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How do I COMPLETELY unroot EVO to send back to Sprint
Like s-off s-on plz help
If you rooted using Unrevoked 3.21 there is a thread listed in Android Development explaining the process as well as the needed links to download the needed zip files to turn S-On and the zip file to restore back to Stock Froyo 2.2
SouthernEvo said:
If you rooted using Unrevoked 3.21 there is a thread listed in Android Development explaining the process as well as the needed links to download the needed zip files to turn S-On and the zip file to restore back to Stock Froyo 2.2
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Tbd but I used toast.method to root that used a lot of adb
mccurt29 said:
Tbd but I used toast.method to root that used a lot of adb
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Ok but there are still methods in the forum for unrooting just like how you rooted. I would just do a search for them and choose which one you feel is the easiest for you to understand. Also if you are getting another EVO unrevoked 3.21 is as many in here have said easy peasy for rooting.
Good luck
playya said:
Ok but there are still methods in the forum for unrooting just like how you rooted. I would just do a search for them and choose which one you feel is the easiest for you to understand. Also if you are getting another EVO unrevoked 3.21 is as many in here have said easy peasy for rooting.
Good luck
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Thanks!......
You need to run the RUU.exe found in the Dev section. It will do the trick.
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novanosis85 said:
You need to run the RUU.exe found in the Dev section. It will do the trick.
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Precisely. It can be found here:
*OFFICIAL* RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.29.651.5_Radio_2.15. 00.09.01_NV_1.77_CNV_rel.
One thing to check first: do you have S-OFF? This would be the case if you ever ran Unrevoked Forever or Unrevoked 3.21. If so, you'll need to flash the Unrevoked Forever S-ON tool from recovery before running the RUU.
Noxious Ninja said:
Precisely. It can be found here:
*OFFICIAL* RUU_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.29.651.5_Radio_2.15. 00.09.01_NV_1.77_CNV_rel.
One thing to check first: do you have S-OFF? This would be the case if you ever ran Unrevoked Forever or Unrevoked 3.21. If so, you'll need to flash the Unrevoked Forever S-ON tool from recovery before running the RUU.
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Thx guys I never used unrevok just toast methods but how do u check the A-on thing & should it be on or off
Also this 1 guy on this forum said he used the ruu & had s-on/off but Sprint still found out he rooted so should I wipe that ex--- >#366# stuff too?
mccurt29 said:
Thx guys I never used unrevok just toast methods but how do u check the A-on thing & should it be on or off
Also this 1 guy on this forum said he used the ruu & had s-on/off but Sprint still found out he rooted so should I wipe that ex--- >#366# stuff too?
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Reboot into the bootloader (turn phone off, then hold power+volume down until it comes on). Then look at the end of the first line.
If it says SHIP S-ON, you're good.
If it says SHIP S-OFF, you need to run the Unrevoked tool.
If it says ENG S-OFF (which should be the case if you used Toast's method), it is indeterminate.
However, if you never used Unrevoked at all, you shouldn't have to worry about it. You can check after you run the RUU, which will reset it to the SHIP bootloader.
I believe the 3.29 RUU resets everything, including the PRI. Toast's method downgraded the PRI, and it was difficult to get it back before the current update, so this used to be a sure-fire way of telling whether you had rooted. Unless you had a bad Wimax flash and broke your 4G, I *think* you should be OK. But I don't know for sure.
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Reboot into the bootloader (turn phone off, then hold power+volume down until it comes on). Then look at the end of the first line.
If it says SHIP S-ON, you're good.
If it says SHIP S-OFF, you need to run the Unrevoked tool.
If it says ENG S-OFF (which should be the case if you used Toast's method), it is indeterminate.
However, if you never used Unrevoked at all, you shouldn't have to worry about it. You can check after you run the RUU, which will reset it to the SHIP bootloader.
I believe the 3.29 RUU resets everything, including the PRI. Toast's method downgraded the PRI, and it was difficult to get it back before the current update, so this used to be a sure-fire way of telling whether you had rooted. Unless you had a bad Wimax flash and broke your 4G, I *think* you should be OK. But I don't know for sure.
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thanx that did the trick now to the sprint store tomorrow wish me luck
If your still having trouble then try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141&highlight=unroot
I just unrooted mine last night and it only took me 5 mins, just flash the unrevoked and then do the update on the PC36IMG and thats it.
Just wanted to let people know how I rooted my EVO in case it can help others. Unrevoked 3.22 would not root my phone after I did an Ota update, and I was not confident enough in myself to not brick my phone using other methods. I have almost no computer skills, and this sequence worked for me. My specs looked the following.
Android Version 2.2
Baseband Version 2.15.00
Kernal Version 2.6.32.15-ge2f608
Build number 3.29.651.5
Software number 3.29.651.5
PRI version 1.77_003
Hardware version 0002
HBoot 0.97
Radio 2.15.00
I first put the app ROM Manager on my phone from the Market. I then put the app z4root on on my phone. z4root can provide a temporary root on the EVO. The I used ROM Manager to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. I then used ROM Manager to Backup Current ROM. Next I put unrevoked forever on my SD card and flashed unrevoked forever. Unrevoked forever turned the S-off. I then rebooted and ran z4root to permanently root. My phone is now rooted and I have not had any problems.
cool
will try on my friends new evo
I followed all these steps and although the temp root works, confirmed by running Cachecleaner, when I try to boot into recovery to flash Unrevoked Forever I just get the phone with the red exclamation point instead of the actual recovery menu. I really wanted this to work because I do have the software fully up to date.
ins0dus said:
will try on my friends new evo
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How brave of you
Hi,
I'm in the UK and had the 2.3 update notification a couple hours ago. I have downloaded it and after clicking install I get an exclamation mark with a green Android robot on my screen and nothing happens.
Anyone else getting this?
Just some background info. I have stock Sense Android 2.2 which I have used Visionary to perm root with S-OFF. I have used Visionary to unroot and used the app called Root Checker to see if I am rooted and it says I am not rooted.
Do I need to get S-OFF back on aswell and if so how?
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ToneyEricsson said:
Hi,
I'm in the UK and had the 2.3 update notification a couple hours ago. I have downloaded it and after clicking install I get an exclamation mark with a green Android robot on my screen and nothing happens.
Anyone else getting this?
Just some background info. I have stock Sense Android 2.2 which I have used Visionary to perm root with S-OFF. I have used Visionary to unroot and used the app called Root Checker to see if I am rooted and it says I am not rooted.
Do I need to get S-OFF back on aswell and if so how?
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Do you have a recovery?, i dont know if this would work but it did work for me before, have you tried flashing it within the recovery?
I haven't no I was recommended to follow these instructions to get rooted and S-OFF to get apps like Adfree etc working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
I have undone Visionary so I am not rooted anymore but the 2.3 update wont install.
Would this be because of S-OFF still being off do you think and needs to go back on?
ToneyEricsson said:
I haven't no I was recommended to follow these instructions to get rooted and S-OFF to get apps like Adfree etc working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
I have undone Visionary so I am not rooted anymore but the 2.3 update wont install.
Would this be because of S-OFF still being off do you think and needs to go back on?
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Yeah you would need S-OFF to be not off to install updates the normal way
cashisback, you are wrong. S-OFF does not matter. Get the official 2.36.405.8 RUU from the dev subforum and install it.
It is because you remove some preinstalled apps such as Amazon MP3,News etc. I did it myself and i had to reinstall stock RUU.and then it worked. It worked even with S-OFF. I still have S-OFF after update. Good Luck.
I haven't uninstalled any preinstalled apps.
All I have done is simply following those instructions to get rooted with Visionary and S-OFF so apps like Adfree, Drocap2 etc to work.
So instead of getting the OTA over wifi I have to now flash to a stock RUU? I haven't even flashed an RUU before, any help with that would be good.
jkoljo said:
cashisback, you are wrong. S-OFF does not matter. Get the official 2.36.405.8 RUU from the dev subforum and install it.
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@jkoljo I have a stock RUU on my phone, can I not just do the latter part of these instructions?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857537
To go back to S-ON:
Temproot using Visionary
Use my tool, do Stock CID and S-ON (enter brand CID if you had a branded device, see second post)
Enjoy your factory-state phone
And then update to 2.3 via OTA?
Edit: I tried it, it doesnt seem to be possible to get S-OFF back on using the tool?
Thanks for making me aware of this thread, OP!
My phone is ENG/S OFF and I'm using the stock rom. I'm quite certain that I haven't uninstalled any stock apps so I don't think that's related.
Regarding S-OFF: If this was the cause (and I cannot really see how it could be - but I'm at most a layman at this), there would be many more users getting this error, right?
Just to add what I've written in the main 2.3 update thread:
When entering CWM I get this error message regarding the OTA update:
Code:
ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.6
Finding update package...
E:unknown volume for path [SDCARD:download/OTA_Ace_....zip]
E:Can't mount SDCARD:download/OTA_Ace_....zip
Installation aborted.
I've abbreviated the name of the file. It might be/is a stupid idea but... might the file name be too long (90 characters) for some weird format of my/our SD card? Rights: drw, format should be FAT32 - any idea how to check this on the phone?
Sorry for probably not making much sense
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@jkoljo I have a stock RUU on my phone, can I not just do the latter part of these instructions?
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Keep S-OFF, trust me, you will not regret it.
baum01 said:
ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.6
Finding update package...
E:unknown volume for path [SDCARD:download/OTA_Ace_....zip]
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You cannot flash OTA in clockworkmod, come on..
Make sure that you have Radio S-OFF and then use Gingerbread RUU.
@jkoljo I see your point obviously still will be able to get rooted apps working in 2.3.
But I'm complete new to all this flashing RUU stuff.
Which thread is this RUU that I need and how do you flash the DHD?
The HTC Desire HD I have is unlocked sim free and I am in the UK if that makes any difference. My current software version is the 1.32.405.6 one which I think is the world wide version.
jkoljo said:
You cannot flash OTA in clockworkmod, come on..
Make sure that you have Radio S-OFF and then use Gingerbread RUU.
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Then you will imagine my surprise when after pressing the power button briefly (while the triangle was shown) CWM was shown. Is it possible that I have to 'deactivate' it for the OTA to install itself?
(I'm currently running 1.72.405.3)
I am currently in the same boat as you same error as well.
Thanks for pointing me this way same issue here. If I'd have known it was gonna cause FOTA issues I wouldn't have bothered with root as I only wanted it for root explorer to regain the standard lock screen and thought that I'd do the Radio S-OFF and and SUPERCID in case HTC didn't live up to their word.
Chuffin annoying to say the least.
i keep getting the signature verification failure
Anyone know how to get passed this verification error? Thats what I'm having too. Click install update and on reboot theres an exclamation mark which stays there.
I've updated CWM to the latest version and tried the OTA installation again. Same triangle error after reboot, no option to get to the CWM screen and only the removal of the battery helped to restart the phone. This probably doesn't help but I thought to let you know.
I'd have used the RUU already (or another ROM) but I'm a bit hesitant of having to reconfigure my device completely again. Besides, there should be an easy solution for this problem. There always is
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thanks for pointing this whole thread
i'm in Australia, and have Desire HD by Vodafone, and all i have done is permroot with visionary in order to have superuser access to be able to run Samba server on my phone.
OTA update by Vodafone is still not avail, but I wonder now, if I will be facing any kind of problem while updating ?? (p.s. only super user access is taken and only visionary was used, phone still has stock rom and no modifications)
Just so everyone is aware if having this problem. I flashed my DHD with the stock 1.32 the same as what was originally on my DHD and then was able to get the 2.3 update without any problem which I currently am on.
Alternative if you still want root and S-OFF probably be worth flashing with the leaked Gingerbread ROM from 1.32 with root and S-OFF already done. I may try this, does anyone know if there is a .zip of it so can flash from SD card?
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Same issue on Vodacom South Africa DHD.
Standard install of 2.3 update shows the exclamation mark / droid image.
Booting into ClockworkMod and manually applying the update.zip file yields
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E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted
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DHD has been rooted a while back, installed CyanogenMod, reverted to backup ROM.
Running ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.2.6
Here's the story. Got my original G2, played with it, rooted, s-off, the works. Needed to send it in for a warranty exchange so I unroot, s-on, etc etc, and put gingerbread on it. So I had the pc10img file on my sdcard.
Fast forward, I got my replacement G2, it had Froyo, had it rooted, s-off, the works before the battery was even finished charged (I waited for it to finish before I rebooted of course!) and I loaded up the official MIUI. usb tethering wasn't working so I figured I would download and flash a pershoot kernel! That "bricked" it. Wouldn't boot at all! So I booted it in to recovery (vol down + pwr) forgetting that the official gingerbread pc10img was on the sdcard. I was out and about so I just needed my phone back ASAP, so I went ahead and flashed it. So now I have stock gingerbread, with S-OFF and no way to get root. Is there another pc10img I can flash that is pre-rooted, or am I SOL til someone figures out how to root the latest update?
I'm gonna try gingerbreak after posting since I DO have s-off still...
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Here's the story. Got my original G2, played with it, rooted, s-off, the works. Needed to send it in for a warranty exchange so I unroot, s-on, etc etc, and put gingerbread on it. So I had the pc10img file on my sdcard.
Fast forward, I got my replacement G2, it had Froyo, had it rooted, s-off, the works before the battery was even finished charged (I waited for it to finish before I rebooted of course!) and I loaded up the official MIUI. usb tethering wasn't working so I figured I would download and flash a pershoot kernel! That "bricked" it. Wouldn't boot at all! So I booted it in to recovery (vol down + pwr) forgetting that the official gingerbread pc10img was on the sdcard. I was out and about so I just needed my phone back ASAP, so I went ahead and flashed it. So now I have stock gingerbread, with S-OFF and no way to get root. Is there another pc10img I can flash that is pre-rooted, or am I SOL til someone figures out how to root the latest update?
I'm gonna try gingerbreak after posting since I DO have s-off still...
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To my knowledge there is still no temporary exploit for gingerbread that you would need to gain permanent root, sorry. It looks like you might be sol, but since you do have s-off try some of the other exploits like psneuter or gfree and post back. I would be very intrested if the hboot was somehow responsible for keeping the gingerbread g2's from getting root
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gingerbreak did not work for me. I get this with the psneuter tool
spirit platform-tools # ./adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
Failed to set prot mask (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
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Did you flash the engineering HBOOT during the rooting process?
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Did you flash the engineering HBOOT during the rooting process?
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Good question. I'm not sure actually. But I do know right now that it has an official HBOOT on it. 0.82.0008
silverton said:
Good question. I'm not sure actually. But I do know right now that it has an official HBOOT on it. 0.82.0008
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I'm unsure if HTCs .zip includes a HBOOT update or not...but can you enter HBOOT (power+vol down) and check if it says SHIP S-OFF or ENG S-OFF?
I think that, since you're S-OFF, you'll be able to apply any PC10IMG.zip since it won't check signatures/versions - can someone correct me on this if I'm wrong?
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I'm unsure if HTCs .zip includes a HBOOT update or not...but can you enter HBOOT (power+vol down) and check if it says SHIP S-OFF or ENG S-OFF?
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It says SHIP S-OFF. And I was also thinking that since it is S-OFF that I could flash a PC10IMG that was already rooted, but seems almost all roms these days are only clockwork flashable.
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SUCCESS!
Back to semi-square one anyway.
I was able to successfully flash the shipped rom as a PC10IMG which I got here (http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision) and I'm going to say that this is most likely because I am radio s-off.
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SUCCESS!
Back to semi-square one anyway.
I was able to successfully flash the shipped rom as a PC10IMG which I got here (http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Vision) and I'm going to say that this is most likely because I am radio s-off.
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It is because u were s-off. That was my configuration also so if I flash that official gb PC10IMG I'm still s-off but unrooted. To reroot I simply flash the 1.19 PC10IMG, let it get the 1.22 OTA if I feel like it then psneuter/gfree it all over again.
PS - to anyone else... don't even bother with gingerbreak for that official gb
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I would put anything with root on it, just to get cwm. Than do as you normally would. As you may know, things are far easier through recovery.
::edit:: you should be able to find a custom built pc10img zip thingy, somewhere on these forums or from someone.
I'm sure you can easily make your own, and it should work.
Goodluck.
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I got my sisters Wildfire here and it's stuck in a bootloop.
It is NOT rooted, has no S-Off and so on.
It has the stock rom.
It didn't run fluently, so I just rebooted it. But since then it doesn't boot.
Tried taking out battery, putting it back in, no success.
Tried taking out SD-Card. no success.
Then I booted into Bootloader (Vol + Power down).
Buzz PVT Ship S-ON
HBOOT-1.01.0001
MICROP-0622
TOUCH PANEL-ATMELCO 3_16ac
RADIO-3.35.20.10
All I get to choose is Fastboot, Recovery, Clear storage and Sim-lock.
Recovery turns out to be nothing, I can't get to it. Might be, because there is no CWM on it.
I was lucky to be able to root and s-off my DHD, so I don't have any idea, how to fix this problem with the Wildfire.
Any suggestions how to solve this little problem?
Thanks in advance
Which method u adopted for rooting....try revolutionary method and u will be s-on....bt ur mobile doesn't on....try to intall ruu which can be downloaded from shipped-roms.com,download wwe version file....run it,it will install stock rom again,then enable debugging mode,goto revolutionary.io fill the form and copy generated alphanumeric code carefully and download the file run it and u will get s-on....
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Thanks, but actually I neither want root nor s-off on it...I just want to get this smartphone to boot again...I'll try to get the RUU on it, like you suggested
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Would "RUU_Buzz_Froyo_HTC_WWE_2.22.405.1_Radio_13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10_release_160191_s
igned.exe" be the right one?
And if, what to do next with it?
Thanks in advance
- Extract the Rom.zip from the RUU you listed. Procedure here:
http://lukasz.szmit.eu/2010/04/extracting-rom-files-from-htc-android.html
- Rename this zip to PC49IMG.zip
- Place this on the root of the sd card
- Reboot in HBoot mode, the phone will detect the file and will attempt to install. Select Yes and let it proceed.
Thanks, I'll do that when I'm done in University :-D
Just so I have more opportunities in case this happens again.
Could you give me a link to a instruction how to root and s-off?
This would help
And, just in case, which do you think is the best Custom Rom for the Wildfire?
You can use Revolutionary to get S-OFF and Clockworkmod Recovery. Guide here:
http://joel5121.blogspot.com/2011/06/wildfire-22-root-tutorial.html
The only thing that has changed is AlphaRev's Website. The new address is revolutionary.io. Everything else remains the same. Although, you will need a booting device to get it to work.
Lastly, ROM choice depends on whether one would like to keep HTC Sense or not. If not, then I would go with Cyanogenmod / Oxygen (Two ROMs I am pretty sure are available for the DHD as well). And, if you would like to keep HTC Sense, then the current favorites are DK Custom ROM and RemPuzzleROM.
Complete Listing available in the Index Thread linked in my Sig.
Good Luck
I only want to flash a ROM on the Wildfire. My dhd runs on arhd and I won't change that well, unless there's a newer version of arhd
Anyways, what is the best sense ROM
for the Wildfire? Should run smooth but stable and fast. And of course it should've good battery life
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I'm stuck myself. Wildfire is working again, but neither can I root nor can I make S-OFF.
On AlphaRevX it "sends in Caroline" and "Caroline" comes out with an error report
However, USB-Debugging was turned on, SD Card active, connected to pc, but "only charge"...
That far for S-Off...
Then I'm trying unrevoked. Works so far, until the Wildifre is in the bootloader. Unrevoked tells me, it's waiting for bootloader. When I choose Fastboot on the device, unrevoked works on and tells me "Waiting for HBOOT to be ready..."
Nothing happens after that. If I choose Bootloader on the device, unrevoked tells me, that it has lost connection to the phone.
Then I tried Gingerbreak. Gingerbreak works, reboots the phone, I check for SU and can't find it. So I guess it's not rooted then :-/
Any suggestions?
Your only (free) option is Revolutionary on Wildfire's with official 2.2.1 and HBoot 1.01.x. Any other method (Unrevoked, Gingerbreak, SuperOneClick etc) will not work and will result in failure. Errors on Revolutionary can usually be treated EXCEPT when it says "Not writing bad block at mtd 0x00000", in which case, there are bad blocks on the NAND memory, and there is no fix yet.
The paid option is to find a store with an XTC Clip hardware box, which can S-OFF the Wildfire as well. They will charge you a 1-time fee for using it.
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Your only (free) option is Revolutionary on Wildfire's with official 2.2.1 and HBoot 1.01.x. Any other method (Unrevoked, Gingerbreak, SuperOneClick etc) will not work and will result in failure. Errors on Revolutionary can usually be treated EXCEPT when it says "Not writing bad block at mtd 0x00000", in which case, there are bad blocks on the NAND memory, and there is no fix yet.
The paid option is to find a store with an XTC Clip hardware box, which can S-OFF the Wildfire as well. They will charge you a 1-time fee for using it.
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So since this is exactly the fault that is displayed, there is nothing I can do...
But this other tool for s-off ain't working either. If I'd have at least s-off...in this tutorials I first make s-off and afterwards there is a zip archive which will give me SU. Can I install cwm without Root? I'd really like to flash cyanogen...
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No, unfortunately, as I stated in my previous post, you cannot.
The best option will be revolutionary but solve ur first problem and then move on to this...we r always here....
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