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[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ry.bellastone:
Could someone with a SIM unlocked 626s upload system/customize/ACC/default.xml, please?

I need to compare a few lines on my locked metropcs
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Sure - I will update the OP. However, just to clarify, this new version of TWRP will work with all variants/versions of the 626s? Even for people like me that still haven't installed the HTC Android update on my MetroPCS 626s? Just curious if I need multiple links to different versions of TWRP for different versions of the 626s and/or different Android versions...

Thanks.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
I have no way of knowing whether the 3.0.0-2 version will work on devices that haven't updated. But if that version doesn't work, the official 3.0.0-0 version should. Either way, the official download page will have a working version for people, even if it's not the latest one.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Ok, thank you. OP updated!

EDIT: Updated some more. Made the recovery flashing instructions more generic and suggested that people use TWRP recovery instead of Cyanogenmod recovery...

Don't hesitate to let me know if any other updates are needed.

Thanks.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IsraelCast:
HELP ME

Can someone help me? Please

When I press Boot to recovery mode, the phone just turn off and I can't install the superSU.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Are you positive that the recovery was flashed successfully? What exact phone do you have an which carrier is it on?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AUSTIN3:16:
Worked great on my 626s from MetroPCS! Thanks
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jer9009:
Has anyone found a way to save apps on a SD card and bypass internal memory?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sposley90:
Hey could you mesage me to show me how you did your metro pcs 626s? I am having the most difficult time in the world. I can't even unlock the bootloader properly. Doing right now as we speak. Everytime I go to do the bootloader unlock through htcdev and follow the steps to the "T", I get stuck at the command prompt where I put in "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" and the output says "Command not found"... PLEASEEEE HELP!!!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ranga.uk:
hey dude can we use this method to root Htc Desire d626x............? if there is any other method please help. I'm stuck with this. tried with king root many times but it doesn't work.

Thanks.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] picsles:
[MENTION=388504]captaint[/MENTION]hrowback thank you this worked finally! I was on the cyanogenmod recovery until this came out. Had a question to the community regarding basically a "perfect" set up for the tmo 626s variant. From what I understand the debloated version of the software only works on cricket /metro variants. I rooted mine a while back and have been using apps2d etc to manage storing on the SD card but I have quirks here and there. Like if I update an SD card app via play store it will automatically transfer it back to internal. My internal storage on the device seems to almost always be full and I can tell the OS is fragmented. I'm using the Google now launcher which is my favorite in terms of ease of use but it's drainingmy battery power. If I want a perfect set up of this phone what do you recommend I do. Will this involved ruuing and going through stock recovery first ? Or can I do this wipe from twrp? Know this wa s a long question. I'm just sick of the horrific lag I'm now experiencing.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Yeah, that is definitely the biggest issue with this phone - the lack of sufficient internal storage space. Like you, I'm also manually moving apps to the SD card in order to keep a small amount of space free on the internal storage, but it's a pain to keep up with (like you mentioned). But I'm not aware of a better solution...

I try to keep about 1GB of internal storage free at all times. I haven't had any performance issues with this setup. But I'm also not an "app junkie", so I don't have tons of apps installed - just what I use on a frequent basis (and no games).
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
No issues here with GPS on my MetroPCS 626s. How are you determining that you can't get a GPS lock? I'm able to get a GPS lock in Google Maps with Wifi turned off and Settings->Location set to High Accuracy (so that it uses the GPS radio to determine location).
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tanbla:
I do not have an option under Developer Settings to unlock the OEM. Is that because I may have a regular 626 and not the 626s? And how can I tell for certain which one I have?

Also, I run the fastboot command as follows and get this result:

C:\HTC626\adb>fastboot flash recover ..\recovery\CyanogenRecovery626s.img

target reported max download size of 724000000 bytes

sending 'recover' (11102 KB)...

OKAY [ 1.989s]

writing 'recover'...

(bootloader) HOSD CL#573334

FAILED (remote: 35: SD_PARTITION_NOT_SUPPORT recover)

finished. total time: 3.006s

Granted, the bootloader isn't unlocked but it still seems odd to be coming up with an SD error. Perhaps related is the fact that the bootloader tells me that the SD card is not mounted, but the android system tells me it is. But none of this really matters at all if I do have a 626 and can't unlock the bootloader anyway.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
I think your error was caused by a typo - you typed:

- fastboot flash recover [recovery_image_file]

But you should have typed:

- fastboot flash recovery [recovery_image_file]

Basically, you left the "y" off of the word "recovery"....

That being said, be careful, not sure if this procedure is safe for the regular 626... So see what model you have, go into Settings->About->Phone Identity and look at the Model Number field - my 626s says "HTC Desire 626s".
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfredojp:
Regurlar Desire 626

Does this work for Desire 626 (not 626s)
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
It was reported to work on the AT&T Desire 626 but I don not know what version of Android it was running. I *think* they had upgraded to Android 5.1, but I'm not 100% sure.

Here is a link to the thread where another user reported success on the AT&T 626 - maybe ask what version he was running in that thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3222255

Let us know if you try it and if it works!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mwdev87:
CyanogenMod Recovery

I was able to unlock my htc626s but where do I find the recovery file for this device?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
There is a link to a custom Cyanogenmod recovery right in the first post - a few lines down, under "Pre-requisites/Downloads".... You need to use this recovery in order to flash the SuperSU binary. Everything you need and the exact procedure is in the first post (that is the purpose of this thread)....
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowender62:
Anybody have any type of list of apps they have froze or removed. Obviously the Metro BS but what other apps have you done. Looking to debloat just not certain on many apps. Thanks in advance
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omar3sau:
It works perfect. htc mexico telcel.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Thanks for the feedback - was this with a 626 or 626s? If it was a 626, which version of Android (4.x or 5.x)?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erik2541:
Problem Unlocking Bootloader

Hey-

I am very new at this, so bear with me. When I tried to get my bootloader unlock token, I got the following error:

AdbWinApi.dll missing from my computer and to please install said file. What do I do ?

Thanks.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erik2541:
Update

I searched the forum for any mention of the error I got. The fix seemed tobe to install the SDK package from htcdev and get the missing file from there. I downloaded the SDK files and installed them, but the file was not where it was supposed to be. Any other ideas.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
So you're getting that error when you type the "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" command? Did you download the fastboot.exe from the HTC bootloader unlock website?

Maybe try to install the package listed a few posts up and see if that helps (ADB package). Here is a link:

http://androidxda.com/download-best-android-adb-driver
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erik2541:
Limited Success

The adb driver you gave me solved the problem and I was able to get a token, however when I submitted the token I got a message saying that the unlock had failed and that my token was of an "invalid length. I really hope you guys can help me out here because I am really anxious to get this done.

Eagerly awaiting your wisdom.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Can you PM me what you are pasting as your token? Sounds like you are not pasting the exact text that they are expecting...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
I got your token via email and was able to use it to generate an unlock key on the HTCdev website without problems... Check your PM - I've placed the unlock_code.bin file that was generated on my Dropbox and sent you a link to it via PM...

Please let us know how you make out...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
I'm having the same problem. Keeps failing.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
What problem - meaning you can't get the HTCdev website to accept your token? If so, did you select the "HTC Desire *" for the device type on the HTCdev website? That's the only thing I can think of that may cause an issue with the tokens. I used the same token that the other user said was failing (he emailed it do me) and it worked fine for me...

Please confirm that you are selecting "HTC Desire *" as the device type....
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
I'm having the exact same problem. When I mark the token to copy, it marks the token and the words bootloader along the side. So I delete bootloader throughout the string then submit and it says failed, invalid bootloader token length. The submitted token appears to be the wrong length and won't work

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Yes I selected HTC desire.

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Yes I selected HTC desire.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Why are you marking the "bootloader" part at all to begin with?

If you are in a Command Prompt window, just right-click and select "Mark" - then highlight just the text you want to copy - you don't have to Mark entire lines - you can just mark the "block" of text that you want - they type CTRL-C to copy that block. Past it into the HTCdev window with CTRL-V.

If for some reason, you *do* have to copy the entire line (not sure why, but...), paste it into Notepad or something first, then remove the stuff you don't want, then copy and paste from Notepad.

I think the problem is that the HTCDev window only "accepts" so many characters - if you paste too much and then remove parts, you end up losing some of the token.... You must paste only the exact token into the HTCdev window without editing it afterwards...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] picsles:
I feel like I never even had that much free on a fresh install. You have tmo variant?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
I have the MetroPCS version. I think I had about 3.5gb free on a fresh install...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] picsles:
I'll have to reset and post figures. Did you try advanced stock?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Advanced Stock? Not ever sure what that is. :)
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] picsles:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3261367
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
^^Thanks. Wasn't even aware of it. But I'm pretty "conservative" with my phone - I haven't even installed any of the official updates that MetroPCS released for it yet - still running the version that it was released with. It works fine for me - so I don't want to mess with it. :)

Someday maybe I'll try the Advanced Stock though, who knows....
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Da Baron:
Cricket HTC Desire 626s

Just posting my findings and actions. This root method procedure worked flawlessly on my Cricket Desire 626s. Also Exposed v79 sdk 22 is working perfectly on my device without any crashes, random reboots, etc.

Maybe this'll give others confidence in this particular root method?

~

Da Baron
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] picsles:
hey just a quick question about moving apps to SD card... Why are they still taking up internal and external space?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majdykhrais:
kindly tell me if this would work on 626 Verizon?

4G and hotspot do not work if I'm outside USA.

thanks
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pmrf:
I was hoping someone could help, I unlocked the bootloader and flashed the recovery, seems to be done correct from the message in cmd and the phone. The problem arises when I boot into recovery mode to try flash SuperSU, I get the HTC screen with the message in red below and then the screen just goes black. Phone is fine just have to wait for it to run out of battery to try again which is a pain... Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DinkyBoo:
hi there, I have sucessfully unlocked my bootloader but before I go any further I have a HTC desire 626 in the uk, my model number just says HTC Desire 626 theres no S or any other model number, am I ok to do this root tutorial?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DinkyBoo:
how do I get into download mode im holding power button and volume down but all i get is bootloader mode?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
You go to Download Mode when holding in Volume Down while powering on the phone (will say "hTC download mode" on the top of the screen. From there, if you want to get into bootloader mode, you have to select the "Reboot to bootloader" menu option...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DinkyBoo:
Thanks for the reply, I have tried that button combination but the only screen that comes up is this one

*** Software Status: Official ***

*** UNLOCKED ***

A32_UL PVT SHIP S-ON

a bunch of numbers

HBOOT

<VOL UP> to previous item

<VOL DOWN> to next item

<POWER> to select item

FASTBOOT

RECOVERY

FACTORY RESET

SIMLOCK

CHECK SMARTSD

IMAGE CRC

SHOW BARCODE

this is the bootloader screen?

and this is the only screen i can get into
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
I'm sorry - I just realized that you said you have a HTC Desire 626 (and not the 626s). I doubt that this process would even work. Completely different phones... Search for a Desire 626 root procedure instead.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Download mode = fastboot mode. So when you are in download mode, you can proceed with the instructions on the HTCDev website.

Hope that helps.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny12gauge:
Ok that makes sense, thank you so much! I'll let you know how it goes when I get around to doing it this week! :D:D:D
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jonny12gauge:
I AM ROOTED!!! Thank you so much! All in all it took me about an hour. I think it takes more time rounding up the files and programs you need, and waiting for phone reboots than it did to actually do the work. This is a phenomenal write up and couldn't be easier to follow. Thanks again!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryvail35:
Any work on rooting the 626s on 6.0.1. Twrp 3.0 works but supersu Dosent.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helix512:
this was a great write up and I'm happy to say HTD 626s ROOTED YAY!!!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mcerk02:
I tied this running 6.0 Marshmallow, everything works fine until I flash SU, when trying to boot it just gets stuck on the HTC screen....
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irichey25:
My phone is just stuck on the starting up screen where it says HTC, what did I do wrong
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LonePlykin:
I have an issue. Did all these steps and after i flashed the SuperSU superuser with recovery. I rebooted and my phone is now stuck on HTC logo screen.

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I fixed it. Anyone else having this issue its because the superSU is outdated. google supersu and get the latest version(i cant post link here but its in these forums named [STABLE][2016.07.05] SuperSU v2.76)

Use a separate phone to put it on sd card or use adb push to sd card command.

If you are stuck on HTC screen hold vol up button and power this will shut if off. immediately after screen goes black hold volume down and power button or you will get stuck in htc screen again. Alternatively you could connect phone to computer and do the adb reboot bootloader. Either way you need to get back to recovery.

Once in recovery repeat steps but this time select the new supersu.zip then wipe dalv/cache and reboot you will now get past HTC screen and be rooted.

NOTICE THIS IS ONLY FOR HTC 626S after the android marshmallow 6 update. I am not responsible for bricked devices.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draconain:
Awsome

Awesome, just been waiting to switch my laptop to Linux distro and get the adb working. I used the TWRP and since I just did it I'm about to update the binary, it seems to be working even though it doesn't yet read it as rooted. I'll reply as soon as it is confirmed.

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Yep it worked. Just make sure you find the latest supersu.zip and verify durung the recovery process. Thanks ALOT guys. big help
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinjesus:
i need help plz

I have been doing this since yesterday I finally got the CyanogenRecovery626s.img to flash. Now I'm in the recovery I have the Super Su in my internal memory when I select it it opens the sub folders in it but I don't know what to do now.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
You have to tell the Recovery to flash the SuperSu .zip file. But really, you should be using the TWRP images now (they are a lot better than the original Cyanogenmod Recovery images). There is a link to the TWRP images in the first post as well. When I originally wrong this guide, the TWRP images weren't available, which is why we used the Cyanogenmod Recovery (it was all that was available origianlly).

It almost sounds like you are navigating to, and opening the SuperSU .zip file via a file manager or something. Like I said, you actually want to "flash" the SuperSU .zip file using the Recovery.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinjesus:
still stuck

ok I'm gonna go back and get the twrp image, I let you know what happens next. Thanks
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vinjesus:
HTCdesire626s rooted working fine

i want to thank you all or the instructions , specially Jtrosky big help thanks!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
No problem - that's why we're here! Did you get it working OK?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BL3ZE:
why. the one step i missed had to be the the one that would render my phone unusable
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryvail35:
Wichita step did you miss?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BL3ZE:
i forgot to download the cyanogen mod i think
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryvail35:
I wouldn't use cyanogenmod. Use twrp instead. 3.0.0 or better
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ailyn:
Thank you soooooo much! I'm so glad I came around the end of the forums to have a look around. I tried to root last night and got that boot issue like the others. Your solution worked perfectly!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mindstate:
saved my daughters phone..praise you! lol, someone should update the OP seriously
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skfaizanmoin@gmail.com:
I want to install a custom Rom on my HTC desire 526g+ will u guide me plzz I just rooted my HTC with kingroot just give a procedure how to unlock boot loader any that files for this phone plz
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken5645:
It worked!

I just made an account to say that it works! Took the entire day but I successfully was able to root this damn phone! Thanks to the OP for the great guide. :D

It won't let me post a screen shot of the root checker (bc this is a new acc) but I just wanted other people to know that if you follow the steps exactly it should work fine. Just make sure to have the updated SuperSu app or whatever.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandip6431:
Can i do this for HTC 626 g plus... I cannot find any Custom ROM for my specific model number...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DoreiNeko:
for the most part it worked.

I was able to unlock the bootloader and flash the custom recovery.img, worked fine, the phone booted got the reset files installed... but, when I applied the update for the su binary it soft-bricked the device :confused:
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciryon2:
How do we do this on Linux ? I do not have any Windows-run computers.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bowboy77:
What distro are running
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciryon2:
Xubuntu 16.04 and Mint 18.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bowboy77:
And your phone model.

Have you done any research on this issue?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciryon2:
my phone is a Desire 626, so this is why I post on this topic
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bowboy77:
[youtube]0zdhyDky2MI[/youtube]

See if this helps
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ciryon2:
I cannot read your plugin on Chromium
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bowboy77:
YouTube HTC desire one root

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Search how to root HTC Linux/Ubuntu

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Let me know if that helps you

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Make sure your phone is a 626 and not a 626s.

If it is a 626s search that instead
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meezy897:
Hello,

I did everything according to the instructions and it threw me into a bootloop, long story short, I tried reflashing and different methods but it didn't work.

At the end, I had to get the RUU from the HTC Website, now I know that this root is for 5.1 not 6.0, Will there be a root coming for 6.0/Marshmallow?

Thanks to TheOldNite for saving my phone!

-Meez
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bowboy77:
I'm gonna root my phone today using this thread

We'll see how it goes
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Added a note to the OP saying that this procedure was written for Android 5.1 and referred people to post #404 for notes on rooting 6.0. Hopefully, that helps avoid the issue until I can update the post better for 6.1 (thanks to [MENTION=7587654]LonePlykin[/MENTION] for posting the info!).
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crvena87:
I did everything, now my Desire 626s is stuck in the white HTC screen! Am I bricked?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
What carrier and what version of Android?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meezy897:
I was able to root it, thanks!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] helix512:
I am looking to unroot and restore the recovery portion of the Desire 626s. I cant seem to find what RUU file I need to do this. the phone is on Eastlink in Canada and all I know is they use LTE and the current OS-1.24.428.4 and the current update that I want to install but cant with a custom recovery is 1.30.428.3 please if anyone can tell me what RUU I need to put it back to stock so I can get my mother off my back thanks.