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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] mazharqayyum:
HTC Explorer A310B Rooting

Hello All,

I am new to android and this forum :). I recently bought HTC Explorer A310B which does have vodafone splash and few vodafone apps like skype, updates etc. I want to root my device and remove these apps plus splash screen. I am really confused about the current state of my device. Thing is though it has vodafone branding it does allows any SIM card to be used with it. I have installed the connect bot and it doesn't allows the root access. I can see i can move some apps to SD card but can't move the ones I want to like vodafone ones. If I start my phone by holding power + volume down button I see following information

*** LOCKED ***

PICO PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.01.0000

RADIO-1.10.80.18

OCT 6 2011, 18:52:23

HBOOT

<VOL, UP> to previous item

<VOL, DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

I want to know was this phone jail broken? If I update to android 2.3.6 while currently its 2.3.5 then can that simlock this phone? Can I remove the vodafone branding and apps from my mobile device? Can some body point me to some place where something similar was done before?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] chand9336:
Well Firstly You querry is at Wrong Place.. and you havent yet rooted your phone...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] iamwin:
Not yet rooted :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] manishrewa:
unable to boot htc explorer

i rooted my htc explorer, it works fine, but after 2 days i just do the factory reset and now it doesn't starts, comes a white screen with HTC only. Please help
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
which factory reset did you use ? the bootloader factory reset or CWM (clockworkmod recovery factory reset)

factory reset using bootloader will mess the installation up, solution re-flash your custom that you use throught CWM
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] iamwin:
will reseting through the settings menu lead to stucked device?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] gian569:
guys does it matter if phone is branded? can root and recovery be done/installed as if was an unbranded one?sorry but these are last minute's questions :mad:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] shortyoko:
iamwin- if you have a working rom, it should't but it's safer to do it from recovery.

gian569- mine is brandet too, was afraid of that but nothing strange happened or unusual happened.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] explorernoob:
Recovery.bat

Ahem.

This is not a reply to anyone in particular, but a request.

(I say this because I pressed reply)

So, yeah.

As I am a n00b(as my username says), I have a question which may seem n00bish to you guys.

Yeah. I unlocked my bootloader and proceeded the covery part.

Trouble is, I have a mac.:crying:

so.... its really hard!:confused:

however, when i did get my hands on a windows, i ran the .bat,

but it waited infinitely for my device!!:confused:

I tried my n00bish best to get it to run, but no command i type works!

can sm1 help?

please?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kumaruday:
htc explorer android crash

hi bro's can some one help me ...my htc explorer has been crashed .actually i had rooted my htc explorer its working fine but accidentally i had pressed factory reset option .now its not working .i could only see white screen .i kindly request you guys to help me fix this probelm ...i would be very thank full for you
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
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[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kumaruday:
thank u very much bro for your quick reply . i used in setting there is an option factory reset . i mean from the phone where we do all the setting from there i had pressed factory reset . now it got hangup .if this is not the answer please dont get frustated ..i am very poor regarding this softwares. you mentioned to re flash custom .i didnt understand .can you please tell me in detail and if you dont mind can you please send me any link so that i could download the software and reinstall it
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] manishrewa:
I use the "factory reset" from the option available in setting->Storage
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
ah that also will mess your installation too if you where rooted, I assume you got CWM installed and bootloader unlocked? if so you can flash jaggyrom (which is stock rom with root already installed) or any other Custom rom in this forum, if you prefer to revert back to total stock you`ll need to re-lock your bootloader and flash a RUU package for your region (via sdcard), then unlock bootloader again, flash CWM recovery, install root through CWM......done....hope it helps
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] kumaruday:
thank you very much .....yes as you said i my mobile is unlocked . but i dont know where i could find that jaggy rome .

can you please guide me the procedure in detail .if you could please guide me step by step .i will be very thank full for you ...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
and you have CWM installed? to check turn off phone, then press and hold vol- (down) whilst still holding vol- press and hold power button for about 5 seconds (so both buttons pressed), you should see a menu white screen with info about bootloader, radio version, menu options will be "fastboot" "recovery" "factory reset" and "simlock" see attached pic1 choose Recovery with the volume keys on the side of phone, press power button to select it.....if CWM is installed you should see recovery menu with various option where you can install roms for our phone pico: see attached pic2

http://www.mediafire.com/?ksg3rs58gagf7 this is rooted stock jaggyrom with some nice tweaks, download the rom and copy it to your sdcard and follow these instructions here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24242126&postcount=948

you`ll find other roms (like cm9) for our pico here http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1754
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Xzan23:
ok..noob question alert:

im planning on rooting my phone and then installing the cm 9.1 build7...

im pretty sure i understand all of jaggyjags rooting tutorial. But i still feel im not on track with everything.

like what is cwm..the ext3 partition etc etc.

altough im sure if i follow the tutorial blindly ill successfully root my phone but i feel like i should know what is what and how this process works.

so can anyone give me a link where all these terms are explained along with all this ROM processes etc.

any help would really be appreciated.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Praveer:
Hello, I am planning to root my htc explorer. Well I just wanted to ask whether all data will be deleted when I have completed my root or do I back it up and then proceed.

Thank you

Praveer
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] StefDrums:
Rooting don't delete any data, but I suggest you to make a backup.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Praveer:
Hello,

Thanks a lot for your reply :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Praveer:
Hello, I have successfully rooted my mobile following this tutorial. Well I now want to install CM9. Could anyone please tell me whether I need to install clockworkmod or no need, to install CM9.

Thank you :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
yes if you wish to install any custom rom ie cm9/10 and also for backing up your current rom/s (for restoring later if ness) you will need to install CWM...................once you`ve installed CWM make a backup BEFORE you install any rom and make sure you have enough space on your sdcard (roughly 130mb per backup) :) .....have fun
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Praveer:
Thanks for your reply. But as mentioned in the tut I added A310 recovery after unlocking my bootloader. Can't we add Rom using that rather than CWM?

Regards

Praveer
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
if you are on about yannou`s recovery that is attached to the tut THAT is CWM (just modded with touch screen) 5
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Praveer:
I am talking of A310e.zip recovery attached in first post.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
yes that is CWM that yannou modded with touchscreen capabilities...install that
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Praveer:
I already have that :) I did the mentioned steps already.

So now can I install the Rom?

Also data on sd card while flashing Rom remain safe or will be deleted?

Thank you mate :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] :
yes you can..... BUT make backup 1st (just in case) and yes so long as you DONT format sdcard your data on sdcard will be fine ie pics/videos etc

good luck
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Praveer:
Hey, thanks for your reply once again. Just one last question. According to instructions given in cyanogen mod 9 thread :

- Make sure you're running a proper working ClockworkMod-Recovery

- Copy GApps and CM9 ZIPs to your SDCard

- Boot into Recovery

- Flash CM9 zip from SDCard

- Flash GApps zip from SDCard

- DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET (otherwise your device will be stuck at boot)

- Reboot

- Don't restore data using Titanium Backup! they might cause FC's

- Restoring Apps + Data might cause problems and is not recommended, avoid it if possible!

I can't restore my data as that would cause problems also I need to do factory reset? So all internal memory data will be deleted right? But I can restore sd card data back or I can't restore it back as that gonna create problem as well?

Sorry for so many questions but I wanna be sure before I proceed with this.

Regards

Praveer
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Xzan23:
bro your sd card data will remain untouched...only your internal memory will be wiped clean...still no harm in backing up ur sd card too.

so it wont cause a problem because u never lost the data ...why restore? :)

i was in ur position a few days ago...just go ahead with the process... it'll be smooth i assure you
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] undomielle:
Hello. I'm interested in rooting my recently bought htc explorer, mainly due to the annoying low memory issue, so I've read this thread throughout and having also researched on the internet a lot, this seems to be the most reliable rooting method. So many thanks to all the contributors (Thanks button to follow. This is just my first post on the forums!)

However, I think there are a few things that I still have not clarified, so I would appreciate some answers to the following please:

1. According to the following blog, usb debugging must be enabled first. I know the described process is slightly different there, but can you please clarify if usb debugging must be enabled to follow jaggyjags' method too, just in case?

http://htcexplorertips.blogspot.gr/2012/05/guide-to-root-your-htc-explorerpico.html

2. Which USB connection type must be used when connecting the device to pc? "Charge only", "HTC Sync", or "Disk Drive" mode? It's pretty obvious that the other two ("USB tethering" and "Internet Pass-Though") are not suitable choices, but I am unsure about the above mentioned three ones. Or are these choices not applicable to bootloader mode at all?

3. In terms of the potential danger of ending up in bootloop: The "factory reset" option that should NOT be selected is the one located in recovery mode? or fastboot mode? or is it located in either mode? Also, I note that factory resetting from the standard Android menu in the phone Settings is safe, but then someone reported issues with that option as well. Can you please provide updated info? (if available of course)

4. Despite point 3, I understand that the "factory reset" option from "recovery" / "fastboot" mode is REQUIRED if I wish to flash JaggyRom 3 (or did I get this wrong?). So, will this not lead to the dreadful bootloop after all? Meaning, how will "Install zip from SD Card" be selected if I end up in a white screen? (Just using the info provided by this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24242126&postcount=948)

I hope that was all clear. Sorry if it these are already addressed, but I did read throughout and I could not find definite answers to the above. Many thanks for your time.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Xzan23:
Hey. first of all let me assure you nothing will go wrong... i had the same doubts a few days ago and eveything fell in place when i rooted my explorer.

1 and 2. it really doesnt matter if debugging is on or off and what mode ur phone is in. because when u connect ur phone to ur pc to unlock the bootloader, it'll be in the fastboot mode, so ur device wont ask you for a mode to select.

3 and 4. the factory reset option NOT to be selected is in the fastboot mode.

the factory reset/data wipe option SHOULD be selected is in the recovey mode. it clears all ur internal memory so ur mod is installed fresh and with no problems...some say you should select it before AND after the flashing process.

i just selected it after the flashing (as per cm9 instructions.)

and yea DO NOT use the factory reset from the phone settings that ur talking about. as far as i hear its the same as the fastboot factory reset and will cause bootloops.

just follow instructions word to word and ull be good to go :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] undomielle:
Excellent! This is exactly as I suspected, but I wasn't sure of the risks involved, so I thought I'd ask.

So, no resetting at all if I just want to root, yes to resetting from recovery mode if i want to flash a rom, no to resetting from fastboot mode / settings at all. ever.

Fantastic. Thanks so much for being so clear on this. I've done that hack to install almost any app to the sd without rooting, and I did move some apps to sd storage, but it just isn't enough. The phone's memory is ridiculously small. I can't even update google maps / voice / youtube in order for the phone to have some decent internal memory intact.

I think I'll give this a go soon and report back here. I'm sure all will be fine :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Xzan23:
yes quite right...and if ur just rooting for increased internal memory for apps....them ur in for a treat my friend.

check out the custom ROMs in the development section. Specially CM9 if ur an ics fan.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] undomielle:
Just came back to confirm that this guide worked flawlessly for me too. I followed this tutorial step-by-step, exactly as described by jaggyjags and successfully rooted my HTC Explorer with no problems whatsoever. Sense UI, apps, wifi, etc are all fully functional. Thanks to everyone again! (Now I have to read some more regarding supported keyboard languages on the custom roms, if I can update stuff or not with the stock rom - hopefully it's fine to update just the apps - etc etc etc, but I'm sure I'll figure it out!)

Can I only make one suggestion: it might be useful to add the nandroid backup process in the tutorial (maybe place it between steps 3 and 4), as I note that many people ran into problems whilst rooting and had not kept a backup of their rom. I had to read through several threads / posts in here to figure it out. But up to you obviously. This guide is fantastic anyway. Thanks again!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Xzan23:
thats actually a very good suggestion...even i didnt know nothing about the nandroid backup when i rooted... But everything went flawlessly
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Umar Farooq:
my phone is not starting

i rooted my explorer then i delete google maps and gmail from phone using titanium backup then i restore my mobile to factory settings... now my mob is not starting... plz help me.. what should be do now??? plz quick reply :((
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Xzan23:
hey relax..what exactly do u mean?

ur phone aint powering up? or the software aint loading?

first of all let me tell u that should NEVER use the factory reset in the phone settings or fastboot mode.

it causes ur phone to go in bootloops...im guessing ur experiencing that now.

What you need to do:

turn off phone> Go into recovery> mount as usb storage and and connect phone to pc> transfer a custom rom into ur sd card like cm9, jaggy jags > Wipe data/ factory reset option in the 'recovery'. NOT in the fast boot mode> install the rom.zip through sd card > and ur good to go.

hit me back with the results
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] sam789:
Is it possible to update the superuser from the market ? Because my phone tell me there is an update available but I don't know if it's safe to do this. Thanks
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] xpmode:
It is.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jaggyjags:
HTC sync never detected my phone but I still needed it installed in order to flash the recovery.

Never install avast again :)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] rroger:
I will say in defence of avast that it seemed very good and will probably install it again. The problem with what i did is I allowed certain options on it to get access to root level. These are optional. In hindsight I should have completely uninstalled avast before reflashing. I dont think I will even bother to root my new phone. I only did it really to see what it did and it allowed me to put in a different sim card and get all my old contacts from it. Now i have those contacts off my sim I dont think I will need to root it again. If i ever do root it again I certainly wont be allowing anti theft to access my root again lol
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ByPixel:
Sorry guys, follows below my reply in Italian for another Italian user :)

Segui passo passo prima le istruzioni sul sito htcdev e la guida del primo post, utilizzando i file presenti che già sono stati corretti per il problema al wi-fi.

Non fare alcun restore settings. Non posso aiutarti molto sul backup in quanto, i tools che ho trovato in seguito per farlo, necessitavano del root.

Scrivimi in privato qui sul forum se qualcosa non ti è chiaro! ;)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ivanmemento:
thanks to this comunication on xda developer

sorry for this two post in italian but is only way to be sure, thanks again

Grazie mille per il tuo aiuto sei la mia salvezza, sinceramente avrei voluto risponderti in privato ma non so dove trovare invia messaggio, insomma non importa per il backup, piuttosto con solo la root posso rimuovere tutte le varie porcherie di voda.fone ?i file li ho scaricati un giorno fa quindi ce gia la stringa con notepad++ modificata; comunque adesso provo a seguire alla lettera, per il resto onde evitare di postare messaggi qui mi puoi dire un modo per mandarteli direttamente grazie mille sono felicissimo che mi hai risposto cosi tempestivamente pensavo avrei aspettato mesi:)

grazie ancora sei gentilissimo!!

thanks to xda developers
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] ByPixel:
@ ivanmemento You are welcome!

To send me a private msg click over my name on left column, near the online antenna icon -> send private message to...

Then you can see if you have new messages on right top part of the page under the logout button

Good luck! ;)
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] amvaamva:
thks a lot! I did every thing exactly as you said... it worked just fine! Great work!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Zetaxxx:
Hi, when i run the batch i have this error:

C:\Users\Zeta\Desktop\A310E Recovery-1>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

sending 'recovery' (4688 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.866s]

writing 'recovery'...

(bootloader) signature checking...

FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)

finished. total time: 1.445s

C:\Users\Zeta\Desktop\A310E Recovery-1>pause

Someone can help me, please!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] stm00192:
Just for the info...

I just installed recovery and rooted my explorer keeping my stock swedish rom and everything works like a charm...

No wifi problems, no bootscreen looping

Everything is perfect....

Link2sd a must have aplication for this phone!!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jaggyjags:
Did you unlocked bootloader using the step by step tutorial from htcdev.com??
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Zetaxxx:
:eek: Ops my fault!

Thank you very much! Now i have rooted phone at first try!!

Great guide!!!
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Cosmoon:
Ok I'm having a that's acting just a tiny bit strange. After a week searching google, this and other forums, downloading a few different RUU's, boot.img, recovery.img and rom's. And talking it over with jaggyjags. I decided to use my last help-line and just throw in the group. K here we go.

Pre-info:

Phone has been unlocked with "Unlock Bootloader" at htc-dev so on the fastboot screen it shows:

*** UNLOCKED ***

PICO PVT SHIP S-ON RL

HBOOT-1.01.0000

RADIO-1.10.80.13M2

Nov 3 2011,18:05:38

I installed the "Android USB Driver" from http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install

I installed Android-sdk and htc-sync.

I'm working on a windows 7 64 bit.

For the moment i've got the recovery.img from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1380086 installed.

So now i've to install the rom. So just a week ago there was only a Chinese/english 1 out. this 1 pico_ax918_11161_anzhi.zip =https://rapidshare.com/files/248493406/pico_ax918_11161_anzhi.zip" and it installed without a problem.

Only thing is my Chinese is non existing and the phone actually belonging to my girlfriend who's english is not that great. I started to look for a rom with more system language options.

Luckly Yannou90 came out with a europe based rom so i tried to flash that, but that didn't work.

Then i got the link to Htc_Explorer_MasterMind_Rom.zip ="https://rapidshare.com/files/1368156742/Htc_Explorer_MasterMind_Rom.zip from jaggyjags and a cleaned version of it but both don't work.

The Mastermind rom combined with the over-clock kernel even push the phone into boot-loop which starts to annoy real fast.

Or simply keep rebooting into recovery, which is handy but limits the possebility of the phone ;)

So question is why does 1 rom works and the other fails

---------- Post added at 09:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 PM ----------

Btw i allready played around with different combo's like taking the boot.img from 1 and put it in the zip of an other. Lot's of strange behavior but no real boot.

uhmm now that i think of it the htc pico is damn hard to brick :D
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jaggyjags:
How did you flash the recovery? Download the recovery from this thread, extract all the files and open recovery.bat

That was it? :thumbup:
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] Cosmoon:
Well i had that one installed 2 days ago but changed to the one from Yanoo90.

I'll quickly wipe, formate the hell out this demon phone and retry with this one freshly downloaded

---------- Post added at 10:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:04 PM ----------

Did wipe data and both cache in recovery + did a factory reset in fastboot

Then flashed this recovery.

Rebooted into recovery and installed zip from sdcard and choose this mastermind rom

rebooted system now

...

Got white screen with htc on,...

screen went black and almost immediately that same white screen pops up,...

screen went black again,...

and comes back on showing the recovery menu.

Lol i'm getting dizzy from going in circles :D
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] akya22:
Hi,

Explorer is my first android phone and I am going to attempt rooting for the first time.. I had a few questions and I will be glad if you can provide a bit clarification..

1. I have a few apps installed.. Will I lose any of them during rooting process? ( I know you mentioned this doesn't change anything but somewhere I read that the guy lost everything and went back to stock )

2. Does the process you mentioned involves any backup option.. and what should be done in case something goes bad?

3. About partitioning for link2sd, I have a 4gb SD card which has app folders all over.. I have copied them elsewhere.. so should I make 2 partitions and after that copy back those folders?

Don't laugh just humor me please :P still trying to get hang of things...
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jaggyjags:
sure, with the program mini tool partition wizard you may not copy them if you dont want, it doesnt eliminate it, but it is at your own choice, apps wont be eliminated.

you will not eliminate anything with this method, no chance of loosing your data.
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] 7alvi:
hello i have rooted my device...everything workks great...Thankss!! bt there is one problm..

I have made 2 partitions of my sd card and installed link2sd and moved my files to sd bt when I see the partitions again in MiniPartition tool, the second FAT32 partition i made is empty..and I think the first one is having less space then before!! in which partition does my apps are stored left or right?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] jaggyjags:
dont move them to sd, set install location to automatic, then mark all apps and select

link

applications.

reboot phone and see.

select to auto link and relink library files at boot. :)