i used, unrevoked and revolution. all went great. hboot shows rovolution and s-off, recover i fine to. but when in phone... cant get su, even tryed with t.emulator. help plz
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Before froyo, I rooted my Incredible and set S-OFF, then unrooted (left S-OFF) and updated with OTA. So today I have 2.2 stock unrooted with S-OFF. I'm trying to root now and I followed steps 15-21 of this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771178 but the phone still isn't rooted. Actually I don't really know how to tell if it is or not, but apps that require root access (like ShootMe) say they can't get it, even though it's granted in the Superuser app. If I go into hboot it shows version .92, which I believe is the correct one...?? What I'm wondering now is can I just run unrevoked (now that it works with 2.2) instead of the steps in the above listed post, or is that going to screw something up?
BTW I did search the forums for over an hour so if this is already covered somewhere, I'd appreciate a PM with a link to the post. Thanks in advance!
Run unrevoked 3 ... It will root froyo
Ok I just downloaded unrevoked version 3.21 and ran it. I already ran a prior version when my phone was still on Android 2.1, so I already had the windows hboot drivers installed. Now when I run unrevoked 3.21 I still get that "waiting for hboot drivers" message and I can't do anything with it. Nothing shows up in device manager as either "other device" nor as "android phone" so I can't get past that point of unrevoked. The drivers are there, but the computer and phone don't connect properly once it's in hboot. Any ideas?
Apparently there was a prob and I didn't get payload update and su applied, so I went back into recovery and did that and everything's working now.
I tried rooting with unrevoked, it said Done on the screen (PC) but it actually hasn't rooted it. After researching it appears it need to "finish it off" and use unrevoked forever (http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever) which i tried but I get an error Got Radio version 5.11.05.27 E:unsupported system e:update failed
any ideas?
Are you sure your not mixing rooting and S-offing up? Unrevoked forever will only work on CDMA phones.
What happens when you download terminal emulator and type: su
themikeyboosh said:
I tried rooting with unrevoked, it said Done on the screen (PC) but it actually hasn't rooted it. After researching it appears it need to "finish it off" and use unrevoked forever (http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever) which i tried but I get an error Got Radio version 5.11.05.27 E:unsupported system e:update failed
any ideas?
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Unrevoked is only a soft root for the desire, if you want full root, after using unrevoked, search for alpharev to complete the procedure, unrevoked forever is not supported on a gsm desire
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Probably. Yeah i just read it's only the desire cdma that is supported.
oh......a dialog box popped up saying will you allow blah blah
confused. i want to edit the gps.conf file using android commander but that says i need root. so what has unrevoked done? i thought that rooted it
You are rooted and can use most apps that require root, but you can not write to the system partition while booted. If you need to do anything to the system partition do it while in recovery or use [AlphaRev] Public release S-OFF HTC Desire GSM. Just make sure you really know what you are doing before S-offing your device.
Soft root only allows R/W access to /system when in recovery, if you wan full access like i said try alpharev
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thanks. how do i write to it in recovery? i don't fancy doing that AlphaRev thing
You need to get familiar with ADB. Do some searching on that. This might also help you to get started.
Also make a nandroid backup before you edit anything on the system partition in case you (accidentally) mess something up, this why you can alway revert back.
If you new to nandroid as well, some searching on that should also give all the answers needed.
I managed to root and install cm7rc1 with the newest radio and when i went back into fastboot, I noticed that S-ON was activated again. did a search and discovered that crazy HTC sets security and somehow i undid my S-OFF. I was going to use the .exploid root method but i can't write to the phone anymore. I think i still have clockworkmod recovery. so am i still rooted? can i even flash an OTA update. any suggestions? thanks.
(update: in my haste i forgot the search, i'll delete this if i find a solution)
To figure out if you still have root you can go into Terminal and type "su" if superuser comes up, you accept and it changes the symbol to a # then you're still root but you may not be S-OFF anymore.
First off if u just rooted it it will still have s on the only way to get soff is wilt the alpharev exploit and only way to lose soff is to reflash the hboot and cm7 does not do that so I think u never had soff unless u did the alpharev
After much reading I think I finally understand. I've been spoiled with the nexus one which obviously doesn't have this problem. This is my wife's phone. I thought that after rooting I would get s-off. Anyway, I guess without s-off I have to always update.zip into clockworkmod recovery to flash a cm rom? I am still unclear how to alpharev. Sounds like I need to burn a utility CD and then the app automatically forces s-off. Will need to read more. Thanks for the replies/help
Ok
U run unrevoked latest download via there site
And i get to the point were its in hboot and does that thing then reboots.
Ok when it reboots and all,
Unrevoked says Running Root.. .. ..
and then it comes with a error:
Internal Error: Failed to unlock NAND flash?
PLEASE HELP how do i get pass this or whats going on.
and also when i plug in phone should it be on usb charge? ive tried this and ive tried disk one to and same error.
please help..
when in hboot its version 1.06.0000 also if that helps any?
im on rom 2.2 stock bout it like last week
hi, as described, you are using alpharev mod and not unrevoked
unrevoked to root the phone and alpha rev to S-OFF the phone (remove the secure nand)
seems that your hboot is version 1.06.0000 => is it a desire cdma???
coz not yet supported by alpharev maybe in a while => actually no solution to S-OFF your phone as far as I know (may be i'm wrong !)
are you already rooted??? coz you don't need to S-OFF for flashing custom rom
hope this help
Hboot 1.06.0000 is normally cdma I think, and according to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=776696
3.2.1 should root and s-off it?
So I think running it again would be the first thing to try.
Enable "USB debugging" first though, not "charge only"..!
Im already rooted but I'd like to root with Unrevoked b/c i've heard it will give me HBoot .92 and every other method i've tried to get .92 just doesn't work. So can i just run unrevoked and "re-root" ??
Did you download the latest HBOOT .92 from Doug Piston's site here, rename it to PB31IMG.zip, put it on the root of your SD card, boot to HBOOT to update?
Are you S-OFF currently? I am not sure if you need to be, but when I ran Unrevoked, it didn't give me .92 HBOOT. Try running Unrevoked Forever if you are S-ON to get S-OFF, then try updating HBOOT.
I did try downloading that and about every other suggestion i've heard....no dice. I am s-on, could that be the problem??
Well, if you were to get S-OFF, that would eliminate it as the issue, so I'd go for it. S-OFF will allow flashing of leaked radios, things like that, so that could be the issue here. You can always get back to S-ON if needed. Then retry the HBOOT steps.
when i run Unrevoked to get s-off i get the error message:
"unable to gain root...is your firmware too new?"
I've read where Market installed apps have done this, FrostIncredible said DropBox had to be uninstalled on his to get it to work. Maybe another app you've installed from the Market? Possibly setting the phone to Disk Drive mode when plugged into USB instead of Charge Only...or if you're in Disk Drive mode try Charge Mode Only. Make sure you're using Unrevoked HBOOT drivers too, here.
I've also read where people have installed then uninstalled the HTC Sync program but left the drivers and it worked. I would try this last. Apparently, it installs the HTC Sync drivers and the HTC Sync program, so uninstall only the HTC Sync program and leave the drivers.
This step by step guide may help too. It's a start to finish guide with links, for reference...here.