r4 HTC Desire Easy Rooting Guide with Tiny Core Linux

[Guest potter97]

Guide updated.

And might i say its looking rather good now :rolleyes:

(for all users!, HBOOT 0.75 AND HBOOT 0.80)

Offically should be made into a sticky now :D

kudos

[Guest EddyOS]

Awesome, on it now just so I got a nice little (and hopefully working) live CD :rolleyes:

Top marks!!

[Guest GanjBass]

I try just now from usb...no work the commands...

Maybe different commands for usb?

[Guest potter97]

I try just now from usb...no work the commands...

Maybe different commands for usb?

PMSL.... You can ONLY use usb with this methord :rolleyes:

[Guest GanjBass]

PMSL.... You can ONLY use usb with this methord :rolleyes:

I make usb flash bootable device my friend and no usb for connect my desire:P

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

I make usb flash bootable device my friend and no usb for connect my desire:P

The commands are a bit further back. You need to find out what Linux has your device numbered as.

Type these commands in terminal:

cd /dev

ls

One of those will be your usb stick, so you must mount it like so:

sudo mkdir /mnt/***

sudo mount /dev/*** /mnt/***

Replace *** as the USB device name. You can find out which one it is by going into each folder in /dev/ and seeing whats in there. OR even better is you could search for the folder "desire" like so:

find / -type d -name desire

Edited May 22, 2010 by craigcrawford1988

[Guest dunbad]

Thanks for this. Kinda confused if any of pauls work is in here also? His original guide was simply too confusing for a numpty like me. Somehow this one looks easier/better? That said if credit is owed to him then i'd like to thank him also.

Ill let you know how I get on.

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

Thanks for this. Kinda confused if any of pauls work is in here also? His original guide was simply too confusing for a numpty like me. Somehow this one looks easier/better? That said if credit is owed to him then i'd like to thank him also.

Ill let you know how I get on.

This IS his work. I simply made it easier for people to understand. I think I'll add a disclaimer to make sure people know this from the future :rolleyes:.

Edited May 22, 2010 by craigcrawford1988

[Guest SiX-P4cK]

I need to root my desire 2.1 if i want intall 2.2 from paul next week?

If i root with this procédure, i lose all my sms, configuration and installed software?

Thx

[Guest divaboy]

I need to root my desire 2.1 if i want intall 2.2 from paul next week?

If i root with this procédure, i lose all my sms, configuration and installed software?

Thx

At at a guess i'd say yes :rolleyes:

[Guest SiX-P4cK]

is it possible to update this guide with r5 plz?

thx

[Guest EddyOS]

Why do you need to? This works just fine

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

is it possible to update this guide with r5 plz?

thx

As EddyOS said, you don't really need r5 with TCL. It works just fine.

[Guest Upquark]

Just wanted to say thanks for this. Running Win7-X64, I thought I'd take no chances and go for this one. Worked just fine, so thanks!

[Guest PavanT]

Craig,

I am on build number 1.16.XXX.X , boot loader version of 0.75.* , firmware version 2.1-update 1 and radio -4.05.00.11. Should i use

1.For a boot loader of 0.75.* or lower AND a current ROM of 1.15.* or lower

or

2.For a boot loader of 0.80.* or lower AND a current ROM of 1.21.* or lower

Thanks for your support in advance.

Edited May 27, 2010 by PavanT

[Guest Albertri]

I'm new in Andriod scene been WM person most of the time just wanted to ask what's Goldcard means and why we need them?

cheers!

[Guest z0nic]

I just realised I said the wrong command. Try this instead:

cd /dev/

ls -d ./*

That should bring up the right directories.

Right...so, turned out that both the USB stick's I was trying was f**ked up.

Burned ISO on CD, and voilá. Mission accomplished.

Now... will try to get A2SD working :rolleyes:

Edited May 27, 2010 by z0nic

[Guest KcKepz]

I need to root my desire 2.1 if i want intall 2.2 from paul next week?

If i root with this procédure, i lose all my sms, configuration and installed software?

Thx

There is an app called SMS Backup which is available in the market. This app backs up your SMS's to your Gmail account.

If you use Appbrain (appbrain.com) to manage your apps, you can sync them all the time when you flash your phone. The only thing about appbrain, it'll only allow those apps that are available in the market to sync.

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

Craig,

I am on build number 1.16.XXX.X , boot loader version of 0.75.* , firmware version 2.1-update 1 and radio -4.05.00.11. Should i use

1.For a boot loader of 0.75.* or lower AND a current ROM of 1.15.* or lower

or

2.For a boot loader of 0.80.* or lower AND a current ROM of 1.21.* or lower

Thanks for your support in advance.

I would recommend the 2nd one.

I'm new in Andriod scene been WM person most of the time just wanted to ask what's Goldcard means and why we need them?

cheers!

For operator-locked devices. The goldcard allows you to flash non-operator ROMs.

[Guest lambda]

strage things, both isos seems to be damaged. I've downloaded from different mirros and to unpack with winrar 3.93.

Edited May 29, 2010 by lambda

[Guest potter97]

I would recommend the 2nd one.

For operator-locked devices. The goldcard allows you to flash non-operator ROMs.

Wont that upgrade his bootloader tho??, thought it was better to stay with 0.75 if thats what you have??

Cheers craig in advance

Edited May 29, 2010 by potter97

[Guest steedy27]

Wont that upgrade his bootloader tho??, thought it was better to stay with 0.75 if thats what you have??

Cheers craig in advance

Yeh im looking to root and i thought like you said in your notes best to stay with 0.75 incase you wanna go back to standard rom

[Guest craigcrawford1988]

Wont that upgrade his bootloader tho??, thought it was better to stay with 0.75 if thats what you have??

Cheers craig in advance

But he doesn't meet the requirements for the first one. His ROM is 1.16, the first one is only applicable to 1.15 and under.

[Guest Rudolfje]

Thanks for this guide.

Had some trouble mounting the USB Drive I booted from, but it worked really well after all.

I looked up 'dmesg' to find the usb device I was looking for and mounted it with:

sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/cdrom

[Guest steedy27]

Hi guys

I just tryed this method and i got the error FAILED (STATUS MALFORMED (1BYTES)) What does this mean, There was no error codes,

What does this mean and what am i doing wrong?

Edited May 30, 2010 by steedy27