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New Member (NOOB) Looking for help. HTC Desire

Hi folks, I have just joined as a friend of mines told me XDA was the place to look for help in sorting out my HTC Desire.
I will do some reading over the weekend and hopefully sort the problem out myself and not need to look like a complete tosser. There is obviously millions of members and endless amounts of topics to chose from.
A brief description of my problem : I installed the HTC Gingerbread 2.33 RUU a few months back and ran into issues with the storage, which I believe the update warned of. Anyway, that RUU updated the handset no problem, but me being me I decided I wanted to revert to a stock rom so downloaded an older version which failed to install on the phone.
I used Revolutionary method to gain S-Off and created a NAND back up without any problems then I tried to run the old RUU and hit a brick wall so to speak. I am now stuck on the TMobile UK loading screen and although I can boot into HBOOT menu I cant use recovery to gain access to the back up or anything else.
My PC is now wont find my Desire as a phone but just a Android Device.
As I say I will do some searching and hopefully find my way through the maze of information.
If I need anymore help I will give full details of ROM Version , HBOOT and exactly how I got my phone into such a sorry state.
Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help me.

Don't Worry.. got you problem..
First of all install latest HTC sync and android UBD drivers..
Then Give me detail of device.. We'll proceed if still faces the problem
DONT FORGET TO HIT THANKS BUTTON AT BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE POST IF THIS HELPS YOU

Someone desperately wants to rise his thanks bar...

Lol
Swyped from my CM7.1 Desire using XDA Premium App

Terepin said:
Someone desperately wants to rise his thanks bar...
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I hate when someone begs for thanks.
SwiftKeyed from my HTC Desire using XDA App.

I agree, but hey, not everyone can be so intelligent as we two.

Yes Terepin, your mad english skills are a testimony to your insanely high IQ level.

Ned_Stevens said:
Hi folks, I have just joined as a friend of mines told me XDA was the place to look for help in sorting out my HTC Desire.
I will do some reading over the weekend and hopefully sort the problem out myself and not need to look like a complete tosser. There is obviously millions of members and endless amounts of topics to chose from.
A brief description of my problem : I installed the HTC Gingerbread 2.33 RUU a few months back and ran into issues with the storage, which I believe the update warned of. Anyway, that RUU updated the handset no problem, but me being me I decided I wanted to revert to a stock rom so downloaded an older version which failed to install on the phone.
I used Revolutionary method to gain S-Off and created a NAND back up without any problems then I tried to run the old RUU and hit a brick wall so to speak. I am now stuck on the TMobile UK loading screen and although I can boot into HBOOT menu I cant use recovery to gain access to the back up or anything else.
My PC is now wont find my Desire as a phone but just a Android Device.
As I say I will do some searching and hopefully find my way through the maze of information.
If I need anymore help I will give full details of ROM Version , HBOOT and exactly how I got my phone into such a sorry state.
Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help me.
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Have you just tried flashing the 2.3 one again? it should fix it for you..
sachin.02 said:
DONT FORGET TO HIT THANKS BUTTON AT BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE POST IF THIS HELPS YOU
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lol you're sad

TVTV said:
Yes Terepin, your mad english skills are a testimony to your insanely high IQ level.
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How can you know how high is my IQ when it is of the chart?

noob-proof guide is the best...

Help for a friend, in need of rooting tutorials

A friend of mine has a wildfire S and is sick of the constant lack of memory messages so he's considering rooting his device. I'm looking for every tutorial you need to root the phone as well as how to "s-off" for one tutorial in the dev section that didn't have this, that's why I'm asking so I can get him started.
Can anyone help me out with this please? I'm assuming its not possible to follow the standard HTC Wildfire rooting guides.
Thanks,
Dave

Dave759 said:
A friend of mine has a wildfire S and is sick of the constant lack of memory messages so he's considering rooting his device. I'm looking for every tutorial you need to root the phone as well as how to "s-off" for one tutorial in the dev section that didn't have this, that's why I'm asking so I can get him started.
Can anyone help me out with this please? I'm assuming its not possible to follow the standard HTC Wildfire rooting guides.
Thanks,
Dave
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Look at the general section, there is a index thread
Swyped from my desire s running damn sweet ice cream

I note that in most of them you need an XTC clip, is there an easy way around this? the ones that don't use it are CDMA models, without any more info on the phone in question I can't understand much more myself, so which method of rooting have you guys used?

Rooting tutorial is in a stick in this forum...
Yes you need an XTC-Clip to S-OFF the phone for permanent root.

GSM - XTC Clip
CDMW - Software S-Off
The end!!!
Sorry but you are just another spamer who does not wat to read...
Please stop opening such threads, first searcu for it...
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

Dave759 said:
I note that in most of them you need an XTC clip, is there an easy way around this? the ones that don't use it are CDMA models, without any more info on the phone in question I can't understand much more myself, so which method of rooting have you guys used?
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Unfortunately not yet, if you got no cdma version (without Sim slot) you need an xtc-clip to gain s-off.
You can get one at e-bay or go to a second hand seller that also does repairs, I unlocked my gf wfs at one of those shops for €20, but I can't guaranty that all of them got one.
Swyped from my desire s running damn sweet ice cream

MindBurn010 said:
Sorry but you are just another spamer who does not wat to read...
Please stop opening such threads, first searcu for it...
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In what world am I just another spammer? I'm simply looking for some help on these forms on a phone I have no experience with before I go off and tell my mate to do something incorrectly. If it bothers you that much don't read the thread. As much as people like me bother people like Tectas, they still help even if it pisses them off which I thank them for.
Tectas, thanks for that, if you don't get the s-off can you still root the phone or what happens then? I recall not getting s-off on my sisters desire and managed to root it using superoneclick. The only thing was lots of ROMs wouldn't work.

[Q] Is it safer to use HTC unlock tool?

I just got my DZ back from HTC, and unfortunately they upgraded my firmware to 2.3. I took a look on the instructions on downgrading 2.3 to 1.xx, and it looks quite complicated and risky.
I know that HTC has released unlocking tool for DZ and I wonder if it is safer to use that. Anyone tried it before?

General opinion is that HTC's unlock tool is rubbish because (a) it is very restrictive and doesn 't really unlock properly, and (b) it officially voids your warranty.
The procedure in the Wiki is quite safe if you follow it properly. Read it carefully and come back and ask questions, before you try it, if there's anything you are not clear on. There are plenty of people here who can help you.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.

The thing is, that if you unlocked your boot loaders via htcdev, you will be able to get perm root and custom rom, BUT you will still have s-on. So apps like rom manager or boot manager won't work properly.
I recommend the wiki way too.
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using xda premium

I think you should use the wiki's instruction. It's actually a lot easier.
I had the same thought as you, tried HTC's unlocking method and could never get it done. Then I tried the wiki's instruction, downgraded, rooted and installed ICS all in about an hour.
Disclaimer: I am a noob, this is the second time I root a phone (first time was my SGS S a year ago).

steviewevie said:
General opinion is that HTC's unlock tool is rubbish because (a) it is very restrictive and doesn 't really unlock properly, and (b) it officially voids your warranty.
The procedure in the Wiki is quite safe if you follow it properly. Read it carefully and come back and ask questions, before you try it, if there's anything you are not clear on. There are plenty of people here who can help you.
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+1 to all of this.
HTC Unlock does not give you S-Off, does not give you root, and you can only flash from ADB. Just do the Wiki method, and get real control of your phone.

I think you shouldn't use the htc tool....not the greatest result but lost your garanty!
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA

Using the HTC tool is like sending a registered letter to HTC declaring you just voided your warranty. Stick to the wiki, IMHO!

Thanks guys. I decided to follow the wiki and got it successfully unlocked again! Got a custom rom back on!
Its warranty is not an issue to me as it is already expired

human-being said:
Thanks guys. I decided to follow the wiki and got it successfully unlocked again! Got a custom rom back on!
Its warranty is not an issue to me as it is already expired
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You did right with the wiki. If for any reason something went horribly wrong with a flash and you still had S-On bootloader, such as via htcdev unlock, you could have been screeeewed. S-Off makes your phone virtually bomb-proof, seriously it takes effort hard bricking a G2/DZ that's S-Off
Sent from my HTC Desire Z using XDA

Will the devs please help us..?

I am having htc wildfire s unlocked s-on phone with the black screen recovery problem. i have already made a thread regarding this but none of the developers are interested in solving the problem. dear developers please help the new htc wildfire s buyers like me who can't even root the phone for god sake. i tried out all the methods in xda but nothing seems to work. please understand our grim fate to hang around with the unrooted stock rom device. i hope you understand .. i bought the phone for android development and rooting but now it seems of no use.. please help.. we need professional help.. pleasee....

Your not special. Take it back to q&a.
Sent from my HTC_A510c using Tapatalk 2

lol dude wrong section.

pojomojo said:
lol dude wrong section, and u obviously cant read cos there is loads of ways to s-off and root. and if u bought it to develop
1: why not buy xtc clip, easy and fast only like 15 quid.
2: s- off by HTCdev definately works did it myself on cha cha but sure will work for wildfire s.
3: Simon's HTC Utility v4, [UTILITY]One Root for WFS Windows/Mac, rezo609's All-In-One Utility, and probably loads more that will work.
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you cant S-OFF from HTCdev, only unlock bootloader... still wrong section though, and all your answer are here just search

I believe he is wailing about the new A510e devices that don't respond to CM kernels. Gingerbread leaves you with a black screen and ICS halts at the initial splash. I'm not sure how they expect any developer to fix an ethereal problem in a device they don't own. Most of the users with these devices haven't volunteered to help they just whine that their devices don't work with recovery x or that 5.0.2.8 gives them a Black Screen.
There is a workaround for the recovery issues but, it's a bit hokey.

elspanish88 said:
you cant S-OFF from HTCdev, only unlock bootloader... still wrong section though, and all your answer are here just search
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ofcourse ur right dude! my bad.
just read about the black screen stuff, did'nt know there was such a problem, unlucky aryan41 but still im sure there are answers here on xda. rajanand`s solution seemed to work for others.

Root urgent

HELP ME ASAP urgent
hey there,
ok I got my wildfire s luckily through a stupid replacement by HTC taking my wildfire and giving away wfs.
But now I am stuck with all rooting and s-off method. I have additional 6 months warranty and I dont want to ruin it by unlocking bootloader with HTCDEV. Even if I keep this out of my head that rooting is no harm, my earlier wildfire had some motherboard issues due to rooting and OC and somehow I managed to revert everything to stock and get it replaced.
So can anyone tell me a way to be rooted and S-off without HTCDEV being a part.
I tried Simonsimons utility kit but the download links are dead and also all other posts of rooting without voiding warranty have dead links(to what I know).
PLEASE HELP. I AM FED UP OF LOW INTERNAL SPACE.
thank you in advance.

just root it,6 months of warranty are useless anyway

adymb said:
just root it,6 months of warranty are useless anyway
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I am just doing that but having this problem.
Can you help?

tanmay.sharma said:
I am just doing that but having this problem.
Can you help?
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Dont use tools do it manualy for starters. Folow the instruction on htc dev. Then flash custom recovery. Then flash "http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip". And you are good to go

root wildfire s
tanmay.sharma said:
I am just doing that but having this problem.
Can you help?
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If you have an European HTC Wildfire S the only sure way to have permanent root is :
a) you have to unlock the bootloader. No question about it.
and
b) you have to flash (manually) a permanent rooted ROM which is ALSO created from an original HTC WFS ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664533
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arjanoost said:
If you have an European HTC Wildfire S the only sure way to have permanent root is :
a) you have to unlock the bootloader. No question about it.
and
b) you have to flash (manually) a permanent rooted ROM which is ALSO created from an original HTC WFS ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1664533
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The reason to do it this way is because you are then able to use Link2SD. I have 30 apps installed on my Wildfire S this way and still have 123Mb of internal storge left. This is including al updated systemapps (youtube, maps, facebook etc).
Before, when I updated all systemapps I only had like 50Mb for user installed apps. I could not even install all the apps I regularly use. So I know how fed up you can be about the low internal storage.