yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Android Development] Sabrezx:
Got it tagged mate, thanks for the advice, now rooted fine.

Anyone any advice on an outlook contacts sync program.
[Desire Android Development] MasDroid:
Yes you can. The only thing you would need to change is replace the rootedupdate.zip with your actual MoDaCo Custom Rom zip and configure Apps2SD, if necessary.
[Desire Android Development] niiico69:
New root method posted on modaco this afternoon by Paul: 14-jun-r6-riskfreeroot-htc-desire-rooting-guide-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support

(can't post URLs since I'm a newbie)

Enjoy
[Desire Android Development] Grantzxr:
sorry real nOOb here with Andoid for one week now, ok i got my phone rooted finaly using th linux boot cd now all i want to do is install a new boot animation .

When i try following the guide in post 4 to the letter i get a adb not a command msg. whats this fool missing please help i installed the sdk drivers in full and using win 7 64
[Desire Android Development] globalm:
Before issuing the ADB cmmands you must change directory to the location of the android sdk\tools folder.

Perhaps you did not do this.

If you are running from linux you may need

./adb

Good luck.
[Desire Android Development] Grantzxr:
ok i trying to do this part from windows .

i changed to the location of sdk\tools but still have no luck so a few more questions do i leave the phone on the red triangle screen or recovery-windows it so i get the green screen ? can anybody pease reply with a fool (me) proof step by step to change this boot animation using windows.

Thanks in advance.
[Desire Android Development] SkyWalker1726:
HELP !

i used the Tiny Linux Core , done everything az mentioned , but after ./step1.sh

i get one error "CUSTUM ID FAILED" but it continues , and says that it finished the job , Phone restarts in the white screen ,. but when i enter Step2.sh , it keeps saying DEVICE NOT FOUND

any advice would be appreciatedd
[Desire Android Development] ahwaztaxi:
I have this error too . how can I fix this ?

how can I be sure that my gold card is ok ?

I did the step 1 again and again on windows until one time it did not give me that error.

then in the recovery menu which is blue in my device not the green everywhere is said,

i wiped and then updated the r6 update.zip from the sd card.

but in all these time there was one error line at the bottom of the recovery screen in devce which said : "E:can't open /cache /recovery/command"

what is this error ? is my recovery ok ?
[Desire Android Development] SkyWalker1726:
well created a gold card , and everything ran ok !

now i have a rooted device ( i think ) :D will try installing froyo defrost !

seems like the use of a gold card is A MUST !

cause it didn't work without although my device isn't branded

then in step two when in recovery mode ,

if your device is not detected try unpluging and plugin in again

it should solve the problem\

thx again for this Guide !
[Desire Android Development] bongobill:
good job well done

i must say thank you for all of the guides you provide here. my screen broke and so i have to send it back for replacement. i have just managed to reflash the generic ruu thanks to your help.

i just wish someone had the orange ruu.

never mind. i shall let you know if they refuse it.

cheers
[Desire Android Development] Zeppan:
first of all i am getting ERROR 51 in both in windows and in linux... anyone know a fix for this??

secondly i am trying out the goldcard method but i cant get past step 1 cause its says device not found! :(

ive plugged it into my computer and the phone is on... usbreview can see the phone.. but ofcourse i have the problem that the phone wont boot since previous flashing failed!

so is there any way to make a goldcard with a cardreader without the phone?

or how can i get past this device not found error? seems wierd to me since the flashing programs can find the phone but not adb shell :(
[Desire Android Development] bradputt:
Those who got the "custom ID error" in step 1 and "Device not found" on step 2 please change your micro SD card.

i encounter this too when i tried to root my desire.

i was using a kingston 8GB card and when i changed to a old 128mb card it worked immediately.
[Desire Android Development] Blaiz:
im having this same issue as Zeppan any news? my story is here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703707

my SD card is 4GB Samsung will try switching to another card.
[Desire Android Development] Daelyn:
In my opinion this really should be re-stick

ied

BTW:

"sticky, stickier, stickiest"

But, sticky-ed should become sticki-ed, right? :D
[Desire Android Development] benko286:
I have no idea who unsticked it, anyway it is back sticky ;)
[Desire Android Development] urmish101:
i'm using RCMixS and its great ROM fast and stable, now m gonna change to cool sense3d to try the sensation experience as soon as my 32GB class10 arrives....
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
There are lots of long winded things to try but more often than not, it ends up using the last resort which is using Teppic74's dowgrader tool to downgrade to android 2.1 then root with an older unrevoked. You can search for that thread in thsi forum.

I personally recommend going straight for that option.
[Desire Android Development] happy20b:
Do we have to flash hacked hboot for flashing RCMix ?

in requirement it says only : rooted phone and ext3/4 partition on SD

what about S-off ? is it required for this ROM ?

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Theres a stock hboot option is there not?
[Desire Android Development] prgas:
Please delete
[Desire Android Development] Sephi:
I can't burn gparted. Is there any other way to partition my sd-card?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
You can try running gparted in a virtual machine (VMware).

Step by step with screen shots here:

VMware Gparted Guide
[Desire Android Development] happy20b:
Dear All,

Thanks for all ur help :)

Did S-OFF using alpharev on VMWare machine

Flashed CM7 HBOOT using fastboot ( Android Flasher )

Flashed [ROM][01/08][STABLE][Sense2.1+3.0 GB]InsertCoin CM7 HBOOT

TESTING :) ...

observing some issues SMS.. while typing some time it automatically get saved as draft.. Well ill report this in ROM thread

Thanks :)
[Desire Android Development] ccdarkness:
hi all

i used to have my desire rooted until 2days ago when i installed new 2.3 from htc

now i can't acces my recovery, tryed to reflash with unrevoked and it says "is your software too new?" so i can't install any other rom and can't understand what happend?!?! please point me in the right direction ...

thanks
[Desire Android Development] Disreaction:
2.3 included a newer HBOOT driver version which unrevoked cannot handle yet. Therefore we have to wait for a new version of unrevoked or a way to downgrade the HBOOT version, which are both not available at the moment.
[Desire Android Development] happy20b:
Though i have sucesfully, Rooted, S-SOFF, installed HBOOT C7 and flashed insertcoin ROM.. i wanted to clarify few things...

In insertcoin They have mentioned below requirement.

A2SD CM7 HBOOT - cm7 hboot from alpharev.nl - the one with 130 mB for /system - 1 gB ext2/3/4 partition

A2SD+ STOCK HBOOT - stock hboot - the one with 250 mB for /system - 1 gB ext2/3/4 partition

a] I am aware of A2SD application which is used to move installed applications from phone memory to SD card memory. I am also aware of HBOOTS CM7, CM7r2, STOCK etc... But what do you mean by A2SD CM7 HBOOT or A2SD+ STOCK HBOOT here ?

b] I have formatted my 2GB SD card as 1GB Ext4 and remaining FAT32. But i just wanted to know

1] Who will be using this 1GB Ext4 partition ?

2] If we install A2SD application and move apps to SD card , are they going to be stored in EXT4 partition or FAT32 partition?

3] Can we read EXT4 partition contents in phone using any file explorer ?

4] Finally, why cant we use EXT4 partition alone if it has more advantage ?

I have flashed ROM.. but i just wanted to improve Knowledge

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Have you tried asking in the Rom thread? Everyone refers to a2sd differently
[Desire Android Development] happy20b:
Well i thot it is general question so asked in Q&A section , din get any reply . Now i have posted in ROM thread.

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] BigMrB:
No one replied because you can find all your answers with the search button!!

1.. you say your aware of hboot..

But then you ask what you mean. If you have not changed your hboot download stock. If you have cm7 hboot download that version.

2.. your apps are saved on your SD ext... So your phone uses it. Which is the main reason people initially root, to get more internal memory.

No need to 'read' ext 4... There your apps

Apps2sd is a script not an app.

You don't 'move to sd' because its auto.

Can't use ext 4 alone??? Read some of the guides... The technical definitions and the complete rooting guide. You seem to be confused with a few things so just take time and read
[Desire Android Development] happy20b:
ok let me rephrase it .. may be i was not clear or im bit confused. Could u please explain me the line in requirement ?

" A2SD CM7 HBOOT - cm7 hboot from alpharev.nl - the one with 130 mB for /system - 1 gB ext2/3/4 partition"

I understood it like this, To flash this ROM I require 1GB ext2/3/4 partition on

my SD card, then i need to flash CM7 HBOOT [ this hboot has 130mb partition for sytem].. Now why they have mentioned A2SD along with CM7 HBOOT ? and similarly why A2SD+ is mentioned along with STOCK BOOT ?

For my curiosity I mounted my card on linux system. And found that EXT partition has app, library and weather folders.

app folders has many many apk files including all htc applications

weather folders has all media files related to weather demo

After installing ROM i installed a app(script) from market named "App 2 SD"

Now if i install any application it will by default installed on phone memory but immediately "app 2 sd" application prompts me if the new installed application can be moved to SD card ? then i manully go to app manger and move it to SD card.

No im really confused after you told me that it is auto.

Well this cleared my most of the doubts http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16383803&postcount=8246

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] BigMrB:
They put apps2sd with hboot type because there more than just app2sd

Data x part data2sd etc...

App and script are separate things... The app you downloaded ... Use it to move everything back to your phone and uninstall it. You don't need it. Everything auto moves to SD ext let it do its own
[Desire Android Development] happy20b:
so A2SD is part of HBOOT or ROM ? I think in ROM ( android system). and developers type along with HBOOT just to specify which type of A2SD it will be using...

I work on embedded system and linux but not android or mobile. And also different platform ( processor). My be the less knowledge about android system created many doubts.. And initially i thot A2SD is a app which is also available in android market with name "app to sd" But now everything is clear. That app only prompts the user, whether the newly installed app can be moved to sd card. and in settings->appmanager uses default android A2SD script to move apps to FAT partition of SD card. BUT the edited A2SD/A2SD+ script automatically moves the apps/dalvik to ext partition and treat ext as internal memory :)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16383803&postcount=8246 and also i read the following link has very nice explanation http://www.miui-au.com/faq/a2sd/

Sorry if i was not clear with my questions ... thanks once again
[Desire Android Development] urmish101:
you can remain on stock hboot and no need to s-off .

yes it is true you need to be rooted but without that you wont b able to flash any rom, thats basic and a 1GB ext3 or ext4 partition on sd
[Desire Android Development] tally114:
Hi guys can I root my phone + unlock hboot with the dev Rom of HTC aka 2.3 or ...?
[Desire Android Development] Sephi:
Hey guys,

I used Titanium Backup "all app and system data" before and after flashing a new rom. Now all my contacts and my SMS weren't backupped. I used SMS Backup as well so I got to keep them...but my contacts are gone. -.- Is there something I can do?
[Desire Android Development] tally114:
installing a new ROM means it wipes the phone to 'factory settings'! so NO, that's why they always say backup I'm sorry for you...:( good luck.
[Desire Android Development] Sephi:
But I used backup...Titanium Backup...
[Desire Android Development] tally114:
If you backed it up you can get it back.if you didn't you're kinda screwed.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Titanium backup is not good for restoring contacts and sms as its muddled in with the system data you don't want to restore cross-rom.

If you don't have Google.contacts, export to sd before wipe.

If you took a nandroid of your previous Rom, you can restore it and do this
[Desire Android Development] happy20b:
I guess NO for now..
[Desire Android Development] urmish101:
hi i tried the Teppic74's downgrading utility but it is having some problem with my sd card(gold card), it is not able to transfer downgrade rom file to sd card..

its the forst time i made a gold card so i have some queries----

--does gold card on inserting in phone shows "safe to remove sd card" and you cannot access your sd card?

--cannot access with mem card reader on pc too?

i've posted in that thread but no answer since morning so

do you have any other solution??:confused:
[Desire Android Development] s3rvus:
well a few people here have the same problem with the htc 2.3 rom.

as it seems, there is no solution yet.

a goldcard does not help, too (i asked a few replies ago).

the stupid thing is that htc announced that they will not lock their boot loaders in the future but it seems they still had to do this sh... with this rom.

maybe we can work together and help with developing a solution.

at first: where is the critical point? is it the CID number which is the problem?

maybe, experienced guys here have some answers.

edit:

btw, there should be a warning for other visitors that they can't switch to another rom after installing the htc 2.3 rom
[Desire Android Development] urmish101:
hi finally i rooted my friend's Desire that was having problems...it had T-mobile froyo installed

unrevoked wont work at first it was able to gain may b temp root but the whole process wont complete, it said " validation error: backup CID is missing"

then i went to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1 with Teppic74's downgrading tool but at first it asked for gold card n when i provided it wasnt able to transfer file to sd card...

then i noticed in HBOOT that it was factory S-off, then i just placed the PB99IMG.zip on sd card and rebooted in bootloader there updated with the zip file and successfully downgraded by myself to stock non branded 2.1 rom.

next step root with unrevoked and done ---another Desire free from chains---
[Desire Android Development] urmish101:
hey guys now m facing a tiny problem but a big hurdle....i know its a noob kinda thing but i m frustrated n confused...!!

i did 1GB ext4 partition and 6.4 GB (remaining space on 8GB card) with GParted Live

now windows only shows first partition 1GB which it could not read and not other..

i checked in disk management there it shows both partitions but the fat32 6.4GB is shown as RAW

even my Desire shows "blank sd card, format?" and when i do it it gives 7.4 GB free so ext4 partition deleted

now how do i transfer ROM and other files to SD card when no device is able to read my SD card any suggestions??
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Windows is not capable of seeing a second partition on an SD card as its not designed this way so dont worry about that.

Formatting the card in the phone has been known to remove the partition.

If the Fat showed as Raw in Gparted, reformat it it to FAT32 again.

Repartition in Gparted, ensure both partitions are formatted as FAT32 and the EXT of your choice (Apply the change).
[Desire Android Development] urmish101:
solve 1 prob and another is always there standing in the way

finally i m rooted and on 4th try succesfully partitioned 1gb ext4 and this Desire and PC both access the fat32 partition, so i moved rom and radio files to SD

now prob starts the recovery CWM 2.5.0.7 will not mount the SD card, it can mount the sd-ext partition but not sd card partition.....guys help me out... :(:confused::mad::eek:

edit: it shows following when it tries to mount sd card for backup or choosing zzip from sd...

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0p1)

(Invalid argument)

Error mounting SDCARD:!
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
use "Mount USB mass storage" option.
[Desire Android Development] urmish101:
how to use this feature? when i click on it it shows

USB Mass Storage device

Leaving this menu unmount

your SD card from your PC

- Unmount

and in my pc it shows a dialogue box showing you need to format G: before you can use it, do you want to format it?

what should i do ?

edit : i pressed format disk but it tried to format the 1GB ext4 partition so cancelled as no use..
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
When youre in the screen you mention, it is mounted. Then selecting either "unmount" or back will unmount. Thats it.
[Desire Android Development] s3rvus:
Hey, just to inform you. I started a thread regarding the bootloader lock of the HTC Android 2.3 release: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16498691
[Desire Android Development] mohammadsp:
by the information I got from some threads here at XDA the conclusion is:

there is no way to root my father's Desire with froyo and hboot 0.93!

true?
[Desire Android Development] ZaLiTHkA:
No, definitely not true... Just use Unrevoked, it'll work fine. Mine was also on 0.93 with Froyo when I got it.

It's only a problem if someone decides to upgrade to the Gingerbread (2.3) release from HTC. Their update utility also upgrades the HBoot, and currently there aren't any tools to root/s-off that HBoot version yet, but 0.8 and 0.93 are fine though.
[Desire Android Development] mohammadsp:
really?

I tried unrevoked but after a reboot (went to bootloader and then the phone came up) unrevoked was triying to root but after a while it gave me this error: unable to root ... is you firmware too new?

I though this means that unrevoked is not able to root this firmware!

so what to do?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Sorry to link out of this thread, but if you have a look in my signature for guides, my guide tells you when to use which version of Unrevoked (3.21 / 3.32) and what PVT versions require which Recoveries.
[Desire Android Development] ZaLiTHkA:
A few things to check: get the latest Unrevoked3 (3.2.1 I think), make sure Android USB Drivers are installed and HTC Sync is uninstalled, run Unrevoked3 as administrator (right-click > run as admin).

Otherwise, all I can think to suggest (other than following rootSU's suggestion), is to get some more information on the device, post it here and see if we can spot where it's failing.

Install Quick System Info Pro (only require root for some features). On the 'Basic Info' tab, scroll down and select 'View Properties'. If you expand the 'Device' option you'll see a break down of the device details (bootloader, OS version, build, etc.). There might be something there that helps us figure out the problem.

You got some pretty thorough guides there rootSU, I'll definitely keep those bookmarked for future reference... :)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Unrevoked 3.32 is the latest for any hboot lower than 1.02 (higer using revolutionary) BUT 3.32 is really designed to work around the previously unrooted ARA builds (Arab Unbranded ROMS). So if its ARA, you have to use 3.32 and if its nopt, you should use 3.21 (because 3.32 doesnt work properly on non ARA)
[Desire Android Development] mohammadsp:
thanks friends

I've used latest version 3.32

so the problem may be that it's not ARA, yes?

how can I find it is ARA or not?
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Match your software version (settings>About phone) to whats in my rooting guide. If it doesnt have the same numbers as the ARA, its not. I dont think it will be if you get the "firmware too new" message.
[Desire Android Development] mayurh:
can someone make a guide for the revolutionary method for the official 2.3 htc desire ?
[Desire Android Development] ZaLiTHkA:
If Revolutionary has support for the HBoot that the RUU installs with the official 2.3, then the procedure would be the same as normal. But I don't think any of the root or s-off tools can do that with HTC's latest HBoot.

This has been discussed in countless threads all across XDA and various other forums. You'll probably have to wait a while and check for updates to the root / s-off tools before you can get root access again.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
revolutionary does support the 1.02 and 1.06 hboots
[Desire Android Development] ZaLiTHkA:
Ah, thanks for clearing that up.. I didn't realise it was already covered. :)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
Yeah its been working a little while now... Couple of weeks or so. Its still beta though so you have to get a BETA code to use it.
[Desire Android Development] bmvanc:
unlock Telus desire won't reboot anymore.

My desire has been rebooting like crazy lately when it was getting too hot and eventually, it won't reboot anymore. All I have now is a white screen with HTC logo staying on forever. If I have had it rooted, I'll be ok because I am able to flash rom with RUU but it failed at the end for device id problem. Is there a way to create a goldcard if all I can do with the device is get into HBOOT screen? Please help.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
You dont need the phone to make a goldcard, you only need a card reader. The CID the goldcard tool uses is the SD cards
[Desire Android Development] fiedodedo:
is this root method work with the new Android software gingerbread 2.3?

if not can you pls give me a link where I can learn how to root my Desire
[Desire Android Development] ZaLiTHkA:
I've seen a fair amount of confirmed reports that Revolutionary can root and S-off the official HTC Android 2.3 ROM.
[Desire Android Development] harishvr9:
Hello

I was running a rooted phone so far. But after a hardware issue (sdcard module gone kaput) and some tried of my own, I had bricked my phone. I have gotten a local service center to fix it. Now I have my phone in stock condition. I want to again root the phone. My Hboot version is 0.93. The query I had was regarding the current state of recovery in my phone. When i go to recovery (through Power+Vol Down), i can see a red triangle. But the phone is working perfectly well in other regards. Shall I go ahead with rooting using UneEVOked? Or is there something else I need to do?
[Desire Android Development] harishvr9:
ok .. got the answer via youtube search :)
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
The red triangle is part of the HTC recovery (stock), what you would do at that point is press Vol up + power to get to the menu. This is normal for stock. You need to root now, using unrevoked
[Desire Android Development] stewart30:
can someone help,

i am trying to unroot my desire and am following instuctions but keep getting a error 171 usb connection message.

my desire currently has s-off and is running alpharev stock h-boot and should be a t-mobile uk branded device.
[Desire Android Development] danarama:
You need to follow the USB brick fix threads.
[Desire Android Development] stewart30:
Is this specific to unrooting as usb works any other time.
[Desire Android Development] ZaLiTHkA:
Just a thought, I'd suggest you try this and see if it helps:

Ensure that you have the HTC USB Driver installed (installs with HTC Sync).

Make sure HTC Sync itself is not running for this.

Load bootload (hboot) on your phone.

Connect USB - the line that says "FASTBOOT" should change to "FASTBOOT USB".

Once you see "FASTBOOT USB", run the RUU again.
[Desire Android Development] stewart30:
Cheers. Will give a shot.
[Desire Android Development] stewart30:
Tried as u said and it shows as phone not found and to reconnect usb .