I had to post here because I've only just joined, but I do hope someone can assist me.
I'm such a nob really, I love dabbling with stuff but because of these tendencies I'm always a little too hasty doing stuff before I've read the pros and cons.
I buggered my psp by upgrading the firmware so I couldn't use homebrew and couldnt downgrade, buggered my modded banned xbox that could have been jtagged if only I hadnt just upgraded that dashboard, and now I've whizzed to hboot 1.36 only to find that it doesn't run the roms I'd really like to. I could chew the top off my phone I'm so mad.
Anyway the problem I'm having, even though some roms state it's possible, I can't seem to... is finding either a nice miui rom or cyanogenmod rom that runs well with hboot1.36 unlocked s-on.
I've tried many different boot.img's and things but the closest I got was loading up and then telling me phone has stopped and I go into a press ok cancel loop.
Anyway thanks in advance, hopefully
Some ROMs have instructions in the OP about kernels and JB hboots. Guess you never read that far
I do actually, and I have been that's why I said 'even though some roms state it's possible, I can't seem to'
But that's exactly the problem I'm having. There only seem to be a couple of cyanogenmods or miuis that claim it works but I still cannot seem to get them working.
Actually that's untrue, I did manage with one but it was unstable as hell and locked up and / or rebooted all the time.
I guess I'm pretty buggered for now with 1.36, I'll have to just use something boring with sense or just bung a launcher on it
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Hey guys,
Trying to figure out whats going to be best for me. Im currently on 2.1, which is virgin branded (i presume, as thats what the boot logo is after the htc logo). Now, Im tempted to root it and upgrade to 2.2 froyo (as there are now rooted roms).
My Hboot is 0.75.0000 and radio is 4.05.00.11 but strangely at the top it says
" BRAVO UNKNOWN SHIP S-ON " which is where i would assume it says o2, Orange etc. Will i need to goldkey an sd card still, or is this rom a WWE stock htc rom?
Also, could anyone hold my hand through the whole root-install new ROM process? I've read through the posts on here, and although I am not exactly computer illiterate, it does seem a little daunting, and as this Desire cost me £500 sim free(from CEX) when it came out, I'm a little scared of bricking it, although it is insured .....
Last question is, with the 2.2 Rooted Froyo releases that are currently out, which is best? I want all the latest official features (wifi n, wifi tether, 720p etc) but a quick running phone with nice subtle extras.
Cheers guys, sorry for being a bit of a noob here, but I've ended up reading myself into confusion
Raty
Welcome.
The Short answer is ; if you don't feel comfortable then don't do the rooting process. It has been simplified significantly most recently but things still can go wrong. If you can wait the best option for you is to wait until your carrier releases an update. Still not foolproof but less likely to get you in hot water.
The Long answer is that there are plenty of guides around both here and at Modaco. If you do get in trouble I guess you can ask on the forum.
Good Luck
(RESOLVED!!)
Ok, so keeping it as short as possible. Brand new HTC desire on Orange UK. Full of all that Orange junk. Unrevoked root on it, all dandy. Spend at least an hour trying to figure out (I know google is my friend) why all the E:Can't nonsense was happening any time I tried making a back-up or flashing a ROM.
I moved onto alpha rev S-off solution at this point. Ran it, worked fine till part 3 then got the 'failed but don't worry it's not bricked'. Turn it back on and I've got a white HTC screen with black lines on normal startup, but POWER + VOL D works ok, but still S-on and and all the "E:Can't..." nonsense.
At this point I'm sitting in my onesie with a massive headache having not moved since about 1800 04/12/10, and now 12 hours later I've finally learnt my lesson, research as much as I can (thankyou google) and then ask any questions you cant find answers for before I plunge/stumble into another barbed and bear trapped solution.
So question is if I follow the recovery method used by Bubach28 and a few others, using .zips of the ROM the desire shipped with will it all go grand? My concern is that I didn't unbrand my desire. It's rooted but I didn't bother unbranding it. So now will I be able to use any old stock ROM or am I scuppered because I cant find an Orange specific zip or an Orange RUU?
I blame Oranges stupid 2.****e F-yo(u) version of Sense and my own stupidity equally on this one. Help and advice MUCH appreciated, otherwise I have a nice shiny new alternative for the spork I've always wanted.
Sorry for double posting this. I thought I'd make a new post as the one I had it in is quite off the original topic after 150 pages, and this being specific to orange based folks like me it wouldn't be of much use to many others.
(RESOLVED and happy as a pig in ****e for it!!)
Well as you said your phone is branded, therefore if you intend to run a non-orange RUU you will have to use a goldcard, then you can literally flash any ruu you want and you wont have any problems ... so for instance you could flash a WWE RUU and then start the rooting process again.
(Search the forum abit for how to create a goldcard)
The Orange RUU has never been released but I know someone who might be about to change all that...its a harsh lesson but it's another example of needing to research before jumping blindly into something they don't understand
Sleep... finally!
EddyOS;9598864its a harsh lesson but it's another example of needing to research before jumping blindly into something they don't understand[/QUOTE said:
Not as harsh a reply as my bear head thought it was when i first read it. Lol. Only just awake. 7 hours sleep is very refreshing. Unfortunately I didn't read far enough ahead to realised that S-off worked on only very specific PVT4 Desires. Ah well. At least I'm not all lost. Let the Goldcard research commence! I'll post back when I sort it out.
Thanks RaymondErasmus and EddyOS.
Out of curiousity EddyOS, who could change that? And is it already available or a work in progress? I'm going to go down the goldcard route regardless as I don't want to be staring at Oranges bloaty demo and charged apps all the time, but somebody migght find it useful yet.
Ta again.
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I know someone who is apparently (and don't hold me to this) getting the RUU off of an Orange techy. I'll post it when, and if, I ever see it
Getting places
Ok, so I took it a bit easier today. Slept well and nursed my flu ridden fiancee, but pottered away over the day at goldcard etc. So from what i've been able to gather so far is that on orange the only thing I can really start with is an early version of the standard sense ROM, anything with 1.15 on it because anything later causes major hassle with the radio bit.
I've searched around and again Bubach28 has had the same issue so her entries have helped alot. Problem is now I can't get a decent .zip with an early ROM on it. Bubach28 used one off shipped-roms .com but the only one I'm able to download is a much later release from early november, and even when I do try and flash it as the PB99IMG.zip it comes back with the error...
CID incorrect!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<VOL UP> Yes
<VOL DOWN> No
... and every other one wont complete the download. They all time out or freeze. It's probably my internet connection but anyway. Does anyone have any files that are stable and useable? The CID error made me think I'd messed up the goldcard bit but I redid it a few times and on a few different cards, including the one that came in the Desire (which most people said was the only one that worked for them, although i read other posts that said that micro sdhc didn't work at all so that was confusing too as the one you get is a samsung 4gb micro sdhc) and besides based on the tutorial on the unlockr it should be fine.
So anyway, does anybody have a torrent or an upload on rapidshare of something like PB99IMG_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.0
6.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.zip or something earlier? Should I be using a specific md5 checksum for downloading these .zip files? Or equally is there anyway to run the RUU.exe whilst limited to bootloader and recovery? I've tried a few different ways and searched a fair bit for solutions but I can't quite find the answer.
Idea? I'm sorry if the answer is staring me in the face or if I've missed that one thread in my flicking between them too quickly.
Ive recently flashed the following WWE RUU successfully.
This was done after the latest Orange OTA upset my rooted phone.
Run the RUU with the phone in the fastboot menu.
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...9.00.32U_5.11.05.27_release_151783_signed.exe
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
BHBoyg said:
Ok, so I took it a bit easier today. Slept well and nursed my flu ridden fiancee, but pottered away over the day at goldcard etc. So from what i've been able to gather so far is that on orange the only thing I can really start with is an early version of the standard sense ROM, anything with 1.15 on it because anything later causes major hassle with the radio bit.
I've searched around and again Bubach28 has had the same issue so her entries have helped alot. Problem is now I can't get a decent .zip with an early ROM on it. Bubach28 used one off shipped-roms .com but the only one I'm able to download is a much later release from early november, and even when I do try and flash it as the PB99IMG.zip it comes back with the error...
CID incorrect!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<VOL UP> Yes
<VOL DOWN> No
... and every other one wont complete the download. They all time out or freeze. It's probably my internet connection but anyway. Does anyone have any files that are stable and useable? The CID error made me think I'd messed up the goldcard bit but I redid it a few times and on a few different cards, including the one that came in the Desire (which most people said was the only one that worked for them, although i read other posts that said that micro sdhc didn't work at all so that was confusing too as the one you get is a samsung 4gb micro sdhc) and besides based on the tutorial on the unlockr it should be fine.
So anyway, does anybody have a torrent or an upload on rapidshare of something like PB99IMG_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.0
6.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.zip or something earlier? Should I be using a specific md5 checksum for downloading these .zip files? Or equally is there anyway to run the RUU.exe whilst limited to bootloader and recovery? I've tried a few different ways and searched a fair bit for solutions but I can't quite find the answer.
Idea? I'm sorry if the answer is staring me in the face or if I've missed that one thread in my flicking between them too quickly.
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Enter fastboot in hboot ... the computer should be able to pick up the device and then you will be able to run the normal RUU.exe or you could do the PB99IMG flash method. It doesnt really matter ... use the method that you feel more comfortable with!
As far as trying to go as far back as 1.21 ... this isnt really necessary and might even cause problems ... you can load the latest WWE 2.29 ... As a RUU flashes Radio, Kernal everything. (Seeing as you say you have a working goldcard i see no real reason why you cant do this )
Ta-da!
Right, so I'm all done and dusted and very happy.
I honestly couldn't tell you where I went wrong so many times with the gold card business but here's how I did it in the end.
After trying the unlockr method and various others (all using the Android SDK) I found a very useful program called GoldCardTool (find it at hxxp://android.modaco.com/content/software/308798/pc-application-goldcardtool/)
Tried with a 2gb sandisk but couldn't get it going, so like many people have said I just went for the stock samsung 4gb sdhc that came with the phone, and it worked first time. I opted for the PB99IMG.zip (I can't for the life of me remember where I got the .zip and it's renamed now but the .txt file tells me it's a 2.29.405.2 rom) method as opposed to running the RUU.exe as I had been having trouble with that before it ever got to a point where it mattered if my goldcard was done right or not.
Also, anyone worrying about Orange radio bit making your phone lock, i've not had any problems yet, so as RaymondErasmus said, just go for the latest one.
Very happy to be free of all the orange bloatware.
Thanks to RaymondErasmus, EddyOS and mikep99. Legends!
Excellent. Make sure you keep hold of the PB99.img file for in the future. You never know when it might come in handy.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
All,
I've had my Evo for a few months and have almost pulled the trigger for rooting and tinkering with the phone a few times, stopping each time to read more and more about concerns like backing up the WiMax radio, and other things. Having read as much as I can until my eyes bleed and my brain hurts, I have two remaining questions:
1) I'm wondering if there's any reason to wait until a Sprint-blessed Gingerbread update gets released. If rooted and on some 3rd-party ROM, is there ANY reason to think that anything undesirable might happen to my phone when this update is released? I assume rooting methods might change, but I guess it won't matter if I'm already rooted (?). Anything at all, other than not receiving Sprint OTA updates?
2) I know there are multiple ways to root. To me, the differences boil down to Unrevoked (one-click) and everything else. I don't mind extra steps if there's reason to perform them. The only "con" that I've found to using Unrevoked (assuming I have a compatible Evo) is if "something goes wrong, you will have a bit more trouble trying to find out what went wrong" ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865204 ).
I'm very concerned about having a WiMax radio backup and not losing my keys, and was planning on using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448 as xHausx mentions that explicitly, something I haven't seen very much. There seems to be some confusion that nandroid backups did/didn't backup your radio, or that only certain versions do/did.
Thanks for reading, I appreciate it.
Well im not an expert but this is what i know. First if you do root be prepared to go nuts. Once you get the hang of flashing roms/kernels you might get addicted and be flashing a rom or kernel way too often. Now all roms are basically the same with little differences that dont really matter. One is not better than the other you just have to find the one YOU like best. There are three types of roms. Sense based roms like Myns 2.2 or Fresh Rom. They are basically just like your stock phone with different apps and tweaks than sprint puts in. AOSP roms like Cyanogen Mod or Vaelpak. These are basically stock android (no sense) with little tweaks and apps thrown in. Then there is MIUI Rom which is basically iphones iOS for android phones. I tried all three and went back to sense roms cause everything works. Now for gingerbread. No doubt it will be better and faster than froyo. But it isnt going to be nothing evolutionary or anything. We thought froyo was going to be and its just a little better. Which will probably be the case with every new android update. So if you root you cannot get gingerbread when it is sent OTA, unless you unroot then update your phone. If your rooted you have to wait for the devs hear to cook up a rooted version of gingerbread. Which will take maybe a week after its official release. When i rooted i used unrevoked 3.21. I had to run it twice and it worked no problem. Flashed a rom and was on my way. I would say to use toasts method to root not unrevoked. Only because in order to run cyanogen mod. Which youll have to try. You have to downgrade your hboot to .76. Unrevoked does not do this and yes if you do have issues its kinda hard to figure wat is wrong. I did downgrade my hboot after and everything went fine, but i have seen alot of people having problems doing the way i did. Toasts method does this in the rooting process so youll be able to try any rom as soon as your done. Also youll get familiar with using adb shell, which i still dont know how to use because i used unrevoked. Now with the radios/rsa keys. As long as you dont try to flash a new radio or prl you wont lose your RSA keys. Ive never flashed one and my phone is fine. You dont have to update these. But if you decide you want to. Make sure and use amon ra 1.8 as your recovery and not clockwork mod. Amon will backup your rsa keys when you make your first nandroid backup after rooting and clockwork will not. One thing to remember is just cause some new version of a ROM or kernel or radio or whatever comes out and people are saying its so great doesnt mean it is going to be great on your phone. Some kernels will work great on your phone and suck on mine. If your phone is working great and youve found a rom you love and a kernel that gives you great speed and battery life stick with it. Everytime you flash something..you can have problems. Most are easy to fix by restoring a nandroid or wiping the phone and reflashing the rom. But still its not a good feeling. For instance i run Myns Rom 2.2 RLS3 his new version RLS 4 is out now and everyone says its great. But im sticking with RLS3 because it has the look,feel,speed,battery life i need and want and theres no reason to upgrade. Only when he releases a gingerbread version of his rom. Sounds like you have been doing your research which is good. I studied for a couple months before rooting. Everything in this post is what ive come to understand, but everything in rooting is development so nothing is set in stone. I may not be 100% right on all this stuff jus tryin to help
P.S. i used the videos made by djr3z over at http://www.thedroiddemos.com when i rooted.
Evo - Myn 2.2 RLS 3 - Clockwork - HBoot .76
I've been trying to flash the CDMA Wildfire's SPL (from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11712773&postcount=1) onto my Alltel Wildfire. Since there's no custom recovery (yet), I traced the steps from here and modified my misc and cache partitions manually on my PC, then flashed them with flash_image. Unfortunately, it's not working.
I thought I might be doing something wrong, so I pulled out my old CDMA Hero and tried the exact same thing, but it worked on the Hero. What am I doing wrong? Is it because the rom is designed for Verizon, or did HTC just remove that update functionality? Any suggestions, hints, etc. are greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I just looked back at the post, and the rom isn't "designed" for Verizon, xHausx just said "Verizon's version of the Wildfire", referring to CDMA as opposed to GSM. My bad.
Wow. Nothing? I'm just looking for suggestions or opinions. I'm willing to try anything
Depending on how much spare time I get today, I might try reversing the stock recovery to see if there's anything in there related to flashing the bootloader. I'll post back if I find anything.
im going to try getting s off on this wildfire bee cdma. i will let you no what i find.
oostah said:
im going to try getting s off on this wildfire bee cdma. i will let you no what i find.
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Awesome! Just thought I'd share some of my failed attempts to speed things up:
I replaced the public key with the test key in the stock recovery's /res/keys file, then tried a write_firmware_image. Didn't work.
I replaced the kernel in the boot.img with the bootloader, and set the load address to 0 ("jumpspl style"). Didn't do anything noticable (stayed on Alltel logo).
Another thing I noticed is my Bee's model number is PD0610000, and the one in the rom above is PD0611000. I don't know if there's anything significant in that, but between that and the massive difference in hboot versions, I'm afraid to try and flash that rom. Luckily, I found the alltel one here: h**p://u.115.com/file/t5f03f513d (can't link, even though I did before. hmm...). Someone would need to make some S-OFF patches, though, since it's a SHIP SPL.
I also thought about a unrEVOked forever style "radio hack" (for lack of a better term), but I'm not sure how to proceed down that road.
Good luck to ya
Isaac356 said:
Awesome! Just thought I'd share some of my failed attempts to speed things up:
I replaced the public key with the test key in the stock recovery's /res/keys file, then tried a write_firmware_image. Didn't work.
I replaced the kernel in the boot.img with the bootloader, and set the load address to 0 ("jumpspl style"). Didn't do anything noticable (stayed on Alltel logo).
Another thing I noticed is my Bee's model number is PD0610000, and the one in the rom above is PD0611000. I don't know if there's anything significant in that, but between that and the massive difference in hboot versions, I'm afraid to try and flash that rom. Luckily, I found the alltel one here: h**p://u.115.com/file/t5f03f513d (can't link, even though I did before. hmm...). Someone would need to make some S-OFF patches, though, since it's a SHIP SPL.
I also thought about a unrEVOked forever style "radio hack" (for lack of a better term), but I'm not sure how to proceed down that road.
Good luck to ya
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i have two of these bee's i have one rooted but no recovery. so i was looking to see if i can get s off. but i should be able to spend mo time on them now.
bump for this thread. Is there any S-off available now for HTC Bee? I need it so bad. Thanks
Sorry for the near-necropost
Okay guys. It's not my main phone, so it's not a priority. But this is the only phone I have that I haven't been able to customize.
I'm very familiar with dirty root methods, I have a rooted/S-OFF'd Tb that I did by hand. If anyone knows/has the files I need to get a dirty S-off, I'd be more than happy to try and do this, and I'll post my results (best scenario, a guide) afterward.
Anyone? Please?
All the best,
-HG
motoyola said:
bump for this thread. Is there any S-off available now for HTC Bee? I need it so bad. Thanks
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Re: bump Im looking for the same thing.
still nothin?
Any progress in rooting this? Any available RUU? Thanks!
HalosGhost said:
Okay guys. It's not my main phone, so it's not a priority. But this is the only phone I have that I haven't been able to customize.
I'm very familiar with dirty root methods, I have a rooted/S-OFF'd Tb that I did by hand. If anyone knows/has the files I need to get a dirty S-off, I'd be more than happy to try and do this, and I'll post my results (best scenario, a guide) afterward.
Anyone? Please?
All the best,
-HG
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Do you still want to work on this phone? I have the Alltel and C Spire RUU but don't where to start.
Hi HalosGhost,
I really don't know which files you need, but I'm willing to send you whatever you told me to send you (from the phone), I'm able to have root access, and also I have a "backup" (since this "bee" doesn't have a way to backup the actual ROM) that I found in a chinese site: RUU_Bee_Alltel_WWE_1.07.671.2_Radio_1.00.00.1001_NV_Alltel_2_60_NoCNV_release_152081_signed.exe[/URL] (referenced by Isaac356, I tested and I did a successful re-flash to my cell) and I know it has the damn'd lock AKA nand lock, so I was unable (and as far as I understand, no1 has) to flash it because this one is preventing us from doing it.
If anybody has another tip I missed please say it now.
So, what you need, buddy?
NOTE: Grrr! I need it to take out the link: so I post it here: http: // u.115.com/file/t5f03f513d
PS, I missed to mention that I tried the GoldenCard creation but all I tried did NOT work
any news about this? I tried using HTCDEV to gain S-off but still no luck. It Just updated my hboot.
hello there im having some major problems trying to get jeallybean on my device, namly revolutionhd 18.2, my issue is updating the hboot,
all the guides are out of date or just simply miss bits xD
i tried to follow that flows guide as linked by revolution hd.
im not going to quote it and stuff he was good enough to make it, just a shame it isnt kept up to date :/
anyhoe,
ive now gotten to the bit where im trying to flash it some times it craps out and sometime my phone is missing? xD
now its just not picking up the phone windows is reporting usb device malfunction.
is there a proper guide out there for a nub like me?
many thanks