First I made the mistake of using the HTC method for unlocking my bootloader, I didnt come here 1st & getting my phone downgraded afterwards proved to be a difficult task, as I tried the simplest method many times, and I just couldnt get it to flash via hboot. But I finally got a stock rooted 2.2.1 rom on here, & I followed the Ultimate s-off guide, and everything appeared to go well, but s-on remained. Terminal said it applied everything without any errors. I have heard that it is difficult to remove the **UNLOCKED** and get s-off after doing things the HTC way. I am pretty good at following guides, but I am stuck at the moment. Any help would be appreciated. As I said the bootloader is unlocked and I have a 2.2.1 rooted rom on here. Whats the best way to go from here? Thanks
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I would try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21563546
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Man I am so excited! I sat back and read, I listened to others problems until I got a better understanding of what's going on. I managed to relock my bootloader, do a true root, s-off, & installed engineering hboot, and I feel lucky because I have the "bad chip" and I was so nervous, but I now have it done the right way! Thanks for any help that anyone has given.
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I am about ready to take the plunge and PermaRoot my MT4G. I do not believe I would be flashing every single type of rom out there - my intention is to install CM7 (one of the unofficial nightlies - i.e. grids 55 - or a variant of CM7). I have read both guides and threads to get PermaRoot and I am still unclear as to which of the two procedures that I need to do (the ULTIMATE guide seems like it has the potential to really brick the phone permanently - maybe I read that wrong?):
"Guide to permaroot, s=off AND s=on!!!!!"
-- or --
"TRUE PermaRoot and the ULTIMATE S=Off!!! Check this out even if you're rooted!!!"
perm rooting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
would follow these steps plus the engineering hboot, thats what I ended up doing and have no problems flashing roms.
I rooted via theunlockr.com. I have s =off too. No problems flashing roms. Great how to videos also.
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i've done it both ways, and they both worked...the ultimate is of coz the best, as it gives u the eng hboot, and also unlocks the phone so you can use it with other sim card..it's a little deep, if you dont know what to do..but once you figure it out, it really is pretty routine..
Thank you all. Rooted and happily running cm7 9.
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the situation
i have a My touch 4g that i some how by the grace of God have rooted and unlocked the bootloader and i downgraded to 2.2.1
the problem
i have tried to flash several roms but only one stuck and flashed correctly which
is called glacier cream 7.1 CM based 4.0.3 but to even get that to flash i had to
flash the rom then flash the recovery img through adb. so now this rom has no camera and wifi wont work a new rom has come out and when i try to flash it i get this error and cant get passed it
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.7
--Installing: /sdcard/IcecoldSandwich-For_MT4G_
5.5.AOKP-singed.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
assert failed:getprop("ro.product.device")=="
glacier" || getprop(ro.build.product") =="glac
ier
E:Error in /sdcard/IceColdSandwich-For_MT4G_5.5.
AOKP-singed.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
if anyone can please tell me what i can do or if there is anything i can do
im a noob i only know a lil adb lingo and barely got this thing rooted and downgraded also my bootloader specs are this
***UNLOCKED***
GLACIER PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.89.007
MICROP-0429
RADIO-26.13.04.19_M
eMMC-boot
Dec 13 2011,21:07:39
also i have CWMR installed
if someone could help me please i would be very greatful
thank you
First your S-ON so u have to do it using Adb
Second the file you downloading probably didn't finish downloading or is corrupt try downloading again.
Third: Your phone is ok the camera and wifi are known not to work for that ROM you flashed.
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First your S-ON so u have to do it using Adb
Second the file you downloading probably didn't finish downloading or is corrupt try downloading again.
Third: Your phone is ok the camera and wifi are known not to work for that ROM you flashed.
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thanks for the reply but how do you flash a rom through adb ?
and there is no way to get my s-off ?
No, because you're unlocked through HTCDev tool.
You need to relock and downgrade to have S-OFF.
And your problem is - since you're unlocked by HTCDev, you need to flash kernels manually, using fastboot. Google it.
And your other problem is posting questions in General section instead of Q&A, and giving your thread a crappy title to add to it.
You said unlocked bootloader? Is that via HTC?
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jjbadd385 said:
You said unlocked bootloader? Is that via HTC?
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yes i unlocked through the HTC.dev site i thought that was the only way until i found this other thread on how to do it manually
Jack_R1 said:
No, because you're unlocked through HTCDev tool.
You need to relock and downgrade to have S-OFF.
And your problem is - since you're unlocked by HTCDev, you need to flash kernels manually, using fastboot. Google it.
And your other problem is posting questions in General section instead of Q&A, and giving your thread a crappy title to add to it.
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OK thanks for the help,thought this is were you post for help .....sorry about that
and as far as my title well that's what i need so that's what i asked for sorry if it was to crappy
so if a Moderator could please move this to the Q&A section that would be great and sorry about the post in wrong place like i said im still new to this .
and i did downgrade to 2.2.1 from 2.3.4 unless i did something wrong there ?
Maybe go back to stock and re-root? Lots of info here
Yes, you did wrong. If you have HBOOT 0.89.0007 - means you have the most updated HBOOT, and if you'd downgrade properly - you'd have HBOOT 0.86.0000.
You can still attempt to run gfree, but I doubt it'll do you any good.
You have 2 choices:
1) Stick with current setup and flash kernels from fastboot each time, like I said.
2) Modify misc_version again, relock bootloader, run "dowgrade" again, temp-root with Visionary and perm-root with gfree, following one of the many guides.
Your ROM won't flash, because it assumes something being written in the special file that describes the device as Glacier, but this assumption fails (most likely because the build you flashed previously messes something up in this file).
The other ROMs don't work, because you're not flashing the kernel.
Do some reading, please.
I can tell you this from experience, but I don't suggest you do anything until you calm down, gather your thoughts, and read some posts on this until it makes sense to you.
I had unlocked my bootloader via HTC. Then I realized it wasn't the best way, so I started doing this & that and having all sorts of issues. Only when you are ready, you need to relock your bootloader and then follow the very detailed guides on here to root and install the engineering hboot. I couldn't get s-off or downgrade to 2.2.1 until I relocked my bootloader. I don't know if that is the case for everyone, I only know I failed at every attempt to downgrade, until I relocked it. But please, be patient and try to read and understand a little before you attempt anything further.
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I recently rooted my Mytouch 4G using the Unlock Bootloader from Htcdev.com, i also flashed clockworkmod, busybox and superuser, The problem I'm having is when ever i try to flash a ROM i downloaded the phone just gets stuck at where you first boot it up at The "T Mobile MyTouch 4G" screen and just stays like that, i've tried it with a few different ROMs and it just stays like that, if anyone can help that'll be great and if you need more information then just ask please. i can also revert to the stock ROM fine but its the other ROMs that don't work
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678442
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You will need to revert down to 2.2.1 stock, then root. I did the same thing and found an issue with flashing roms. I do.t have the thread links with me right now but could help when I get home tonight.
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This is no "issue". It's the intended behavior of HTCDev-unlocked bootloader. Kernel is to be flashed separately.
The only way to avoid it is to relock the bootloader and S-OFF with the old-fashioned downgrading method.
Ok so I used the wrong term when I said "issue". All I was getting at was s-off is the easier and preferred method.
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Hi.
So i finally got sick of the annoying bloatware on my wildfire and decided to root. (my phone was NAND locked on HBOOT due to a vendor upgrade to 2.2.1 so i left it for a while until a soft option became available)
I went with htcdev's stft downgrade which upgraded my software to 2.33.771.1. I then tried again using the appropriate RUU only to be told that it is not available for downgrade via htcdevs atm.
My question is that is there anything i can do about this atm?
As far as i am aware (and i may be wrong) but it's possible to resolve this using a goldcard and unrevoked3 (something that i can't do atm but can soon)
Are there any other soft options available to me? Apologies if this has been asked before, i searched and didn't see anything in relation to this query.
Any help in relation to this issue would be much appreciated.
The next thread in this forum has all the answers you need. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365159
Htc dev unlock doesn't fully unlock the phone, so i recommend you to use revolutionary as it gives s-off and basically unlocks everything except the simlock. You may first need to downgrade hboot but everything you need is explained in the link above. Any problems ask in that thread.
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Hi, I've been trying to fully S-OFF my buddy's new MyTouch 4G Glacier that he ordered online. It has Android 2.3.4 and I was able to unlock bootloader and put clockworkmod touch recovery. But he wants a Rom and custom kernel. Flashing kernels won't work via fastboot or they do, but don't actually apply. I wanted to just fully Perm-S-OFF it with the guide in Dev thread, but the link to Visionary+ apk isn't working. I've searched n searched on XDA and Google. All links I find are either BS malware or 404'd lol. Does anyone have a copy of it I could get? It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. -Drew
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Google "modaco visionary". If you want I'll PM you a link to their site since I'm not allowed to post it yet (noob rule). I'm sure you'll find it though. Good luck!
[Edit] BTW, your antivirus isn't going to like visionary, but it's a good download. It's the one I used.
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Google "modaco visionary". If you want I'll PM you a link to their site since I'm not allowed to post it yet (noob rule). I'm sure you'll find it though. Good luck!
[Edit] BTW, your antivirus isn't going to like visionary, but it's a good download. It's the one I used.
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I actually went to his main link on his website/forum. But when you put in captcha, it just goes to broken link on his site. So he either took it down or moved it and hasn't changed link.. so yeh if u got latest r14 of it, I'd appreciate a link in my PM. Thanks for replying too!
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Whoops! That's ok. I've got another link to a different part of the modaco site. I tested and was able to download. I'll PM you in a minute.
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If you are on gingerbread 2.3.4 you will have to downgrade the software before acquiring root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462025
Once you do the downgrade you shouldn't have any problems
Cheers
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romuloxiii said:
If you are on gingerbread 2.3.4 you will have to downgrade the software before acquiring root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462025
Once you do the downgrade you shouldn't have any problems
Cheers
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I've actually already acquired root. Just need perm S-OFF. Guess I tech don't need temp-root with that visionary app, if I already have full root on 2.3.4, is it possible to run that PermS-OFF patch that is in Dev section? Or does it still need to be ran on Froyo ROM? Can flash ROM's
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Sorry, i guess i misunderstood. Im not sure about whether you need to be on Froyo to achieve s-off with visionary. it's worth a shot....cheers
It just occurred to me that i think i used the gfree method when i got s-off on my phone. You may want to consider trying that method if visionary won't work for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
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This is how bricks happen!
Ill wait for the I bricked by friends phone thread u will create later on.
Why can't you flash as is? Did you unlock the boot loader via HTC dev unlock? If so, you will need to relock it, then find the guides to downgrade to froyo, and then root from there...
Well my intention is not to give bad advice but rather state what worked for me. If this method can lead to a bricked device then i appologise for the bad info.
Cheers
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Such a lot of mess...
A phone unlocked with HTCDev should receive custom kernels, if it doesn't - it means the kernels aren't being flashed correctly and OP should learn to use fastboot.
A phone unlocked with HTCDev won't get downgraded unless relocked.
Without downgrading there won't be S-OFF of any kind. Neither gfree nor root.sh work on Gingerbread.
Rooting isn't S-OFF.
Putting custom ROM on isn't rooting.
To flash anything from recovery only, without using fastboot, S-OFF is required.
Jack_R1 said:
Such a lot of mess...
A phone unlocked with HTCDev should receive custom kernels, if it doesn't - it means the kernels aren't being flashed correctly and OP should learn to use fastboot.
A phone unlocked with HTCDev won't get downgraded unless relocked.
Without downgrading there won't be S-OFF of any kind. Neither gfree nor root.sh work on Gingerbread.
Rooting isn't S-OFF.
Putting custom ROM on isn't rooting.
To flash anything from recovery only, without using fastboot, S-OFF is required.
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thanks for the summery. very useful.
Jack_R1 said:
Such a lot of mess...
A phone unlocked with HTCDev should receive custom kernels, if it doesn't - it means the kernels aren't being flashed correctly and OP should learn to use fastboot.
A phone unlocked with HTCDev won't get downgraded unless relocked.
Without downgrading there won't be S-OFF of any kind. Neither gfree nor root.sh work on Gingerbread.
Rooting isn't S-OFF.
Putting custom ROM on isn't rooting.
To flash anything from recovery only, without using fastboot, S-OFF is required.
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I have achieved S-OFF a long time back and updated my ROM. I needed to use the terminal emulator the other day in super user mode but was denied SU access. Remembering back I had used visionary to obtain root and thus su access. Visionary no longer runs (it appears to lock up in a black screen) nor am I able su access.
How can one obtain su access after s-off has been achieved and the phone has downloaded an update?
su reports the su binary is out of date.
Thank you.
Update the su
binaries
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russellvone said:
Update the su
binaries
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Been looking for a method to do that for 4 hours. Any ideas where to look?
A thread called "Root for S-OFF users" in Development section would probably be a very good start (and hopefully finish).
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A thread called "Root for S-OFF users" in Development section would probably be a very good start (and hopefully finish).
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It was a start, but not a finish and since it was in the development section, I was not allowed to respond to it.
For completeness after a dozen or so further hours of searching, this tool rooted my S-off phone.
w w w.androidauthority<dot>com/root-any-htc-phone-tablet-117724
(appears I am not allowed to post proper links either.)