and PC via USB.
Step 16: Copy the entire contents of your SD card to a folder on the PC.
Step 17: Copy the following files downloaded previously into the folder on the PC where you have copied your SD card contents. They should be in the base folder. Files 4, 5 and 6: Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip, Data2SDReInstallerNXE2.zip and GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip
Step 18: Disconnect the USB cable and then on the phone select “unmount” and press the back button on the phone.
Step 19: Select “advanced”->“partition SD card”. (Note this will wipe out your SD card contents – hence why we copied it to the PC).
Step 20: Choose a size for the ext partition that is 2048MB or less, but at least 500MB.
Step 21: Select 0M for the size of swap partition. NB: It is vital that this be 0 or Data2SD won’t work!
ClockworkMod will partition the SD card and inform you when it is done.
Step 22: Enter Recovery Mode.
Step 23: Select “mounts and storage” -> “mount USB storage”
Step 24: Cnnect Phone and PC vis USB.
Step 25: Copy the contents of the folder for the SD card that you made on the PC – so the entire contents that were on the SD card are now back on it + the downloaded files which you copied into the base directory. From windows explorer you should see on the removable disk the downloaded Files 4, 5 and 6: Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip, Data2SDReInstallerNXE2.zip and GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip
[size=+1]Section 4: Flash Gingerburst ROM:[/size][size=-1]Flash GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip, reboot into phone mode, (don't install anything or sync) [/size]
Step 26: On the phone, unmount, then select “install zip from sdcard” and scroll to and select GingerBurst_1.0.0.3.zip from the list.
Step 27: ClockWorkMod will install the Gingerburst ROM. Once complete, press the back button on the phone and then select “reboot system now”. This will bring up the white screen with the HTC logo. It will take some time on this screen (if it is sitting for longer than 30 minutes there is an issue) and then it should begin loading up the new gingerbread install – though remember at this point the memory of the HTC desire has not been expanded onto the SDcard partition that was created, so choose your carrier e.g. Vodafone UK contract, skip the keyboard introduction and the google and other sync sections, until it begins to load the home screen. Wait while it does this – you may see some low memory warnings.
Step 28: Once it seems basically finished with this hold the power button of the phone in until the power-off menu appears. The new gingerbread power off menu has some more options – choose “Restart” and it will then bring up a sub-menu. Choose “Recovery”. This will boot directly into ClockWorkMod recovery.
[size=+1]Section 5: Flash Data2SD:[/size][size=-1]Flash Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip , reboot into phone mode, Enjoy! [/size]
Step 29: Select “install from zip” and scroll to the file Data2SDInstallerNXE2.zip and select it. ClockWorkMod will now install the Data2SD mod which will format the ext partition you created earlier to an ext4 type. It will show you progress.
Step 30: Once complete, select “Reboot to system”
The white screen with the HTC logo will appear and for a brief moment the nearly invisible LED next to the silver htc at the top of your phone will flash blue – this is a good sign. The white screen with HTC logo will remain for a while, although expect it to flash of and back on or go a little darker every couple of minutes. (It should not stay this way for longer than 30 minutes – if it does there is a problem.)
Eventually the phone should boot up into phone mode, the memory warning should be gone and you are now the proud owner of a Gingerbread HTC desire with sense 2.1 and the phone memory extended onto the partition on the SD card.
Go wild, install apps to the phone, synchronise your gmail, calendar, contacts, facebook and everythingelse you can think of. The phone should be quick and responsive and there should be no memory warnings. Say thank you on the xda developer website to the the revolution team and the droidzone guys.
PS: Useful Backup programs (search for them in the market) – many require root access:
Titanium Backup (Titanium Track)
MyBackup Root (included in the Gingerburst ROM)
APN backup and restore (Ritesh Sahu)
Call Logs backup and restore (Ritesh Sahu)
SMS Backup and Restore (Ritesh Sahu)
ROM manager (ClockWorkMod)(very useful tool for those using custom ROMS, includes some functions for accessing and using ClockWorkMods ROM backup functions)
And of course ClockWorkMod itself – though this is installed by the process above and not through the market.

great - sticky?

Much better now. Ask a moderator for sticking it.

Thanks for the guide. I was having trouble rooting my Desire with Revoked3 but I managed using your guide Got SU now
Off to find a nice ROM

Glad it helped.
If you want the easy route, download ROM manager from the market. It will allow you to easily experiment with lots of different ROMs. It from the clockorkmod people so integrates totally with the clockwork mod recovery.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Nice Post, sticky deserved!

Wow..Thought it was a quick two step (Flash and reboot) method to install my Rom
Appreciate the lengths to which you have explained the procedure, would help people who are not clear about the intermediate steps. Thanks..
If you like, I'll open up Editor privileges on my site so that you can add a post there too.. PM me if you're like to..
Btw, I'd prefer that you turn the ROM/Data2SD installer download links to this: supernova.droidzone.in
Else, people might end up downloading an older version when I update the code..

droidzone said:
Wow..Thought it was a quick two step (Flash and reboot) method to install my Rom
Appreciate the lengths to which you have explained the procedure, would help people who are not clear about the intermediate steps. Thanks..
If you like, I'll open up Editor privileges on my site so that you can add a post there too.. PM me if you're like to..
Btw, I'd prefer that you turn the ROM/Data2SD installer download links to this: supernova.droidzone.in
Else, people might end up downloading an older version when I update the code..
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Once it's been done a few times it is quick and easy. Also using ROM manager is another way to make it easy. It really was just the first time that it all seemed a little daunting. Also I didn't realise that I needed to download both the ROM and the DATA2SD file (seems obvious now, but somehow wasn't then).
I copied the short(er) version to my post on your site as you suggested.
I have left the download links at the moment because I used the Gingerburst ROM and that's the title I gave to the post, though I assume the steps are nearly exactly the same for all your ROMs. Also - Gingerburst has Sense 2.1, but Supernova has only got Sense 1.9.
If you are planning to focus all future development on Supernova then perhaps a title change to the post is required and then the links changed also? or otherwise a general title change to "...Stock FroYo to DROIDZONE roms" and a table with the links to the downloads required for each of the different ROM types?

Cheers for the guide, hadn't wanted to try rooting before but got fed up in the end and followed your guide - only bits I got stuck on were CWM not installing after revolution (but worked out how to install separately by searching on here) plus Gingerburst didn't work first time so tried a couple other roms (which didn't work either) but think was probably because I either hadn't partitioned the sd card properly (just used CWM to do it) or didn't do a full wipe of phone memory first either! Figured it out in the end (trial and error) so thanks a lot for the straightforward instructions - quite exciting getting it working and really pleased with Gingerburst! Not sure if I can be arsed trying anything else at the moment tho.

wow great job!! Thanks for the time and effort in typing all of that!

Glad the guide gave you the confidence to give it a go - though its a pity it didn't work first time.
I can't even imagine what happened that revolution did not install cwm - on mine it installed a v 4 (ROM manager didn't recognise it as a later version so in fact has installed a v 2 now instead)
I actually did use cwm to partition the SD card, but Gingerburst should install even if the card is not properly partitioned - you will just get loads of low memory warnings and force closes - until you partition the SD card and install the data2sd through cwm.
I must agree - now that I have Gingerburst and its working so well and I been installing so many apps from the market it really seems like a lot of effort (even using ROM manager) to bother trying anything else out!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Quick question guys, I've unlocked my orange handset using the desire sim unlock utility, should I follow these steps to change my rom or do I need to do the whole goldcard thing?
Cheers!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA Premium App

Guys, I think I rooted my Desire following this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044
what should I do now?
Is there a way to do it without the 'clockworkmod' ?
Also, if sometime I wanna go back to stock, is there a way to completely go back?
Thank you and have a nice day!
edit: forget all that, i wanna use the SuperNova rom =p i just cant delete the post for some reason
so, if you can, reply here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17710610#post17710610
thanks a lot!

[How to] Root Your DInc2 Tutorial! (2.3.3 GB Only)

The purpose of this guide is to walk you through the process of rooting your phone running 2.3.3 ONLY! I will do the best I can to make this as painless as possible and help you achieve your goals of S-Off.
***THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR OBTAINING S-OFF, OBTAINING ROOT, AND INSTALLING CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY! ANY QUESTION REGARDING INSTALLING ROMS DO NOT BELONG HERE AND WILL NOT BE ANSWERED! ONLY ISSUES REGARDING ROOT WILL BE ANSWERED BY MYSELF OR OTHER MEMBERS.***
What you will need: (** = File is attached to OP)
Windows XP or higher (Thats all I have, someone else with MAC and/or Linux will need to assist and I can add it to the OP)
http://revolutionary.io/ .:UPDATE:. PRE4 now available
This site is where you will download the rooting tools and obtain a beta key. When you click on the download button for your OS, make sure you view the box that pops up requesting your OS version, phone model, HBoot version, and phone serial number. Without doing this you cannot root your phone so do it or you are screwed. There are two ways to get your phone serial number: 1) Remove the battery and look at the white sticker or 2) On your phone, go to Settings -> About Phone -> Phone Identity and under Device Serial Number you will see it. After you receive your code COPY AND PASTE it onto a word document or notepad because there are times when you will get confused with the font type from the Revolutionary site. Example, in my beta key, the lower case L looks exactly like the capital I and it threw me off. Also, the key IS case sensitive so keep that in mind.
If running windows, you will need these drivers:
http://downloads.unrevoked.com/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
If running Linux, reports show that you do not need any drivers.
If running Mac OS, I currently do not know so someone please let me know and I will update.
http://goo-inside.me/superuser/su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip **
This file is required to obtain ROOT AFTER you have S-Off.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=630611&stc=1&d=1308537076 (WINDOWS) **
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=630611&stc=1&d=1308537076 (LINUX) **
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/33327355/cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img **
These two items are in case Revolutionary tool fails to install CWM on your phone OR if you want to do this offline at another location. Fastboot and abd tool is the software that will take the img file of CWM and flash it onto your phone after S-OFF is obtained.
Prepping your Phone:
Turn off FAST BOOT in the settings located: SETTINGS -> POWER
Turn on Unknown Sources: SETTINGS -> APPLICATIONS
Turn on USB Debugging: SETTINGS -> APPLICATIONTS -> DEVELOPMENT
Installing Root:
1 - First, install the HTC drivers on your computer. It is a very simple step and you should have no issues doing this at all. Also look at your installed programs list and confirm HTC Sync is not installed. This will stop your device from being detected by Revolutionary to other problems when rooting.
2 - Extract the Fastboot and ABD zip file onto the root of your local disk drive (ex. C:\android-win-tools )
3 - Copy/Cut and Paste the CWM img file into the Fastboot and ABD folder (ex. C:\android-win-tools\cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img) Doing this will prep your PC to flash CWM in the event the Revolutionary tool does not download and install it.
4 - Place phone in "Disk Drive" mode then Copy/Cut and Paste the root su zip file (do not extract it) onto the root of your SDCard on your phone (ex. x:\su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip )
5 - Place phone in "Charge Only" mode. A lot ot people run into issues and not realize this was not selected.
6 - Run the Revolutionary file now that everything is set to go.
7 - You will get a prompt to enter your beta code. This is the code you received when you downloaded the revolutionary file and entered the information to obtain the beta key.
8 - Sit back and WAIT while the application does what is needed. This process will take anywhere from 3 to 5minutes so be PATIENT.
9 - Upon completion, you will get a prompt to install CWM. Say yes here! Once done skip to step 10.
9a - If the revolutionary app crashes or fails to download/install, leave your phone in the state it is (HBoot mode and should say "Fastboot USB". Open a command prompt in windows (Start - Run - type CMD).
9b - If you did exactly as told, type "CD.." until you see "C:\"
9c - Type the following:
CD android-win-tools
fastboot flash recovery cwm-4.0.1.4-vivow.img
9d - This process takes about 30sec max. Almost done!!!
10 - On your phone, back track to the main menu of HBoot using the volume keys and Power button and select recovery (2nd Option). In a few seconds your will be in CWM.
11 - As long as you copied the signed zip file to the root of your sdcard, perform the following:
"Install Zip From SDCard" (5th Option)
"Choose Zip From SDCard" (2nd Option)
Select the root/su zip file (su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip)
Choose Yes and wait.
Back track to main menu and reboot
12 - Give yourself a pat on the back for paying attention and have a cookie!
I am typing this on my tablet/phone/pc so if an error exists, please let me know right away and I will update the OP. Again, questions here are ONLY for rooting. Anything else...kick yourself in the head, do a real search, and post if needed.
Support:
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
Common Q&A for their recovery tool
irc.freenode.net channel #revolutionary
IRC Support Channel
Special thanks to:
XDA-Developers - You guys rock!!!
AlphaRev and unrevoked (Revolutionary) - You have made many dreams come true!!! DONATE to them if you can peeps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694 - attn1 - his How to guide on manually installing CWM.

Nice guide bro.
Sent from my Incredible Sensation using XDA App

The Incredible 2 or VIVO is not an option in the Beta key?

kyrumo71 said:
The Incredible 2 or VIVO is not an option in the Beta key?
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The incredible 2 is definitely an option when obtaining a beta key. Unless you are refering to something else?

rivera82falcon said:
The incredible 2 is definitely an option when obtaining a beta key. Unless you are refering to something else?
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My bad, my work computer is crappy, the 2 does not show up on my browser lol

NICE, this thread should be sticky.
On a side note, make sure you have your phone connected to wifi or 3G if you want the revolutionary tool to download and install the CWM automatically. If not then you would have to flash the CWM manually per the instruction from OP.

kyrumo71 said:
My bad, my work computer is crappy, the 2 does not show up on my browser lol
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I went to the site just now and HTC DROID Incredible 2 is the 6th option down in the device list. If it still doesn't show up, test another pc or try it on your phone. All you need is the key anyways.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

Thanks for this guide...
Sent from my DROID using XDA App

Awesome thanks but question. my computer keeps saying usb device not recognized every like 5 seconds when my phone is connected and in bootloader. Is that suppose to be like that?

Darkpsych0 said:
Awesome thanks but question. my computer keeps saying usb device not recognized every like 5 seconds when my phone is connected and in bootloader. Is that suppose to be like that?
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I will say it is okay as this happens to my PC as well. The files still transfer and CWM flashes through fastboot as well.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

Mmk. I downloaded ROM Manager but everytime i start it up it says "You must root your phone for ROM Manager to function. Superuser was not found at "/system/bin/su/" or "system/xbin/su"
I have the file on the root of the sdcard and im pretty sure i rooted it with revolutionary and installed CWM as well.

Ok... Dumb question... where do we find the fastboot and adb zips to install on the C drive??

I have gotten thru step 8 and failed whentrying to install CWM. I manually installed it with step 9 and it said finished. Step 10 says to select recovery but it is not listed. I rebooted to see if that would work but it didnt. Where did I go wrong?
EDIT: Actually it did work just was trying to hard. Thanks for the great instructions.

@ Darkpsycho0
try installing busybox from the market and give it a try again.
@PacerguyDon
The links are in the OP.
It's next to the one that has the img file as well. There is only one zip file and it contains both items in it.
@Flightmed
Power down, and get back into HBoot. You will see the following options:
Fastboot
Recovery
Factory Reset
Simlock
Hboot Usb
Image CRC
The second option (Recovery) is what you want.
EDIT: Glad you got it working!!!
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

Got it... thanks, Found it a few minutes after posting

PacerguyDon said:
Got it... thanks, Found it a few minutes after posting
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It happens...we get so excited that we tend to overlook the obvious. Kind of like my wife...I love her to death and I love to make love to her but I overlooked the obvious that she is also crazy. Oh well...
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

Busybox said "Root not found! The su binary was not found on your phone." -_____-

Thinking about it and looking back...I didn't complete the instructions on applying root. I apologize to you and everyone else.
When you have CWM installed, open it up through recovery. Next, as long as you copied the signed zip file to the root of your sdcard, select "Install Zip From SDCard" (5th Option).
Select "Choose Zip from SDCard" (2nd Option)
Select the zip file (su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip)
Choose Yes and wait. Once done, reboot and you should be good!
Again, I apologize. I will update main post asap!
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

That worked.. no more error thanks. I was about to throw my phone across the room especially since while i was waiting for replies I was trying to just install new themes but can't get Astros to work with the apk files correctly. -_- (still can't)

I'm already rooted via 2.2 but this is a great guide for the truly n00b.
Should be seeing lots of new members posting in the development section soon ;!)

[Tutorial] How to root CDMA wildfire s and s-off and other great tutorials

Moderator, please consider this thread to be a sticky, it will save many hours of googleing research, and in my case a lot of creativity. It will also open development wide open for all to do. Also I'd like if you could, can we get a section going for the Virgin Mobile USA Wildfire S (CDMA) this is only a general section after all. and this is highly Virgin Mobile Specific
Adhoc connections through wifi:
Its located here
I personally use this hack, SSRom has this built in
Note: I saw this here on XDA, if your the dev, PM me and ill give you the proper credit
S-Off:
Prerequisites: Windows, A USB cord for your phone, HTC Drivers, which are installed with the HTC Sync software, USB DEBUGGING ENABLED, and two files i will mention in the directions.
1) Download thisandthis
2) unrar the diag files, and unzip simple gold card.
3) BACK UP YOUR SD CARD, NOT AN OPTION!!!!!
4) Open simplegoldcard.exe in the unzipped file, and run as administrator in windows vista or 7
5) Plug your BACKED UP phone into your computer, enable disk mode
6) Select your phones device letter and select FORMAT SD CARD
7) Change your phone to Charge Only now
8) Select MMC1 in step three and click GetCID and copy it into the web page that the program links to and fill out the capatcha
9) Download the image file
10) Go to step 5, load the image you just downloaded
11) Place phone into disk drive mode, and click patch MMC
12) you have a working gold card now!
13) Place these files on the ROOT of your Goldcard, PG76DIAG.nbh and PG76DIAG.zip DONT EXTRACT THE ZIP
14) Once that has been done power off your phone and pull the battery for a good 5 seconds just to make sure it's completely off.
15) Boot into HBOOT by holding Volume down while pressing the power button (you do not need to hold the power button, only hold the volume down button) The HBOOT screen will boot up and then you can let go of the Volume down button.
16) The phone will automatically scan the SD card for the files we just put on the root of the SD card and will start the update process.
17) A screen will appear that says Clean s58. Press the power button once to select clean s58 and the phone will start doing it's thing and should take about a good 20 seconds until it's finished.
18) Once the process is complete then pull the battery to turn the phone off.
19) Remove the SD card from the phone, then boot into HBOOT again (VOL DWN AND POWER, if you cant remember
20) It should now say S-OFF at the top of the screen, you can now do much more with your phone. Just pull the battery and boot like normal.
Alternate: 2fast4u88: his link is here
Root:
Prerequisites: Windows, USB Cable, USB Debugging, files I mention in the directions, and S-OFF
ROOT:
This one thanks to CLShortFuse for the file
1) Download this and run as administrator
2) Make sure your drivers are installed and you have your phone on charge only and USB debugging enabled
2.5) Disable HTC Sync in task manager (Thanks for the reports guys)
3) make sure auto is selected in the Exploit
4) Click root, and wait
5) If it says do you want to test, click yes
6) If it wants to install Busy-box click yes
7) Your now rooted, enjoy
Alternate: Install my SSRom, it comes with buisybox and root
Custom Recovery:
Prerequisites: S-off, Fast boot in the settings menu OFF, Root (as far as I know, you may not need root)
1) Keep your gold card from when we got your Wildfire to S-off
2) Download this file DO NOT unzip
3) Now move this file to the root of your gold card UNZIPPED
4) Pull the battery
5) Put the battery back in and hold the Vol DWN rocker and power button, then install the Zip with up arrow.
6) Wait for the update symbol to go away, and your done. Pull the battery out, and boot like normal. You MUST delete this zip to boot into custom recovery. Custom recovery is accessed by the VOL DWN and Power then down to recovery then power. Your now in our new recovery.
This guide is created by me, however I DIDN'T create the recovery file, a Dev I can not find the name to did. It is tested, and 100% working, it is the GSM file, but no problems. If you have the CDMA Version, PM Me and ill add yours and credit.
Change PRL for faster Internet and better signal:
You must download QPST, the PRL file, an app on the phone and be rooted:
1) download this on the phone from android market
2) Open the app, and accept the superuser request.
3) Tap read MSL
4) Write down your MSL, you'll need it
5) Go to the phone app, dial ##PORT# and hit on, then select.
6) Enter your MSL and click OK
7) Plug into a computer and download HTC diag drivers attached to this thread
8) Go ahead and Google and download QPST
9) Download and unzip the attached 60681.zip
10) Now for fun, If anything confuses you, Google it.
10B) go to the device manager, and select the unknown HTC device, then update driver. then browse>let me pick from a list>have disk>go to downloaded unzipped folder>choose the appropriate folder for your OS type>click the driver. Now open, next, yes, close. Right click HTC Modem, and go to Properties>Advanced port settings>see what your COM port is
10C)Open QPST CONFIGURATION and select port. then add port, here you type the port your HTC MODEM is on.
10D) Your phone will now show up, and you will click start client>service programing
11) click your device and OK.
12) DO EXACTLY AS I SAY NOW! NOTHING ELSE!!! NO LOOKING AROUND!!!!!!!
13) Click read from phone, Give it the MSL you wrote down
14) Now click save to file
15) Click roam
16) Click browse where it says file and in that you put the 60681.prl you downloaded AND unzipped
17) Write to phone. THIS WILL RESTART THE PHONE, BOOT MAY TAKE A WHILE DON'T PANIC
18) Enjoy faster Internet
NOTE: You may get a Nv_readonly error, this is fine it still worked. Use speed test app to test
Link2Sd for more space untill i get apps2sd support
Link2Sd:
1) Download Link 2 SD from the market, its the blue sd card
2) Download a program called Mini tool Partition Wizard (thanks to Lumify) in windows, or use disk tools in Linux
2b) Plug your phone into your computer, set for disk mode
3) Partition your SD card for a second partition, Fat 32, primary
4) Put your phone into charge only, or eject and unplug
5) Go to Link2sd and select fat 32/16 create mount script
6) Reboot your phone
7) Go through and move all your apps to the new partition
8) Enjoy your new-found space
Please let me know if there are any problems with it, ill fix them. This has been through 2 other forums to get it worked out, so most all bugs are gone But i cant be 100% sure. if you follow to a T there will be no issue of bricking your phone

Speed up Internet
Don't see any attached files for this process and the obvious questions:
1/ What difference in speed does it make
2/ Does it affect battery life
3/ Does this work for the GSM version?
Thank you.

EDIT: Fixed the links, please remember VIRGIN MOBILE USA Is the ONLY one I have tested
d33ps1x said:
Don't see any attached files for this process and the obvious questions:
1/ What difference in speed does it make
2/ Does it affect battery life
3/ Does this work for the GSM version?
Thank you.
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oops, thanks i forgot to link the files on here. As go the questions:
1) Significant in 4gTowns
2) Yes, it actually makes it better
3) Nope, PRL files are for CDMA Only, and this specifically is only for the Virgin Mobile or Sprint Version.

Will add this to the index thread, but btw take a look at it yourself, there are already some of your tutorials
Swyped from my Desire S

I am pretty sure i have 1st post on a site not here but i did on android central. Besides this brings it all together and allows less clutter

17) A screen will appear that says Clean s58. Press the power button once to select clean s58 and the phone will start doing it's thing and should take about a good 20 seconds until it's finished.
I get the goldcard made ok, then get to this stage, says update in progress in blue, flashes through a few lines then in black says
'jumping to DIAG....'
and freezes at this point indefinetly.
I tried the whole process again but same....
where am i going wrong??
thanx

Just keep trying this step, Ive had reports this one can be moody. Also it does not work on the GSM version of the wildfire S i beileve you need XTC Clip for that one still

and is there some way to s-off European wildfire s?

Unhappily no at this time, we must wait for devs or HTC
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

only xtc clip
ONeill123 said:
Unhappily no at this time, we must wait for devs or HTC
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App
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The xtc clip would work. No soft unlock method yet for sim carders.
They [xtc clips] are roughly $40 bucks or take it to a local [independents are best] cell-phone shop. They probably have the clip and will charge you roughly $15 for unlocking [service].
There wouldn't be the development the WFS has without the few that have gone s-off with the A510e [ie alquez, jikantaru]. The A510c development is in its infancy when compared to A510e development, and no dev is possible with your bootloader locked.
Rob

Hi.
Great tut but why you use a exploid to install root and not the recovery?

The recovery install can be installed after S-off like any other android phone throug adb shell.. Also, everybody. I have the CDMA version of CM7 for our device A clear first. Look for it in the dev section of the wildfire s

Its not there >.<
Sent from my HTC_A510c using xda premium

simonsimons34 said:
Just keep trying this step, Ive had reports this one can be moody. Also it does not work on the GSM version of the wildfire S i beileve you need XTC Clip for that one still
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tried a few times, mine is an A510b.
heres the bootloader info screen listing....
Marvel PVT SHIP S-ON
Hboot ver 0.90.0000
MICROP-0451
RADIO-7.46.35.08
Any further ideas?

that is a GSM radio number. Youll need the XTC Clip

Having problems creating this simple Gold Card.
i followed the simple instructions given in this guide however i must be making a simple mistake because i tried to do step 11 and 12 but with out success because it says "unhandled exception has occurred in your application. if you click continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. object reference no set to an instance of an object." idk what im doing wrong, i was able to go to the web page, download img, load img. when i connect the phone to mount disk mode as instructed to click patch MMC, i only get this error. plz help.
CDMA phone. i tried continuing but as expected i did not achieve a gold card. stock 2.3.4 gingerbread.

Make sure your card is mounted and selected in the program. Thats what the error sounds like to me

S-OFF Problem :
i passed all of the steps with no problem until step 16 . my problem in step 16 is when my phone restart and goes to H-BOOT it shows me This message :
[ Update is in progress ....
Jumping to DIAG ... ]
It takes about 30 min but nothing happen
whats wrong ?
my rom is 2.3.3 Asia ( Arabic ) H-BOOT 1.03.0000

You have an gsm phone or cdma, this msg comes by me too, but i have an gsm, and then the onliest way to set s-off is an xtc clip.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

Well, I just got off the phone with HTC. The wildfire S WILL NOT be supported by the htc dev site that unlocks bootloaders. We will have to stick to the methods present.
PS CDMA USERS:
2fast4u88 has discovered that s-off causes corruption in the misc.img He has fixed it, and im working on getting it on here soon.

HOW-TO: HTC T328W/Wind Dual-Sim from China - Complete guide to install Google Apps

HOW-TO: HTC T328W from China (Bootloader unlock, rooting, installing Google apps and removing bloatware.
02/July/2012
This guide has been tested on two HTC T328W dual-sim phones bought from China. It has also been tested with the following Build numbers and baseband versions and both worked perfectly.
Dear mods: I know this is not the correct thread for this phone. Please create a new subforum for this great phone and move all T328W threads into it. They are all over the place (from One V to Desire, etc.). Thanks.
!!I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
Phone 1:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.04.34D.11_20.11.30.11U
Build number: 1.35.1402.1
Browser: 534.30
Phone 2:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.06.34D
Build number: 1.56.1402.6
Browser: 534.30
The zip file containing all needed files can be found at mediafire . c o m / ?783kthx72x3uf5d .
I could not attach the zip file (I get a page not found) and am not allowed to post outside links yet.
Bootloader unlocking
1. Let’s change the language to English first so we understand the phone better. Open the apps menu and go to the Settings icon (the cogwheel icon). Scroll down to the setting with the “A” icon. Click the first item in the list and choose English.
2. Go to htcdev . c o m, create an account and click the Unlock bootloader icon. After logging in, choose “All Other Supported Models” from the list and click the Begin Unlock Boatloader button. Accept that you may lose any guarantee and continue to follow the instructions.
3. To enter bootloader mode, make sure the phone is off (or remove the battery for a few seconds). Then hold Volume Down and start pressing the Power button – without any USB cable. Use the up and down buttons to select “Fastboot” and select it using the Power button. Now connect your USB cable and continue following the HTC instructions.
4. All the files you need are in the zip you can get above. I also installed the HTC Sync program which installs the drivers. Using the command prompt you can simply navigate to the extracted files and run the fastboot command. (Use the command “cd C:/myextractedzip” to change to a directory).
5. Save the Unlock_Code.bin attachment which you get from HTC by Email into the same extracted zip folder and run the next command. You now have an unlocked bootloader and the phone will start up and an HTC wizard will appear where you can choose the English language again.
Flashing clockworkmod
1. Remove any USB cables and boot again into the bootloader mode. Click Fastboot and reconnect your USB cable. Now run the following command on your computer: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img . This flashes the clockworkmod recovery image onto the phone.
2. Switch off your phone. Make sure your USB cable is removed.
3. Now copy the “app” folder from the zip onto a micro-sd card. Also copy the “CWM-SuperSU-v0.92.zip” and “rootexplorer_2.16.apk” onto the micro-sd card.
4. Insert the micro-sd card into the phone and boot into boatloader mode again.
5. Now choose the recovery option instead of fastboot and wait for clockworkmod recovery to appear.
Rooting the phone
1. In clockworkmod recovery, choose install zip from sdcard
2. Choose “choose zip from sdcard” and choose “CWM-SuperSU…zip”
3. Scroll down to “Yes – Install CWM-SuperSu” and wait. Now go back and reboot the phone normally.
Installing Google Apps
1. Using the included file manager on the phone, click on “rootexplorer.apk” and install it. When launching root explorer, make sure you grant it superuser permissions.
2. Go click the “sdcard” folder and press and hold the “app” folder that you copied from the zip file. Click “copy” and then navigate to /system . Press “Mount R/W”. And then click “Paste”. Choose Yes to overwrite. Exit root explorer.
3. Now we need to fix the permissions. The easiest way is if you enable USB Debugging mode from the “Developer Options” settings. Make sure you connect your USB cable.
4. Open a command prompt to our extracted zip folder and type “adb shell”. Press enter and you should see “[email protected]:/ $”. Run “su”. Run “cd /system/app”.
5. Now to fix all permissions, run “chmod 644 *.apk” and then run “chown root.root *.apk” .
6. Now run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
Removing bloatware apps
1. Thanks to dark_hawk from xda-developers, we have a list of system apps/bloatware that are save to remove. You can easily do this from the root explorer app. Go to /system/app and hold each item you want to delete. Then click delete. You can also remove each app’s odex file.
The list:
116114.apk
2254_HTCCU_WO3G_SIE.apk
DoubanFM.apk
DreyeCHSPkg40.apk
HTCCN_FileManager.apk
HTC_Widget_Renren.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Nearby.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HtcMusicEnhancer_China_Sina.apk
HtcMusic_China_Sina.apk
PhoneMail.apk
QQ2011.apk
Renren_FSplugin.apk
Renren_GLRplugin.apk
SinaMusic.apk
Sina_Weibo_FSPlugin.apk
Sina_Weibo_GLRplugin.apk
SohuNews.apk
VDisk.apk
Weibo.apk
eMoney.apk
mapbar.apk
renren.apk
unicomclient_HTCT328W.apk
vegetable.apk
wefound.apk
2. Then run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
3. After the reboot you might still find some Chinese language apps. These can be removed with an app from the Play Store such as Root Uninstaller.
by SeBsZ.
If you have any problems, please post below and I will answer and/or update this post.

followed your guide and managed to install the google apps, including Play Market.
Big thanks!
By the way, did you try to install a newer version of android/ ROM?

Hi
Thanks for the instructions. I have installed the update successfully.
Although installing the market initially failed. Before that the phone booted.
After applying the google aps bit the phone didn't startup again it hang at the 'HTC quitly brilliant' screen.
Although after first reinstalling the RUU and after that doing this procedure again it worked. I'm new to Android I can follow instructions although I'm clouless of what I'am actually doing.
I have a few problems though:
1.
After installing however I have a problem that google play now sais that I can't install runkeeper because my phone isn't compatible.
I was able to install this program before on this phone. Anyone a clue on that?
2.
Also I have a problem that if I wan't to apply a system update of android from the about screen it will error with "assert failed: getprop("ro:cid") == "00000000"
Anyone a sollution for that specific for this phone?
3.
Also I have a problem with this phone that my 3G internet is working strangly. I hoped to solve this with installing a newer version.
Some applications are always working like play store, facebook, friendcaster. Youtube app works ok when browsing videos, although can't play.
Whatsapp only seems to work a few minutes after the 3G connection is set up. And internet browsing doesn't work at all. I tried opera and firefox.
With WIFI all is good and then it is a wonderfull phone.
I get good download speeds when I install a program from google play.
Although I would love to have a stable whatsapp and browsing capabilities while i'm away from wifi. Anyone familliar with this problem?
I was hoping to adress the internet issue by updating ICS, although like stated this also fails.
Many thanks ina advance for your help!

Hi
following your instruction I just updated 3 pcs of HTC Build number: 1.56.1402.6. All done, all OK. One think that voice search is not working on phone dialpad, I have to remove it and install voice search from the market - now in apps like maps, phone search working fine. Till now I didn't find any else problem
Thanks very much. BR Kris

SeBsZ said:
HOW-TO: HTC T328W from China (Bootloader unlock, rooting, installing Google apps and removing bloatware.
02/July/2012
This guide has been tested on two HTC T328W dual-sim phones bought from China. It has also been tested with the following Build numbers and baseband versions and both worked perfectly.
Dear mods: I know this is not the correct thread for this phone. Please create a new subforum for this great phone and move all T328W threads into it. They are all over the place (from One V to Desire, etc.). Thanks.
!!I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
Phone 1:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.04.34D.11_20.11.30.11U
Build number: 1.35.1402.1
Browser: 534.30
Phone 2:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.06.34D
Build number: 1.56.1402.6
Browser: 534.30
The zip file containing all needed files can be found at mediafire . c o m / ?783kthx72x3uf5d .
I could not attach the zip file (I get a page not found) and am not allowed to post outside links yet.
Bootloader unlocking
1. Let’s change the language to English first so we understand the phone better. Open the apps menu and go to the Settings icon (the cogwheel icon). Scroll down to the setting with the “A” icon. Click the first item in the list and choose English.
2. Go to htcdev . c o m, create an account and click the Unlock bootloader icon. After logging in, choose “All Other Supported Models” from the list and click the Begin Unlock Boatloader button. Accept that you may lose any guarantee and continue to follow the instructions.
3. To enter bootloader mode, make sure the phone is off (or remove the battery for a few seconds). Then hold Volume Down and start pressing the Power button – without any USB cable. Use the up and down buttons to select “Fastboot” and select it using the Power button. Now connect your USB cable and continue following the HTC instructions.
4. All the files you need are in the zip you can get above. I also installed the HTC Sync program which installs the drivers. Using the command prompt you can simply navigate to the extracted files and run the fastboot command. (Use the command “cd C:/myextractedzip” to change to a directory).
5. Save the Unlock_Code.bin attachment which you get from HTC by Email into the same extracted zip folder and run the next command. You now have an unlocked bootloader and the phone will start up and an HTC wizard will appear where you can choose the English language again.
Flashing clockworkmod
1. Remove any USB cables and boot again into the bootloader mode. Click Fastboot and reconnect your USB cable. Now run the following command on your computer: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img . This flashes the clockworkmod recovery image onto the phone.
2. Switch off your phone. Make sure your USB cable is removed.
3. Now copy the “app” folder from the zip onto a micro-sd card. Also copy the “CWM-SuperSU-v0.92.zip” and “rootexplorer_2.16.apk” onto the micro-sd card.
4. Insert the micro-sd card into the phone and boot into boatloader mode again.
5. Now choose the recovery option instead of fastboot and wait for clockworkmod recovery to appear.
Rooting the phone
1. In clockworkmod recovery, choose install zip from sdcard
2. Choose “choose zip from sdcard” and choose “CWM-SuperSU…zip”
3. Scroll down to “Yes – Install CWM-SuperSu” and wait. Now go back and reboot the phone normally.
Installing Google Apps
1. Using the included file manager on the phone, click on “rootexplorer.apk” and install it. When launching root explorer, make sure you grant it superuser permissions.
2. Go click the “sdcard” folder and press and hold the “app” folder that you copied from the zip file. Click “copy” and then navigate to /system . Press “Mount R/W”. And then click “Paste”. Choose Yes to overwrite. Exit root explorer.
3. Now we need to fix the permissions. The easiest way is if you enable USB Debugging mode from the “Developer Options” settings. Make sure you connect your USB cable.
4. Open a command prompt to our extracted zip folder and type “adb shell”. Press enter and you should see “[email protected]:/ $”. Run “su”. Run “cd /system/app”.
5. Now to fix all permissions, run “chmod 644 *.apk” and then run “chown root.root *.apk” .
6. Now run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
Removing bloatware apps
1. Thanks to dark_hawk from xda-developers, we have a list of system apps/bloatware that are save to remove. You can easily do this from the root explorer app. Go to /system/app and hold each item you want to delete. Then click delete. You can also remove each app’s odex file.
The list:
116114.apk
2254_HTCCU_WO3G_SIE.apk
DoubanFM.apk
DreyeCHSPkg40.apk
HTCCN_FileManager.apk
HTC_Widget_Renren.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Nearby.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HtcMusicEnhancer_China_Sina.apk
HtcMusic_China_Sina.apk
PhoneMail.apk
QQ2011.apk
Renren_FSplugin.apk
Renren_GLRplugin.apk
SinaMusic.apk
Sina_Weibo_FSPlugin.apk
Sina_Weibo_GLRplugin.apk
SohuNews.apk
VDisk.apk
Weibo.apk
eMoney.apk
mapbar.apk
renren.apk
unicomclient_HTCT328W.apk
vegetable.apk
wefound.apk
2. Then run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
3. After the reboot you might still find some Chinese language apps. These can be removed with an app from the Play Store such as Root Uninstaller.
by SeBsZ.
If you have any problems, please post below and I will answer and/or update this post.
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Click to collapse
Hello guy,
I received this morning this phone from Etotalk.
I bought also from them their preinstalled services including multilangiage OS and unlocking and rooting services (I know how to root but 'cause price was so low....).
However I received the phone...but...:
1. Only English & China language installed
2. Wlan & btooth doesn't work
When I switch on the WLAN appears error message. And remains 'Turning WLAN on'. Also Btooth doesn't switch on
So I am asking myself if this is related to the root process or somewhat else or is an hardware problem ??
I want to flash again a new rom but I don't know where to retrive an ICS rom with italian language....
I opened also a dispute in Paypal.......
Is it possible that all is related to a software problem and not an hardware problem ?
Please let me know, if you can....
Regards
marylong68

marylong68 said:
Hello guy,
I received this morning this phone from Etotalk.
I bought also from them their preinstalled services including multilangiage OS and unlocking and rooting services (I know how to root but 'cause price was so low....).
However I received the phone...but...:
1. Only English & China language installed
2. Wlan & btooth doesn't work
When I switch on the WLAN appears error message. And remains 'Turning WLAN on'. Also Btooth doesn't switch on
So I am asking myself if this is related to the root process or somewhat else or is an hardware problem ??
I want to flash again a new rom but I don't know where to retrive an ICS rom with italian language....
I opened also a dispute in Paypal.......
Is it possible that all is related to a software problem and not an hardware problem ?
Please let me know, if you can....
Regards
marylong68
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Click to collapse
Mine is from etotalk too and it works fine!
Try to make first reset the phone! Should be working then! I think, it`s only software problem! if it`s rootet, install the recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751788
and make a NAND Backup! Then you can try to flash the newest European ROM!
But in first step, try to reset the complete phone in SETTINGS-Storage scroll down to end here!

My Desire V is from India and worked fine now i have rooted phone thanks
BB version# 1.05.34D.29_20.21.30.23U
Build # 1.60.720.5 CL69250 release-key
Browser version # Webkit/534.30

@ Petteri
Any hints on how to make NAND backup? Actually I want to make a backup image of existing setup before playing with it, so as if something goes wrong, I can come back to present state. My phone is also from etotalk. So any help on making recovery backup would be appreciated.

help
i need help.. can someone upload the simtoolkit? or send to my email? thank you so much for the help!!

please help
SeBsZ said:
HOW-TO: HTC T328W from China (Bootloader unlock, rooting, installing Google apps and removing bloatware.
02/July/2012
This guide has been tested on two HTC T328W dual-sim phones bought from China. It has also been tested with the following Build numbers and baseband versions and both worked perfectly.
Dear mods: I know this is not the correct thread for this phone. Please create a new subforum for this great phone and move all T328W threads into it. They are all over the place (from One V to Desire, etc.). Thanks.
!!I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
Phone 1:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.04.34D.11_20.11.30.11U
Build number: 1.35.1402.1
Browser: 534.30
Phone 2:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.06.34D
Build number: 1.56.1402.6
Browser: 534.30
The zip file containing all needed files can be found at mediafire . c o m / ?783kthx72x3uf5d .
I could not attach the zip file (I get a page not found) and am not allowed to post outside links yet.
Bootloader unlocking
1. Let’s change the language to English first so we understand the phone better. Open the apps menu and go to the Settings icon (the cogwheel icon). Scroll down to the setting with the “A” icon. Click the first item in the list and choose English.
2. Go to htcdev . c o m, create an account and click the Unlock bootloader icon. After logging in, choose “All Other Supported Models” from the list and click the Begin Unlock Boatloader button. Accept that you may lose any guarantee and continue to follow the instructions.
3. To enter bootloader mode, make sure the phone is off (or remove the battery for a few seconds). Then hold Volume Down and start pressing the Power button – without any USB cable. Use the up and down buttons to select “Fastboot” and select it using the Power button. Now connect your USB cable and continue following the HTC instructions.
4. All the files you need are in the zip you can get above. I also installed the HTC Sync program which installs the drivers. Using the command prompt you can simply navigate to the extracted files and run the fastboot command. (Use the command “cd C:/myextractedzip” to change to a directory).
5. Save the Unlock_Code.bin attachment which you get from HTC by Email into the same extracted zip folder and run the next command. You now have an unlocked bootloader and the phone will start up and an HTC wizard will appear where you can choose the English language again.
Flashing clockworkmod
1. Remove any USB cables and boot again into the bootloader mode. Click Fastboot and reconnect your USB cable. Now run the following command on your computer: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img . This flashes the clockworkmod recovery image onto the phone.
2. Switch off your phone. Make sure your USB cable is removed.
3. Now copy the “app” folder from the zip onto a micro-sd card. Also copy the “CWM-SuperSU-v0.92.zip” and “rootexplorer_2.16.apk” onto the micro-sd card.
4. Insert the micro-sd card into the phone and boot into boatloader mode again.
5. Now choose the recovery option instead of fastboot and wait for clockworkmod recovery to appear.
Rooting the phone
1. In clockworkmod recovery, choose install zip from sdcard
2. Choose “choose zip from sdcard” and choose “CWM-SuperSU…zip”
3. Scroll down to “Yes – Install CWM-SuperSu” and wait. Now go back and reboot the phone normally.
Installing Google Apps
1. Using the included file manager on the phone, click on “rootexplorer.apk” and install it. When launching root explorer, make sure you grant it superuser permissions.
2. Go click the “sdcard” folder and press and hold the “app” folder that you copied from the zip file. Click “copy” and then navigate to /system . Press “Mount R/W”. And then click “Paste”. Choose Yes to overwrite. Exit root explorer.
3. Now we need to fix the permissions. The easiest way is if you enable USB Debugging mode from the “Developer Options” settings. Make sure you connect your USB cable.
4. Open a command prompt to our extracted zip folder and type “adb shell”. Press enter and you should see “[email protected]:/ $”. Run “su”. Run “cd /system/app”.
5. Now to fix all permissions, run “chmod 644 *.apk” and then run “chown root.root *.apk” .
6. Now run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
Removing bloatware apps
1. Thanks to dark_hawk from xda-developers, we have a list of system apps/bloatware that are save to remove. You can easily do this from the root explorer app. Go to /system/app and hold each item you want to delete. Then click delete. You can also remove each app’s odex file.
The list:
116114.apk
2254_HTCCU_WO3G_SIE.apk
DoubanFM.apk
DreyeCHSPkg40.apk
HTCCN_FileManager.apk
HTC_Widget_Renren.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Nearby.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HtcMusicEnhancer_China_Sina.apk
HtcMusic_China_Sina.apk
PhoneMail.apk
QQ2011.apk
Renren_FSplugin.apk
Renren_GLRplugin.apk
SinaMusic.apk
Sina_Weibo_FSPlugin.apk
Sina_Weibo_GLRplugin.apk
SohuNews.apk
VDisk.apk
Weibo.apk
eMoney.apk
mapbar.apk
renren.apk
unicomclient_HTCT328W.apk
vegetable.apk
wefound.apk
2. Then run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
3. After the reboot you might still find some Chinese language apps. These can be removed with an app from the Play Store such as Root Uninstaller.
by SeBsZ.
If you have any problems, please post below and I will answer and/or update this post.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hi.. just bought this phone month ago.. im from malaysia.. just followed this step by step.. but i had several error..
1. my play store have an error.. didnt work.. cant open..
2. 3g connection unstable.. very slow to open internet browser..
please help me if u have the solution.. tq

amin1009 said:
hi.. just bought this phone month ago.. im from malaysia.. just followed this step by step.. but i had several error..
1. my play store have an error.. didnt work.. cant open..
2. 3g connection unstable.. very slow to open internet browser..
please help me if u have the solution.. tq
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Click to collapse
Hi there, I'm from Malaysia too.. just send PM so i can assist you

amin1009 said:
hi.. just bought this phone month ago.. im from malaysia.. just followed this step by step.. but i had several error..
1. my play store have an error.. didnt work.. cant open..
2. 3g connection unstable.. very slow to open internet browser..
please help me if u have the solution.. tq
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Click to collapse
hey, i bought the phone from MY too..working flawlessly by following the steps provided.
My phone details:-
kernel: 3.0.16
baseband: 1.05.34d.29_20.21.30.23u
build: 1.60.707.5
browser ver: 534.30

I followed the steps and rooted my phone successfully (After you received the email from HTC, make sure you click the link and follow the steps on the web page.). Thank you so much!
But how to add a google account? I tried Settings -> 'Accounts & sync' -> Add. I can see 'Exchange activeSync', 'HTC account', 'Mail', 'Ms hotmail', 'SkyDrive'. However, there is no 'Google' option.
HELP!

I got trouble, after i root my phone.
SeBsZ said:
HOW-TO: HTC T328W from China (Bootloader unlock, rooting, installing Google apps and removing bloatware.
02/July/2012
This guide has been tested on two HTC T328W dual-sim phones bought from China. It has also been tested with the following Build numbers and baseband versions and both worked perfectly.
Dear mods: I know this is not the correct thread for this phone. Please create a new subforum for this great phone and move all T328W threads into it. They are all over the place (from One V to Desire, etc.). Thanks.
!!I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE!!
Phone 1:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.04.34D.11_20.11.30.11U
Build number: 1.35.1402.1
Browser: 534.30
Phone 2:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.06.34D
Build number: 1.56.1402.6
Browser: 534.30
The zip file containing all needed files can be found at mediafire . c o m / ?783kthx72x3uf5d .
I could not attach the zip file (I get a page not found) and am not allowed to post outside links yet.
Bootloader unlocking
1. Let’s change the language to English first so we understand the phone better. Open the apps menu and go to the Settings icon (the cogwheel icon). Scroll down to the setting with the “A” icon. Click the first item in the list and choose English.
2. Go to htcdev . c o m, create an account and click the Unlock bootloader icon. After logging in, choose “All Other Supported Models” from the list and click the Begin Unlock Boatloader button. Accept that you may lose any guarantee and continue to follow the instructions.
3. To enter bootloader mode, make sure the phone is off (or remove the battery for a few seconds). Then hold Volume Down and start pressing the Power button – without any USB cable. Use the up and down buttons to select “Fastboot” and select it using the Power button. Now connect your USB cable and continue following the HTC instructions.
4. All the files you need are in the zip you can get above. I also installed the HTC Sync program which installs the drivers. Using the command prompt you can simply navigate to the extracted files and run the fastboot command. (Use the command “cd C:/myextractedzip” to change to a directory).
5. Save the Unlock_Code.bin attachment which you get from HTC by Email into the same extracted zip folder and run the next command. You now have an unlocked bootloader and the phone will start up and an HTC wizard will appear where you can choose the English language again.
Flashing clockworkmod
1. Remove any USB cables and boot again into the bootloader mode. Click Fastboot and reconnect your USB cable. Now run the following command on your computer: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img . This flashes the clockworkmod recovery image onto the phone.
2. Switch off your phone. Make sure your USB cable is removed.
3. Now copy the “app” folder from the zip onto a micro-sd card. Also copy the “CWM-SuperSU-v0.92.zip” and “rootexplorer_2.16.apk” onto the micro-sd card.
4. Insert the micro-sd card into the phone and boot into boatloader mode again.
5. Now choose the recovery option instead of fastboot and wait for clockworkmod recovery to appear.
Rooting the phone
1. In clockworkmod recovery, choose install zip from sdcard
2. Choose “choose zip from sdcard” and choose “CWM-SuperSU…zip”
3. Scroll down to “Yes – Install CWM-SuperSu” and wait. Now go back and reboot the phone normally.
Installing Google Apps
1. Using the included file manager on the phone, click on “rootexplorer.apk” and install it. When launching root explorer, make sure you grant it superuser permissions.
2. Go click the “sdcard” folder and press and hold the “app” folder that you copied from the zip file. Click “copy” and then navigate to /system . Press “Mount R/W”. And then click “Paste”. Choose Yes to overwrite. Exit root explorer.
3. Now we need to fix the permissions. The easiest way is if you enable USB Debugging mode from the “Developer Options” settings. Make sure you connect your USB cable.
4. Open a command prompt to our extracted zip folder and type “adb shell”. Press enter and you should see “[email protected]:/ $”. Run “su”. Run “cd /system/app”.
5. Now to fix all permissions, run “chmod 644 *.apk” and then run “chown root.root *.apk” .
6. Now run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
Removing bloatware apps
1. Thanks to dark_hawk from xda-developers, we have a list of system apps/bloatware that are save to remove. You can easily do this from the root explorer app. Go to /system/app and hold each item you want to delete. Then click delete. You can also remove each app’s odex file.
The list:
116114.apk
2254_HTCCU_WO3G_SIE.apk
DoubanFM.apk
DreyeCHSPkg40.apk
HTCCN_FileManager.apk
HTC_Widget_Renren.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Nearby.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HTC_Widget_Sina_Weibo_Trend.apk
HtcMusicEnhancer_China_Sina.apk
HtcMusic_China_Sina.apk
PhoneMail.apk
QQ2011.apk
Renren_FSplugin.apk
Renren_GLRplugin.apk
SinaMusic.apk
Sina_Weibo_FSPlugin.apk
Sina_Weibo_GLRplugin.apk
SohuNews.apk
VDisk.apk
Weibo.apk
eMoney.apk
mapbar.apk
renren.apk
unicomclient_HTCT328W.apk
vegetable.apk
wefound.apk
2. Then run “reboot” to reboot your phone.
3. After the reboot you might still find some Chinese language apps. These can be removed with an app from the Play Store such as Root Uninstaller.
by SeBsZ.
If you have any problems, please post below and I will answer and/or update this post.
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I got trouble, after i root my phone. It is stick at the htc logo and os never loaded again, what shall i do now, pls help.

instructions applicable on the new upgrade:
Kernel: 3.0.16
Baseband: 1.05.34D.29_20.21.30.23U
Build number: 1.60.707.7
Browser: 534.30
thanks a lot OP

Hi
because there is new update from HTC available, 1.71.1402.1 I have question, how can I install this patch? because now I can't install on the cracked one.
PS.
on the second device (updated to 1.71.1402.1 before this crack) instruction working aswell

HTC Wind
So I purchased this phone from eBay, it came "unlocked" and I am able to use it in Canada easily. No problems with Google Apps, english, etc.
I don't know if this is a rooted unlock or a hardware carrier unlock.
So, with HTC now telling me there are system updates available, I don't know whether installing them will lock the phone up if it's been rooted. I've written the seller a few times and despite very many positive reviews, I have no answer to this question. So I'm posting here.
I have:
Android 4.0.3
HTC Sense v. 4
Software 1.60.707.5
HTC SDK API level 4.2
HTCEtension_403_1_GA_8
kernel
3.0 16-g320e2d4-dirty
[email protected] #1
PREEMPT
baseband
1.05.34D.29_20.21.30.23U
build number
1.60.707.5 CL69250 release-keys
browser version
WebKit/534.30
Any help here would be appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.

asteroidboy said:
So I purchased this phone from eBay, it came "unlocked" and I am able to use it in Canada easily. No problems with Google Apps, english, etc.
I don't know if this is a rooted unlock or a hardware carrier unlock.
So, with HTC now telling me there are system updates available, I don't know whether installing them will lock the phone up if it's been rooted. I've written the seller a few times and despite very many positive reviews, I have no answer to this question. So I'm posting here.
I have:
Android 4.0.3
HTC Sense v. 4
Software 1.60.707.5
HTC SDK API level 4.2
HTCEtension_403_1_GA_8
kernel
3.0 16-g320e2d4-dirty
[email protected] #1
PREEMPT
baseband
1.05.34D.29_20.21.30.23U
build number
1.60.707.5 CL69250 release-keys
browser version
WebKit/534.30
Any help here would be appreciated.
Many thanks in advance.
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As your baseband matches the build number it would suggest that you have an original Asia version. You should be able to use the OTA update without problems. If when you run the update it says something about "HTC has detected that the software is not original" then you probably have a Chinese model that has Asia firmware on it.

Unable to stay login to HTCDev
I recently got a Desire V and wants to root it.
Not sure if any of you faces this problem..I have registered at HTCDev and followed the instruction to click on the email link to complete registration. However each time when I successfully log in, I am being thrown out and I need to re-login. Sometimes I am able to succesfully log in to the bootloader section and then am able to select the model and go through the legal notification. But after that Im always thrown out.
Is anyone facing this? I have registered for another id and its the same thing.
Need a HUGE favor...is it possible for someone who has registered successfully and unlocked their bootloader to lend me their userid?? Desperately trying to root this phone. Thanks.

Hello, it seems that the link for the files does not work anymore. Would somebody able to share these files ?
Best regards