[HTC Desire C] AirCombat:
I ran out of room!!

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RELOCKING BOOTLOADER & UNROOTING

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[I can't believe there's a 30000 character limit! New updates will have to be in subsequent posts. I can't believe I forgot to reserve the second post for myself!]

So by request... I'd like to point out that rooting with superboot makes it a bit harder to un-root. At this point I'm only writing the part about re-locking the bootloader... I have to do a bit more research before I have the unroot down pat. FYI in order to get OTA (over the air) updates from HTC you need to unroot. HOWEVER the newest version of Nameless is now at 6.0 and is based off of

the newest release for the Desire C from HTC

-- so it probably won't need to be updated for a while!

I'd also like to point out that if you made a backup of the original ROM in step 3 at the very top, this whole process would be unnecessary! Just restore the backup you made then and you're done!

WARNING: If your device's CID is NOT HTC -- for example 02 Wireless/Bell Canada etc. (if you bought your phone from a wireless carrier and NOT factory unlocked) these instructions will NOT work. Instead try to get the firmware from your wireless carrier (if it's available) and try to flash that. DO NOT flash the RUU below as it will softbrick your phone.

RELOCKING BOOTLOADER

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First thing you need to do is download the stock ROM (also known as a RUU for you newbs out there :) - read the above warning!) here.

Just realized there's the new RUU in a post here in this forum! If you want the newer RUU (2.0) get it here

Download from the first post

Once you've got that .exe, run the wizard until you get to the first screen. Now you need to find the temporary folder that it just extracted all its files into... open My Computer and at the top of the screen, in the navigation bar, type %temp%. There's probably a whole bunch of stuff, but look for two folders that have really long, messy (encrypted) names. One of them will have ROM.zip in it.

EDIT: If you have Nameless installed, or you used superboot, then go into the apps on your phone and select "SuperSU" and go into the menu. Look for the "Cleanup for full unroot" option and run that first. This should help with any problems.

Open this ROM.zip with WinRAR and extract recovery.img to C:\Android

IF IT ASKS YOU TO OVERWRITE because you have your CWM recovery file in there still, make sure you copy THAT one somewhere else so you don't have to re-download it if you later want to re-install this recovery.

Open up command (cmd) and dir to your C:\Android

Type in fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Once this is done, go back to the wizard you still have open and let it finish. If you're having any problems with the above steps simply post in this thread or email me, my address is above somewhere.

After THAT is done, open cmd back up and type in fastboot oem lock

NOTE: After you're done these steps, your bootloader will say ***RELOCKED*** it is impossible to get it back to ***LOCKED*** once you've unlocked the bootloader.

Now that I think about it, following these directions should also unroot you.

If someone tests these instructions and finds there's a problem, PLEASE email me at maxrowsell [at] bell [dot] net so I can fix it ASAP. I don't want to actually do this to my phone so I'm just writing 'on the fly' as they say.

If you're following these steps because you bricked your phone, just re-follow the steps at the top of this page and you'll do fine.

Requests for more info is always appreciated! I love writing these steps :) Also if someone thinks its a good idea to have this thread sticky-ed please ask a mod, I'm too shy to ask for it myself :o