As now we can unlock Wildfire S Bootloader I tried some ways to permanently root this device.
Gingerbreak seems not to work, however, Zerg rush does.
You either need an S-OFF device OR an S-ON device with unlocked bootloader
Read here how to unlock bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21114312
There is a VERY EASY way to root WFS now. I take no credits in writing any stuff related to rooting that, I just want to show how you can easily root the WFS and give newbies a first station to come to.
Please come here, and download HTC Supertools by frigid, give him a million thanks, download tools and run the supertools.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426276
Be sure to use HTC Supertool v3 (directly download here: http://www.multiupload.com/ZNGJ64FZDW)
1) Press 1 (Prep (using zergRush CREDITS to Revolutionary)) and Enter, zerg rush is now run
2) Press 3 (Attempt Perm Root (Must prep first)) and Enter, now the device will get rooted
3) type reboot and Enter to reboot your device.
Afterwards your WFS will be permanently rooted.
If you stuck rooting the device try this:
1) Press 2 and Enter, instead of 1
2) Press 3 (Attempt Perm Root (Must prep first)) and Enter, now the device will get rooted
3) type reboot and Enter to reboot your device.
I tested it with European latest Stock Rom 2.3.5 and HTC-Dev unlocked bootloader. I can confirm that a file could be copied to /system, then I rebooted again and the file was still there.
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What next?
eoghan2t7 created a fine auto-installer for ClockWorkMod, your door into recovery and custom roms !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431969
Isn't 2 attempt root and number 3 attempt s-off,sim unlock?
EDIT: I still have v2 and I see now that v3 is out.
1 and 2 are different ways to prepare the phone getting rooted.
3 does root the phone
4 is Attempt S-OFF, SIM Unlock, and everything else (Using gfree) but I did NOT test this menu entry, however, it would not work I think.
Yes,I see now.I had v2 and in v3 it is different.
Thanks.
will this work with wildfire s GSM T-Mobile. after root can I install rommanager and flash with clock works recovery? thanks much
raven.warsong said:
will this work with wildfire s GSM T-Mobile. after root can I install rommanager and flash with clock works recovery? thanks much
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It works with all S-OFFed phones and with all htc-dev bootloader unlocked phones. So either S-OFF with XTC-Clip or unlock bootloader at htc-dev.com.
However, there seems to be a problem unlocking US T-Mobile Roms bc there is no RUU yet to update hboot.
If rom manager works I don't know. I just tested permanent rooting
The unlocked bootloader method to root WFS
Th method given by HTC to unlock bootloaders does not allow a user to flash a custom ROM. So I guess S-OFF is still required. I have been testing it myself from past 8 hours now. If there is any other method then please do let me know.
nikhilkaushik said:
Th method given by HTC to unlock bootloaders does not allow a user to flash a custom ROM. So I guess S-OFF is still required. I have been testing it myself from past 8 hours now. If there is any other method then please do let me know.
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What methods are you trying?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S using xda premium
nikhilkaushik said:
Th method given by HTC to unlock bootloaders does not allow a user to flash a custom ROM. So I guess S-OFF is still required. I have been testing it myself from past 8 hours now. If there is any other method then please do let me know.
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It does allow custom roms. I read from a user he installed cm7 with s-on.
allowing custom roms is the sense of bootloader unlocking
Well, I have tried th direct flashing method by placing the file into the root of SD card and the Manager method. Both seem to show the same output, an image showing nothing but error note.
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theq86 said:
It does allow custom roms. I read from a user he installed cm7 with s-on.
allowing custom roms is the sense of bootloader unlocking
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@theq86 I have been trying the same from past several hours, but I don't seem to find any positive hope.... I would be really thankful if u can help me in finding that methos using which one can flash a custom ROM with S-ON on WFS
well, sorry for asking but:
you surely did the bootloader unlocking process until the end, and your hboot says "UNLOCKED"?
For flashing roms please better refer to eoghan for I have not much experience.
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have you tried flashing via fastboot, too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21104317&postcount=76
Well, rather than following any other methods given, I preferred to follow HTC's given method to unlock bootloader. I have seen it thoroughly and yes I hav access to root as well. Some root required apps are also running. But the main reason to unlock the bootloader was to overclock my phone's processor, which could not be done on the stock ROM of HTC. Hence I tried to flash CM7.0.2 and jikantaru's ROM as well, which he claimed to have made the stock ROM with sense allowed the overclocking.
If you still can find a better way to flash ROMs with S-ON, then we all would be greatfull to that user....
I updated main post, there is a link to the developers section. eoghan has made an easy installer for CWM, so that would make it very easy to install CM
theq86 said:
It works with all S-OFFed phones and with all htc-dev bootloader unlocked phones. So either S-OFF with XTC-Clip or unlock bootloader at htc-dev.com.
However, there seems to be a problem unlocking US T-Mobile Roms bc there is no RUU yet to update hboot.
If rom manager works I don't know. I just tested permanent rooting
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Tmobile probally wont support it, upgrade to Euro rom its better anyway, shouldn't make any difference since you'll probaly be flashing a custom rom soon.
theq86 said:
As now we can unlock Wildfire S Bootloader I tried some ways to permanently root this device.
Gingerbreak seems not to work, however, Zerg rush does.
You either need an S-OFF device OR an S-ON device with unlocked bootloader
Read here how to unlock bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21114312
There is a VERY EASY way to root WFS now. I take no credits in writing any stuff related to rooting that, I just want to show how you can easily root the WFS and give newbies a first station to come to.
Please come here, and download HTC Supertools by frigid, give him a million thanks, download tools and run the supertools.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426276
Be sure to use HTC Supertool v3 (directly download here: http://www.multiupload.com/ZNGJ64FZDW)
1) Press 1 (Prep (using zergRush CREDITS to Revolutionary)) and Enter, zerg rush is now run
2) Press 3 (Attempt Perm Root (Must prep first)) and Enter, now the device will get rooted
3) type reboot and Enter to reboot your device.
Afterwards your WFS will be permanently rooted.
I tested it with European latest Stock Rom 2.3.5 and HTC-Dev unlocked bootloader. I can confirm that a file could be copied to /system, then I rebooted again and the file was still there.
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What next?
eoghan2t7 created a fine auto-installer for ClockWorkMod, your door into recovery and custom roms !
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431969
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The step 2 (press 3 and enter), how long it done??? I've waited for 15 mi...
it just took a few secs.
This said that it rooted my phone but my phone is still s-on...?
Yes. With unlocked bootloader the /system, /recovery and /boot partitions have been unlocked. Yet, this is not FULL S-OFF. We still can't flash radios.
infected85 said:
This said that it rooted my phone but my phone is still s-on...?
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yop, thats correct! there is still no method to s-off. BUT, thanks to htc-dev we can open bootloader and root!
at the end of ROOTED wildfire S
Hello, I have ran into a problem, I have just unlocked my bootloader on my Desire HD. It says it is unlocked when i go into the H-boot (power and volume down). But the main problem is that i cannot root my phone. I have used various programs(HTC super tool, Oneclickroot and one other) and it says its rooted but when i reboot there is no super user installed, and cannot use titanium backup and busy box beacuse it cant find root, even with superuser from the market. When it was trying to root, it came across a few errors like "failed beacuse system is read only or somthing along those lines, when trying to Root the phone. When i was using HTC Super Tools v3 there were various "adb server is out of date restaring" but the main thing is that it says "cannot find directory su" or somthing like that when i am perm rooting it. I dont understand why this is happening beacuse, and i havnt seen this happen to any one else...
Any Ideas?
Thanks
EDIT
For those who may also have the same problem, this is my solution, that isn't rooting:
Originally Posted by silvake
CWM recovery 5.0.1.0 is already available in ROM Manager.
Or you can download it from the ClockworkMod website.
Using the Img file you have proivded i have got my desire hd in the recovery using the htcdev bootloader unlocker with S-ON. Thankyou. For the instructions in how i did it here is the website link: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/...-phone-device/
From there i can now put a custom rom! I havnent got a rom working yet so i reckomend a backup of the current rom before doing.
Warning i am not repsonsible if anything happens to your phone but if you have a problem please post below.
Hi their all, im struggling to, root my mobile.
I did a root ages ago and i got a popup notification saying ROOTED in red letters, so i thought my mobile was rooted.
Anyway, i recently bought and recieved an XTC clip, which i bought to make my mobile s-off and unlock it
I thought this also rooted the devide which i dont think they do unless im missing things.
anyway, i downloaded the root check basic, and it says:
sorry, this device does not have proper root access
can anybody help, i know my device is s-off now
XTC Clip will S-OFF your device, which basically means you have full write access to all the partitions (boot, system, radio, recovery etc).
But as you have discovered, it doesn't root your device for you. Rooting is a separate step which gives you access to the "root" user (aka superuser/administrator).
All you need to do now is to use one of the rooting methods, and that will give you permanent (i.e. it stays after a reboot) root. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18897122 for how to do it.
Sent from my Desire Z running CM7.
I used the advice in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1432074
but found I had to download Superuser and BusyBox from the market and reboot the phone before it worked.
Good luck
Alright, I'll try not to make this an incomprehensible mess. I have an evo with s-off that I reset to stock after playing around with some ROMs. I used the unrevoked method to achieve s-off back then. Anyway, after the reset, I don't have superuser permissions. I do still have s-off, but I have no recovery flashed and as far as I can tell I need to get superuser permission first thing anyway.
The superuser app in the store doesn't do anything. As far as I've been able to find out, I need to flash superuser from the sd card. However, since I don't have a recovery installed, I can't do that. And since I don't have superuser, I can't flash a recovery.. see the problem?
So since my bootloader is locked I figured I'd try the HTCDev method for unlocking it, but when I get to the steps with the command prompt commands, I just get a "waiting for device" message. I tried installing the modified unrevoked drivers, which worked, but I still get the "waiting for device".
Basically I'm unsure what I'm supposed to do. Rooting the phone from stock is so goddamn easy, I don't know why it's being so difficult when I already have s-off. Any help would be appreciated. I couldn't find anything relevant by searching here or elsewhere.
AnHero said:
Alright, I'll try not to make this an incomprehensible mess. I have an evo with s-off that I reset to stock after playing around with some ROMs. I used the unrevoked method to achieve s-off back then. Anyway, after the reset, I don't have superuser permissions. I do still have s-off, but I have no recovery flashed and as far as I can tell I need to get superuser permission first thing anyway.
The superuser app in the store doesn't do anything. As far as I've been able to find out, I need to flash superuser from the sd card. However, since I don't have a recovery installed, I can't do that. And since I don't have superuser, I can't flash a recovery.. see the problem?
So since my bootloader is locked I figured I'd try the HTCDev method for unlocking it, but when I get to the steps with the command prompt commands, I just get a "waiting for device" message. I tried installing the modified unrevoked drivers, which worked, but I still get the "waiting for device".
Basically I'm unsure what I'm supposed to do. Rooting the phone from stock is so goddamn easy, I don't know why it's being so difficult when I already have s-off. Any help would be appreciated. I couldn't find anything relevant by searching here or elsewhere.
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OH my god, it's so easy.
Download the attached files and place them on the root of your SD card. Run the PC36IMG file through your bootloader, and accept the update. Power off the phone (not going to explain that), then boot back into the bootloader. That will give you the Recovery that you need to flash the superuser app. Just go to RECOVERY after these steps and you will see.
Hi Guys,
I am S-OFF and Unlocked with Stock recovery. I need to send my phone back so I want to go back to Locked and S-ON.
Here is my current setup.
4.4.2
Sense 6
I tried Weaksauce and it says root failure. I am trying BMT626 method and it is saying permission denied so I am assuming I need root. I am trying to avoid the RUU method since I am on stock recover and stock rom.
Can anyone help?
Thank you.
Towelroot did the trick
I figured it out.
I used Towelroot and was able to get root and reset secure flag and relock.