Don't be decieved by the title.
My problem is that I literally can't seem to figure out what I need to do to flash:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166948
The Dorimanx rom.
I've downloaded it. but how do I flash it on the phone.
What I don't understand is that my first rom, Dandiest, came with a package, had an installer and everything. Installer.exe, DAF.exe, the things I needed to flash it.
I downloaded the Dorimanx rom, and I couldn't find any of those things there.
Nor could I find a simple explanation on how to get it on, probably because it is assumed you know what you're doing before getting it.
I've read at least half a dozen threads on how to, etc. and I still am absolutely lost. It's just very confusing, even though I have actually read the "first flashing rom" guide thing.
Call me stupid, but I literally just do not understand.
lol, calm down .. and welcome aboard.
There is no reason for us to call you stupid, we were all noobs at a point in time.
And (I'm certain) you did your part of reading and searching.
All what you have to do is follow this tut by me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16528026&postcount=7
But swap step 8 with your ROM (obviously )
Over time, you won't need this.
[Presuming you don't want swap]
Marvlesz said:
lol, calm down .. and welcome aboard.
There is no reason for us to call you stupid, we were all noobs at a point in time.
And (I'm certain) you did your part of reading and searching.
All what you have to do is follow this tut by me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16528026&postcount=7
But swap step 8 with your ROM (obviously )
Over time, you won't need this.
[Presuming you don't want swap]
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cheers mate, though. Unless I don't have more than 150mb~ left for apps I don't want swap.
As far as I understand, it's an extension for the internal memory? right now i have nearly 1 gig on the Dandiest rom.
Anyways, thank you for your post mate.
Basementnugget said:
cheers mate, though. Unless I don't have more than 150mb~ left for apps I don't want swap.
As far as I understand, it's an extension for the internal memory? right now i have nearly 1 gig on the Dandiest rom.
Anyways, thank you for your post mate.
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You are welcome, I am glad I was able to help you.
Swap is an (sort of) extension to the RAM, and not to your internal.
After flashing, you'll have more than 150 for apps, yes.
Marvlesz said:
You are welcome, I am glad I was able to help you.
Swap is an (sort of) extension to the RAM, and not to your internal.
After flashing, you'll have more than 150 for apps, yes.
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Unfortunately the problem now is that the application will not connect to my phone... How do I fix that?
It recognizes USB (Serial -> USB thing) but won't connect.
What's won't connect to what?
In which step are you exactly stuck?
Do you have the required drivers? if not, you can install them by pressing the "Drivers" button on the HD2 Toolkit.
Marvlesz said:
What's won't connect to what?
In which step are you exactly stuck?
Do you have the required drivers? if not, you can install them by pressing the "Drivers" button on the HD2 Toolkit.
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I didn't install the drivers at that time, no.
Though, when I run the .exe's it just opens a cmd, runs some stuff, then closes. is that right?
Basementnugget said:
I didn't install the drivers at that time, no.
Though, when I run the .exe's it just opens a cmd, runs some stuff, then closes. is that right?
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Which exe are you alluding to? Within the toolkit? If memory serves most options should bring up another window that you need to go through. Make sure you've started the toolkit as administrator (right click). And if its not connecting properly you may just need to disconnect and reconnect.
HypoTurtle said:
Which exe are you alluding to? Within the toolkit? If memory serves most options should bring up another window that you need to go through. Make sure you've started the toolkit as administrator (right click). And if its not connecting properly you may just need to disconnect and reconnect.
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Indeed, what .exe? is it the toolkit? if yes, then you must be doing something wrong. Because the toolkit has a GUI, not texted. Make sure you have installed it, and run it as an admin.
Marvlesz said:
Indeed, what .exe? is it the toolkit? if yes, then you must be doing something wrong. Because the toolkit has a GUI, not texted. Make sure you have installed it, and run it as an admin.
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Not the toolkit, the drivers. You told me to download the drivers.
when I execute both the exe's, All I get is a CMD window, and it closes back down once it runs for approx half a second.
I was asking if that was correct, for installing the drivers.
Basementnugget said:
Not the toolkit, the drivers. You told me to download the drivers.
when I execute both the exe's, All I get is a CMD window, and it closes back down once it runs for approx half a second.
I was asking if that was correct, for installing the drivers.
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I think that's allright.
To check if drivers are already there - enter bootloader mode (power + VolDown) and after that plug it via USB to your PC. If you hear sound of connecting device, i say its ok.
You won't have access to data on your phone, it won't show as a removable disc. In my case "My devices" shows my phone as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM". So if you hear that sound, just go to another step, to MAGLDR install. It should work.
I use this ROM myself, and its awesome. Hope this helps
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I think that's allright.
To check if drivers are already there - enter bootloader mode (power + VolDown) and after that plug it via USB to your PC. If you hear sound of connecting device, i say its ok.
You won't have access to data on your phone, it won't show as a removable disc. In my case "My devices" shows my phone as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM". So if you hear that sound, just go to another step, to MAGLDR install. It should work.
I use this ROM myself, and its awesome. Hope this helps
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power + voldown gets me into the red/green/blue screen. Surely that isn't the bootloader.
Right now It won't connect anyway though.
EDIT:
I reconnected it into a diff port, now windows auto installed some HTC USB connect stuff. now it does recognize it. This was the required stuff?
Basementnugget said:
power + voldown gets me into the red/green/blue screen. Surely that isn't the bootloader.
Right now It won't connect anyway though.
EDIT:
I reconnected it into a diff port, now windows auto installed some HTC USB connect stuff. now it does recognize it. This was the required stuff?
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That IS what we call a bootloader mode. I think it is what was needed. Now proceed with next steps and enjoy new rom
Marquo said:
That IS what we call a bootloader mode. I think it is what was needed. Now proceed with next steps and enjoy new rom
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Cheers mate. it flashed, running for about an hour now. All my aps back on it. and dear jesus it is fast compared to the other rom I had. this is fantastic.
Basementnugget said:
Cheers mate. it flashed, running for about an hour now. All my aps back on it. and dear jesus it is fast compared to the other rom I had. this is fantastic.
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Glad You like it. Remember that it is still developed, what means that some problems may, and probably will ocurr. If so, report at ROM thread(i see that you achieved 10-post level ). With my set, i haven't had any problems, i think im gonna wait with upgrade
Cheers
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Glad You like it. Remember that it is still developed, what means that some problems may, and probably will ocurr. If so, report at ROM thread(i see that you achieved 10-post level ). With my set, i haven't had any problems, i think im gonna wait with upgrade
Cheers
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As far as I know i'm using the very latest ROM. And haven't had any problems so far. It's absolutely lightning fast. even though I have no idea if I did it right with the memory selecting stuff. I just did the 150+5mb. And suppose that is correct.
But yeah, zero problems. lightspeed. so im absolutely pleased. But I suppose if your rom is working fine.
Never change something that is working correctly.
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Hey guys,
I've been reading a lot of the threads and it's pretty awesome how helpful everyone is. Could someone try and help me?
Here's what I've done. I started with a new Evo.
**Rooting Method**
-downloaded PC36IMG.Zip & evorecovery from Toastcfh
-Copied PC36IMG.Zip to SD card on phone
-While in bootloader, I started the update and rebooted
-It powered on, I removed the PC36IMG.Zip file from the SD card
-I powered it off and back on.
**Auto Recovery Method**
-I donated money for the "ROM Manager" by ClockworkMod and installed
-Then I selected "reboot into Recovery" and Powered off the phone
-I powered back up and nothing seemed to be different about the phone. I don’t get how I’m supposed to know it’s rooted.
ANYWAYS THAT’S THE LEAST OF MY PROBLEMS NOW
I did the Auto Recovery Method steps again and now IT WON’T TURN ON NO MATTER WHAT MODE.
I tried:
Taking out the battery, taking out the SD card, tried starting it in bootloader (vol down + power).
IS MY PHONE A BRICK NOW?
If so how can I fix this and if I can’t fix it, how do I return it without showing I voided my warranty? I’d prefer fixing it if I can.
1st check and make sure your batt. Didn't die
slimm9969 said:
IS MY PHONE A BRICK NOW?
If so how can I fix this and if I can’t fix it, how do I return it without showing I voided my warranty? I’d prefer fixing it if I can.
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if your phone doesn't doesn't turn on at all, there is no way to tell you voided the warranty. However, it is extremely difficult to brick these phones if you don't flash gsm roms/radios.
Make sure the battery isn't dead.
yes, and always do this stuff with the charger plugged in when flashing roms.
Does the Orange(not full)/ Green(Full) charing LED come on at the top of the phone when it is plugged in? If so charge it til green and try again.
moved to general forum.
so it won't even show the htc evo 4g bootscreern? try plugging it in the computer and try adb shell on it with EVO-recovery.zip to see if it connects. If it does, reboot recovery.
Use the RUU..
No lights at all. It's like there isn't a battery in the phone.
Someone suggested the battery might have went out. Shouldn't it still turn on or show an orange light with the plug. I think it should still turn on even without a battery when it's plugged in. ??
HOLD UP!!
WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME i TOOK THE BATTERY OUT AND WHEN i GOT HOME i PUT IT BACK IN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I STILL NEED TO FIX THE WHOLE ROOT THING.
How do I know if I rooted it (part 1)?
slimm9969 said:
WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME i TOOK THE BATTERY OUT AND WHEN i GOT HOME i PUT IT BACK IN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I STILL NEED TO FIX THE WHOLE ROOT THING.
How do I know if I rooted it (part 1)?
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Try to boot the phone into recovery using the evo recover.zip in part one
Rename or remove the pci.img w.e from your sd
Turn the phone off hold down vol. Down and power let it check click down on volume then click power button and boot into recovery then.....
download it unzip it onto your desktop open it up right click on recovery.bat if you on Windows click run. as admin if the screen goes up and just goes away then just click on recovery.bat normally you may have to click on it a few times if it runs and doesn't boot into rec. The 1st time.
The reason it didn't boot is because the "internal memory" had to be "reset", the only "real" way to do that is to take out the battery and wait about 1 minute, then snap it back in and boot up. - Correct me if I'm wrong about that.
So... My theory would be that if It had not needed to been reset to boot up, then It didn't Root... ??
Ok, that sounds logit. But, if you can entertain my questions just a little longer?
What is the rooting going to do to my phone? And what is the NAND Uprotect going to do?
slimm9969 said:
Ok, that sounds logit. But, if you can entertain my questions just a little longer?
What is the rooting going to do to my phone? And what is the NAND Uprotect going to do?
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Its going to let you run custom roms such as http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698350
slimm9969 said:
Ok, that sounds logit. But, if you can entertain my questions just a little longer?
What is the rooting going to do to my phone? And what is the NAND Uprotect going to do?
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Heres a list of roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698044
slimm9969 said:
How do I know if I rooted it (part 1)?
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Install Terminal Emulator from the Market (free). Launch the terminal, and enter 'su' and press enter. You should be at a root prompt (#). Confirm by typing 'id'; It should return 'uid=0(root) gid=0(root)'
slimm9969 said:
Ok, that sounds logit. But, if you can entertain my questions just a little longer?
What is the rooting going to do to my phone? And what is the NAND Uprotect going to do?
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Why the HELL are you here trying to root your phone if you don't even know what it'll do?
MuzikJay said:
Why the HELL are you here trying to root your phone if you don't even know what it'll do?
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I would assume it's so he can learn and progress like the rest of us.
Remember what mom said... If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all.
DaveMW said:
I would assume it's so he can learn and progress like the rest of us.
Remember what mom said... If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all.
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Well if you're doing something that can potentially destroy your $550 dollar device, you should probably first figure out
A: How it's done
B: WHY YOU'RE DOING IT
MuzikJay said:
Well if you're doing something that can potentially destroy your $550 dollar device, you should probably first figure out
A: How it's done
B: WHY YOU'RE DOING IT
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A. WHY YOURE DOING IT
and THEN
B. How it's done
i dunno i agree with you.. lol
I am trying to root my Vibrant, but when I hold down both ends of the volume rocker and power the device on I get stuck on a screen that says "Downloading..... Do not turn off Target".
Is my phone actually downloading something from the web? I left it on like this all night and nothing seemed to have changed.
If it is actually downloading something should I move to an area with better 3G reception while trying to root?
Any help on this subject is IMMENSELY appreciated.
Thanks!
It shouldn't be downloading anything. Unless I'm mistaken. The phone should just be installing the zip that's on the phone.
Thanks for the reply Rick!
to quote the Root your Vibrant Guide:
"7. In Recovery menu select 'Reinstall Packages' (use vol_down then power to select)"
Does this mean I do not need to do this? I put the renamed file "update.zip" onto the phones internal memory....
Am I missing something?
Unplug the usb cable and try again.
or alternatively, issue a "adb reboot recovery" command from ADB.
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or alternatively, issue a "adb reboot recovery" command from ADB.
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Unfortunately Windows is not properly identifying the Vibrant, and it seems that ADB is not detecting it as a result either.... I'll keep at it.
symbit said:
Unfortunately Windows is not properly identifying the Vibrant, and it seems that ADB is not detecting it as a result either.... I'll keep at it.
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I'm assuming you have the correct drivers installed on your Windows box?
phantasm714 said:
I'm assuming you have the correct drivers installed on your Windows box?
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I cant find any standalone drivers, but I am downloading this Samsung PC Studio crap. I hope that has them.
symbit said:
I cant find any standalone drivers, but I am downloading this Samsung PC Studio crap. I hope that has them.
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Did you turn on USB Debugging in the setting menu?
I know it's a stupid question, and I'm not trying to call you stupid, but it is a commonly missed step in getting ADB recognition.
really dude there are plenty of answers you could have found for this with a little searching but your in download mode yellow triangle sign with the android guy digging right? well unlplug the charger from the phone hold both volume up and down and hold power while turning on the phone and then the recovery should pop up use the volume keys to select reinstall packages then select it with the power button then reboot and now your rooted.... you should have searched for this instead of posting a thread and this is not development it should have been posted in the general section and if you cant do this then you should try to root your phone in the first place but if you need a easier way to do i have a theory of a one click method using rom manager from the market that should work
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really dude there are plenty of answers you could have found for this with a little searching but your in download mode yellow triangle sign with the android guy digging right? well unlplug the charger from the phone hold both volume up and down and hold power while turning on the phone and then the recovery should pop up use the volume keys to select reinstall packages then select it with the power button then reboot and now your rooted.... you should have searched for this instead of posting a thread and this is not development it should have been posted in the general section and if you cant do this then you should try to root your phone in the first place but if you need a easier way to do i have a theory of a one click method using rom manager from the market that should work
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Thank you for correcting me. Was that meant to be one long sentence?
symbit said:
Thank you for correcting me. Was that meant to be one long sentence?
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no it wasnt i just dont like using punctuation. Did it help you, or do you need me to put it in numerical order of the steps?
This is all starting to seem very similar to the dream forum.you guys need to all chill out.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Minker17 said:
This is all starting to seem very similar to the dream forum.you guys need to all chill out.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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i just left that forum lol its not as bad as this posting was usually in the right place
skater4690 said:
Thank-you I agree you can't search for anything on this phone cause nothing is out or made for it yet. And then I have some ungrateful people saying SEE A SIMPLE SEARCH WOULD HAVE FOUND THIS....
...so if you have nothing nice or helpful then please don't say anything
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quoted from a guy with nothing good to ever say...
...literally this is the only thing good ever stated from this guy...
junkdruggler said:
quoted from a guy with nothing good to ever say...
...literally this is the only thing good ever stated from this guy...
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so what is this suppose to even mean? i already posted something towards helping this guy and what have you done? and how would you know what the only good thing i have ever said? have you read any of the 300 some odd posts ive had?
Besides arguing why couldn't someone advice him to unplug the phone from the USB cable in order to enter recovery mode.
I've searched the forum, found some good information but I am still coming up short on getting my phone to normal.
My (Rooted) Hero was perfect until I installed a beta version of Opera Mini Browser and then it went all hinky.
Some of the touch screen keys stopped working and parts of the screen have become unresponsive.. The entire phone (software) is now unstable.
I have tried a Nandroid recovery to no avail.
I've tried the steps available at the below link but still come up short.
http : // developer. htc. com / adp. html
Are there any steps or instructions specifically for the Hero to flash with a new factory image/radio/system?
Also, I'm a little sketchy on fastboot.
Any help would be appreciated. I almost Hulk Smashed the phone but I remembered I got excellent information from this site when I installed my first ROM.
Thank you.
I apologize that my search for this information didn't keep me from making a thread about it.
fix it
just find the latest, or any, RUU.
run that. it'll take everything back to the way it came
try this one: ftp://hero:[email protected]/HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6.exe
it's not the Newest, but almost the newest.
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hero-sprint/downloads/
if that doesnt work
rideascooter said:
just find the latest, or any, RUU.
run that. it'll take everything back to the way it came
try this one: ftp://hero:[email protected]/HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6.exe
it's not the Newest, but almost the newest.
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rideascooter said:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hero-sprint/downloads/
if that doesnt work
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Agreed, an RUU should fix it
I have tried to update the RUU.
The process starts, the screen on my Hero reads HTC and then nothing.
The installer then displays an ERROR 171 message regarding USB connection.
I guess I should have mentioned that in the first post.
Also I have tried to reflash the current ROM with the same results. The touch screen is dead in certain areas in portrait mode but not landscape mode. The same for the touch keyboard.
Any other suggestions?
RUU doesn't work. The update process starts and then the phone disconnects from the computer.
Easy10pins said:
Any other suggestions?
RUU doesn't work. The update process starts and then the phone disconnects from the computer.
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have you tried running the RUU from fastboot?
Easy10pins said:
Any other suggestions?
RUU doesn't work. The update process starts and then the phone disconnects from the computer.
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get a new usb cable... try, try again... patience, yoda...
riggsandroid said:
have you tried running the RUU from fastboot?
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Can you explain fastboot and how to do it on the Hero?
Easy10pins said:
Can you explain fastboot and how to do it on the Hero?
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I believe iy is a low level boot menu
I used it to run the ruu when it kept failing the usual way.
To access it poeer off your phone and turn it on while pressing vol up + home and you should see a white screen and it will say fastboot usb. then run the ruu.
It should complete.
hfelton said:
get a new usb cable... try, try again... patience, yoda...
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I have several different USB cables and have tried them all including the one that came with the phone.
riggsandroid said:
I believe iy is a low level boot menu
I used it to run the ruu when it kept failing the usual way.
To access it poeer off your phone and turn it on while pressing vol up + home and you should see a white screen and it will say fastboot usb. then run the ruu.
It should complete.
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AWESOME! I knew I could find the answers here. The phone is currently updating.
Now to find a decent ROM to reinstall.
Any suggestions?
Easy10pins said:
AWESOME! I knew I could find the answers here. The phone is currently updating.
Now to find a decent ROM to reinstall.
Any suggestions?
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Let it finish before you claim victory.
CM6. 1 is good as well as AOSP.
Well did it work?
Froyo Powered HTC Hero
Gentlemen,
Thank you for your assistance. Although I was able to install the latest RUU, the touch screen is still unresponsive. I can't say the phone is bricked but it's pretty much useless at this point.
Everything was good until I installed the beta for Opera Mini mobile. Then things went screwy. Oh well.
Good thing I had all of my apps and data backed up to the SD card so when my Samsung Moment comes in, I can get back up to speed quick.
Thanks again for all of your assistance.
Alright guys, this post is just for reference and ease. I've been using xda ever since I got my old HTC Hero a year and a half ago. Now I have the EVO and xda has been nothing but helpful to me. I've decided to make this post to try to help anyone that might not know much about android so I will make this a simple, easy to understand post tutorial.
HTC EVO 4G 2.3 Gingerbread root tutorial:
(Step 1) Power down your phone and take the battery out. Printed on the phone under the battery is a serial number. It is on the bottom line and usually starts with the letters: HT then a series of numbers and letters. Write this code down for you will need it later.
(Step 2) Download superuser from this link: http://www.mediafire.com/?q3ujsx1m4uq1662.
(Step 3) Download the HTC drivers from this link: http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...=HTC Drivers&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13139469417033
(Step 4) Plug your phone to your computer and put the phone in disk drive mode. Now put the superuser .zip on the sdcard and change the mode to charge only.
(Step 5) Put the phone in usb debugging mode. Do this by: home>menu>settings>applications>development>usb debugging.
Also, enable fastboot. Do this by: home>menu>settings>applications>fastboot.
(Step 6) Got to: http://revolutionary.io/ Go down to the downloads section and select either windows or linux. (depending on your machine) Allow the file to download and proceed to the beta key generation.
(Step 7) Select your operating system (windows or linux) and your device and hboot version.
If you are unsure of your hboot version you can check by powering down your phone and holding volume down and the power button (make sure fastboot is turned off before doing this. just make sure to enable it again once you have checked and have the phone powered back up.)
Now enter your serial key (the code you got from under the battery.) select generate key and it will give you a beta key.
Make sure to keep the window open.
(Step 8) Extract the revolutionary.zip and run revolutionary. It should recognize your device and then ask for the beta key. Enter the beta key it gave you, remember it is case sensitive.
(Step 9) Revolutionary will now work its magic. Let it do its thing and DO NOT interrupt it. It may seem like it is frozen but it sometimes just takes a few minutes.
(Step10) After it gets done with all of its operations, revolutionary will ask if you want it to connect to the internet and download the recovery. type the letter "y" and hit enter. It will do it and then reboot.
(Step11) Now you need to flash the superuser .zip. Disable fastboot and and usb debugging and power down the device. Hold volume down and power at the same time until you get the hboot menu. It may check for an image and shouldn't find one. Just let it do its thing. Volume down and select recovery. It will reboot into recover. Now just volume down to install .zip then select choose .zip from sdcard and choose the su 2.3.6.3 efgh signed.zip and select yes. It will flash it. When it is done just reboot.
Congratulations. You are now rooted with superuser and s-off and have full root access.
Thank you, xda. I am grateful for this forum of great and helpful people, without you guys my android life would would be simply mediocre.
Edit: If you need to learn how to flash roms, here is my guide!!: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1230610
Nicely done but may I suggest 1 thing to some people that I have noticed in going thru the root thread in development. I think you should also download a rooted version of the rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830153 and flash this right away or in lieu of flashing the root files. I have seen some people have issues running certain things with the root zip file provided.
Also I think the first thing that should be done prior to rebooting is Nandroid(ing) your present rom for safe keeping.
Yeah that makes sense. I haven't had any problems whatsoever with my way after doing it three different times with three different evos, but, nevertheless, I appreciate your input and if you have seen this problem then thank you for bringing it to the attention of the viewers of this thread.
This is by far the easiest Root I've done to date (granted I've only rooted by Hero and my Evo), but still. Gotta love simplicity.
Thank you for posting this! Now I have a few questions I am hoping someone could answer.
The first: Will this process wipe my phone?
And the second: Our home computer is a Mac. Since this isn't available for Mac computers at the moment, I have an older laptop running windows vista that I am trying it on. I tried to install the HTC drivers but it keeps popping up with a window asking if I want to repair it or remove it. What is this error? There isn't an option to just install it. What should I do to make it work?
Thank you for any help anyone can offer.
rocket999 said:
Thank you for posting this! Now I have a few questions I am hoping someone could answer.
The first: Will this process wipe my phone?
And the second: Our home computer is a Mac. Since this isn't available for Mac computers at the moment, I have an older laptop running windows vista that I am trying it on. I tried to install the HTC drivers but it keeps popping up with a window asking if I want to repair it or remove it. What is this error? There isn't an option to just install it. What should I do to make it work?
Thank you for any help anyone can offer.
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The file is a simple exe file and should only install not sure whats that about and also it will not wipe out anything. But you do need to do a backup of your apps. My suggestion would be Titanium Backup or MyBackup
HOnestly people this root is incredibly easy to sit here and double triple guess your self with this particular procedure is unnecessary. Just follow direction to the letter at the original development thread or here and it will be done if 3 minutes. No risk at all IMO.... If you are still worried I would be happy to help out just PM me
rocket999 said:
Thank you for posting this! Now I have a few questions I am hoping someone could answer.
The first: Will this process wipe my phone?
And the second: Our home computer is a Mac. Since this isn't available for Mac computers at the moment, I have an older laptop running windows vista that I am trying it on. I tried to install the HTC drivers but it keeps popping up with a window asking if I want to repair it or remove it. What is this error? There isn't an option to just install it. What should I do to make it work?
Thank you for any help anyone can offer.
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No, the rooting process does not get rid of any user information. It simply unlocks the bootloader for your phone. As for the drivers, what Windows OS are you using? I found it far easier to install the drivers on Windows 7 than XP.
ceng7904 said:
Yeah that makes sense. I haven't had any problems whatsoever with my way after doing it three different times with three different evos, but, nevertheless, I appreciate your input and if you have seen this problem then thank you for bringing it to the attention of the viewers of this thread.
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In reality after you get s-off on your bootloader you can flash another rom. You only flash the su zip if you want to have your present rom rooted.
rocket999 said:
Thank you for posting this! Now I have a few questions I am hoping someone could answer.
The first: Will this process wipe my phone?
And the second: Our home computer is a Mac. Since this isn't available for Mac computers at the moment, I have an older laptop running windows vista that I am trying it on. I tried to install the HTC drivers but it keeps popping up with a window asking if I want to repair it or remove it. What is this error? There isn't an option to just install it. What should I do to make it work?
Thank you for any help anyone can offer.[/QUO
Nope. No data loss will occur. The drivers sometimes are interfered with by other programs so what I suggest is disabling your antivirus and uninstall anything you have on your computer that has to do with htc. Just keep the drivers and get rid of stuff like htc sync and pdanet.
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In reality after you get s-off on your bootloader you can flash another rom. You only flash the su zip if you want to have your present rom rooted.
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This is true.
Evilsj said:
No, the rooting process does not get rid of any user information. It simply unlocks the bootloader for your phone. As for the drivers, what Windows OS are you using? I found it far easier to install the drivers on Windows 7 than XP.
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Ok thanks. I just wanted to be sure. The computer is Windows Vista. Will the drivers still work on it?
rocket999 said:
Thank you for posting this! Now I have a few questions I am hoping someone could answer.
The first: Will this process wipe my phone?
And the second: Our home computer is a Mac. Since this isn't available for Mac computers at the moment, I have an older laptop running windows vista that I am trying it on. I tried to install the HTC drivers but it keeps popping up with a window asking if I want to repair it or remove it. What is this error? There isn't an option to just install it. What should I do to make it work?
Thank you for any help anyone can offer.
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Nope. No data loss will occur. The drivers sometimes are interfered with by other programs so what I suggest is disabling your antivirus and uninstall anything you have on your computer that has to do with htc. Just keep the drivers and get rid of stuff like htc sync and pdanet.
Whoops! I got the HTC stuff to install and now it is in the process of rooting. I figured out right after I edited this post. Thank you for all the help!
rocket999 said:
Whoops! I got the HTC stuff to install and now it is in the process of rooting. I figured out right after I edited this post. Thank you for all the help!
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Ok. Great! Hit the thanks button if it helped!
Hey nice post I just have one question how do you install the htc drivers
aksharpatel417 said:
Hey nice post I just have one question how do you install the htc drivers
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Just go to the link I provided and download. Then install
Do I need to have my phone plugged in or anything like that
aksharpatel417 said:
Do I need to have my phone plugged in or anything like that
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This is a bit redundant. I really don't understand what you mean but if you just follow the directions completely and entirely then it will work perfectly. Just plug it in when the directions call for it.
aksharpatel417 said:
Do I need to have my phone plugged in or anything like that
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Stop over thinking it.... Its ok its really as simple as it sounds... Relax follow each step and you will be fine... Your questions sound like your worried and if you are the steps after you root will drive you crazy. Especially changing kernels, flashing radios or roms....
A good friend of mine supposedly shut off his A500 during a upgrade/update. The unit still powers on but all I can get it to show is "boot verified failed..." in the upper-left corner of the Acer screen. I've downloaded several ROMs and tried reflashing from the SD card but no luck in reviving this. All I get is the Android triangle. I've reformatted the SD card. I've tried the Vol + power + screen lock stuff, too. I can't get to any other screen to change any settings... period. Many of the ROMs that I would like to try are dead links now that the government has shut them down. This is a US unit. Would someone be kind enough to direct me to where I can get the right stock ROM so I can at least get this thing running for him?
Hi ..
Not sure what he done.But it sounds like this will fix this issue for you..
Just follow this link good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539#
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Hi ..
Not sure what he done.But it sounds like this will fix this issue for you..
Just follow this link good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539#
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Thanks for your response and it DOES look like it would work... IF I could access anything on the tablet - like enabling USB Debugging, etc. I can't get to it. What I need is something I can flash or boot right from the SD card as that's the only thing I have access to.
with this you do not need to have access to nothing. Download the file From the thread above to your windows pc. OPEN THE Zip file. it will have all the tools and A VERY DETAILED set of instructions. Find the instruction file and fallow it.
Many people have used this with ease. If you want help just flashing another.zip file. post the rom that was on the tablet . the recovery installed as well.
erica_renee said:
with this you do not need to have access to nothing. Download the file From the thread above to your windows pc. OPEN THE Zip file. it will have all the tools and A VERY DETAILED set of instructions. Find the instruction file and fallow it.
Many people have used this with ease. If you want help just flashing another.zip file. post the rom that was on the tablet . the recovery installed as well.
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OK, I tried it out and it doesn't pick up the tablet as I don't think USB debugging is enabled and I have no way to enable it. That's why I'm asking for a method to flash it from the SD card.
BTW, I found the S/N inside the SD card door.
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
Moscow Desire said:
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
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Thanks VERY much! I swear I must have tried these before and they didn't work. However, I missed one important step - unzipping the update.zip from the file! DOH! I feel really stupid but the tablet is running 100% perfectly.
Again, my most sincere thanks!
gjtoth said:
Thanks VERY much! I swear I must have tried these before and they didn't work. However, I missed one important step - unzipping the update.zip from the file! DOH! I feel really stupid but the tablet is running 100% perfectly.
Again, my most sincere thanks!
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Hey, really, it's no problem. Glad we all could help get you up and running.
No, I haven't used that method, since my HTC desire. Same principle though.
I'd tell you the principle behind it, but it's rather long.
Glad you got it going.
My pals and I, are launching a new site. Hopefully it will be for people not so technically PHD'd with android. Not quite so technical as XDA. You're more than welcome to place some info, when we launch. It's more community orientated, so a different venue.
XDA, is, and always will be the place to come for the really technical stuff. As you see, there are users here, which will give you what they know. May not always be the fix, but, some people here "do" care.
Moscow Desire said:
Hey, really, it's no problem. Glad we all could help get you up and running.
No, I haven't used that method, since my HTC desire. Same principle though.
I'd tell you the principle behind it, but it's rather long.
Glad you got it going.
My pals and I, are launching a new site. Hopefully it will be for people not so technically PHD'd with android. Not quite so technical as XDA. You're more than welcome to place some info, when we launch. It's more community orientated, so a different venue.
XDA, is, and always will be the place to come for the really technical stuff. As you see, there are users here, which will give you what they know. May not always be the fix, but, some people here "do" care.
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Be happy to check it out. While I don't have a lot of tech savvy in Android, XDA has been my "go to" for almost all things Android for MY A500. While I can't contribute much (if anything ), I have sure picked up a wealth of help/tips here.
gjtoth said:
Be happy to check it out. While I don't have a lot of tech savvy in Android, XDA has been my "go to" for almost all things Android for MY A500. While I can't contribute much (if anything ), I have sure picked up a wealth of help/tips here.
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Hey, we all start "somewhere".
Androidtabletgeeks.com And remind you, it is not competition. Just an alternative.
Officially, it has not launched. Still working on tutorial videos and such. Like I said, it's a different venue.
We all start somewhere......
Moscow Desire said:
Hey, we all start "somewhere".
Androidtabletgeeks.com And remind you, it is not competition. Just an alternative.
Officially, it has not launched. Still working on tutorial videos and such. Like I said, it's a different venue.
We all start somewhere......
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I peaked very nice.hope you don't mind.
Did not reg.
erica_renee said:
I peaked very nice.hope you don't mind.
Did not reg.
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No problem. Still have tons of video tutorials to make.
Moscow Desire said:
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
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MD, i was unable to download any of the 3.0.1 update files. When i click on the link it takes me to some xml tree. is there any other place where i could download?
Bricked??
Hello All,
I was running ICS ota on my a500, I am trying to boot with recovery, and it gives me an icon of android with gears and reboots, with the following error:
Not legal! Abort
The blob package is not official ~Abort!
After which it just shows the word android and blinks every few seconds.
My a500 was not rooted.
I tried afew things posted on the forums, civato method, downloading a previous OTA and running it. nothing works.
Please help....
When i start up normally the screen shows the word ANDROID and stay`s on that.
volume down and power android puppet with exclamation mark.
Volume up and power give`s me the menus skrilax bootloader V6 reboot- fastboot mode – Boot recovery – Set Boot secondary Kernel image – Set Debug mode on – Wipe cache.
I have tried all options.
Finally holding reset and power button down and after 3 sec release power and 1 sec after that the reset
When I use Blackthund3r`s flashtool v0.4 I get the message no APX mode devices are connected.
Can you help me out? Preferably whit a Dutch recover.
Many thanks in advance