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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] HopelesRomantc91:
Based on the second post in this thread where it said "locked bootloader" I had figured that it meant the bootloader would say "LOCKED" not "RELOCKED," because it said "locked bootloader" not "relocked bootloader." But if I misinterpreted that, then so be it.

So anyway, to the far more important question: is there any way to get any specific app(s) to think that my device is not rooted? The app pocketBLU won't let me put any videos on a rooted device. :/
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
there was a warning screen when you UNLOCKED it....

pretty much voided your HTC warranty right there....

and pocketBLU? man, i was just reading the reviews on that thing....even devices that arent rooted are getting labeled as such....great software
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Um... if you would've scrolled down a couple more posts, or even just did a basic search, you would've found this. It's on the very first page of the thread.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Mad Medik:
I'm having some difficulties with my unit so I'm going over everything I've done. Is the PH39IMG.zip file currently linked on Post #1 the CWM Recovery Beta 2 with functional offline charging? (I see that it is listed as 5.44 MB, the same size as the beta 2 from the CWM Recovery thread, but I'm pulling my hair out trying to pin down the problem...)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Yes, I updated it to the version that supports chargemode. Can you explain what difficulties you are having though?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] HopelesRomantc91:
Oh wow no one mentioned ever before just now and I totally didn't see that at all or click yes to unlock my bootloader...</sarcasm>

A simple "yes, you misinterpreted the second post" would've been sufficient guys. Seriously.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
*shrug*
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] samsat:
There seems to be a problem with filefactory. Is there anywhere else where the original factory ROM's mentioned on post #2 are hosted?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Looked at the original thread and it doesn't seem like there is another link currently. Filefactory is just undergoing heavy traffic right now it says. This makes sense due to megaupload and several others going down. All the people who used megaupload have to go somewhere else...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] wirelezzz:
works

ok done all this etc etc , how come my ex sd wont mount ? i cant see the files on ext sd
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] samsat:
I have just attempted to root my Vivid.

The unlock went smoothly and then I put the PH39IMG zip and VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2 zip onto the ROOT directory of the sd card and did an H boot. It found the files and asked me to hit the volume button to update which I did.

Titanium and Busybox both say the phone is not rooted.

As soon as I figure out how, I will try the 2nd method.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
So you booted into HBOOT and hit the volume button which updated the PH39IMG. Did you forget to go back into recovery and flash the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2 zip? Follow the steps carefully after doing the hboot update.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] samsat:
Oops, forgot to do that part. According to Titanium backup I am rooted. Thanks.

I did the backup while there.

Backup completed.

During the process it said

No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.

No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.

Is this normal?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
Hi,

I have just got the Velocity 4G (Telstra in Australia)

Is this for my handset...in really confused about the naming on this phone HTC seem to have made a total balls up of this one!

Also can someone advise on whether there is a Senseless rom floating about...I have noticed a lot of AT&T specific roms...

Thanks so much in advance for any advice!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Yes, this guide should work. They are all essentially the same phone. And at the moment, all we have is an array of Sense ROMs. We do have an ICS AOSP ROM but it is a work in progress.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
so if i flashed an AT&T rom to my handset it wouldnt screw it up?

thanks
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
If you flash an AT&T CUSTOM ROM from XDA, then you will be fine. Just don't flash the AT&T shipped stock RUU.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
Lol yeah, thats what I was meaning!

thanks

Even though I have the HTC Velocity 4G, when using the HTC boolloader unlock do i select HTC Vivid AT&A as my device?

thanks again
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] shakeym:
Even though I have the HTC Velocity 4G, when using the HTC boolloader unlock do i select HTC Vivid AT&A as my device?

What you do is select the All other supported devices that is what I did and it worked for me.

Cheers...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
Hi,

THanks for the reply...is there a way to unlock without using that ****ty HTCDEV site...

it keeps failing to let me use the site. I have confirmed the account via the activation email, every time i log in it sais success, but then i still remain logged out.

FCUK I have had this device for 1 hour and im already pissed off with it...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
Just tried step 2 method 1 and I get

"Model ID Incorrect!"

Update Fail

Press Power to reboot.

What is wrong with your PH39IMG.zip?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
Hi,

How did you install the recovery? I am guessing since you are in australia, using telstra you will have the same handset as me...

I have tried to use this 3 times now and all I get is:

"Model ID Incorrect!"

Update Fail

Press Power to reboot.

any ideas?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] shakeym:
I have tried to use this 3 times now and all I get is:

"Model ID Incorrect!"

Update Fail

Press Power to reboot.

yep I had trouble with this method as well in the end some how i managed use the Flash command to install recovery.

cheers..

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"Model ID Incorrect!"

Update Fail

Press Power to reboot.

Go to this page it should solve your problem..

https://github.com/downloads/thecubed/android_device_htc_holiday/recovery-beta2.img

Cheers.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
yeah i had to use fastboot flash!

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thanks i just extracted the img from the file in the first post and flashed that...thanks any way for the link!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Interesting... I thought many other velocity owners got through everything with no errors.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] UnicornKaz:
better late then never but I'd ran into this when tried the NAND backup ... turns out.... you need to

take out the external SD card

because I had appz and stuff in there that CWM also tried to backed up and it froze and took forever...etc

once I took out the EXTERNAL CARD and tried it again ... the back up works ;)

~~~~~

update:

& if you're going to renamed it.... the backup name

cannot

have space(s) for it to

restored PROPERLY ...

:cool:
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
nah,

over here we have completely different CID, MID and mainver, your file says:

modelid: PH3910000

cidnum: CWS__001

mainver: 1.63.502.4

hbootpreupdate:12

DelCache:1

my device says:

modelid: PH3920000

cidnum: TELST001

mainver: 2.xx.xxx.4

but even when i added that to the file and reflashed it just refused to work!

there has to be a way to do this with wildcards! (probably less safe but then if you have an idiot with a HTC Diamond trying to flash the files then they probably deserve whatever the outcome is!!)

lol
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pauley:
Nevermind guys, figured it out.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] rquiett:
Just want to say thank you for putting this guide together. I am coming from the captivate and know that HTC devices are a little different and this made my life so easy to unlock bootloaders and to root. Thank you
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] harry655:
Hey guys, this really does seem like a superguide, if only I could root my velocity 4g. I've managed to unlock hboot but have had no luck with root.

My device is a ph3912000...

I really wanna get rid of this Telstra crap...

Sent from my HTC Velocity 4G
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bennec83:
Hi,

I am in the same boat, what you need to do it open the zip file, extract the recovery.img and the use fastboot flash!

use:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

this thread doesnt seem to work for telstra devices!!

I tried changing all of the info in the txt inside the zip to match our handsets and still no dice!!

use the above and you will be flying!

peace
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] harry655:
Thanks buddy, I nearly replied with a bunch of how to's not having used cmd before but i figured it out. Phew-& let the flashing begin! I guess:D

EDIT: hmmm, I still don't seem to have root. I attempted flashing VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2 zip file in bootloader but it failed. also tried frigid's supertool

Ummm scrap that. I looking at the vivid cwm file zip, I copped a Homer moment, cause I realised that file's meant to be flashed in recovery... DOH! and we're ROOTED
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Glad you guys found root. I'll go ahead and add a little part for telstra people to avoid future confusion.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] fcw89:
slapshot30 and pirateghost, just wanted to give you a huge thanks for this guide and root method. Just went through steps 1 and 2 without a single problem, with Titanium showing root.

Let the real fun begin!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] AllTheWay:
The return to stock for the zip for AT&T doesnt work for me. Anybody have the stock .zip to return to stock. Says bad image when in bootloader. I have downloaded the file more than once as well.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
you HAVE to relock the bootloader in order for it to work..
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] alhammaker:
Thanks for the Excellent Guide!

I rooted my phone today. Had no issues. Thank you for your most excellent guide!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dtien:
I am thinking about returning my black vivid for a white one and also take advantage of best buy's $50 gift card promo. Im wondering if AT&T would take back the "re-locked w/stock rom" phone.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] jmone:
I've unlocked and rooted my Velocity though yet to fash a Custom ROM. Is there a Telstra ROM if I want to go back to stock, or a way to create the image from my phone?

Thanks

Nathan
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
Footballs thread has all the readily available roms;)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Meercy:
wrong area. removed..
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bamonkey:
hey guys! just got my vivid in, coming from a captivate and cant wait to get this thing going.. just one problem i went to the unlock site in the OP and the unlock bootloader button doesnt seem to do anything at all. tried 3 different web browers AND on my old and new phone but same thing its just like a button mocking me? any tips? be gentle its my first time to the vivid side of the forum :p

edit: i think it must have been on their side...after 5 minutes it looks like i can proceed now.. thx anyways :[
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] psupernak:
I have a HTC vivid and i unlocked bootloader suseccfully. I flashed some roms but now i would like to out the telstra rom as im in australia. I downloaded the telstra RUU, re locked by bootloader and tried to follow the option 1 in the 2nd post of this thread. I followed the RUU instructions and after it says updating signature i get ERROR [130] Model ID error..

I take it that it knows its not a Velocity..

Is there anyway i can load the telstra rom onto a HTC vivid??
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mrakifa:
While trying to flash a rom in recovery

Quick question when i am in fastboot and trying to select "recovery" to follow your steps it doesn't let me go any further...is there something I am doing wrong...I am rooted and bootloader unlocked...any help would be appreciated...thanks in advance
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
did you fastboot flash CWM recovery?

if you dont have CWM, you obviously cant flash anything thats made for CWM.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mrakifa:
thanks...

I'm a noob at this stuff so that's why any help would be great

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I followed the steps but when I try to boot into "recovery" the htc logo flashes and takes me to a different screen with an exclamation mark...I am trying to flash the cwm recovery from my sd card but i cannot even get to the point where it lets me install zip from sd...any suggestions?

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I am trying to flash rumraider rom
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] strose09:
Make sure USB debugging is turned on. Again just follow the superguide word for word and don't skip any steps.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mrakifa:
...

I have followed every step, step by step, everytime in hboot I select recovery it takes me to an htc screen and then a screen with an exclamation...don't know what i'm doing wrong
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] strose09:
Can you verify that you are rooted? You can test it by opening up titanium backup. I would try to flash the zip file again with the recovery. Perhaps it was a bad download.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mrakifa:
thats the thing i cannot open recovery...and yes i am rooted
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] pside15:
Did you flash recovery through fastboot? That's what it sounds like the issue is.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] strose09:
Sorry for the confusion I mean I would download the PH39IMG.zip file again or just start from scratch relocking and unlocking the bootloader.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] mrakifa:
woohoo

thats exactly what the issue was...thank you for your help
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] tennockey:
nandroid restore

Cant seem to restore my original stock nandroid I made yesterday. I just tried out 2 roms, and wanting to restore the stock cause I like it better. Its not letting me restore normally through the recovery. didn't know if anyone has run into this issue
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
more info would be helpful...and dont know what recovery your using
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
We have had some issues with backup/restore but I believe only with the older CWM recovery. As WC said, a little more info like what recovery youre using would be helpful. WC has a nice new recovery that has all the kinks worked out, you might want to switch to that.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] tennockey:
No worries. I think I did the backup in CWM and tried to restore from the recovery of the illuminati rom. Idk, I just ended up using the PH39IMG.zip to restore to stock. If I run into the issue next time i'll try and get more info, but it seems like no one else really had the issue so it was probably me flashing something weird in fastboot, cause im not used to anything really other than CWM. Thanks to both of you for the reply though. Cheers

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oh and slapshot....your logo made me miss Peter Forsberg : (
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
older cwm backup probably wont/wouldnt restore with newer recovery as it had issues and the new one doesnt....

WC
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
Glad you got it figured out. And ah I know it, sakic too. They used to be the dream team in hockey.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] tennockey:
freakin absolutely
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bangorang:
I don't know if I really suck at searching or just really stupid, but how the heck do I flash a kernel using the flashgui program... I tried flashing bananacakes holicakes kernel with it and it keeps telling me it isn't a valid .zip file... I'm now using a mac because I'm no longer living in a place with a Windows computer and I can't flash a kernel now... :(
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
use fastusb commands much easier and much more reliable, your on unix so should be 1,2,3....
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bangorang:
Only hockey team I followed was the avalanche. And I live in LA. But I'm a Denver boy so Patrick Roy was the man.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bangorang:
Thank you so much, if I have more questions regarding this, how should I contact you?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
You're going to like what's on the walls of my basement then. :P
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
no worries feel free;)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bangorang:
Ok I searched the forums and couldn't find fastusb command and what the heck it actually is... Like I just want to know the method for flashing a kernel without a pc... Even in phone would be great but the flashgui app won't read the .rar or .zip of the kernel...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
flashgui works great...

but the command you are looking for is FASTBOOT
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bangorang:
As in like hboot then fastboot USB? And then what?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pirateghost:
use a computer and fastboot flash the boot.img ?

:confused:
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] bangorang:
Well I think I figured out how to use the flashimagegui app. That was ultimately what I was trying to do. I didn't know you extract just the boot.IMG file. I thought I was supposed to select a whole .zip folder
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] homeslice976:
Cool - for future reference, to use fastboot you'll need to connect the phone to your computer, open terminal, and then navigate to the directory where fastboot and adb are installed (in platform-tools if you have the sdk installed). You'll also need to have copied boot.img to this directory. From that directory in terminal, enter

fastboot flash boot boot.img

Now you flashed the kernel, now boot to recovery and flash the ROM
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] zzoinks:
So how has this changed in light of the ICS release?

I'm still locked, never been rooted. I updated to ICS using the RUU posted by Pirateghost. I'm considering unlocking and flashing a custom ROM at some point in the near future and wanted to make sure I didn't overlay anything I'm not supposed to.

Thanks,

-Brett.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] strose09:
The superguide instructions will still apply the steps will be the same even if you upgraded to ICS. Unlock bootloader, flash recovery, flash rom.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dudeluv:
I understand I need to relock my Vivid to flash ICS, After I lock it, is it safe to install the ICS RUU that PG posted ? if I decide later I want a custom rom on, then I will have to go thru the un-locking process.

Is this correct or am I missing something?

Also, for us illiterate android noobs, it would be nice if someone would come out with a YouTube Video that shows a step by step guide showing exactly how to go thru all this.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] strose09:
You are correct you are not missing anything.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Kent Melton:
Phone stuck at HTC White screen on Boot

Hi. I first tried reverting to a stock rooted rom that I had backed up. After I restored that and my phone got stuck at the white HTC Boot screen. I then locked my bootloader and my phone did the same thing. I then followed the steps till through step two and that all loaded and i have recovery now. But, when I try and turn my phone on it gets stuck still at the HTC Boot screen. The PH39IMG image loaded, then i took It off my sd card and booted into recovery and then loaded the VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2 zip and it says it worked. And yet its still at the HTC White bootup screen. I have no idea what to do now.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] lebmb:
i'm fully stock, unrooted, bootloader locked, however i did flash the official ics ruu, anyway to revert back to official gb? i flashed the gb ruu and it stopped after a while and got error 140: bootloader version error

any suggestions would be great

thanks
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] russell1997:
Running the rooted stock rom is there a way to unlock wifi hotspot?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] lateral18:
flashing kernel

guys big question, after flashing the required kernel , using the easy kernel tool, does the rom suppose to boot??

the phone didn't boot after flashing the kernel. i took out the battery , and went to recovery and flashed the rom , is that the proper way ??
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Pumpiron579:
You flash the kernel then go into recovery and flash the Rom
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] lateral18:
thanks , i read through the whole thread , and pirate ghost had a link to a tool , and after it's flashed i can go to recovery and flash the rom. thanks

just one question . the vivid i root it . before i did the procedure the phone used to heat up a lot , during calls and regular use . is that normal , or is just this particular one ?

again thanks for the support ..
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] co.ag.2005:
does this process work on the ICS OTA? I am on Mac OS X and can't run the toolkit in the other thread. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] capman231:
Question

Does anyone know what version of recovery this is and does it work on ICS?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] megatronisabeast:
It is easiest to do on a windows computer. It can work on a mac but it is difficult. I tried and could not get it to work. Someone was making a tool for it, might check a few posts down to see if they still are.

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1562890

Go to the link above for the latest touch recovery aka cwm. Wild Child provided it and it is an awesome tool. Just remember to donate/thank him for his hard work for our community.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] co.ag.2005:
Thanks. I was finally able to get the drivers to install on my windows 8 bootcamp partition. So I'll use the tool from the other thread.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ottoman96:
Hey guys!!

Thank you VERY MUCH for this superguide... easy to follow and helpful!

PROBLEM!

I updated to ics and as of yet have been unable to get permaroot to work... I followed every step to the letter on both methods, with one exception. I have a newer version of recovery, WCX's CWM... other than that everything was the same. I get errors when i try to use the supertool in method 2 and method 1 never seemed to root it :/ Any ideas? Thanks!
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] megatronisabeast:
WCX CWM should already come rooted. He writes the script in to it. I never had to flash anything extra to get perm root once I flashed that.

Also, if you want to try out his roms, here is a link to his site:

http://www.wcxxperia-nce.com/index.php

You will have to register to see the vivid section. He has generic builds with tethering and stock builds with bloat removed with newer roms planned.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] ottoman96:
Thanks for the info! I wonder what I did wrong... it wasn't rooted after i flashed the recovery, maybe a ics problem?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Sizzlincok:
can someone reupload the rogers ruu?

i screwed up major and didnt read the posts >< flashed a ics rom onto my raider and i cant get into recovery...only fastboot..

how can i fix this?

i can only get into recovery for a split second and then the phone reboots..

i also have a cwm backup of my rogers rom if that helps...

any info would be awesome...thanks
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] MerlinOfLore:
I'm having the same issue. Relocked my stock phone, ran the RUU (which only took about 10 minutes), unlocked and have ICS but I am unable to get root to work.

Any ideas?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] :
Little video of something for the masses

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[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] slapshot30:
WC, is there anywhere that I can find your recovery in the PH39IMG zip format? Currently I find that is the easiest method to get recovery/root for some of the people needing it, and that is the method I've used in the guide from the start. If you prefer another method or find another easier, just let me know, but I'm still looking to integrate your recovery into the guide.