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impossible to root HELP ME PLEASE

To all devs out there ,im been trying to root the hero for a week now ,ive tried every guide going also the gold card with 10 different sd cards with no luck.the rom what ive got is the release 2.73.405.66 rom.it has the new nboot is thats why i cant flash.is there any way i can wipe all date and software so i will have nothing on the phone and then install an earlier rom, its just an idea as im starting to lose it with this fone.i hope someone can help me or do i have to wait for the official update from htc

with this rom version you need to create a goldcard and downgrade your rom before you can install a custom rom. if you have problems with the goldcard you should be more specific.
waiting for the update doesn't seem like the best idea, because it might take some until a security flaw is found that allows to root the rom when already installed on the phone. if you have the custom recovery image you will be able to install the (pre-rooted) update short time after it was released.

You should be able to use fastboot for this issue.
Search around the forums, (also http://hero.modaco.com) and read about it.
All you need is the fasboot tool, a usb cable and the "debugging mode" switched on at ur phone...

everytime i create the gold card and try to downgrade the rom it states boot error 140.i follow the guides very indepth i get the serial number from the sdcard than i reverse the string and then replace the first two numbers or letters with 2 zeros how can you tell when the goldcard is on the sdcard.when i replace the sdcard back in sdcard reader it states that the folder is empty.im quite clued up on winmo but android is giving me a headache

wouldn't the fastboot give you the "remote: not allowed" error?
anyway, you can try:
start your phone by holding back and pushing power, you should see three skating androids. put recovery image in the folder where your fastboot.exe is, open terminal and go to that folder and type:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.3.1.img
if that works report back.
for the goldcard i can't help, never did it.

at last im rooted thanks for for the help .the way i did
(with the phone in normal mode)
1) Connect your Hero via usb to your pc/mac/...
2) Open Command Prompt ->
Put in the following text ->
C:\Users\Username> cd\
C:\>cd android\tools\
C:\>android\tools>adb push recovery-RA-Hero-v1.5.3.1.img /sdcard/recovery-RA-Hero-v1.5.3.1.img
C:\>android\tools>adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-Hero-v1.5.3.1.img
3) JOB DONE!

rednose30 said:
at last im rooted thanks for for the help .the way i did
(with the phone in normal mode)
1) Connect your Hero via usb to your pc/mac/...
2) Open Command Prompt ->
Put in the following text ->
C:\Users\Username> cd\
C:\>cd android\tools\
C:\>android\tools>adb push recovery-RA-Hero-v1.5.3.1.img /sdcard/recovery-RA-Hero-v1.5.3.1.img
C:\>android\tools>adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-Hero-v1.5.3.1.img
3) JOB DONE!
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I guys, I seem to be having the same issue as the OP. Having tried the above it tells me that there is an error writing recovery: Permission denied. Any idea how to solve this?
Thanks!

mjames_84 said:
I guys, I seem to be having the same issue as the OP. Having tried the above it tells me that there is an error writing recovery: Permission denied. Any idea how to solve this?
Thanks!
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Getting exactly the same. Tried the goldcard method numerous times using 3 different cards and always get the bootloader 140 error. Tried the above with same errors... very frustrating!
Mine is a UK T-Mobile G2 with build number 2.73.110.26, any suggestions gratefully tried!
Edit: Finally managed to sort it. I was using "RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_1.76.405.1_R3_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe" - this didnt work. Once I found and tried RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe it all clicked into place!
Thanks for all the info provided on these forums, cheers!

TastyBurger said:
Getting exactly the same. Tried the goldcard method numerous times using 3 different cards and always get the bootloader 140 error. Tried the above with same errors... very frustrating!
Mine is a UK T-Mobile G2 with build number 2.73.110.26, any suggestions gratefully tried!
Edit: Finally managed to sort it. I was using "RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_1.76.405.1_R3_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe" - this didnt work. Once I found and tried RUU_Hero_HTC_WWE_2.73.405.5_WWE_release_signed_NoDriver.exe it all clicked into place!
Thanks for all the info provided on these forums, cheers!
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Hi
I have tried making a goldcard, and installed via. the RUU shown here.. 405.5 .. but then I tried using Flashrec to get another recovery image, it failed making the first step...
So is my phone rooted or did something go wrong ?

the phone is still unfortunately not rooted. I would've tried the fastboot method
Sent from my HTC Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

just curious but did anyone just try to flash the older version without bothering with the goldcard...i dun know what i did to my htc hero orange but when i was researching i was told i needed to downgrade to root. I tried to take a long shot and used htc sync and old orange ruu..and somehow it just downgraded itself.... i know it might not help but its a long shot!

nicknyhk said:
just curious but did anyone just try to flash the older version without bothering with the goldcard...i dun know what i did to my htc hero orange but when i was researching i was told i needed to downgrade to root. I tried to take a long shot and used htc sync and old orange ruu..and somehow it just downgraded itself.... i know it might not help but its a long shot!
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Very similar story. I did make a goldcard but hadn't got as far as finding out how to extract the update.zip out of the RUU exe, in order to use it. I tried running the RUU to see what would happen & my Hero downgraded.

[Q] Root stuck, Red triangle and exclamation mark

Hi I've been reading these forums for ages but only just signed up, I'm looking to root my hero (surprise) and complete newb.
Basically current build/software is 3.32.405.1 so 2.1, followed the rooting instructions exactly, then rebooted holding home and power on buttons but it just boots straight into a red triangle with exclamation mark in the middle of it, I can hold power and volume up to get a small menu with apply sdcard: update but tried that after getting frustrated and that said that the file wasn't verified.
how do I get the normal recovery screen because already have a villainrom on the sdcard.

You need to do the root process to get to the care bear, then flash villainrom on the care bear, before rebooting.
That will get you sorted

Well I rooted using universal androot, then used the teminal to input the su (press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (press enter) part of instructions but at no point do I see the care bear :S

I have the same problem as Ejen. The phone is root i have superuser permission i do titanium backup .I put RA-hero-v1.7.0.1 with Better Terminal Emulator. When I turn off phone and press Home&Power I get a picture phone with a triangle. Does anyone have an idea how to solve this?

Yes, this is because stock rom automatically reflashes recovery with the stock one each shutdown iirc.
You need to stop this happening, but I can't remember the command. When you have root using universal androot though, you can stop it happening.
Or maybe it's too early for me. Wait till I've had a coffee or two and I'll revisit this...

Perhaps you can edit /system/etc/install-recovery.sh. A quick look trough /system didn't find anything like a shutdown script so perhaps this file is run by the android environment.

I had this same issue the other night, been searching for a fix, hopefully one appears here soon, thanks Pulser_g2, i was hoping to install your 1.5 Rom
Bloke

Ah seems I'm not the only one well at least I wasn't just being silly then, well tried it multiple times but still seem to have no success even tried the unlockr websites method with no success either.
If anyone knows thanks

Right... Are you on 1.5 or 2.1 just now?
Could someone (preferably the most tech savvy here) if you're on 2.1, try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726118 and see if that works.
I'm trying to work out what's going on here...
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I'm 2.1 and had been using your other guide to root my phone but embarrasingly got stuck at stage 2 whilst trying to set up ADB (my knowledge of cmd is very limited to the point I only know the command tree ), saw the guide on XDA and thought that looks really simple so tried that instead, then tried unlockr method when XDA's didn't work now given up and asked for help

Ejen said:
I'm 2.1 and had been using your other guide to root my phone but embarrasingly got stuck at stage 2 whilst trying to set up ADB (my knowledge of cmd is very limited to the point I only know the command tree ), saw the guide on XDA and thought that looks really simple so tried that instead, then tried unlockr method when XDA's didn't work now given up and asked for help
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Ok,... So how far did you get on setting up adb http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/s...de-Setting-up-ADB-and-how-to-use-it.-(Windows) ?

I had done up to part 4 using ADB, opened up cmd prompt I couldn't seem to push stuff to the SD card and was unsure what I did wrong.
When checking the USB works part 3, I used the link chose part 2, HTC sync users > ADB I couldn't find android_winusb when updating the driver software. I'm probably missing something or being silly now but I don't know

Ejen said:
I had done up to part 4 using ADB, opened up cmd prompt I couldn't seem to push stuff to the SD card and was unsure what I did wrong.
When checking the USB works part 3, I used the link chose part 2, HTC sync users > ADB I couldn't find android_winusb when updating the driver software. I'm probably missing something or being silly now but I don't know
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Type adb devices, and if you see your phone's serial number, then you don't need to worry about drivers. Remember to "cd" into the correct folder first.

I'll try that but CD did nothing I'm running windows 7 and it sticks on C:\users\username Can't go back

Ejen said:
I'll try that but CD did nothing I'm running windows 7 and it sticks on C:\users\username Can't go back
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Where have you downloaded your Android SDK too?
for example > "cd c:\SDK\tools"

pulser_g2 said:
Right... Are you on 1.5 or 2.1 just now?
Could someone (preferably the most tech savvy here) if you're on 2.1, try VillainROM Roots 2.1 and see if that works.
I'm trying to work out what's going on here...
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I guess that is already on the phone RA-hero-v1.7.0.1 as you said stock rom automatically reflashes recovery. I suppose that the method VillainROM Roots 2.1contains RA-hero-v1.6.2.img. What will then happen with recovery if i try to do again root with VillainROM Roots 2.1?

When you try that method, you get the phone booted into patched recovery, at which point you take a nandroid backup and flash a custom ROM.
this prevents the recovery being lost. Just try it

I'm not at home and can not install ADB and run runindos.bat. I have on SD card recovery and FroydVillain 1.5. That's why I tried this method.Next week I'll be home and if someone does not fix the problem i will try the method you suggested me.
Can I try to put again recovery with Better Terminal Emulator, maybe recovery was corrupted ....

i went through the same thing!!
Ejen said:
Hi I've been reading these forums for ages but only just signed up, I'm looking to root my hero (surprise) and complete newb.
Basically current build/software is 3.32.405.1 so 2.1, followed the rooting instructions exactly, then rebooted holding home and power on buttons but it just boots straight into a red triangle with exclamation mark in the middle of it, I can hold power and volume up to get a small menu with apply sdcard: update but tried that after getting frustrated and that said that the file wasn't verified.
how do I get the normal recovery screen because already have a villainrom on the sdcard.
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helloo!! i apologise if i am interupting or butting in whilst your in the middle of other solutions... i just saw the title and jump right in. i went through the exact same thing just 2 weeks ago!! unfortunately for me there was no successful forums or websites at the time... it sounded like a simple problem, with no simple solution.
this may not be what you where looking for, but its a very quick easy method that definately worth a try.
so... am i right in saying you have the official OTA HTC android 2.1 update?? and you now want to get this rooted?? and have you also tried rooting using the two common methods, the "one click root" and the "unrevoked" one? thats wat i did and i kept being stuck at the same red triangle and exclamation mark.
those methods (and countless others) will not work with the official htc hero android 2.1. (as far as i know) what you will need to do is downgrade the phones software. check htc's website and look for the older RUU and using the computer get your hero back to android 1.5. (under no circumstance should you upgrade your 1.5 android to the 2.1 android via HTC's OTA update... its only going the remove the root access!!!! - always reject it)
then continue to root as per the numerous rooting guides. done? now, obviously you will want to flash an android 2.1 rom. if you want to keep to htc's original 2.1, you can search for this in the forums under 'development'. or go ahead and flash the custom roms (villianrom).
thats exactly how i did it. im not entirely sure if this is the info you are after... but reply back and ill be happy to answer any query - big or small. (i should warn you, im no expert - but this forum is filled with the earths most powerful brains - u should have an answer in no time!!)

I have an HTC Hero. I ran the simple root method and got Carebare response.
I too have read numerous threads in the forum here and elsewhere but can't seem to get past the USB section.
adb says no device
I can use HTC Sync to sync data to the phone.
The SDK is installed and I have previously used it to capture screen shots of my device.
If I try to run one of the RUU executables, it fails with a [114: USB Error] (number may be wrong but the message is right.
I can mount the SD card and copy files to/from it.
I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on a Quad Core AMD CPU.
If I do the Home/Power thing, I get the same red triangle as described in the 1st message of this thread.
Fwiw, I have successfully and repeated loaded ROM's on my previous phone (HTC S621) so I am not a complete newb (but i am newb to Android).
What am I missing? This shouldn't be this hard (at least from what I've seen posted anyway)

Please help!!!!

Sorry, if my title is a bit loud but I need some serious help with my G2. Now I'm not new to Android or rooting in general but I'm no expert either. I had the G1 since around launch and rooted it several times successfully, and even installed some ROMS on it and done the same on other Android devices for my friends. I decided to finally give my G2 the same treatment. I tried to do permroot with Visionary and after a minute or so, my phone restarted. However, it is stuck on the green and white HTC boot screen. I tried a factory reset with the power and volume down button but that didn't work as well. I am currently sitting here as I type looking at my paperweight G2. Please, what do I do to get this thing back to normal? Thanks.

Do some research before you root. A lot of people have problems with visionary and there are hundreds of discussions that warn against using visionary for perm root.
Do a search, there's plenty of threads for reparing a soft brick.

Nonentity018 said:
Do some research before you root. A lot of people have problems with visionary and there are hundreds of discussions that warn against using visionary for perm root.
Do a search, there's plenty of threads for reparing a soft brick.
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Sadly, I thought I did enough research but I was wrong. The damage is done and I was just to return this thing back to normal. Root or no root, I don't care for now. I you can link me to one of these threads you talk about, that would be great.

Here's the guide from the Dev section for recovering a semi-brick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA Premium App

Just do a search within the g2 forums for "soft brick" you should find something fairly quick. You can throw "visionary" into that search, too, to narrow it down.
Edit: nevermind someone nice found it for you.
And I've rooted two G2's using the visionary(temp root) and gfree method which only takes about five minutes and doesn't need adb. It's reliable, you can see all the steps (so if something goes wrong you know exactly what), and if something does go wrong, you just try again. I highly recommend this method.

Here's a link to the HTC Vision wiki with instructions on rooting with G Free (the method I used on my own G2)- http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
This one uses a combination of Visionary and GFree and doesn't require the use of ADB. - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834731
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA Premium App

I think the user above meant this link for the guide to rooting and S-OFF wthout ADB...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160

acousticsea said:
Here's the guide from the Dev section for recovering a semi-brick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842495
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA Premium App
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I tried that and it didn't work. This is really frustrating. Anybody here that knows how to recover from a soft boot that can guide me one on one?? Please.

chancy319 said:
Sorry, if my title is a bit loud
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The subject isn't overly loud. But it is useless. A big portion of the posts on here are by people seeking help. So titling it with more specific information on what you want help with is more appropriate.
chancy319 said:
I tried that and it didn't work. This is really frustrating. Anybody here that knows how to recover from a soft boot that can guide me one on one?? Please.
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I think you're going to have to be MUCH more specific. There a MANY different if/then suggestions in the guide. Which did you try? Do you have ADB installed on your desktop computer? Can you get into shell?

redpoint73 said:
The subject isn't overly loud. But it is useless. A big portion of the posts on here are by people seeking help. So titling it with more specific information on what you want help with is more appropriate.
I think you're going to have to be MUCH more specific. There a MANY different if/then suggestions in the guide. Which did you try? Do you have ADB installed on your desktop computer? Can you get into shell?
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Thank you for the response. I have been refreshing over and over waiting for one. I tried to use ADB but I don't have ADB installed on my computer so that didn't work. I also tried a "Fastboot" but that didn't work as well. Basically, all I can do right now is just the "Power + Vol Down" and it takes me to the "multicolor" menu.
If it's of any help, here is what it says:
VISION PUT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38
HBOOT (in color blue)
<Vol Up> to previous item
<Vol Down> to next item
<Power> to select item
FASTBOOT (in color dark green)
RECOVERY (in color light green)
FACTORY RESET (in color red)
SIMLOCK (in color blue)
IMAGE CRC (in color brown)
I'm just stating the above details in case they're of any help? Thanks.

Yea... you don't use the visionary prem root until you have s-off. Wish you get out of the semi brick friend.
Sent from my Vision using XDA Premium App

lainvalenajr said:
Yea... you don't use the visionary prem root until you have s-off. Wish you get out of the semi brick friend.
Sent from my Vision using XDA Premium App
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Yes. I have been searching and searching the whole night (I haven't slept ) and this is the same thing I keep coming across. I really wish I knew all about this BEFORE I clicked on permroot and I really attribute this to my thoughts that Visionary was actually a good way to go. But I really just want to get my phone back to stock state (the way it was).

bump....... -_-;

Not sure if this will be feesable, but if you got it with Tmobile, why not try to get it replaced claiming it doesn't boot (since it really doesn't) and see what they say.
Will do some research for you as well and get back to you as I am at work now.
Sent from my Virtuous Desire Z 1.0.1 using XDA App

Guys do you still get S-Off using the visionary + gFree method?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

chancy319 said:
Thank you for the response. I have been refreshing over and over waiting for one. I tried to use ADB but I don't have ADB installed on my computer so that didn't work. I also tried a "Fastboot" but that didn't work as well. Basically, all I can do right now is just the "Power + Vol Down" and it takes me to the "multicolor" menu.
If it's of any help, here is what it says:
VISION PUT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.82.0000
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38
HBOOT (in color blue)
<Vol Up> to previous item
<Vol Down> to next item
<Power> to select item
FASTBOOT (in color dark green)
RECOVERY (in color light green)
FACTORY RESET (in color red)
SIMLOCK (in color blue)
IMAGE CRC (in color brown)
I'm just stating the above details in case they're of any help? Thanks.
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Hi !
Try flashing the stock rom again.
Get the PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip from http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision
Put it on the root of the sdcard (using an card reader) and rename it to PC10IMG.zip
Make sure that the phone is fully charged when you start this because in hboot mode (the "multicolor" menu as you call it) it will not charge and you should not run out of power while reflashing the stock rom.
Do the "Power + Vol Down" boot that takes you to the "multicolor" menu.
It will boot into the blue mode and after a second it will start to scan for a file called PC10IMG.zip.
It will load the file and ask you if you want to install it. Select yes.
During the install the screen will go blank for some seconds -> don't panic.
If you receive an error about the main version then we need to find a different way. In this case try to find me or someone else on the #G2ROOT irc channel on freenode.
Hope you make it - have fun - Guhl

Skellyyy said:
Guys do you still get S-Off using the visionary + gFree method?
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Yes I used this method to root two different g2s some day and a half ago. the first g2 it took in only one root attempt, the second took two.

guhl99 said:
Hi !
Try flashing the stock rom again.
Get the PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip from http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision
Put it on the root of the sdcard (using an card reader) and rename it to PC10IMG.zip
Make sure that the phone is fully charged when you start this because in hboot mode (the "multicolor" menu as you call it) it will not charge and you should not run out of power while reflashing the stock rom.
Do the "Power + Vol Down" boot that takes you to the "multicolor" menu.
It will boot into the blue mode and after a second it will start to scan for a file called PC10IMG.zip.
It will load the file and ask you if you want to install it. Select yes.
During the install the screen will go blank for some seconds -> don't panic.
If you receive an error about the main version then we need to find a different way. In this case try to find me or someone else on the #G2ROOT irc channel on freenode.
Hope you make it - have fun - Guhl
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Ahhhh....that makes sense. I shall try it once I gt my hand on a card reader. Thanks so much. I shall report the results to you.

guhl99 said:
Hi !
Try flashing the stock rom again.
Get the PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip from http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision
Put it on the root of the sdcard (using an card reader) and rename it to PC10IMG.zip
Make sure that the phone is fully charged when you start this because in hboot mode (the "multicolor" menu as you call it) it will not charge and you should not run out of power while reflashing the stock rom.
Do the "Power + Vol Down" boot that takes you to the "multicolor" menu.
It will boot into the blue mode and after a second it will start to scan for a file called PC10IMG.zip.
It will load the file and ask you if you want to install it. Select yes.
During the install the screen will go blank for some seconds -> don't panic.
If you receive an error about the main version then we need to find a different way. In this case try to find me or someone else on the #G2ROOT irc channel on freenode.
Hope you make it - have fun - Guhl
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Hey, Guhl. I downloaded the file and put it on my card but after loading it, it gave me the main version error :
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
What do I do next? I'm guessing that file is out of date or something?

chancy319 said:
Hey, Guhl. I downloaded the file and put it on my card but after loading it, it gave me the main version error :
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Press <POWER> to reboot.
What do I do next? I'm guessing that file is out of date or something?
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No the file is not out of date, but your phone has the OTA 1.22 version applied and therefore we need to downgrade your version in the misc_partition 17.
I wrote a utility called misc_version that is normally used for this but to be able to use this we would have to be able to boot your phone.
I would really invite you to try to find me at on IRC channel #G2ROOT on the freenode network where we could try to find a solution. I am mostly there at evenings/nights and my timezone is currently UTC+2.
have fun - Guhl

HTC ARIA 2.2.2 downgraded and rooted

HTC ARIA FIX FOR THOSE THAT UPGRADED TO 2.2.2
By kibby Ndemo
ALPHAREVX
Requirements:
• ADB Installed on your system. See our guide on what is ADB and how to install it.
• HTC Sync software installed in order to download necessary drivers. (Once the drivers are installed, remove HTC Sync from your system.)
• AlphaRevX.
Instructions:
1. To begin, make sure USB debugging is enabled in you device under Settings > Applications > Development.
2. Download AlphaRevX and extract the files to a folder. (A form will show up on the download page, keep it opened.)
3. Connect your device to the system and run Aplharev.exe.
4. You will be asked to enter a Beta key at this stage. Simple copy the serial number that shows up in the brackets in the prompt as shown in the screenshot above, and paste it into the form on the download page.
5. Hit the Generate Key on that form and once you have the key, enter it into the prompt to see a Beta key accepted message.
6. The application will start the S-Off procedure and should complete in around 90 seconds. Incase it does not start, wait fro around 15 minutes and re-do the whole process.
After doing the above procedure downgrade to HTC aria 2.1 then you be able to root you aria once more and flash any files. Please donate to alpharev too they made it possible.you can find the old 2.1 ruu in xda
PS I have done it and it works.

Man talk about timing. My fr008 aria bit the dust and I had to get another via ins. well it came factory with 2.2.2. I was pissed off about that and started looking for a fix and found one here. I will have to wait till tomorrow or Monday to try it because the unit they sent me has a bad ear piece and they are sending a new one but I will post my results when I get my new, new phone. Thanks for the work on this.
No link to file do I need to search XDA or did you forget to attach it.

tbone22 said:
Man talk about timing. My fr008 aria bit the dust and I had to get another via ins. well it came factory with 2.2.2. I was pissed off about that and started looking for a fix and found one here. I will have to wait till tomorrow or Monday to try it because the unit they sent me has a bad ear piece and they are sending a new one but I will post my results when I get my new, new phone. Thanks for the work on this.
No link to file do I need to search XDA or did you forget to attach it.
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it's all over these forums
www.alpharev.nl/x/beta

ferariboy said:
HTC ARIA FIX FOR THOSE THAT UPGRADED TO 2.2.2
By kibby Ndemo
ALPHAREVX
Requirements:
• ADB Installed on your system. See our guide on what is ADB and how to install it.
• HTC Sync software installed in order to download necessary drivers. (Once the drivers are installed, remove HTC Sync from your system.)
• AlphaRevX.
Instructions:
1. To begin, make sure USB debugging is enabled in you device under Settings > Applications > Development.
2. Download AlphaRevX and extract the files to a folder. (A form will show up on the download page, keep it opened.)
3. Connect your device to the system and run Aplharev.exe.
4. You will be asked to enter a Beta key at this stage. Simple copy the serial number that shows up in the brackets in the prompt as shown in the screenshot above, and paste it into the form on the download page.
5. Hit the Generate Key on that form and once you have the key, enter it into the prompt to see a Beta key accepted message.
6. The application will start the S-Off procedure and should complete in around 90 seconds. Incase it does not start, wait fro around 15 minutes and re-do the whole process.
After doing the above procedure downgrade to HTC aria 2.1 then you be able to root you aria once more and flash any files. Please donate to alpharev too they made it possible.you can find the old 2.1 ruu in xda
PS I have done it and it works.
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Why would anyone want to downgrade to 2.1 after having S-OFF!? (Rhetorical question). Once you have S-OFF, you can flash superuser, clockworkmod and custom roms without needing to downgrade to 2.1 then rooting again. Also attn1 already made a thread here on what to do after AlpharevX: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694.

HTC ARIA
He is very right i jumped the gun too soon

ferariboy said:
Try flashing the htc aria after s-off then that will answer your question please do research before bloging something you dont have an idea about
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fastboot?
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ferariboy said:
Try flashing the htc aria after s-off then that will answer your question please do research before bloging something you dont have an idea about
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Uh no, Theonew is exactly right. Not only is he right, but he gave a link showing exactly what he was talking about. In an ultimate showing of irony, you blasted someone for not doing his research when it's actually you who hasn't done his research.
Once you have S-OFF you don't need to use the 2.1 RUU or Unrevoked. It's a waste of time. You can push Clockwork recovery to your phone via fastboot, then flash whatever you want. It takes literally 2 seconds to flash Clockwork in this manner after you have S-OFF.

ferariboy said:
HTC ARIA FIX FOR THOSE THAT UPGRADED TO 2.2.2
By kibby Ndemo
ALPHAREVX
Requirements:
• ADB Installed on your system. See our guide on what is ADB and how to install it.
• HTC Sync software installed in order to download necessary drivers. (Once the drivers are installed, remove HTC Sync from your system.)
• AlphaRevX.
Instructions:
1. To begin, make sure USB debugging is enabled in you device under Settings > Applications > Development.
2. Download AlphaRevX and extract the files to a folder. (A form will show up on the download page, keep it opened.)
3. Connect your device to the system and run Aplharev.exe.
4. You will be asked to enter a Beta key at this stage. Simple copy the serial number that shows up in the brackets in the prompt as shown in the screenshot above, and paste it into the form on the download page.
5. Hit the Generate Key on that form and once you have the key, enter it into the prompt to see a Beta key accepted message.
6. The application will start the S-Off procedure and should complete in around 90 seconds. Incase it does not start, wait fro around 15 minutes and re-do the whole process.
After doing the above procedure downgrade to HTC aria 2.1 then you be able to root you aria once more and flash any files. Please donate to alpharev too they made it possible.you can find the old 2.1 ruu in xda
PS I have done it and it works.
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Even though I switched to the atrix, I kept my aria just for this
Sent from my "Emo" rooted Motorola Atrix! Emo Thinks Possible™

nice share M8, even if it was copied directly from Addictivetips.com
im interested to know other peoples experience with this... all good i hope
only for curiosity, i didnt upgrade to 2.2 OTA

zedbra said:
nice share M8, even if it was copied directly from Addictivetips.com
im interested to know other peoples experience with this... all good i hope
only for curiosity, i didnt upgrade to 2.2 OTA
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I really didn't have any need to either. I was perfectly happy with a fully rooted Aria running CM 7.0.3, but curiosity got the best of me, plus I had just ordered a HTC Incredible S, so I decided to 'practice' the AlphaRevX process on my Aria.
Installed the Froyo 2.2.2 update and then ran AlphaRevX and it went without a hitch. Got CWM reinstalled and superuser reinstalled and it was a really painless.

Nice!! thanks for the feedback M8
not to stray off topic, but now with S-Off achieved is it possible to downgrade HBoot with .zip file?? or is this sticky which can only be done using a box??
i may upgrade anyway just for kicks, but it would be great if we could downgrade HBoot again too

zedbra said:
Nice!! thanks for the feedback M8
not to stray off topic, but now with S-Off achieved is it possible to downgrade HBoot with .zip file?? or is this sticky which can only be done using a box??
i may upgrade anyway just for kicks, but it would be great if we could downgrade HBoot again too
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AlphaRevX is able to overwrite HBOOT 1.02 and replace it with their own that has S-OFF. It looks like they set the HBOOT version very high, so that 'downgrading' with say a RUU will fail. So if you find a way to replace this special HBOOT, you will loose S-OFF.

yah after reading a bit i see the Alpharev hack is a pached HBOOT. so i believe you are correct, removing it will make it S-On again. too bad

Theonew said:
Why would anyone want to downgrade to 2.1 after having S-OFF!? (Rhetorical question). Once you have S-OFF, you can flash superuser, clockworkmod and custom roms without needing to downgrade to 2.1 then rooting again. Also attn1 already made a thread here on what to do after AlpharevX: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694.
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This is what I want to do, but I need some help.
After using AlpharevX, I'll get S-OFF. Then, I just want to root the phone and be able to do a nandroid backup. I don't want to flash any ROM at this time.
The link you posted to does not have a clockworkmod listed for Aria. Which one do I use?

i would use THIS One. finally Clockwork without the recovery screen during charging
once you aquire S-off you can install Clockwork using Android Flasher

amlothi said:
This is what I want to do, but I need some help.
After using AlpharevX, I'll get S-OFF. Then, I just want to root the phone and be able to do a nandroid backup. I don't want to flash any ROM at this time.
The link you posted to does not have a clockworkmod listed for Aria. Which one do I use?
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It does have it listed for Aria. The Aria is codenamed as Liberty. It's ClockworkMod is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=591945&d=1305031790. You can get android flasher from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638. Unzip it, run it, select recovery at the side and click begin (Your phone will go into fastboot), find recovery.img (extracted from ClockworkMod), select it, click begin, and your done. You now have ClockworkMod 2.5.0.1 installed. To root, just go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122694 and follow the "To Root" steps and then you will be rooted. To do the nandroid backup, just start ClockworkMod (Instructions in the previous link - "How to start ClockworkMod") and select nandroid.

Root & Install CM7 on Mytouch 3G Slide 2.2.1

Rooting & Flashing To Stock 2.1
1. Download the files below
2. Copy "ESPRIMG.zip" to the root of your sd card on your phone
3. Extract "Super-Click 2.3.1" & "Mt3s Rooter" to their own folders on your computer
4. Navigate to settings on your phone. Select "Connect to Pc", choose "Charge Only"
5. Navigate to "Applications" then select "Devolpment" and make sure "USB Debugging" is on
6. Run the .exe files within each of the folders (Run .exe as Admin if your using Vista/Win7)
7. In SuperOneClick, select "Shell Root", wait for it to finish rooting
8. In the mt3gs rooter program, click on "Root Me"
You will need to turn on the phones WIFI within 30 seconds so be quick and then wait for it to restart.
9. Once your phone is rebooted it should be in BOOTLOADER Mode. Press volume down to select fastboot (If it doesnt show fastboot then select Bootloader and it will then show the menu with fastboot).
Once fastboot is highlighted, press the power button once.
It will check for ESPRIMG.zip and should show a progress bar in the top right.
After waiting a while it will ask you if you want to update, press volume up.
When it is finished it will ask to reboot, press volume up to do so. (If phone says on Mytouch circle for too long just take out the battery and restart)
If you want to put CM7 on your phone do instructions below.
Installing CM7 with Google Apps
1. Rename "update-cm-7.0.3-Slide-signed.zip" to "update.zip"
3. Copy "Update" & "gapps-gb-20110613-signed" to the root of your phone
4. Turn your phone off. Once off press and hold the volume down and power button at the same time.
5. It will look for the ESPRIMG again, after its done you will see the menu. Highlight "Recovery" and press the power button
6. A Red Triangle screen will show. Press volume up and power, then select "Wipe data/factory reset" then done do the same with "Wipe cache partition
7. After all that you will select "Apply sdcard:update.zip"
8. Select reboot system now
9. Once phone is restarted go into the app drawer and open ROM Manager.
10. Scroll down and select "Download Rom" then select install and then select the option it shows. It should say that Clockwork Mod installed.
11. Now select "Install Rom from SD Card" and select "gapps-gb-20110613-signed" and press OK twice.
It will reboot and show it installing.
Once done it will reboot again and your done. (Btw it will have you sign in and such)
DOWNLOAD THESE FILES:
SuperOneClick 2.3.1-
http://depositfiles.com/files/n0dcxce3t
Mt3s Rooter-
http://depositfiles.com/files/hn8tn6141
or
http://www.mediafire.com/?7yq3wo5yl3odz4k
HTC Espresso Stock Rom (ESPRIMG for 2.1 stock rom)-
http://www.4shared.com/file/OsmF_ZD7/ESPRIMG.html
CM7 Rom for Mytouch 3G Slide-
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/update-cm-7.0.3-Slide-signed.zip
Google Apps-
http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip
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MyTouch 3G Slide Drivers (These Might Help With Failed ADB Connectivity)
http://secure.htc.com/US/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads/
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
I pieced this together so I don't take full cred. I know this works because I did it to my phone as I typed it
If this works make sure to post it. Also remember to give thanks. This was not easy to figure out.

problem
what if it says cannot roll back bootloader while espring is updated it says bypassed

It bypasses normally

Why not use ClockWorkMod recovery as update.zip and use that to flash roms and things from there?

Just didn't wanna do it that way

thank you so much for posting this i have been trying to gain root ever since i got my phone which was last year thank you

I cant flash update.zip it keeps saying cant mount sd and when i reboot it says i dont have an sd card i need help im stuck with 2.1 and cant load a rom

not working
Didnt work for me.
superoneclick worked saying i had temporary adb root, then i would run mts rooter and it seems like that when the cmd prompt comes up that it doesnt work.
on the first part it said
"cd: can't cd to /sqlite_stmt_journals"
then after I turn wifi on and the cmd prompt goes again I get:
"./exploid not found" and " secretlol not found"
any help?

one small hiccup
Used these instructions to root a friend's phone last night. There was one deviation we had to deal with:
5. It will look for the ESPRIMG again, after its done you will see the menu. Highlight "Recovery" and press the power button
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While we could see the menu the phone only gave us the choice to run update (YES) or reboot (NO). Recovery was inaccessible. We ran the update (with the bootloader bypassed) then when asked to reboot we chose (NO) and then could select RECOVERY and follow the steps above.
Yes, we did repeat the UPDATE.ZIP process but this time it did not skip Bootloader. Soon CM7 was up and running.
Hope this helps and thanks for the great instructions.

i need some help my says i dont have sd card when it boots up .Also it wont let me apply the update.zip .it says cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0
cant find /sdcard/update.zip
Ive already reloaded ESPRIMG aboput 15 times im stuck with a useless phone please help
Also my pc wont recognize my phone so i cant use adb or anything

angelo420 said:
I cant flash update.zip it keeps saying cant mount sd and when i reboot it says i dont have an sd card i need help im stuck with 2.1 and cant load a rom
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Some sd cards work better than others. Sandisk with a little 4 work great. Try to reformat it with a pc and I think it needs to be Fat32
jasonftfw said:
Didnt work for me.
superoneclick worked saying i had temporary adb root, then i would run mts rooter and it seems like that when the cmd prompt comes up that it doesnt work.
on the first part it said
"cd: can't cd to /sqlite_stmt_journals"
then after I turn wifi on and the cmd prompt goes again I get:
"./exploid not found" and " secretlol not found"
any help?
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Your pc is not detecting your phone. Try installing HTC Sync from the Mytouch 3Gs support page. Also make sure to run it as an administrator while being logged in on a admin account

I actually rooted mine while placing the phone in SYNC Mode after removing the sync program and pressing back button on phone to have it stop looking for SYNC...Just remove SYNC program from the computer not the drivers for the phone to be recognized.

Your pc is not detecting your phone. Try installing HTC Sync from the Mytouch 3Gs support page. Also make sure to run it as an administrator while being logged in on a admin account
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I downloaded the htc sync software from htc dot com /us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads/ (xda's settings stop me from submitting a link as this is my first post), I then tried to rerun the SuperOneClick and it failed saying "ADB server is incorrect version" or something similar. I copied the ADB.exe from the HTC Sync app directory into the SuperOneClick, and wham bam it worked. Of course the MT3Rooter failed with the same error, so I repeated the copy and I had root.
Thanks for your help everyone, it is very appreciated by this sorta geek.
PS: As a software geek and a 42 year old jerk, it hurts my heart that XDA has to run such nasty anti-spam settings just to keep crap off this forum. Ends up penalizing the users with good intentions. I totally see why it has to be done, and I support the effort, just is sad that it has to be this way.

how do you achieve s-off though? does downgrading, also downgrade your bootloader?
the goldcard app is not working, the site is down to generate keys.

Insanityrains: I have two stupid questions. Is there something I'm missing here? You don't have consecutive numbers for your instructions. Should I follow them in the order you have posted or in the order of the numbers?
Dumb question 2: Where is the download link for the ESPRIMG.zip file?
Thanks for your instructions! I hope it works for me.
UPDATE
I followed the steps to the letter. It worked seamlessly. Thanks insanityrains for putting all this together and the developer who actually figured this out!! However, few things I had to learn by doing it over and over again:
The first part worked awesome! (i.e. rooting and installing 2.1). It will keep saying there were errors and stuff but keep doing what insanityrains says to do.
The second part (installing CM7 with google apps was the hurdle for me): Follow his numbering in post #1 (once again, I'm refering to the second part) to understand what I'm saying below.
Before you begin, you don't need the ESPRIMG file anymore once you have rooted and installed 2.1 (the first part). So delete that file from the root of your SD card. By doing this, you can skip the annoying wait as it tries to reinstall 2.1 on your phone. Now for the two mistakes I did.
1. The first step was a silly mistake, but very much possible for someone to commit. Just rename the file "update" and dont add ".zip" like I did. Everytime I try installing the ROM it kept saying "cannot locate update.zip". I was scratching my head for a few times before I realized the mistake
2. Step #5. It will search for the ESPRIMG file and it is not going to find that. Select "recovery" then
For noobs, dont freak out while doing it. It was scary for me to root the phone. But once I did it fine, it was fun!

so in order to install roms you have to rename them to update zips?

anybody even here anymore?
theres too many outdated rooting guides on here. i already know i cannot achieve s-off now that we accepted the OTA. i already tried to root and it went fine but the clockwork recovery will not work. also when i boot into the 2.1 rom that i downgraded to i see there is no superuser app but it appears i am rooted because most root apps work minus wireless tether. i just want root and to run a semi stock non cm7 type rooted rom. is this possible with s-on or not?
if so can someone point me in the right direction please?

Worked!!!
Thanks insanityrains. Followed the steps and it worked. I would echo comments re: Menu choice for "Recovery" (see updates with fezmonger and ganjagarn).
Again - thanks!

fixxxer2008 said:
anybody even here anymore?
theres too many outdated rooting guides on here. i already know i cannot achieve s-off now that we accepted the OTA. i already tried to root and it went fine but the clockwork recovery will not work. also when i boot into the 2.1 rom that i downgraded to i see there is no superuser app but it appears i am rooted because most root apps work minus wireless tether. i just want root and to run a semi stock non cm7 type rooted rom. is this possible with s-on or not?
if so can someone point me in the right direction please?
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I thought someone on here said that you could use clockwork mod but you probably have to put it in, i can't help since I rooted my phone with the original method that was much easier.
Have you tried installing rom manager and letting it flash clockworkmod recovery?

jacewt said:
I thought someone on here said that you could use clockwork mod but you probably have to put it in, i can't help since I rooted my phone with the original method that was much easier.
Have you tried installing rom manager and letting it flash clockworkmod recovery?
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i was working on it for a client, i gave up. thanks anyways.