Hi there everyone!
I'm using my G1 (german, T-Mobile branded) some months now and till latelty did not bother about rooting.
Now I found Bluex, which implements a function I was missing badly: Bluetooth OBEX. But receiving files is only possible with root.
This and Apps2SD are enough appetizers for me to get root. I plan on sticking to this guide but instead of using one of the linked ROMs I want to install "JFV1.51 CRB43 EU" from his Blog.
Now I got some questions, which hopefully will be answered by ono of you.
I guess the radio update should be the same as the US build?
Do you think this ROM is a good choice for my two prerequisites (Root and Apps2SD)?
Since this is my first root attempt, do you think that guide is OK for a generally tech savvy person?
Thanks in advance,
Thanatos81
1. Radio updates are the same
2. The ROM is perfekt for you
3. Did not read the guide. Why don't you use a german guide (like this)
I used this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443797
so long
But hey, attention!
You have to use the goldcard method!
Here's a guide for you in german:
http://www.android-hilfe.de/t-mobile-g1-forum/1912-goldcard-ohne-wmdevice-oder-linux.html
he can use both methods! goldcard is not that easy. let him decide!
Thanks for your quick replies! I think I would also succeed at the goldcard method. Being a programmer, a hexeditor etc. are not such unusual tools ;-)
But since it is more complex and thus probably also more time consuming I would like to know if there are any big davantages in using a goldcard.
Hi again!
I rooted my phone succesfully using the goldcard method (didn't try the other one) and am now writing from JF 1.51 EU w/ DxTop ;-)
AppsToSD is also working with only one problem. When I install private apps like Bluex or Snap Photo Pro they FC on me. They even don't have there icons and most times do not show up on the App dock.
Does any of you have ahint for me? Unfortunately I did not try any of those apps before setting up AppsToSD 2.
Sorry for the double post...
Thanatos81 said:
But since it is more complex and thus probably also more time consuming I would like to know if there are any big davantages in using a goldcard.
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No, you can use both methods! With the GoldCard you can easy root other G1s. But if you just want to root one phone it doesn't mater.
Thanks for the heads-up, linulli. But as stated before I already succefully rooted my phone. I just got some issues with paid apps...
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Hello all, I read all the posts about how to root HTC Hero (Poland Era G2) but I still do not know which method is the simplest. I depend mostly to BT to work normally. Could someone give me links to the topics. Because I have already lost in this. Thanks
the simplest way is pick one of them and try it, instead of looking through all of them
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Hello all, I read all the posts about how to root HTC Hero (Poland Era G2) but I still do not know which method is the simplest. I depend mostly to BT to work normally. Could someone give me links to the topics. Because I have already lost in this. Thanks
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The fact you say you need bluetooth to work normally, in relation to rooting your device, suggests maybe a misconception on your part, so I'm writing this just in case that is true.
The method you use to root your phone won't determine what features it supports or how reliable it is. Once you root your phone, using any method you can find which works for you, you can install a custom recovery image (current AmonRa recommended).
When that's done you're then free to choose any custom gsm Hero ROM you like & that is what will determine the features & reliability of the device. It's also fairly easy to swap between ROMs so you can try several & very easy to revert to one you've already tried (& backed up via nandroid backup, a feature of the recovery image).
So it's okay to plunge in & try the various rooting methods, though obviously do follow the instructions carefully. I think theunlockr.com has some good video guides if you prefer video to the written word. Just google 'unlockr htc hero rooting'.
Argh, just realised the original post is two months old. Oh well. If you're reading do post back to say if you managed.
Help...
Well I basically don't know where I am right now
Ive been researching how to mod a My-touch 3G for a long time and im a first time rooter
I'm Trying to get Cyanogen Mod 5.07 Hopefully but... I followed the directions at the Unlockr website not knowing it had different recovery than the ones needed for a CyangenMod
I got mixed up with multiple guides about rooting my phone in the first place and there are SO MANY different things to install...
Well I got my MT3G BACK to CupCake Android 1.5... i did the unroot process
But the wierd thing is that I cant seem to ROOT IT? FUNNY?
I dont know whats wrong but I followed the step and video at unlockr website and it just doesnt seem to work
and tried the androidandme site and their guide doesnt work for me too
Ive formatted my sd and did a factory reset too
I really want Cyangen 5.07 but it seems too complicated for me and I dont want to end up like before?
Any Suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
radio 2.22.23.02
hboot 1.33.0006
cpld 10
1.5 crb43
Jason
Did you look in Cyanogen's website under wiki? The directions are clear and all the files you need are there. I would post link but this is account is considered new still so it isn't letting me yet.
JARone said:
Did you look in Cyanogen's website under wiki? The directions are clear and all the files you need are there. I would post link but this is account is considered new still so it isn't letting me yet.
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Thanks for your reply but the thing is that I see websutes that clearly show you don't need a goldcard to root and that's what I want. Fir some reasons my phone just won't root. ..
luminiz said:
Thanks for your reply but the thing is that I see websutes that clearly show you don't need a goldcard to root and that's what I want. Fir some reasons my phone just won't root. ..
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Just understand one thing: Goldcard avoids check of CustomerID.
ROM has CIDs, your phone has CID. If phone-CID is in ROM CIDs list - you can flash without goldcard. This means official ROM for your phone. If you have T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (old version) - you can use only COC10 ROM or update to Android 1.6 (i forgot full name), i repeat - without goldcard.
If you have MT3G v1.2 - you must use goldcard, as unroot-method is using some special ROMs with other CIDs (non T-Mobile). Or use official ROMs without gc.
I had an incredible amount of trouble rooting my G1 after i got the OTA update. I looked for answers everywhere and there weren't many, and way too many "do a forum search" answers on forums. As if i hadn't tried searching haha.
Luckily i finally figured out how to do it.
The solution is to create the Unlockr's Goldcard. This creates an SD card that gets around the security of your current build.
If you want to skip a lot of steps (1-8) in the Unlockr's method, download the Goldcard Helper from the Market. This gives you the number you need without using adb. If you have a PC you can follow the Unlockr's guide from step 8 on and create your Goldcard.
(edit: from here downgrade to 1.5 and one click root will probably work)
I am assuming that most of you can figure out the rest, since i'm really busy right now, but i want to open a thread to point people in the right direction. If I see people having trouble i'll make a [Guide] when i get some time.
For now, Good Luck, and if you have it, try Super D. You'll feel like that G1 is like new again!
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
Or you could just slap an rc29 .nbh file onto the sdcard, install that, and root as normal.
In theory...that's what everyone on forums keeps saying, but I was really frustrated because it doesn't work...at least it didn't work for me.
Were you ever able to do that successfully from the DMD64 build, or just rc30?
I don't know for sure, but I think a lot of people who were trying really hard to be helpful perhaps had rooted their phones before the last OTA update from T Mobile and therefore didn't realize there was a new problem.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
There are a couple of different nbh files for matching the particular region of your hardware. This technique most definitely DOES work, but since DREAM was available as ADP, anybody who ever HAD to was, by definition, either retarded, or bought it from someone who was retarded.
Well, I downloaded every findable .nbh file and none were allowed until I put them on a "goldcard."
Yes, I tried everything in the forums to the letter. I think I chiefly had trouble because everyone responded to other people with the same problem saying "it works, you just need to [insert common solution that I already tried]"
But I don't mean offence because I really do know that you are just trying to be helpful.
I just mean that unless you *actually* have rooted a DMD64 build, and you may have FAIK, you might just be adding to the problem...
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jontornblom said:
Well, I downloaded every findable .nbh file and none were allowed until I put them on a "goldcard."
Yes, I tried everything in the forums to the letter. I think I chiefly had trouble because everyone responded to other people with the same problem saying "it works, you just need to [insert common solution that I already tried]"
But I don't mean offence because I really do know that you are just trying to be helpful.
I just mean that unless you *actually* have rooted a DMD64 build, and you may have FAIK, you might just be adding to the problem...
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All that a goldcard does is it bypasses the CID check. If you do, in fact, have a tmobile branded phone with OEM firmware, then there is no benefit from a goldcard since the CID check will obviously pass since the hardware's CID matches the nbh's CID. Whatever you did differently that made the "goldcard" work had nothing to do with it being a goldcard.
Ah! You are smart! You actually just cleared up what happened with my phone and why I had so much trouble!
Here is what happened: I had just received the phone (Rogers branded) and was extremely new to Android and rooting. I attempted to root got it all done, running with cm6 etc. I overclocking it, but had made a mistake in one of my CPU speeds, freezing my phone. When I tried to reboot to recovery, I accidentally rebooted to hboot and the the t-mobile nbh was still on my SD and it installed. So I ended up with t-mobile stock 1.5. So now I had to go to work, and just left it with the uptake t-mobile Rom. In the middle of the day I got a "there is an update available" notice. I thought it was for an app (noob, I know) and let it update. That is how I got a Rogers branded phone with t-mobile 1.6 DMD64 software and why I needed the goldcard to re-flash the t-mobile cupcake!
Thanks for persisting with me and helping me figure out the mystery.
Cheers!
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
Thank you sir for finding this solution. I'm in almost the exact same shoes you were in. Noob to Android/rooting. Got this G1 from a friend with 1.6 DMD64 already on there. No root methods have worked so far. Going to try the goldcard sometime today. Will confirm whether it works..
Goldcard was what worked for me! 1-Click method, however, did not work.
Used the text-instructions/downloads from theunlocker.com. I can't post links on XDA yet, so the titles of the articles are "How To Root The HTC G1/Dream" with warnings of how it's an outdated method (but still the only one that works for my DMD64). Then I used "How To Load A Custom Rom On The HTC G1/Dream."
Did not use the videos on those websites...instead used a YouTube video for guidance. Its title is "How To Root Your T-Mobile G1 with Android 1.6 Pt 1."
Successfully running Cyanogen 6 now. Compared to 1.6...Ridiculous UI improvement and a ridiculous battery life decrease.
I tried em all, and gotta say thatv though I wanted android 2.x, Super D was IMHO, without a doubt, the best ROM for the G1.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
Dear Friends,
I know that similar kind of questions has been already raised by many.But I am not clear about the anser.At present is it possible to root htc wildfire running 2.2 froyo?.With froyo, my phone is running too slow and battery is draining much faster than before.I really got fed up with this.I read in some forums that downgrading to 2.1 is also difficult.Is it so?
Hope some of our friends are working on these.
Please help me in these matters
Cheers
Arun
arunmangalam said:
Dear Friends,
I know that similar kind of questions has been already raised by many.But I am not clear about the anser.At present is it possible to root htc wildfire running 2.2 froyo?.With froyo, my phone is running too slow and battery is draining much faster than before.I really got fed up with this.I read in some forums that downgrading to 2.1 is also difficult.Is it so?
Hope some of our friends are working on these.
Please help me in these matters
Cheers
Arun
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At the moment you can't get permanant root on 2.2. You can get a temporary root, but that wont let you edit anything on /system. If you can find someone with an xtc clip you can get your phone S-OFF which makes /system writeable.
Downgrading seems to be easy based off the 2 or 3 step by step guides I've seen on this forum so far.
Your questions are no different to any of the ones asked before by others, please use the search next time.
Downgrading will work, but, it will still be unrootable. As said above, the only way as of now to root 2.2 is by using an XTC Clip hardware box to get S-OFF, then, downgrade (this is a 'proper' downgrade) and root.
You can root your phone...
i have posted step by step instructions on my website on how to root any android phone running firmware 1.5 and above
since XDA wont allow me to post a link visit my website.. "ajknowsitall. webs. com"
Enough of this already, people. You need a XTC Clip for that, which costs about $220. This is the only way, for now.
Moderation needed!
Alot of topics about the same thing ...
anyone try his method?
ajknowsitall said:
You can root your phone...
i have posted step by step instructions on my website on how to root any android phone running firmware 1.5 and above
since XDA wont allow me to post a link visit my website.. "ajknowsitall. webs. com"
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ajknowsitall said:
You can root your phone...
i have posted step by step instructions on my website on how to root any android phone running firmware 1.5 and above
since XDA wont allow me to post a link visit my website.. "ajknowsitall. webs. com"
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I don't believe this. Because that process was not a newer one and was there long ago. If it worked, it must have became a lot popular by now. And "Universal Androot" is not a root application recommended for NAND locked devices like wildfire. If one has bypassed the nand security with xtc clip and made s-off, then this process might work. And once if u make s-off, there are many other rooting options available. But the point here is to root the wildfire with hboot 1.01 and S-ON dude.... Do not just stick with the thread title. Read the thread, he mentioned wildfire 2.2 clearly.
I doubt whether ur device is wildfire or not (if wildfire rooted or not). Check the below attached "Root and Me" application. In that, go to the root guides and check the compatible devices for "Universal Androot" process. There is no wildfire in that.
Just confirm any process after it worked with u guys.
mjgs said:
Moderation needed!
Alot of topics about the same thing ...
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Actually this thread was a bit fair one started on 21st march (and then reposted yesterday). There are a lot other threads recently started with the same topic. But still i agree with u.
ballubas said:
anyone try his method?
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U might not have asked this question if u know that his process is nothing but "Universal Androot".
Inspite of being aware, i just tried it for u. It won't work and says failed.
If anyone wants to recheck they might. Actually that process is little bit confusing. And im attaching a screen shot of that website below.
The process says to install "App installer" just to install an apk file. Cant we install an apk file from a file manager ? This is ok.
Then the process says just to enable usb debugging alone to transfer the apk file frm PC to wildfire. It not even says from ADB, so i expect it means to transfer through disk drive. Come on stop joking.
I found that this forum
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
was very helpful I am running droid 2.2 Froyo on a Cherry Mobile Candy
I was able to root my phone semi permanently. So long as I don't clear the data for the Z4root program I maintain superuser status. So far I have had no problems and have been able to remove bloatware using AntTek App manager with ease.
thanks man
Come on guys, let's stop reviving threads from a year and 2 months ago...
N00B
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA
Hy guys.
I am a new user of a superb device....htc desire hd...just sold my old samsung galaxy s and this hys is by far better than sgs
I am now trying to update or root this one
The build is 2.50.61.3 and i am somewhat scared of the ace hack kit...of bricking my device
Is it safe ?
I am from romania amd the carrier is vodafone...and just want a clean and stock build ...rooted
How can i do this ? I did the topics...and forums for this and anyone said that it is ok but if it will het bricked ? Is there anyway to unbrick it ? It is out of warranty...
Best regards
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
You are on the right path of glory...
Just find the correct method and tools for doing it. And after that u can choose a lot of beautiful and great rom here. Good luck mate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841076
this is the guide I used , downgrade then root with visionary and go from there ! I was a total noob when I used this, so you should be fine mate !
Just use the Ace Hack Kit http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1259821 . It downgraded me, then rooted me, all automatically. Fantastic!
But remember to properly read the "effen manual" there is a password that you have to enter which makes sure that you read the full manual (its only a couple of pages). After running this a couple of times (once to downgrade then again to root), just install your preferred ROM. I just rooted for the first time myself yesterday. Easy as pie with this method.
ozaghloul said:
Just use the Ace Hack Kit http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1259821 . It downgraded me, then rooted me, all automatically. Fantastic!
But remember to properly read the "effen manual" there is a password that you have to enter which makes sure that you read the full manual (its only a couple of pages). After running this a couple of times (once to downgrade then again to root), just install your preferred ROM. I just rooted for the first time myself yesterday. Easy as pie with this method.
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Cannot recommend this enough! I did it with my Ubuntu laptop and there were no driver installations necessary. It was literally a couple clicks.
105802 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841076
this is the guide I used , downgrade then root with visionary and go from there ! I was a total noob when I used this, so you should be fine mate !
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about goldcard... my phone is carrier unlocked but i think the rom it's branded for Orange... i still need to make myself a goldcard ?
and when entering the menu with vol down + power.. i see up there a S-OFF... and i think the ace kit was already used...it's safe to use the ace kit.. no ?
i forgot the say that it's sim unlock and running a 2.3.3 gingerbread with 2.1 sense.
I think it's already S-OFF and super CID made... i just need to root it and get to a good stock or a very good moded version of rom
Updated and installed a new Rom
U guys r great !
Enjoy it! Now that you are rooted:
- You can uninstall (freeze) system applications you never use.
- You are now able to use MyBackPro or Titanium Pro to back your applications and settings. (This makes changing roms painless)
- You can now also use Market Enabler and use the US, UK, or any other market.
- Depending on your rom you can also start enjoying two way call recording.
Thanks man