Hi
I had a p350 for ages, finally got a Vision, and now I'm stumped as to how to push a new kernel/baseband/rom to it.
Searching the forum gave me nothing of value, can anybody possibly link me a tutorial?
Think of baseband as radio, just so you don't go looking for it
The best way to root your phone to do all these things is to exploit with gfree, which will probably require a downgrade first.
Just do an xda or Google search for one of three guides, or all three, the more reading you do the better
Xda wiki vision
Cyanogenmod wiki root HTC desire z
Strawmetal PDF guide root HTC g2 dz
Don't use any other guide but the ones mentioned and you'll be fine, if your confused on what to do after root search the general section of this thread and find a tutorial made by rizzoizzo to flash your first ROM and more
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Cheers, it was just the first few things that had me stumped.
I realize that this is still not quite the right forum, but I am new to the vision much like the title of the thread would suggest :|
Alright, I got SlimRom 4.2.2 to boot I just have to go and change to DPI to something acceptable for my sister's standards xD what in the world is 4ext recovery? I know 4ext is a file system format or something of the sort, but I have never heard of it as a recovery...
Please point me in the direction of you "Stupid Questions" thread, or what you have as an equivalent. Most device forums has it sticked xD
First thing you need to know is how to root properly, there are a few ways to gain root but the o lay good way for this phone is with the gfree method, if you did any other way fix it now before you end up with headaches. A post above explains where to go
Next being your new to HTC, I highly suggest learning fast boot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27796375
I also have a more comprehensive yet unfinished guide at xda-u, but this will due and will also get you 4ext recovery (ext 4 is a partition type, 4ext is the best recovery made for android)
Also see this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33917375
Knowing what's here ahead of time before you run into a problem can help
First time flashers on the vision may be helped here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31249070
I'd link you more guides but its a pain on a tablet, just let me know if you need a hand. And yes there should be a new q&a thread made up for this forum with all the proper links... If anyone want to help out this community a massive set of updated links to the right stuff would be great and certainly warrant a sticky
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Thanks, looks like I got some reading to do...
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Well, i recently bought a desire hd(shifted from windows mobile), well i am rather scared to brick my device, so i would really appreciate if someone could direct me into the correct path of flashing my phone with cyanogen's Roms, at the moment, i have done reading, but i still have doubts and i cant really digest all the information given out there in certain threads, so please do help me! Thank You.
I would follow the Cyanogenmod wiki for completeness, this will taje you by the hand from stock to CM goodness
well, thank you, but i have a question, i have already rooted my phone using visionary, so i must i still root it using the method in the wiki?
That CM method is manual, and very complicated compared to the methods in this forum. You do not need to root using RATC when you have Visionary.
Ok, so yeah I have rooted with visionary, so in the wiki it mention that installing engineering hboot isn't necessary. So should I skip that step? Do I need to flash a new radio in order to flash cynogen mod? I am sorry for asking ridiculous questions. But I am rather worried to brick my beauty.
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simmarjit said:
Ok, so yeah I have rooted with visionary, so in the wiki it mention that installing engineering hboot isn't necessary. So should I skip that step? Do I need to flash a new radio in order to flash cynogen mod? I am sorry for asking ridiculous questions. But I am rather worried to brick my beauty.
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I personally would recommend flashing the hboot and also Radio S-OFF'ing, and I would recommend flashing the latest radio as it seems to improve battery life.
The reason I recommend the manual CM method is not every one has access to windows machines which many of the one click tools require,.
confusing, i am sorry, really and truly am, i am a noob with 0 knowledge on this, but i have flashed around with windows mobile though, please do help me, just guide me, small baby steps would do, spare me some of you time. Please and thank you,.
Can someone walk me through for the steps of successfully rooting my desire z ?
Thanks
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There are so many easy places to find this information here if you just look around. Specifically the Android Development sub forum.
Cyanogenmod wiki for rooting the HTC Desire Z
The XDA wiki for rooting the HTC Vision/Desire Z
Also make sure you do not use the Visionary to do root as it has a high brick risk and don't install Clockworkmod version 5 as that has issues. Stick with Clockworkmod 3.0.2.4.
Another thing ... I suggest before you root your device, you read through a lot of the forum threads for your device so you have a better understanding of what your doing. I apologize if I'm treating you with kid gloves, but your question makes me wonder.
That guide is for 1.72 firmware though I am running on 2.42.666.8. How would I go about downgrading it?
EDIT: Also, what can you do with a rooted phone, I know you can do a lot just not the specifics.
Check the Development forum, there is a guide there for downgrading gingerbread OTA's
-Nipqer
I used this guide to downgrade my ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
OhAndyOh said:
That guide is for 1.72 firmware though I am running on 2.42.666.8. How would I go about downgrading it?
EDIT: Also, what can you do with a rooted phone, I know you can do a lot just not the specifics.
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I was unaware you're phone had a later firmware on it. Yes, as you said, "can do a lot" with a rooted phone. For example you can install a custom kernel and overclock it to speed up the phone. You can install the latest version of Android on it so you know it's always up to date. I can't really think of anymore off the top of my head, but there you go. Rooting pretty much keeps your options open with your phone I guess.
i was gonna just go ahead and root my Desire HD following online guides through google but that AAHK seems to be having bad things said about it.. i'm not sure, i dont understand half the things its saying
but anyway, i just want to flash a new 4.0 or 4.1 rom onto it, just need to root the thing first
any help please?
Use the hack kit despite what you may have read.
Click on my signature and check out post#7.
By the way, wrong section. Read forum rules while you are at it.
Sent from a dream.
There will always be bad things said about every method - the internet is full of fools.
Despite the very crass nature of way AAHK's """effen""" (multiple quotes because I loathe that "word") manual, it does get to the point, and if you follow it then you'll have no problems,
Well, thanks to the AAHK tool, my phone is Semi-Bricked, and im having a hard time recovering it.
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Well, thanks to the AAHK tool, my phone is Semi-Bricked, and im having a hard time recovering it.
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You messed up. Your fault. AAHK works perfectly if you read the manual twice before doing anything. If you go about using your own logic and pressing whatever you want then you'll mess up.
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I read the efffen manual and did everything correctly, it restored to froyo but started freezing on the HTC splash screen
I got the phone working now anyways, albeit with an old radio
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humzaahmed155 said:
I read the efffen manual and did everything correctly, it restored to froyo but started freezing on the HTC splash screen
I got the phone working now anyways, albeit with an old radio
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AHH you restore to froyo?? You are not very clever are you? Maybe you missed the part where it says not to flash a froyo RUU in a device running gingerbread..that is all over the forum and even in the guide in my signature. Also in the effen manual and in the Hack Kit site.
Besides, it does not exist such a thing as semi brick...or you are bricked or you are stuck...
To sum up, stuck at the splash screen is fully described in the troubleshooting section of the manual. What people need to know, is that the Hack Kit is not for the lazy noobs, being a noob is fine if you are wise enough to learn what does hacking your device needs and involves. There are lots of thread on that...even I have writen a guide to help noobs out. No one will do anything for you...IT IS YOUR PHONE, so do your homework and stop whining.
i have a question
i am running version 2.2 on desire hd and software number is 1.83.466.5
can i use AAHK for root
komalsaeed said:
i have a question
i am running version 2.2 on desire hd and software number is 1.83.466.5
can i use AAHK for root
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Already answered in your other thread. Do not ask the same question y different threads please.
Just about to root my desire HD before flashing a new ROM. Before anyone blasts me, I have read around and searched a lot but I can't really see one definitive place where all the info is. So if you've got this far, I only wanted to check I was going about it the right way before cracking on.
I've got the 'Advance Ace Hack Kit' from here > http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=74
I've read the 'effen manual'.
I've read a lot in here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30007255
I've seen this : http://www.xda-developers.com/android/how-to-root-the-htc-desire-hd/
So I think to root my phone and achieve S-OFF I can simply let the Advance Ace Hack kit do its thing, step by step. At which point my phone shoulo then be rooted with CWM installed and I can then flash a new ROM (after dropping .zip on SDCARD).
I've seen 4EXT mentioned in the android development section, I guess this is an alternative to CWM rather than mandatory.
Really I just wanted a few votes of 'that looks right' or 'you've missed some stuff, don't do it like that'.
It doesn't seem that complicated, which is what I'm bothered about. I've flashed previous handsets, just not droids yet.
Sounds about right. Just read the effen manual again.
Yes, 4ext is an alternative, both have a touch version.
For future reference, if you have a question, it goes in the Q&A thread.
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Teichopsia said:
Sounds about right. Just read the effen manual again.
Yes, 4ext is an alternative, both have a touch version.
For future reference, if you have a question, it goes in the Q&A thread.
Sent from a dream.
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Thanks very much for the input.
Q&A Thread - got it - It's been a while since I've been on here.
I want to root my DHD. I had downloaded AAHK (zip file) few days back when the link was working and AAHK was not retired. Would I not be able to root and S-OFF my phone using AAHK now?
thevhunk said:
I want to root my DHD. I had downloaded AAHK (zip file) few days back when the link was working and AAHK was not retired. Would I not be able to root and S-OFF my phone using AAHK now?
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You can still S-OFF your phone.
After a while, the script might (if needed) try to download a PD98IMG file. When it gives an error simply google for the filename (might be PD98IMG-GB2 for example) and place it in the PD98IMG directory AAHK created. Everything should go well. I S-OFF'd my Desire yesterday.
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You can still S-OFF your phone.
After a while, the script might (if needed) try to download a PD98IMG file. When it gives an error simply google for the filename (might be PD98IMG-GB2 for example) and place it in the PD98IMG directory AAHK created. Everything should go well. I S-OFF'd my Desire yesterday.
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Sorry KirovAir, but if the people you are advising to use the Hack Kit get stuck due to not following instructions or some other issue, will you support that? Because let me remember you that the Hack Kit is no longer supported nor here or in the IRC channel. Don't you think that what you are advising is dangerous and might leave quite a few fellas with their phones in a blank screen?
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Sorry KirovAir, but if the people you are advising to use the Hack Kit get stuck due to not following instructions or some other issue, will you support that? Because let me remember you that the Hack Kit is no longer supported nor here or in the IRC channel. Don't you think that what you are advising is dangerous and might leave quite a few fellas with their phones in a blank screen?
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Sorry! I forgot to mention that using the Hack Kit is completely on your own risk and unsupported here! (and probably anywhere else..)
KirovAir said:
Sorry! I forgot to mention that using the Hack Kit is completely on your own risk and unsupported here! (and probably anywhere else..)
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Cool. Just make sure that you mention that before..:good:
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Cool. Just make sure that you mention that before..:good:
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Thanks for the information!
I had also read about 'Easy Ace Root Tool' in dev forum. But I have a question regarding that.
- It says that only Custom ROMs can be installed, not Ported ROMs. What is meant by 'ported ROMs'? Will I not be able to install, say Sabsa prime or Venom's ROM(which are ported from One S and Desire X), if I unlock bootloader using Easy Ace root tool?
Also, does it support flashing 4ext recovery?
could you please tell me at least which version of aahk you used? already found in the web PD98IMG-GB2 and i am willing to do the proccess... already red many forums about rooting my desire hd. but since you did that proccess already i think you can give some reliable tips even if this topic is unsupported here. i know that discussing about aahk is unwelcome in the xda forum and i am sorry for this but i think you would agree that its the way with the most chances of success. or anyway could you suggest me any another way to follow?
thank you for yoour time
mike
thevhunk said:
Thanks for the information!
I had also read about 'Easy Ace Root Tool' in dev forum. But I have a question regarding that.
- It says that only Custom ROMs can be installed, not Ported ROMs. What is meant by 'ported ROMs'? Will I not be able to install, say Sabsa prime or Venom's ROM(which are ported from One S and Desire X), if I unlock bootloader using Easy Ace root tool?
Also, does it support flashing 4ext recovery?
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Unlocking the bootloader will allow you to flash any recovery that is for the device (DHD / Inspire 4G), Custom roms built from source (CM) and modified sense roms work great. Ported roms I am not sure, but you can try it out. In the worst case scenario, you might get stuck in the splash screen and you will have to flash a different one.
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mikexam said:
could you please tell me at least which version of aahk you used? already found in the web PD98IMG-GB2 and i am willing to do the proccess... already red many forums about rooting my desire hd. but since you did that proccess already i think you can give some reliable tips even if this topic is unsupported here. i know that discussing about aahk is unwelcome in the xda forum and i am sorry for this but i think you would agree that its the way with the most chances of success. or anyway could you suggest me any another way to follow?
thank you for yoour time
mike
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No, Hack Kit is no longer supported anywhere. If you are willing to do it, you are on your own and will have to find information about it somehwere else. There are other ways to root or S-OFF the device that are supported here. So, please let the Hack Kit rest in peace.
glevitan said:
No, Hack Kit is no longer supported anywhere. If you are willing to do it, you are on your own and will have to find information about it somehwere else. There are other ways to root or S-OFF the device that are supported here. So, please let the Hack Kit rest in peace.
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definitely i would prefer a way through xda furums since its the most trustful, helpful and updated site!!!! but pls... there are more that 5 suggested ways in the forum from 2010 till 2011 or early 2012 and some files needed to be downloaded no longer exist. moreover, above the topics many people explain that had problems during rooting and s-off proccess..could you suggest me one of these as most efficient... its not that i cant do it but i need a guide by following exact steps since i am not a programmer of android. sorry if i am asking so much but im reading for more that a week forums about rooting and s-off dhd and i am really confused with the difficulties this phones has. (i have 3.0sence with 2.3.5 gb, but i bought it on froyo version if this could help)
thanks again for your time,
looking forward for your answer
mikexam said:
definitely i would prefer a way through xda furums since its the most trustful, helpful and updated site!!!! but pls... there are more that 5 suggested ways in the forum from 2010 till 2011 or early 2012 and some files needed to be downloaded no longer exist. moreover, above the topics many people explain that had problems during rooting and s-off proccess..could you suggest me one of these as most efficient... its not that i cant do it but i need a guide by following exact steps since i am not a programmer of android. sorry if i am asking so much but im reading for more that a week forums about rooting and s-off dhd and i am really confused with the difficulties this phones has. (i have 3.0sence with 2.3.5 gb, but i bought it on froyo version if this could help)
thanks again for your time,
looking forward for your answer
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You don't need S-OFF to root. You can just run this and you will be just fine. You don't have to be a programmer to root your phone, just do a little reading and searching will suffice.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169515