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[HTC Desire 610] bonafide1992:
Phone keeps defaulting to fastboot mode

I've been trying to apply your various techniques to root my HTC Desire 610 - Virgin Mobile (I only saw too late in a later post that someone warned about not flashing phones that aren't AT&T.) Anyways, it was V2.1 I believe that I ran everything and it deleted the bootloader (or something to that effect) but hung at one point. Because it wasn't doing anything, I restarted the phone, and now, whenever I try to reboot it, it defaults to fastboot mode (which leads me to believe my stock rom on the phone has been wiped out, leaving the recovery option useless. Am I correct in that assumption?) If this is the case, is this where I should throw in the towel and consider the phone useless or am I missing something painfully obvious (unfortunately, I didn't make a backup at the time because there really wasn't a lot of data on the phone that I wanted to keep except for contacts - I didn't account for deleting the rom.) Is there any way for me to restore the ROM if someone already had a backup of it made or is the ROM unique to each phone? Obviously, to run your scripts now, the phone needs to be on and inside the stock rom (I assume that the reason why the script hangs now is because adb is trying to reboot the phone which isn't online anymore - it's in fastboot mode.) and therefore, they no longer work. So, again, can I do anything with the phone at this point or did I, as they say, "brick" the device?
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
I didn't even know they made a virgin mobile version. Try running the root tool version 3 and letting it flash the recovery. If that works, try booting into the recovery.
[HTC Desire 610] bonafide1992:
So, it turns out that I'm an idiot and realized that what I have was the 510 (school is really messing with me). I'll try version 3 though cause it seems I really have nothing to lose at this point.
[HTC Desire 610] bonafide1992:
At this point, I'm just waiting to see if anyone has a stock rom that I could revert back to. But, in the meantime, when I tried to run the v3 root tool, it hangs in the attached screen (I assume it's because my phone is only able to boot into fastboot mode.) I assume that it's trying to restart the phone via adb, so is there any way to get around that when using the tool?

Thanks so much!
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
It flashes in fastboot mode, but you need to get a recovery and rom for the 510 and see if you can flash. You can flash recovery through fastboot, then flash the rom from recovery. Nothing in this thread will work though, as it wasn't made for that device. :(
[HTC Desire 610] goibsakti:
bricked

Sir Mr ClearD, i just root my HTC 610 using your method and it works, but somehow now it's bricked because my own fault, i can't find any stock rom, i'm still new in this
[HTC Desire 610] cougzys:
Can you point me to that thread? Also please try to contact cocafe. Maybe he can help you with a pro kernel.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=56625082

And which version is your device, goib? The link above is for an Asian version (works on eu roms) and there's an at&t one at the beginning of this thread.
[HTC Desire 610] cougzys:
I'm running on eu rom. I will try to flash the Asian version and will let you know if something improves.

I believe i have to wipe dalvik/cache, right?
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Yes indeed
[HTC Desire 610] goibsakti:
asian i think, i bought it in Qatar, AT&T doesn't work, i will try your link sir
[HTC Desire 610] goibsakti:
solved

thanks for link, it solved, working smoothly :good:
[HTC Desire 610] cougzys:
Flashed Asian rom, no problem with wi-fi (so far). The phone doesn't hang anymore though.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Excellent guys! You may try rooting with v3 of the tool. It doesn't flash a boot image.
[HTC Desire 610] loplo:
[MENTION=5205038]cougzys[/MENTION] I might have a RO Vodafone TWRP backup., in case you still have issues.
[HTC Desire 610] cougzys:
It seems that the asian rom did it, but can you PM me the link for that ROM?
[HTC Desire 610] goibsakti:
Where i can get V3?
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
If not in the first post here, then on my website at www.cleardroidroms.com
[HTC Desire 610] godkillerz223:
Manually flashed everything a couple days ago and is well
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
I've got a new insecure boot image to use, and will try to get a new build out tonight if I can. :)
[HTC Desire 610] Vercynogetorix:
Hi,

i have a problem with restoring using the asian rom,

while it restored i lost half of my storage (shows now 4gb and 8gb total with other of 6.5 gb and nothing i can do to free this memory)

also i have serious connection problems, however they might have been caused by above

any advice here?
[HTC Desire 610] MiniBlu:
Try to format data and cache partitions from TWRP. This has fixed it for some people. Go into TWRP, WIPE, ADVANCED and check boxes for DATA and CACHE(only these 2 none of the others should be checked) then swipe to format then REBOOT.

PS- this will wipe everything on the internal sdcard so move any backups, install files, anything important to you to external sd card first.

If you are ever restoring from that StockAsia backup again just uncheck the DATA partition box before "swipe to restore" and it will leave you data partition alone.

MiniBlu
[HTC Desire 610] cougzys:
It seems i have some connectivity problems also with the asian rom. Notifications from various apps are not coming. It's same on 3G or Wi-Fi. And if i try to download an app from Play store it gives me an error that couldn't contact the server (something like that). If i disconnect/connect again 3G or Wi-Fi it allows me to download. Any ideas?
[HTC Desire 610] GloNo:
Major Issues After Rooting...HELP!

I've wanted to root my phone for a while, but was scared. A good friend of mine came over, and we (ok...she) unlocked and rooted it (she's done this with her tablet and cell phones before). We thought it was fine at first, but then my phone started lagging really bad. I press the power button to turn the screen on & it won't respond most times, I have to continually press it. Sometimes when I press one of the three buttons at the bottom of the screen my phone does not respond then either. Occasionally it'll just freeze & I can't do anything until it decides to unfreeze. And MOST IMPORTANTLY (as a Photographer) it has messed my camera up...sometimes I can get it to work (if I restart it), but mostly it just gives me a black screen or open up another app (like Facebook) instead of the camera. And when I try to use my camera app (Line Camera) it tells me "CANNOT CONNECT TO CAMERA".

Did anyone have this issue? Does anyone have any suggestions as to what we can do to fix this?

Please Help!!!!!
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
You're using an at&t desire 610 correct? If so, back up your files to a computer and try the return to stock ruu. That'll take you back stock. You may have to flash the stock recovery first, but I'm not positive. I do know you'll have to relock the bootloader to go back to stock (simple action), so if the recovery is needed also, make sure to flash that before relocking. If not, then relock, run the stock ruu, and you should be good to go. I've got work to do when I get some time off, as the boot image included is around 3 images behind at this point. Probably what's causing your issue; your phone is most likely running a newer firmware than the boot image.
[HTC Desire 610] GloNo:
Thank you very much, ClearD! We'll be getting back together soon to work on this, so when we do we'll give it a try & I'll let you know how it goes!

Thanks again for all of your help!
[HTC Desire 610] torchwolfery:
new to htc

Hi all so I'm new to htc so I hope you will be patient with me as I've been with samsung for years and i tell you samsung seems a might easier so far lol...

so I followed the tutorial and got it all rooted and custom recovery and so on froze the programs i dont use and the phone was working very smooth.. untill.. like a few others I had the same wifi related issues my 3g seems ok and my lte but wifi comes on connects stays on a little while then randomly disconnects. I followed your advice about wipes and so on and still the same...

so my only hope is to somehow get back to stock. but i dont know how.. i saw on the devboot site that there was the kernal source codes... is this the same as the factory images that you can get from sammi mobile for samsung phones and if it is how do i flash the original firmware.. I know someone will say flash the asian firmware zip but that seems to have the same issue according to posters... someone said they had an RO firmware is that Romanian? if so would you mind sharing it with me...

thanks for any help. shame there isnt much development for this phone as its a lovely little phone

EDIT : i got a stock eu back up and my phone is totally working great now.. but i am still curious about factory images if anyone knows the answer thanks
[HTC Desire 610] KLit75:
Can someone tell me a safe way to update? I know for ota you lock boot loader (right) go back to stock then accept the ota and reroot.

Can I just flash the update? There are 2 (prepaid & postpaid) it kind of confused me which to use.

Also if I unroot first I use link to sd to store apps on ext sd card. I'd assume things could go wrong if Supersu just all of a sudden stops granting root access. But maybe I'm being overlycautious. Basically I just want to know whatever I do to update won't brick my phone. Any info is welcomed. Thanks.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
You've gotta have stock everything to update, with a locked bootloader. So, lock your bootloader, flash back to complete stock (I think in that order), then apply the updates. Then re root... But the root tool needs work still. Found out I need a sim adapter, and it's in the mail to arrive this coming Monday.
[HTC Desire 610] mamdouh obeidat:
HI

HTC Desire D610T A3_TL Official ROM where to download?

PLS
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
No idea, this tool doesn't support a 610T and I don't have one to test. I'd check with htc, that's how I got my stock rom.
[HTC Desire 610] htc 610 locked:
I need to unlocked my phone

Hi,

My I unlocked my HTC Desire 610, without rooting.

I will be happy if you help me.
[HTC Desire 610] TomoBero:
You may find Youtube video: How To Unlock At&t HTC Desire 610
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
I'm gonna take a break from the rom and update this tonight to make it a lot easier. It'll hopefully do away with the majority of the issues currently.

Update: will need a tester. Made a very basic version, but it should do what we want it to do. Anyone volunteer? It won't hurt anything, I promise.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Still need a tester :)
[HTC Desire 610] bob24260:
I'll volunteer.I'm conversant in the language of Android :P

Either PM me or reply here.
[HTC Desire 610] Knurasek:
Unlocking bootloader

Hi,

For everyone who wants to unlock a bootloader/use fastboot-don't forget to uncheck the ,,fast boot'' option in power option. It helped me.

Good Luck
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
New test version (when finished) will give option to either flash recovery and root, or just boot recovery so you can make a complete backup of stock rom without flashing anything. Should help some people. :)

Edit: After we get this finished, I'll need backups of the stock boot and recovery images of several different builds, such as the Europe and Croatian builds. These can be taken by using the "boot into recovery" option. This will help users who may be having issues on those return their devices back to stock.
[HTC Desire 610] loplo:
Hey guys,

I've received a message that a system update is available. I'm talking about 1.31.401.3.

If a choose to install it, the phone reboots into TWRP but it fails to install. I tried to install the package manually, via recovery, = no joy.

Is there a specific way to install these updates?

If anyone wants to have a look at the package, here's a link.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
You have to relock your phone, go into bootloader mode, and run the stock ruu on your pc with phone connected, wiping everything on your device. It won't install on a modified device and *cant* install with twrp. Has to also be the stock recovery.
[HTC Desire 610] loplo:
Thanks.

I figured out that installation via TWRP it's not a solution.

The next question is, how to return to stock on a EU phone?
[HTC Desire 610] Gabriel172:
There is a chance to get original boot.img? I do not read that replaces v2 boot.img, f**k me.

EDIT: Ok, I get boot.img from polish copy rom and flash via fastboot.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Still testing the new version. It won't replace the boot image at all.
[HTC Desire 610] Gabriel172:
Yes, but now when starts does not show the red strings :)
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
It will when you boot into recovery. It's the splash image, we need s-off to change that back
[HTC Desire 610] Gabriel172:
I now, waiting for s-off :)
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Need an additional tester, if possible. Once this is squared away, will get back to rom.
[HTC Desire 610] muhammad113:
HTC Desire 610 Unrooy

Hi i have HTC Desire 610

and i Rooted This phone and now i want to return to stock and remove any flash in my boot

i don't know how can i unroot :(

i goto the "SuperSU" and select full unroot but after restart again root :(

please help me :*
[HTC Desire 610] KLit75:
We really need a clear guide on the exact process...

Basically you need to lock your bootloader. That should be easy and i think its here in this thread. Then you run the ruu (also i think in this thread) Follow the directions and that should return you to stock.

I havent done this because i dont really have a reliable pc. My unlock token was wiped. So unrooting, Id imagine, would be easy but unlocking it again then rooting it is something that might cause me stress.

On other devices i use mac and its mostly automated to unlock and root. Definetly gonna do more research before buying a phone next time. I like this phone but its really stuck in the dark ages as far as development goes.

---------- Post added at 12:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:15 AM ----------

Really hoping to get help here. Since I just tried to advise above ^^^ I thought I'd take a look and see what I might do myself. So i installed adb and fastboot on a laptop and decided to do what I thought was the safest thing which is just use the adb backup command. I ran it. My phone for some reason turned off and wont power on. I can hear it make the click sound when I press the power button but nothing happens. It is recognized by htc sync on my mac. Cant get into recovery. Xpsed mods appear to be working because when I long press, the flashlght comes on like it's suppose to. No sound, no screen but Os appears to be running. Anyone have suggestions?

It miraculously came back to life seconds after posting the above! I sound crazy but I swear for a half hour, NO combo of buttons could make the screen appear. It was power on the whole time but the screen was black. So I guess now I'd just like to hear any theories about why a simple adb backup would cause stress?

And a another question--Does it matter at all if I'm using a different PC than the one I used to unlock and root this? Because when I started the backup the command prompt said "now unlock your phone" It didn't detect it was already unlocked Or maybe it's not supposed to?
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Relax. First step, relax.

Adb backups take a long time. It's saving nearly 2 gigs of space, if I recall, maybe more. It won't be a simple, quick action.

Next, you can request the unlock token again from HTCDev, or it'll be in the email they sent you the first time. The same token can be used over and over. There is only one token for your phone.

Third, if I can get someone to test for me, everything about this will be easier.
[HTC Desire 610] KLit75:
Reading that again...maybe I had a bit too much coffee. But it was a little worrisome. The phone became unresponsive and this was well after I stopped the backup.

What do you need? I have an At&t US. I didn't volunteer because I'd assumed its the same as yours. I'd be happy to help if needed.

Really would like to try and get this an update though. I was planning on biting the bullet and just unlock/run ruu. My apps are play store purchases so if I can't restore my backup I'm not too stressed about reinstalling them. You think it'd be easier to just take ota update after returning to stock?
[HTC Desire 610] KLit75:
I just have one question. I returned to stock, ran ruu--success! tried 3 versions of root tool and managed to get twrp but no root. BUT rebooted to recovery and flashed SU manually.

All is good except jmz kernel. It got wiped, I don't have another one. The jmz thread here redirects to what looks like spam and there's nothing that changes that. However, I downloaded a zip from the source code page. It looks good except for the size. Can someone confirm it's 180 mb please? Sounds big considering how fast it flashes. I have no reason to believe there's anything wrong with it. But to be on the safe side, I want to be 100% certain before flashing. Thanks!
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
I just need someone that can flash the ruu, then run the new version of the tool. It's much much simpler. Phone version doesn't matter, just that it's not me. Lol.
[HTC Desire 610] KLit75:
Well, if it's the same ruu as the one posted in return to stock then I just ran a couple of hours ago. I'm rooted again but like I said above--haven't flask jmz. Also haven't restored my backup. So if you need help I can probably do it now. Just let me know how to get it and I'll try asap.
[HTC Desire 610] J_T_:
Is there an advantage if flashing the kernel when getting root as well. Do I have an option to just root the phone without getting the kernel? I have noticed the phone hanging fairly frequently after I installed this.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Try this:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Byu7KL9lV3zzZXM5SXRMZjktamM/edit?usp=docslist_api

:)
[HTC Desire 610] J_T_:
Same process as last time right? If I want to restore the phone can I restore a full adb backup would my kernel be replaced with the original?

Thanks for the quick reply!

Edit;

Just finished going through the process and it went okay. I will update to tell you whether it has improved or not.

Thanks again.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
The new one basically just takes the pain out of flashing the recovery and gives you the option of flashing or just booting into recovery. Flashing is permanent, booting is not. And twrp will automatically root via SuperSU if you go to exit it and it determines you're unrooted. So basically this is just an easy script now to flash or boot recovery and root that way. No engineering boot image and no special kernels.

To make things stick (xposed, etc), you'll have to flash them through recovery though.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Booting into recovery without flashing gives you the option to make a complete and full unrooted backup of your device.
[HTC Desire 610] J_T_:
After using v4 to reroot things seem more stable now and the random freezing has pretty much stopped.

Also if I used that adb backup command on your original post,would the backup it created be similar to a full nandroid backup (so with original kernel and no root). Sorry for the constant questions. Thanks for the help.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
I don't think it's exactly the same, though I'm not positive either way. I've only used it once, for this device, and never restored it.
[HTC Desire 610] KLit75:
Just to clarify my last comment, jmz kernel is not needed with this nrw root method. I was using very old firmware with that kernel. But like ClearD said you need to flash somethings thru recovery to make them stick through reboot. So far Ive found that to be the case with root apps like busybox and xposed.

I always make a backup in twrp. But just to import my contacts and apps i found a free app called super backup in playstore. I just found it quicker to restore, though right after restoring contacts i realized AT&T has their own way of restoring contacts. I still let superbackup keep my contacts on ext sd since they dont take up a lot of space.
[HTC Desire 610] sky00fire:
Desire 610 root on 612?

Hi, This is my first post so I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to post.

I just got an HTC Desire 612 through verizon that I would like to root (and if I can, install Cyanogenmod or AOKP).

I feel like I've looked everywhere for information on rooting it but there seems to be none.

After some research, I found that the 612 is just updated version of the 610 with only minor changes to it.

I'm wondering if it is safe to use the rooting method for the 610 on the 612 or would I need to do something different?

Any advise would greatly be appreciated

Thanks,

Sky
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
No, the current method is just a recovery flash, that roots by itself. I've got no way to guarantee that the 610 recovery will work on a 612, as the partitions might be different. Please don't try it until someone creates an image for the 612 to use.

We'll put out version 4 as the public build as soon as I get confirmation from one more tester.
[HTC Desire 610] AoNKatastrofe:
I rooted my HTC following this guide and sure enough looked rooted as I could get supersu and SDMaid also said I was rooted, but I've encountered few problems along the way.

First I couldn't install busybox, but I managed to do so via a flashable zip ( problem was that I couldn't install, restart app, same process but now phone restarted in the installing procedure).

Main reason I rooted was to be allowed to get appdata into SD, but I've tried many things and none allow me :/

I've looked around and I concluded it could've been due to the kitkat permission issue, tried to solve via apps and manually, but apps crashed phone (not anymore) and manually, after saving changes and rebooting it goes back to normal.

Is this due to rooting incorrectly or the s-off thing ?

Help please :/
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Which version did you root with
[HTC Desire 610] AoNKatastrofe:
I rooted with the 2.1v one I believe.

I remember I kept getting errors about that one, something kept failing. tried the v3, then tried v2.1 again.

Whenever I boot my screen it gives me a disclaimer in red under the HTC symbol.

Pretty sure I successfully installed twrp (as I said before, I entered this when I had to flash the *busybox), I got supersu from play store, I think I got the engineering boot image too, I don’t know about the insecure kernel though. I might have it as whenever I reboot I have the same things I had including the supersu permissions and my apps that require root DO work (except the impossibility of changing the permission to write manually or through an app) unless my understanding of it is erroneous.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Seems like you might not have the jmz kernel installed. You've already got everything else from that root tool working it seems, try flashing that zip and see if that helps any.
[HTC Desire 610] AoNKatastrofe:
I flashed the kernel (installation successful) but I don't recognize any changes. Tried another SDfix that modifies the permissions and I couldn't see any modifications after reboot

Edit: oh I loaded the pre-modification copy one :p

I DO have the media_rw permission now (even after reboot).

Thank you so much for the responses (fast too).

Edit #2 : Just in case, my issue was resolved. Thanks for the help.
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
I remember this issue now. There's one in the play store, and one via xposed module. Use both. I think the xposed one begins with "kitkat" as the name. For some reason, neither worked alone, but both worked together. That's how I got titanium backup working too.
[HTC Desire 610] phatmanxxl:
I know it's a long shot, but any way to convert this to a GPE edition? Like converting an M7/M8 ROM?
[HTC Desire 610] ClearD:
Not yet. HOWEVER for those wanting s-off, it's now available!

Sunshine version 3.0 was released today with our phone as a supported model. It costs $25, but is probably worth it for flashaholics like myself.
[HTC Desire 610] ZapSG:
Will this root method work for HTC_Desire620u?

The HTC_D620u is an updated version of the desire 610, so will this root method work for this phone?