My girlfriend has the HTC Magic 'Sapphire PVT 32a Ship s-on H' we live in Australia and are on the 3 network.
Her phone is using Android 1.5, and was wondering what version of android i could upgrade to if i rooted her phone?
I am a complete noob when it comes to Android phones and just need a little direction as i have not done this before, i am a Ubuntu user so i can pick up directions very easily
You need to boot the phone into fastboot mode by pressing back+power to turn the phone on, then post everything here. If you rooted you could upgrade the phone all the way to 2.3.2 if you wanted (I think that's what Gingerbread is up to).
Hey Don, thanks heaps
Here is the information you asked for,
Sapphire PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H
HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-12
RADIO-3.22.20.17
May 8 2009, 21:02:32
You can use my guide here or mumilover's guide here. Main difference, with mine you'll go ahead and flash a new 2.1 ROM. With mumi's guide you'll root, install a custom recovery, and can optionally install an engineering SPL. You don't really need the engineering SPL unless you plan on doing some stuff from fastboot. In all honesty though, since your using Ubuntu, mumi's guide is the better way to go. The program used in my guide to get root requires you to have a Windows machine, else you'll have to manually use the exploit via terminal in Ubuntu.
I dual boot with Windows 7 so i might actually sign in with that unless i can use wine!1 lol I will try your tutorial as you are very helpful.
I just bought you a redbull, some vodka with it might be nice though hehe
DonJuan692006 said:
You can use my guide here or mumilover's guide here. Main difference, with mine you'll go ahead and flash a new 2.1 ROM. With mumi's guide you'll root, install a custom recovery, and can optionally install an engineering SPL. You don't really need the engineering SPL unless you plan on doing some stuff from fastboot. In all honesty though, since your using Ubuntu, mumi's guide is the better way to go. The program used in my guide to get root requires you to have a Windows machine, else you'll have to manually use the exploit via terminal in Ubuntu.
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One last question mate before i attempt your tutorial, if i make a mistake how would i restore my phone back to default incase i needed too?
Like i said i am a complete Android noob but i hope this changes when i get my Desire HD next week, been using my e72 for the last year, and before that the e71 :/ lol
There are ways to get back stock. The easiest way is to use an RUU or stock sappimg. Basically the RUU just uses a sappimg, but is a GUI that you can run in Windows to do all the "dirty" work. Just manually flashing the sappimg from the phone is usually the safer route though. Basically a sappimg is an image of the phone at stock (e.g. SPL/radio/ROM/recovery). The other option is a part of the guide. There's a toolset in the custom recovery you'll flash called nandroid which will make a backup of the phone's ROM that can be restored later on. It does not however include the SPL/radio/recovery, so if any of those get hosed we'd have to work out a different fix.
People have tried running SuperOneClick in Wine and haven't been able to get it to work. The manual method of rooting using the exploit from SuperOneClick is basically everything the program does for you.
Thanks again mate.
I am having problems with my computer seeing my phone. If i mount the SD card i can see this but i cannot sync to the phone grrr!! lol
When i load SuperOneClick the program says 'not responding' after about 10 seconds waiting for the device.
Even HTC Sync cannot see my phone.
You need to reinstall the drivers. Use this little guide to get them installed properly.
Hey mate i am using android 1.5 but rom manager requires 1.6 and above, how do i do your tutorial if i cannot download the rom manager?
I am currently on step 6
Griffin80 said:
Hey mate i am using android 1.5 but rom manager requires 1.6 and above, how do i do your tutorial if i cannot download the rom manager?
I am currently on step 6
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Very true. You can manually flash the recovery from terminal. I'll link those instructions in a few minutes.
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Use this little guide to manually flash recovery. You can download the recovery image from here. Once you get the recovery loaded and upgraded to a new ROM you can go back to using ROM Manager and ClockWorkMod since you paid for it.
Thanks heaps mate, i will be buying you 3 redbulls today!! lol You support is awesome.
I just copied the recovery image to my SD card and downloaded 'backup and recovery' by o'reilly media. I will read back over your tutorial and see how i go
Hey Don, sorry to bother mate.
So this manual flash instructions above, will replace step 7?
7. Once they both are installed, open ROM Manager. Click "OK" to both the prompts that come up. At the top, click the "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" button. A prompt will come up asking you to confirm your phone model. If you have a 32B phone or the myTouch 1.2 (headphone jack), select "ION/MyTouch 3G". If you have a 32A phone without a headphone jack, select HTC Magic. Once it has finished flashing, click OK. Scroll to the bottom of the ROM Manager menu and select "Flash Alternate Recovery". If you have a 32B/1.2 phone you should see "RA Recovery v1.7.0G". If you have a 32A without a headphone jack, you should see "RA Recovery v1.7.0H". Once verified to be correct, select that option and then click OK. Once completed click OK again. Power off your phone.
NOTE: I use these steps to get Amon Ra's Recovery installed since the steps in this guide will be using it and not Clockwork Mod. If, after getting more familiar with using recovery, you want to use ClockworkMod recovery instead, the steps are the same, just don't select the "Flash alternate recovery" option.
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What recovery software do you recommend for Android 1.5 as i cannot find Amon Ra for my Android version. thx heaps
You don't need an app to manage recovery and yes my steps from the link above will replace step 7 from the original guide.
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I am being very cautious as i dont want to to brick the phone, but in terminal when i write this:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/*name of recovery*.img
Is the image name boot.img
No, the *name of recovery*.img part is the name of the recovery image. If you downloaded the recovery from the link above, it should already be named "recovery.img". So in that case, the command would be:
Code:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Hey mate when i do the last step
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
flash_image recovery /sdcard/*name of recovery*.img
reboot recovery
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Reboot recovery i get this message:
Not permitted!
I am using Android Terminal
Griffin80 said:
Hey mate when i do the last step
Reboot recovery i get this message:
Not permitted!
I am using Android Terminal
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Well if the flash_image part worked then just turn the phone off and turn it back on holding home+power to get into recovery.
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When i press the Home+power when i turn my phone off and then back on again it hangs on the HTC Magic screen for ages. First time i left it for 20 minutues before having to remove the battery
When you put the SU command did the prompt turn into #? Did you get a pop saying that terminal is asking for root permissions?
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Related
This is for people that used either of the leak root methods. The engineering bootloader is an unsecured bootloader, and is better in many ways (google it I am not explaining why). Just say its harder to brick with it.
Before attempting, please check your md5sums.
I want to thank Framework for being my punching back and helping with this. And the desire guy's who's work stuck in my head and gave me this idea (Sorry I forgot who you are!!).
Needed Files:
Original Root Rom - PB00IMG.zip - 63eacc5ede3b179f95dc22d8ef585f94
Custom Misc Image - custom.img - 19de71cf42b3a7992d2660e7980c50bf
Fastboot for linux - 4baca1f80fc9bb31aa75fd3fee2cc36b
Amon's Recovery - 354d30c38c59b442340c8b72aa9f547e
Windows users should have fastboot in the sdk, and mac users I dont have a copy of yours.
lash_image - 16559f2c27d08ff1ddfcaca05fbf10fb
Step 1:
Get follow root tutorials and get amon's recovery installed. If you want to skip installing a new rom after rooting, You can flash EngTools.zip will root your device . If you flash engtools you can skip step 2.
Step 2:
Take a nandroid backup, if you wish as this will wipe your device.
Code:
adb push flash_image /data/local/flash_image
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/flash_image
Step 3:
Push custom.img to your phone
Code:
adb push custom.img /data/local/custom.img
Custom.img is the misc img for your device, it contains the mainversion. I took one off a rooted phone and hex edited the version to be lower than the original root rom so it will flash.
Step 4:
Copy PB00IMG.zip to your sdcard
Step 5:
Flash custom.img
If you flashed engtools3.zip (http://www.multiupload.com/L97EUYBG3V)
Code:
adb shell flash_image misc /data/local/custom.img
If you pushed flash_image
Code:
adb shell /data/local/flash_image misc /data/local/custom.img
Step 6:
Reboot to Bootloader and flash PB00IMG.zip
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
After the new rom is flashed, you can now use fastboot to flash a recovery image while in the bootloader
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Enjoy
Like my work? Buy a bum a beer downtown or donate to local homeless youth org.
How do I know what bootloader I have ? Are you referring to the "1.49 S-OFF" type version number ?
hallstevenson said:
How do I know what bootloader I have ? Are you referring to the "1.49 S-OFF" type version number ?
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yes, 1.49.2000 s=off
This post if for those that used one of the two new methods for root.
jcase said:
This post if for those that used one of the two new methods for root.
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Thank you! This will help the leakers *stay* rooted. Otherwise I imagine some will get the new OTA, lose their recovery image, and have to re-root.
This is perfect...That's been my only headache, however step one confuses me. can I just skip step one?...I already have AmonRa recovery and i use Conap's CELB. And can I do this while in AmonRa recovery or when my phone is on regularly?
Works perfect. Now on s-off.
HaRdC0r3 said:
This is perfect...That's been my only headache, however step one confuses me. can I just skip step one?...I already have AmonRa recovery and i use Conap's CELB. And can I do this while in AmonRa recovery or when my phone is on regularly?
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Yeah, you'll skip step one essentially.
Step 2 and 3, you'll do while the phone is booted up, provided you have USB Debugging on.
Then when you copy the PB00IMG.zip to the SDCard and reboot into bootloader, you'll automatically start installing the PB00IMG.zip file.
Doing this will flash the engineering bootloader and you'll no longer have recovery, which is why we do the last step of flashing recovery.
It's best to make a nandroid backup prior to all of this, that way you can restore your OS exactly how you had it.
Is there any real reason to do this other than ota protection? I tried to google it but found no real reason as long as I had root.
jcase said:
This is for people that used either of the leak root methods.
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jcase said:
This post if for those that used one of the two new methods for root.
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I skipped over the first post too quickly and missed the above line. No worries.
Hi, long time lurker first time poster.
Worked like a champ, thank you for your work! Finally the cursed hboot is gone!
Why can't we just do
fastboot flash hboot hboot.nb0
Does that only work once the you already have the s-off bootloader?
Very long time lurker, new to posting. Just wanted to say thanks to jcase. People like you are the reason the Android community exists. :TU:
OMG this is awsome. Thank You So Much!!!!
sco12345 said:
Hi, long time lurker first time poster.
Worked like a champ, thank you for your work! Finally the cursed hboot is gone!
I pulled the battery after the first reboot on step 6 (after pressing action when the hboot is updated) and saved having to do a nand restore. I'm pretty sure as long as you pull the battery before the second "ACTION" on the rooted PB000IMG you're safe. If not let me know and I'll delete the info to keep anyone from getting bad ideas.
May motivate those happy with their setup to kill the cursed 1.49 S-ON, of course you may have left it out to prevent bricks...
Just thought I'd share.
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I don't like potential bricks on my head.
Hey Jcase why not add this to your simple version of the new root method then ask for it to be a sticky?
pjsockett said:
Why can't we just do
fastboot flash hboot hboot.nb0
Does that only work once the you already have the s-off bootloader?
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Yeah no workie on lock bootie.
worked great =D now i love my eris and have no need to upgrade to incredible now haha(mostly cuz i dont have $200) =D
jcase said:
Yeah no workie on lock bootie.
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I'm assuming you can't do a symlink to mtd0 like you did with mtd1, right?
Will this work?
My wife has been having huge issues with her dialer on all 3 of the 2.1 leaks and the RUU. She just wants to go back to stock so she can take it into Verizon. I stole her phone to root it after I had leak on mine and shee has been complaining ever since.
Can I make a nandroid backup, use this method to get the engineering bootlaoder, and then restore the backup to get back to the RUU rom? From there I should be able to flash the 1.47 hboot through fastboot. I'm just not sure what will happen on the nandroid restore. I looked at one of the backups and the hboot doesn't seem to be a part of it but I wanted to make sure it was safe.
Could we do this then use this
http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2934
to change the hboot number? or would that be point less?
Hey everybody.I bought Vodafone HTC Magic and I have tried to Root it for 3 days.Rooting Methods such as Gold Card , one click oraz SuperOneClick v1.7 aren't effective.I tried propably every method and no one works ,SuperOneClick gaves mi SU in menu but I can't change ROM.(As you know Vodafone Rom sucks ;p)
Here's info.
Saphire PVT 32b SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0013 (SAPP10000)
CPLD-10
RADIO-2.22.28.25
Oct 21 2009,22:13:27.
I'm a newbie of Linux and Android.Please guys help me.I'm sorry for my English , it isn't perfect ,because I'm from Polish I'm still learning.
Hope you can find a solution.
Start at step #6.
Sorry ,it doesn't work.It stops on Flash Alternate Recovery and then I get an error "An error occurred while flashing your recovery".I did everything like you said but there's still no changes.
Help me please.
2pac.kamil said:
Sorry ,it doesn't work.It stops on Flash Alternate Recovery and then I get an error "An error occurred while flashing your recovery".I did everything like you said but there's still no changes.
Help me please.
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You may not actually be rooted. When you installed ROM Manager did you read all the windows that popped up. One of them would have said if you weren't rooted. Did you get a popup saying ROM Manager is asking for root permissions? If not, you need to just run that whole guide.
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DonJuan692006 said:
You may not actually be rooted. When you installed ROM Manager did you read all the windows that popped up. One of them would have said if you weren't rooted. Did you get a popup saying ROM Manager is asking for root permissions? If not, you need to just run that whole guide.
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I'm not rooted.I tried a lot of methods of rooting and none works.SuperOneClick v1.7 gives me Superuser app and Root Explorer works well but i still can do nothing
Download Titanium Backup, open the program and hit the problems button, then it should download and install busybody for you. That may be what's missing. The other alternative would be to manually flash the recovery. I'll post that when I can get to a computer.
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I downloaded Titanium Backup and Did like you said.What's next ?
2pac.kamil said:
I downloaded Titanium Backup and Did like you said.What's next ?
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Try using ROM Manager to flash a new recovery again.
EDIT: If using ROM Manager again doesn't work, download this file and put it on your SD card. Then you can follow this post to manually install a custom recovery.
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I have $ su and permission denied.What the hell is going on ?I can't stand this mobile.
Go back to my guide from post #2 and start from the beginning. After running the root test from SuperOneClick and getting "Success" immediately reboot the phone and then continue with the guide. It may just a take a few tries. Worse case scenario, you can downgrade.
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
flash_image recovery /sdcard/*name of recovery*.img
reboot recovery
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I did SuperOneClick re-root , I did it like it is in the guide but still nothing changed.I don't know what to do.
You could always try doing a factory reset and then rooting using that guide. Maybe something got hosed on the phone keeping it from working properly. Alternatively, can you post the lost from SuperOneClick here.
I did it 3 times.I have SuperUser now ,but I still can't get a new ROM ,moreover I can't put the recovery.
Hey i'm trying to root my Rogers Dream via this method...
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Rogers_Dream:_Rooting_(Post-911_Patch)
My problem is after completing the whole process I am still not rooted.
I think that nothing happens when i do this part...
chmod 666 /dev/mtd/mtd1
flash_image recovery /data/local/recovery.img
are there suppost to be messages after I type those in?
Basically after the whole process i can't get into recovery, and i do not have su permissions.
Thanks for any insight!
For your link, it says: "There is no text on this page".
Anyways, download RC7 (not RC29), sign in, download telnet from market, then when you have recovery.img on sdcard type in:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
and you should be rooted.
OR
follow these directions: http://theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-root-the-htc-g1dream/
OR download oneclickroot and root it that way to access "su" and flash recovery
Thanks I'll give those a try anyways heres the fixed link
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Rogers_Dream:_Rooting_(Post-911_Patch)
e334 said:
For your link, it says: "There is no text on this page".
Anyways, download RC7 (not RC29), sign in, download telnet from market, then when you have recovery.img on sdcard type in:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
and you should be rooted.
OR
follow these directions: http://theunlockr.com/2010/04/26/how-to-root-the-htc-g1dream/
OR download oneclickroot and root it that way to access "su" and flash recovery
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Ok the unlockr method does not work for me.
The HTC Dream is not on the compatible list for oneclickroot can anyone confirm it working?
Where can I find RC7?
have you tryed this app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598
just install it with a file manager and run it and you should be rooted after that download rom manager from market and install a custom recovery from there
^__^
I finally managed to get the custom recovery flashed! thanks to the xda guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rooting_HTC_Branded_EBI1_Dreams
If I managed to flash the recovery, does that mean i have root?
Can someone please explain how to do this part? I just get an error...
run the following two fastboot commands (this will prevent issues flashing your rom)
fastboot erase system -w
fastboot erase boot
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Will anything happen if I do not do this step?
EDIT: Seems I have root now after the app root, flashed cyanogen waiting for it to boot.
aw man you just destroyed my will live.
I was reading this entire post with intense anticipation and was thoroughly let down when I did not see you post a successful root
Any updates on this?
I just purchased a Rogers Dream to learn about rooting and to play with.
If you did have success with this tutorial could you let me know? http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rooting_HTC_Branded_EBI1_Dreams
I was considering following this tutorial myself!
Cheers
@bourne-nolonger
I used that method a little while ago with no issues.
The steps are easy to follow and work without issue.
Yes i was successful with XDAs procedure
My will was almost destroyed... i traded my magic for this dream... but now im happy
awsome!
thanks for the feedback guys.
definitely looking forward to finally getting a chance to root my G1.
Will report my results!
Cheers
quick question.
in the wiki under "D - Installing an engineering SPL" step 11 says to
Code:
"powerdown - fastboot oem powerdown"
I was wondering what exactly is meant by this?
I looked at fastboot.exe but none of the command line options seem to have a "powerdown" option. They do however have a reboot/reboot-bootloader, is this what step 11 is referring to?
Sorry I should also ask: Can I follow the wiki that describes how to flash CM5+ to flash CM6.1.0? Is the process the same basically between the two versions of CM?
I want to try 6.1.0 instead of going with 5+
Cheers
bourne-nolonger said:
I was wondering what exactly is meant by this?
I looked at fastboot.exe but none of the command line options seem to have a "powerdown" option. They do however have a reboot/reboot-bootloader, is this what step 11 is referring to?
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That is because its the oem command and the second option (powerdown) is up to the phone to parse..
Once you run 'fastboot erase system -w' and return to recovery you can install any rom you wish just make sure you have an ebi1 kernel.
You also may wish to check out the 2708+ compatible kernel thread to get some extra ram, warning however if you are a rogers customer you will need to sign the e911 wavier before you can switch to any other radio otherwise they will cut your data service.. if you are with another carrier there is no such requirement.
Thanks for explaining step 11. Not sure I fully understand, but I'll do some additional reading.
I was looking at some of your threads before. I thought the 15mb ram expansion wasn't available for the rogers dream?
This is my first time flashing, could I flash cm first then maybe try yours later?
The g1i have luckily isn't my main phone. I bought it just to get comfortable with rooting and flashing.
Cheers
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I managed to successfully root and flash CM6 onto my G1.
I see why people were complaining about performance issues.
Its a little sluggish, but usable (mind you are I am not using this as my daily phone)
thanks to XDA for a beginners guide to rooting this phone!
sorry bout this guys but im just curious.. i thought rc7 was for europe only... i honestly am confused now lol i know for me its rc29 im in america and you are in canada is the device really that different even though its such a short distance..? i apologize if its a stupid question...
Hi about 10 months ago I rooted my Wildfire with no problems using Turkeys ultimate guide from these forums.
I have got apps to sd, live wallpapers running, and all is good. However my phone is still S-on and the H Boot version is 0.80.0002.
When I was playing around with the settings in SetCPU it informed me that the binary was out of date and to update it, but when i tried it would not update as the phone is still S-on.
My question is can I S-off using Revolutionary as it is already rooted? Obviously I will back up using clockworkmod, but if I s-off the phone are there any obvious advantages apart from being able to update the binary in SetCPU?
Thanks
Are you talking about an outdated Superuser Binary? If so, you can download the latest binary here:
http://tinyurl.com/63tsg9c
And simply flash it in Clockworkmod Recovery. This will give you the updated binary and SetCPU should work fine again.
If you have to get S-OFF, then, you will have to apply the official Froyo RUU and update your HBoot to 1.01.0001 because Revolutionary doesn't support any other HBoots, including 0.80.x. Advantages include a writeable /system partition (Which enables you copy paste stuff in the /system folder on a running handset, one case in point is precisely what you described. This will allow updating of the binary), and the other advantage is enabling of Fastboot commands, which allows you to flash stuff like radio's, recoveries, nandroid backups etc directly to the phone without using Clockworkmod Recovery.
Tl;dr - You will have to completely format your device, install official Froyo, and only then can you obtain S-OFF
And simply flash it in Clockworkmod Recovery.
When you say simply flash it in Clockworkmod recovery, what do you mean? And when you say apply the official Froyo RUU and update the HBoot how can I do that as I am running Wildpuzzle ROM at the moment and it says there are no updates available, so can you explain in simple terms what steps to take?
Thanks
Flash in Clockworkmod Recovery - Same way as you installed your WildPuzzle ROM ZIP file. Turn off phone, start using Vol Down + Power, then navigate to RECOVERY, Press Power Button. Here, select "Install Zip from SDCard", then browse to "Select Zip from SDCard", and select the Zip file I linked above.
This entire process is called "flashing".
If you are still interested in getting S-OFF:
- Download the EXE WWE Froyo 2.22.405.1 RUU from here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Buzz
- Connect your Wildfire to your PC, run it. It will automatically proceed and perform the required steps.
- If you get s Customer ID 131, you will need to create a Goldcard using your SDCard. This an be done using GoldcardTool. The required steps and download can be found here:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/308798-pc-application-goldcardtool/
IMO, I would not recommend you to go for S-OFF since it doesn't seem you are too much inclined to stuff like these (It is not a necessity. Besides, once /system is writeable, it is a two edged sword. Messing something up there will likely cause your phone to not boot). Further, it breaks certain functions on Sense ROMs which needs an additional fix found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1156713
hey man, you could also try the test version of unrevoked 3.2 and run that to s off your phone. it works on your h-boot ( i know as i have the same)
since i am new the forum wont let me post the link, its to sstop spamming :/ just search for unrevoked test 3.2 ( it has to be test 3.2 because the others wont work on the hboot to my knowlege. :/)
just download the program and run it and it should do it with no hassle.
good luck
heavy_metal_man said:
hey man, you could also try the test version of unrevoked 3.2 and run that to s off your phone. it works on your h-boot ( i know as i have the same)
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That's totally incorrect. Rooting with Unrevoked =/= S-OFF. Besides, on the very first line the OP says he has rooted his phone using Unrevoked.
ah, sorry about that i was looking at unrevoked forever :/ just ignore me ........
Hello all.. I am tryin to install the engineering bootloader and the file I need from the wiki page is not there anymore. Does anyone know where I can obtain a true copy of it. I d/l one and its not right, the md5sum was incorrect. It should be md5sum: df4fd77f44993eb05a4732210d2eddc6. Thanks if you can help. Im just trying to be thorough as i am learning all this. I have it rooted with s=off but I want to install eng. bl ....Thanks
**It is for MyTouch 4g**
Use this. Its the eng h-boot and clockworkmod recovery.
https://rapidshare.com/#!download|...|3930|R~C053B71776B49869847E4E328CF8DEC4|0|0
I got it from one of the stickies in the dev section.
Also, I have 2 Mt4g. One of the has the bootloader unlocked via HTCdev. I keep trying to flash a Stock 2.2.1 rom to it so I can do the Perma Root method on it. I have a custom rom on it currently, but it has s=on. Now the other one was stock 2.3.4 and I just got finished rooting it, for practice. Now back to the one with the bootloader unlocked by HTC, will traditional methods still work on it? I cant seem to get the adb/fastboot method to install the 2.2.1 rom on it. what would you recommend I do to get s=off on it if Im bent on doing it?
jjbadd385 said:
Also, I have 2 Mt4g. One of the has the bootloader unlocked via HTCdev. I keep trying to flash a Stock 2.2.1 rom to it so I can do the Perma Root method on it. I have a custom rom on it currently, but it has s=on. Now the other one was stock 2.3.4 and I just got finished rooting it, for practice. Now back to the one with the bootloader unlocked by HTC, will traditional methods still work on it? I cant seem to get the adb/fastboot method to install the 2.2.1 rom on it. what would you recommend I do to get s=off on it if Im bent on doing it?
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I know NOTHING about the unlocked bootloader, so forgive me. Will flashing the froyo PD15IMG.zip from bootloader not replace your bootloader with the stock S-On bootloader that the rooting w S-Off guides are written for? Or has HTC figured out some way to bone you on that?
PD15IMG method of downgrading should take you to the older OS.
It won't necessarily take you to the older bootloader.
Not sure that being on the older bootloader is required for gfree to work. The older OS is indeed required.
Ok I'll tell you what I did this morning. I read a bunch last night. I am trying desperately to grasp & understand things. Its just there are so many different ways to acheive what I want to accomplish. Im doing this in small goals. My goal at this point is to get this MT4G, that is bootloader unlocked by HTC, to flash the Stock 2.2.1 Rom.But for some reason, it wont. Ive tried using my PC ADB/fastboot method, with no success. This morning I tried Recovery Clockwork, which I did wipe/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe davli cache, and then I choose the write zip from sd card, PD15IMG, and it wont do that either. I know I could be more helpful if I gave the exact errors but I forgot what they are, and at this point I am beginning to think that because its HTCdev unlocked, its not going to let me flash the 2.2.1. It does everything fine, until I attempt to flash the 2.2.1. The md5sum is ok too. If it were you, and you were running a custom ROM (ProjectMIUI 2.2.17 [R6]- UPDATED 2/21/12), and your device was HTC unlocked, but you wanted to get s=off, with engineer boot, how would you begin, and what method would YOU use? Give me some of your excellent advice for my birthday, which is today.
pdimg.zip files are flashed through the bootloader, not recovery. To do this, put zip on root of SD card power off phone hold volume down and power until bootloader appears and follow onscreen prompts.
HTC-Dev-unlocked bootloader 100% allows downgrading, because someone already did it before you. If you fail achieving it - means you're doing something wrong again and again, not realizing it. If I were you, I would think - why is it that your attempts to flash PD15IMG fail - and correct what you're doing wrong. But obviously, this excellent advice was given to you some time before your birthday, and still didn't help.
So, here's another advice:
Go download a PRE-ROOTED 2.2.1-based ROM.
Assuming you find one: flash it in recovery and flash boot.img from it separately.
Reboot to ROM.
Run gfree.
Flash Eng HBOOT.
If you don't find any 2.2.1-based ROM available, then you're out of luck. Sit down and find out what you're doing wrong that doesn't let you downgrade with PD15IMG.
Or just keep your phone as it is, and flash kernels manually, until you understand more.
Ok,I understand what you are saying. But when I put it on the root of my SD card as I have done multiple times, I pwr up in hboot, I wait on the blue progress bar, then a gold progress bar, then I get an error, I think it was "older version" if I remember correctly. There's not much I can do wrong to mess up a simple hboot flash of PD15IMG,you boot your phone up and wait ...
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To avoid this error, you need to flash the MISC partition to "fool" the phone into thinking it's older than it is.
Read the downgrading guide, and since you're rooted - execute the "misc_version" part only:
> adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version
> adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/*
> adb shell
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If you see "$", it means you're not running in root shell. Then execute "su" and verify that you get "#" to continue.
# cd /data/local/tmp
# ./misc_version -s 1.00.000.0
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You should see:
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.00.000.0
Patching and backing up partition 17...
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Then attempt downgrading again.
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To avoid this error, you need to flash the MISC partition to "fool" the phone into thinking it's older than it is.
Read the downgrading guide, and since you're rooted - execute the "misc_version" part only:
If you see "$", it means you're not running in root shell. Then execute "su" and verify that you get "#" to continue.
You should see:
Then attempt downgrading again.
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Everything went well until I got to the flashing part again. I did it 2 times, one time with fastboot and i got this:
C:\adb>fastboot-windows oem rebootRUU
... OKAY
From my PC:
C:\adb>fastboot-windows flash zip StockRom.zip
sending 'zip' (319593 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
FAILED (remote: 99 unknown fail)
From my phone:
The next time, I did it in hboot from the handset and it returned an error that said "wrong zip file"
**I think I am going to be content flashing roms and the boot.img seperately until I find someone with this problem that figures it out. Besides I have another mt4g that I perm rooted s=off, so I truly feel like I have followed instructions well, since my 2nd phone worked out. Its just this one with the HTC unlocked b/l giving me problems.
Thank You for your help...
You insist on NOT following the guide, so I won't help you anymore.
FOLLOW THE DAMN GUIDE UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING!
Because obviously, you're doing lots of basically wrong stuff, like trying to flash a PD15IMG.ZIP by fastboot, or using fastboot oem commands.
I understand u getting frustrated, but I have followed the guide. It don't work that way either. It tells me " wrong zip file" in hboot when I do, & I know its the right one because I checked the md5sum. If its lettin me flash any Rom in CWM recovery, why can't I flash a 2.2.1 Rom in recovery? But just to let u know, I have followed the guide to the t, more than once. Sorry if u r getting frustrated but I have tried everything u told me, & thanks for helping.
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Ok it says
***UNLOCKED*** (by HTCdev)
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.89.0007
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26. 13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 13 2011 21:07:39
HBOOT
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
FACTORY RESET
SIMLOCK
IMG CRC
I do have Visionary and a stock unrooted 2.2.1 (PD15IMG). I also have Recovery CWM 5.0.2.0 and 4ext, just to let u know what resources I have. I think I have d/l everything under the sun..lol
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Anglgodes19 said:
Good, now that makes it easy as I deleted my modified stock rom last year which I made specially for rooting, so lets move on...
1) Gain TempROOT via VISIONary+
2) On terminal.
adb shell [enter]
su [enter]
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/msicold.img [enter]
3) Access /sdcard/msicold.img and open it in hex editor.
4) Find MSIC value XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (ex: 2.09.1800.1) and change it to OTA "1.17.531.2" and save the file as msicnew.img on SDCard.
5) Now back on adb terminal:
dd if=/sdcard/miscnew.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 [enter]
sync [enter]
6) Now reboot in to bootloader and flash PD15IMG.zip as you would normally do.
Report back if you have issues or problems or can't find it in that case I suggest you upload your msicold.img and ill edit for you so you can replace it.
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Ok I did that and opened the msicold.img in hex editor, and honestly I dont have a clue as to what i was doing, but i think i located the value and because i followed the downgrade guide, i beleive its 1.00.000.0, but i dont know how to change it. Any way i can email it to u and have u change it? my email is [email protected] if you will send me a blank email, I'll reply back with the attatched file...Thank you..
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Ok I did that and opened the msicold.img in hex editor, and honestly I dont have a clue as to what i was doing, but i think i located the value and because i followed the downgrade guide, i beleive its 1.00.000.0, but i dont know how to change it. Any way i can email it to u and have u change it? my email is ****** if you will send me a blank email, I'll reply back with the attatched file...Thank you..
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You may want to edit this post. Ask anyone interested in helping to PM you. Posting your email address on an open forum isn't a good idea.
estallings15 said:
You may want to edit this post. Ask anyone interested in helping to PM you. Posting your email address on an open forum isn't a good idea.
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Wonder what happened to Anglgodes19 and all his posts? He disappeared like a theif in the night!!
1.00.000 is the correct value.
If bootloader doesn't accept PD15IMG.ZIP - it either means you're doing something wrong even though you're 100% sure you're not, or that HTC-Dev-unlocked HBOOT doesn't accept the image for downgrading, which I highly doubt.
In any case, as I wrote you, you can download and flash any 2.2.1 pre-rooted ROM, if you find one with working link, and continue the guide from there.
I don't think I can help you with anything beyond this point.
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1.00.000 is the correct value.
If bootloader doesn't accept PD15IMG.ZIP - it either means you're doing something wrong even though you're 100% sure you're not, or that HTC-Dev-unlocked HBOOT doesn't accept the image for downgrading, which I highly doubt.
In any case, as I wrote you, you can download and flash any 2.2.1 pre-rooted ROM, if you find one with working link, and continue the guide from there.
I don't think I can help you with anything beyond this point.
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Ok then, one last question. If I cannot get my phone to flash via hboot, Is it possible to flash the 2.2.1 rom through CWM like I am flashing other roms? Or if I flash a rooted 2.2.1 rom could I the proceed in getting s-off/ eng hboot? Or does it have to be done through hboot only with a stock rom? Or possibly a modified 2.2.1 rom that has been made to flash in recovery?
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