Is there no ' how to' root thread? It seems like everything needed to root and install a custom rom is spaced out between many threads. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
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If you're only on 2.2, you could root. You'd have to get s-off and there's a couple tutorials on that I think. I'm mobile right now so I can't post links, but if you're on gingerbread (2.3.3) in this case, you can't root quite yet.
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On 2.2, so I guess I'll search for those threads. Thanks.
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Rosco, you coming over from the eris forum? I figure this would be easy for you. Anyway I'm on mobile so I can't link it right now but check the alpharev thread in dev or the revolutionary thread, it explains how to get s-off and it will install recovery for you. Then you can find your rom you like the best and flash it.
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AlphaRevX-Beta 2 was the way. Now it seems they have tied up with unrevoked and the new site is http://revolutionary.io/. Rest of the stuff looks to be the same.
Remember these things just achieve S-off and permit a recovery. The rest of the stuff still has to be installed. Then you should install the rest of the patches (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160745). The steps are basically
Install htc synch and then remove htc synch. The reason is that you need the drivers. Next go into the site and follow instructions. You may need to download and install the HBOOT drivers. The system should be in <Charge> + <USB Debug Enabled> mode. Make sure you have noted the Serial number of the phone. Now go in for AlphaRevX (sorry Revolutionary) as per the first link. It will download the software as well as ask you for the Serial no and generate a key. Now execute AlphaRevX and a CMD box will open. When prompted give the key (copy / Cut and paste do not work). Then it will work by itself and get you S-off. You may reboot at the end <Vol_Down>+<Power> and then do a backup. Then download the CWM image to the root (link 2)of the SD card and install it. Next time you reboot you will have root access etc. You can install Titanium and co.
Thanks guys. Just one more stupid question: where is my serial number? It's been so long since I rooted my eris and I'm feeling a little rusty.
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Go to settings/aboutphone/phone identity for serial number
Also when using the Revolutionary software, when you first run it, it will give you the phone info (serial number) as well to generate the key.
The alpharev/revolutionary website says the HTC Droid Incredible 2 (vivow) 0.97.0000 is supported, which I have, but my new DINC2 came with GB 2.3.3. Can I still install S-OFF? Will I crash at some point, brink my phone??
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The alpharev/revolutionary website says the HTC Droid Incredible 2 (vivow) 0.97.0000 is supported, which I have, but my new DINC2 came with GB 2.3.3. Can I still install S-OFF? Will I crash at some point, brink my phone??
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No won't work
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Ok guys so.I'm trying to root my desire with .83 hboot using unrevoked because from what I read it works but it doesn't.
I get either " waiting for reboot " or "connect your phone..." am I right to assume I don't need a goldcard? My.networks orange uk
Is there any other method of.rooting .83? Except for unrevoked?
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Ok guys so.I'm trying to root my desire with .83 hboot using unrevoked because from what I read it works but it doesn't.
I get either " waiting for reboot " or "connect your phone..." am I right to assume I don't need a goldcard? My.networks orange uk
Is there any other method of.rooting .83? Except for unrevoked?
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READ THEM ****ING GUIDES
Three other root methods (at least)
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yeah, most guides state if you get stuck there to make sure the hboot/recovery drivers are installed.
Rooting my .83 was a breeze, i coulda done it on my head.
Do some reading on how to root an orange phone. HBoot 0.83 is easy as pie, Orange=PITA. At least that's what I have picked up from these forums, and as far as I know you need a goldcard.
Always make sure you read more than you need to before starting to change such an expensive piece of kit. Seems you missed some steps.
Well. I've made sure the drivers are installed. I even tried it with a Linux live cd.
My.question was is there any alternatives? All the tuts point to revoked.
No need to be a prick about it. All I asked was for help
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unrevoked works best on a mac or linux machine, windows can have driver issues.
You have USB debugging turned on right? And drivers for HTC sync and for android devices you need to browse to when you connect it? Are you running as an admin?
Turns out I was wrong, people have rooted Orange handsets without a goldcard.
The reason your getting responses that sound like pricks is because all the info is there, people don't want to find it for you.
Second time I've posted this today (no I'm not advertising) search for Root My Droid they have a good step by step guide for rooting the Desire. Unrevoked definately works on Orange as I did it yesterday following the guide they have.
Make sure you have the options to install applications from unknown sources, debugging on and the default connection type as disk drive.
Thanks for the help. Ill try and give it another try. I've rooted 3 desires fine but this is my first .83. That's all. I did enough searches for .83 roots on google. Most of the other root methods were talking about .75 and .80.
Ill uninstall everything and try again with unrevoked.
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I had hboot 0.83 and rooted it from my Ubuntu laptop with unrevoked without any problems. Easiest root I've ever done.
i dont have a hboot 83 but i did help a friend do his telus hb83
the guides i read up on stated getting sdk for the drivers and all sorts of other stuff
i didnt.
what i told my friend in short .missing from the guides.
install htc sync then remove the sync leave the drivers part.
download unrevoked and extract the refresh rar/zip.find and run the hboot html found inside and follow the instructions to install the hboot drivers.
Thanks for the help guys. I'm going to have another go at using Linux unrevoked since I think my windows 7 is probably playing up.
Again. Thanks for the help.
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Sup guys. I need help with rooting my HTC Desire HD, i want to use Unrevoken but i have a problem: in the compitable list it says htc desire not htc desire hd, does the hdh also counts as a desire? Thx guys and sorry for my bad english
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Hi xOMG. I am not sure about Unrevoken, but as far as I know, the Desire HD actually can be rooted using VISIONary+ app.
The app has been removed in the Market. But you can go to this site and download the apk file for installation. http://android.modaco.com/content/software/320350/19-nov-r14-visionary-one-click-root/
You may consider downloading any file explorer from the market so that you can install the apk file. Read the steps carefully before you use VISIONary+. Do it at your own risks. Lol.
EDIT: Oh by the way, your English is not bad and its perfectly understandable. Really.
Cheers. =)
I tried V+ but it "Crashes" after the black screen, had to wait more then a minute, is that okay? Should i try it again?
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Wat build number are you on check it, it has to be below 1.72
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damn! I have 1.72.405
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Its cool no biggy just downgrade look at the 8th post in android development section theres a tutorial there easy enough to follow
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I am at version number 1.8....
I need to downgrade to root. I was always of the understanding that my device was already rooted I have s-off and i just checked in bootloader.
I just want to know what is the best way to back up my data before hand?
So once i am rooted i can put it straight back on?
Yes. You have to have build number below 1.72xxxxxx in order you to use VISIONary+ to root your device. Else the rooting process will not work. I have my build number 1.32xxxxxx when I first bought my Desire HD. So it means I do not need to do any downgrading.
Pauly_k, in the first place, what are you planning to back-up? The stock ROM? If you are planning to switch to other ROMs, the app ROM Manager from the market, can be used as a tool to switch ROMs and also back-up ROMs. If apps and everything I would recommend Titanum Back-Up app.
When you do a Radio S-OFF and/or ENG S-OFF exercise, you do not need to on and off it back everytime. You can just leave it OFF all the time. It will not affect your device in everything e.g. performance. OFFing it allow you to gain full access into other area in your device such as to flash new radios.
Unless you wish you send back your device to HTC for say, warranty purpose, then yes of course you have to ON it back. Lol.
Cheers.
Hello I need help I am the happy owner of a htc wildfire (android 2.2.1)
would like to root it but how do you do just that.
would be cool if you could install android 2.3 on it.
do not know whether it is possible
hope someone can help me with it
thank you in advance
from Jakob
Search this forum before posting. There's even a thread just a few posts below yours titled Noob Guide To 2.2.1 or something like that. Surely that will answer your questions no?
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You have to get s-off first. You have to find somewhere that has xtc clip to do this. Then you need to find somewhere on the net a stock RUU to downgrade to android 2.1 and set the bootloader version to 0.80. You can then use unrevoked to gain root. This may not work with version 3.3 of unrevoked, if so find a copy of unrevoked 3.2 on the net. This version may hang at 'rebooting into recovery' but at this point the phone is rooted and you can close down unrevoked and reboot the phone from recovery. I did all of the above 2 days ago so I can assure you it works.
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As said previously you can't root via a software method (unrevoked)
you do need a XTC clip but had my device rooted by a shop in England via a postal service, which was reasonably priced.
You needn't downgrade the boot loader as previously mentioned, can be confusing difficult and there's no need. Simply install clockwork mod recovery, install the rooted ROM you like and voila you are done!
if you need any more answers feel free to ask there's plenty on threads answering the same question.
AlphaRev and unrevoked have finally released a way to gain s-off for the official gingerbread ruu update!
we now have s-off + custom recovery to flash custom roms!
check this out: unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
yes but it don't start with me anyone try it ???
Tried it just now! Works 100%
how can i root with revolutionary?
Download and run it from http://revolutionary.io/
i download and run it but in winrar appear some files and file .exe and i run it but when open a window that recognize the desire 1.02.001 and says: put the beta key and i don't know what can i do.
fill in the form on the site for the key
but the key get with the serial number of the desire? i put it with the key and says aborting. Can you help me?
did it
i succesfully got s-off on my gingerbread.
also custom recovery succesfully installed.
only quesiton is, can i install custom rom the normal way, not that i get a bricked desire?
Thank you alpha ans unrevokes team... You are GOD and once more youve proove it!!!
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Worked 100% now running oxygen 2.2.1 thanks for the info
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Worked 100% now running oxygen 2.2.1 thanks for the info
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can you say me which beta key did you use please?
everything works fine!
i am back in the rooting & custom roms scene, and i can confirm that acesmod007 works just great! so probably every custom rom works fine on the new gingerbread official ruu and s-off'd by revolutionary!
Thanx for info guys , very good news will be doing in today after work alpharev and unrevoked = win
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can you say me which beta key did you use please?
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just fill out the form after you download from revolutionary.io. use your serial key in settings --> about phone --> phone identity
zerge root taking to long +5min. is it normal? doin it with usb debuging enabled. or i should run it in fastboot
This is the first time that I try to mod my Desire, so I would like to ask some (maybe silly) questions just-in-case:
1) Do I have to do everything listed into "[Video Tutorial] Noob Proof Everything Desire Guide", or does revolutionary let me skip some passages? Which?
2) Should I simply connect the Desire with the usb in debugging mode and launch the .exe, like installing a RUU? And after that proceed with the points from 5 and so on of the guide above?
I'm sorry if I could have asked some questions whose answers could easily be found elsewhere, but I prefer to be sure before using a pre-release tool... And I am quite astonished by the difference from the "complexity" of unrevoked+alpharev and the simplicity of revolutionary... Is that really so simple?
Thanks a lot, and thanks A LOT to revolutionary team!
wonderful news, going thru this now so wish me luck.
Doesn't work for me
It days invalid serial.
Matt
Works like a charm
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this is the message i get when i use revolutionary
Waiting for device...
Found your device: - exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)
- (- exec '/system/bin/sh-- exec '/system/bin/sh, Android: - exec '/system/bin/
sh, ROM version: -)
Hi guys this is my first time i post a thread. I posted 2 pictures
one of them describes the rom i'm using and the other is root checker
i originally rooted my htc desire unrevoked and everything was fine besides not being s-off
i had busybox installed and says rooted and titanium also worked fine untill i flashed from rom manager the picture above,all hell broke loose.
i can still download roms from rom manager but when in the notifaction shows me complete, it doesn't do anything
my power button doesn't power off the phone,i always do a battery pull and when i go to bootloader volume up-down doesn't work nor power
my current rom is working <see picture attached> but new market installed always says stopped unexpectedly
please someone help if you can thanks airmario
Your attachments are invalid. For problems with revolutionary use their irc channel.
Thanks for the response!
But the problem is not with revolutionary
When I type Adb shell it says
-exec'/system /bin/sh' failed no such file or directory (2)
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Excuse me, but you wrote:
airmario said:
this is the message i get when i use revolutionary
Waiting for device...
Found your device: - exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)
- (- exec '/system/bin/sh-- exec '/system/bin/sh, Android: - exec '/system/bin/
sh, ROM version: -).
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So how it is?
And fix the attachments.
Sorry about maybe a miss wrote
But did mean to say that I originally used unrevoked.
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Sorry, but I don't get it. Which steps did you do exactly?
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In my humble opinion I would say: Do a complete wipe of everything and then do a clean stock rom install. After that try again. ow btw the update from HTC for your bootloader unlocker is NOT for the HTC Desire! But revolutionary works 100%. Did so on my HTC Desire WITH the new Gingerbread update. Now I am S-Off and rooted and have the Leedroid rom running ( with some tweaks)
grtz Maverick ®
Ok please be patient with me
He we go my first step
#1 I rooted my HTC desire with unrevoked for the past 4 months every thing worked fine.
Only thing is s-on
Then not long ago I decided to flash a different rom through rom manager like I've always been doing .
Once I did my problems all started
Busy box says not rooted,titanium same but rom manager I get permissions .
The rest is history ....all I want if possible is to start from scratch if possible ...go back to stock and root.
Thanks
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Sorry one more if I can add
When I go in terminal emulator it wont let me type anything
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airmario said:
Ok please be patient with me
He we go my first step
#1 I rooted my HTC desire with unrevoked for the past 4 months every thing worked fine.
Only thing is s-on
Then not long ago I decided to flash a different rom through rom manager like I've always been doing .
Once I did my problems all started
Busy box says not rooted,titanium same but rom manager I get permissions .
The rest is history ....all I want if possible is to start from scratch if possible ...go back to stock and root.
Thanks
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First of all if I am not mistaken Unrevoked doesn't "fully"root your phone. because your S-on doesn't turn into S-off. Therefore you usualy needed to do a nand root. And that could brick your phone if that fails
Sorry if I seem a little cautious with my words because I am a little newbe to all this
But with the Revolutionary tool it works. Trial and error on my own HTC Desire to prove it
You should be able to look for a Froyo RUU or even the newest Gingerbread update for the Desire and flash your phone with it. And then start from scratch with rooting with Revolutionary. If you allready did the update from froyo to Gingerbread there is no turning back to Froyo for now as far as I know. So you have to flash again with Gingerbread
Look on the threads her at XDA and you will find it or even try google. If you done that with succes you start rooting S-off with the revolutionary tool.
Don't bother trying to unlock the bootloader with the unlocker from HTC!! It is not ment for the Desire...!
hope this helped
grtz Maverick
airmario said:
Ok please be patient with me
He we go my first step
#1 I rooted my HTC desire with unrevoked for the past 4 months every thing worked fine.
Only thing is s-on
Then not long ago I decided to flash a different rom through rom manager like I've always been doing .
Once I did my problems all started
Busy box says not rooted,titanium same but rom manager I get permissions .
The rest is history ....all I want if possible is to start from scratch if possible ...go back to stock and root.
Thanks
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Was your phone branded? If not, just download this ruu, run it and follow the instructions on screen:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_159811_signed.exe
If it was, create goldcard, put it in your deisre and then the ruu again:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/308798-pc-application-goldcardtool/
Ok thanks
I'll try it and get back to you
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Was your phone branded? If not, just download this ruu, run it and follow the instructions on screen:
If it was, create goldcard, put it in your deisre and then the ruu again:
I'd go right ahead and download the Gingerbread update from HTC, wouldn't bother with the Goldcard because you may spend a lot of time trying to fix something which is unfixable. I seem to remember having a problem like yours, which was only solved by downloading an installing the official HTC RUU, I had also tried to get S-Off with Unrevoked but didnt use the right driver(was using HTC's driver, or maybe another, whatever it was it wasn't the right one to use with unrevoked, although unrevoked seemed to have worked!?).
Revolutionary has improved upon Unrevoked though. Its a lot simpler, the process is quicker and there's no user interaction at all. If you back up as much of the stuff and apps with titanium as you can or just your personal stuff, shouldnt be to much of a hassle.
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I'd go right ahead and download the Gingerbread update from HTC, wouldn't bother with the Goldcard because you may spend a lot of time trying to fix something which is unfixable.
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About which unfixable are you talking about? You get cid error when you want to flash stock ruu although your phone was branded.
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I seem to remember having a problem like yours, which was only solved by downloading an installing the official HTC RUU
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And at this point he will need a goldcard (maybe) to avoid cid error. That's why I asked if his phone was branded or not. So please do not talk about an error which is not fixable without defining which error you mean more precisely.
Revolutionary has improved upon Unrevoked though. Its a lot simpler, the process is quicker and there's no user interaction at all. If you back up as much of the stuff and apps with titanium as you can or just your personal stuff, shouldnt be to much of a hassle.
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To backup apps with tb, one needs root access. The thread opener does not have it and revolutionary does not give you root access till one's flashing the zip mentioned on the documentary site.
And revolutionary is another matter altogether, because the op wants to go back to stock. He may run revolutionary then.
I tried doing it by ruu HTC but always giving me error 120 battery less than 30%....
What can I do?
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airmario said:
I tried doing it by ruu HTC but always giving me error 120 battery less than 30%....
What can I do?
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I would do this: switch off the phone, remove the battery for 10 seconds, plug the battery again, charge full with phone still off with htc ac charger (2.5 hours at least), remove the charger, switch on the phone, ensure u have usb debug active, connect the phone to ur pc, run the ruu (if u are no brand use the 2.29.405.5)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950765
This was the ROM,I downloaded and caused be all the problems
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airmario said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950765
This was the ROM,I downloaded and caused be all the problems
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What phone u have?
The rom u linked is in the G1 Android Development! This is the Desire forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950765
this was the rom that caused me all the problems.
and i downloaded it from rom manger on my htc desire...
please someone help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950765
this is the current rom on my htc desire
downloaded from rom manger and messed up all my phone