yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
What you did there............

I see it ;)

Moved to Q&A :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Rajiah:
So i managed to get the Desire_DL build onto my hd2 but i really don't like the picture behind the lock screen and can't figure out how to get rid of it...Can somebody please help me out?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Yerdan:
What build is it? Did you download a themed ROM?
[Atrix 4G General] spiderjerusalem:
I have seen a few posts on here about a dead battery while stuck soft bricked so the phone won't take a flash, do this at your own risk but if you take a standard USB cable and leave the end to plug in the computer and cut off the other side you will have 4 wires only worry about the red and the black tape the others off just strip the insulation off the red and tape to the connection on the battery labeled plus and strip the black back and tape to negative and then plug in the USB side into a PC, after about 10 minutes you will have enough to flash, be carfull and watch that the battery is not getting hot. Sorry for all the typos and poor grammar its late and I'm posting from my phone
[Atrix 4G General] msd24200:
Thanks, that's a good idea
[Atrix 4G General] Mr. Clown:
Moved to correct forum.
[Atrix 4G General] spiderjerusalem:
Sorry about the wrong forum section. Just to add you don't want to do this too long as the voltage is probably not regulated properly for the battery so its not good for it but it will get you out of a brick in a pinch.
[Atrix 4G General] leetcharmer:
I ran into this issue on the Motorola Photon 4g. I've followed your directions, but I am not sure it is charging. After about 20 minutes, I placed the battery back in the phone and it still said battery was too low to flash. So I've stripped the red and black shielding to expose the copper and I'm trying direct contact into the battery + and - slots now. Do you have any suggestions?
[Atrix 4G General] Sass86:
Did you honestly try charging through the wire insulation? Electricity travels through the copper wire, not the protective insulation. Also the power flow is regulated before reaching the USB cord, proof is in taking your wall AC charger usb and plugging it into a computer, you get different voltage outputs (meaning it takes longer to charge on comp USB).
[Atrix 4G General] leetcharmer:
It seems to be working now that the copper is directly hitting the battery. Thanks for your confirmation ;p. It's charging on the USB AC wall charger now. Is it preferred to be done through the computer USB to regulate the voltage?
[Atrix 4G General] leetcharmer:
It worked! I'm back in business now! Thanks for all the help :)
[Atrix 4G General] tangelos:
Does it have to be an Atrix 4G or can I follow this method for a Galaxy Note. Also can you use any usb cable... (eg. usb to micro-usb, usb to mini usb)?
[Atrix 4G General] Casper34:
i would think you can use it for any battery, just make sure you have the red on the + terminal and the black on the - terminal of the battery... just like charging a car battery, just on a smaller scale!
[Atrix 4G General] ltdanno360:
totally not worth cutting up a cable to do this by a universal battery charger from amazon.com for a penny +5.00 shipping

thats a total of 5.01 thats less than the cost of your usb cable
[Atrix 4G General] spiderjerusalem:
Sorry I did not realize this thread was still getting views, it does work for every battery i have tried it for so far, I would not cut up a cable for no reason but if you brick it at midnight and don't wanna wait for shipping from amazon it will get you running again, besides I am sure most of us on here have plenty micro sd cables around. I have used this on my droid bionic with success recently.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Themes and Apps] Velosprinter:
I purchased order and chaos for my Thunderbolt and would like to play on the bigger screen but does not show in market. Rooted GT and modified my build.prop to appear to be the thunderbolt. Download goes fine but when I try to launch the game it keeps saying it needs to download more 318mb. It already did the download and the files on the sd look the same as thunderbolt. Any ideas to get it running?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RMarkwald:
Is it any good?

Is there root for it, or a method to root that currently exists that'll work?

Any plans for a forum for this phone at all, anyone know?

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bast525:
*bump*

interested in this as well.... a nice looking slider on Verizon that's NOT a Moto? sign me up.

Rmarkwald - I read somewhere that there is at least temporary root using something called "visionary". I haven't bothered looking into it yet though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] knownchild:
Nope!

There is not currently a method of rooting the Merge.

There is however a way to get Temp Root through a program called Visionary.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JasmariesMom:
Z 4 temp root also works!!!! Wondering if Desire CDMA rev x root through adb will work for the merge.... went around rev x n once I acquired root I ran revoked to finish..... just a thought but really want to figure this out. Pm me for help or an answer
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jonnyphenomenon:
after purchasing a new HTC Merge last weekend I promptly went foraging for Root and Roms. I was not dissapointed.

While the procedure for rooting the merge is complicated, I followed instructions I found at 2fastroms dot com and gained S=off using the superoneclick and goldcard method.

once rooted, I was pleased to discover that a leaked copy of the gingerbread 2.3.4 with HTC Sense 2.1 rom was available for download, so I went right ahead and installed that.

I have to say, I am very pleased with the performance of this phone with this operating system. gingerbread is blazing fast and the sense2.1 ui has some nice features as well. while there arent a lot of custom roms available out there, at least you can have gingerbread, which is more than other phones can say.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jonnyphenomenon:
here it is, just released at US Cellular. the OFFICIAL 2.3.4 update right from the horses mouth!

Dont need to ROOT to install this!

uscellular.com /android /software.html

sorry, I cant post links because I am a noob!
[HTC Desire S] ieftm:
Hi guys,

The day has arrived:

AlphaRevX now includes support for the Desire S (HBOOT 0.98).

Hop on over to http://alpharev.nl/x/beta/

We'll use this as a support thread.

This version will also download and flash custom recovery if you want to, after getting S-OFF.

Note: the very first download missed some DLLs for the windows version, that should be included now.

Note2: There have been some reports (on dinc2) that the windows version might not always work like it should. Please report errors with that as descriptive as possible. The linux version should always work like it should.
[HTC Desire S] ghuk:
great news! is there a guide for a noob like me on how to s-off my Desire S using this software? thanks
[HTC Desire S] kkma1869:
FAILED

Hi there,

I've just tried to S-OFF my european Desire S several times, following the instructions posted for the Incredible S. Alpharevx connects to my phone, reboots to fastboot, waits, reboots to fastboot (again), waits .. then says FAILED.

I wonder if I'm doing something wrong or there's a problem with the windows version as you reported.

Thanks for the effort any way :)

EDIT: Downloaded the Linux version and it worked. I am now S-OFF :D
[HTC Desire S] taipan_snake:
Hi, AlphaRevX didn't work for me on Windows either, but it succeeded on Linux (Ubuntu 11.04). Anyway, thanks a lot for your effort, AlphaRev team :D
[HTC Desire S] bioan:
@taipan_snake - Could you please guide me on How To S-OFF it on Linux ? I also have a Ubuntu installed. Thanks !
[HTC Desire S] taipan_snake:
@badeaioan:

Well basically these are the steps that worked for me:

1. Download the Android SDK from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

2. Unzip and go into the folder you just downloaded

3. Run the 'android' application within the 'Tools' folder

4. Select 'Available Packages', and select 'Android SDK Platform-tools' and 'Android Compatibility package', and install these.

5. Make sure ADB can see your device by cd-ing into the SDK folder, and then the 'platform-tools' folder, and running './adb devices'. Your device should show up (mine had a string of question marks, but it should work as long as it is there)

6. Download AlphaRevX and get your beta key

7. Run AlphaRevX as root, and follow the instructions, and you should have S-OFF :D

Hope this helps :)
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
Sad :( windows version under review

-I tried the incredible version(long time ago :D ),(no SDK used) and it said my phone not suported bla bla, but the fact is that it was detected (with usb debuging on and phone conected in charge only)

one question: Do i need to get temp root for this to work?
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Finally !!!!! AlpharevX - a software s-off. This is awesome, for s-on guys for obvious reasons, and for s-off guys too. This is surely gonna increase dovelopment here !!!!!
[HTC Desire S] bioan:
Thank you for your response.

The problem starts on running AlphaRevX.

When I open gksu and try to open it, nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong ?
[HTC Desire S] taipan_snake:
@badeaioan:

I just used Terminal, cd-ed into the directory, and ran 'sudo ./alpharevx', and it worked for me...

EDIT: I think I now know what you mean... it's only a command-line app, so it would only run from terminal...
[HTC Desire S] bioan:
Thank you again. Finally I am S-OFF !!! Thank you AlphaRev X !
[HTC Desire S] sonikz:
Also now S-OFF! thnx to the AlpharevX guys!
[HTC Desire S] Rechargelegend:
also s-off great thanks! Let the rom madness begin.
[HTC Desire S] chiekurz:
That's a great news! But question, before I try to S-Off.

Can S-on be restored using RUU after Soffing my device?

I would like to keep some warranty options available after all :)

/Chie
[HTC Desire S] MadChicken:
It's working on my Desire S. Finally S-OFF-ed...

Thank You!
[HTC Desire S] jh787:
Hi

I am new to linux and i am getting a "waiting for device " message when i try to run the linux version.

I have googled to my wits end but can't work out why it is not detecting my phone.

Can anyone shed some light please??
[HTC Desire S] taipan_snake:
@jh787:

Hi, have you installed ADB and made sure it can find your device?
[HTC Desire S] loveboatcaptain:
great news for all you s-on´ies :D

hope to see some of you around in my development post for saga lbc mod.

happy rooting, flashing and playing ;)

regards
[HTC Desire S] lennshow66:
Hopefully things brings more dev to the htc desire s :):)
[HTC Desire S] Mental_Atom:
Works perfect from Linux (Ubuntu), and so easy too!

If it isn't working, remember you need to have USB debugging on for ADB to find the device.
[HTC Desire S] Lord Lucan:
Can any body tell us whats the work around for windows "invalid key?"

Thanks.
[HTC Desire S] nodeffect:
try using the linux method...
[HTC Desire S] ems328i:
To paste, right click on the top part of the AlphaRevX program window and you will get an option to paste, that solved the issue for me...
[HTC Desire S] Lord Lucan:
Thanks ems328i. It has worked. Now S is Off! I didnt have wifi ready at the time so couldnt install clock work mod recovery.

PS: Best way to flash newrom? All I want is hacking audio as it is low and inbuilt sip settings to accept 3G connections. Thanks again.
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
Good news !!!

Now alpharev supports hboot 0.98.0002

Also new site Unrevoked+Alpharev :D

http://revolutionary.io/
[HTC Desire S] Adidas108:
nice :) :)
[HTC Desire S] jh787:
I have downloaded the android sdk but i can not work out how to install adb as i dont have the "platform-tools" folder and i cant get the android file to run as the instructions with download tell me.
[HTC Desire S] Mental_Atom:
Go into the 'tools' folder and run the 'android' application. Then install the bottom entry (compatibility) and 'platform-tools' then it should work...
[HTC Desire S] jh787:
The android app wont run.

when i double click it i get the option to run, when i choose this option nothing happens.

if i try to run via terminal it gives me a "no java" error but i have installed both java runtime and jdk(twice)

??

****EDIT****

Don't know what done it but it worked and i am now s-off!"!!!

Wahaay

Thanks for your help people.
[HTC Desire S] petreski:
=============================

| AlphaRev-X HBOOT S-OFF tool |

=============================

Waiting for device...

Found your device: HTC Desire S (saga-0.98.0000, Android: 2.3.3)

This is a beta release and requires a beta release key.

Please visit: http://alpharev.nl/x/beta for more information.

Enter beta key [serial: HTxxxxxxxxx]: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Invalid beta key, aborting...
[HTC Desire S] chris5s:
@ieftm : many thanks for your (& others) work on this.

Successfully s-offed my DS using the beta app.

Peace :D
[HTC Desire S] kondejm:
someone can share with me link to alpharev beta v2?is not available on a website.
[HTC Desire S] jh787:
Link is in first post of this thread
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Any idea what the prob is with the windows app or how long before its up again?
[HTC Desire S] chris5s:
I didn't have adb installed and don't believe its necessary for alpharevx to work. Well, it can't be as I did it without :)
[HTC Desire S] tabarda:
Who can put the application for windows?

I know it can not work, but I would like to test.

Thanks.
[HTC Desire S] kondejm:
link for windows download doesnt work at this moment
[HTC Desire S] alexander.kilian:
S-OFF worked like a charm

couldnt wait for the Windows version

put Ubuntu on a USB, booted, downloaded alpharev, ran the app with sudo (didnt find the phone without sudo)

now i run Virtuous Unity 1.27.0 Sense 3.0 and love it . . .
[HTC Desire S] jh787:
you wont be able to as you need a key which yoo can no longer get for windows until the bugs are fixed.

Do what i did and install linux and use that.
[HTC Desire S] brokenworm:
Hehe you can use this one here :

http://marsdroid.6te.net/alpharevx.zip for Windows

as long as you can request the beta2 key..

It dont work on dinc2..

Happy FLASHING

Marsdroid

Sent from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Desire S] ahanson86:
success

just throught i would post a success story, worked first time without any issues,
[HTC Desire S] superkid:
Installing Ubuntu just for this :)

The big question is what should i do after i s-off the phone? what are the steps to installing a new rom xD
[HTC Desire S] Skanob:
Quick question: Do you prefer running on USB Stick or Ubuntu Installer on Windows? Which one works best? difference?

Will you recommended to me using Ubuntu as I'm a complete noob on it? (setup, installation)

Am just going to use it for the sake of S-OFF-ing my phone. nothing else.

Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] jh787:
Just use the installer, It was easy.

You got nothing to lose, i installed Ubuntu for the sake of s-off too.

Running a new rom and so far it is looking coooool.
[HTC Desire S] davidreece:
my phone is 0.98.0002 so i take it i will have to factory reset before this will work
[HTC Desire S] jh787:
see this post to downgrade

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13779557&postcount=1
[HTC Desire S] chris5s:
Just run off a cd without installing, much easier.

Peace
[HTC Desire S] codryn:
| AlphaRevX HBOOT S-OFF tool 0.2pre |

===================================

Waiting for device...

And still waiting.... I`m using linux (first time when using this). How much time do I have to wait ?

edit: I wasn`t in root mode...now is working

edit: ty AlphaRevX now I`m s-off

Acquiring root (method 2)...

(if we hang here for a *long* time [15mins+], please reboot your phone and try again.)

Sending in Caroline...

Cleaning up...

Rebooting to fastboot...

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!

Waiting for fastboot...

Rebooting to fastboot (again)...

Waiting for fastboot...

SUCCESS - Life gave us lemons, we didn't make lemonade!

Do you want to download (Internet connection required) and flash ClockworkMod Recovery? [Y/n] y

Downloading recovery for your phone (saga)...Done.

Flashing recovery over fastboot...SUCCESS!

now question: i`m rooted or i`m only S-Offed ?
[HTC Desire S] Tuptup:
Hey guys,

Sorry for my ignorance but will this work if im running ubuntu through windows installer?
[HTC Desire S] slvrbllt:
Good question!

Is anybody able to give us an answer?

Thanks!
[HTC Desire S] davidreece:
thanks but i think ill just wait, not in any rush really happy with sense as is for the moment :)
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
can this be done through ubuntu running on vmware player on windows 7?
[HTC Desire S] codding:
Use WUBI.. WUBI Can run UBUNTU in Windows.. From programs menu in windows u can delete any time..
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Not at all sure about Linux or UBUNTU so will wait and keep fingers crossed the windows version comes back
[HTC Desire S] slugger09:
Can OFF be put back ON in case if warranty?
[HTC Desire S] superkid:
Works Great! :)
[HTC Desire S] :
Excellent news! Well done!
[HTC Desire S] MengaHTC:
I read around in forums that the XTC Clip is Unrevokable!! Seems that you can't back to S-ON..
[HTC Desire S] ignited:
Life gave us lemons, we didn't make lemonade!!
[HTC Desire S] ignited:
Check => Desire S>Android General>First S-OFF with alpharevx

there is written the solution for s-on..
[HTC Desire S] ieftm:
Remove that link. We pulled the windows version for a reason.
[HTC Desire S] bronx:
hm... any ETA for windows version? see, my laptop (dell xps m1330) is dead (waiting for new mobo) and I have problems running linux on my wifes philips freevents... any other options??
[HTC Desire S] slvrbllt:
@ieftm

First of all please let me thank you for what you've done for us.

I have S-OFFed my device fine. I tried to re-install the official RUU (1.28.401.1) just to check whether the device turned S-ON again.

Well, it doen't. Is there any way to revert it back (just in case I needed my warranty).

After the update I lost the Clockworkmod recovery obviously. I've seen that it was version 4.0.0.4 for AlphaRevX. Am I safe to flash any other version? If not how could I reinstall it? (re-running the AlphaRevX tool did not help!)

Thanks for your support.
[HTC Desire S] slugger09:
Yep unless it can be put on again I think I will avoid.
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Not at all confident with UBUNTU will wait till the windows prob is sorted
[HTC Desire S] slugger09:
In doing this would I loose the UMA feature of my Orange ROM?
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
I installed ubuntu..and couldn't do a thing :D

I'm totaly noob in linux.. managed to open the terminal ....and that's about it.

sudo ./alpharevx unknown command..

cd /Desktop and then sudo.... still nothing

some help :D?

I don't know sht about ubuntu :)
[HTC Desire S] kartikk:
type

cd /home/<username>/Desktop

then type

sudo ./alpharevx

i know nothing of ubuntu too:D but it wasn't so bad for my first try :) thought it took some time to understand

& btw the commands are case sensitive

& dont forget to turn usb debugging on :)
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
<myusername>@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo ./alpharevx

sudo: ./alpharevx: command not found

I placed alpharevx.tgz and also the extracted alpharevx on the ubuntu desktop.
[HTC Desire S] pandollar:
Nothings working for me, really starting to hate the phone.
[HTC Desire S] antifish:
works like a charm!

Linux Mint 11

Desire S (-Off now :D)
[HTC Desire S] .sh4d0w.:
I did it :D

Waiting for device...

Found your device: HTC Desire S (saga-0.98.0000, Android: 2.3.3, ROM version: 1.28.401.1)

This is a beta release and requires a beta release key.

Please visit: http://alpharev.nl/x/beta for more information.

Enter beta key [ serial: HT13GTJ02270 ]: kFWsnBsNGtd6n7jL

Beta key accepted - thank you for participating!

Acquiring root (method 2)...

(if we hang here for a *long* time [15mins+], please reboot your phone and try again.)

Sending in Caroline...

Cleaning up...

Rebooting to fastboot...

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!

Waiting for fastboot...

Rebooting to fastboot (again)...

Waiting for fastboot...

SUCCESS - Life gave us lemons, we didn't make lemonade!

Do you want to download (Internet connection required) and flash ClockworkMod Recovery? [Y/n] y

Downloading recovery for your phone (saga)...Done.

Flashing recovery over fastboot...SUCCESS!

Thank you Alpharev
[HTC Desire S] kidphuong:
Desire S S-OFF now. Thanks :D
[HTC Desire S] XZ32:
if anyone got probs:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15486696&postcount=138

Just dont follow steps 13, 14 (since this is for another phone)

followed this to the teeth and only took me 10 mins to get s-off LOL

Tnx alpharevx!!!!!

Time to get root and flash me some sense 3.0 :D
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Thankyou my friend ,worked like a charm :)

This is a beta release and requires a beta release key.

Please visit: http://alpharev.nl/x/beta for more information.

Enter beta key [ serial: HT13JTJ28343 ]: u8AB15KYuV25uayR

Beta key accepted - thank you for participating!

Acquiring root (method 2)...

(if we hang here for a *long* time [15mins+], please reboot your phone and try again.)

Sending in Caroline...

Cleaning up...

Rebooting to fastboot...

When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!

Waiting for fastboot...

Rebooting to fastboot (again)...

Waiting for fastboot...

SUCCESS - Life gave us lemons, we didn't make lemonade!

Do you want to download (Internet connection required) and flash ClockworkMod Recovery? [Y/n] y

Downloading recovery for your phone (saga)...Done.

Flashing recovery over fastboot...SUCCESS!

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
[HTC Desire S] dan-fish:
forgive me for asking, but is it even necessary to download the android sdk?
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Doesn't seem to be dan-fish
[HTC Desire S] XZ32:
not if u use the livecd method ;)

just DL ubuntu, burn image to disk and restart. follow the instructions i posted above and ull b set in 10 mins ;)
[HTC Desire S] Dodolom:
I am about to lose my mind with UBUNTU. When I follow the commands on the link above, after typing sudo ./alpharevx it is asking for a password and I enter the password for my UBUNTU, it says command not found.
[HTC Desire S] det66:
the password is from the link for alpharevx on the 1st page of the thread
[HTC Desire S] Dodolom:
Do you mean the beta key? I tried that too, No luck.
[HTC Desire S] det66:
when you start aplharevx is gives a key you put into the web page and it gives you the beta key.. which you put back into alpharevx .

I never installed UBUNTU just ran it from disc
[HTC Desire S] Dodolom:
There must have been something acting funny. I re-started ubuntu and did the same stuff I did before, this time it did accept my password and then had to enter the beta key. I am all S-OFF.

Thanks for all the help guys. Now off to some custom ROM :)
[HTC Desire S] det66:
Right now I have S-OFF I have to find out what to do next ...any tips or pointers?
[HTC Desire S] ignited:
install rom manager, flash recovery, flash a rom...
[HTC Desire S] ghuk:
I downloaded wubi , linux installer for windows, then installed it. I'm currenty boot up on linux and I'm now in the process of downloading the the "installed package" in the android sdk, I don't know how big is this but I left it downloading for 6 hours now and it's still not done! Do Ireally need to download this long??

I don't have a burner that's why I can't burn the ubuntu file. Is there a other way to do this? Sorry I'm really a noob on using ubuntu.thanks
[HTC Desire S] Lord Lucan:
Thanks. Does my DS need to be downgraded before I attemt to do anything?

I used HTC Magic and Hero in the past and rooting was different in those days!

With previous phones I rooted them for audio hacks and wifi tethering. Well with the HS tethering is not a problem but sound is still low, And I would like to use Titanium backup etc.

Thanks to all you nice people.