14/Jun r6 riskfreeroot - HTC Desire rooting guide - now with HBOOT 0.80 and OS to 1.21 support

[Guest Intruder71]

Hi... Just followed this guide, all went well rebooted phone went through setup then looked at Firmware version and it still says 2.1-1 :angry:

EDIT bit more info was unbranded bought from Carphone wearhouse so did not use a gold card... and had bootloader version 0.80.0000

Edited July 19, 2010 by Intruder71

[Guest Intruder71]

Think i need a slap... Just opened myback and it informs me my phone is rooted :angry: so I guess I need to flash a cooked rom...

[Guest Intruder71]

ok think i am a little confused, do I need to install a rom manager like fake flash to load a cooked rom after following this tut or can I update the rom by renaming it to update.zip on root of sd card and doing it from recovery mode?

[Guest tom_grant]

I wish to use the root software for my HBOOT0.80 but everytime I try to download via Mediafire I get a mediafire "user is out of resources" message. I tried the download mirror and it downloads 700kb of 200+mb and claims its complete. I open it and its an incomplete file.

Anyone know where else I can locate r6-desire-root-alt.zip?

Thanks

tom

[Guest Ajthescot]

same no files zip is corupt and first link is dead

[Guest MCA_FR]

- ONLY if the above download is not suitable - if you have a bootloader version 0.80.xxxx or below AND a current ROM of 1.21.xxx.x or below - DOWNLOAD (MediaFire) / MIRROR (ROMraid / CoBlitz) - MD5: eb2ed5bca1334cacd70e4720f5b29960

The links don't work (or ZIP corrupt)

Could you resend ?

Thanks

[Guest Brain75]

Hi Paul.

All of the links for the files are dead. Please reupload.

Thanks

[Guest quarros]

The alternative link is working again guys!

I just downloaded it! :angry:

[Guest MCA_FR]

The alternative link is working again guys!

I just downloaded it! :angry:

Hello,

Are you speaking about "r6-desire-root-alt.zip" ?

If yes, his size is greater than 200Mo ?

I don't understand but i'm not alone to download a corrupted zip.

If you can put this file on a server, we will download it... (I'm very interresting)

Thanks

(And sorry for my english)

[Guest quarros]

Hello,

Are you speaking about "r6-desire-root-alt.zip" ?

If yes, his size is greater than 200Mo ?

I don't understand but i'm not alone to download a corrupted zip.

If you can put this file on a server, we will download it... (I'm very interresting)

Thanks

(And sorry for my english)

Okay.

Here you are: http://www.mediafire.com/?1r3s4yxl38etr75

The size is 270.8 MByte and the checksum is the same as the one on the first page! I verified it!

Edited July 21, 2010 by quarros

[Guest T3CHN0M4NC3R]

Hi, I'm a noob in rooting phones but have been following a few guides here and XDA developers forum. Appreciate much of Paul's efforts. I just tried the R6 rooting method for hboot 0.80 and it worked well error free for me. I used the very same microSD card that came with my phone as the "goldcard" because I bought my phone from a local GSM service provider. I tried it without the gold card and it didn't work, it just came out with permission/signature denied error. But so far I got surprised that I don't see English USA in the locale and lost the ability to sync my contacts with my Facebook contacts after I successfully rooted my phone. The "people" can't seem to find my "friends" in facebook and always return a "connection error" a while after i pressed the refresh button. Is this an error from the ROM or from facebook? :(

[Guest T3CHN0M4NC3R]

btw... a lil noob question here:

will i be able to remove/replace some files in the root using generic roms?

[Guest andrew888]

I dont seem to be able to root my Telstra Desire 8183

BRAVO UNKNOWN SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.75.0000

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-4.05.00.11

Mar 5 2010,21:12:15

I cant see any mention of 1.15.xxx or 1.21.xxx rom anywhere.....

No problems with creating the gold card. I tried on a 2gb and 16gb sandisk. Both worked fine.

I have tried both of the r6 items for bootloader 0.75 and 0.80 (im using windows 7 64)

I get the following error message

Erasing cache and rebooting in RUU mode...

erasing 'cache'... OKAY

... OKAY

About to start flash...

< waiting for device >

sending 'zip' (137446 KB)... OKAY

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

INFOchecking model ID...

INFOchecking custom ID...

INFOchecking main version...

FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

sending 'zip' (137446 KB)... OKAY

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

INFOchecking model ID...

INFOchecking custom ID...

INFOchecking main version...

FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

Rebooting to bootloader...

rebooting into bootloader... OKAY

Step 1 complete - now use the bootloader menu to enter recovery mode.

I then tried the PB99IMG.zip fastboot trick and that didnt work either. I got some message saying model id incorrect!, updatefail!

Is it possible to run RUU_Bravo_Telstra_WWE_1.15.841.14_R4_Radio_32.30.0 0.28U_4.05.00.11_123851.exe without the phone being rooted? then try the r6 method?

Edited July 24, 2010 by andrew888

[Guest Asselberghs]

Would this rooting mean you can use market enabler to get access to paid apps? from a country where theres no access?

Will it cause problems when HTC desides to update Desire to Froyo?

[Guest jipped]

Hi

I followed your guide and it worked well. Only thing is I have an A8183 Desire Telstra branded and after following your guide my "About Phone" screen now reads the model as being A8181 and I can't connect to Rogers Canada 3G

Any thoughts?

[Guest gianton]

Thanks very much for this quide!

[Guest T3CHN0M4NC3R]

I dont seem to be able to root my Telstra Desire 8183

BRAVO UNKNOWN SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.75.0000

MICROP-031d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-4.05.00.11

Mar 5 2010,21:12:15

I cant see any mention of 1.15.xxx or 1.21.xxx rom anywhere.....

Hi there, I'm not a professional but I can help u with this:

on your "Desire", try to open up settings->About Phone->Software Information

Check out your build number.

And for an additional note: boot loader 0.75 usually mean u have a build number of 1.15.XXX. Correct me if I'm wrong on this.

I have tried both of the r6 items for bootloader 0.75 and 0.80 (im using windows 7 64)

I get the following error message

Erasing cache and rebooting in RUU mode...

erasing 'cache'... OKAY

... OKAY

About to start flash...

< waiting for device >

sending 'zip' (137446 KB)... OKAY

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

INFOchecking model ID...

INFOchecking custom ID...

INFOchecking main version...

FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

sending 'zip' (137446 KB)... OKAY

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

INFOchecking model ID...

INFOchecking custom ID...

INFOchecking main version...

FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

Rebooting to bootloader...

rebooting into bootloader... OKAY

Step 1 complete - now use the bootloader menu to enter recovery mode.

I then tried the PB99IMG.zip fastboot trick and that didnt work either. I got some message saying model id incorrect!, updatefail!

It seems that your "Step1" has failed. Revise the 1st post guide and make sure u didn't edit any of the zip files (I did edit mine and I came up with this error). Make sure u didn't rename/edit/relocate any of those zip files.

Or maybe you shouldn't use R6? (Not sure on this)

Is it possible to run RUU_Bravo_Telstra_WWE_1.15.841.14_R4_Radio_32.30.0 0.28U_4.05.00.11_123851.exe without the phone being rooted? then try the r6 method?

the RUU is a generic ROM. If your phone has a newer build version then it won't work. I don't think you need to do this unless you prefer to stay un-rooted or need to send the phone back for RMA or something. Edited July 26, 2010 by T3CHN0M4NC3R

[Guest T3CHN0M4NC3R]

BTW, Is it possible for me to develop an app using Android SDK + Eclipse to replace the Start up tone and/or screen?

[Guest tool99]

Hi all,

I have tried to root my new desire with your great guide.

When I'm doing "apply sdcard: update.zip" it starts but failed with this message: "E: signature verification failed"

and after that the "installation aborted"

I'm using Windows 7 and in the command I can see that the step1 is completed but there is a part that its failed: "custom id check failed"

See the attachment

My desire is version 0.80 and rom 1.19

Can someone help me please?

Thank you

Edited July 27, 2010 by tool99

[Guest Gregoo]

Hi There

Is there any chance to fix link "this topic" from this sentence

"You can read more about how to root and launch the CRI on your device in this topic"

When I click on it it does not take me in right place. Instead being able to read part about rooting a CRI launching I'm being transfered to latest android news

I'm thinking about rooting so please fix it so a could proceed with my attempt :(

Or can anybody direct me to the right place

Regards Greg

[Guest bati82]

Hi all,

I have tried to root my new desire with your great guide.

When I'm doing "apply sdcard: update.zip" it starts but failed with this message: "E: signature verification failed"

and after that the "installation aborted"

Hi all

I have thisame problem but am using the windows xp and htc desire 0.80 2.1update1

When I'm doing "apply sdcard: update.zip" it starts but failed with this message: "E: signature verification failed"

and after that the "installation aborted"

pleas can someone help pleasssssssssss im try to doit many times and thisame old the time...

[Guest bert2612]

when i apply update.zip i get the error message

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted

any help would be much appriciated, btw im a complete noob. thanks in advance

[Guest gianton]

when i apply update.zip i get the error message

E: signature verification failed

Installation aborted

any help would be much appriciated, btw im a complete noob. thanks in advance

Download ROM Manager and flash from there, tick the full wipe option and make a backup of your files first.

[Guest caldo]

Thank very much for this guide, I managed to root my Desire easily, without a gold card (unbranded device) :(

[Guest Spunky Bob]

Hi All,

Thanks for the tutorial, but I cant manage to complete it OK.

I have a Telstra HTC desire with boot loader .75 and its got version 1.16

I downloaded the "r6-desire-root-alt.zip" which I believe is the correct 1

When I run step1-windows.bat I get the following

I thought maybe it would still work but when applying the update I get

Verifying update package

E:failed to verify whole-file signature

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted

Any ideas?

Edited August 2, 2010 by Spunky Bob