yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tomb77:
I am having issues extracting the necessary files on the OP of inamcquinns thread. I posted the issue there as well, can I get some e assistance please?
[G2 and Desire Z General] igobynay:
i wish i saw this a few days ago because i totally bricked my g2 BUT i was still in warranty & got another one shipped the next day (express shipping) i felt lost without my android
[G2 and Desire Z General] gpclaker:
well ,thanks.

i think using gfree is best way ,but is's complex.we can write a .bat in Windows .i have done it ,so whatever and whenever, we can root our desire z by one step.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Thasgolas:
Weird, but thanks

I tried to use Visionary+ to root my first G2 - it was unable to perm root it, but happily temp rooted it. I used the unlockr method on that phone no problem...

Two days later I had a problem with the speaker when held to my ear, so T-Mobile decided I needed to replace it under warranty... (OK, I got to learn how to unroot a phone, too! ;) )

... still never say this thread...

Second phone, I again tried to perm root with Visionary+ -- Complete success on the first try! I'm happy (and apparently lucky!)

Here's my 'problem' -- I've been a "Programmer" for 30 years... WHY do these android devices (or at least THIS one) seem so inconsistent in how programs work. Programs ought to work the SAME WAY on the same type of device with the same configuration (as my two were - at least everything I could check), EVERY time!! What accounts for the seeming randomness in the way some programs work on these devices?

Anyone have any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z General] F-Lexx:
I'm one of the lucky ones who bricked his HTC Desire Z. Is there anything I could try before sending it to a service? None of the key combinations (power button + volume buttons) works. I've tried taking the battery out for a couple of minutes. The only signs of life from the phone are that when I connect it to the PC, Windows recognizes "something" at plays the specific sound and after some time, the led starts blinking in red.

I'm pretty desperate. Do you guys think I can send it back in these conditions? Could I just say it happened while updating the software or will they figure it out that I was trying to meddle with the phone's software? :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] blackknightavalon:
See if ADB recognizes your phone.

I'm amazed that people still use visionary when there are easier and safer ways to root and get S-OFF.
[G2 and Desire Z General] F-Lexx:
Windows recognizes the phone, but since I can't boot it ADB doesn't list any devices in the console.

And please don't be so amazed. Search engines usually return lots of results for a single problem like rooting and it's pretty easy for a confused or inexperienced user to pick the less safer method. I've rooted my phone successfully some time ago, but then I've been stupid enough to update the phone's software to 1.72. So I thought, why not use the same method again, since it worked the first time? I might have messed something up when downgrading... :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z General] blackknightavalon:
Actually, it is amazing. The very first result on Google cross-links to a thread about gfree. So, no recovery, no bootloader...your phone is in permanent paperweight mode.
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
please let me rant for a second here: Don't EVER produce a fu*king "one click" or "two-" or "three-click" root methods.

Whoever is lazy and stupid enough to not research, test and understand few basic os commands, does not deserve a rooted phone (he will most likely brick it at a latter point because he WILL think he is a god (he did it in one click earlier, didn't he?)

Same lazy asses demand for easy ways to achieve everything (puhleeease make me a flashable zip to put this file somewhere because i don't know how to 'adb push' and i don't want to understand permissions and stuff - i'm too beautiful/handsome for all that).

For similar reasons i don't like fake devs, who apply few tricks to a known rom and name the product "MY ROM", and totally retract info, although 99% of their "ports" or "hacks" are simply borrowed from someone else, with no intention of giving deserved credits to the original devs.

SOME NEWS FOR YOU: we're not microsoft or apple here!

end rant.
[G2 and Desire Z General] omidz:
visionary problem

Thank you for your heads-up.

I bought my DZ just 2 days ago and this is my first android phone. well i didn't knew anything about rooting a phone till today that i tried to gain root access with visionary which failed.

i tried this several times (lucky didnt brick it). i have the superuser icon in my apps menu but i really have no root access. my phone fails to run Superuser, it often crashes or restarts my phone. and i cant use programs like SetCpu, which root access is needed.

will you please let me know what is my problem and how can i fix it?

i removed visionary+, but is it still posible for this problem to get worst?
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
check if you need to downgrade - read the wiki: http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
[G2 and Desire Z General] doughsk8er:
This unbricked my G2 when I tried to put the Sense 3.0 on there. The steps said to use visionary and when I tried to permroot it that's where I was stuck at the HTC screen and it wouldn't boot. Just downloaded the zip file, renamed it PC10IMG.zip and worked like a charm.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074391
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
With the 2-3 other alternatives to even using visionary, not sure why there is even any threads allowed to be open explaining how to root using it. Were not all super genius's, noobs dont understand temp/perm root. IMO it would do everyone a great service if those threads were just closed and left to die.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
need help.........

hello there, i noob here.. please help me.. i got brick problem.. just white screen with htc word(stuck there).. could u tell me how to unbrick? teach me from the beginning please.
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
you used visionary?

when you power up your phone with power+vol down does it say SHIP S-ON?
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
the first row said

VISION PVT ENG S-OFF

HBOOT-0.76.2000(PC1011000)
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
that's good!

if your phone is DZ, please go to this thread and see what has to be done: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1080219 use the download link that i provided there.

if the phone is G2, replace the download link with with this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1074852 and follow the steps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
i use dz.. but when i click at the link it goes Nothing found..

still lost.. need guide..
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
edit: guide in the next post
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
ok, here is a guide (hope you have clockwork installed or it will not work. If you don't see a fancy hat and orange lines after you choose 'recovery', we should find a way to install it through hboot)

first, download an untouched flashable sense rom from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1012763

2. place the rom.zip on your sd card

3. reboot with vol down - (power off, then power button + vol down)

4. choose recovery

5. in recovery: 'wipe cache' then 'wipe data/factory reset'

6. still in recovery: choose 'install zip form sd' (not update), then select the zip and press trackpad

while in recovery vol up/down can be used to move, trackpad to move/select, power button will bring you one step back
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
i think i need to know how to installed clockwork... i dont see a fancy hat..
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
i dont see the fancy hat and orange lines.. i think i should know how to installed clockwork..
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
let me check how this should be done. you will most likely need adb, so prepare if you don't have it.

long edit: since it's impractical/impossible for me to guide you through all, you will need some foregroung knowledge:

1. how to install sdk so you will have access to adb: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865685

2. hot to obtain the fastboot tool and its proper place in your adb folder: http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html

say when you are ready.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
i cant go to this step.

Step 5

On your phone, go into Menu->Settings->Applications->Development and make sure you have the entry "USB Debugging" ticked. adb will not work without this.

other step is okey.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
i go to recovery and open the cmd, then i type "adb devices"

it came out :

List of devices attached

SHLRT156 offline..

Is this correct?
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
you don't have regular boot, it's normal to be not able to do this.
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
this is normal too - adb requires running android to function properly.

what are you running on you pc? did you download the proper fastboot and place it in your 'platform-tools' directory?

if under windows, you will need fastboot.exe from the htc page.

when you have the fastboot, download clockworkmod recovery from here: http://www.thinkthinkdo.com/trac/pr...iki/cwm/recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-vision.img rename it to recovery.img and place it in your platform-tools folder.

reboot the device in fastboot mode and type:

fastboot devices

if you see your phone as an output of this command, then type:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

and wait for it to finish. (you might need to ctrl+c and run 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img' one more time if the command hangs for a long time.)

finally, type:

fastboot reboot bootloader

and when the device reboots in bootloader, select recovery and check for the fancy hat and orange text. if they are there, continue to flash the rom.zip as already directed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
the type doing in cmd right?
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
yes, and you have to be in your platform-tools directory:

cd \androidsdk\platform-tools
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
yeah... i got the orange hat~ i will continue with next step.. continue with rom.zip...
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
after the rom.zip is done, then what should i do?
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
Cool! :)

i just wonder how you will put the rom.zip on your sdcard. I hope you have sdcard reader to do it on a computer.

after you flash the rom you should be able to use your phone :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
sory2.. just take some times.. huhu..
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
thank you so much petarpLab.. thank you so much.. can u tell me any link for root.. i afraid bricked again..
[G2 and Desire Z General] petarpLab:
if i understand you correctly, you don't need to root the phone because the rom that you will flash is prerooted and your phone is s-off and has eng-hboot. There's nothing more to be rooted there lol,
[G2 and Desire Z General] luluby:
so i can use applanet to download app?
[G2 and Desire Z General] oscarwylde:
thanks for the advice, just switched from the droid2 to the g2 and was going to do the visionary route till I read your post/warning.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Whargarbl:
The visionary/gfree works great

After what seemed like decades, I decided to root my G2. Worked like a charm and I did it all on my phone. I used es file explored to unzip and rooted away.

I am now stuck with the dilemma on what to do next. I've freezed some of the bloatware and am playing with the idea of over clocking (once I find the right modules and kernel). I'm not sure I will do a custom rom as stock has all of the features I need.

I may just sit back and laugh at all of the user who don't know *inx let alone how to spell it:D
[G2 and Desire Z General] sigiloso:
Help needed...

Wish I had read this post earlier (had no reason before, I downloaded visionary many months ago). I had used visionary temp root with 0 problems, and then had to try permroot... :mad:

I am stuck in white screen with htc word(stuck there)... Been reading posts since yesterday 10:00 pm and it is already today 1h00 pm... Like another one said.. Please could u tell me how to unbrick? teach me from the beginning please.

The main difference is that I have S-on. I can access hboot the first lines read:

Vision Pvt Ship S-on

Hboot 0.82.000

Microp-0425

Radio - 26.03.02.26_m

eMMMC-boot

I am already downloading sdk to have adb and fastboot available, according to previous instructions...
[G2 and Desire Z General] sigiloso:
Up to here (...see your phone as an output of this command.. ) I do see my device listed. However I want to double check if I can type in the other command (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) since I don't have s-off

Thank you
[G2 and Desire Z General] sigiloso:
As a follow up. I did solve this using gingerbread signed rom version. Had to redownload it from a different server and put it in a new miniSD, but Hboot did recognize it and flashed ok. Now I need to wait for the root of GB since there is none for it up to today.
[G2 and Desire Z General] alforque:
Thanks for keeping this thread updated, and for the advice. Talk about rooting made simple. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] misfit61871:
So I'm just wondering.....my phone is rooted already and I don't remember the method I used. Would I damage anything if I rerooted using the method mentioned in this thread?

Just so I can have it done the gfree way
[G2 and Desire Z General] celahudini:
Thank God temproot didn't work for me,and thank you guys a million for this thread
[G2 and Desire Z General] dirtybudha:
This worked for me, and uses vissionary

I couldn't get vissionary to work after I did the OTA, but I got my G2 in Nov. 2010. Eventually I tried this process:

gadgetfeel.com/permanent-root-tmobile-g2-desire-easy/

Worked like a charm! Haven't had issues since.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dirtybudha:
If you aren't having issues, then there's no need to unroot, and root again.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Antny6:
thx

Thanks. Hate not being able to post on dev threads.
[G2 and Desire Z General] speedoguy:
so is this not a safe way to root? ht tp:// w w w. yout ube. co m/ watch?v =tU9zn_BEth4
[G2 and Desire Z General] mighty34:
can someone upload

HTC Desire Z: vision.hboot-0.84.2000.zip (md5sum 2CE1BDD5E4C1119CCFCECB938710D742)

since link is dead on http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] mighty34:
many thanks for tens of uploads

i found another way to root desire s

thanks to all
[G2 and Desire Z General] Exanimus:
i used visionary r12 for permroot in november and are still running my Desire Z without any problems, have flashed alot of roms and i never bricked my phone :P
[G2 and Desire Z General] sigiloso:
You are one of the lucky ones. The problem isn't flashing after rooting.It's permanent rooting itself. It happened to me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tronar:
Not really up to date...

Well, it might have beeen the most up to date method, but it's unfortunately not up to date anymore... :(

For example they are recommending using the following engineering hboot for the HTC Desire Z: vision.hboot-0.84.2000.zip

Which is clearly outdated! My HTC Desire Z came already shipped with this version number: 0.85.0009

In addition the latest root processes don't seem to require any hboot-images any more. I was able to root my phone without manually fiddling with the hboot at all (and yes, also without touching Visionary).

Just my 2 cents, before some poor soul tries to root it's phone with this outdated and apparently somewhat cumbersome method. :)

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
the Eng-hboot is numbered different to the stock hboot, so yes the number is higher, but it doesn't mean anything.

The eng-hboot is recommended, as it means you can recover you phone from (almost) any situation, no matter how bad you mess with it.

That guide does have instructions for how to root without touching the hboot if one is so inclined.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tronar:
I have the ClockworkMod 3.0.2.4 installed. Is that not sufficient to recover my phone out of any trouble? Or would you still recommend flashing my HBOOT to an ENG version in addition to the ClockwordMod?

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
I would still recommend flashing the Eng-hboot.

Clockworkmod recovery can handle most errors you might encounter, but eng-hboot offers another layer to fall back onto if anything major happens.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tronar:
Sorry and another question...

First I have to admit, I was wrong with calling the above mentioned rooting-method not up-to-date. Sorry! :o

I have done a lot of googling and although being published already back in 2010, the Version 0.84.2000 seems to be still the latest ENG-HBOOT. Someone even mentioned, that there probably will never be a newer one, because the developers stopped further developing the Engineering-Version.

Now I am wondering what has changed/improved in the meantime in the HBOOT from

HBOOT-0.85.0005 (published together with the ROM 1.34.405.5)

to

HBOOT-0.85.0008 (published together with the ROM 1.72.405.2)

to

HBOOT-0.85.0009 (published together with the ROM 1.82.161.1)

to

HBOOT-0.85.0013 (published together with the ROM 2.42.405.2)

My current HBOOT (.0005, not ENG!) also seems to have some kind of FASTBOOT already installed, because when I boot holding POWER+TrackPad, I get the following text:

----------------------

VISION PVT SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-0.85.0005

MICROP-0425

RADIO-26.10.04.03_M

eMMC-boot

Oct 11 2010,20:10:38

FASTBOOT (white characters on red background)

<VOL UP> to previous item

<VOL DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

BOOTLOADER (blue background)

REBOOT (in yellow)

REBOOT BOOTLOADER (in purple)

POWER DOWN (in red)

----------------------

I can also switch back and forth between FASTBOOT and BOOTLOADER.

So should I really upgrade to an old ENG-HBOOT? :confused:

Thanks in advance,

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
I have no idea what has changed between the hboot version, I don't know if they would publish a changelog for it.

Yes you do have fastboot, but with limited functionality. All you can really do is use the RUU mode to flash zip files. If you get the eng-hboot you can flash individual partitions from .img's, wipe partitions, boot from img's, etc.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] usfphi775:
bootloop

i temp rooted using visionary then used terminal emulator to get s-off status. i used rom manager to download cyanogenmod 7 and now i have a bootloop. i have tried recovering through clockworkmod and am stuck with the tophat and orange circle arrow. PLEASE HELP!!!!

thanks,

erik
[G2 and Desire Z General] DoubleYouPee:
What's wrong with this method?:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834228

It seems 10x easier than the one posted in the 1st post....
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
The logo you are at in clockwork sounds like sleep mode. If you press power you should get back to a menu. Use either the trackpad or camera button to select items.

As for the bootlooping, in clockwork, wipe data/factory reset and reboot, that should fix it.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tronar:
I don't know. A quick glance gave me the impression, that you have to flash your HBOOT with this method, thus risking to brick your phone. The other method works also without touching the HBOOT. Since the method is from 2010, it might also not work anymore. It definitely seems to presume an unbranded V1.34.xxx or lower as your Stock-ROM, since there is not a word about how to downgrade or debrand your phone. Unfortunately, one of my phones was a Vodafone branded Desire Z with 1.72.xxx, so that method would not have worked at all for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] DoubleYouPee:
Just to confirm, you don't need linux to follow the guide named on the 1st page?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tronar:
Nope. Although it looks quite strange and somewhat unix-like at first glance, the ADB commands have to be introduced over your regular MS-DOS Console via an USB-Connection to your phone. To make ADB work you need the proper USB-Drivers for your phone and of course a Framework containing an ADB.exe amonst other things.

Most people install the Android Developer Framework which needs the full Java Developer Framework already installed to even start installing. For me another 500 MB on my System-Drive just for rooting my phone were complete overkill, so I went with a leaner alternative. :D

For the USB-Drivers I used the package called USB_driver_20101122_release.zip

which you can find at the HTC Developer Center (it's the very last download link at the bottom of that page).

Just unpack that archive for example to C:\TEMP and when you connect your HTC with your computer using the Debug-Mode and Windows asks for the drivers for the USB-Device, you point the driver-search-window towards that folder in C:\TEMP.

All you need now is an ADB.exe, which you find for example within the A.M.T. Package. You can download AMT 1.8.5 from this thread.

But beware, this tool looks nice at first glance, but especially the 1.8.5 displayed plenty of bugs. Starting with the wrong detection of your phone over freezing during the different downgrading and rooting-steps. So I just recommend it here, because it has a folder named ADB which contains everything you need. I rooted two different HTC phones (one unbranded with a German keyboard and another Vodafone branded with a Spanish Keyboard) and in both cases, the tool produced several errors, which definitely shouldn't happen. So I can definitely rule out hardware issues and since I managed to root the phones manually, it can't also be my inability to deal with the tool. :-)

So unpack the AMT-tool, then open an MS-DOS Window, go to the respective folder named "ADB" using the DOS cd command and then type:

adb devices

If your phone is connected correctly with USB-Debugging on, you should get a device name back looking similar like this:

List of devices attached

HT11KRT00364 device

This is confirmation, that you are now ready to pursue all the ADB instructions in the rooting manuals.

If you follow the manuals step by step, it's really less complicated, than it looks at first. I'd actually rather do that again then unlock another iPhone. :D

Have fun,

Tronar
[G2 and Desire Z General] jingahagani:
S-ON

My mistake (as a newbie) - I tried Visionary permanent root without reading this thread and now I can't go past the htc screen.

Here is the hboot display:

VISION PVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.82.0000

MICROP-0425

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

Sep 2 2010,17:59:38
​

I have been trying to get some idea from the posts here, but couldn't locate solution for this specific issue. Need help in pointing me to the right direction.

TIA.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jingahagani:
From the good guys at irc #G2ROOT, I got this link and my phone is alive again at 2.3.3.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1054331

Thanks everyone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dirtybudha:
Worked for me

While everyone is telling their horror story with visoinary and what not, I want to say I used visionary v14 a long while ago. No issues, worked the first time. I've been installing ROMs with no issues for months.

I'm not saying everyone is wrong, I'm just saying that I had no issue with it. In fact I'm running Xboarder's 2.3.5, which has AWESOME battery life, and am have no issues.

That's my two cents.
[G2 and Desire Z General] thegodfatherdany:
I used a method that uses VIsionary root script with some ADB and it worked great. There is it : http://androidforums.com/desire-z-a...locking-your-bell-desire-z-newb-friendly.html

Is this not goood? PLease reply.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Nipqer:
temp-root with visionary is not so bad, only perm-root is.

so the guide you followed, is good enough. Your phone should be sweet.

-Nipqer
[G2 and Desire Z General] kaizeng3:
Visionary works for me, I've rooted two G2's with no problem
[G2 and Desire Z General] jspina:
Thanks

Thank you for posting this sticky! I was thinking of flashing this in the boot loader later on to unroot it easily. But now I am in love with rooting and all it can do. I will never go back to stock! thanks again