Perfect guide - Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have looked through the DHD QandAs and am still not sure of how to root my phone I really don't want to brick it so I want full guidelines on unlooking hboot getting s-off and for the rooting I think I can take it from there but I do know that rooting is save when you have unlooked hboot and s-off pls I need help any body
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I have a g2 rooted but in the process of unlocking the SIM I got s-off and hboot unlocked but not sure on how to do it on the DHD
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I had to read your post twice to understand it. Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
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[Q] Info on root of DHD

Hi hope some kind people can help, i want to root and s-off my DHD. I have spent loads of time looking but just want a simple guide or something. i have an unbranded DHD, ACE PVT SHIP S-ON RL, HBOOT - 0.85.0024, I have got the lastest htc stock 2.3.3 rom version number 2.50.405.2. Can i use revalonary? Do i have to downgrade and stuff. Is root even possible?
You have to downgrade just follow
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
It's not to hard
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So that is the easiest and only way. I guest I could wait for HTC to unlock hboot or say revolutionary to break it.
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I supose but revelutionary won't be able to root your dhd unless there's been a break through to s-off dhd like that.
I'm affraid that is currently your best way to root, I had the latest ota update when I decided to root I tried twice and it worked
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After downgrading you can follow this guide to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11557769

I have a problem

Soooo. I've had my HTC desire (gsm) for about a year. I rooted it. Put new roms on it. Flashed it hundreds of times. But I got bored. So I thought is go back to stock HTC 2.3 sense.
Wrong.....
Now no matter what I try I can re-root it.
I've tried alpharevx.
I've tried apps.
I've tried fastboot.
I've tried hboot.
And a few other I can't even remember.
Sooooo. My question is this. How do I root a phone that doesn't want to be rooted and only wants to run stock 2.3
Any help greatly received.
Regards
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to s-off 2.3 use revolutionay then flash superuser to get root
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I've tried revolutionary as well but I get the message. "did not get root this time. This sometimes happens. Please try again."
I've tried 12 time in a row.
Still doesn't work.
Any idea or links or even PM
Greatly received
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strange that none of them works. what does ur bootloader say -
pvt ?
hboot xxx
etc etc
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It says.
bravo PVT1 ship S-on
HBOOT- 1.02.0001
Microp- 031d
Touchpanal - synt0101
Radio - 5.17.05.23
Jul 22 2011, 16:19:16
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evilbarbot said:
It says.
bravo PVT1 ship S-on
HBOOT- 1.02.0001
Microp- 031d
Touchpanal - synt0101
Radio - 5.17.05.23
Jul 22 2011, 16:19:16
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Hmm revolutionary should work, as far as i know its the only 1 that can s-off hboot 1.02.0001
How r u using revolutionary? is ur phone booted up and usb bugging enabled? dont mean to offend u with those silly questions lol its just strange it dont work. Now saying that, maybe revolutionary does'nt work on all devices, i dont know. im only guessing. also i know that theres a few other programs that r supposed to do the job like SuperOneClick and there mite be one or 2 others but i really cant tell u if they work or not or if they cause problems, i really dont know.
Try unrEVOked_3.20…just 3.20!
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I tried revolutionary from a clean install with usb debugging enabled. I've tried super one click
Universal androot.
z4root.
And if I remember one more
Even the Htcdev boot unlocker.
Still nothing works.
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Unrevoked will root but not S-off. to S-off use AlphaRev.
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I have also done this. I downloaded alpharev.iso and made my disk.
Booted up the disk but the software can't read any info from my phone.
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Root first use unrevoked_3.20
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wan.ting said:
Unrevoked will root but not S-off. to S-off use AlphaRev.
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unrevoked does up to android 2.2 i think
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Il look into downgrading to 2.2 and try all the methods again.
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Have you got all the htc sync drivers installed?
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evilbarbot said:
Soooo. I've had my HTC desire (gsm) for about a year. I rooted it. Put new roms on it. Flashed it hundreds of times. But I got bored. So I thought is go back to stock HTC 2.3 sense.
Wrong.....
Now no matter what I try I can re-root it.
I've tried alpharevx.
I've tried apps.
I've tried fastboot.
I've tried hboot.
And a few other I can't even remember.
Sooooo. My question is this. How do I root a phone that doesn't want to be rooted and only wants to run stock 2.3
Any help greatly received.
Regards
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SuperOneClick option unroot.
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panpjp said:
SuperOneClick option unroot.
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Man, keep your advise to yourself... seriously.
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I did it in the same order as you are trying now. First got stock 2.3 and then wanted root.
I remember it was easy. I just googled for a how to and I don't even think it was on xda, just a random page. I had the same hboot, gsm.
With your hboot ver revolutionary is the only option. Period.
Revolutionary only gives SOFF and allows you to install recovery.
You have to flash the su zip seperately to get root - superuser
One simple thing to try would be to change the computer, install hboot drivers and try revolutionary again.
Hope this helps.
stankyou said:
Man, keep your advise to yourself... seriously.
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Huh?........., can you explain what you mean? English is not my first language, but I am not dumb. In fact I got scholarship . I tried unrooting via SuperOneClick before and it works, so I'm just helping.
ok.
so ive now tried unrevoked 3.2
still not rooting
hmmm
so heres my plan
1) ruu stock 2.2
2)try as many different root gadgets i can get my hands on
3) if no luck try on mac instead of pc
4)if no luck. im buying an iphone. . . . . .grrrr

DZ rebooting with all roms

My HTC desire Z is supporting most of the roms I wipe/factory reset, superwipe+ext before installing any Rom mine is running dz hboot and not g2 and everything is doing good . but the problem is that After installing any rom & installation of softwares when I try to restart my phone after my phone keeps on rebooting again and again and it does not go inside the operating system and then I need to flash the same rom or different rom again plz help... I'm new to this rooting and things....
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Anyone to help plz
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Superwipe is a good idea so I'm glad your @ least doing this, it may be easier to help if you give more info, is this happening from the very first custom rom, after root? What method did you use to root? Can you write down everything on bootloader screen (mostly want to know ship soff or eng soff) can you name your recovery? Can you name the roms you have tried?
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Glad U're helping me sir. This problem is there from the day I rooted and installed my first rom cyanogen mod 7 Actually mine is ship s- off, I used the wiki.cyanogen g2rooting guide and another one for getting sd card golden. First I used clockwork mod recovery now I'm using the latest in 4ext recovery. Now I'm currently using andromadus mimicry 1.5.0 its working perfectly with many softwares until I restart if I do 'hot reboot' no problem occurs
These are the list of roms I tried and problem starts wen I restart or switch off my mobile and then switch on:
1.andromadus audacity beta5
2.cyanogen mod rc9.0
3.Android_SpeedDaemon_Fantasia_v1.0.0_vision
4. G2slim1.6
5. MikRunny-v1.0-DeOdex-signed
6. RCMix.Energized.7.26.2012.Fixed.Kernel_Ver2
7. Strawmetal-1.Mi.V2.0
8. sensewich1
And many others too
Plz help!
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Well you are best to get true s-off with an engineering spl. I assume you either missed a step in the guide you followed or you went with the official htc unlocked bootloader. Either way you can fix this, and I suggest you do
Pretty much you need to relock the bootloader, then downgrade, reroot and flash the eng hboot along with everything else.
The best guides to follow to root and soff are
Cyanogen wiki
Xda wiki
Strawmetals pdf guide.
You can google search these easy or if I get a minute then ill link you. But first you need to relock your bootloader
I believe it is something like
Fastboot oem lock bootloader
I can't recall of hand but nipqer has a guide on this
If I get some time ill get you links, but for now just search a bit and read up, good luck!
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Thank u Sir will tell u....
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Sir Plz get niqper bootloader unlock guide link
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Sir can I use this for re locking bootloader?
www.htcdev.com/bootloader
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Just boot into fastboot mode
Type fastboot devices, if you see yours then proceed
fastboot oem lock
Now do
fastboot reboot-bootloader
This should bring you back to hboot, if it says ship s-on then your good and you can proceed to root and gain true s-off
If you continue to have trouble log onto freenode irc #g2root, just google it if you can't find it, there is a link in the xda wiki for rooting the vision
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I'm new to all these things Sir... So I'll take time to do all these... So plz help me till d last sir
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S-ON/S-OFF

Hi ermm I s-offed my desire but now realise I don't want nor need it and want to go back to S-ON and stock HBOOT. How do I do that?
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boo97 said:
Hi ermm I s-offed my desire but now realise I don't want nor need it and want to go back to S-ON and stock HBOOT. How do I do that?
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if you haven't actually changed hboot you are still on stock hboot, leave it. (you're just s-off with stock hboot partition layout, i'm wondering whether you understand what the hboots are? try here, recommend reading all the guides there)
s-off allows you to change hboot to use space more efficiently, and modify system partition while it's running. it's also much more useful to be s-off just in case things go wrong i.e. easier to fix.
(if you really want to go back s-on, you'll have to flash RUU, look at bortak's guide stickied to the top of Q&A, but i don't recommend it, not much point...)
No its just that I read somewhere that S-OFF can be dangerous and could brick your phone!!
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Thank you that was very helpful......I think I will leave my phone at S-Off.
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boo97 said:
No its just that I read somewhere that S-OFF can be dangerous and could brick your phone!!
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Don't worry too much about it, you probably read someone who didn't follow instructions.
The actual s-off procedure can be dangerous, but most likely to happen during the process itself
You are already successfully s-off so relax!

S-off s-on

Hi I recently bought my Desire and I want to ask what those 2 terms mean.
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If you have s-off, you can access the system partition of your ROM to write files to it with a root explorer app.
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proadi96 said:
Hi I recently bought my Desire and I want to ask what those 2 terms mean.
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s-on = security on
s-off = security off
basically with s-off u have pretty much full control over uf phone, but the main reason for s-off would be so that u can change hboots to gain more internal memory (data). u can still flash roms if ur s-on and rooted but if things go wrong, its much easier to fix if ur s-off. goto Desire Android Development, theres a few guides there, google "Alpharev" to learn a bit more about hboots and look here, my personal fav
http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/503471-desire-all-things-root-guide.html
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Thanks lads, you's helped me a lot!
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Also is hboot something like kernel? Because some roms u can use stock hboot or custom hboot and im just curious.
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