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

[Guest Anhhai]

You sir.... is awesome. Many thanks. Will try this when I get home :P

[Guest Fruchtzwerg]

I have heard that the

32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2 Radio update

causes some Problems on the .80 devices (like no 3G+ Speeed (H symbol))

Not here, Radio update is running good. 3G and HSDPA is running very well.

My Provider is O² and i have a O² Desire (hboot 0.80 now with root).

Edited May 7, 2010 by Fruchtzwerg

[Guest TechZombie]

All sources for 0.80 are down or ressources are over limit ... s**t ...

[Guest starchildx]

hi,

i allways get the same error.

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)

I made 2 goldcards, with both the same error and i tried it on a ubuntu and a windows 7 pc.

what can i do ?

Hi,

ich tried it now with 3 different sd cards, every time the same error. what can i do ?

[Guest 42turkeys]

Does the 0.80 one solve the 'Main version check error' for people with 0.75 bootloaders and 1.15.xxx roms?

[Guest mistervain]

O2 requires a goldcard.

Thank you! You are right! My Desire is now rooted :P

[Guest Rdy2Go]

Excellent, another success report - 0.80 bootloader is no longer an issue, flashed your MCR1 ROM without any problems!!!

THANK YOU

[Guest Rdy2Go]

I have heard that the

32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2 Radio update

causes some Problems on the .80 devices (like no 3G+ Speeed (H symbol))

I do have this radio from Asian ROM and works fine.

[Guest lnoormohamed]

paul thanks for root had to reroot using r3 due to htc sense became corrupt. ok when will a2sd become avaliable because i only have 17mb left on my desire had to get rid of a few apps

Edited May 7, 2010 by lnoormohamed

[Guest CaspaTheGhost]

On an XP machine...

Update...

SD card works fine in my PC so formatted it and put it back in the Desire but still just comes up with 'SD Card Removed', tried it in a Hero and works fine also... So definately my phone, so it cant read my SD, wont find a network and isnt recognised when plugged into the PC via USB cable...

Therefore I decided screw this for a laugh, and now have a new one coming from Orange tomorrow morning!

Unsure whether I want to give it another go... Debranding worked fine, but this went proper tits up... Thinking if it was something to do with my GoldCard which I used to debrand and then just used as a normal SD from then on...

[Guest TechZombie]

Finaly I got the r4-desire-root-alt, but now I'm stuck ... everythings works fine until the wipe menu ... which option I have to choose ... the options are: - Wipe data/factory reset, - Wipe cache, - Wipe Dalvik-cahce, - Wipe SD:exp partition, - Wipe batary stats, - Wipe rotate setting ...

Nothing about wipe from file ... argh .. help!!

[Guest Fruchtzwerg]

I have now root on my 0.80 Desire. But i have a few questions.

What really makes the program SuperUser Permissions, which can be found in the program list?

When I start the program it shows me nothing. Is this correct?

Can it do something or show me the icon that I have root access?

[Guest starchildx]

Hey.is here someone who lives in Stuttgart,germany with a functional goldcard ?

Edited May 7, 2010 by starchildx

[Guest NRGizzer]

Finaly I got the r4-desire-root-alt, but now I'm stuck ... everythings works fine until the wipe menu ... which option I have to choose ... the options are: - Wipe data/factory reset, - Wipe cache, - Wipe Dalvik-cahce, - Wipe SD:exp partition, - Wipe batary stats, - Wipe rotate setting ...

Nothing about wipe from file ... argh .. help!!

Same here :P... can anyone help please ?!

[Guest NRGizzer]

Same here :D... can anyone help please ?!

ok, i have to do all the wipes, found it in this thread any pages before :P

[Guest waterc00l]

I have now root on my 0.80 Desire. But i have a few questions.

What really makes the program SuperUser Permissions, which can be found in the program list?

When I start the program it shows me nothing. Is this correct?

Can it do something or show me the icon that I have root access?

The app gives you an overview which apps use root/su access. When you install such a program you will see it.

Edited May 7, 2010 by waterc00l

[Guest U-Man]

ok, i have to do all the wipes, found it in this thread any pages before :P

Yes...not necessarily the battery and rotate though.

@Techzombie it's "flash from zip" not "wipe from file" :D

[Guest DinoCro]

Please help me!

Rooting process gets stuck on "Wipe" options. Won't do "wipe ext" and says "run wipe ext from adb". Any solution?

Another question - I have HTC Desire SIM-free, unlocked and unbranded. I used goldcard to root it, and now from what I understand I don't need a goldcard, right?

Thank you very much.

Edited May 7, 2010 by DinoCro

[Guest Fruchtzwerg]

The app gives you an overview which apps use root/su access. When you install such a program you will see it.

Ok, all clear. :P

Thx

[Guest Yanzi Zhu]

Hey Paul :D

Really sorry to tell you that all of the files for 0.75 are invalid to download :P

Haha~ the third link remains...

Edited May 7, 2010 by Yanzi Zhu

[Guest Lukewarm Earthcrawler]

I needed root to access my corporate WiFi network that requires LEAP; and thanks to your method and this guide http://huang.yunsong.net/2009/android-wifi-leap.html I have it now. Thanks Paul!

There is some strange thing though. I have a private mail server that uses an SSL certificate signed by my own private CA. I keep this CA's certificate on the web, and install it into new client software and gadgets as I need. It works fine most of the time.

I got generic HTC Desire a few days ago, and its mail client did successfully connect to my mail server, both over SSL IMAP (port 993, I did not check STARTTLS) and over SMTP STARTTLS (did not check 465 port). I cannot tell for sure if mail connections worked before or after I attempted to install my CA certificate.

After flashing your root update, and (apparent) installation of the CA certificate, the behaviour of the mail client changed: I can make IMAP work with STARTTLS but not over 993 port, and I cannot make any encrypted SMTP modes (465 port or STARTTLS) work. It looks very much like this problem http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1016 but the point is that it worked before!

Could it be that with your update, either mail client or certificate management framework got downgraded, or something like that?

Thanks,

Luke

[Guest StuMcBill]

OK,

I have tried it in Ubuntu and it tells me that it cannot open fastboot-linux?

Tried it in Windows 7 x64 (I know the guide says not to, but some people have reported success.

When I do this, step 1 completes ( with a failed 90 HBOOT error), and when I enter recovery, I get a picture of a phone with a red exclamation mark and I can't get any further?

I am downloading the TinyCoreLinux iso just now to try that way of doing it, but I wondered if anyone could think of anything I am doing wrong?

Thanks

Stu

[Guest TechZombie]

Yes...not necessarily the battery and rotate though.

@Techzombie it's "flash from zip" not "wipe from file" :P

Thanks ... shame on me ... "Read first, then ask" .... everything's fine now ... o2 desire is rooted ... thanks to Paul ... damn good job! :D

[Guest starchildx]

have someone flashed a o2 desire with a sandisk goldcard ?

Edited May 7, 2010 by starchildx

[Guest mountnorth]

rooted HBOOT 0.80 device just a few minutes ago, runs flawless :P