Hi guys, I have a massive itch, I am badly in need of memory and I am sick of a2sd, so the obvious route is alpharev. But i am bricking it Just expecting a kid right now and I can just see me gal saying "go right ahead, your infernal meddling has ruined a perfectly good phone, but no matter take £300 n git a newun!" Mmmmm...??
Anyway, just wanted to hear from some people who have bricked using alpharev (to see how many have) and if there is any way back after said bricking. I've heard you can't.
That's it, thanx in advance!
It's basically impossible to brick your device if you follow the instructions, which are very simple
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It's basically impossible to brick your device if you follow the instructions, which are very simple
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This.
Also you should change the thread name which is kinda confusing...
A description of your problem doesn't exist so nobody will be able to help you.
I never heard or read from someone who bricked his phone using alpharev. And if your phone is bricked it would not react anymore (as if it would be dead.
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I'm not asking for help. Just interested in other peoples experience. I'm temped, but cautious as like I said, it's a mistake I cannot afford to rectifiy at the moment. So really all I wouldlike to know is if it had happened to others how they solved it or not.
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Hboot is the ultimate base for your phone. By using alpharev/revolutionary this gets 'updated'. If there something goes wrong, your phone is completely bricked. And there is absolutely no so solution for this. Your desire is then nothing more than an expensive paperweight.
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However, in order for it to go wrong, the flash itself must go wrong. So a problem anywhere else along the process won't cause these kinds of problems. And because the flash of the bootloader is done by the old bootloader, the only way this can go wrong is, if you pull the battery half way through.
That will cause a serious brick though(you will never even see your screen turn on again) and that you won't recover from.
Thanx for the replys. I fully expected that sort of response about fixing the brick. Oh well. But have you guys heard of this ever happening, apart from the unlikely event of interrupted flash due to battery on laptop or phone being dead. Any stories about "alpharev ate my desire, killed my hamster & broke my toe!"
Just wondering
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Nope don't think anyone has ever bricked a device doing it my friend
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Please do read my post again...
The way this is done(and the way the bootsystem on those phones work), there is no way other than a bad bootloader flash that will actually brick your phone. And a bad bootloader flash only occurs, as i already told you, if you interrupt it by pulling the battery mid-way(pulling the plug or the computer-battery shouldn't even do it as the flash itself is done entirely by the phone). So no there is NO ONE who used alpharev as intended, who have ended up with a bricked phone.
You might see a few "brick" stories though, which is essentially just bootloops happening to people unaware how their phone work and how to fix such simple problems.
Thanx people, put my mind at ease about doing this.
Sorry, but I'm gonna ask a thick question. You mentioned bootloop and the simple fix. Er... I just take out the battery. Is that the simple fix?
PS would you use the live Linux CD or live USB. My gut tells me to use USB. But I've had a few curries recently and I don't know if I trust it all that much.
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I used the live CD and it worked without a hitch.
And bootlooping can't be fixed by removing the battery, because next time you turn it on, you'll bootloop again.
I've had one bootloop with my phone and it was fixed by just reflashing my current ROM, so I'm not too experienced with these things.
Bootloop is not a brick in any means, in fact it's 1 of the easiest things to fix.
Wipe/Factory Reset and reflash.
Thats why i want to kill people which creating threads like "HELP BRICKED MY PHONE !!!1111oneneone" and then inside i see "i'm stuck on htc logo!"
Yeah, a real brick would mean your phone is completely dead and nothing more than an expensive paperweight.
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Dont use alpharev..
Alpharev have joined forces to come up with some epic software
Go here
http://revolutionary.io/
I am also a n00b when it comes to Android. I have decided after using almost 1 year my desire to root and s-off my phone. I always look for the detailed and visual tutorials and if you follow everything step by step it is hardly impossible to brick anything. (I have also flashed my navi, PSP and Wii before) I have used this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084and followed the videos and steps. The only thing I have to do now is to apply a custom rom on it.
You'll have no worries if you follow these steps.
don1bong said:
Alpharev have joined forces to come up with some epic software
Go here
revolutionary.io
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thats absolutly right! this new tool did a great job for me recently (wildfire)
but the "old" alpharev.iso is doing a good job, too!
i had no probs one year ago - this livedisc is almost foolproof (if you dont touch batteries or powercables) - just follow the instructions
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Hi guys and gals
My mate got his HTC Desire about 4 days ago, he wasted no time in trying to root it but seems to have fu**ed up. According to his own words:
"I did the unlocker method (made the gold card), got into the boot loader but upon loading the custom and reboot I lost the screen. phone still works but no display, I am still trying various recoveries"
Has anyone had (or know of) any similar experiences? I been thinking about rooting my Desire but now I'm worried...not had mine long either.
Thanks!
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Hi guys and gals
My mate got his HTC Desire about 4 days ago, he wasted no time in trying to root it but seems to have fu**ed up. According to his own words:
"I did the unlocker method (made the gold card), got into the boot loader but upon loading the custom and reboot I lost the screen. phone still works but no display, I am still trying various recoveries"
Has anyone had (or know of) any similar experiences? I been thinking about rooting my Desire but now I'm worried...not had mine long either.
Thanks!
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sounds like your mate has an slcd screen and tried to downgrade his device too an incompatible hboot (f it doesn't mention amoled on the box you have slcd). this is completely recoverable. although a little tricky - see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=748498&highlight=brick
Cheers!
Thanks debully,
Will pass on your comments to my mate.
I must say tho, his experience has sort of freaked me out a bit. I am looking to root my Desire (I wanna be able to connect with a Wii controller) but am feeling a bit aprehensive now...
Go for it man.. I just bought my telus desire last tuesday and by the end of thursday I had rooted and flashed LeeDroid to it.. and havent looked back since. While some of the instructions may seem complicated, once you actually do it, it's really quite easy. I originally used unrevoked without the SLCD support, and it still works, just shows a black screen when doing the updates. Earlier today I re-flashed unrevoked with the SLCD support and switched to Cyanogen 6 RC2, and it was a walk in the park! The advanages of the custom ROMS (and 2.2) far outweigh the chance of a scare. And if you still feel aprahensible about it, just check out the howardforums.com telus HSPA forums, there is a post with a REALLY easy walkthrough, and several success stories for our specific model of the phone.
Thanks mikeandjaimie
i'm gonna go ahead and be a lazy bas**rd, could you please provide a link to this forum u speak of?
Thanks!
try to avoid over the air upgrades to froyo as this throws a nasty spanner in the works should you wish to get root afterwards. Lots of screen presses on a blank screen - not for the faint hearted. Stick with 2.1 and its quite a bit easier to root, then upgrade to froyo via a custom rom.
I only know this because I did an OTA update within minutes of getting out of the box, only to find that this has practically ruined my chances of rooting my device, for the time being at least, until some bright bugger finds a reasonable way round it.
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try to avoid over the air upgrades to froyo as this throws a nasty spanner in the works should you wish to get root afterwards. Lots of screen presses on a blank screen - not for the faint hearted. Stick with 2.1 and its quite a bit easier to root, then upgrade to froyo via a custom rom.
I only know this because I did an OTA update within minutes of getting out of the box, only to find that this has practically ruined my chances of rooting my device, for the time being at least, until some bright bugger finds a reasonable way round it.
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I hear you mate. I updated my Android OS to Froyo 2.2 almost on the same day I got the phone. However there are some guides on how to downgrade your Android OS to 0.83 or lower before rooting it so I'll be giving it a try shortly.
Please let me know how you get on and save the links to the guides you use - if you don't mind.
Good luck
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and I'm new to this android stuff, completely. So I was wondering what kinda mods can I do to this phone and what should I do to it.
You should root it and apply a bunch of roms in the development section to see which one you like. Almost all of the roms have none of the bloatware that your provider demands your phone have on it, and some of them have custom looks to fit your aesthetic needs. More importantly, most of the roms will be easier on the battery of your phone, so you don't have to plug it in every 4 hours.
A good question is are you use to the process of modifying your phone?
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You should root it and apply a bunch of roms in the development section to see which one you like. Almost all of the roms have none of the bloatware that your provider demands your phone have on it, and some of them have custom looks to fit your aesthetic needs. More importantly, most of the roms will be easier on the battery of your phone, so you don't have to plug it in every 4 hours.
A good question is are you use to the process of modifying your phone?
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nope. I've never modified a phone before. Which is why I'm so interested in doing so now since I have a good phone lol. How do I "root" my phone n all that..
You're right. You do have a kick ass phone and you should take full control of it and do what you like to it, since you bought it.
The method I used to root my phone is an older method, which is posted at the top of this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837315
Watch it SEVERAL times before trying. People say their root didn't complete, but let me tell you, the battery pull is oh so necessary.
After that, go into the development section to start flashing roms. Each rom comes with instructions to flash, but they're basically all the same.
My suggestion would be to wait until you have familiarized yourself with this forum and Read until you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. HERES A GOOD PLACE TO START. Its really easy to mess up your "good" phone doing stuff to it that you don't fully understand.
While the root method suggested above by enserio has worked and I my self used Visionary to root (not with this video though), it has caused so many bricked bootloops I can even guess a number, by far the most risky way to root. It is the least technical way, but with the most dangers. Hope you can afford to buy a new phone because your taking a big gamble rooting this way.
The method I recommend and anyone who has been in this forum long enough to know better would be HERE XDA WIKI, it uses Rage to temp root then Gfree to permroot. This is the safest way to root your phone, even if you mess up more than likely your phone will survive. This requires some technical knowledge but you can gain this by reading and searching and looking for tutorial videos on how to use ADB. Plus the skills learned would be indispensable.
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You're right. You do have a kick ass phone and you should take full control of it and do what you like to it, since you bought it.
The method I used to root my phone is an older method, which is posted at the top of this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837315
Watch it SEVERAL times before trying. People say their root didn't complete, but let me tell you, the battery pull is oh so necessary.
After that, go into the development section to start flashing roms. Each rom comes with instructions to flash, but they're basically all the same.
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I read someone on the forum got their phone bricked from some method.. My phone won't be harmed will it??
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My suggestion would be to wait until you have familiarized yourself with this forum and Read until you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. HERES A GOOD PLACE TO START. Its really easy to mess up your "good" phone doing stuff to it that you don't fully understand.
While the root method suggested above by enserio has worked and I my self used Visionary to root (not with this video though), it has caused so many bricked bootloops I can even guess a number, by far the most risky way to root. It is the least technical way, but with the most dangers. Hope you can afford to buy a new phone because your taking a big gamble rooting this way.
The method I recommend and anyone who has been in this forum long enough to know better would be HERE XDA WIKI, it uses Rage to temp root then Gfree to permroot. This is the safest way to root your phone, even if you mess up more than likely your phone will survive. This requires some technical knowledge but you can gain this by reading and searching and looking for tutorial videos on how to use ADB. Plus the skills learned would be indispensable.
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awesome. thanks, I start studying n looking into all this now.
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I read someone on the forum got their phone bricked from some method.. My phone won't be harmed will it??
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if you screw up, it will.
also, rooting and installing custom roms does not at all mean better battery life.
it varies greatly depending upon what you use the phone for and how often you use it.
I, in fact, have LOST a lot of battery life since rooting, because I have been using it more than I would if I hadn't rooted/installed custom roms.
my suggestion:
play with the phone as it came from the factory, read around here and see if there is any functionality you could gain from modding/rooting/custom roms, and go from there.
*sigh*
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huhhhhh said:
I read someone on the forum got their phone bricked from some method.. My phone won't be harmed will it??
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Most of the bricks came from the Visionary method; as stated above, the best/safest means to root is in the wiki, that's the method the guys/gals who found the exploit created.
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Most of the bricks came from the Visionary method; as stated above, the best/safest means to root is in the wiki, that's the method the guys/gals who found the exploit created.
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That's not to say that there aren't other ways to brick your phone. Someone messing around in things they don't understand can easily turn your G2 into a paperweight. Its always just a safe rule to research first
Grats on the phone.
I lurked on here and read for a few weeks to make sure I had a full understanding before attempting anything.
Since doing lots based off of the dev forums I've been extremely happy. Just be careful and do your due diligence and you should be fine as long as your halfway technically inclined.
Sent my phone in for repair. I installed a ROM I downloaded from ROM Manager that I didn't verify, dumb I know. The phone is 100% unresponsive, tried everything. When plugged into my computer the only trace of it is when I looked it up in device manager, it appears as some random device. So, my question is, will Samsung be able to look at the software for evidence of rooting? Is there anything I should/should not tell them? Are there any common problems I can stear them towards to avoid suspicion?
I sent a Galaxy Europa back after flashing the wrong recovery (Oops!) and they replaced it.
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just take it in and say "I tried to turn it on this morning and it didn't turn on".... act really dumb... they can't tell a difference if its a true brick
I've returned my glacier that was rooted and didn't even brick it, just returned to factory with s back on and they happily warranty replaced with no issues...
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just take it in and say "I tried to turn it on this morning and it didn't turn on".... act really dumb... they can't tell a difference if its a true brick
I've returned my glacier that was rooted and didn't even brick it, just returned to factory with s back on and they happily warranty replaced with no issues...
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The Glacier didn't have a flash counter though. I've heard some people get lucky and others don't. It's entirely luck of the draw.
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Got a new phone
They sent a replacement. I told them it was stalling a lot, then I found it turned off in my pocket and it never came back to life.
I think my rooting days are over. It is very cool, but unlike with my iPhone, it is not really necessary. Plus, if I brick it again they will surely dig a little deeper.
***FYI*** DO NOT TRUST THAT A ROM IN ROM MANAGER IS ACTUALLY FOR YOUR PHONE. I found that out the hard way. Should of checked, I'm an ass.
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They sent a replacement. I told them it was stalling a lot, then I found it turned off in my pocket and it never came back to life.
I think my rooting days are over. It is very cool, but unlike with my iPhone, it is not really necessary. Plus, if I brick it again they will surely dig a little deeper.
***FYI*** DO NOT TRUST THAT A ROM IN ROM MANAGER IS ACTUALLY FOR YOUR PHONE. I found that out the hard way. Should of checked, I'm an ass.
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If you have an android device and you want to get the most out of it then rooting is a must. iOS is too user friendly and has its pros over android. Just be careful with what you download and follow the guides available. Do that an you will never experience a brick. I've rooted an HTC Leo, HTC Magic, HTC Glacier, LG Optimus V, and the Hercules and have not experienced a single brick following the guides here on xda
I think he should stick to the iPhone.
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My little brother bricked his while trying to root it. i ended up sending it off to mobiletechvideos and they were able to fix it quickly. I paid 70 bucks for the repair and expedited shipping. Well worth it.
Have been around for a while now, and my best advice is leave your phone as it is out of the box. If you are not a developer or you know what you are doing. Rooting your phone can get expensive since you give up all warranty on software you also hand htc a reason to not help you if they have a hardware issue. Every little thing can be blamed on software even dead pixels. I just bought a one x it is now back at the shop as DOA, and I will receive a new phone. If I had rooted that device be damb sure they would have pinned me with a bill for the work. So I will not root my one x before I know that there is no bugs screen errors speakers or any other hardware faults in it. Rooting just ain't worth it if want too use the phone on a daily basis
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I have rooted some phones over the years and I personally prefer to leave stock as well. I am not worried about warrantee since software can be reflashed and never had a tech sweat that so much as to hold bad software against me. It's an easy fix and anything easy to fix is easy points on their repair exchange ratio. Any tech blaming bad pixels on software makes me wonder.
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I know it is idiotic too blame dead pixels on software. But I have two htc phones that has dead pixels and I don't get a new screen cause they are rooted this is one of them. Further this phone reboots randomly and I can't seem get rid of it with different roms. And a tech told me that there is a hardware bug in the motherboard of the phone, but I can not get it fixed cause the phone is unlocked... No regret tho cause I love this phone and playing around with it are fun :-D But it will not ever be my day to day phone, and that is why I wrote this. Unlocking and rooting it might render the phone into a toy and not a reliable phone
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Have been around for a while now, and my best advice is leave your phone as it is out of the box. If you are not a developer or you know what you are doing. Rooting your phone can get expensive since you give up all warranty on software you also hand htc a reason to not help you if they have a hardware issue. Every little thing can be blamed on software even dead pixels. I just bought a one x it is now back at the shop as DOA, and I will receive a new phone. If I had rooted that device be damb sure they would have pinned me with a bill for the work. So I will not root my one x before I know that there is no bugs screen errors speakers or any other hardware faults in it. Rooting just ain't worth it if want too use the phone on a daily basis
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No your post is stupid. You can unroot your device before you send it in. Rooting is easy as **** and makes your phone better
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Og silly me, I forgot that you can lock your phone after you have unlocked it with htc dev
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ian1 said:
No your post is stupid. You can unroot your device before you send it in. Rooting is easy as **** and makes your phone better
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Nothing stupid about his post at all, when you relock the phone they know anyway!
ian1 said:
No your post is stupid. You can unroot your device before you send it in. Rooting is easy as **** and makes your phone better
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No, your post is stupid. Do some research on bootloader unlocking then edit your post.
ian1 said:
No your post is stupid. You can unroot your device before you send it in. Rooting is easy as **** and makes your phone better
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You can NOT unroot your phone...
srashedian said:
You can NOT unroot your phone...
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Technically you can, you can relock the bootloader, this will unroot the phone, however it will leave you with a phone that has a "relocked bootloader" which means what is says, not that it's still rooted.
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Technically you can, you can relock the bootloader, this will unroot the phone, however it will leave you with a phone that has a "relocked bootloader" which means what is says, not that it's still rooted.
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Thank you, Yes, that is what I meant (You can not return your phone to factory default situation to get warranty)
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Og silly me, I forgot that you can lock your phone after you have unlocked it with htc dev
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After locking boot-loader it will show "RE-LOCK" not lock, so you can't get warranty by simply re-locking your phone again... And you're right, you shouldn't unlock-root your phone unless you are completely satisfied with the device itself, and even after that rooting is a dangerous procedure (although it is easy to do)
Hence why it is better to wait for S-OFF.
However it's a risk and individuals have to decide whether the risk is worth taking or not to unlock via HTC Dev.
I took the risk and all is fine, no HW issues to speak off if anything happens in the future I full well know that I took the risk and will have to take the gamble on whether warranty gets honored or not. Touch wood I have no problems but with technology anything can go wrong anytime.
I think its down to the individual. If the extra cost of repairs is not thing you can afford then maybe stay away. Most of of us are on here because we like to play around with our tech and rooting is one way to customise it so its worth the risk. Even with unrooting technically being easy to spot.
I see too many in here, that actually breaks the phone. I can afford breaking my phone, but when it comes down to my day to day phone. I really need it too be just that a phone, and flashing it always brings me more hassle.
And one x is still fresh of the block, and those I know have had to return the phone at least one time. So unlocking this phone is more of a gamble than a older brand that has been around for a while.
I am not looking at developers and people that are used to unlocking and fiddling, but at those that are new to this.
The warning that you break the warranty is real. And after you have stepped over that line there is no way back.
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I see too many in here, that actually breaks the phone. I can afford breaking my phone, but when it comes down to my day to day phone. I really need it too be just that a phone, and flashing it always brings me more hassle.
And one x is still fresh of the block, and those I know have had to return the phone at least one time. So unlocking this phone is more of a gamble than a older brand that has been around for a while.
I am not looking at developers and people that are used to unlocking and fiddling, but at those that are new to this.
The warning that you break the warranty is real. And after you have stepped over that line there is no way back.
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There are several people here who have gotten their phone fixed under warranty even though their phones have been re locked. As long as you return it to stock I don't see why HTC shouldn't fix your phone, given that you haven't caused the problem.
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LOL, really？ coming on xda without any itentions of rooting...that s kinda weird to me...my friend who dont wanna root, have never ever came on xda, even when i told them how good it is.
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Kevin Ma said:
LOL, really？ coming on xda without any itentions of rooting...that s kinda weird to me...my friend who dont wanna root, have never ever came on xda, even when i told them how good it is.
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Heh there is more on this site than just rooting your phone. ;-) it is actually a very good site too find out what is coming look at beats among other. Why do you think beats are added to the one x? I have been on Unix systems since I was twelve, and done kernel work. So being able to see android form is fascinating. And maybe your friends just don't want to know how it works, just as long as it works.
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All the OP did was warn us. He said if you ain't a developer don't . His subjective opinion. I ain't a developer but I still root every phone I own and that is a lot. I am comfortable with ADB and fast boot. Someone else like me will disregard this post.
The most the OP will do is scare off a new comer from rooting. Whether this is good or bad is unknown. He may have well just prevent two "help I've bricked my phone" posts or on the flip side prevented the next Chainfire from being realized.
I can't say I disapprove with the entire post but a few elements shouldn't be added. Remember this is a tech site. Saying not to for anything unless its proven to be harmful goes against what XDA stands for.
Just try and be more responsible when you post. Not everyone is savvy. People do come here to learn.
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All the OP did was warn us. He said if you ain't a developer don't . His subjective opinion. I ain't a developer but I still root every phone I own and that is a lot. I am comfortable with ADB and fast boot. Someone else like me will disregard this post.
The most the OP will do is scare off a new comer from rooting. Whether this is good or bad is unknown. He may have well just prevent two "help I've bricked my phone" posts or on the flip side prevented the next Chainfire from being realized.
I can't say I disapprove with the entire post but a few elements shouldn't be added. Remember this is a tech site. Saying not to for anything unless its proven to be harmful goes against what XDA stands for.
Just try and be more responsible when you post. Not everyone is savvy. People do come here to learn.
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I second that.
Its always good to test out the phone thoroughly before you root the phone. Rooting is not difficult..if done right it can really help you get the most out of your device.
I think that Android phone with out ROOT is very stupid.
1) The simplest proof of this - the inability to remove unneeded applications.
2) Your GPS is bad because of an incorrect region. And you can solve it in two ways. ROOT or RST Phone(+about 8 thousands of rubles)
3) Android without ROOT is the same as Windows without the system administrator)
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I think that Android phone with out ROOT is very stupid.
1) The simplest proof of this - the inability to remove unneeded applications.
2) Your GPS is bad because of an incorrect region. And you can solve it in two ways. ROOT or RST Phone(+about 8 thousands of rubles)
3) Android without ROOT is the same as Windows without the system administrator)
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lol, just so u know though, ios doesnt let u install all of the stuff as well, say for on android, at least AFTER.i root, i can unstall htc locations and stocks..but even after you jailbreak, uninstalling system apps is a lain in the ass.
for ios users, jailbreaking doesnt make as much difference as it does when rooting on android
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So i've been searching the whole day without any luck. Got some related problems and tried their solutions but neither of them are working.
I Got the HTC desire HD with the NIX Rom. Everything went pretty good untill last saturday when my phone just died. I took out the battery and reboot it. Everything seemed to be ok and i didn't worried much. Then my phone died again without any causable reason.
I couldn't charge it anymore and i thought that my phone just died..
I found a alternate battery in the neighbourhood which I could try and my phone worked again. I thought that all the problems were gone. But when i tried to charge my phone the battery was 100% it just drained it. My phone gets really hot and i dont figure out why this is happening.
I cleared everything davik cache, battery stats, factory reset everthing, even with a new rom installed i dont get it to worl properly. The battery aint broke because i got a charger where you can take out the battery and charge it individually.
Anyone got some suggestions?
Seems really odd..
Most likely a hardware fault, but try flashing something 100% rock solid, like CM7 if your battery can charge..
Bad charger, bad cable, or bad micro USB port. Possibly dirt in connector.
1. Try a different charger and cable. Try charging with phone off.
If that doesn't work
2. Try to examine/clean micro USB port on phone.
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It wont charge even when the phone is turned off.
Already gave a new software update. Updated it towards SVHD Rom.
When the cable is in, i can see the Statusbar go up and down, just like when it normally charges, but it's draining im down. Already tried several cables/chargers etc. I was hoping that some of u can give me some explanation for this. It just happend at one moment...
When i connect it on my laptop no problems what so ever, only draining, but i can transfer files etc..
Flash something 100% rock solid, it could be a issue with Sense 4?
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Already tried a rock steady Revolution android 2.3.2 version. And before i was running NIX his rom and i didnt have any problems.. I didnt download any apps or so which could be a reason.. Anyone ?
Try a ruu. If that doesn't fix it, the charging circuit in the phone might be failing.
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What is a ruu?
An official RUU(rom update utility) from HTC or your carrier for your phone. You need to relock bootloader and possibly revert your cid back to stock first though. If you are already s-off this is easy and can be undone after you install the ruu. You will not lose s-off.
This may work for you:
http://hotfile.com/dl/145187852/ad9...0.25_26.09.04.11_M2_release_186075_signed.exe
Run from pc with phone connected after relocking. Again you may have to change your cid to match this carrier. Or you can go to the website of the carrier branded on your phone and download their ruu. If you have a modified cid, you still might need to change it back to stock.
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Allright, i really want to try it!
The only thing is that im a kinda newbie. Could you please explain me a bit more like, tools, processes etc? Like how can i relock bootloader?
And cid etc?
And this process gives me the opportunity to charge my phone normally right..
You need to read the stickies in the DHD android development thread. All answers are in there. Since you are new, this is a good opportunity for you to learn a lot regarding your DHD and other basic android/htc stuff for the future.
There is a cid app in the play store that will show you your current cid. There is also a fastboot command that will do the same. If you are s-off, changing cid is just one command line, and relockubg bootloader is just as easy. If you are not s-off already, you might as well start there.
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c5satellite2 said:
You need to read the stickies in the DHD android development thread. All answers are in there. Since you are new, this is a good opportunity for you to learn a lot regarding your DHD and other basic android/htc stuff for the future.
There is a cid app in the play store that will show you your current cid. There is also a fastboot command that will do the same. If you are s-off, changing cid is just one command line, and relockubg bootloader is just as easy. If you are not s-off already, you might as well start there.
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I saw the sticky a few seconds ago. A lot of new terms that im not familiar with. I will give it a try. But it's sure that this will resolve my problem with the battery drain?
No, it is not sure, but is the next step in troubleshooting.
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This afternoon i wanted to start with it, but i cant find the topic anywhere, i've read it before around 3 but i cant find it right now.
Are you people out of your mind??
If 2 stable ROMS didn't work why should he even bother flashing RUU?
Something must be wrong with phone's power circuit, but since you've got external charger, you can just keep using it and be happy, lol
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Are you people out of your mind??
If 2 stable ROMS didn't work why should he even bother flashing RUU?
Something must be wrong with phone's power circuit, but since you've got external charger, you can just keep using it and be happy, lol
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Hahaha nice reaction!.
I found i quite strange because whenever i put the cable in, the light goes on that it's charging + the battery on the phone is also indicating that it's charging after a few minutes my phone's get really hot, temperatures rizes to around 35 /40 degrees and is draining fast.
I think i will use this phone a little longer, is it possible that is is caused by an car charger?