How to root android 2.2 ?
You can't.
Find an XTC Clip or someone with an XTC Clip, get S-OFF, downgrade and use Unrevoked.
If you cannot do this, as stated above, you can't as of now.
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As title , How can I downgrade my HTC wildfire from Froyo ro Eclair so that I can root it. I tried to google it and what I get it methods for HTC legend and Desire.
Is there any method for Wildfire to downgrade ? Or method for desire is work on wildfire too ?
The methods stated for other devices dont work for the Wildfire. Other members have been trying various methods this, and, you can read about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914574
So none of them work ? Sob max.. I shud not upgrade to 2.2 Froyo before researches... anyway.. Thanks..
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Good one, Alex!
Guys i think i found a way that we can downgrade our wildfires to 2.1.. The only think that we need to do is get both official RUU files extract them, than find the hboot.. Than we can copy the old hboot to the 2.2 RUU and pack(Compile)it again as a exe file and procide with the procedure. Im sure this will work because it worked on winmobile. The only thing that i need help is someone who can find the hboot, because the files the RUU contains are linux files and i have a lil knowledge of them...
h3ll.boy said:
Guys i think i found a way that we can downgrade our wildfires to 2.1.. The only think that we need to do is get both official RUU files extract them, than find the hboot.. Than we can copy the old hboot to the 2.2 RUU and pack(Compile)it again as a exe file and procide with the procedure. Im sure this will work because it worked on winmobile. The only thing that i need help is someone who can find the hboot, because the files the RUU contains are linux files and i have a lil knowledge of them...
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Downgrade to 2.1 already works. Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921752
However, this is pointless (Unless you desperately need Eclair) because HBOOT downgrade doesnt work. I am sure the method you have stated has been applied, if you go through the thread.
hello everyone......
I am from India and purchased wildfire two month ago.
I hadnt search for forum and by mistake upgraded to 2.2.1 froyo.
and as I know its not give facility to install custom rom.
I have S-ON...
the procesor is too slow of wf.
So clockword mode recovery I needed.
my question is simple that if I want to overclock ma phone , what should I do.
Because of I have lack knowledge of such things If anyone tell me step by step procedure. I will thankful to u....
If anyone knows the same topic link so tell me and close this thread.......
waiting for ur reply guys...
1: Find someone with an XTC Clip Hardware Box
2: Get your Wildfire S-OFF after paying him his fees (Or free if hes your 'contact')
3: Follow this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12188132&postcount=15
If you can't find an XTC Clip, you will not be able to Overclock your Wildfire, because, as is the case with Custom ROMs, overclocking requires root (Or atleast, a kernel which supports overclocking, but, getting a new kernel again requires root)
3xeno said:
1: Find someone with an XTC Clip Hardware Box
2: Get your Wildfire S-OFF after paying him his fees (Or free if hes your 'contact')
3: Follow this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12188132&postcount=15
If you can't find an XTC Clip, you will not be able to Overclock your Wildfire, because, as is the case with Custom ROMs, overclocking requires root (Or atleast, a kernel which supports overclocking, but, getting a new kernel again requires root)
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Thanks buddy I understan what the S ON ...can do....
another question is that what we can do with S-ON.....
like can I root with s-on ......
3xeno said:
1: Find someone with an XTC Clip Hardware Box
2: Get your Wildfire S-OFF after paying him his fees (Or free if hes your 'contact')
3: Follow this guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12188132&postcount=15
If you can't find an XTC Clip, you will not be able to Overclock your Wildfire, because, as is the case with Custom ROMs, overclocking requires root (Or atleast, a kernel which supports overclocking, but, getting a new kernel again requires root)
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Thanks buddy I understand what the S ON ...can do....
another question is that what can I additional do without rooting........
You cannot root official Froyo 2.2.1, if you have S-ON. Nothing further really to add there, Sorry. And, as I said before, as far as I know, overclocking without rooting is not possible.
I HAVE LOOKED EVERYWHERE.
Please help.
Can one root HTC Wildfire that has froyo on it?
I bought mine with 2.1 but when the update for 2.2 was out, i updated it.
I tried doin the unrevoked root but obviously it didn't work.
HOW DO I ROOT 2.2 (FROYO) ????
Sorry I am not really good at all this, so please do help, really would appreciate it.
Rather than making a thread, if you had just read around this forum a bit (Properly, I dont know how you looked and didnt find the answer), you would have come to know that 2.2.1 OTA is NOT rootable by any software method.
The only way to root is to get it S-OFF using an XTC Clip, Downgrading and then rooting (Else directly installing Clockworkmod on S-OFF'ed bootloader)
Sorry to disappoint you, but, you should have waited a bit instead of acting trigger happy when you received the OTA, if you had any intentions of rooting.
I succed to downgrade my wildfire form 2.2.1 to 2.1 but the hboot remains the latest.also with this hboot i cannot make an s-off and root my wildfire.is there any method to downgrade my hboot;;
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Oh, I forgot to say, NO!!!!!!!!!!!
stop flooding the dev section
PS. yes you CAN get s-off, with an xtc clip.
Put questions in general. Closed.
Hello everybody, this is my first post on this forum although I am following it for a long time (WinMO and also happy owner of an HTC Desire).
I recently bought a second phone, a Wildfire (new with the stock 2.1 ROM on it) and have few questions about it that I could not figure out in the last few days by reading the forum.
Ok so everybody knows that the stock 2.1 ROM is kind of bad, but
1)how is the 2.2.1 official release?
If I upgrade it then hboot will upgrade as well to ver.1.01 and bye bye S-Off.
2)Is it possible to first root it plus S-Off and then put the 2.2.1 official release on it?
3) will this change the hboot and block it again?
I ask all of this because I like the sense interface in htc phones. I know Jokerdroid ROM exists and uses sense and is really good.
4) In this case is it worth even trying official 2.2.1?
5) What other ROMs using Sense are there available?
Thank you everybody for help!
And sorry but I could not find the answers anywhere, but hope this thread will help others as well.
1) No difference, except updated HBoot with increased security, WiFi hotspot and Froyo Apps2SD
2) Probably, but I dunno why would you want to do that. Safe Flash ZIPs are much better, since they are the same as the official 2.2.1 release, with just the updated bootloader removed.
3) If you root and put official 2.2.1, it will be blocked. But, if you get S-OFF (Using an XTC Clip, presumably), it wont be blocked, since that S-OFF is permenant.
4) Absolutely not. There are more complaints than benefits, on this forum itself.
5) Too many to list. See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
Allex_master said:
1)how is the 2.2.1 official release?
If I upgrade it then hboot will upgrade as well to ver.1.01 and bye bye S-Off.
2)Is it possible to first root it plus S-Off and then put the 2.2.1 official release on it?
3) will this change the hboot and block it again?
I ask all of this because I like the sense interface in htc phones. I know Jokerdroid ROM exists and uses sense and is really good.
4) In this case is it worth even trying official 2.2.1?
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1). Even if u won't upgrade to 2.2.1 , there is no free S-OFF solution for wildfire yet (even for the 2.1 wildfire). Alpharev for wildfire is yet to be released. Almost all the wildfires u see S-OFF are done with paid xtc clip. And there is no software root solution yet for hboot 1.01 with S-ON.
2). Again how is S-OFF possible. If u mean it by xtc clip, u don't need to worry at all. Once done with xtc clip, u can do anything u want.
3). Again when done S-OFF with xtc clip, no blocking at all.
4). My suggestion was don't ever try upgrading to official froyo. And if u want to S-OFF by xtc clip, u can try. But personally i won't recommend u to upgrade to official froyo, and certainly i wont recommend u to go with xtc clip in a situation like this. Having a new 2.1 wildfire at the moment is really lucky. Just root with unrevoked and enjoy custom roms. Everyone of us will soon have S-OFF by alpharev.
And u know what, regarding free S-OFF solutions , the ones with hboot 1.01 have only alpharev x option (its also the root solution for these) but the ones with hboot 0.80 have both alpharev 2 and alpharev x option. Suppose, if alpharev x is released earlier (may not be), those with hboot 0.80 can upgrade to 1.01 and use it.
So practically in my case there is no need to change it to S-Off. I thought Unrevoked does this anyway.
So then why is it necessary to have S-off?
if you can root on hboot 0.80 without having S-off?
Sorry I am really confused now.
Allex_master said:
So practically in my case there is no need to change it to S-Off. I thought Unrevoked does this anyway.
So then why is it necessary to have S-off?
if you can root on hboot 0.80 without having S-off?
Sorry I am really confused now.
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Actually the point that S-OFF is highlighted for wildfire these days is just to have custom roms on hboot 1.01 (because it is hightly protected and not yet rootable)
The unrevoked for previous hboot 0.80 uses an exploit to push the custom recovery and also push the required root files (like su binary) into the system folders so that they will be re-locked in the system folders giving su permissions to the user. But this kind of exploit is not yet made for hboot 1.01 . So it is unrootable with software methods. The only present way to root it is to disable the nand protection by xtc clip (thus making the system folders writable).
And of course s-off has lot advantages over just rooting. S-OFF skips the signature check of files to be updated. Can change the splash screen. Enables the fastboot extended commands. etc..,
edit: And no. Unrevoked forever is not present for wildfire to make it S-OFF (even for hboot 0.80)
OK Thanks! That is clear for me now. I will give a try to few custom ROMs in the next few days.