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okay,i s-offed htc desire (official 2.3.3), how to root now?

all explained in title

push superuser via ADB
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316553

asarabok said:
all explained in title
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check the sticky notes under HTC Desire Development sub-forum for detailed explanation.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=809328

asarabok said:
all explained in title
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You can screw yourself.
No need to thank me.

asarabok said:
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all explained here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php

Okay you have to download Unrevoked from here http://unrevoked.com/ then unzip it. Enable USB debugging on your phone. Now connect your phone to the computer and open the program- it will make s-off, root and install recovery.

zummer22 said:
Okay you have to download Unrevoked from here http://unrevoked.com/ then unzip it. Enable USB debugging on your phone. Now connect your phone to the computer and open the program- it will make s-off, root and install recovery.
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All completely incorrect.
1) UnrEVOked only s-offs CDMA with unrEVOked forever, NOT GSM
2) UnrEVOked only roots 2.1 & 2.2, not 2.3
3) He has already s-off'd with revolutionary.

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rootSU said:
All completely incorrect.
1) UnrEVOked only s-offs CDMA with unrEVOked forever, NOT GSM
2) UnrEVOked only roots 2.1 & 2.2, not 2.3
3) He has already s-off'd with revolutionary.
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I meant recovery not unrevoked my fault! well try root it with gingerbreak
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765

No just flash what revolutionary provides on their site
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Did you read the documentation page on the Revolutionary website, specifically this bit
"Does Revolutionary give me root?
No. You will need to flash this zipfile from recovery"

3484jacks said:
Did you read the documentation page on the Revolutionary website, specifically this bit
"Does Revolutionary give me root?
No. You will need to flash this zipfile from recovery"
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i dont know how to flash from recovery. i downloaded that zipfile, so what now? help me hereeeee

1. You need to save the file onto the root of your SD card (i.e not in a folder)
2. Boot your phone into recovery by holding vol down and pressing power and using the volume buttons to navigate to recovery and pressing power to select recovery
3. In recovery navigate to install zip from SD card using the volume buttons and press the trackball to select it.
4. Navigate down to the file name and press the trackball to flash it.
5. Once its finished flashing navigate to reboot system now
Once this is done you should see the superuser app in the app drawer. You have root.

3484jacks said:
1. You need to save the file onto the root of your SD card (i.e not in a folder)
2. Boot your phone into recovery by holding vol down and pressing power and using the volume buttons to navigate to recovery and pressing power to select recovery
3. In recovery navigate to install zip from SD card using the volume buttons and press the trackball to select it.
4. Navigate down to the file name and press the trackball to flash it.
5. Once its finished flashing navigate to reboot system now
Once this is done you should see the superuser app in the app drawer. You have root.
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when i get into recovery i got this message:
E: Cant open /cache/recovery/command

When you used revolutionary to get s-off did you flash the recovery included in it?
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i s-offed it month ago, i just did that with revolutionary tool, not recovery

Yeah but when you use revolutionary it gives you an option to install a custom recovery. A little dos window pops up and you hit y or n. Did you do this bit mate?
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3484jacks said:
Yeah but when you use revolutionary it gives you an option to install a custom recovery. A little dos window pops up and you hit y or n. Did you do this bit mate?
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heh i dont remember. but if this mean somethnig, when i press volume down and power, in first white screen writes revolutionary, so that gone well...

Well s-off means you can flash a custom recovery but i think you have to do that through fastboot and unfortunately that's something I don't know. A guy on here called rootSU has a good guide in his signature.
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If you didn't flash the recovery at the last stage of revolutionary, you can re run the process again. It'll know you have already s-offed and will offer the custom recovery again.
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petzoid said:
If you didn't flash the recovery at the last stage of revolutionary, you can re run the process again. It'll know you have already s-offed and will offer the custom recovery again.
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Of course the downside of that is you end up with a **** recovery
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(HELP) Red triangle on recovery

I am rooted and on fresh rom with s-on and hboot 0.79.00 . I want to flash new roms but i am not able to do so coz recovery is nt working.PLEASE HELP ME

Do you remember how you rooted. You either rooted with toast method (PC36IMG file), Simple Root, or Unrevoked?

I bought this off ebay so i have no idea how he rooted. Can you please guide me how to flash rom without recovery?

Busybox installed I hope, and latest version?
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There are several different ways to go.
The quickest way (might not work and is just a temp fix) is to download, then unzip the zip file to EVO-RECOVERY folder on your computer. Boot the phone into RECOVERY (with the red triangle), then run the recovery-windows.bat file if you're running Windows on your computer and see does that do anything. Whether or not it works would tell me exactly how the phone was rooted.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38127313/EVO-recovery.zip

The phone is s-on, you're going to need to run unrevoked to gain s-off so you can flash a recovery. You can't flash any unofficial zips in hboot with s-on. Search for unrevoked and your hboot version to find the correct version of unrevoked to unlock the bootloader(hboot).
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What a weird combo. S-on, but .79 hboot and fresh ROM. ? wonder how you coulda lost your S-off. ?
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scottspa74 said:
What a weird combo. S-on, but .79 hboot and fresh ROM. ? wonder how you coulda lost your S-off. ?
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Toast Method 1 (only needed a PC36IMG file and a temp recovery) or the old Unrevoked (3.1 something, before unrevoked-forever was added). It did not need S-OFF for just flashing ROMs.

jawad123 said:
I am rooted and on fresh rom with s-on and hboot 0.79.00 . I want to flash new roms but i am not able to do so coz recovery is nt working.PLEASE HELP ME
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Red triangle means you don't have a custom recovery installed . You sure your still rooted ?
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shortydoggg said:
Toast Method 1 (only needed a PC36IMG file and a temp recovery) or the old Unrevoked (3.1 something, before unrevoked-forever was added). It did not need S-OFF for just flashing ROMs.
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Good point. I rooted and S-off via toast right after launch. I guess if someone only did his first step it would look like that. Good point. Speaking of toast, I just threw up quotes of his latest post all over general subforum in all the threads where people are trying to decide if they want nexus or Evo LTE.
They locked the one X down like no tomorrow. Team win and toast can't get recovery to access USB for mount while in recovery. Making me lean nexus.
(Sorry to hijack thread OP)
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HELP
shortydoggg said:
Toast Method 1 (only needed a PC36IMG file and a temp recovery) or the old Unrevoked (3.1 something, before unrevoked-forever was added). It did not need S-OFF for just flashing ROMs.
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yes i am rooted but when i try to boot into recovery thr is a red triangle and wen i press volume up and power button i get a error dat
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

shortydoggg said:
There are several different ways to go.
The quickest way (might not work and is just a temp fix) is to download, then unzip the zip file to EVO-RECOVERY folder on your computer. Boot the phone into RECOVERY (with the red triangle), then run the recovery-windows.bat file if you're running Windows on your computer and see does that do anything. Whether or not it works would tell me exactly how the phone was rooted.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/38127313/EVO-recovery.zip
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Did you ever try the EVO-RECOVERY download. No one said anything about pressing volume up and the power button. When you see the red triangle, do not do anything except run the recovery-windows.bat file on your computer (after extracting the files to the EVO-RECOVERY folder) to see if a recovery menu appears. I forgot to mention that the phone must be connected to the computer.
If that does not work, then you might want to go to the unrevoked site and follow their root instructions.

shortydoggg said:
Did you ever try the EVO-RECOVERY download. No one said anything about pressing volume up and the power button. When you see the red triangle, do not do anything except run the recovery-windows.bat file on your computer (after extracting the files to the EVO-RECOVERY folder) to see if a recovery menu appears. I forgot to mention that the phone must be connected to the computer.
If that does not work, then you might want to go to the unrevoked site and follow their root instructions.
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yes i see recovery menu now what shud i do to get a proper recovery working without connecting the phone to pc.
Please note i am on hboot 0.79 and S-on

jawad123 said:
yes i see recovery menu now what shud i do to get a proper recovery working without connecting the phone to pc.
Please note i am on hboot 0.79 and S-on
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Perfect, the quickest way.
Download the attached files and place them on the root of your SD card.
Flash the unrevoked-forever from the temporary recovery menu that I gave you. That will turn the phone S-OFF.
Then run the PC36IMG file through the bootloader (power off the phone, then volume down +power buttons) and accept the update. That will give you the latest Amon permanent recovery. I also added the superuser.zip file in case you need to flash it (especially on stock ROM if you need it for superuser permissions).

Thank you Everyone
I found the problem and fixed it. Thank you everyone for helping me out.

jawad123 said:
I found the problem and fixed it. Thank you everyone for helping me out.
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No problem. I just tried to give you a work around to Toast Method 2 (I see the phone was rooted with Toast Method 1 only) which would also S-OFF the phone, but is more complicated.
You could have also used unrevoked, but you probably would needed to unroot first, then install the Hboot drivers, then run unrevoked (not to mention downloading all of those things) which would have taken some time.

This thread is full of win. Awesome job shortydogg. Unbelievable you still had those old files. Just nice to see how it worked out
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scottspa74 said:
This thread is full of win. Awesome job shortydogg. Unbelievable you still had those old files. Just nice to see how it worked out
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I have a lot of junk on my computer, I mean old files.

HOW root DHD which is already S-OFF???

my DHD is S-OFF but not rooted how i can root it???? thanks in adv

Without dwngrade??aahk can root it but want to dwngrade...
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To be honest, AAHK is the only way to go (just backup all your stuff, it should be relitively painless)
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thanks don't hurt ya know?

HTC Dev is unreliable (not to mention more difficult as you have to flash the boot..img separately from the ROM in a separate zip in hboot)
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thanks don't hurt ya know?

GuyInTheCorner said:
HTC Dev is unreliable (not to mention more difficult as you have to flash the boot..img separately from the ROM in a separate zip in hboot)
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thanks don't hurt ya know?
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Thanks a lot for sggtn..:thumbup:
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I'm guessing that since your bootloader is unlocked, you should be able to flash 4ext or CWM recovery through fastboot (search), and then flash SuperSU.zip (from Chainfire's thread) through recovery. That'll put Superuser.apk and the su binary in the system partition and give you root access.
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sashank said:
I'm guessing that since your bootloader is unlocked, you should be able to flash 4ext or CWM recovery through fastboot (search), and then flash SuperSU.zip (from Chainfire's thread) through recovery. That'll put Superuser.apk and the su binary in the system partition and give you root access.
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I have done it already by flashing cwm and by flashing a cstm ROM ......but thanks anyway (you only get my point)
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hello sir can i just flash recovry as pd95img.zip

mudabir said:
hello sir can i just flash recovry as pd95img.zip
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flash it used fastboot (adb tools)
1.Turn off your phone
2. Hold the volume down button + power until you boot to a white screen.
3. Use the volume rocker to select FASTBOOT then press the power button to select it.
4. Connect your phone.
5. Open up a windows command prompt and navigate to your sdk tools or platform tools folder. tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\tools) or platform-tools (c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools) (ore where you have the adb)
6. Type FASTBOOT DEVICES to make sure your computer "sees" your phone and is ready to flash the recovery. You should get a serial number and then the word fastboot as the output.
7. Type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and press enter. Give it a minute to do it's thing. You should get a message that says writing recovery and success.
(you must have the recovery.img on the same place as fastboot)
8. Unplug your phone and use the volume rocker to select BOOTLOADER and then again to select RECOVERY and you should be booted into the recovery

mudabir said:
hello sir can i just flash recovry as pd95img.zip
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Yes, but it's PD98IMG.zip, otherwise the phone won't recognize it . To flash recovery in fastboot in the suggested way you need ENG S-OFF, wich I don't actually recommend to flash, unless it's the modified ENG HBOOT in the Hack Kit. If you want to flash the PD98IMG.zip file in fastboot, follow this:
Boot in fastboot and plug the phone (you will see fastboot usb)
Open a CMD as Admin or Terminal as root in the PC (and navigate to where the file is located)
Now type in CMD:
fastboot oem rebootRUU (you will get a black screen with silver HTC)
fastboot flash zip <nameoffile.zip>
When it is done (you will see OKAY. finished at the bottom of the cmd session), type:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Then check that is correctly installed.
If not just name the file PD98IMG.zip, put it in the root of the sdcard and reboot in hboot until you are prompted to update....:good:

Baba_Bhai said:
my DHD is S-OFF but not rooted how i can root it???? thanks in adv
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You Can root it using superoneclick 2.3.3 :thumbup:
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thanks
glevitan said:
Yes, but it's PD98IMG.zip, otherwise the phone won't recognize it . To flash recovery in fastboot in the suggested way you need ENG S-OFF, wich I don't actually recommend to flash, unless it's the modified ENG HBOOT in the Hack Kit. If you want to flash the PD98IMG.zip file in fastboot, follow this:
Boot in fastboot and plug the phone (you will see fastboot usb)
Open a CMD as Admin or Terminal as root in the PC (and navigate to where the file is located)
Now type in CMD:
fastboot oem rebootRUU (you will get a black screen with silver HTC)
fastboot flash zip <nameoffile.zip>
When it is done (you will see OKAY. finished at the bottom of the cmd session), type:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Then check that is correctly installed.
If not just name the file PD98IMG.zip, put it in the root of the sdcard and reboot in hboot until you are prompted to update....:good:
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because of your help sir now i m now sense 4 thank u very musch =D

rooting already s-off dhd using aahk
Baba_Bhai said:
Without dwngrade??aahk can root it but want to dwngrade...
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I thought it was not possible to root with aahk with s-off already activated. am I missing some info.
please update as i have the same issue with my dhd already s-off but not rooted.
thanks very much in advance!!

pajdoe said:
I thought it was not possible to root with aahk with s-off already activated. am I missing some info.
please update as i have the same issue with my dhd already s-off but not rooted.
thanks very much in advance!!
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running the Hack Kit with S-OFF is useless. It will probably jam you up. If you wan to root, then finde SU image and flash it or find the flashable zip file.
Here you are one: http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.6-efgh-signed.zip or find newer version here:
http://androidsu.com/superuser/

Thanks but I'm a bit of a noob...just wondering, does flashing su turn s-off back to s-on. If no then how do I activate s-on so I can run aahk?
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pajdoe said:
Thanks but I'm a bit of a noob...just wondering, does flashing su turn s-off back to s-on. If no then how do I activate s-on so I can run aahk?
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No, flashing SU will give you root access. If you are already S-OFF don't run the Hack Kit. The hack kit does exactly that...gives you S-OFF and Root....there's no need to do that again.

Just out of curiousity, since I didn't activate the s-off, what are the chances of this being done using HTC dev?
Also, should this be the case, is is gonna affect the root process in any way? I just wonna be sure that I don't miss anything before rooting, especially since the last time I did something like this successfully was 2 years ago on a G1:
Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
Post#7, do not use htcdev.
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glevitan said:
No, flashing SU will give you root access. If you are already S-OFF don't run the Hack Kit. The hack kit does exactly that...gives you S-OFF and Root....there's no need to do that again.
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i want to know the process involved in flashing the su.zip.
i know i have to put in root SD and run it recovery mode but what is the full process involved. i don't wonna skip or miss any step and brick my phone in the process.
thanks very...and yes, i know i'm a nuisance but hopefully this might be the last time i'm bothering you SPECIAL guys

pajdoe said:
i want to know the process involved in flashing the su.zip.
i know i have to put in root SD and run it recovery mode but what is the full process involved. i don't wonna skip or miss any step and brick my phone in the process.
thanks very...and yes, i know i'm a nuisance but hopefully this might be the last time i'm bothering you SPECIAL guys
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Well, you will see Recovery work. It will flash the file and follow the instructions in the Binary Updater file. It usually replaces the old version and push the new one.
There's nothing to do but to flash the file. You don't need to wipe anything at all...It is quite simple actually. Just reboot when are told to do so...nothing can go wrong.

How to restore Nandroid backup?

The kicker is, i lost root on my phone... no Recovery.. i can get into HBoot...
My phone is always stuck on reboot loop.. theres a few odd times where it makes it into OS but then reboots again.
So I was going to my old files and noticed that I still have my Nandroid backup, so if i put this back onto my phone, will it be saved?
I cant even get it too root without the phone rebooting..

What root method did you use? What hboot do you have? Are you still s-off? What were you running prior to this happening like rom ect ? Have you tried a RUU yet? This type of information can help people try to figure out how to fix it
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sorry..
I unrooted and put back the stock RUU from sprint..
S-ON
Hboot 2.16.0001
Radio 2.15.00.0808
Date: Mar 8 2011 17:02:15
When I first rooted, I used revolutionary-0.4pre4. then i used unrevoked forever s-on.
I wanted to unroot and start everything over.. but i guess i messed something up...

gd6noob said:
sorry..
I unrooted and put back the stock RUU from sprint..
S-ON
Hboot 2.16.0001
Radio 2.15.00.0808
Date: Mar 8 2011 17:02:15
When I first rooted, I used revolutionary-0.4pre4. then i used unrevoked forever s-on.
I wanted to unroot and start everything over.. but i guess i messed something up...
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You are unrooted.
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gd6noob said:
sorry..
I unrooted and put back the stock RUU from sprint..
S-ON
Hboot 2.16.0001
Radio 2.15.00.0808
Date: Mar 8 2011 17:02:15
When I first rooted, I used revolutionary-0.4pre4. then i used unrevoked forever s-on.
I wanted to unroot and start everything over.. but i guess i messed something up...
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Since revolutionary only requires the phone to be in fastboot to s-off it. Plug your phone into your computer install the required drivers and run revolutionary program it should read your device and precede from there by typing your beta key from the website and installing a recovery from the revolutionary program. Then wipe and flash a custom rom
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the thing is that my phone is stuck on a boot loop...

gd6noob said:
the thing is that my phone is stuck on a boot loop...
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If you can get into fastboot in the bootloader you might be able to s-off with revolutionary. Just have to hope the program can find the device in fastboot first. Have you tried running the RUU again?
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since the phone was stuck in the boot loop, i kinda left it alone for few months.. i dugged it back out and remember about this issue...
So does the phone need to boot all the way into the OS for s-off to work or it might work in hboot?
i can get into hboot no problem...

evo4gnoob said:
If you can get into fastboot in the bootloader you might be able to s-off with revolutionary. Just have to hope the program can find the device in fastboot first. Have you tried running the RUU again?
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which RUU you recommed?
do you have a list of the programs i need to try and get s-off again?

I installed the HTC drivers, have the phone in hboot (fastboot USB).. open the revolutionary program and its just "Waiting for device" and its been 20mins
Do I need to install the Android SDK

I think you do, I believe most root methods use a combination of adb and fastboot. After you install it, make sure you're running the root method from the same directory as adb.exe and fastboot.exe are in (should be platform-tools).

i have places the adb.exe and fastboot.exe in the same directory as revolutionary but it still waiting for device...

gd6noob said:
i have places the adb.exe and fastboot.exe in the same directory as revolutionary but it still waiting for device...
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unplugg your phone go to menu settings applications make sure unknown sources is checked then go to developement and make sure us debugging is checked. then plug phone back in run revolutionary u should be good.u dont need to be in bootloader screen
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If my phone is stuck in the boot loop, how would I get into the settings? Guess u missed that part in my first post..
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anyone else know how to get S-Off if i cant get into the OS and turn on USB debugging???

Can you access your sdcard? Because if you can download a recovery and rename it PC36100.ZIP and put it on the root of your sdcard. When you go to your bootloader just go into the menu with the recovery option (Cant remeber atm) and it should come up asking you if you want to update the file. Press whatever button it asks you to press then you should get recovery
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Do I need to have S-Off to install the recovery?

gd6noob said:
Do I need to have S-Off to install the recovery?
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No
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sevenoid said:
Can you access your sdcard? Because if you can download a recovery and rename it PC36100.ZIP and put it on the root of your sdcard. When you go to your bootloader just go into the menu with the recovery option (Cant remeber atm) and it should come up asking you if you want to update the file. Press whatever button it asks you to press then you should get recovery
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He can't do that since he's s-on . You have to be s-on unlocked or s-off to flash a recovery
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[Q] Is this phone bricked?

I received an Incredible 2,
*****RELOCKED*******
VIVO_W XB SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT -0.98.0000
Radio- 1.09.01.0312
eMMC-boot
Jul 18 2011
All that it does is get stuck at the HTC screen.
Things that I have tried.
New Ruus
PG32IMG
The phone is recognized in fastboot,
ADB does not recognize the phone.
I have been going through the forum, and websites for the last 4 hours.
Factory Reset reboots the phone and gives me a security warning.
Recovery does the same.
I also get the USB Not recognized error once the phone comes on. I have installed the HTC drivers, I have also installed HTC Sync and have removed it.
Am I stressing and overlooking something simple? Or, do I need to take this phone out back and lay it to rest.
Thank you in advance
Crush

I don't own this phone but how did this happen? I'm assuming your rooted and unlocked if you got s recovery and stuff. And if your recovery works.. just Mount your SD card and transfer a ROM from your PC and flash one.. make sure you flash the kernel too. That or run the ruu
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XxlemonxX said:
I don't own this phone but how did this happen? I'm assuming your rooted and unlocked if you got s recovery and stuff. And if your recovery works.. just Mount your SD card and transfer a ROM from your PC and flash one.. make sure you flash the kernel too. That or run the ruu
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Thank for replying xxLemonxx
I was given this phone because because it is stuck in the bootloop. Phones come with their own recovery, this isn't a custom recovery. I have tried to run ruus, the error I get is Main version is older. I have also downloaded official stock roms with no luck.
When I hit recovery, the phone reboots back to the bootloader, the recovery never comes up.

CrushRush said:
Thank for replying xxLemonxx
I was given this phone because because it is stuck in the bootloop. Phones come with their own recovery, this isn't a custom recovery. I have tried to run ruus, the error I get is Main version is older. I have also downloaded official stock roms with no luck.
When I hit recovery, the phone reboots back to the bootloader, the recovery never comes up.
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Ohh so someone messed it up and just gave it to you for free? Or for you to repair? Either way I don't follow the droid inc2 but maybe im sure its rooted if its in a boot loop so try going into fast boot and go into cmd prompt and try to install a recovery. Look up how to install a recovery through CmD Prompt on the Pc. On my phone can't explain all of it. And then just transfer over a ROM probably cm9 and follow the instructions
Unless you want to go back to stock? Not sure if you know about ROMs and kernels?
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XxlemonxX said:
Ohh so someone messed it up and just gave it to you for free? Or for you to repair? Either way I don't follow the droid inc2 but maybe im sure its rooted if its in a boot loop so try going into fast boot and go into cmd prompt and try to install a recovery. Look up how to install a recovery through CmD Prompt on the Pc. On my phone can't explain all of it. And then just transfer over a ROM probably cm9 and follow the instructions
Unless you want to go back to stock? Not sure if you know about ROMs and kernels?
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Thats exactly what happened, it was given to me to me in this condition, and if I can fix it I will get paid for doing so.
Yes, I am familiar with roms, and kernels, I currently use an Evo 4g with Swagged out Stock X 2.0.9.8
Ive also rooted and flash cm7 on plenty of phones, I even have cm7 on my HP Touchpad.
I can't for the life of me figure this out. It has me highly intrigued. I am known for stressing out and overlooking minor small steps, so I wanted get some input from the community.
I currently have fastboot open, I am not entirely familiar with the Incredible 2, but normal case S-on = none rooted from my experience.

it was devunlocked then relocked i believe, from the error message i believe you are not flashing the right ruu, you are trying to flash an older one, you need the newest one, it was released a few months ago if i recall correctly and it was no big update but thats the one you need, search for it and try it it should work. if you are s on you cant flash a older ruu than whats already on it
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CrushRush said:
Thats exactly what happened, it was given to me to me in this condition, and if I can fix it I will get paid for doing so.
Yes, I am familiar with roms, and kernels, I currently use an Evo 4g with Swagged out Stock X 2.0.9.8
Ive also rooted and flash cm7 on plenty of phones, I even have cm7 on my HP Touchpad.
I can't for the life of me figure this out. It has me highly intrigued. I am known for stressing out and overlooking minor small steps, so I wanted get some input from the community.
I currently have fastboot open, I am not entirely familiar with the Incredible 2, but normal case S-on = none rooted from my experience.
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Hboot 98 is compatible with revolutionary root method. I would start there, rooting and s-off with a stock rooted Rom...
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Your radio is .0312, so you won't be able to flash an RUU, they're all older. Can you recognize it in fastboot mode? Try unlocking again with HTCdev, then flashing a custom recovery and ROM.
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Macrodroid said:
Hboot 98 is compatible with revolutionary root method. I would start there, rooting and s-off with a stock rooted Rom...
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Hboot .98 isn't compatible with revolutionary, only .97 is, but that doesn't make a difference anyways because you can't run revolutionary if you can't boot the phone.
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prototype7 said:
Your radio is .0312, so you won't be able to flash an RUU, they're all older. Can you recognize it in fastboot mode? Try unlocking again with HTCdev, then flashing a custom recovery and ROM.
OMG..... As usual... I have been overlooking the obvious path to glory. Thank you. I think I can handle it form here.
That literally took me like 2 minutes.
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CrushRush said:
prototype7 said:
Your radio is .0312, so you won't be able to flash an RUU, they're all older. Can you recognize it in fastboot mode? Try unlocking again with HTCdev, then flashing a custom recovery and ROM.
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Are there any roms that you recommend that run smooth on the INC2?
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I would proceed with s-off because it's so much better than htcdev unlock.
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