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[Desire Android Development] alex_hk90:
I think this is your problem - the guide specifies up to ROM (OS) 1.21.
[Desire Android Development] Stretlow:
I can't root my desire through windows 7 because of the driver problem.

Last night I tried through the Linux cd method and it stops ( like the Windows method on step2 for some reason it won't recognise the device at that point.

It pushes the first zip files fine.

Is there anything else I can do..... I'm on 1.21 bootloader 80
[Desire Android Development] alex_hk90:
After step 7 (the end of step1), did you follow the steps on the terminal screen before running the step2 script?
[Desire Android Development] Stretlow:
Yes to the letter. For some reason it says no device detected
[Desire Android Development] alex_hk90:
Ignore this; I ended up going for MoDaCo Custom ROM r3.1 with A2SD+, and it seems to be working well. :)
[Desire Android Development] Stretlow:
SO barring those two methods is there no other way for me to root my device
[Desire Android Development] alex_hk90:
I don't know, sorry. The method on there worked fine for me with the same bootloader/ROM as you have (0.80/1.21).
[Desire Android Development] Stretlow:
My dads pc has windows 7 on aswell and it wont work on his either...
[Desire Android Development] alex_hk90:
Have you had a look at this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721707
[Desire Android Development] chrism_scotland:
Ok, I have a T-Mobile locked and branded Desire and so trying to create a Goldcard but it just gives me Permission Denied when trying to get the CID, what am I doing wrong? I have followed the steps to the T
[Desire Android Development] :
Need some help, rooted my phone according to the guide (Singapore carrier, used a goldcard) but with the generic 1.5 ROM I cannot connect to the 3G network. Only WiFi.

I tried installing ROM Manager to install Froyo but it says SD card needs to be mounted. I thought I'd just unroot and try some other day. But my original one was 1.19.707.7, the one at Macodo is 1.19.707.6.

What should I do?
[Desire Android Development] emf12:
After root an OTA update don't work to install!

I have rooted my HTC Desire with software nr. 1.15.405.4 after benko286 topic(great work! thanks!) But now is an 27.07 MB OTA update to 1.21.405.2 version bat my Desire cann not install it!!When i starting to install it after 30 sec an erorr appear!Have someone any idea how to install this OTA update? Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
I had the same problem as you, try the newer guide version from modaco:

http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307365/14-jun-r6-riskfreeroot-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/
[Desire Android Development] emf12:
After root an OTA update don't work to install!

Thanks! And after download in PC, rename rooted update to 1.21 into update.zip on SDcard ?

then ..

with 'volume down' pressed and select 'Recovery'

then press 'volume up' then press 'power'

Select the second option, 'Apply sdcard:update.zip

Then instaled ClockworkMod recovery should launch? This are the steps? Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
First install ClockworkMod recovery in ROM manager, by doing this you are creating a new update.zip on the sd card, which is the recovery system.

Copy the 1.21 update on the sd card (any name .zip but update.zip).

To boot ClockworkMod you either use ROM manager "reboot into recovery-system", or turn off the phone, and back on with the back button held down, then navigate to the 'BOOTLOADER' and then 'RECOVERY' option on the menu, using the volume buttons to move and the power button to select and when a black screen appears with a red triangle, press and hold 'Volume Up' then tap 'Power' and then select the option 'Apply sdcard:update.zip'.

Now the ClockworkMod menu should appear, navigate with trackball or volume buttons, and press the trackball to select "apply update from sd card", and "select file from sd card".
[Desire Android Development] emf12:
Thanks a lot man ! It works great! Peace!
[Desire Android Development] xenofexos:
Ok... shame.. Thx anyway..
[Desire Android Development] FroyoFrenzy:
rooting htc desire

Hello, I'm trying to enable apps2sd on my desire, and figured I may as well try to install froyo ahead of the htc release. I've created a gold card and searched a number of blogs etc, but whilst in the recovery mode and trying to install update.zip, I get "signature verification failed". I've tried this with a number of ROMs with the same result, and have tried the Tiny Core Linux method too. Does anyone have any advice? Apologies if this has already been answered somewhere, I've trawled through a number of posts and haven't found an answer.
[Desire Android Development] milkmanglc:
I would check your software version, if its 1.22 it can't be rooted yet :( or try the goldcard method again
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
Have you tried to install and root in one step, because you said you tried many roms, I'm not sure if that's possible?

If that's not the case, then there must be a problem with you gold card, or your bootloader is above 0.8 or your rom above 1.21...
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
Sorry, but have I missed something?

Thx for what and who?
[Desire Android Development] FroyoFrenzy:
Thanks guys, appreciate the prompt responses. I have HBOOT 0.75.0000, so I'm pretty sure it can be rooted if I can resolve the issues that I'm having. Apologies if my terminology was incorrect (was tired / late at night when I wrote the previous post ;), what I meant to say was I have tried multiple downloads of update.zip. Ultimately I'm hoping to install DeFroST_2.0b on the phone but need to root it first!

I had assumed that it was the update.zip was the problem given it was at the recovery stage when trying to execute "Apply sdcard:update.zip" that I start to get errors (such as "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command", "E:signature verification failed", "Installation aborted."). Perhaps there is a root cause that occurred earlier that I'm not aware of that is causing this?

I'd assumed that the gold card creation was successful, because I was able to read the card successfully creating it. Is there a more definitive test to determine whether it is issues with the gold card or with the update.zip file?

Looking back at the steps / various methods that I've used, I'm also having issues (see the following error messages) performing 'step 2' with a blank sd card using the tiny core method, this is probably the issue but I'm not sure how to resolve. Is this caused by problems trying to modify the sd card or the phone memory?

failed to copy 'files/etc/mtab' to '/etc/mtab': Read-only file system

busybox: permission denied

nohup: permission denied

Sorry to bounce around methods so much, I've tried many techniques and blogs in the thus far vain attempt to get the job done. If anyone has any suggested fixes, I can try one method end-to-end, particularly with additional debugging steps, and provide any output etc that may assist to find the root cause of this issue. Thanks again for the assistance so far ...
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
So you downloaded the zip For a bootloader of 0.75.* or lower, and your current ROM is 1.15.* or lower?

I think the problem in step 2 is caused by a unsuccessfull step 1, so the rom partitions are still locked, but this is just a guess, I'm still not very familiar with linux.
[Desire Android Development] FroyoFrenzy:
I've tried zip's that are recommended for both 0.75 or lower or 0.80 or lower, because I'm trying to exhaust all options. My current HBOOT is 0.75.0000. Is that the same as my current ROM?

I think you're probably right, that something is silently going wrong in the earlier steps, but without being able to pinpoint what that is exactly, I'm at a loss to identify what has gone wrong. I have some linux experience but have never delved this deep into the android o/s before.

Does anyone have some suggestions?
[Desire Android Development] setnaybalu:
you need to wait to see the black screen in desire, ie.,

Select the BOOTLOADER option and wait until the blue text HBOOT changes to HBOOT USB PLUG. Then select the RECOVERY option, wait for the phone to go to a black screen with a phone icon and red exclamation mark.

hope this will help
[Desire Android Development] heckevin:
Thanks for the guide. I got some questions in the above steps.

2. Do you mean put the card in the phone and boot the phone?

3. You mentioned SDK here but I did not see the link or name of it. Would you please give one? Also, is the card still in the phone or connected to the computer when you open the command prompt? If it is the former, how to open the command prompt on the phone? If it is the latter, are we talking about a Windows OS? Thank you very much.
[Desire Android Development] benko286:
2. yes

3. Download this and this, card needs to be in phone, you are opening command prompt in Windows ;)
[Desire Android Development] heckevin:
Thank you very much for the quick reply. So the phone is connected to the PC via HTC Sync, isn't it? Or connected as disk drive?
[Desire Android Development] tattatheng:
after root it, every time still need put gold card when need to flash room?

i'm using 1.19.707.7asia rom which is my just buy at sg. i was using 1 week to root it:p because this is my first time usung android phone.

using win7 64bit got some problem to create gold card because of it will make my wireless adapter not working. In the end work in xp.

However, when I try to unroof using asia wwe 1.19.707.7 that room was fail.

which i only can unroot is using 1.21.xxx wwe that 1.

Any idea let me flash back to 1.19.707.7? because I need use the it to keyin chinese word.

sorry for bad english and bad typing bcoz I'm using hd2 to typing.
[Desire Android Development] benko286:
As a disk drive ;)

AFAIK you don't need it:)

Don't know about the other one :(

Maybe not possible for now!
[Desire Android Development] heckevin:
Thank you very much.
[Desire Android Development] InspectorFrost:
hi

Im not getting past step2 on this guide

Im getting device not found error....see below (NB. i have htc sync installed and working correctly

(might also be worth noting that i noticed this line come up whist doing step 1 "FAILED (remote: 42 custom id check fail)"

(is this the cause of the problem below?)

Rebooting to bootloader...

rebooting into bootloader... OKAY

Step 1 complete - now use the bootloader menu to enter recovery mode.

To do this, press the power button, wait a few seconds, then use the volume keys

and power button to select the RECOVERY option.

C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\HTC STUFF\Unzipped R5\r5-desire-root>step2-windows.bat

Desire Root Step 2

Pushing required files to device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

error: device not found

Pushing update file to device sdcard - this may take a few minutes...

error: device not found

error: device not found

Now wipe and apply rootedupdate.zip from the recovery image menu.

error: device not found

C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\HTC STUFF\Unzipped R5\r5-desire-root>
[Desire Android Development] kingofthebraves:
Dude I just tried using the LINUX method and the exact same error shows up, Device not found. Im using 0.8 and 1.21, will try to see if the gold card method works..
[Desire Android Development] InspectorFrost:
Fixed!....for some reason my laptop (command promp) went a little screwy, just need to reboot !
[Desire Android Development] vegas55:
Hi ( branded )

It does not understand this

I downloaded SDK for windows, I unpacked to folder and what next ??????

# then open a command prompt to the extract location. Change to the 'tools directory.

# Type

Code:

adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid

what means this
[Desire Android Development] kingofthebraves:
Anyone? I've almost done everything possible except the gold card method. Having trouble installing Android SDK on Windows. Can anyone give me the exact files I need? All I know is Android SDK windows, Eclipse (there are a lot of versions on the site and I am confused) and JDK ? A detailed step by step guide for running the SDK would help a lot to :)

Been trying to root the desire for three days now and it's driving me insane!

Rootedupdate.zip is in my microsd

USB debugging is checked

I dont understand why my Mac and Linux wont recognize my device!
[Desire Android Development] JexL:
best guide ever!! thank you
[Desire Android Development] HellSassa69:
just rooted my desire using this guide! Now I am trying to flash a cool rom with app2sd :)

not 100% idiot proof but very good guide ;)
[Desire Android Development] Tenhi:
I'm' wondering will official update from 1.15 to 1.21 also update bootloader to above 0.80 :)? Would I be able to root my desire after official stock update?

Thanks ;)
[Desire Android Development] benko286:
Yepp you will be able to root after update;)
[Desire Android Development] Tenhi:
Thanks again :))...
[Desire Android Development] zheads:
Trying to get root on my Desire, but stuck on step2. Problem: when phone is in the Bootloader my PC couldnt recognize it and couldnt find driver "Android 1.0"

Please help me find this driver...
[Desire Android Development] missbizzylizzy:
Sorry if this is cluttering the thread but I really, really wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!! I am a newbie to Android. This thread is invaluable for someone like me.:) I really do hate asking for help because I prefer to figure out or find the information myself. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!:):):):)
[Desire Android Development] vicster:
[fixed] waited a couple of minuts between the hboot and the re triangle

hey thanks for the guide.. even so i am having the same trouble as some others at ./step2.sh, i can't find the device.. step 1 locates it just fine... what could be wrong (neglecting to post the error since its been posted 3 times already)

im doing it the "safe and easy way" with TinyCore *NIX
[Desire Android Development] alex_hk90:
No, your current ROM will be 1.something - you can check it in "Settings - About phone - Software information - Build number".
[Desire Android Development] FroyoFrenzy:
My current ROM / build number is "1.16.841.1 CL171554 release-keys", is that old enough to be rootable? Sorry if this is listed somewhere, I've only seen discussion about the HBOOT number being important ...
[Desire Android Development] noCtol:
Im having problems downloading root-tools. links not wokring or get a corrupt file. :/ anybody wanna host on diferent location? :)
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
There's the problem, one file is for 0.75 with rom 1.15.*, the other is for 0.8 with rom below 1.21.* (also meaning above 1.15.*), but you have 0.75 with rom below 1.21.*, so none of the files fit on your phone.

Never heard about that case, only some having 0.8 with 1.15.*, so for you downgradeing the bootloader won't help, you either upgrade him (but can't find any 0.8 files for you), or downgrade rom, but don't know if that's possible when not rooted...
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
I only have the newer r6 ones, with a slightly different guide from http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307365/14-jun-r6-riskfreeroot-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/...
[Desire Android Development] nksv:
Hi

New here. I have managed to innstall froyo, android 2.2 on my desire. My problem is that I can not open a web page, or markets. I can`t even sync my phone with outlook.... this is a problem.

How can I reset the phone back to 2.1, or does anybody have another ROM they can give me? I used ROM manager to innstall 2.2

Thanks for any help.
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
The easiest way is to use a nandroid backup that you should have created after rooting and before flashing a new rom, but I think you didn't do so.

The second option is to do the rooting process again, so you get a fresh rooted 1.15 rom.

Custom roms I can recommend are modaco as 2.1 rom and dj droid or defrost as froyo rom.
[Desire Android Development] nksv:
I did a Nandroid back up. How do I get that?
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
Then you can start rom manager, select "reboot into recovery-system", and from there you can select nandroid, restore, select the backup file, and I think there's an other are you sure question, but I think you know you have to select yes? :p
[Desire Android Development] BlackWhiteOne:
I lost my desire warranty

there should be something wrong here,

I have a unbranded desire with HBOOT 0.80,

the original ROM is 1.19,

I was sucessfull to root my deisre,

for warranty reason I need to flash back to 1.19,

but I failed,

I can never come back,

I lost my desire warranty,

this really a nice guide for newbie,

but I think a kind reminder should be here to tell people if you have a HBOOT 0.80 and 1.19, you can never come back after you get your desire rooted.
[Desire Android Development] FroyoFrenzy:
Why can't you just unroot with something like the following guide?

http_android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307683/howto-unroot-your-htc-desire/
[Desire Android Development] Ghisy:
I've installed Modaco r3.1 ROM a few weeks ago and I've just noticed it doesn't seem to include the OTA update that fixed the voicemail problem with the French carrier SFR (to sum it up: the number for voicemail is 123 but if you dial it, it calls an emergency number!!).

I asked Paul about this but got no reply. Is it possible to flash the missing part of the OTA update?
[Desire Android Development] mike freegan:
Hi all

Eventually managed to root my desire (had to use the R5 method on XDA Dev as the R6 on Modaco refused to work).

I have downloaded the Contacts.apk from Modaco. Could someone explain how to 'push it' to the device? I'd really appreciate it.

I've been reading this guide, but I don't know how to get to the 'recovery screen with green menu' without re-rooting the whole thing, which I don't really want to do.

Cheers

Mike
[Desire Android Development] pranavd1980:
Hello All,

As per the subject i had my HTC Desire purchased in INDIAN grey market

(Desire officially not released in INDIA yet)

....Received yesterday and everything is O.K....except the Chinese suggestions while typing....

Devise booting up with default HTC Welcome screen....FYI

Software details of my Desire is as listed below..

Bootloader Version i Have is 0.80

Firmware Version

2.1-update1

Baseband Version

32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.00.02_2

Kernel Version

2.6.29-b7e82785

htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Build Number5

1.19.707.7 CL171460 release-keys

Software Number

1.19.707.7

Browser Version

Webkit 3.1

Can someone help me to figure out what method should i use for Rooting my Desire???? As new to android i am confused with the several methods listed in this thread.....:confused::confused::confused:

Also wanted to know, What official generic update i have to choose for my device...And the manufacturing country of my device...HOW????

Thanks in Advance......
[Desire Android Development] slovenskisin:
benko286...thank you very much! At first I had problems with step2 device not found error, but as someone previously said....just wait a minute or 2 after you go to recovery menu...
[Desire Android Development] BlackBirdf:
I think you want to install the contacts.apk, but your guide is about removing apps?

However, to push it (=installing) on the phone, copy it on the sd card, open a file manager (get one from the market), and execute the apk.

To get into the recovery mode with green menu, turn your phone with the back button held down on, then run the bootloader, select recovery, and when the red triangle screen appears, press and hold 'Volume Up' then tap 'Power'. Up to this point you haven't changed anything (so you still have root).
[Desire Android Development] mike freegan:
Hi, thanks for the help.

I can't install the .apk as usual as I believe that because it's a system app it is trying to write to the system folder, which isn't allowed, even with root access.

And I was talking about the last paragraph of that post, about adding files. Is n't there another green recovery menu I seem to remember from when I was rooting
[Desire Android Development] cez10:
ok guys i dont understand how to do the bolded things + also on this video tut

http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-root-the-htc-desire/ theres no such things? does that mean the vid is newer than the method described ? or im misunderstanding something?
[Desire Android Development] BlackWhiteOne:
it does not work at all.
[Desire Android Development] dougsdir:
Noobie questions regarding Froyo

I have just successfully rooted my Desire and flashed the latest Defrost Rom from the SD card.

i also updated the radio mentioned in the thread and the battery meter.

i followed the fantastic instructions from here but mainly step by step inctructions from theunlockr.com videos

the reason for rooting was A2SD and Adobe Flash 10.1

now i have a few nooby questions i cant find in the faqs on here.

1. Having looked at the LeeDrOiD Mod V1.2b , the instructions mention that you can upgrade using clockworkmod Recovery on ROM Manager. i downloaded ROM Manager and installed it. Can i upgrade a ROM from within Froyo? i thought to upgrade to another ROM you had to do reboot the phone and press Power and Volume Down, then choses Recovery.

2. It also mentioned to run Nandroid Backup, is this an app on the Market and does it backup my current OS incase things go wrong when flashing a new ROM?

3. With the new A2SD+ do you have to do anything with your SD card, it seemed to just work for me when i put my 8gb SD acrd in that i used with the Stock TMobile ROM that came with the phone. With the old A2SD do you have to use Rom Manager to prepare your SD card, as I noticed some older ROMS use the old A2SD.

4. With the new LeeDrOiD or DeVillain 1.0 Froyo ROM that has SenseUI built in , will this mean that HTC Sync works again, as this is missing from Defrost ROM.

sorry if this has been covered already, but some threads are hundreds of pages
[Desire Android Development] AndroHero:
ok here we go :D

1. rommanager will let you download and boot into clockwork mod recovery, from there it will flash the rom

2. nandroid backup is also one of the options in recovery, no need to download anything

3. to use apps2sd you need an ext partition, this can also easly done using rommanager, you dont need a swap file so set that to 0mb

4 both leedroid and devillian both have sence, i would advise leedroid tho as its great, im using it :D
[Desire Android Development] Ibn MuSa:
Stuck at extracting SDK to make a Gold Card

I am stuck at step 2 of creating the Gold Card. When I extract SDK, it says:

"! C:\android-sdk_r06-windows.zip: CRC failed in android-sdk-windows\tools\lib\x86\swt.jar. The file is corrupt"

Is it an important file? Can I proceed from there?

Thanks!
[Desire Android Development] PatrikSelin:
Have you SIM-free phone? If you have, then you don't need create GoldCard.

There is:

r5-desire-root.zip

r6-desire-root.zip

What is different?
[Desire Android Development] riley90:
Please Help! Blocked my htc desire

Hi im not that familiar with the terminology so please correct me if im wrong or the process in hacking my htc desire. I followed the steps in rooting the phone, gold card flashing and the other necessary steps. I then installed the rom and radio from "[Froyo] DJ DROID v1.0-R1 BETA - with HTC Sense - HD 720p - base 2.04". I am now left with a welcome screen saying "Network locked". What can I do from here any suggestions please would be appreciated. thanks.
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
Are you using a desire that was originally orange branded?

If so, I think the only options you have is either to,

1. Downgrade to an older radio ( but lose 720p functionality

2. Buy a network unlock code.

Stu