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[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
In my experience, I rooted the phone out of the box, so I cannot give any type of input on this. But, I can agree with you on the question. And would like to know the answer also. Thanks for asking!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
[MENTION=972963]jtrosky[/MENTION]

Do you mind adding the link to my TWRP Downloads folder to the OP in case anyone wants easy access to it?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Done! Good idea!!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f1tzg3r4ld:
Rooting HTC Desire 626s

This Guide worked flawlessly for me. Now If I can just get S-off. Anyone know of a s off guide for this phone other than using sunshine like i have on a previous phone? Thank You for all your work on the development of this root guide.:D:D:D
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianSixSixSix:
i tried the twrp on my normal 626, no go, it installed ,but wont boot it :(

no way to reset my recovery now, but Phone boots normally, so **** that :P
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgambit:
here is a link to fixed 0pkimg with recovery_signed.img for htc626 normal or a32_ul type phone

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Xp3GIFBvPvb1ZoTmQ2MnkzT2c/view?usp=sharing
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianSixSixSix:
nice thanx, but i cant seem to be able to flash that recovery, fastboot errors out

should i just pit the whole file on the sd card, or is there a trick to install recovery itself?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgambit:
have to use htc fastboot files https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Xp3GIFBvPvOFdMZ0d1OE5tN1k/view?usp=sharing

then place recovery_signed.img into same folder and boot into bootloader fastboot mode and type

fastboot flash recovery recovery_signed.img

or u can do

in zip form u can put onto sdcard formated fat32 as a named file 0PKXING.zip and it should self intall when in hboot mode ?

but i more sure with fastboot flash method myself
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianSixSixSix:
yep. that fastboot did the job, thanx mate :)
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmingels:
TWRP
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgirard1991:
Will this work on a Desire 626s for Boost Mobile ??
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ts_root78:
I cannot say yes, definitely. But, it worked on my wife's Metro PCS. So... As long as you follow the instructs, and the phone is the same across carriers, then give it a shot. Good luck!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] frankgambit:
the boot.img and recovery.img for htc 626s phone is a32e_ul and qualcom 210 based chipset and for htc626 and htc626x is a32_ul and qualcom 410 chipset, for htc626D and htc626g, ( not sure but maybe also htc626ph) is mtk mediatek chipset , this htc626 phone has definite 3 distinct chipsets that the boot and recovery images are not compatible. so whichever pphone you own make sure the roms for boot and custom recoverys are spesificte for 410 , 210 or mtk chipsets. g and d suffix definitly stands for dual sim type, single sim types are s and x or no sub letter, but im sure is three definite differnt types of the htc626 try keep to your own type is best i think :) and gfl in your hunt for rooting solutions

regards frankgambit

i am trying to get to pont of making custom recovery for htc626 and htc626x but have no idea if i make it before someone else publishes but lf can i be bothered to wait for others to do it so i am trying to do myself i hope .
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianSixSixSix:
well, now i got my default recovery to flash back, im willing to test if you make it :P

can Always restore now so :)
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f1tzg3r4ld:
Stock Rom??? Metro PCS or Other

Hello,

I accidentally wiped my os from my phone trying to reset to stock now all i have is twrp. Is there anyone willing to upload the stock metro pcs rom .zip or .img. Even if its for T mobile I think I could use the update.exe provided from htc for metro pcs to get it back to my carrier.

If someone can do this for me I would be willing to make a donation.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
You can just download the MetroPCS version of the RUU from the HTC website - it will restore your phone to 100% stock. From there, can re-insstall TWRP and re-root it.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f1tzg3r4ld:
For some reason when I connect my phone via usb cable to pc in either bootloader or download mode it is not recognized. The only way I can get it recognized by my computer is to boot into twrp recovery.

Any Ideas. USB drivers are up to date. Remember I have no os should it still show up on my pc while in download mode?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DrakarNoir:
First, thank you ALL for the hard work done to accomplish root and prepare this guide...second...

Please excuse the brevity and ignorance of this request.

How would one root this device (HTC Desire 626s MetroPCS) using Linux (as I do not have a Windows PC)?

Thank you
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonnykaiboy:
ok so followed the instructions exactly and everything was fine. flashed the superuserSU.zip file and now my phone wont turn on. any ideas

UPDATE: nevermind. got it to work lol. thanks for the guide. much appreciated!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Not sure what you want me to do. I don't have this device. It worked initially. Might be a firmware thing. Might need new kernel source. It could be any number of things I can't test.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
ok, I'll try the older versions. the cm recovery does work enough to get supersu on the phone.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Must be a difference between the AT&T firmware and the MetroPCS firmware that is "breaking" TWRP.

Is anyone using the latest MetroPCS OTA/RUU version able to use TWRP successfully (I never did the OTA update).... Just curious if that makes a difference or not (don't see why it would, but...).
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmingels:
I was thinking the same thing did you build the TWRP on the Metropcs variant?

Can anyone else confirm this issue?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emerl:
TWRP works just fine on the latest update
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
Thanks - must just be an issue with non-MetroPCS phones then.... Anyone get TWRP working on a non-MetroPCS phone?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
FYI - I used the Sprint kernel source as the recovery kernel for TWRP.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manymarius73:
I know this will be stupid, but when I go into download mode, I don't have "fastboot" as an option. Nor is it in bootloader. I selected "oem unlocking", but couldn't find a fastboot option in the power menu (HTC said look in battery setting). Any ideas? In using the virgin mobile variant.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talksickisil:
I could be wrong but I always thought " fastboot" is just another name for "bootloader"
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manymarius73:
On my other phones, in bootloader mode I chose fastboot. Wasn't on this one.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revulv:
Thanks so much for this! Now we just need Xposed!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 20twins10:
from what's been said is that Fastboot has been replaced with download. you'll need to run the fastboot commands from cmd while in download section..

every variant of this device is different. so irritating. Verizon doesn't have the oem unlock option either in power. and no Fastboot commands work to get a token identified or unlock the boot loader..
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricki13th:
I recently installed TWRP big thanks to (Captain_Throwback) for hooking us up with my favorite custom recovery. However, when I tried to partition the SD card for Link2sd to work I get a ''device can't be located'' error and I tried remounting my micro sd and rebooting back in TWRP but its the same error. Other than that I'm grateful for the work being done on this device. Hopefully, a custom AOSP rom comes for this device in the future...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
There's no provision for SD-Ext in the recovery.fstab for this device. That's why it can't find the device to partition it.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jer9009:
Will this work on Virgin Mobiles 626?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manymarius73:
I know I'm missing soemthing, but I don't see a way to make a backup image in cyanagen mod recovery. The TWRP didn't work on my Virgin Mobile 626s.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
You're not missing anything - you can't make backups with the Cyanogen recovery... It's a VERY basic recovery. That is why TWRP is so much nicer. But it sounds like it doesn't work with the Virgin Mobile phone for whatever reason.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manymarius73:
Huh. Thanks
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jer9009:
Did you get your Virgin Mobile 626 rooted? Just want to know if it's possible before I try.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manymarius73:
I won't even try till I can make a backup. Don't see why it wouldn't. It's the same process as on other HTCs.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowender62:
So I keep getting the OTA update and then deleting it so I don't accidentally install it and something go wrong because I am rooted. I just got it again, this is the 4th time and wondering if anyone has installed it? Not sure it's worth unrooting to install but since it keeps coming back maybe it is.

Any thoughts?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manymarius73:
Hi all. Is there another way to make a backup image beside a custom recovery?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jmingels:
Can you edit the OP to say that build of twrp only works on the Sprint or htc_a32e 626s
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrokenMessiah:
I didn't but I used the ruu which I think had the update in it because afterwards I'm still rooted and I don't see any update notification
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowender62:
I haven't used the RUU, when I rooted isn't wasn't out yet, and I'm a noob and don't know much on RUU's. Something I should do? I saw a few posts where it's out but that's it.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BrokenMessiah:
Download it from htc website and plug in your phone. Very simple, I can't imagine how you could do it wrong
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowender62:
Thanks. Shouldn't be a problem I always get there with the help from people like you and others. :good:
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinistyre:
issue unlocking bootloader

when using the fastboot oem get_identifier_token im getting this message instead of the string of code needed to get my unlock token, new to this rooting thing and really want to root my phone and get rid of this bloatware! any help is greatly appreciated

C:\android>fastboot get oem get_identifier_token

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall flash boot + recovery + system

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

erase <partition> erase a flash partition

getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable

boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel

flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it

devices list all connected devices

continue continue with autoboot

reboot reboot device normally

reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

help show this help message

options:

-w erase userdata and cache

-s <serial number> specify device serial number

-p <product> specify product name

-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline

-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id

-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address

-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default: 2048
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
For those who don't know xposed now works for our device. I have it running right now. You gotta use the official xposed v79sdkarm22 build recently posted.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberManiaK:
Hi guys i have a Desire 626s for Telcel Mexico is running 5.1 software version 1.01.600.1 HTC Sense version 7.0 Its rooted with out problems. But there is an OTA update available to 1.11.600.3 that is 229.59 mb, is this update safe to install and then be able to root after or I should avoid it.

Thanks.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
Type the command correctly and it'll work fine ;).
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
It's OK. I've done it and all is fine.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thefuryofZ3US:
Remove 'get' from between fastboot and oem.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinistyre:
Wow I'm dumb.... Lol thanks :/
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberManiaK:
Thanks.. I guess that in order to be able to take that update i must revert the phone to stock. Right? Because my Desire is running CWM recovery and the update didn't install by itself.

Thanks.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sinistyre:
supersu issue

ok i got past the bootloader, and have flashed my recovery, now after using the twrp to do the supersu i have the app icon in my app drawer but when i click on it i get the message "there is no SU binary installed,and SuperSU cannot install it. this is a problem!.... what have i done wrong this time?

T-T
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thefuryofZ3US:
Flash supersu from recovery.

http://xdaforums.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5u4573:
Hello, you explain in more detail how to install Xposed on HTC desire 626s? And I've tried and the device is left on the screen of HTC and the system never initiates
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
Go to the OFFICIAL xposed site in Xda and download the apk and xposed v79 sdk arm zip. Install the apk through your file manager and install the zip via recovery. Reboot system when it's done installing. It's gonna take a minute to reboot. You gotta be patient. The phone will restart and xposed will be functional. All the modules I've installed works flawlessly. Enjoy!

Here's the Official Xposed website link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3034811
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 5u4573:
OK thank you very much, before I ask exactly what you describe and did not work, but making 3 wipes before installing the zip worked perfectly Xposed
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
Your welcome and I told u. Lol. Go Xposed!!!!! Now look into a really good app for our phone called xsettings. It's an xposed module in the play store. You don't need to donate but it always helps with development so donate but you don't have to. This app tweaks the hell out of the phone. You can do alot of cool sh.. (stuff). LMAO.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
A big thanks goes out to rovo89 for getting us up and running with Xposed. I just can't contain my joy.???
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CyberManiaK:
You have the link to that xsettings? I can't find it..

Thx

Sent from iPad Air 2
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] H3NTA1KU:
Thanks a lot jtrosky!!

Just i wnat to say, i try it today and works!! from my HTC Desire 626s carrier TELCEL in México, just I omitted the steps 2 and 3 intead I try the KingRoot method and guess what? It WORKS TOO!!! So, after you unlock the bootloader (Step 1) you can also try install KingRoot and it will works.

Thanks A Lot!!!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WManzo123:
Hey guys. I just wanted to say this method works for the att version also. I was able to successfully root my phone following this method step by step.

I ran into no issues. Just literally follow step by step.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ricki13th:
Do you have the link to "xsettings" module you mentioned before I can't find it anywhere. I would like to try that on my device lol...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
It's in the playstore. It's called Xtended Settings.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andyjohnkenobi:
OTA update location desire 626s (sprint)

Hey guys long time reader, first post so bare with me. Gave up looking at sites for stored location of ota update before install so had to find it myself. Device/data/user/0/com.htc.updater/files
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _Sean_:
help

my phone wont turn or charge at all what can i do to fix this
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jer9009:
Has anyone found or know of a fix for the pc not recognizing the phone in download mode?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
I noticed the other day that my wifi-calling stopped working - is anyone else having this issue? I'm guessing that it's related to the fact that I never upgraded to the latest OTA version, but kept installing "HTC Service Pack" updates - I think it may have "broken" after the latest HTC Service Pack update from the Play Store...
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iloveroot:
Easy

If you know how to read and follow instructions, you can get through this process with no trouble. All the devs that worked on this project, Thank you!
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fant0m3:
So I get the point to make sure your in your working folder. But I just followed all steps without issue and I have adb and fastboot installed system wide from the 15 second adb installer. Just wondering why that cant be done saves time from manually installing it
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kickass007:
Having issues downloading the links from mega, are there any other methods or links to get this face :( to this face :)
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KasimTheDream:
S-On

I'm having issues with this guide.

I have followed each step up to the part were you flash the recovery.

At first I couldn't get it to work in cmd until I used the command: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

BAM! I was so happy as I see it begin to download the TWRP and proceed forward. :fingers-crossed:

When out of left field....

SMACK! FULL 5 FINGERS TO THE TEMPLE! Cannot install due to S-ON.... WTF! :crying:

My Nexus 5 was so much less of a pain in the ass as this HTC has been. I really need to root this phone. Does anyone know how to fix this for FREE... I don't have $25 for the Sunshine method.

I can read and follow directions.

If I'm doing something wrong please point it out. I'm really looking forward to rooting this phone but need to flash TWRP!!!!!!! hnghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :eek:

---------- Post added at 07:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:13 PM ----------

NOTES:

- Your phone MUST be in "Download" mode when flashing the CyanogenMod recovery! You CANNOT install the recovery image when the phone is in "Bootloader" mode. If you receive this message: "remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state", that means that you are trying to flash the recovery image while the phone is in "Bootloader" mode - you MUST be "Download" mode when flashing the recovery image!

Figured it out....:cool:
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sodafaucet:
Can anyone help me i messed up my mixer_paths.xml for my htc desire 626s could somone with the same phone possibly upload that file for me i cant find it anywere else
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thefuryofZ3US:
You need to unlock the bootloader before you can flash twrp.

Go to - htcdev.com/bootloader
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erik2541:
How do I flash the twrp recovery when I have already installed the cyanogen recovery ?

Thanks.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lowender62:
I am new so maybe wait till someone confirms but I was told when you flash TWRP it will replace the cyanogen recovery you already have. It worked fine for me. Flash it the same way you did cyanogen recovery. Again, I am a noob but pretty sure that how it works.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
This is correct. Flash it the same way you did Cyanogen recovery. We don't need Cyanogen recovery anymore.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fl4pj4cks:
I am on an HTC Desire 626 HTCD200LVW and cannot find the OEM unlock in developer options, i was told this means i do not need to unlock this but when i run the fastboot it tells me that i need to unlock it.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtrosky:
From what I recall, that is only an issue on Verizon versions of the 626 - apparently, they lock the phone down more than other carriers (which is why you don't have the OEM unlock option). I think that you are SOL for now... Can you confirm that Verizon is your carrier?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
It seems my Boost Mobile version of this phone will not boot TWRP. (Specifically the Sprint version from CustomThrowback that was posted on page 1 of this thread). I would hope this can get resolved at some point. I would like to be able to backup the phone incase a custom rom for this phone comes out. (Though at the moment there isn't one I know of that is for the Boost Mobile version)

EDIT: Does anyone have the stock recovery for Boost version of this phone? None of the ones I've found here work! This is a big problem because I can't OTA update to Marshmallow when it comes out with a custom recovery installed. :(
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
Are we getting a Marshmallow OTA?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
It's not a big problem; the OTA will come with a stock recovery you can extract and flash to take said OTA ;).
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
Ok that's good news. :D

Is it safe to assume updating will reinstall bloatware apps I uninstalled and remove root. (I may just unroot to ensure it updates correctly). Suppose removing bloatware will be something I'll have to do again when the OTA update comes. :P

Yeah seen news reports that Marshmallow coming in a few months so it's something to look out for.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
If you uninstalled anything from system then you have a different reason the OTA won't install . . . :rolleyes:.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wilbigdaddy2000:
Which site did you get the news from? Would like to confirm for other readers.

---------- Post added at 08:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:11 PM ----------

When we get the marshmallow update will the b5 version of twrp still be compatible. I mean it's not the software but the hardware that runs it, correct?
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
OTAs containing OS updates invariably include updated firmware, which may or may not impact the device's ability to boot the current version of TWRP. No way to know until an update exists, though.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
Well I backed up all the apps I uninstalled with Titanium Backup. So I'll just reinstall them before updating. :P

EDIT: It believe my parents whom this phone I was rooting said that they read something from googling about it. Took me a bit but I believe this is what I found about the matter:

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/1...arshmallow-soon-say-goodbye-to-the-one-m7.htm

Second Quarter of this year, so early Spring most likely.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captain_Throwback:
It might not be that simple, depending on the method of OTA employed.
[Desire 626 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Apache Thunder:
Well I suppose I can hope someone eventually comes out with a custom Boost Mobile rom for this phone. I would have done a proper backup of android, but none of the TWRP builds I've found work with this phone. Not even the Sprint one. :(

(and HTC hasn't posted the RUU for this version of the phone yet either. They only have the Sprint RUU as far as I can tell)