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[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
Thank you for the comments guys!!

@drumist thanks for pointing that out. this was explained in the guide i made on other forums. fixed it here now;)

@cHarley04 the download for 2.2 RUU is linked in the Aria Superthread, which is linked in the first step on how to S-Off

maybe i will include the direct link for simplicity:)
[HTC Aria General] tommyguns818:
I was just about to do this and went to alpharevs sight and the windows download link is replaced with, "windows version is under review, sorry". Noooo! I'm off today, kids and wife are asleep and my little little aria almost saw the future. Oh well, next weekend hopefully that puppys up and running. I know there's a Linux download link but I like sticking to what I always use, sucky windows.
[HTC Aria General] Jo_Jo_Jo:
same here

got excited at the first sight

but...:mad:
[HTC Aria General] Suleeto:
Yeah I would have no idea how to run a virtual linux instance so I could do this... hopefully AlphaRev gets the windows version cleared soon, so I can root and use wifi hotspot.
[HTC Aria General] mtnlion:
Vm player is easy to set up a virtual machine with and you can get it free from vmware.
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
this is true, you could also burn the live ubuntu CD. then just boot PC from CD Rom;)

EDIT: Windows support is back online:)
[HTC Aria General] tommyguns818:
yay!!!

got s-off but now im trying to load off mode charging recovery through android flasher and its giving me ERROR: the process adb.exe not found and fastboot.exe not found?n Ive downloaded and extracted it and try opening through android flasher and when i click on the image file a pop up says, adb is not recognized as an internal or external command. How do i go about installing a recovery?
[HTC Aria General] Moh_Jay:
Have you got the recovery.img out and put it on your download folder?

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria General] tommyguns818:
im trying to understand attn1 instructions and im stuck at #4. Extract recovery.img from the archive to the same directory/folder/map as fastboot? where can i find this? Thanks for the fast response. :) noob alert!
[HTC Aria General] kuroihoshi:
open up the clockworkrecovery rar with winrar or a program like it and youll see a file that says recovery.img that's the file you'll want to extract into the adb folder with the fastboot.exe
[HTC Aria General] bkeaver:
so guys is this still for only 2.1 users or can you already have the 2.2.2 installed
[HTC Aria General] cHarley04:
This is specifically for, 2.2.2

The first step in the process, is to upgrade to 2.2.2 if you don't have it.

If you already have 2.2.2, you just skip that step.
[HTC Aria General] bkeaver:
let me ask 1 more way so that I am not mis-understanding..

if my wife took the OTA update from AT&T and it upgraded her phone to 2.2.2 which put the security in place preventing you from rooting this will allow me to undo that?

sorry for the extra question
[HTC Aria General] tommyguns818:
I'm a knucklehead sandwich!!!! I was missing the fastboot.exe!! It was late and I was a few beers deep. :P All good now. S-off woooohooo!!!!!
[HTC Aria General] bunky213:
Yes!!!
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
@Tommyguns, glad you got iy M8;)

@bkeaver, yes the guide is for factory phones with 2.2(same as OTA update), and for those who want to upgrade from 2.1 using the 2.2 update RUU.

pretty sure it says that in the guide, but i will check and make adjustments for clarity if needed:)

Edited first post. also please take special attention to anything posted in RED
[HTC Aria General] firestonetech32:
OMG it worked flawlessly!!!! be sure if you are running windows 7 or Vista to run the apps as ADMINISTRATOR!!!
[HTC Aria General] Sengfeng:
Since I did this, I've been seeing some weird things in relation to recovery. If I'm in recovery, and hit any of the options for reboot/bootloader/fastboot, I get a black screen, red triangle with a ! in it. From inside CM7, if I run Rom Manager, and select "Boot into Recovery" I get a white screen with an android-guy, and a yellow triangle with a ! in it. What's failing here? There a way to fix whatever's broken?
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
I would suggest you reflash ClockworkMod recovery using fastboot method found here in attn1's After AlphaRevX Guide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122694

To install Clockworkmod after AlpharevX

Get fastboot and adb tool for windows here:

Get Fastboot and adb for linux here:

Obtain clockworkmod recovery:

HTC Desire Recovery here:

HTC Desire CDMA recovery here:

HTC Liberty Recovery here:

HTC Wildfire Recovery here:

HTC Incredible S (VIVO) recovery here:

HTC Incredible 2 (VIVOW) recovery here:

Remove Extract recovery.img from the archive to the same directory/folder/map as fastboot.

Put the phone is Fastboot USB mode (HINT: Android is not up and running - access it from your hboot screen - see how below)

fastboot flash recovery recovery_name.img <<< from a command line (use root for Linux- sudo ./fastboot yadda)
[HTC Aria General] Sengfeng:
I'm actually in the process of doing that right now... Think this is the 3rd time though.
[HTC Aria General] Sengfeng:
Didn't make any difference. I ran the HTC RUU thinking it would put everything back the way it was prior to the s-off version of CWM recovery... didn't change it either.

What I need is a complete wipe & put back to total stock 222 and the re-do it all.
[HTC Aria General] boxcar8028:
hey zedbra, just want to say thank you for this awesome how to. it was a life saver on how to s-off. i was really nervous at first, i mean there's so many pieces to this puzzle and its so easy to get snagged up and miss something. so i read as many posts as i can to learn how to s-off my hct aria.

finally i did it. after three white knuckle hours later and now I have s-off. all went well up to the alpharevx part. keep getting hung up on "bata key accepted - thank you for participating" then I read alpharevx's instructions (duh!) to uninstall htc syns and install alpharevx's drivers and to run alpharevx as an admin. bingo! that was the ticket. then it worked "Acquiring root (method 1)... Sending in Caroline... so on and so on.

now my little aria is truly free. thank you so much :D
[HTC Aria General] Sengfeng:
Hmm, doing some reading, I think I may have accidentally done this to myself... When I was manually wiping system/data/cache, I may have hit format boot as well. How do you back out of that? (I do have a nandroid of a prior CM7...) Doesn't the RUU fix that?

--- Fixed - Nandroid restore of BOOT from a previous backup. This'll teach me to do telephone tech support and f'k with my phone at the same time.
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
The boot image is part of any ROM when you install it, so getting that back is as simple as installing a ROM zip. I always format boot when installing a ROM although it's not strictly necessary. You definitely don't need to mess with the RUU.
[HTC Aria General] HappyPelican:
I was having similar issues. Instead of checking off recovery in the android flasher, I actually checked hboot and had no problems after that. I could not get It to work any other way. If I remember correctly, a few others did the same thing.
[HTC Aria General] Theonew:
Android Flasher Info

You can get android flasher from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638. Unzip it, run it, select recovery at the side and click begin (Your phone will go into fastboot), find recovery.img (extracted from ClockworkMod), select it, click begin, and your done.
[HTC Aria General] DougG_ATL:
Great work, everyone. So glad to be back on CyanogenMod after having to get a warranty replacement. Sense was driving me bat**** crazy.
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
hey guys, if you have any suggestions to make the guide a bit more simple, dont hesitate to let me know. i try to make them easy as possible, i'm finding the main issue is switching between my old guide(Aria Super Thread) and this one.

in the instructions you will see under "Requirements" it states to have all drivers installed, pointing to the Aria Super Thread. that is where the correct procedure for drivers is listed.

as some of you found out through hours of searching, removing HTC Sync is a crucial part of the process

Thanks to all who used my tutorial;)

BTW, the whole procedure took me about ten minutes:D
[HTC Aria General] cHarley04:
I forgot to uninstall HTC Sync and proceded to x-off my 2 Aria's without any problem. Go figure....... :eek:

Thanks again for the write-up.

:)
[HTC Aria General] bkeaver:
after putting the beta key in how soon should you see it trying to acquire root??

nm... got it
[HTC Aria General] ob1816:
Got through the AlphaRev steps ok, but I can't seem to finish with Android flasher...after opening the recovery.img file, I get:

Could not find a part of the path 'Data\recovery.img'

:confused:
[HTC Aria General] boxcar8028:
I remember reading some where back to try putting everything from the flasher folder and the alphaRev folder into the same folder. I think the missing file is in the alphaRev folder....

I hope this works for you. good luck :)
[HTC Aria General] AlbinoAsian:
in Thailand

Hi thanks for your great guide,

My Aria is one I purchased in Thailand, it won't let me install either the 2.1 or 2.2 AT&T Roms. I would like to obtain S-Off is there any chance for me?

Thanks,
[HTC Aria General] AlbinoAsian:
Sorry to add to my last post the error I receive is Error 130: Model ID Error.

I am running CM7 on a rooted Aria which was rooted through revoked soon as I got the phone.
[HTC Aria General] mtnlion:
What hboot version do you have?
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
In order to install the update, you will need to create a gold card and install it manually. I explain the process in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14953134&postcount=28

There are a bunch of guides out there for creating a gold card, just search for it.
[HTC Aria General] AlbinoAsian:
0.59.0000 was my hboot ... and still is

I got the goldcard done and did what drumist explained, but it didn't actually install... now what should I try

I replied to drumist's help to another person in a similar situation http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15897780&postcount=42

but for some reason it hasn't worked for me
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
there is an Asia 2.2 Update ROM floating around here somewhere.

i dont have any experience with any over-seas Aria, the only other option i can think to try is the TOOL created by attn1.

Give it a go, best of luck;)
[HTC Aria General] ycode90:
Kept failing and hanging on valid key yadda. Open task manager end all possible conflicts droid explorer , htc sync, zune etc. On the phone make sure to check sync when you plug it in . Took me about an hour to figure everything out butt it does work . Win xp .
[HTC Aria General] Theonew:
You

don't

have to check sync on the phone when you plug it in. I did it (When AlpharevX was just released as an open BETA) and I just selected charge only and it went well (Win7 Ultimate). Also, you don't need HTC Sync (only the drivers are needed) installed which

could

have caused the problem. I say could because there are complaints here and there about the process not working when it was installed and once it was removed, the process went well.
[HTC Aria General] kernal65:
hi, tenx for the method. it works..really appreciate it.

i've flashed to CM7.1, everything is fine except for the screen off animation for gingerbread is not working. any idea?
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
wipe data and cache in recovery, then reboot. see if that works
[HTC Aria General] M1m3R:
transition animation speed maybe...?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1100739
[HTC Aria General] lateral18:
my hboot is .5700

i just want to change the CWM version i have to the one off mode , what do I need to do ??
[HTC Aria General] mtnlion:
Might as well go s-off.to change clockwork with out it you have to run the 2.1 ruu then run unrevoked and tell it to install the offmode version of clockwork. If you're going through all that I'd just run the 2.2 ruu use revolutionary for s-off then you can flash whatever.
[HTC Aria General] lateral18:
that is a lot of work , wait i just thought of something if I download Rom manager from the market , will the program will flash the latest one right ??
[HTC Aria General] tommyguns818:
Rom manger is not safe to flash anything on our arias. Search about it. Ill use rom manager ONLY to fix permissions. Mmmmmkay.
[HTC Aria General] lateral18:
wow

thanks a lot for that tip, in matter of fact i believe you. i was just looking for other ways to do it . I even thought in just applying the .zip from the CWM . but that does not sound safe in my head. it will be nice to have the regular screen off when the phone is off and charging . but for now i am just going to leave it alone .....
[HTC Aria General] cHarley04:
It doesn't get much easier than running Revolutionary.

Then maybe your not ready to be playing in the Development section. There's not much here that doesn't involve flashing something from CWM somewhere along the way.

;)
[HTC Aria General] lateral18:
@cHarley04

you are absolutely right, i just started to get into this, I have to read more and do some Practice , when I am ready i am trying the revolutionary method. thanks
[HTC Aria General] platinumnk:
Noobie questions

So which post is the actual guide to Root it?

I tried rooting it before using instructions off of youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwDNRQelpr4 using the unrevoked method, i installed the drivers and stuff but when it was doing its thing it said

Error is your firmware too new?

I'm on a stock 2.2.2 I just wanna delete bloatware and lower battery consumption.

Thanks for your help.
[HTC Aria General] mtnlion:
For stock 2.2.2 revolutionary is your only software option
[HTC Aria General] platinumnk:
Thanks. . I know this is a dumb ? but is that method on the first page of the thread or there is a link where I can find it?

I dont understand the first page of the thread of the S-off and Superuser etc . . I googled what its used for but i dont understand which instructions actually root the phone.

thanks
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
Yes. With the 2.2.2 ROM installed, that is your only option. Just a note. The AlphaRevX solution is now called Revolutionary, so any place that AlphaRevX is mentioned, you should be on the Revolutionary screen. The link in the first thread does redirect you to the appropriate site.
[HTC Aria General] mtnlion:
I would also caution you to read untill you understand what you are doing/getting into first.all the information you need is here in the aria forums.
[HTC Aria General] dlmaldet:
Stuck on clockwork recovery

I have an Aria with firmware 2.2.2. I was successful at doing step one and getting it to S-off but keep getting stuck on clockwork recovery. I've downloaded all the files and extracted them but I keep getting a "could not find part of the path Data\recovery.img" every time on two computers when launching AndroidFlasher after selecting the recovery.img file. I tried putting both extracted folders within a common folder but with no luck. I'm just not sure what to do and any help is appreciated.
[HTC Aria General] HappyPelican:
Try checking off hboot instead of recovery when using the android flasher. I was having the same problems as you and that seemed to do the trick for me.
[HTC Aria General] dlmaldet:
I tried that too but got the same message. It's looking for hboot.img. Did you select the recovery.img file?
[HTC Aria General] dlmaldet:
I got it to work by using fastboot.exe. You need to download fastboot.exe, and launch from the command line the following:

fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img

Make sure that recovery.img is in the location shown above or modify the path for your location.

It worked like a charm for me. I was then able to root with no more problems.
[HTC Aria General] kazerak2:
Stuck at installing recovery

Ok I feel like a super newb, however, I rooted my 2.1 Aria with no troubles.

Using my friends computer (windows XP) we can get the flasher up but we can not get it to flash recovery. We have checked "recovery" also tried "hboot" still nothing happens.

At my computer (windows XP) I can't even get the flasher to load.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
[HTC Aria General] strose09:
Do you have USB debugging checked?
[HTC Aria General] kazerak2:
Yes, this is driving me insane.
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
Do you know how to use adb and/or fastboot from the command line? If so, just use that method.

All you have to do is type

fastboot flash recovery filename.img

from the command line while your phone is on the fastboot menu.
[HTC Aria General] kazerak2:
I have a question, I did the s-off and that said it was all complete. With that is my phone rooted? I know I still can't do much with it since I have not yet flashed clockwork mod. Plus I'm still on the limited ATT stock Rom.

Once I get clockwork going I can go in and change Roms as easy as I could on my last aria. (The ones that shipped with 2.1)

Thanks
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
No the process does not root your existing Rom. It gave you S-Off which will allow you to flash CWM. Once you install CWM, the you can install Superuser and root your existing Rom or start installing custom Roms
[HTC Aria General] nelomen:
S off Problem

I keep getting an error about wrong code on alpharev I have tried it a few times re-entering the code that i got the rev site but keeps giving me an error. I did it once before but my wife broke her phone and am having a real tough time doing it again.
[HTC Aria General] n5kjb:
I don't know why this happens, would think engineers/devs would be aware, but a lower case L might really be a number 1. There are other gotchas along those same lines - so give those amiguous characters/numbers other options on your retry.
[HTC Aria General] nelomen:
I figured it out, I was getting code off of new site Alpharev and unrevoked and was only using alpharev cmd window.

Restoring my Wife's CM7 right now, she will be happy.
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
You can use cut and paste in the command window to copy the device id and paste it on the Rev web site and the copy the beta key and paste it back to the command window. It will eliminate all your typos.
[HTC Aria General] nelomen:
Has anyone had issues with the power button after they get s off and root? I followed instructions on op and now every time I touch the power button instead of turning the screen off it brings up power down menu. Also when turning the phone back on it takes a few presses of the button.

I thought it was the cm7 but on her phone that I just replaced it does not do this. Also returned it to stock from nandroid backup but still same issue. Anyone have any ideas?

sent from my Infuse gb

Edit: looking for a way to get phone completely back to stock with S-on I think this phone may have hardware issue.
[HTC Aria General] :
At the moment there is no way to return your phone to S-on not sure if there ever will be.

Sent from deep within the rabbit hole
[HTC Aria General] mtnlion:
The alpharev devs did state there would be a return path published, however they haven't as yet done so.
[HTC Aria General] nelomen:
I have realized this after many hours of searching. Can I send phone back with s-off? Is warranty voided?

sent from my Infuse gb
[HTC Aria General] mtnlion:
Sure turn it on and drop it in a pot full of water first.
[HTC Aria General] rushwal:
So, I went to alpharev.com... and its not AlphaRev anymore. Is there anywhere else to get AlphaRev X to root my Aria?
[HTC Aria General] Theonew:
You have to use here instead: http://revolutionary.io/.
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
the link in the first post redirects to the correct site.

URL updated:)
[HTC Aria General] Theonew:
You may want to consider updating the superuser flashable zip in the OP as well. It's attached if you need it.
[HTC Aria General] zedbra:
Thanks M8, updated.

when i get time i will revise the whole guide and include how to get back S-On with HBOOT 1.02
[HTC Aria General] thodge21:
Beta key invalid?

I keep getting a return of beta key invalid. I have checked the serial for accuracy. I'd try on linux but I can't get the revolutionary program to even start up. I used opensuse live 11.4. Also invalid beta key was given on win 7 32-bit.
[HTC Aria General] frogger55:
Hi,

Followed this and have successfully got s off but having problems with cwm.

After running android flasher and seemingly flashed cwm i choose recovery and clockworkmod loads but is non functional -

I can navigate the menu but each time i choose an option i only get a revolutionary splash screen. If i reboot into recovery i cannot get cwm to load and need to take the battery out to reboot the phone.

Any help appreciated.

Cheers,
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
Press the trackpad button to select, not the power button.
[HTC Aria General] frogger55:
Thanks - google finally gave me this answer too and just finished sorting and was about to edit.

Cheers,
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
Move the Clockworkmod zip file to a path without any spaces in it. It looks like the Android Flasher doesn't handle spaces correctly.
[HTC Aria General] WhiteAsIce:
There are no spaces in the folders...

I've tried moving recovery.img to different folders, but the same thing happens. Here's the debug log too:

The system cannot find the path specified.
cd data\
cd data\
taskkill /F /IM adb.exe
ERROR: The process "adb.exe" not found.
taskkill /F /IM fastboot.exe
ERROR: The process "fastboot.exe" not found.
adb.exe reboot bootloader
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

At this point, the error message in my previous post appears, and my phone reboots to the bootloader screen. But Recovery is still not installed - when I select it, I get a triangle with an exclaimation mark.
[HTC Aria General] Theonew:
You could try flashing it a different way. See the "To install Clockworkmod after Revolutionary" instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14693680.
[HTC Aria General] WhiteAsIce:
Still didn't work. Command said:

unknown partition 'recovery.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery.img'
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
That would suggest you aren't providing the correct path to the recovery img file. Which recovery img are you using? Maybe it's corrupt?

Try downloading and using this recovery image: http://droid.neolobster.com/roms/cwm-5.0.2.3-liberty.zip

Unzip the file and move the .img file to C:\ then type "fastboot flash recovery C:\cwm-5.0.2.3-liberty.img" while your phone is in fastboot USB mode.
[HTC Aria General] gcihlar:
Anyone have any mirrors to the links in the first post? as they are currently shut down. Also on step 4 it says run Alpharevx.exe I don't see that file in the revolutionary_0.4pre4.zip i downloaded from the site. All i see if i unzip the file is revolutionary.exe I'm assuming this is the file to launch in step 4? But i need a mirror for CWM 2.5.1.7 Off-Mode and a mirror for android Flasher. thank you
[HTC Aria General] drumist:
CWM 2.5.1.7 is out of date anyway. This is the best version for Aria right now: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1279257

AlphaRevX was the old name. It changed names to Revolutionary. So any place you see AlphaRevX, just pretend like it says Revolutionary. That includes the exe filename.

Maybe someone else can provide a new link for Android Flasher, I don't have it. (Edit: I think this is it -- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=794638 )

Here's an alternative method to flash recovery that doesn't use Android Flasher: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14693680