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

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

i'm in real panic.. My phone is rooted and i've flash the device sevral times, so far so good but now just when i wiped it clean and was in usb mode for copying new rom to sd card, then something happend and the recovery screen froze so i rebooted and tried a new recovery but now it cant find the device.

Tried the ./step1-linux.sh and there everthing works fine, but when trying step2 or the recovery and it just says cant find device..

I have linux 32bit and everthing has worked so far. Is it bricked?

Have you selected "Bootloader" and then "Recovery"?

PS: Don't panic, if you panic you WILL brick it by making a mistake. I had the same issue as you.

Edited May 13, 2010 by craigcrawford1988

[Guest andy76q]

Have you selected "Bootloader" and then "Recovery"?

PS: Don't panic, if you panic you WILL brick it by making a mistake. I had the same issue as you.

Yes, i've flash the device with sevral different custom roms and it has been flawless until now, since the recovery meny crashed i'm not able to access the device with the

./recovery-linux.sh.

The funny thing is that i wiped it clean so there should't be a rom in the phone but i started the device and it loads up but simcard or sd card isn't recognized.. And i dont have the superuser icon

in the menu..

Looks like it went back to stock but why is the sim and sdcard unavailable?

Edited May 13, 2010 by andy76q

[Guest StuMcBill]

Yes, i've flash the device with sevral different custom roms and it has been flawless until now, since the recovery meny crashed i'm not able to access the device with the

./recovery-linux.sh.

The funny thing is that i wiped it clean so there should't be a rom in the phone but i started the device and it loads up but simcard or sd card isn't recognized.. And i dont have the superuser icon

in the menu..

Looks like it went back to stock but why is the sim and sdcard unavailable?

Have you tried re-flashing to a totally fresh stock Rom, as per the "Unroot your desire" thread, and seeing if thesim and sdcard are available then?

Stu

[Guest 42turkeys]

Yes, i've flash the device with sevral different custom roms and it has been flawless until now, since the recovery meny crashed i'm not able to access the device with the

./recovery-linux.sh.

The funny thing is that i wiped it clean so there should't be a rom in the phone but i started the device and it loads up but simcard or sd card isn't recognized.. And i dont have the superuser icon

in the menu..

Looks like it went back to stock but why is the sim and sdcard unavailable?

There's a command with fastboot to enable the SD card and sim a few pages back. First try my unroot guide though and see if that helps.

[Guest Makrochain]

I´ve got a verry big Problem with Step 2. A lot of people here in the thread have the same error but i have found no solution for this error.

I have HBOOT0.80 and when i start Step 2 on my Win XP Laptop i get the fopllowing Error:

Pushing required files to device...

*daemon is not running. starting it on port 5037*

*daemon started successfully*

cannot stat 'files': No such file or directory

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)

Pushing update file to device sdcard- this may take a few minutes...

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)

2436 KB/s (126445058 bytes in 50.687s)

Now wipe and apply rootedupdate.zip from recovery image menu.

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)

After that nothing happens. I have tried my goldcard and a normal sdcard. I have tried Step 1 again and it worked but step 2 always the same error!

Help would be verry great!!!

Greetings

Makrochain

SOLVED: I, the stupid idiot, havent unzipped the files right.....

Edited May 13, 2010 by Makrochain

[Guest andy76q]

There's a command with fastboot to enable the SD card and sim a few pages back. First try my unroot guide though and see if that helps.

tried the unroot giude but the phone wont pop up on the computer. So no success there. Cant find the command for the sd and simcard.. Do you have them?

Edited May 13, 2010 by andy76q

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

SOLVED: I, the stupid idiot, havent unzipped the files right.....

Hahaha, I laughed at that :)

[Guest Chris Bensch]

I've been successful on both win7 x64 and tinycore r4 on step1, but I can't get step2 to work in either OS. I keep getting "error: device not found" no matter what I do. Any suggestions? My phone is sitting at a black screen with a red triangle which is what I read it's supposed to be.

edit: I used recovery-linux.sh to get into the recovery mode OK, but still can't get the damn step2 to work. How about if I manually copied over the rootedupdate.zip and used recovery-linux.sh to flash the update from zip?

edit: OK...so I'm an idiot...you need to have properly partitioned your SD ***BEFORE*** attempting this...just FYI!

Edited May 14, 2010 by Chris Bensch

[Guest NisseGurra]

Paul: is time to put up a big warning on rooting dye to the number of bricked phones?

Or put the root on hold.

[Guest jeckyllhavok]

For anyone which Sim/SD Card or USB /BT/FM isn't working after rooting come to the tread here:

http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...-and-root-a2sd/

[Guest DavidThack]

Tried this method on a 16 gig kingston type 4 card and i cannot manage to get it to work.

A 2 or 4 gig will work ok.

Have you tried converting a 16 gig card for apps2sd.

If you get the chance try one and see if it works for you as i have destroyed 1 card and had to do a recovery on my second one as it came up unknown size on comp.

I have also asked paul to look into it about the 16 gig cards,Something isnt right.

Thanks,Dave.

[Guest TehNewb]

hi there !

I just rooted my brand new Orange phone with this tutorial which i thanks alot.

I have a little problem, when I turn on my phone, when comes the "htc quietly brillant" logo, with a huge sound who makes crazy my hear ^^ (before orange rom's there were no sound), wondering how to turn off this sound ?

any help would be appreciated, thanks :)

[Guest Alex Buga]

Ok... I think I've screwed it up.

About to start flash...

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...

INFOstart image[hboot] unzipping for pre-update check...

INFOstart image[hboot] flushing...

INFO[RUU]WP,hboot,0

INFO[RUU]WP,hboot,100

INFOstart image[radio] unzipping for pre-update...

INFOstart image[radio] flushing...

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,0

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,6

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,14

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,19

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,27

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,36

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,44

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,51

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,59

INFO[RUU]WP,radio,100

FAILED (remote: 90 hboot pre-update! please flush image again immediately)

NOW WHAT ? :)

UPDATE: I've pulled out the battery and restarted. Everything is fine. Pfew. Screw the root. I'm returning it for the Nexus.

Edited May 14, 2010 by Alex Buga

[Guest toosif]

PLEASE HELP!!

I tried to root my desire.... everything went well...... but at last when flashing "rootedupdate.zip" it stuck on halfway progress......

it's been now almost 2 hours, and no progress.

Please what can I do, I do not want to brick my desire.............

Thanks in advance

UPDATE: I pulled my battery out and did step 2 again.....

Now I think it's working

Edited May 14, 2010 by toosif

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

UPDATE: I've pulled out the battery and restarted. Everything is fine. Pfew. Screw the root. I'm returning it for the Nexus.

Dude... Try using Linux to root it... It's not the phones fault that Windows sucks...

This phone is newer than the Nexus, it's likely to hit some bumps along the way.

Edited May 14, 2010 by craigcrawford1988

[Guest TehNewb]

hi there !

I just rooted my brand new Orange phone with this tutorial which i thanks alot.

I have a little problem, when I turn on my phone, when comes the "htc quietly brillant" logo, with a huge sound who makes crazy my hear ^^ (before orange rom's there were no sound), wondering how to turn off this sound ?

any help would be appreciated, thanks :)

any help plz ? ;)

[Guest Alex Buga]

Dude... Try using Linux to root it... It's not the phones fault that Windows sucks...

This phone is newer than the Nexus, it's likely to hit some bumps along the way.

Dude, I'm on OSX. Screw windows. I wouldn't use it even as a calculator :))

[Guest marksyzm]

So good, I paid up for a premium account :)

[Guest afiorillo]

hi there !

I just rooted my brand new Orange phone with this tutorial which i thanks alot.

I have a little problem, when I turn on my phone, when comes the "htc quietly brillant" logo, with a huge sound who makes crazy my hear ^^ (before orange rom's there were no sound), wondering how to turn off this sound ?

any help would be appreciated, thanks ;)

The easiest way is to bake a ROM without the boot sound (there's an handy option for that) and flash it in.

Use the third post of the kitchen thread, you'll end with a shiny r3 MCR :)

Edited May 14, 2010 by afiorillo

[Guest dancedreamfly]

Dude, I'm on OSX. Screw windows. I wouldn't use it even as a calculator :))

Hi. I am on OS X as well and encountered the same message. But I waited a bit more, and it was still successful.

Thanks to Paul for root. I just got my Desire yesterday and rooted last night.

[Guest Mitsy]

Hello Paul

I have faced some problems with the rooting of my Desire:

First, my desire is a SIM-Free device, so I don't think I need the goldcard process, anyhow, I did try to do it but it said that the img file is bad so the process was abourted. after that I tried to install the recocery image (The green lines, as in my Hero) but when mooving from the 'Fastboot' to the 'Bootloader' I got this message (attached pic) and the device was not discovered by my computer (using 'adb devices'). However. the Desire was discovered by the computer when it was on, in the normal method (plain reboot and entering the original Android...).

Do you know whats the metter? Can you help me?

The main reason for this root is to insert hebrew fonts.

Thank you for answering

desirebootloader.bmp

[Guest afiorillo]

Hello Paul

I have faced some problems with the rooting of my Desire:

First, my desire is a SIM-Free device, so I don't think I need the goldcard process, anyhow, I did try to do it but it said that the img file is bad so the process was abourted. after that I tried to install the recocery image (The green lines, as in my Hero) but when mooving from the 'Fastboot' to the 'Bootloader' I got this message (attached pic) and the device was not discovered by my computer (using 'adb devices'). However. the Desire was discovered by the computer when it was on, in the normal method (plain reboot and entering the original Android...).

Do you know whats the metter? Can you help me?

The main reason for this root is to insert hebrew fonts.

Thank you for answering

That green lines are normal, I get them every time I enter HBOOT. About discovering, have you installed HTC Sync 2.0.33? You can find it on the HTC support site. Without it your (Windows) computer cannot see the Desire when in recovery mode.

[Guest Tal_s]

Hello,

I't the first time I'm rooting an android and I got up to step 2. So step 1 seems to passed weel but when I try to go to the recovery mode m computer can't find the android 1.0 driver and the device can't be recognised? any ideas?

[Guest Muskie]

NVM, got an error 41, but a reboot seems to have fixed it. Step 1 Complete. Always good to have an ubuntu liveCD handy at all times.

Edited May 16, 2010 by Muskie

[Guest 42turkeys]

Hello,

I't the first time I'm rooting an android and I got up to step 2. So step 1 seems to passed weel but when I try to go to the recovery mode m computer can't find the android 1.0 driver and the device can't be recognised? any ideas?

Try this guide: http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desi...t-and-best-way/