I've got a desire that i'm trying to get s-off, used alpharev but it fails, looking into it turns out i need to be using a stock RUU, however i have no idea which one or where to get it from can anyone help me out please? im on Orange Uk, hboot 0.93, and radio 5.17.05.23. the RUU updater wont update me because im on version 1.29 and its trying to update to 1.21.
Can someone please point me in the right direction please?
Thanks Dave
http://shipped-roms.com/
try this or try the magic search forums button!
stock gingerbread is probably the best to jump up to
debrands and updates everything but can still be hacked by revolutionary.io
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HI all,
I'm new here.
I've been caught up with the VF screw up!!
I've heard its not possible to de-brand or root after the VF update, is this true? if it can, please point me in the right direction
Been told this is the place to ask!
Thanks
Hi,
New to this the rooting / flashing business and in exactly the same boat as Mr Maz.
I would like to get froyo on to my voda desire after its received the voda 360 add ons!!!
Appreciate any help from the experts on here!
Thanks
Anyone able to help?
Mr_Maz said:
Anyone able to help?
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Rooting is possible. I acheived it using unrevoked but flashing roms and just about anything else seems to be impossible!
Wrong. All you have to do is to get rid of the Bootloader. I used the "old" r6-... root method and had a rooted 1.15 after that. Then I wanted to use the 1.21 RUU... I use Win7 x64 and always get the error 170 on the first try, so I have to start the RUUs twice. The first starts, shows me that I have 1.15 and went to the grey htc logo. It then gets the timeout while "Waiting for Bootloader" (error 170) and breaks. The second launch of the RUU is detecting the device and tries to update. But suddenly it showed that I have the 1.24 VF version! And the RUU stated that I cannot "downgrade".
End of the Story was I did the HBOOT 0.75 downgrade with my already installed rooted 1.15. After that the RUU always said I have the 1.15 and updated the 1.21 fine. Now I have a 1.21 stock rom on my former VF branded Desire and the internal updater says that my phone is up to date... but that is another story.
I assume that using the PB99IMG.zip method for downgrading the 0.92 HBOOT of the FroYo update to 0.80 would have helped in this case too... (speculation).
RocketChef said:
Wrong. All you have to do is to get rid of the Bootloader. I used the "old" r6-... root method and had a rooted 1.15 after that. Then I wanted to use the 1.21 RUU... I use Win7 x64 and always get the error 170 on the first try, so I have to start the RUUs twice. The first starts, shows me that I have 1.15 and went to the grey htc logo. It then gets the timeout while "Waiting for Bootloader" (error 170) and breaks. The second launch of the RUU is detecting the device and tries to update. But suddenly it showed that I have the 1.24 VF version! And the RUU stated that I cannot "downgrade".
End of the Story was I did the HBOOT 0.75 downgrade with my already installed rooted 1.15. After that the RUU always said I have the 1.15 and updated the 1.21 fine. Now I have a 1.21 stock rom on my former VF branded Desire and the internal updater says that my phone is up to date... but that is another story.
I assume that using the PB99IMG.zip method for downgrading the 0.92 HBOOT of the FroYo update to 0.80 would have helped in this case too... (speculation).
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Could you post a step by step guide to do this as I have been caught with VK OTA udate to 1.24 but have never 'rooted' anything. Can you confirm ut works when the 1.24 software is installed.
Sounds promising, just need a guide on how to do it please!
Thanks,
Hi.
Another Voda UK user here.
I previously rooted my Magic by following the guides here but can't seem to get my head round the Desire rooting.
I have HBOOT 0.83 with the latest Vodafone 1.24 software version.
I have downloaded the latest unrevoked and have been close to running it a coupe of times. Was going to flash the AmonRA recovery as that's what I was used to on the Magic.
On the magic it was just a case of running the update zip on the SD from recovery to flsah a new ROM.
Am I missing something with the desire??
I have to say that I had a 0.80 HBOOT with my 1.24 VF uk branding, so I don't know because the unrevoked root was successful. The version of the VF update was 1.24 and I was unable to go to 1.21 so I did these steps:
First I did this guide:
hxxp://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307365/14-jun-r6-riskfreeroot-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/
because it does what it says: "The root process will flash your device with a new, generic 1.15.405.4 based ROM that has Superuser access"
Second I did the downgrade of HBOOT 0.80 to 0.75 using this guide:
hxxp://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2934
After that I applied a 1.21 stock RUU.
But I assume using the downgrade HBOOT 0.92 to 0.80 guide in the dev section here is doing all this in one step. Could anyone try this? It requires a goldcard with this P99IMG.zip on it and the recovery via vol down+power.
RocketChef said:
I have to say that I had a 0.80 HBOOT with my 1.24 VF uk branding, so I don't know because the unrevoked root was successful. The version of the VF update was 1.24 and I was unable to go to 1.21 so I did these steps:
First I did this guide:
hxxp://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307365/14-jun-r6-riskfreeroot-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/
because it does what it says: "The root process will flash your device with a new, generic 1.15.405.4 based ROM that has Superuser access"
Second I did the downgrade of HBOOT 0.80 to 0.75 using this guide:
hxxp://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2934
After that I applied a 1.21 stock RUU.
But I assume using the downgrade HBOOT 0.92 to 0.80 guide in the dev section here is doing all this in one step. Could anyone try this? It requires a goldcard with this P99IMG.zip on it and the recovery via vol down+power.
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We know that all this is possible on version 0.80 but I am and i thought Mr_maz are on bootloader version 0.83. On which recovery doesnt work. It is not possible to flash any image via recovery. Selecting recovery just reboots the handset to the white htc splash screen, not to the black screen with the red triangle. I have spent days trying various guides off the web and none work. And it has been accepted most that those of us on version 0.83 have to wait for someone to crack it!
Has anyone got a solution to this yet?
or know when the voda update is due?
VF update should be 7-10 days from their original press release (so prpbably a week from now)
Lesson learnt today - get a SIM-free handset from a 3rd party when upgrading!!
I have my HTC DESIRE locked to 3 UK, i rooted it the other day, and when i was installing a rom, i was told to update the radio, and i no longer get reception, and when i do it just seems to come and go, stupid me i forgot to check what radio i had installed at first, and now i just want everything to go back to normal and i really dont know what steps to take, i tried using a 3 UK ruu, but it was for hboot 0.80, but i have 0.93.0001 and when i tried it it would just give me an error saying please try again with the correct RUU, well something along them lines.
Could anyone please help me?
Thanks
You've already answered your own question - you need the 3 FroYo RUU or a stock RUU with a gold card to get back to stock. You can, however, just flash another radio and see what happens
EddyOS said:
You've already answered your own question - you need the 3 FroYo RUU or a stock RUU with a gold card to get back to stock. You can, however, just flash another radio and see what happens
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Thanks for the advice, but that didnt seem to work as i had to unroot and downgrade my HBOOT first. But i figured it out now, and now have my Desire unrooted properly with the 3 FROYO rom by using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768256 and then installing the official 3 rom.
Thanks
i have a htc desire from o2 in the UK
i downloaded the dev version of android 2.3.3 for it and installed it by flashing it on my computer however if i use the RUU from o2 to restore it back to 2.2 and o2 will that in turn lower my hboot version so i can root the damn thing?
Thanks for all answers
jackt6509 said:
i have a htc desire from o2 in the UK
i downloaded the dev version of android 2.3.3 for it and installed it by flashing it on my computer however if i use the RUU from o2 to restore it back to 2.2 and o2 will that in turn lower my hboot version so i can root the damn thing?
Thanks for all answers
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if you want to root official 2.3.3 you can do it directly without downgrading.
search the forums or google, should find: http://revolutionary.io/
there are also guides on the forums or google
im aware of this i would just rather use unrevoked as its garunteed to work rather than this thats still in beta
It cant be done, you can only downgrade the hboot if you're s-off with revolutionary.
Hi,
I have HTC Desire GSM, rooted, s-off. Because of some issues with the proximity sensor i want to unroot the phone and send it back to HTC for maintenance. Before continue i must say that i have tried to clean the sensor, tried to remove the screen protector but the problem remains
However, i downloaded the hboot downgrade from alpharev site and updated the phone. Now the hboot version is still 6.93.9999 - will it be replaced when i flash the RUU?
Before flash the RUU i want to be sure that i can root the phone again once i get it back from HTC. I used the unrevoked to root my phone but as i see it's for hboot 0.93 and lower. What version of RUU should i use? I prefer to be froyo.
Thanks.
Yes, the bootloader will become S-ON once you use the RUU.
The best option is to use the corresponding RUU to your network provider e.g. my device is branded Vodafone, therefore if I were to send back for warranty purposes I would use the latest Vodafone RUU.
All RUU's are available on www.shipped-roms.com
If you are unable to find the correct RUU for your phone, or are unsure of which one is right for you, simply use the 2.3.3 Gingebread RUU available from htcdev.com (there is also a link available on my guide from #Resources)
Lastly, you can root and S-OFF your phone as many times as you please (Being it is not rooted or S-OFF already)
Thanks for the reply. I have found tha RUU i need
I have read that GB RUU cannot be rooted and i should downgrade to 2.1. So i will use Froyo instead. Thanks a lot
vesheff said:
Thanks for the reply. I have found tha RUU i need
I have read that GB RUU cannot be rooted and i should downgrade to 2.1. So i will use Froyo instead. Thanks a lot
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When you get the phone back you're probably more than likely to get it back with 2.2 anyway, also you have read wrong, in addition to the fact that unrevoked is now pretty much obsolete and it is much easier to S-OFF and flash recovery rather than root the stock system.
There are so many threads and it's easy to get confused
I suppose you are talking about 4ext recovery?
What's the way to s-off the phone? Is it still whit alpharev?
I will search a little bit more thank you very much
vesheff said:
There are so many threads and it's easy to get confused
I suppose you are talking about 4ext recovery?
What's the way to s-off the phone? Is it still whit alpharev?
I will search a little bit more thank you very much
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Wow you really need to do a lot of reading.. you can flash any recovery you want, whatever suits your needs...
Use revolutionary instead, it's a lot quicker and easier.
Does anybody know where i can find this froyo rom(this is the version i got with the phone) can only find ones with lower radio, I want to unroot the phone and set it stock again with the RUU and just btw wondering if its going to be fine with hboot 6.93.1002 havent check up on that stuff yet
jonny91289 said:
Does anybody know where i can find this froyo rom(this is the version i got with the phone) can only find ones with lower radio, I want to unroot the phone and set it stock again with the RUU and just btw wondering if its going to be fine with hboot 6.93.1002 havent check up on that stuff yet
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Make a goldcard and don't worry about a perfect match, just download the latest WWE RUU.