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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
Hello evryone.I got the Desire today and I would very much like to do root on my phone.I'm a total novice about all this and I'd like to ask someone for help.When I go in the boot menu (volume down+power) i have this:

-Revolutionary

BRAVO PVT3 SHIP S-OFF

HBOOT-6.93.1002

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYN0101

RADIO-5.17.05.23

Aug 10 2010

HBOOT

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

CLEAR STORAGE

SIMLOCK

Can someone suggest where to find a tutorial step by step how to do root on my phone because I'm a total beginner?

Thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Well it looks like all the hard parts have been taken care of already. The rest is a piece of cake :D

Revolutionary was used to s-off, which probably means that you have a custom recovery install as well.

Use volume down while in the bootloader to scroll down to RECOVERY. Then use power to select it. When the recovery boots up you should have either cwm (clockworkmod) or 4ext recovery installed. Tell me which one you have so that i can give you some more guidance.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I'm afraid that nothing of what you have said I do not have.When I select a recovery nothing happens,On the next screen I see icon of phone on the middle of the screen and two circular arrow.One point down and another point up,and then red tringle with an exclamation point in the middle.I tried several times and always the same.Is this serious problem?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Then you need to flash a recovery. Either through fastboot, or through the PB99img method.

Fastboot implies installing fastboot, adb and hboot drivers on your PC, downloading the recovery.img, and then using the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img".

The PB99IMG.zip is a bit easier. Follow the instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1751258
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmcclue:
Small correction there buddy, the command is

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Oops. Bah, I have been away for too long. Thanks :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
Thank you so much for the help.I've been busy these days so I have not had a chance to try what you suggested, but I will try tomorrow.f I understand correctly, I put PB99IMG.zip on the SD card,then go to bootloader menu(volume down+power) and run PB99IMG.zip.Then ask me if I want to update recovery, volume up for YES.When asko me if I want to reboot choose NO.Once its finished I have 4ext recovery and use volume buttons to navigate to recovery then press power button to enter recovery.And then what I have to do next?

You wrote to type this command

but I do not know where and when I need to write.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Yep, thats pretty much correct. You go into the bootloader, wait a couple seconds and it should find the PB99IMG.zip that you placed on the root of your sdcard automatically. Then you press volume up to confirm the install, and then reboot. Go back into the bootloader and select recovery and you should now have 4ext recovery.

Forget about the fastboot command. That is just another method of installing 4ext, but its a bit more work. Since youre using the PB99IMG method you dont have to do this.

Once youre in recovery you have a few options:

Boring option- You can simply flash a root zip which will give you root access on the stock rom

Fun option- You can pick out a custom rom from the development section and flash it. Custom roms come prerooted, and have so many other advantages over stock. (Performance, a2sd for gaining more space for apps, battery life, customization, etc.)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
Thanks for the help.Can you recommend a good rom that will not slow down the phone?I read some posts that the Desire is weak to be launched ICS rom, and that the version 2.3.7 is best for Desire.Is this true or not?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Well anything over android 4+ wont run ideally on the desire.

My favorite stable rom is milwild's redux. You need to do a couple things before flashing to optimize your space usage. First create a 1GB ext4 partition using this guide. Then go here and download the PB99IMG_oxygenr2 zip. This is an hboot and will change the layout of the internal partition to maximize the amount of space for apps and app data. After youve downloaded it, rename it to PB99IMG.zip, and put it on the root of your sdcard. Then you go into the bootloader and install it the same way you did for 4ext. After that you go into 4ext, go to the wipe menu and choose "format all partitions (except sdcard)". Finally go to install zip from sdcard, select the rom i recommended above and flash it.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I have to admit that Gparted method for partitioning sd card somehow easiest for me.Again I have a few questions before I start my adventure installing milwild's redux ROM.

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When formatting is complete, did I need to reboot the phone or not, or just continue to install ROM?

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Do I need to put milwild's redux ROM in the root of the Sd card same as 4EXT and flash it?

-When I select milwild's redux ROM is it enough to just mark it and click on it to install began, or has some other method?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Doesnt matter. I never reboot...just format and install right after.

Doesnt matter where you put it on your sdcard. Once you go to the install menu, 4ext will allow you to browse the contents of your sdcard.

Yep, thats enough. Just browse to the zip, click on it, and click once again on the check mark to confirm the installation. The reboot and enjoy.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I did half the job, now the hard part remains.I installed 4EXT recovery and partitioned SD Card but not completely.I did everything like in the tutorial, but the internal memory is not increased.Here's a picture after finishing operations.

When I check the internal memory I have only 125MB.I repeated the operation three times, and the result is always the same.I Insert the CD with Gparted in the computer, boot and go to Gparted menu,delete SD Card and create first 6.4GB like fat32 primary partition.Then select second unalocated part of the SD card and create 1.1GB like ext4 primary partition.Complete operation and when i look into my SD card size is exactly same as in the Gparted (6.4GB) but internal memory is only 125MB.No idea what to do.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
The storage that it shows in settings will not show the space on your ext partition. But don't worry, its working. You can download an app such as titanium backup which will show you the amount of space on your ext partition. If you're skeptical, try installing a few apps from the play store. If you're not getting any low memory errors you are good to go.

You flashed then oxygen r2 hboot right?

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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
No, I'm not yet.I tried now to download some games from play store and got a message that I don't have enough space to do that :(

Do exactly the same as in video tutorial,and won't work.I'm going tomorrow to a one-week vacation.When I come back I'm gonna recorded the whole process with camerato see where I'm wrong.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
Try partitioning with 4ext. Also you should really switch to oxygenr2 hboot...with stock hboot you are wasting a ton of space on the system partition.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I will ty with 4EXT and please tell me one more thing.When finishing with partition SD Card with 4ext what is next?To put PB99IMG_oxygenr2.zip on SD Card and rename it to PB99IMG.zip and install it.Right?And after that put MildWild MW-9.5.zip ROM on SD Card, select it and install it and thats all or must do something more?

Forget to mention,installing PB99IMG.zip and MildWild MW-9.5.zip doing through recovery.Is that ok?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
1. Partition sd with 4ext

2. Install the PB99IMG.zip using the bootloader (you DONT flash this with 4ext)

3. Go into 4ext > Wipe > format all partitions (except sdcard)

4. Install MildWild MW-9.5.zip
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I have a big problem with partitioning SD Card.I tried through recovery 4ext and still not work.When I finish all process,these 1gb appears nowhere, still got 128MB internal memory.No matter what I do, or with gparted or 4ext always have 128mb of internal memory.Can I install MildWild MW-9.5.zip without expanding the internal memory?If not, can you explain to me how to do root to my phone?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
You still don't understand what has been explained before

Your internal memory will not read 'internal + sd-ext' because that's just the way the script works.

As long as the sd-card has been correctly partitioned, the A2SD script should work automatically. (you probably didn't need to use 4EXT if you follow the gparted guide exactly, but doesn't matter now)

Keep apps on internal i.e. don't 'Move to SD', and it will trick the apps apks and dalvik cache to sd-ext. You internal memory (/data) will fill up with app data (e.g. just the saved games). Another way to check is to install another app like 'diskusage', it will allow you to browse your partitions.

What is limiting you is that you are still on stock hboot. You should change to OxygenR2 hboot as advised. Currently on stock hboot your /system size is 250MB, but you're using only around ~95MB, wasting over 150MB.

If you switch to OxygenR2 hboot, the system size is 100MB, you'll waste only 5MB, and the rest gets converted to extra internal memory...total 332MB instead of 147MB...i.e. more space for apps

You should now

-nandroid backup

-flash oxygenR2 hboot, either by PB99IMG.zip method as advised, or using fastboot (search for guides)

-reboot back into recovery, full wipe and nandroid restore.

You don't need to root your phone any more. Any custom ROM will already be rooted.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I'm trying really hard to follow any instructions that are given to me by the member's of this forum, because I appreciate everyone's help.You write about an A2SD script and I really do not know what it is.I wilil now download "disk usage" and check my partitions.And after that install PB99IMG.zip and see what happens.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
The A2SD script just tells the ROM to move bits of memory to the sd-ext partition of the sd card. It allows more space for apps (which is why you rooted in the first place :D)

In this case it you expect the script to 'extend' the internal memory. It does as explained, just you won't 'see' it. Hopefully diskusage will make things clearer.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
Nope.Disk usage shows same result,SD Card 6.4GB(1GB is taken for internal memory) and internal memory have 148MB overall.I will try again with gparted and install after that PB99IMG_oxygenr2.zip (rename it to PB99IMG.zip) so I'll see if there was any change in.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
I still dont think you're understanding how this works. Read eddies posts. They are very informative and should be able to teach you.

Your internal memory IS still 148mb. It is not meant to change. This is where your app data will be stored.

Your sd-ext partition is 1gb and is where the actual apps (apks) and dalvik cache will be stored. A2sd is built into this rom and is already activated, and should be working as long as the partition has been correctly made (using gparted or 4ext). Installing the PB99IMG of the oxygen hboot will give you more internal space for app data.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
You don't have to try with gparted again, you've done it with 4EXT which also creates proper partitions.

Exactly as Chromium said above. Diskusage won't show your internal memory larger, it's not meant to. It is only browsing your partitions, and is supposed to show you HOW your memory is being used. Try to use the app to browse the /sd-ext partition (or it will be under similar name), it should show your apps being stored there.

Also use the same app to browse your /system partition. See all that free space on /system? That's completely wasted.

Take the time to read my posts again a few times. I've tried to explain where the difference between hboots. When you change to OxygenR2 hboot, your internal memory still won't read 'internal + sd-ext', it will just be a bit bigger.

Try to understand where and how your partitions are meant to be used, and why your internal memory will change if you change hboot...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
How am I stupid.As a complete novice I was expecting to see the 1GB in the internal memory because I thought I would switch 1GB from SD Card to the internal memory.It is the root of my misconceptions.Now all I need is to install PB99IMG_oxygenr2.zip (rename it to PB99IMG.zip) and after that I can install the ROM.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
I never said you were stupid. It's a common misconception that in most cases, your internal memory will not read 'internal + sd-ext'. I myself made this mistake too ;)

However, you've been told several times that your internal memory will not change in this case. You keep trying, but no matter what you do, your internal memory will not = 'internal + 1GB', unless you flash a different A2SD script which you don't need to do.

What we've been trying to tell you is that you already have 1GB for internal memory, you just don't 'see' it in your ROM's menu. DiskUsage was a way to browse your sd-ext, and you should be able to see app apk's and dalvik cache there, thus proving that it is working :)

Flashing the OxygenR2 hboot has nothing to do with your sd-ext. Flashing OxygenR2 hboot won't give you 1GB internal memory either.

Once you understand exactly how your memory used across every partition (system, data and sd-ext), everything starts to make more sense trust me :good:
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I screwed up something in the phone.I put PB99IMG_oxygenr2.zip (rename it to PB99IMG.zip) on the root of SD Card and install it in the boot menu, not in the recovery and reboot.After rebooting constantly standing white screen with HTC logo and no further actions.Help me please how to fix that.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
Did you do this as advised?

Or just flash the hboot straight away?

If so then:

- Reboot back into bootloader (wait for it to find the PM99IMG.zip again, just say no, you don't need to install it again)

- Check that it says OxygenR2 at the top in pink

- Select recovery

- Full wipe (wipe all partitions except sd card)

- Then reflash ROM, reboot
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
Did you do a nandroid backup before changing hboot? If not, you kind of have to wipe, reflash your ROM, and lose your data.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
No, I did not do a backup because I do not have anything important to the SD card. I did everything that you have said but I'm not sure I know how to do this last task

What I need to do that?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
Sorry "reflash ROM": I mean install the ROM like you have done before....install zip from sd card -> Mildwild_9.5.zip
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
First of all, thank you from my heart for all the help you have given me.I not installed Mildwild_9.5.zip because I did not get that far.First I installed 4EXT recovery, then I partitioning sd card, and just before I installed PB99IMG_oxygenr2.zip to optimize space usage.And after installing oxygen my phone is stuck on home screen with htc logo.I am currently in 4EXT recovery and like I said, I've done everything you have said except for the last task.Is this enough and can now just restart the phone so I went back to the original state?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
So you are currently in 4EXT recovery:

- you performed a full wipe (wipe all partitions except sd card)?

- but not installed Mildwild.zip?

If you reboot now, it will get stuck on the HTC screen again. Why? Because you did a full wipe -> and now you have no ROM ;)

You need to install a ROM to get it to boot again. Flash the ROM.zip, at least get it to boot up again.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
Yes,i do all as you wrote

I can not install the rom mildwild.zip because is not on sd card.Only to try to plug the phone via USB to my computer and then insert ROM to SD card.Is that possible?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
In 4EXT recovery, there is a "mount USB" option or similar.

Toggle it ON, then plug in phone, transfer the ROM.zip

Or easier...take the sd card out and use a card reader to transfer the file. Buy one as well, they're very cheap and very useful in this situation.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
In the main menu I found option MOUNTS / STORAGE, and under that I found

-unmount/cache

-mount/data

-mount/sdcard

-mount/system

mount/sd-ext

I suppose I should choose mount/sdcard and transfer the ROM.

Sorry,I found also this "Toggle USB Storage".Is this what I need?

As for money,money is not a problem, the problem is that I was on vacation in my parents house and those living in small village where can I buy nothing but food and similar stuff.I have card reader, but he was in my apartment, which is located 300 kilometers away,or 180 miles.

EDIT:

I was able to transfer ROM on root of the sd card using a card reader.Now what?Whether to enter 4ext recovery and from there choose "install.zip from sd card", and after that "select.zip from sd card".I assume that there is an application that will guide me through the installation process.

EDIT #2

I read on another forum that I should not install oxygen r2 because it is not good for mildvild rom.Oxygen has only 100MB for system and Bravo CM7 r2 145MB and it is much better solution.Whether can I now install from the bootloader Bravo CM7 r2 and after that mildwild rom?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eddiehk6:
Yes, follow those instructionrs

I thought you installed a custom ROM before? It's exactly the same procedure.

Basically when you install a new ROM, you need to full wipe (wipe all partitions except sd card). This gets the phone in a clean state. You've already done this bit anyway.

Then install the ROM.zip, reboot

You need to just do what we've told you to do...;) Ignore this.

Here says the ROM /system size is just over 90MB. This will 'fit' perfectly inside OxygenR2 hboot with 100MB /system, and you waste <10MB space :good:

90MB will also 'fit' inside cm7r2 hboot with 145MB /system, but you waste ~55MB space :( .

Therefore you can install it on cm7r2 hboot, but you will waste more space. Up to you.

You've already done the hard part, installing the ROM is the easy part :good: I don't know what you're waiting for...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I installed ROM minut ago,but the whole installation took about 30 seconds.Is it possible that it ended so soon,or I again something not doing well?

Work well.I'm so happy.Thanks for the all help you provide me.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chromium:
That's normal.

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[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talicni67:
I have just one more question and thats all.Is there a stable ICS rom for the Desire to try it later, and what is RADIO since I read that he can to be flash?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
The radio is the subsystem of the phone that controls radio communications. It's a chipset on the phone that directly controls cellular hardware and communications with cell towers. If you update it, you should get better reception.

At the moment, I wouldn't recommend any ICS rom, since they are mostly dead projects. I would try JB instead.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] kronikwisdom:
Full disclosure, this isn't my phone and I'm helping a coworker who did some things. The phone was originally purchased without service as she was switching from AT&T to T-mobile and didn't have it setup yet.

Incident: The phone was unlocked and rooted when last night she used a "toolkit" (I have no idea which one and she said she deleted the folder with everything), then locked it with the toolkit and used the fastboot oem unlock to get back in. When the stock rom was installed again the screen wouldn't work and I was able to navigate with a OTG mouse connected. All of the custom roms work fine as far as the screen goes but the stock one is like it's missing a driver. The other issue here is the SIM card doesn't pickup a network, I verified the Access Point is setup correctly and tried with both the LTE (fast) setup and regular. It's entirely possible that the radio was hosed to start with and we didn't find out until the sim card was purchased on Monday. At this point I'd just like to get it back to FULL stock and see if she can do anything with the Warranty (not sure if this is really possible yet). So, on to things I've tried.

1. Display Issue on Stock, I read this could be a kernel issue and attempted to flash several Stockish roms from here. Also the kernel from mugetsu666. That kernel a long with the other 3-4 stock roms from page 1. Nothing resolved.

2. No Signal. While going through the stock and custom roms all I really need is the signal to work. The PA install had the wrong APN settings and I updated them with the Defaults. No change, so I moved on to radios, maybe that's it. Flashed all the radios from here and a couple other random ones from the individual rom I was using. Nothing.

3. Ok, at this point I just want back to stock. This phone is toast and I'm tired of dealing with it for the day. Found the t-mobile ruu file here and attempted to run it as admin on a windows 7 and 8 machines. The bootloader was locked before attempting this and I tried in fastboot or just the phone being on. All I get is error 170 which is the usb connection issue. Fastboot does recognize my device so the RUU should pickup, now i'm really stuck.

Needless to say it's hasn't been a productive day at work. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. THANKS!!
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] joselv456:
I see you tired the T-Mobile ruu have your tried offival att ruu yet?

Sent from inside the T.A.R.D.I.S
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] C Murder:
You should run the revone s-off before you do anything after unlocking the bootloader. The first RUU should have been ATT since it is an ATT phone, like the last poster mentioned. After you unlock the bootloader, run revone to get s-off, then get superCID and run whatever RUU you like ATT,GPE, or T-Mo.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] kronikwisdom:
This one?. The link is dead. Can I use another supercid by at or M7?

Thanks for the help. I'm really a Samsung user so this is new
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] kronikwisdom:
Bootloader unlocked

s-off complete

CID-11111111

I'm running the Signed2 from this list.

http://www.androidruu.com/index.php?developer=M7

Error 170, USB issue. Fastboot can see the device but the RUU can't, odd.

Edit: Running the RUU when the phone is booted to PA gets pasted the error 170. Now it's an error 155 and it's stuck on the HTC logo. Powering it off and it's still hosed.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] kronikwisdom:
Sooooo, I think there is more wrong here than a simple RUU update. I noticed under the *** UNLOCKED *** that the model is M7_UL, which i'm finding is a Europe model. I'm toast.. warm buttery toast i think.

Side note: Don't offer to help coworkers if you haven't worked on a phone like this before.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] jsax:
I have m7ul which was originally a t-mobile device when I got it used. I flashed the GE ruu no problem. You should be ok with that device.
[T-Mobile HTC One (M7)] C Murder:
Did you try running the tmobile RUU.exe from your pc. I know it's in the Tmobile HTC One forum. I'm sure it's here somewhere too. The kernels and recovery are there too, with guides to take you back to stock.