Need help rooting my Desire - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I need some help rooting my Desire , tried Unrevoked on Windows and Ubuntu , H-boot version is 1.06 on Froyo
Any help is immensely appreciated!
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Combatantpeak said:
I need some help rooting my Desire , tried Unrevoked on Windows and Ubuntu , H-boot version is 1.06 on Froyo
Any help is immensely appreciated!
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Try http://revolutionary.io/

Tried that also didn't work

Maybe I didn't do it right

Did you get any errors? Used IRC-channel?

No errors , except it wouldn't read my device

Ask in revolutionary's IRC channel.

let me guess...
a) you have HTC Sync
b) you don't have all the necessary drivers

Root achieved! Running the latest Oxygen rom. Thanks for all the help.
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[Q] How to get temporary root?

Hi guys and girls,
Can somebody please explain in depth how i can get temporary root on my HTC Wildfire with hboot 1.01.0001, s-on and android 2.2.1.? I tried superoneclick v1.91 and gingerbreak v1.2 but with no luck. There are people who say that they have temporary root but just cannot figure it out. I hope that you can help me on this one! Thanks in advance.
toekomst30 said:
Hi guys and girls,
Can somebody please explain in depth how i can get temporary root on my HTC Wildfire with hboot 1.01.0001, s-on and android 2.2.1.? I tried superoneclick v1.91 and gingerbreak v1.2 but with no luck. There are people who say that they have temporary root but just cannot figure it out. I hope that you can help me on this one! Thanks in advance.
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You cant get. temp root on 2.2.1
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toekomst30 said:
Hi guys and girls,
Can somebody please explain in depth how i can get temporary root on my HTC Wildfire with hboot 1.01.0001, s-on and android 2.2.1.? I tried superoneclick v1.91 and gingerbreak v1.2 but with no luck. There are people who say that they have temporary root but just cannot figure it out. I hope that you can help me on this one! Thanks in advance.
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That is better called shell root. Use older version of superoneclick (i think v 1.7).
U can access root from adb only. And root only apps will not work.
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Ok, i understand. Thanks for the info anyway.

[q] s-off help needed!!!!!

I try to get my desire S-OFF'ed (it's PV4 and 0.93.0001 hboot). But when i try to flash the hboot via fastboot the singature gets rejected. And revolutinary method is not working too (i get the error that " Your device ace, with hboot 0.93.0001 is not supported at this time").
Any help?
COULD SOME1 GIME THE LINK OF AN OFFICIAL RUU THAT WOULD UPDATE MY HBOOT TO
HTC Desire (bravo) 0.93.0001, 1.02.0001
HTC Desire CDMA (bravoc) 1.06.0000
BTW. HOW TO KNOW WITCH ONE I HAVE?? CMDA or THAT OTHER ONE.
Isn't Ace = Desire HD?
Well, I don't know. I've took this phone from my mom and gave her the wildfire. I think the desire is rooted, because i installed a ROM 3.0 sense and ive got like 200KB of free space.. Im trying to s-off it and that son of an linux doesnt work... :S HELP HELP HELP!
COULD SOME1 GIME THE LINK OF AN OFFICIAL RUU THAT WOULD UPDATE MY HBOOT TO
HTC Desire (bravo) 0.93.0001, 1.02.0001
HTC Desire CDMA (bravoc) 1.06.0000
BTW. HOW TO KNOW WITCH ONE I HAVE?? CMDA or THAT OTHER ONE.
Yes, ace is desire he and I would highly advise against using revolutionary if you have the desire hd
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A great place to go is cyanogenmod.com and look at the wiki, they go step by step of how to get s-off, eng-off and everything else you would need, but you do need to know if you are using desire or desire hd
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lotddragon said:
A great place to go is cyanogenmod.com and look at the wiki, they go step by step of how to get s-off, eng-off and everything else you would need, but you do need to know if you are using desire or desire hd
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No need to go cyanogenmod.com, xda also provides something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
I didn't have the xda link off the top of my head, so thank you for that.
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So why my HBOOT says its a BRAVO huh? I know its a desire because the name on the box, hboot and working roms of desire. IS IT POSSIBLE TO RE-ROOT AND S-OFF BY UPGRADING THE HBOOT TO THE GOOD VERSION?
From personal experience on a Desire, messing with the HBoot can have a chance of bricking the device. I got stuck where I could only enter commands through fastboot and adb, then tried everything possible to get it back to no avail.
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quemmy said:
So why my HBOOT says its a BRAVO huh? I know its a desire because the name on the box, hboot and working roms of desire. IS IT POSSIBLE TO RE-ROOT AND S-OFF BY UPGRADING THE HBOOT TO THE GOOD VERSION?
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Why don't you root and get with s-off unrevoked (root) and alpharev 1.8 (s-off)? Alpharev 1.8 supports the hboot version of your desire:
http://alpharev.nl
MatDrOiD said:
Why don't you root and get with s-off unrevoked (root) and alpharev 1.8 (s-off)? Alpharev 1.8 supports the hboot version of your desire:
http://alpharev.nl
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I know. It should be rooted because i've installed a custom ROM. But for some reason i cant flash an alpharev HBOTT. The fastboot says that singature gets rejected.
quemmy said:
I know. It should be rooted because i've installed a custom ROM. But for some reason i cant flash an alpharev HBOTT. The fastboot says that singature gets rejected.
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That was not my question. My question was, why you don't use alpharev live cd to get s-off? You wrote you could not go s-off with revolutionary. So you must be still s-on. And with s-on you cannot use fastboot.
MatDrOiD said:
That was not my question. My question was, why you don't use alpharev live cd to get s-off? You wrote you could not go s-off with revolutionary. So you must be still s-on. And with s-on you cannot use fastboot.
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Yes I'm S-ON ofc. Sorry for my nobblishness i did not know that i cant use fastboot without s-off. Any links for the tutorial how to get s-off with live cd?(because i dont know what it is :<)
quemmy said:
Yes I'm S-ON ofc. Sorry for my nobblishness i did not know that i cant use fastboot without s-off. Any links for the tutorial how to get s-off with live cd?(because i dont know what it is :<)
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Of course there is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 (STEP FOUR).
Don't say sorry for being a noob, we all started there.
MatDrOiD said:
Of course there is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 (STEP FOUR).
Don't say sorry for being a noob, we all started there.
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Not working... Evertime i try to make that live cd with MagicIso my dvd rom opens up.. :< Any other programs i can use to make a bootable cd?
quemmy said:
Not working... Evertime i try to make that live cd with MagicIso my dvd rom opens up.. :< Any other programs i can use to make a bootable cd?
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So you burned the iso with magiciso on a cd and the computer does not boot from it? Is that right?
If not, could you explain this sentence "Evertime i try to make that live cd with MagicIso my dvd rom opens up" a little more (what exactly do you do?), please? Because I do not understand it.
I found you had to have a stock rooted rom installed to use alpharev 1.8 i followed the instructions from here and all worked first time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
Dasco68 said:
I found you had to have a stock rooted rom installed to use alpharev 1.8 i followed the instructions from here and all worked first time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
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Please read the thread before you post next time.
Okay. Well i push the button (in the magicIso program) to burn an img to a cd. I chose the files and when i push BURN my DVD-ROM ejects the disc.. :S
If you guys have spare 4 pack of beer, I can walk you through whole s-off and other mods process remotely via TeamViewer.
Regards
Swyped from SGS2.

[Q] Some noobie Wildfire questions

Hi, I have just bought a second hand Wildfire and loving it but I need some questions answering.
1. What is S-off and what are its advantages?
2. What version of z4root will root this device as it says it is compatible but 1.30 just closes on aquiring root shell?
Don't be scared to be technical as I am computer literate and will understand. Thanks in advance.
go here The Complete Wildfire Index and you will find all the answers, and you dont need z4root ;]
darkstep said:
go here The Complete Wildfire Index and you will find all the answers, and you dont need z4root ;]
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Ahh, thank you sir.
Edit: unfortunately I don't have pc access yet as I am on holiday. so about this z4root method?
it doesnt work,if your hboot is 0.8.. you can only root it if dont want s-off, but if its 1.0.. you have to s-off in order to root, i dont thing theres an app than can root the wildfire(havent tests one myself) but you can search, basically you need pc ;]
I see. Doing the pc method will I have to downgrade my hboot to 0.8 if it is higher?
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no just go to revolutionary and follow the instructions ;]
darkstep said:
no just go to revolutionary and follow the instructions ;]
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Thank you for your help.
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no problem ;]
Ginger break worked for me, under s- off condition
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Root 2.2 is it possible?

I had tried to root wildfire who was updated to 2.2. Now I had tried to root the phone. And near to the end there writes
Error:failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?
Does that mean that is impossible to root wildfire while hi is on 2.2 version and I must downgrade it to 2.1 version to root phone?
And how will I downgrade it?
And can I upgrade it again after downgrading.
Sorry for my bed grammar,and please help me.
Did you use the unrevoked method to root your phone? Cause it is a method rooting only 2.1 devices. Check out revolutionary.io where you should find all the guide to root your 2.2.1 phone.
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I have rooted my phone,can I update phone to 2.2 again?
Did you use revolutionary method? It gives you s-off, and the ability to flash a custom recovery. It does not upgrade-downgrade your ansroid version. Go to settings, about phone, and there you can see your android version. Hypothetically, without flashing a new rom, like cm7, you are still on sense, so nothing has changed except the fact you have root access, which you can find out installing titanium backup from the market.
Have a happy new year with your new rooted phone.
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Which is the best and most stable rom. I need something similar to sence but rom which will really speed up my phone.
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drose said:
I had tried to root wildfire who was updated to 2.2. Now I had tried to root the phone. And near to the end there writes
Error:failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?
Does that mean that is impossible to root wildfire while hi is on 2.2 version and I must downgrade it to 2.1 version to root phone?
And how will I downgrade it?
And can I upgrade it again after downgrading.
Sorry for my bed grammar,and please help me.
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yes, u have to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1.
these guides helped me a lot, so, here's the links,
check out which one works for you..
.
http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/136508-guide-all-things-root-related.html
and
http://www.theprohack.com/2011/04/htc-wildfire-221-root-to-htc-wildfire.html
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nd if u need to downgrade your HBoot version.
here's the total guide on how to do it,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
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HOPE IT 'LL HELP YOU ..
Thanks. But i have already did that.
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drose said:
Which is the best and most stable rom. I need something similar to sence but rom which will really speed up my phone.
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I actually can't tell you which the best rom is, you have to see for yourself. I love cm7, though i've tried many roms with or without sense. Flash them, try them, and choose the one that suits you. Check this thread out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318&highlight=roms
S-off htc wildfire
i hav to S-off my htc wildfire........its hboot version is 1.01.0002 and it has android 2.2.1
microp 0622
touch panel-atmel224_16ab
radio-3.35.20.10
can ny1 plz help me wid dis????

htc desire(bravo) help

i have htc desire (bravo) 2.3.3 ginger bread i dont know how root it main prob im faceing is low memory
plz help me out with full ditale or video thank u
bad_boys said:
i have htc desire (bravo) 2.3.3 ginger bread i dont know how root it main prob im faceing is low memory
plz help me out with full ditale or video thank u
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Revolutionary can root and S-off the official HTC Android 2.3 ROM.. go here
newsoup said:
Revolutionary can root and S-off the official HTC Android 2.3 ROM.. go here
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Revolutionary does not root ur phone, it only gives u s-off and recovery if u choose it.
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bad_boys said:
i have htc desire (bravo) 2.3.3 ginger bread i dont know how root it main prob im faceing is low memory
plz help me out with full ditale or video thank u
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Click Desire All Things Root in my sig to learn and how to s-off & root ur phone
Sent from my HTC Desire
jmcclue said:
Click Desire All Things Root in my sig to learn and how to s-off & root ur phone
Sent from my HTC Desire
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nevertheless .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvg0i8in96M&list=UUpTJpiBpa2hmPNs49odExVA&index=6&feature=plcp
newsoup said:
nevertheless .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvg0i8in96M&list=UUpTJpiBpa2hmPNs49odExVA&index=6&feature=plcp
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That vid is for desire s
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jmcclue said:
That vid is for desire s
Sent from my HTC Desire
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yep .. desire s appears on video but as you can read in the memo associated in the same youtube page it works even on "HTC Desire, HTC Desire S, HTC Wildfire, HTC Aria, HTC Incredible S, HTC Droid Incredible 2, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC Evo 4G, HTC View, HTV Flyer, HTC Sensation, HTC Evo 3D and the myTouch 4G" (the memo contains also text of all procedure ..
I think is interesting for the bad_boys question, first is a all-in-one procedure to SOFF, Recovery acquisition and Root, after becouse to root a Desire already on GB require a more complicate procedure respect a froyo based one.
Revolutionary does not root your phone a jmclue said. It uses temp root (I believe) to gain s-off and flash a custom recovery.
The easiest way to obtain root after using revolutionary is to flash an already rooted custom rom.
If you want to root your current rom I think there is a zip file you can flash to do this.
I personally rooted my desire and flashed recovery using an older version of unrevoked (I think it was 3.21). I s-off'ed using alpharev some months later. It is not necessary to be s-off to flash custom roms. If you can get it to work I personally think it is easier to use unrevoked as it is a one click solution. Read all the guides before attempting this however.
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hans moleman said:
Revolutionary does not root your phone a jmclue said. It uses temp root (I believe) to gain s-off and flash a custom recovery.
The easiest way to obtain root after using revolutionary is to flash an already rooted custom rom.
If you want to root your current rom I think there is a zip file you can flash to do this.
I personally rooted my desire and flashed recovery using an older version of unrevoked (I think it was 3.21). I s-off'ed using alpharev some months later. It is not necessary to be s-off to flash custom roms. If you can get it to work I personally think it is easier to use unrevoked as it is a one click solution. Read all the guides before attempting this however.
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I also used unrevoked 3.21 .. but I'm not sure that it works on 2.3.3 (as - it seems - Revolutionary does) .. naturally another way is to come back on froyo.
Yes revolutionary is for 0.93.0001 & 1.02.0001 hboots and is very very simple and straight foward to use
Sent from my HTC Desire
newsoup said:
I also used unrevoked 3.21 .. but I'm not sure that it works on 2.3.3 (as - it seems - Revolutionary does) .. naturally another way is to come back on froyo.
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S-off has nothing to do with android version on your phone or with root. Everything depends on your hboot version.
Revolutionary does the job with 0.93 and 1.02 hboot, for older versions of hboots Alpharev Reflash Utility should be used.
The problem with Unrevoked is that it cannot bypass never hboots to flash superuser to system.
newsoup said:
I also used unrevoked 3.21 .. but I'm not sure that it works on 2.3.3 (as - it seems - Revolutionary does) .. naturally another way is to come back on froyo.
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unrevoked wont work on gb wwe. Use superoneclick instead, reboot your pc until it doesnt freeze (not responding)
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which way should i go plz help me for easiest way thank u
imo jmcclue has given the right advice and dont do anything else. You can find detailed instructions in the guide he has referred to but the overall picture is like this:-
- Use revolutionary from revolutionary.io to get SOFF. As part of this process you will also get a custom recovery.
- Flash root package from revolutionary.io if you want to get root on current rom else choose a custom rom and flash from recovery.
Thats all

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