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[Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Root & Install a Custom Rom [Updated 26/08]

This is aimed at new "rooters". The process is incredibly easy.
I also take no responsibility if you mess up somehow, and this is for GSM Hero's NOT Sprint Hero CDMA users.
In order to create this guide I downgraded my phone to RUU Orange UK 2.73.61.66 (i.e. unrooted) then updated to the pre-2.1 release from Orange and then updated to the final 2.1 release from Orange. I then used Universal Androot to gain root access and from there install a custom recovery.
I have now also included a link to z4root as an alternative.
Here is a link to my backup guide but please be aware that most of it requires root access.
Prelude:
Install HTC Sync from here
Download Universal Androot
Download z4root
Download Root Checker - only if you need to
Download AmonRA Recovery v1.7.0.1.img - easier if you rename this "recovery.img" when it is on your sdcard
Place both downloaded files on your SD Card
Root & Recovery
1. Download and install Astro File Manager from the Market (or use any other file management program of your choice)
2. Open Astro and find and install Universal Androot (or if that doesn't work try z4root) from your sdcard:
Select UniversalAndroot.apk > Open App Manager > Install > Settings> [tick] Unknown Sources > OK > Back > Select UniversalAndroot.apk > Open App Manager > Install > Install > Open
3. In the app and choose the correct version from the dropdown box:
Superuser for Android 2.0~2.2 - if you have updated your phone recently
Superuser for Android 1.5~1.6 - if you have refused updates recently or your country/provider hasn't released one yet
Then choose: "Root "
Wait until it says "Woot ! Your device is rooted !" and exit the program.
4. Download and install Android Terminal Emulator from the Market (use Better Terminal instead if this one doesn't work)
5. Run "Terminal Emulator". Type (press and hold menu to get the keyboard up) in the following:
su (press enter and wait for the "Super User Request Prompt". Choose "Allow" and make sure its ticked to Allow every time.)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (press enter - make sure this is typed exactly as seen)
N.B. If you have issues here, see * notes below for more assistance
6. Turn off your phone and press Home + Power to start it up again. This should boot into recovery mode.
Install Your Custom Rom
Note: This part of the guide can be repeated with as many different rom's as you like. You do not have to repeat the previous section once you have a recovery image installed.
1. Download a Custom ROM from here to your computer.
2. Make sure your phone is in recovery mode (Home + Power)
Plug your phone into your computer and select "USB-MS toggle" in recovery
Place the Custom ROM on your SD card in the main directory and press Home when it has finished copying over
3. Select Backup/Restore > Nand backup > confirm with Home > Wait
(or Nand + Ext if you have A2SD setup)
4. Press back then select Wipe from the main menu, then select:
Wipe data/factory reset > Home
Wipe cache > Home
Wipe Dalvik-cache > Home
Wipe SD:ext partition > Home
Press back button
Select Flash Zip from SD Card
Select the file
Press Home to confirm
Note: Ignore any "errors", they are normal and usually mean you're not using that feature.
5. Once it is done, select Reboot and you will boot into the new Custom ROM.
Updating your Radio
Note: The radio deals with your signal levels and connectivity.
1. Download the latest radio from the following page
N.B. Radio's are not region specific! Just get the latest
2. Mount your SD Card so your computer can read it and place the downloaded file in the main directory
3. Turn off your phone and boot into the recovery screen (holding Home + Power)
4. Choose:
Flash Zip from SD Card
Pick the radio.zip file and press Home to confirm
Wait
Your phone will reboot a couple of times but when you're back on the Recovery Screen just press reboot system now and it will complete the install and put you back into your custom rom.
DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY OUT, THIS WILL BRICK YOUR HANDSET.
5. When this process has completed reboot the phone and you should have the new radio. This can be checked in Settings > About Phone
*Useful Information!!
42turkeys said:
Tested this on 1.5 the other day, nice one BtDaG
For those of you having problems flashing the recovery, try entering this before the flash_image command:
Code:
rm /data/local/rights/mid.txt
ln -s /dev/mtd/mtd1 /data/local/rights/mid.txt
(btw, ROM Manager has an option to flash Amon_RA at the bottom )
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** Missing flash_image - confirmed to work by another user, please inform if different
Download the flash_image.zip and unzip to your PC folder. Setup ADB. Place the recovery_image .zip in a folder called recovery on your computers C: drive. Then you will be able to run the following adb commands below from a cmd prompt on your computer:
cd c:\recovery
this will ensure you are in the correct folder
adb root
This will start ADB as root, or notify if it is already running as root.
adb remount
This will mount the system partition (/system) as writable, allowing the following
adb push flash_image /system/bin
This will send the flash_image script into the /system/bin, so we can use it from within the shell
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/flash_image
Finally, change the permissions of the script to allow it to perform the desired action. Now that the script is installed, we are ready to proceed with flashing the custom recovery, saved on the root of the SD card earlier:
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
this will install the the recovery - now continue the process where you left off
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*** solution 3
brisuth said:
A big thankyou to duck0 for identifying the problem and botoo for getting me to a happy conclusion with the correct commands
SOLUTION IS HERE USING Console mode from windows using ADB USB DEBUGGING HAS TO BE ENABLED WITH HERO CONNECTED TO PC THEN TYPE THE FOLLOWING
THEN ENTER AFTER EACH COMMAND
anyone needing help setting up adb see this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757233
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
Thats it all done next step
INSTALL ROM MANAGER FROM MARKET IT IS FREE
open it and sellect flash alternate recovery image from the bottom, you can use the clockwork recovery but it is not compattable with all roms.
once done turn phone off, boot into recovery home + power choose to exit recovery with reboot shut down once again and if you can enter recovery then everything is sweet.
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Setup Apps2SD
ONLY RECOMMENDED ON CLASS 4+ SD CARDS. Don't bother if you don't know what this is . GIYF.
Do this process after doing everything else! So make sure you have a working custom rom installed which supports Apps2SD. This is designed for VillainROM which doesn't use a swap, if your ROM does support swap ask for a recommended amount. Also note that the ext2 partition will be unreadable from windows or through android os.
1. Backup your SD card to your computer (very important as this process will wipe all the data on it)
2. Restart your phone into recovery mode (Home + Power)
3. Select:
Partition sdcard
Partition SD
Press Home
Swap-size = 0 MB
Ext2-size = 512 MB (recommended)
FAT32-size = Remainder
Press Home
4. Once complete Reboot system now and wait! This can take 20 minutes or so to complete, so just keep waiting!
DO NOT USE EXT3 or EXT4 partitions. They will just wear out your sd card quicker. They are designed for large files systems (i.e. 50GB+) with full operating systems running on them! The only benefit they bring is indexing (which on a 512MB partition is worthless). (Optional - before reboot) - Under partition sdcard you can convert the ext2 partition to ext3 - "SD:ext2 to ext3" - however this isn't recommended as it will wear out your sd card quicker. There is also often support for ext4 so you can do "SD:ext3 to ext4" after the first one too. Though again this will typically just wear out your SD faster without providing any speed benefits. See note above.
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[B]OLD PROCESS BACKED UP JUST IN CASE. PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW THIS SECTION OF THE GUIDE![/B]
Largely based upon the Unlockr guides, so thank you Unlockr!
Please do NOT be mislead. This is NOT a quick process, though the time has been reduced significantly if you don't need the goldcard method.
There is no "one-click" version or "quick-install".
You should set aside at least an hour for this process and preferably read through the process once before actually attempting it.
[B]Please make a quick post with your experiences, including your brand of phone and location.
Please check the FaQ first before asking questions :)[/B]
[COLOR=DarkGreen][SIZE=3][U]Contents[/U][/SIZE][/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkRed]Pre: Backup[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Navy]1. Installing a Recovery Image
a. Installing the Correct HTC ROM
2. Loading the Custom ROM
3. Updating your Radio[/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]Setup Apps2SD
Check A2SD[/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]"GoldCard" Test Procedure
I. Setting up the drivers
II. Create a “GoldCard” from a MicroSD Card
III. Downgrade the Hero using the Goldcard[/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkGreen]FaQ[/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=3][U]Pre: Backup[/U][/SIZE]
1. Backup contacts etc with HTC Sync.
2. Backup your SD Card or use a spare
3. Backup SMS Messages with SMS Backup & Recovery[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Navy][SIZE=3][U]1. Installing a Recovery Image[/U][/SIZE]
1. On your phone, go to Settings > Applications - and make sure "Unknown Source" is ticked.
2. On your phone, go to Settings > SD card and phone storage - click Unmount SD card.
3. Then click Format SD card.
4. Plug the phone into the computer via USB, then pull down the notification bar and click on the SD card notification. Then click mount.
5. Download this APK and recovery image and save it to your computer:
[URL]http://zenthought.org/content/project/flashrec[/URL] - FlashRec.apk
[URL]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561124[/URL] - Amon_Ra’s Hero Recovery Image
6. Copy them both to your SD card (do NOT put them inside any folders on the SD card, just put them on the SD card itself).
7. Unplug the phone from the computer once they are downloaded to the SD card.
8. Go to the Market and download ASTRO File Manager or any file manager program if you do not already have one.
9. Open the file manager and find the FlashRec apk file and click it and choose open app manager and then install it.
10. When it is installed click Open. Click on Backup Recovery Image and wait for it to finish. If you get "backup failed" response see the text on the right for more details, if the backup is a success carry on to step 11.
[RIGHT][SIZE=1][U]a. Installing the correct HTC ROM[/U]
Orange UK Users - Please downgrade your ROM version to [URL="http://www.htc.com/uk/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=675&news_id=261"]2.73.61.5[/URL]
Generic Hero Users - Please downgrade to [URL="http://x7.to/6jexri"]2.73.405.5[/URL], or follow the goldcard method if this doesn't work
T-Mobile UK Users – Please follow the "Goldcard" method below
All Other Users - Please follow the "Goldcard" method below[/SIZE][/RIGHT]
11. Once done, click on the empty text box in the FlashRec program and type:
/sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img
(replace exact name as new versions come out)
Then click on the Flash Recovery Image button and wait for it to finish.
[SIZE=3][U]2. Loading the Custom ROM[/U][/SIZE]
N.B. This part of the guide can be repeated with as many different rom's as you like. You do not have to repeat the previous sections once you have a recovery image installed.
1. Download a Custom ROM from [URL]http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=512[/URL] to your computer.
2. Plug in your phone and pull down the Notification bar when the SD notification pops up.
3. Click on the notification and select Mount.
4. Open the SD Card fonder on your computer.
5. Copy the Custom ROM from your computer to your SD Card, do NOT change it, extract the files or put it in any folders
6. Unplug your phone and turn it off.
7. Turn the phone on by holding down Home and Power till you get to the custom recovery screen.
8. Select Wipe from the menu, then select:
Wipe data/factory Reset
Wipe Dalvik-cache
Wipe SD:ext partition
Press back button
Select Flash Zip from SD Card
Select the file
Click Confirm
N.B. Ignore any "errors", they are normal and usually mean you're not using that feature.
9. Once it is done, select Reboot and you will boot into the OS. Once you are loaded in make sure you format your SD card once more through the settings menu and then reboot the phone one last time. This will ensure you get the correct apps.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Navy][SIZE=3][U]III. Updating your Radio[/U][/SIZE]
[B]N.B. People have been reporting problems with this part of the guide, try it at your own risk. It is not required to be on the latest radio when using a Custom ROM, however it is usually recommended! The radio deals with your signal levels, I found it to increase my signal from a maximum of 2 bars to full. It is likely to help if you travel, but if you are happy with your signal and tend to stay in the same place it may not be worth it.
Be aware that if this doesn't work it can potentially brick you phone... though I've had no reports of that so far. Just people finding it doing different things after it flashes.[/B]
1. Download the latest radio from the following site:
At time of writing that is: [URL="http://www.villainrom.co.uk/radio/Radio_Signed_HERO_63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.14.zip"]63.18.55.06PU_6.35.15.14[/URL]
[B]N.B. Radio's are not region specific![/B]
2. Mount your SD Card so your computer can read it and place the downloaded file in the main directory
3. Turn off your phone and boot into the recovery screen (holding Home + Power)
4. Choose:
Flash Zip from SD Card
Click Confirm
Reboot system now when prompted
N.B. This can take anywhere between 1 - 10 minutes or maybe even longer in some cases. Do not touch your phone until you either: get back to the recovery screen or your custom rom loads and you see the unlock screen.
DO NOT PULL THE BATTERY OUT, THIS WILL BRICK YOUR HANDSET.
5. When this process has completed reboot the phone and you should have the new radio. This can be checked in Settings > About Phone > Software Information > Baseband Version[/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkOliveGreen][U][SIZE=3]Check A2SD[/SIZE][/U]
Please assume it is automatically working unless you can load applications without your SD card inserted. However, here is the process for those who are pedantic about these things. Many thanks to VillainROM Wiki for this process.
1. Download check.zip from the bottom of this guide.
2. Extract check.sh
3. Download GScript Lite from the market
4. Place check.sh on your SD card in a folder named gscript
5. Open GScript and press:
Menu
Add Script
Uncheck "needs su"
Load File
Select check.su
Save
6. Then click check from the main screen and you will get a readout of whether it is enabled or not.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue][SIZE=3][U][B]"GoldCard" Test Procedure[/B][/U][/SIZE]
Please comment on whether this procedure works, it is untested. Thanks to [URL="http://www.villainrom.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1735"]ante0's guide[/URL] for some details used.
[SIZE=3][U]I. Setting up drivers etc[/U][/SIZE]
1. Download the latest HTC Sync from [URL="http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=933&news_id=631"]here[/URL] and the latest SDK from [URL="http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html"]here[/URL]
2. Install HTC Sync & extract the Android SDK .zip file to C:\ (may help to re-name the folder to a shorter name, in this tutorial it will be C:\android\ )
3. Click on your Windows Start menu and right click on "Computer" > Properties > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables
Find "Path" under "System Variables" and edit it. Add the following to the end of the text:
;C:\android\tools
4. Restart your computer.
On your phone, click Settings > Applications > Development and make sure USB Debugging is on.
When back at your desktop plug then phone in and wait for it to install the correct drivers, this should be done automatically on the latest version of HTC Sync and adb should be enabled.
5. Type the following into the command prompt window (Start > Search > "cmd") and enter the following and press enter:
adb devices
You should see a serial number pop up and look like:
000000000000 device
It’s the serial number of your phone. This means the drivers are working in normal boot mode. Next we need to check them in fastboot mode (thanks to janhol for helping with this next part)
6. Turn off your phone and load into fastboot by holding the Back button and pressing Power with the hero plugged into the computer
7. "Start" > Right Click "Computer" > "Manage" > "Device Manager"
8. Check that the "ADB Interface" reads "My Hero", not "Android bootloader drivers" or anything else.
If it does then:
Right click "Android bootloader drivers" > "Update Driver Software" > "Browse my computer..." > "Let me pick from..." > "Have Disk..." > "Browse" > "C:\Program Files (x86)\HTC\HTC Driver\Driver Files\Win7_x64" > "androidusb.inf"
Once selected click "OK".
"My HTC" should show in the list of "compatible hardware" now, so select that and click "Next" to install the driver. Switch off the phone (may have to pull the battery).
[SIZE=3][U]II. Create a “GoldCard” from a MicroSD Card[/U][/SIZE]
(Please keep in mind that some memory cards don’t work for this process)
1. Put the memory card you want to use for the GoldCard into your phone, make sure all the data is backed up before proceeding as it will be formatted.
2. With the memory card in your phone, and not connected to the PC, click on:
Settings > SD and Phone storage > Unmount SD Card
Once it unmounts, click Format SD Card.
3. On your phone, click:
Settings > Applications > Development and make sure USB Debugging is on.
4. Return to the Command Prompt from earlier after re-plugging in your Hero. Then type the following with hitting enter at the end of each line:
adb shell
cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
5. A code will display, write the code down into a notepad document or similar (MAKE SURE TO WRITE IT DOWN EXACTLY!)
6. Go to this site: [URL]http://hexrev.soaa.me/[/URL] then put in your code you just wrote down into the text box and click submit. It will generate the code reversed and replace the first two digits with zeros automatically. Copy this.
7. Then go to [URL]http://psas.revskills.de/?q=goldcard[/URL] and Paste your CID into the box and fill in the other details. You'll be e-mailed the goldcard. Save the goldcard image to disk.
8. Now go to [URL]http://download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Editor/3000-2352-10891068.html?part=dl-HxDHexEdi&subj=uo&tag=button[/URL] to download the HxD Hex Editor. Install it to your computer.
9. Mount your SD card on your phone so that it shows up on your computer as "Removable Disk" - Pull down the notification bar on the phone and select Mount CD Card.
10. Open the Hex Editor (Run as Administrator if you're in Vista or Windows 7) and click on the Extra menu > Open Disk. Under "Physical Disk" select "Removable Disk". Make sure to UNcheck “Open as ReadOnly”. Click OK.
11. Go to the Extra menu again and click Open Disk Image. Open up the goldcard.img that you saved from your email. Press OK when prompted for Sector Size 512 (Hard Disks/Floppy Disks). You should now have two tabs, one is the SD card (Removable Disk) and the other is the goldcard.img.
12. Click on the Goldcard.img tab and press Ctrl + A (select all) Then Ctrl + C (copy).
13. Click on the Removable Disk tab (Your SD Card) and select the complete lines from 00000000 to 00000170 then press Ctrl + V (paste).
14. Click on File then click Save.
15. Close the Hex Editor.
16. Reboot the phone.
Try to open the memory card on the computer (i.e. mount the drive), if it lets you, you are all set. If it asks/tells you to reformat the card, then try steps 13 – 19 again. If it gives you the same error again, then try a different memory card. You can confirm that it has worked by opening the Removable Disk in the hex editor again and making sure the code you pasted in has stayed but this shouldn't be necessary.
[SIZE=3][U]III. Downgrade the Hero using the Goldcard[/U][/SIZE]
1. With your phone plugged in, pull down the notification bar on the phone and select HTC Sync. Make sure it connects to HTC Sync on the computer (not sure if this is necessary anymore).
2. Download this generic HTC Hero RUU
Hero RUU -
[URL="http://x7.to/6jexri"]2.73.405.5[/URL]
[URL="ftp://xda:[email protected]/Hero/Official-ROMs/RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe"]2.73.405.5[/URL] (alternative)
3. Double click the RUU exe you downloaded while the phone is plugged in with the GoldCard in it and follow the on screen procedure. This will install the old generic Hero rom on your phone, this is to allow you to install a recovery image. Reboot and fill in as few details as possible as these will be overwritten soon.
4. Now you have finished this procedure start from the beginning again.[/COLOR]
Website: [URL]http://rootmydroid.co.uk/[/URL]
Other Guides:
[URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=669754"]How to Backup your Phone Between Wipes[/URL]
Even older process - ignore
[COLOR=DarkOrange][SIZE=3][U][B]Old "GoldCard" Procedure[/B][/U][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3][U]I. Setting up the SDK[/U][/SIZE]
1. Download the Latest Android SDK from Google
Android SDK - [URL]http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html[/URL]
(currently - android-sdk_r06-windows.zip) but get the latest
2. Extract the Android SDK .Zip file to C:\ (may help to re-name the folder to a shorter name, in this tutorial it will be C:\android\ )
3. Run SDK Setup.exe
4. Click "Settings" and check the "Force [URL]https://.[/URL].. sources ..." option
5. Click "Available Packages" and download the "USB Driver Package"
6. On your phone, click Settings > Applications > Development and make sure USB Debugging is on.
7. Plug your phone into your computer via USB cable.
8. Go into device manager: Start --> Search for "device manager"
9. Here we are checking the driver which is installed for your Hero, you may see either of the following scenarios:
Other Devices > ADB
or
Android Phone > My HTC
Either way you should do the following:
Right Click > Update Driver > Browse > C:\android\usb_driver > Next and it should install "Android Composite ADB Interface"
10. Type the following into the command prompt window (Start > Search > "cmd") and enter the following hitting enter at the end of every line:
cd c:\android\tools\
adb devices
You should see a serial number pop up, it’s the serial number of your phone. This means you are all set.
If you do NOT see a serial number, then we need to reinstall the drivers.....
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nice
i`m sure it will help alot of people out, it took me a whole day to sort mine out.
cheers

nice one. you've just summarised my last sunday afternoon. great to have this all in one place. needs to be a sticky imho.

Nice Tutorial... Please give me the SPL version and Radio Version of the Hero that this worked on.

brettf said:
Nice Tutorial... Please give me the SPL version and Radio Version of the Hero that this worked on.
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The radio was different on both the devices tested and I am fairly certain it has no effect on whether you can do this procedure or not. They are now both flashed with the latest radio.
I have no record of the "SPL versions". Again I'm not really sure how this is relevant?
This guide assumes the user has no knowledge of these things and have made no previous modifications to their phone (besides standard updates)
You'll have to bear with me as I'm pretty new to all this as well. The guide was made because I found the others extremely difficult to follow. I'm glad to see by the other posts that I am not the only one

Im doing this now, my Hero was delivered this morning and i was looking for in depth instructions so I cant go wrong. This looks bang on,... Just about to start section II (creating Goldcard) but thought i'd better put up some thanx 1st.
Wish me luck, i'm assuming it'l all go ok, i'l post again once its done.
Thanks again BTDAG.
Peace

Guys I'm stuck,... Section II, part 10, Mount your SD card on your phone so that it shows up on your computer as "Removable Disk".
Through the setting on my phone I can only select "UNMOUNT SD CARD"!!! Arggghhhh!!!
Can anyone help please?

AHA,... That'l teach me to not read the whole thing 1st!!!!!!
In section III, part 3,... You have put "pull down the notification bar and click on the SD card notification. Then click mount." .... Maybe edit the 1st post and put it in (for the idiots like me).
Thanks though.

ddotpatel said:
AHA,... That'l teach me to not read the whole thing 1st!!!!!!
In section III, part 3,... You have put "pull down the notification bar and click on the SD card notification. Then click mount." .... Maybe edit the 1st post and put it in (for the idiots like me).
Thanks though.
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I had no idea that was in the wrong order, thanks for pointing it out. I'll edit that now!
I had to figure most of this out as I was going so i quickly forgot what I did differently. The more people point out the better the guide will get! XD

Great guide.
Add it as a Wiki... it will not get a sticky!

nprussell said:
Great guide.
Add it as a Wiki... it will not get a sticky!
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Thanks. I love your ROM's and can't wait for the next Villain release.
Already done as I figured as much.

Oh my god!! Im was having an absolute mare!!!!!
Was trying to downgrade the rom,... but HTC Sync would not connect (Part III, no 3), everything else was ok... 1st i ignored it and just carried on, started flashing, phone went into that 'Fastboot' bit where there are the Android thingies on skateboards, but then failed, came up with an error message, then froze. I had to take the battery out!!!
Started up fine though.
So i gave up for a while to stop me from throwing my laptop against the wall!!!
But the missus has just got home so im booting up her XP lappy, thought it might be cos im using Win7 64bit. So here goes again!!!!

question:
i Would like to install a custom Rom on Hero
i have two micro SD cards ( 2GB i 8GB )
1. I would like to use 8GB card for apps and music...
Do I have to create a "Gold Card" on the 8GB card, or can I use the 2GB card to creat "Gold Card"?
2. Durin the installation of a Custom Rom, do I have to put in the phone the "Gold Card" (2GB), or can I put the 8GB card?
And
3. if I want to "roll back" the original ROM, can I do that just simpley by puting in the "Gold Card" and rolling back te rom saved on Gold Card?
THX
(sorry for my English)

ddotpatel said:
Oh my god!! Im was having an absolute mare!!!!!
Was trying to downgrade the rom,... but HTC Sync would not connect (Part III, no 3), everything else was ok... 1st i ignored it and just carried on, started flashing, phone went into that 'Fastboot' bit where there are the Android thingies on skateboards, but then failed, came up with an error message, then froze. I had to take the battery out!!!
Started up fine though.
So i gave up for a while to stop me from throwing my laptop against the wall!!!
But the missus has just got home so im booting up her XP lappy, thought it might be cos im using Win7 64bit. So here goes again!!!!
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O Windows 7 64-bit needs different drivers. I have attached them here to the original post. I am also on 64-bit but completely forgot about those hassles. Thanks for the reminder.

ico86 said:
question:
i Would like to install a custom Rom on Hero
i have two micro SD cards ( 2GB i 8GB )
1. I would like to use 8GB card for apps and music...
Do I have to create a "Gold Card" on the 8GB card, or can I use the 2GB card to creat "Gold Card"?
2. Durin the installation of a Custom Rom, do I have to put in the phone the "Gold Card" (2GB), or can I put the 8GB card?
And
3. if I want to "roll back" the original ROM, can I do that just simpley by puting in the "Gold Card" and rolling back te rom saved on Gold Card?
THX
(sorry for my English)
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1. The gold card is only used to allow you to downgrade (as far as i'm aware) so you can use the 2GB as gold card and 8 GB for music but... (see next)
2. I have no idea, probably best to leave the gold card in and replace it when the ROM is flashed but I don't think it is mandatory. I do however, have no idea how long it is needed for. Just make sure you format the card you're going to use through the phone when you insert it for the first time.
3. If you want to go back to your Orange or T-Mobile ROM from HTC all you have to do is use the latest .exe you get from HTC's support website. Once again it is probably best to format your SD card after first boot.

The only thing that's stopping me from trying this out is the goldcard thing - I really don't want to format my 8Gb card. I could use the 2Gb one from my old G1, but it's going on eBay in the next week so if I needed the exact same goldcard at some point in the future then I'd be stuffed.
I suppose that I'll just have to live without the glory of being rooted for now!

thedoccwc said:
The only thing that's stopping me from trying this out is the goldcard thing - I really don't want to format my 8Gb card. I could use the 2Gb one from my old G1, but it's going on eBay in the next week so if I needed the exact same goldcard at some point in the future then I'd be stuffed.
I suppose that I'll just have to live without the glory of being rooted for now!
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You could backup the data on the 8Gb card (i.e. copy and paste it to a folder on your pc) then format it and restore any music / pictures etc back to it. Just avoid replacing any old settings files specifically related to the HTC widgets, that is where problems occur.
O i'm also fairly certain you won't need the gold card again unless you go back to the official HTC releases and need to downgrade again and there is no harm to making your 8GB a gold card in the future as you can still back-up and restore the data you wish to keep on it.

wow nice guide, bookmarked! i spent ages looking for all the info about a month ago.
ive decided that i only really need to install a custom ROM when htc decide not to offer official updates anymore.

btdag said:
You could backup the data on the 8Gb card (i.e. copy and paste it to a folder on your pc) then format it and restore any music / pictures etc back to it. Just avoid replacing any old settings files specifically related to the HTC widgets, that is where problems occur.
O i'm also fairly certain you won't need the gold card again unless you go back to the official HTC releases and need to downgrade again and there is no harm to making your 8GB a gold card in the future as you can still back-up and restore the data you wish to keep on it.
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No, no, no, you're meant to say something like 'ahh, probably for the best that you don't bother for now then'. The slightest pro-rooting comment is going to have me going for it! Still, it is character building, I suppose. And I did feel much better for having done it to my G1...but can I be bothered to do it at this time of night?!?!

mobydeek said:
wow nice guide, bookmarked! i spent ages looking for all the info about a month ago.
ive decided that i only really need to install a custom ROM when htc decide not to offer official updates anymore.
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but your missing out on so much now

[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.

Symphony w25 / ktouch w650 / mobistar s01 / karbonn a7 ICS Upgrade tutorial.

Always remember to BACKUP your SYSTEMs NANDROID BACKUP with CWM. * I am really not responsible for any damage to your phone; it’s all upon your responsibility. *Let me know if any edit is recommended by you.
Full tutorial is also available on my blog : iamrainwalker
Ahh! I love my ICS rom and my symphony w25. I am a perfectionist, so I took my time to study and gone throw lots of trials and errors to finalize the ICS rom. Thanks to all those Brilliant senior developers from XDA for their numerous helps and tips. I will start by providing some screenshot of the ICS rom.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Beautiful isn’t it? Now let’s start. Just make sure you read and follow everything I say from now. Upgrading process is divided in 3 steps actually:
Updating Baseband
Flashing AP(Factory) ROM
Flashing Finalized NANDROID ROM.
YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL STEPS ONE BY ONE, DO NOT DO ANYTHING YOU DON’T KNOW, IF YOU ARE A TOTAL NEWBIE, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU KIDDO. DON’T BLAIM ME FOR YOUR MISTAKES.
ICS_Stable_sw25_rom Featurs :
Fully Rooted
Updated SU and Busybox binaries
Init.d Support, busybox runpart
App2SD enabled
Super Fast
All Sensors working
Better Battery Life
Better Network Reception
ALL new Jelly Bean keyboard
Cracked PowerAmp Music Player
Added
And many other tweaks I can’t remember right now.
* Points to be noted
You need to enable or disable Gsensor from Settings > Display by your self, Status ber shortcut don’t work.
You need to set APN manually from Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Select Subscription > Manage Card
System is already configured for Bangladeshi Users.
Download all Files Listed below :
AP_BP_FOR_ICS_S01
o (AP+BP)_ICS_S01.7z.001 – http://www.mediafire.com/?5v5qkcd4viag8vi
o (AP+BP)_ICS_S01.7z.002 – http://www.mediafire.com/?mahtazx3jrbprtr
ASDK_Files
o installer_r20.0.3-windows.exe – http://www.mediafire.com/?p57ix4v80c3yf8f
o jdk-7-windows-i586.exe – http://www.mediafire.com/?rejrjk6rjjbq5d9
Drivers
o S01_Drivers.7z – http://www.mediafire.com/?wjhalczqtg7k1c1
S01_Flash_tools
o S01_flash_tools.7z – http://www.mediafire.com/?6mzx0bqrd6oubo7
Symphony_ICS_stable_1
o clockworkmod_rainwalker.7z.001 – http://www.mediafire.com/?uzw25cq5bk1omn4
o clockworkmod_rainwalker.7z.002 – http://www.mediafire.com/?242vkhkfi3noekc
CWM for S01
o CWM-English.rar – http://www.mediafire.com/?y0e31h55qurp3y7
7zip
o http://www.7-zip.org/
File Extraction :
Download all files in a folder like this location “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\”
Select files like this photo and Use 7zip to Extract.
Make use you have folders Extracted like this
Updating Baseband :
This process is pretty nasty. I made a successful Update after trying a number of times and fails, after that I installed WINDOWS XP SP3 and successfully Updated Baseband. So I would recommend you guys to Start this Upgrading Process with a Freshly Installed Windows XP. I will try to give you as much as possible visual guide.
*It is not mandatory to install Android SDK and Java Runtime.
Install “jdk-7-windows-i586.exe”
Install “installer_r20.0.3-windows.exe” , make sure you have selected options red marked in this photo when Android SDK download files.
After download complete, Go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\ICS_S01” This folder.
Extract “NPRG7627A.zip” by right clicking it 7-zip > Extract Here
Copy “NPRG7627A.hex” to “591357_8376_WCDMA_V0005” folder.
Switch off your phone, remove battery, SIM cards, SD card.
Place battery on your phone, Hold POWER BUTTON+VOLUME DOWN BUTTON together, you will see “QPST Entry Download”.
Now, Connect your phone to your pc.
You will see a popup like this, cancel it.
Go to your device manager and follow the procedure below :
For you the driver location will be “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_Drivers\drivers\Driver\HK11-VB717-27\HK11-VB717-27_1.0.56\Win32\x86\free”, Click Ok, and press Next. Driver will be installed. Close it. Go to device manager and you will see something like this :
In my case i got COM3, you may have diffrent port number. Now go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_flash_tools\fast_boot” and Open “fastboot1.0.2.4.exe”. You will see something like this :
Click on “BP Browse” select folder “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\ICS_S01\591357_8376_WCDMA_V0005″, Put the port number on “BP Port”, take a deep breath and press Download, download should start if everthing is allright, after download compleate “fastboot1.0.2.4.exe” will close by itself. and you need to pull your phone bettery to shut it down and disconnect the phone form your pc.
AP Upload :
Place your phone battery on the phone, press POWER BUTTON + VOLUME UP and wait untill you see a GREEN display on your phone.
Connect you phone and you will see a new Device is found named Android, now install the drivers by following procedure like prevoiusly shown and use the folder “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_Drivers\drivers\Driver\adb_driver” for drivers.
After driver instlation compleate, go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_flash_tools\EMMC_AP” and open “QUALFAST2.0.4(Factory).exe”
Click on “SEL PATH” button and select “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\ICS_S01\TBW591357_9999_V0001_2″ folder click ok. you will see :
Now press “OK” and wait for first “Waiting Decices…” to compleate and then disconnect the phone, pull your battery and start your phone. ICS should start with creepy forign language.
Flashing Finalized Stable NANDROID ROM :
Default firmware rom do not come with CWM installed as recovery, so we need to port it now. This is a pretty simple procedure.
Download CWM-English.rar from This link : http://www.mediafire.com/?y0e31h55qurp3y7
Copy it to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\”
Extract using 7-zip > Extract Here.
Shutdown your phone, insert your sim and sd card. Press POWER BUTTON + VOLUME UP button till the GREEN display appears.
Connect your phone with the pc.
Open Command prompt and type :cd F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\CWM-English (press enter)Fastboot devices (press enter)
You should see something like “???????????? fastboot” Now type :fastboot boot recovery-english.img (press enter)
Wait sometime, CWM recovery should boot.
Now, from the menu, Select “wipe data/factory reset”
After finishing slect “wipe cache partition”
After that, go to “mount & Storage” > “Mount Usb Drive”
Now sd card will be mounted on your pc. Copy “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\clockworkmod_rainwalker\ clockworkmod” to your sd card.
Select “Unmount” from your phone. And Select “Go back”
Select “Backup and Restore”
Select “Restore”
Select “ICS_W25_Stable” and confirm, wait for restore to complete, then reboot.
Yah! You are now on ISC stable. Enjoy.
Helpful Links :
Driver Installation Video : https://vimeo.com/55837968
Another Baseband Update Guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036053
XDA foram Thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788936
Rooting Symphony w25 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818146
Thanks From the deepest corner of my heart to :
prasad12ka4 , ahmed.zunaid , vinodkbishnoi (for poviding stability of the rom) & all tose person who helped me for this achivement

rainwalker said:
Always remember to BACKUP your SYSTEMs NANDROID BACKUP with CWM. * I am really not responsible for any damage to your phone; it’s all upon your responsibility. *Let me know if any edit is recommended by you.
Full tutorial is also available on my blog : iamrainwalker
Ahh! I love my ICS rom and my symphony w25. I am a perfectionist, so I took my time to study and gone throw lots of trials and errors to finalize the ICS rom. Thanks to all those Brilliant senior developers from XDA for their numerous helps and tips. I will start by providing some screenshot of the ICS rom.
Beautiful isn’t it? Now let’s start. Just make sure you read and follow everything I say from now. Upgrading process is divided in 3 steps actually:
Updating Baseband
Flashing AP(Factory) ROM
Flashing Finalized NANDROID ROM.
YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL STEPS ONE BY ONE, DO NOT DO ANYTHING YOU DON’T KNOW, IF YOU ARE A TOTAL NEWBIE, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU KIDDO. DON’T BLAIM ME FOR YOUR MISTAKES.
ICS_Stable_sw25_rom Featurs :
Fully Rooted
Updated SU and Busybox binaries
Init.d Support, busybox runpart
App2SD enabled
Super Fast
All Sensors working
Better Battery Life
Better Network Reception
ALL new Jelly Bean keyboard
Cracked PowerAmp Music Player
Added
And many other tweaks I can’t remember right now.
* Points to be noted
You need to enable or disable Gsensor from Settings > Display by your self, Status ber shortcut don’t work.
You need to set APN manually from Settings > More > Mobile Networks > Select Subscription > Manage Card
System is already configured for Bangladeshi Users.
Download all Files Listed below :
AP_BP_FOR_ICS_S01
o (AP+BP)_ICS_S01.7z.001 – http://www.mediafire.com/?5v5qkcd4viag8vi
o (AP+BP)_ICS_S01.7z.002 – http://www.mediafire.com/?mahtazx3jrbprtr
ASDK_Files
o installer_r20.0.3-windows.exe – http://www.mediafire.com/?p57ix4v80c3yf8f
o jdk-7-windows-i586.exe – http://www.mediafire.com/?rejrjk6rjjbq5d9
Drivers
o S01_Drivers.7z – http://www.mediafire.com/?wjhalczqtg7k1c1
S01_Flash_tools
o S01_flash_tools.7z – http://www.mediafire.com/?6mzx0bqrd6oubo7
Symphony_ICS_stable_1
o clockworkmod_rainwalker.7z.001 – http://www.mediafire.com/?uzw25cq5bk1omn4
o clockworkmod_rainwalker.7z.002 – http://www.mediafire.com/?242vkhkfi3noekc
CWM for S01
o CWM-English.rar – http://www.mediafire.com/?y0e31h55qurp3y7
7zip
o http://www.7-zip.org/
File Extraction :
Download all files in a folder like this location “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\”
Select files like this photo and Use 7zip to Extract.
Make use you have folders Extracted like this
Updating Baseband :
This process is pretty nasty. I made a successful Update after trying a number of times and fails, after that I installed WINDOWS XP SP3 and successfully Updated Baseband. So I would recommend you guys to Start this Upgrading Process with a Freshly Installed Windows XP. I will try to give you as much as possible visual guide.
*It is not mandatory to install Android SDK and Java Runtime.
Install “jdk-7-windows-i586.exe”
Install “installer_r20.0.3-windows.exe” , make sure you have selected options red marked in this photo when Android SDK download files.
After download complete, Go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\ICS_S01” This folder.
Extract “NPRG7627A.zip” by right clicking it 7-zip > Extract Here
Copy “NPRG7627A.hex” to “591357_8376_WCDMA_V0005” folder.
Switch off your phone, remove battery, SIM cards, SD card.
Place battery on your phone, Hold POWER BUTTON+VOLUME DOWN BUTTON together, you will see “QPST Entry Download”.
Now, Connect your phone to your pc.
You will see a popup like this, cancel it.
Go to your device manager and follow the procedure below :
For you the driver location will be “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_Drivers\drivers\Driver\HK11-VB717-27\HK11-VB717-27_1.0.56\Win32\x86\free”, Click Ok, and press Next. Driver will be installed. Close it. Go to device manager and you will see something like this :
In my case i got COM3, you may have diffrent port number. Now go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_flash_tools\fast_boot” and Open “fastboot1.0.2.4.exe”. You will see something like this :
Click on “BP Browse” select folder “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\ICS_S01\591357_8376_WCDMA_V0005″, Put the port number on “BP Port”, take a deep breath and press Download, download should start if everthing is allright, after download compleate “fastboot1.0.2.4.exe” will close by itself. and you need to pull your phone bettery to shut it down and disconnect the phone form your pc.
AP Upload :
Place your phone battery on the phone, press POWER BUTTON + VOLUME UP and wait untill you see a GREEN display on your phone.
Connect you phone and you will see a new Device is found named Android, now install the drivers by following procedure like prevoiusly shown and use the folder “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_Drivers\drivers\Driver\adb_driver” for drivers.
After driver instlation compleate, go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_flash_tools\EMMC_AP” and open “QUALFAST2.0.4(Factory).exe”
Click on “SEL PATH” button and select “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\(AP+BP)_ICS_S01\ICS_S01\TBW591357_9999_V0001_2″ folder click ok. you will see :
Now press “OK” and wait for first “Waiting Decices…” to compleate and then disconnect the phone, pull your battery and start your phone. ICS should start with creepy forign language.
Flashing Finalized Stable NANDROID ROM :
Default firmware rom do not come with CWM installed as recovery, so we need to port it now. This is a pretty simple procedure.
Download CWM-English.rar from This link : http://www.mediafire.com/?y0e31h55qurp3y7
Copy it to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\”
Extract using 7-zip > Extract Here.
Shutdown your phone, insert your sim and sd card. Press POWER BUTTON + VOLUME UP button till the GREEN display appears.
Connect your phone with the pc.
Open Command prompt and type :cd F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\CWM-English (press enter)Fastboot devices (press enter)
You should see something like “???????????? fastboot” Now type :fastboot boot recovery-english.img (press enter)
Wait sometime, CWM recovery should boot.
Now, from the menu, Select “wipe data/factory reset”
After finishing slect “wipe cache partition”
After that, go to “mount & Storage” > “Mount Usb Drive”
Now sd card will be mounted on your pc. Copy “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\clockworkmod_rainwalker\ clockworkmod” to your sd card.
Select “Unmount” from your phone. And Select “Go back”
Select “Backup and Restore”
Select “Restore”
Select “ICS_W25_Stable” and confirm, wait for restore to complete, then reboot.
Yah! You are now on ISC stable. Enjoy.
Helpful Links :
Driver Installation Video : https://vimeo.com/55837968
Another Baseband Update Guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036053
XDA foram Thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788936
Rooting Symphony w25 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818146
Thanks From the deepest corner of my heart to :
prasad12ka4 , ahmed.zunaid , vinodkbishnoi (for poviding stability of the rom) & all tose person who helped me for this achivement
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Thx for your hardwork but plz remove power amp
Its a paid app and adding it into a rom is against forum rules.
You may banned for this if moderator would see.
Sent from my Spice Mi-355 using xda app-developers app

rjunraj said:
Thx for your hardwork but plz remove power amp
Its a paid app and adding it into a rom is against forum rules.
You may banned for this if moderator would see.
Sent from my Spice Mi-355 using xda app-developers app
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Thank you for letting me know, i will remember this at my next releases.

splash.img - change
Hello Rainwalker, Thank you for this thread, I have updated ICS in my W25. But I want to know, Is there any chance to replace/change "Mobistar" boot splash image. if would please let us know. thanks again for you hard work.

raj_onu said:
Hello Rainwalker, Thank you for this thread, I have updated ICS in my W25. But I want to know, Is there any chance to replace/change "Mobistar" boot splash image. if would please let us know. thanks again for you hard work.
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Yes, it is possible, my new rom will have a new splash image. i will post a procedure about changing spalsh image soon.

rainwalker said:
Yes, it is possible, my new rom will have a new splash image. i will post a procedure about changing spalsh image soon.
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Thanks, I will be waiting for that..

I have a big problem in this part:
Now press “OK” and wait for first “Waiting Decices…” to compleate and then disconnect the phone, pull your battery and start your phone. ICS should start with creepy forign language.
something go wrong and dont complete the action so the result is now even if a try start from dyhe begin dont work now give error im step to download....and can do anything more...
Can you help me please...
Thanks
I already try to get in bootloader green screen and after red to put a normal rom but broken in red dont go more than that....

sfmteixeira said:
I have a big problem in this part:
Now press “OK” and wait for first “Waiting Decices…” to compleate and then disconnect the phone, pull your battery and start your phone. ICS should start with creepy forign language.
something go wrong and dont complete the action so the result is now even if a try start from dyhe begin dont work now give error im step to download....and can do anything more...
Can you help me please...
Thanks
I already try to get in bootloader green screen and after red to put a normal rom but broken in red dont go more than that....
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It would be great if you can send me a screenshot. i need to know what error exactly occurs? and what os do you use?

Problem starts here
Connect you phone and you will see a new Device is found named Android, now install the drivers by following procedure like prevoiusly shown and use the folder “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_Drivers\drivers\Driver\adb _driver” for drivers.
After driver instlation compleate, go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_flash_tools\EMMC_AP” and open “QUALFAST2.0.4(Factory).exe”
The device says is not possible to install before i even put the drivers dont reconice any android device and than in the upload starts ok but in the firt step of getting device give error.
After that i try make all again but dont be able to make download and nothing more in the steps you said.
Sorry and thanks for help

sfmteixeira said:
Problem starts here
Connect you phone and you will see a new Device is found named Android, now install the drivers by following procedure like prevoiusly shown and use the folder “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_Drivers\drivers\Driver\adb _driver” for drivers.
After driver instlation compleate, go to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\S01_flash_tools\EMMC_AP” and open “QUALFAST2.0.4(Factory).exe”
The device says is not possible to install before i even put the drivers dont reconice any android device and than in the upload starts ok but in the firt step of getting device give error.
After that i try make all again but dont be able to make download and nothing more in the steps you said.
Sorry and thanks for help
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which operating system do you use? did your BP download was successful? try rebooting your computer the get into fastboot mod on your phone, connect your phone to computer, if you don't see anything then go and see in device manager, if you see there are some yellow unrecognized devices then install them.

I use seven! If i enter in fastboot (green) apear unkow device only and i already try the drivers you oput but nothing happen! I have another pc with 8 do you think if a do all steps can result?
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If a tur on my phone normaly apearce your logo and stay stock....but the pc recognice as Android as Android composite ADB Interface....

Finally i was able in other pc but there is a problem!
This part i cant do it
Flashing Finalized Stable NANDROID ROM :
Default firmware rom do not come with CWM installed as recovery, so we need to port it now. This is a pretty simple procedure.
Download CWM-English.rar from This link : http://www.mediafire.com/?y0e31h55qurp3y7
Copy it to “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\”
Extract using 7-zip > Extract Here.
Shutdown your phone, insert your sim and sd card. Press POWER BUTTON + VOLUME UP button till the GREEN display appears.
Connect your phone with the pc.
Open Command prompt and type :cd F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\CWM-English (press enter)Fastboot devices (press enter)
You should see something like “???????????? fastboot” Now type :fastboot boot recovery-english.img (press enter)
Wait sometime, CWM recovery should boot.
Now, from the menu, Select “wipe data/factory reset”
After finishing slect “wipe cache partition”
After that, go to “mount & Storage” > “Mount Usb Drive”
Now sd card will be mounted on your pc. Copy “F:\sym_ics\SYMICS4\clockworkmod_rainwalker\ clockworkmod” to your sd card.
Select “Unmount” from your phone. And Select “Go back”
Select “Backup and Restore”
Select “Restore”
Select “ICS_W25_Stable” and confirm, wait for restore to complete, then reboot.
Yah! You are now on ISC stable. Enjoy.
How can i do for have root and make the recovery you said to have a stable ICS?
Because im not superuser, i dont have portuguese language and im not able to configure the apn for have internet in the phone!
Sorry again but if you can help!
Thanks a lot
Regards

you dont need to be a superuser to flah cwm. flash cwm by following the procedure i have wrote. then flash the clockworkmod file. u just need to flash cwm. i have already posted my new update on this rom. see my blogs latest post.
Sent from my Symphony W25

rainwalker said:
you dont need to be a superuser to flah cwm. flash cwm by following the procedure i have wrote. then flash the clockworkmod file. u just need to flash cwm. i have already posted my new update on this rom. see my blogs latest post.
Sent from my Symphony W25
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I already try do step by step all you said...but the last i was not able so i do this:
Install room manager and make Select “Restore”
Select “ICS_W25_Stable and all ok!
But i still with same problems:
Only English language dont have portugese
And the CWM recovery i think is with problems:
Because dont have all the things
Apearce like this:
Android system recovery (3e)
rebbot system now
apply update from external store
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
and no more funcions as you show in your images
I think some goes wrong in this part thats why i can put any more rom
Sorry again but please help me

sfmteixeira said:
I already try do step by step all you said...but the last i was not able so i do this:
Install room manager and make Select “Restore”
Select “ICS_W25_Stable and all ok!
But i still with same problems:
Only English language dont have portugese
And the CWM recovery i think is with problems:
Because dont have all the things
Apearce like this:
Android system recovery (3e)
rebbot system now
apply update from external store
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
and no more funcions as you show in your images
I think some goes wrong in this part thats why i can put any more rom
Sorry again but please help me
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CWM is Clockworkmod Recovery, it's a recovery replacement of stock recovery. the procedure is told is how to install CWM by replacing Stock recovery, if you have successfully flashed "ICS_W25_Stable" you already should have CWM on your system. try by pressing VOL UP + Power and hold untill Red display showes up. I am sorry i can't help you with Language support. But if you don't install CWM on your system then you wont be able to update new roms.

rainwalker said:
CWM is Clockworkmod Recovery, it's a recovery replacement of stock recovery. the procedure is told is how to install CWM by replacing Stock recovery, if you have successfully flashed "ICS_W25_Stable" you already should have CWM on your system. try by pressing VOL UP + Power and hold untill Red display showes up. I am sorry i can't help you with Language support. But if you don't install CWM on your system then you wont be able to update new roms.
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I do all steps you said all goes ok! Only the step to make download in flash starts and then gives error, but after all steps ok! Bur the recovery stills the same the normal recovery with 5 option i said before!
The only way i put the "ICS_W25_Stable" it was from the rom manager i installed...
I dont understand what is happen...

Sd card space running out
hi,
i did everything like you posted.
using the rom since 3-4 days.
i have some issues.
1) internal memory is always low.i do not have anyrhing installed .(21 mb free)
2) when i try to download an app from play store,it says that sd cars apace running out and the download fails.
3) i have link2sd and 1gb ext2 partiotin in sd card. total sd size is 8 gb. 1.2 gb is empty at the moment.
pls give me a solution for this.
i really like the rom.
great battery performance.
if you could help me with the memory issue,then it will be awesome.
thanx

Pritesh.mohan said:
hi,
i did everything like you posted.
using the rom since 3-4 days.
i have some issues.
1) internal memory is always low.i do not have anyrhing installed .(21 mb free)
2) when i try to download an app from play store,it says that sd cars apace running out and the download fails.
3) i have link2sd and 1gb ext2 partiotin in sd card. total sd size is 8 gb. 1.2 gb is empty at the moment.
pls give me a solution for this.
i really like the rom.
great battery performance.
if you could help me with the memory issue,then it will be awesome.
thanx
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Reset To factory settings, then start using link2sd. internal memory shows low because of preinstalled apps. you can use my 3rd updated rom "OPSHORA". this one is best. i personally use this rom. but you need to follow all procedures step by step. but you don't need to update Baseband again. OPSHORA rom has some Blue screen issue sometime, but removeing your battery will fix it.

Headphone Sound Problem
Hi Rainwalker, I have an problem with headphone sound. When I playing a song, normally it's ok but, after plugin headphone, headphone sound is too poor. Please help me out of this issue.

raj_onu said:
Hi Rainwalker, I have an problem with headphone sound. When I playing a song, normally it's ok but, after plugin headphone, headphone sound is too poor. Please help me out of this issue.
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which music application do you use? chk sound settings, and equalizer settings.

[Q] A zip that deletes the manual and quick start from NST?

Hello there,
I have a simple question, I'm sure most of you developers know how to help us all.
I have a NST not rooted (I don't really need for mods and stuff) but I would like to get rid of the manual and the quick start guide that really annoys me.
Is it possibile to create a zip (maybe an img would be even better) that starts ClockworkmodRecovery and then that includes a flashable zip that deletes the 2 epubs?
So that everyone can delete them once and for all. :laugh:
Let me know if I can help you.

Perhaps it would be better to download and install a root explorer (such as ES File Explorer) and use it to browse and delete these epub files.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

mikey242 said:
Perhaps it would be better to download and install a root explorer (such as ES File Explorer) and use it to browse and delete these epub files.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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well, that includes rooting, installing a launcher, installing a program...
i thought that a zip that does it without rooting and without anything permanent on the device would be better.

borzowsky said:
well, that includes rooting, installing a launcher, installing a program...
i thought that a zip that does it without rooting and without anything permanent on the device would be better.
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I make what you asked for, find it enclosed. It is a zip update for CWM. I guess you know how to proceed but I've left instructions below for those who face this issue for first time:
1. Make a backup of your NST with noogie following this instructions.
2. Download the file enclosed within this post.
3. Burn 2gb_clockwork-rc2.img file to be written on a SD-Card using Win32DiskImager or dd on linux.
4. Open the SD-Card (where you burn 2gb_clockwork-rc2.img) and copy the DeletingEpubGuides.zip on the SD-Card.
5. Power down and insert the SD-Card on the NST.
6. Press the power button for 3 seconds, so that the device boots (you don't have to hold the power button after the 3 seconds)
7. As soon as the display changes to the "CWM logo" screen, push and hold the lower left and the lower right button until the screen changes again. Wait until you see the recovery. Hence, you'll be already booted into Clockworkmod recovery (Button layout: Both Buttons on the left: BACK / Upper button on the right: UP / Lower button on the right: DOWN / n button: SELECT / Power button: TOGGLE DISPLAY).
8. Install through CWM recovery the DeletingEpubGuides.zip update placed on the SD-Card. When you'll read "Done" press power button during 10 second and eject the SD-card.
9. Press power button to turn on the nook to let the devices open commonly.
I've just tested it over my NST v1.1.2 and works without problem.
Best.

kuskro said:
I make what you asked for, find it enclosed. It is a zip update for CWM. I guess you know how to proceed but I've left instructions below for those who face this issue for first time:
1. Make a backup of your NST with noogie following this instructions.
2. Download the file enclosed within this post.
3. Burn 2gb_clockwork-rc2.img file to be written on a SD-Card using Win32DiskImager or dd on linux.
4. Open the SD-Card (where you burn 2gb_clockwork-rc2.img) and copy the DeletingEpubGuides.zip on the SD-Card.
5. Power down and insert the SD-Card on the NST.
6. Press the power button for 3 seconds, so that the device boots (you don't have to hold the power button after the 3 seconds)
7. As soon as the display changes to the "CWM logo" screen, push and hold the lower left and the lower right button until the screen changes again. Wait until you see the recovery. Hence, you'll be already booted into Clockworkmod recovery (Button layout: Both Buttons on the left: BACK / Upper button on the right: UP / Lower button on the right: DOWN / n button: SELECT / Power button: TOGGLE DISPLAY).
8. Install through CWM recovery the DeletingEpubGuides.zip update placed on the SD-Card. When you'll read "Done" press power button during 10 second and eject the SD-card.
9. Press power button to turn on the nook to let the devices open commonly.
I've just tested it over my NST v1.1.2 and works without problem.
Best.
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thank you very much, is it working on 1.2.1?
what is the path of the files that are deleted?

borzowsky said:
thank you very much, is it working on 1.2.1?
what is the path of the files that are deleted?
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/system/media/books/

Success! (1.2.1)
borzowsky said:
thank you very much, is it working on 1.2.1?
what is the path of the files that are deleted?
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I'm running 1.2.1, and I found them at /system/assets/userguides/standard/ . (There's also a /glowlight/ folder in the /userguides/ directory, FWIW.)
EDIT: However, deleting them there doesn't seem to remove them from the library. And I can't find the /system/media/books folder. Hmmm...
EDIT AGAIN: Also found them in /data/cloud_assets/books/userguides . Deleting, rebooting, and will report back here if that did it.
LAST EDIT I SWEAR: SUCCESS! Deleting them from all the locations listed above made them vanish from the library.

[Guide] Pre, Rooting and After Defy Mini detailed for beginners

I am beginner too, and i am not a developer for sure. But did many tests with available methods for root, all of it do not work properly for my ROM. And I also tried provable method with ROM, like Orange_Spain. Yes its root is easy and fast and work properly, but my rom is not Orange_Spain .
So i spend a few days to try, test and combined available methods for root my Mini, and i think i find out the universal and safe root method by combined other available methods. And now i believe that combined method is universal for use. Anyway the rooting is a kind of hacking, and when u did something like that, is very possible to received any bugs or to brick the phone. But if u really want to root the Mini, if this method don`t did it for your rom, try it once more time and be sure u did all as is described. Even if this still don`t work properly for your rom, i advice to do not give up, and to try find the solution.
The other reason to post my experience here, is to made one detailed guide, step by step for ppl without any experience about that.
The short version of the guide will be posted at the end of this post.
[THE GUIDE]
I. THE PRE - things u need to do before start the rooting process.
*Make a backup of your Phone, the backup of the files in the sd card is easy. U can also search and download a bunch of software which can did u full backup of your ROM. And once u have the backup save it to ur PC. Or u can find your firmware ROM here. There a lot of firmware ROMs.
*u can check your ROM version, by tap Settings->About the phone and scroll down to "software version". Different ROMs may have a lil bit various menus.
1. Download and install on your PC the following software: - i used random share site and if you don`t trust about my links, u may find the following files and software from other sources.
RDS lite -this is your software necessary to flash
the phone
MotorolaDeviceManager - sotfware drivers for ur Mini.
Minitool Partition Wizard -this is your software (Windows OS) to made an ext partition on sd card.
2. Now download this package
root_xt320 -it is the files shared from user @rootdefyxt320
II. THE ROOT
1. Remove the SIM card. - this is not necessary, it it just in case to not leak ur SIM internet, and to not slow the following procedure in case if u have many contacts on ur SIM.
2. Check do u have fastboot mode on your phone. U can do it by - first - power off the phone and second - press and hold for few seconds both VOL -(minus), VOL+ and POWER buttons. If u have fastboot mode on the screen u will see on the top that inscription - fastboot mode, if u dont have fastboot mode u will seee on the screen one big image of the android cartoon and some open package .
So my rom don`t have fastboot mode, but neither your phone have i it, i advice to execute the following step 3, which main reason is to obtain the fastboot mode but i feel is not only about that. The whole process is explained from point 3. to 3.16. bellow.
3. To do it you must did the method posted by user @rootdefyxt320 in this tread.
I will try to describe the method a lil bit detailed for absolute beginners and a lil bit different step-by-step adapted for my method
It is -
3.1. Power off the phone
3.2. Make a new folder on your PC. Now download MotoAndroidDepacker and SBF-recalc.
3.3. Now, u already must have a backup of ur ROM, by doing it by ur own, like is mentioned at the start of the tread, or u must have already downloaded ur desired firmware ROM from here, anyway the file extension must be .sbf. Check this before to proceed bellow.
3.4. Make a new folder on ur PC, then copy MotorolaAndroidDepacker and ur .SBF ROM (it is mentioned in previous step 3.3.).
3.5. Start MotorolaAndroidDepacker(MAD) by clicking on it icon and select the button 'Open From file', then select the SBF (it is mentioned in previous steps 3.3. and 3.4.)file and open that file. If u r truly beginner, just select ur .sbf file, then press F2 on ur PC keyboard and rename the file to "Bunny.sbf".
3.6. Now on working screen of MAD click on the button 'Split to folder'. After that u must received a new folder in ur main folder, with the same name like the splitted .sbf, but with the word '-extracted' at the end. In example if ur .sbf file which u splited already is named "bunny", then the folder which u will received will be named "bunny-extracted". And i will use that name in following steps of explanation. And this new folder must contain three files - CG2.smg, firmware.hmg and RAMDLD.smg.
3.7. Again select the button 'Open from File' on MAD and change the selection of file type to 'MOTOBLUR mbn image (*CG2.smg)'. And open the CG2.smg file which u received in step 3.6. And hit 'Split to folder' again. Now in ur last current folder, u will received a new folder, named "CG2-extracted".
3.8. Now download these files, posted by user @rootdefyxt320. Unzipped the files, then copy all files and pasted and replaced it in the folder named "CG2-extracted".
3.9. Now on ur still opened MAD, select 'Open Files Folder' and open the folder named "CG2-Extracted" . Hit 'compile file' option. Now in the last current folder named "CG2-extracted" u will received a new folder called "rebuilt". That folder contain a new file named CG2.smg. Now copy that file CG2.smg and the files, named "firmware.hmg" and "RAMDLD.smg" from the folder named "Bunny-extracted", and put all these three files in in the new, fresh folder, named "Final".
3.10. Open SBF-recalc program, and select the button 'Open CG-Folder, and open the folder named "Final".
3.11. Now select 'Create SBF-File' and wait for a moment. After the process ended u will received a new folder in the last current folder which we named "Final". That new folder must contain just one file, named firmware.sbf. Can copy that file in one fresh folder or just on PC desktop. Anyway next step which u need to do is to flash that final "firmware.sbf" to ur phone.
3.12.To do it u need to put the phone in flash mode by pressing and hold both VOL -(minus), CAMERA and POWER buttons.
3.13. Plug in the phone to the PC through your USB cable.
3.14. Start RSDlite. If all is fine on the working screen of the RSDlite u must view the message that prove ur phone is connected to the pc in real. Now using RSDlite open that final "firmware.sbf" file which u received at the end ot the step 3.11
3.15. Press start, and wait until RSDlite flash the phone with the new .sbf file. At the end of the process, on the working screen of RSDlite u may see messages like - "PASS" or "Manually start ur device" or "in processing". Anyway, the important is to check is that in the working screen of the RSDlite the whole process is ended on 100%.
3.16. Now unplug ur phone. And then if ur phone is not powered on, just powered on.
4. Connect ur phone to the the PC via USB.
*NOTE - check if ur phone if is connected to the PC in real. If is not, try these simple steps - u may did that - unplug the phone and did restarts on it. After this if it can not connected again to the PC, do this on PC - right click on "My computer"", then click on "manage" -> device manager->universal serial bus controllers, and then uninstall "composite USB". Restart the PC. Wait until Windows install the drivers in fresh and then plug in ur phone to the USB.
5. On ur phone tap Settings->Applications->Development->tap "USB debugging mode" and pres OK, also check "Stay awake" is on. The first one is necessary and the second one is to not sleep ur screen til the process.
6. Copy .zip file named Update.zip to ur sd card.
7. Copy the folder named "root_xt320". (u must have it if u did this tutorial step-by-step) to the C: of ur PC.
8. On ur Windows PC, go to Start menu, and type cmd. It will prompt to u, the windows command window.
*note if u don`t know what is cmd, and how to use it find any tutorial on the net.
9. On cmd prompt window, navigate to ur PC C: , usually by typing twice the command - cd.. Anyway u need to navigate by cmd window to the folder named root_xt320. Once u r in the C: dir u must type in the cmd prompt the comand - cd root_xt320. Once u are in the root_xt320 on the cmd u must did the following steps - 10 and 11.
10. On cmd, type - adb reboot-bootloader and wait until ur phone load in fastboot mode.
11. After this, on cmd, type - fastboot boot recovery.img
*NOTE - if u dont understand this, go and watch that video from 24 minute to 27 minute.
12. Now, on ur phone screen must appear the menu, which offer u some option. U must navigate up or down, by presing VOl- or VOL+ buttons on the phone.
13. Navigate to "install zip from sdcard" and install it, probably the button for execute will be the POWER button
14.Then u will see menu with "choose zip from sd card". select it and execute by pressing POWER button
15. Navigate to "yes instal update.zip" and execute.
16. Navigate to "Yes - install fix root" and execute.
17. Use back button on ur phone, navigate to "reboot", and execute.
18. Now ur phone is rooted, go to the apps, u must see a new app, named "Superuser".
*NOTE - if u don`t understand how to do it, read this post.
19. Unplug the phone from USB.
20. Now, in case u r removed ur SIM in the first step, just install it on the Phone.
Now connect ur phone, start via USB.
Now on ur PC, start MiniTool Partition Wizard program. Go in youtube and find out tutorial, how this progam work The important thing u must know is what is the version of android ROM on ur phone. U can check your ROM version, by tap Settings->About the phone and scroll down to "software version". Then go to wiki here to understand what is the name or ur version. If is it a Gingerbread u must did the ext part via MiniTool Partition Wizard on ur sd card as ext4. For other android version, i don`t guaranteed.
And after u made a ext partition on ur sd card u can proceed bellow.
II. THE AFTER
*This is the most tricky part for me. And what we must to do:
After the successful root in the previous section, the first u need to do is:
1. Connect the phone through Wi-fi. Log on Google Play store, and find and install the app, named "link2sd". After its done, turn off the Wi-fi connection.
2. Start Link2sd, follow instructions - if all is fine it will do reboot on ur phone.
*If u can`t understand this, find a tutorials how to use Link2sd on the web.
2.2. After the restart, navigate on ur android and start Link2sd again.
3. Now start WI-fi and go in Google Play store, and wait. Wait until u received a huge Google Play services app on ur internal memory.
3.1. Now turn off ur WI-fi, and on ur phone tap Settins->Manage Apps->Google Play services and then uninstall it.
3.2.And it must not appear on ur internal, or even on ur phone, anymore. But u can still use Google play store without problems.
3.3. Now u can turn on ur WI-fi.
4. Now using Link2sd, we need to linked the apps to the sd. On Link2sd menus, use to show apps in internal memory first, and then apps with largest size. This will show the largest apps using internal memory, and we need to move them.
5. So, now tap on the desired app, and then tap on "link to SD card". Probably u will get the window which tell u the process is failed, but don`t worry. Now tap -> previous, and using Link2sd options, find out the section called "Clean up the 2nd partition", tap on and clear it.
Now u must repeat this for every app that u want to link to sd card.
After u finish with all ur desired apps, reboot the phone.
The apps, will still use some part of the internal memory, but a very less than before.
Personally, after i did and all above, i got used internal memory, just about 25MB.,
6. I advice to non check auto link new apps in ur Link2sd Settings. Just after download a new app,check if it can be moved to sd card. If can not, link it to sd as it is described in point 5. above.
7. After all u can move to sd card the our main app Link2sd, just using ->Manage apps->Link2sd->Move to SD.
And as final, after i did my guide, i installed, uninstalled new apps, did many restarts of the phone, and it still to be stable and apps working fine. And Google play services don`t appear anymore, but u can continue use Google Play store to install and use apps.
8. Now u can start to freeze or uninstall apps, using Link2sd at ur own risc.
IV. IN ADDITION
That i did not figure out it is how to and if it`s possible to link the apps cache to the sd card.
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[THE SHORT GUIDE]
I. THE PRE - things u need to do before start the rooting process.
*Make a backup of your Phone, or u can find your firmware ROM here. *
II. THE ROOT
1. Remove the SIM card. -
2. To get new .SBF with fastboot for ur original ROM use the method posted by user @rootdefyxt320 in this tread.
3. Connect ur phone to the the PC via USB.
4. On ur phone tap Settings->Applications->Development->tap "USB debugging mode" and pres OK, also check "Stay awake" is on.
5. Copy .zip file named Update.zip from folder named root_xt320 to ur sd card.
6. Copy the folder named "root_xt320" to the C: of ur PC.
7. On ur Windows PC, start CMD console
8. Using CMD, navigate to root_xt320 foldel
10. On cmd, type - adb reboot-bootloader and wait until ur phone load in fastboot mode.
11. After this, on cmd, type - fastboot boot recovery.img
12. Now, on ur phone screen must appear the menu, which offer u some option. U must navigate up or down, by presing VOl- or VOL+ buttons on the phone.
13. Navigate to "install zip from sdcard" and install it, probably the button for execute will be the POWER button
14.Then u will see menu with "choose zip from sd card". select it and execute by pressing POWER button
15. Navigate to "yes instal update.zip" and execute.
16. Navigate to "Yes - install fix root" and execute.
17. Use back button on ur phone, navigate to "reboot", and execute.
18. Now ur phone is rooted, go to the apps, u must see a new app, named "Superuser".
19. Unplug the phone from USB.
20. Now, in case u r removed ur SIM in the first step, just install it on the Phone.
Now connect ur phone, start via USB.
Now on ur PC, start MiniTool Partition Wizard program. If is it a Gingerbread u must did the ext part via MiniTool Partition Wizard on ur sd card as ext4. For other android version, check on the next in what ext must be formated.
And after u made a ext partition on ur sd card u can proceed bellow.
II. THE AFTER
1. Connect the phone through Wi-fi. Log on Google Play store, and find and install the app, named "link2sd". After its done, turn off the Wi-fi connection.
2. Start Link2sd, follow instructions - if all is fine it will do reboot on ur phone.
2.2. After the restart, navigate on ur android and start Link2sd again.
3. Now start WI-fi and go in Google Play store, and wait. Wait until u received a huge Google Play services app on ur internal memory.
3.1. Now turn off ur WI-fi, and on ur phone tap Settins->Manage Apps->Google Play services and then uninstall it.
3.2.And it must not appear on ur internal, or even on ur phone, anymore. But u can still use Google play store without problems.
3.3. Now u can turn on ur WI-fi.
4. Now using Link2sd, we need to linked the apps to the sd. On Link2sd menus, use to show apps in internal memory first, and then apps with largest size. This will show the largest apps using internal memory, and we need to move them.
5. So, now tap on the desired app, and then tap on "link to SD card". Probably u will get the window which tell u the process is failed, but don`t worry. Now tap -> previous, and using Link2sd options, find out the section called "Clean up the 2nd partition", tap on and clear it.
Now u must repeat this for every app that u want to link to sd card.
After u finish with all ur desired apps, reboot the phone.
The apps, will still use some part of the internal memory, but a very less than before.
Personally, after i did and all above, i got used internal memory, just about 25MB.,
6. After all u can move to sd card the our main app Link2sd, just using ->Manage apps->Link2sd->Move to SD.

Framaroot doesn't work? Motorola Defy Mini is in the Supported devices list.

androidtester80 said:
Framaroot doesn't work? Motorola Defy Mini is in the Supported devices list.
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I don`t know, i don`t tested that. I rooted my phone sucefully and aps and phone still working without problem. So don`t need to use other methods atm

can't move apps: what i did wrong?
hi!
this is a very nice tutorial, thank you. i done root as you described, but something went south.
root is ok, superuser apk is at its place, but i can't get rid of old apps.
when i use link2sd, i keep getting errors. tried several options of creating partition on sd card, ext4, fat32, no good. i tried to use app master, that was working nicely on my prestigio pap4044duo. app master is working fine, system is notifying about root access granted, everything cool but one small thing. after the process of moving system app (i.e. facebook or office) is finished, and app master shows no errors, that dear system app is still there like nothing happened.
any ideas?
tnx