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
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jmcclue said:
Click Desire All Things Root in my sig to learn and how to s-off & root ur phone
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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
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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
Related
Hey guys i am having some issues with a Desire. I have not had any issues with one i previously owned just this new one.
i have tried unrevoked manged to get CWM on but cant run Nandroid to back up. Plus no super user.
Looks like i cant S-off ether
Bravo PVT4 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
MICROP-51D
TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
AUG 10 2010,17.52:18
Any ideas guys . I know i can get a gold card and flash. but this is peeing me off lol any ideas ??
I think it is because u have the slcd desire not the amoled unrevoked wont work with that one
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Erm... PVT5? Is this right. If it is then this needs to be cracked. Maybe you were suppose to hit 4 instead of 5. Please check again.
What would you like me to try . I have tried unrevoked 5 times. On different OS's . Xp win 7 .
And my bad I put 5 instead of 4 lol sorry
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You need to use AmonRA as the CWM that comes with unrEVOked doesn't work with PVT4 phones - read the sticky in this forum about it
EddyOS said:
You need to use AmonRA as the CWM that comes with unrEVOked doesn't work with PVT4 phones - read the sticky in this forum about it
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ok i have tried that with Unrevoked 3.3.2. i get a force close on the desire screen when it tried the Root. I am using the AmonRA 2.0 recovey.
Perviously i used Unrevoked to root with out custom Img. i have CWM on there. Would this cause any issues .
Should i flash the stock recovery ?
Bomaster said:
I think it is because u have the slcd desire not the amoled unrevoked wont work with that one
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hmm.. afaik i have a SLCD and i was able to root my desire (exactly same version as his is) plus S-OFF afterwards.
guys i have even tried alpharev an i get the screen below .. with no luck
What did you do ?? Was it on Xp or anouther OS you sed to flash ?
scotishhaggis said:
ok i have tried that with Unrevoked 3.3.2. i get a force close on the desire screen when it tried the Root. I am using the AmonRA 2.0 recovey.
Perviously i used Unrevoked to root with out custom Img. i have CWM on there. Would this cause any issues .
Should i flash the stock recovery ?
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which guide did u use?
i used this one. i don't remember what version of unrevoked i used, but probably the one linked in that guide. i had no problems rooting my device, which seems to be the same like yours.
i had CWM on my desire before, but switched to amonra, cuz i found partitioning sd-cards more difficult in CWM.
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What did you do ?? Was it on Xp or anouther OS you sed to flash ?
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i'm using windows7. i think XP should do it as well.
do you have the usb drivers installed that come with htc sync e.g. (you should remove htc sync if you have it installed. follow the guide i posted above).
Using windows 7 . ok i have faloowed that giude its the same as what i have done in the past . When unrevoked . Still get the Force close on the app trying to Root
let me get this clear, u rooted ur desire with unrevoked, ok?
did u flash any new rom? or u just using the stock htc sense?
eGozelle said:
let me get this clear, u rooted ur desire with unrevoked, ok?
did u flash any new rom? or u just using the stock htc sense?
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1st i Tried Unrevoked. this Did Not work it installed CMW but did not root the phone.
2nd I tried Unrevoked with recovery-RA-desire-V2.0.0. I get a force close on the Root Section on unrevoked when this runns and Unrevoked cant finish.
3rd i tried alpharev and this cant pic my phone up. I have tried it in Virtual Box , VM workstation and via booting the disk.
Now i am lost /
Id try flashing an RUU and start again from scratch.
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Whats the Best RRU to go for my Phone . It is O2 Uk Branded
scotishhaggis said:
1st i Tried Unrevoked. this Did Not work it installed CMW but did not root the phone.
2nd I tried Unrevoked with recovery-RA-desire-V2.0.0. I get a force close on the Root Section on unrevoked when this runns and Unrevoked cant finish.
3rd i tried alpharev and this cant pic my phone up. I have tried it in Virtual Box , VM workstation and via booting the disk.
Now i am lost /
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hmm.. weird.. sounds to me like a problem with unrevoked (i'm not that experienced, since i just rooted an s-offed my device).
did u try other unrevoked version? did u run unrevoked by rightclicking and "run as administrator"?
eGozelle said:
hmm.. weird.. sounds to me like a problem with unrevoked (i'm not that experienced, since i just rooted an s-offed my device).
did u try other unrevoked version? did u run unrevoked by rightclicking and "run as administrator"?
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cant find any other versions of 3.2 (as this is the one to root 2.2) or i may be wrong. Ran as admin in Win 7 and ran as standerd in xp
scotishhaggis said:
Whats the Best RRU to go for my Phone . It is O2 Uk Branded
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i think the O2_uk one from here
eGozelle said:
i think the O2_uk one from here
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will that work with the super LCD screen tho ?? is that not a older version AOMLED
Hi all,
I did the update to the new 2.3 gingerbread version today but how to root this version?
Unrevoked doesn't work for me and downgrading to 2.2 rom doesn't work too.
Any ideas?
Why downgrading to 2.2 ROM doesnt work?
Tried to flash RUU? You have gold card? (if branded)
k3lcior said:
Why downgrading to 2.2 ROM doesnt work?
Tried to flash RUU? You have gold card? (if branded)
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Because I just wanted to try the Ruu 2.3 and would like to install a custom rom again
Then downgrade to 2.2 and root with unrevoked!?
o$$!ram said:
Then downgrade to 2.2 and root with unrevoked!?
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Downgrade doesn't work, thats the problem.
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It's been confirm, as of today. You cannot root this version yet.
Sorry, have to wait, bro.
Sent from my HTC Desire Starburst using XDA App
Have you tried with and goldcard to downgrade?
I am having the same problem, please someone help~~~
For the love of God, why did you flash this garbage anyways?
Sorry i have no idea how to help you if RUU doesnt work.
LOL yeah I still was sleeping i think will have to wait then.
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You might be able to use this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191732
Supported devices:
HTC Desire (bravo) 0.93.0001
HTC Desire CDMA (bravoc) 1.06.0000
HTC Wildfire (buzz) 1.01.0001
HTC Aria (liberty) 1.02.0000
HTC Incredible S (vivo) 1.09.0000 and 1.13.0000
HTC Droid Incredible 2 (vivow) 0.97.0000
HTC Desire S (saga) 0.98.0000 and 0.98.0002
HTC View (express) 1.09.0000 and 1.13.0000
HTC Flyer (flyer) 1.10.0000
HTC Sensation (pyramid) 1.17.0006, .0008, .0011 and .0012
HTC Evo 3D (shooter) 1.30.0000 and 1.40.0000
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Source: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...rs/ShsH+(xda-developers)&utm_content=FaceBook
MatDrOiD said:
You might be able to use this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191732
Supported devices:
Source: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...rs/ShsH+(xda-developers)&utm_content=FaceBook
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Wrong.
Official GB Ruu will change Hboot, and it wont work.
Nope. that method doesn't work yet - I tried.
I have update to GB with RUU. Hboot version is changed to 1.02.0000
I am having the same hboot as omanand mentioned after update.
I tried to downgrade using Shipped-froyo RUU. Could not finish and stated Hboot version error. my previous version is Hboot 0.94.
i have try RUU froyo, unrevoked,alpharev, all doesn't work.
http://driphter.com/index.php?topic=3867.0;PHPSESSID=db47451982492d49341062510c59cd94
On my thread Tx Redneck posted this, maybe u guys can try it out? I wanna make sure it works (by people who know how to do it) before i do my first root.
Also in the comments on that page it says it does not require a goldcard, is that true?
Thx, and hope it works for you guys!
My hboot is 6.93.100 and other ppl on the forum says that alpha rev protects the hboot from being overridden by the ruus hboot
I have a desire GSM
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reaper7881 said:
My hboot is 6.93.100 and other ppl on the forum says that alpha rev protects the hboot from being overridden by the ruus hboot
I have a desire GSM
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It does for the 2.2 RUU's - NOT the new 2.3 gingerbread RUU!! Do not install for your own sake!!
Cmrune said:
http://driphter.com/index.php?topic=3867.0;PHPSESSID=db47451982492d49341062510c59cd94
On my thread Tx Redneck posted this, maybe u guys can try it out? I wanna make sure it works (by people who know how to do it) before i do my first root.
Also in the comments on that page it says it does not require a goldcard, is that true?
Thx, and hope it works for you guys!
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That's for Desire HD and Inspire 4G, i dont think it will work on Desire Gsm.
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.
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
.
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
.
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????
Hey-
I want to S-OFF my phone but I am a little cautious towards doing it, and want to see if anyone has ever had any problems?(Brick/bad flashes etc)
-Jack
I had no problems with my wildfire (when I had it) or my friends wildfire
Sent from my Mini Ice Cream Sandwich! Yum Yum Yum!
No issues what so ever mate.
When I found this method it was a god send, worked first time on my first attempt at rooting.
I have since flashed RUU's and revolutionary sticks around so no need to re-do this method.
Message me if u want a full guide
No..everything works fine for me.
I didn't have any problems, just read the instructions though
(got my instructions from www.theunlockr.com)
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nope ! never had problems. let the revolutionary do its thing and your next step is flashing the rom you want..
No problems whatsoever, just get the right drivers, and do what it tells you to do.
arkoze said:
No issues what so ever mate.
When I found this method it was a god send, worked first time on my first attempt at rooting.
I have since flashed RUU's and revolutionary sticks around so no need to re-do this method.
Message me if u want a full guide
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Does an RUU remove revolutionarys custom hboot version or not?
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radders1997 said:
Does an RUU remove revolutionarys custom hboot version or not?
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Nope. Ran them multiple times.
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radders1997 said:
Does an RUU remove revolutionarys custom hboot version or not?
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No but i remember having to run through unrevoked again after flashing an RUU. Possibly to add root/SU app again as i think the RUU i used removed the super user ninja app. But Revolutionary stayed on the HBOOT screen. And unrevoked took like 2 mins to complete
make sure ur RUU is version 2.1 or lower in order to use unrevoked tho
No, at the end it will ask you if you want to root your phone as well, not a big deal
I had... because I installed a 2.2.1 froyo rom, and due to that, i was unable to reinstall newers rom versions. It kept the S-OFF, but kind off "broken". The problem was solved, using this tutorial! hope it will help U.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130044
I just Rooted it yesterday and had no problems with S-off or root.
Used the guide in the wildfire android devolopment (i did it with froyo and hboot .002)