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[Desire Android Development] mr_dinosaur:
Can't flash Custom Recovery

Guys,

I'm read through the entire thread and I don't think anyone else has reported the same issue.

The following happens on unrEVOked 2 and 3. When I run the app, it goes straight to pushing the recovery file, loading Hboot, flashing etc and doesn't give me the chance to select a custom recovery image.

Before I know it, the old Clockwork Recovery is flashed and on the screen. The unrEVOked app is still running but with the choose Custom Recovery still greyed out.

Anyone know what I might be doing wrong or how I'm supposed to flash custom recoveries?

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] rolfd:
Open unrEVOked but don't connect your phone yet. Click file>custom recovery. Choose the one you want, then connect the phone.

Edit: You should already have your custom recovery.img downloaded
[Desire Android Development] danbrown162:
:rolleyes: worked for me!! just need to delete all the htc drivers etc and use all the "official" ones provided.

Was pulling my hair out yesterday trying to get this rooted and now this comes out and makes it so easy!

thank you sooooo much
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
So can this root any stock Desire without any additional software or tools (goldcard?)?

I might be getting a Desire soon, so this would be a godsend...
[Desire Android Development] yukkio:
I've a 1.23 version and I think I've rooted my device :) I'm on linux and adb shell says insufficient permissions for device so It's rooted or not?
[Desire Android Development] kai84m:
In my experience the unrevoked tools arent working well under windows (7 x64)

Try it with the Linux version and it'll work most certainly!
[Desire Android Development] kai84m:
Did you ran it with sudo?
[Desire Android Development] GSO:
Edit : If you have a branded phone , you will need a goldcard to root. Unbranded phones don't need a goldcard
[Desire Android Development] thedt:
Just did it then :)

mine failed with a connection error, after flashing the recovery, so I didn't get instant root, but I booted into recovery and just flashed this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=682828 and i got root :)
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
Thank you.

Is it the SIM-Lock that's the differentiating factor, or the branding? Because I might be getting a phone that's branded, but definitely not SIM-Locked. :confused:
[Desire Android Development] yukkio:
Yep :)

Can i flash any custom rom? May be the solution is to flash a custom rom with root access.

BR.
[Desire Android Development] m8tix:
But you might need as well a goldcard for unbranded phones because they may be region locked (i.e. I needed a goldcard for my unbranded device, but thats in 5 minutes done..)
[Desire Android Development] 42turkeys:
Can someone confirm about the goldcard please, I'm doing a How-To.
[Desire Android Development] kai84m:
Unrevoked on twitter:

we are aware of an issue with "communications unexpctedly interrupted" when running Unrevoked3 on Windows. We'll get a fix out ASAP

Solution: Use Linux version ;)
[Desire Android Development] thedt:
it still flashes the recovery though, just doesn't quickroot
[Desire Android Development] KriXou:
Ok I'm a noob, and didn't installed the ADB Driver that comes with the AndroidSDK package...

:rolleyes:

Everything worked just fine after that!
[Desire Android Development] samy.3660:
ok i am stuck at this screen(see the pic), and after i get communication error.
[Desire Android Development] lennshow66:
Can we flash custom roms with this such as the defrost?
[Desire Android Development] 42turkeys:
This a known bug and is gonna be fixed ASAP, see 3 posts above you :rolleyes:
[Desire Android Development] KriXou:
Rooted my branded Orange FR Desire without any goldcard:

:cool:
[Desire Android Development] 42turkeys:
Yes you can.
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
Sounds good, thanks. :D

Another quick question: If I were to root a Desire with this (or any other method), there would be no way to get it back to out-of-the-box condition unless I had the original RUU, right?
[Desire Android Development] 00sully:
wicked - worked flawlessly on my unbranded desire :) been waiting for a less convoluted method. sweet marketenabler working too! did this on a friends mac btw :)
[Desire Android Development] mr_dinosaur:
LOL. That's all it was. Total facepalm moment :p

Thanks dude!
[Desire Android Development] larbke666:
Just got my desire today, so i'm a big noob atm...

Where do you find .img files (recovery) and where is the original .img?
[Desire Android Development] mnotme:
This is annoying...

Installed the driver.

Rebooted and connected the phone and activated usb debug mode.

Started the .exe and nothing happens..."waiting for device". It seems like the recovery program doesnt recognize the phone.

HTC Desire (same kernel as you got) and Vista.
[Desire Android Development] samy.3660:
ok so i am trying it with ubuntu linux, downloaded the package and ran reflash, the program opens but does not recognise my device, any quick help
[Desire Android Development] 42turkeys:
Did you open it with root?

(sudo ./reflash)
[Desire Android Development] lennshow66:
Does this work perfectly on a mac?
[Desire Android Development] 42turkeys:
Yes it does.
[Desire Android Development] samy.3660:
how do you do that, i am running a bootable CD.
[Desire Android Development] 42turkeys:
Applications > Accessories > Terminal

*Hit enter after each line*

cd Path/To/Where/You/Extracted

sudo ./reflash

*then*

echo "I've just Rooted!" :)
[Desire Android Development] samy.3660:
guys i have rooted the device using ubuntu linux.

Thanksalot, it was a damn hard work
[Desire Android Development] larbke666:
So, you just need to install the hboot driver and run the app, if i'm not mistaking?

I'm a noob to Desire...

This app just roots the desire?
[Desire Android Development] monki-magic:
Check your device manager, you should have 'android usb devices' right up the top of devices. Otherwise it will be in the 'other devices' with a warning.

On my windows 7 pc it didn't have the driver for the usb debugging device, after I installed the htc sync tool, 'My HTC' was detected .
[Desire Android Development] mnotme:
Found out why reflash didnt recognize the phone...I had never installed the original HTC drivers that came with HTC Sync, only the windows USB drivers...doh.

Easy to follow instructions here:

http://rootmydroid.co.uk/guides/desire/howto-root-your-htc-desire/
[Desire Android Development] mnotme:
Yup...I managed to figure that out.

Thanks though :)
[Desire Android Development] sirusu:
I stucked at "Pushing Recovery Image" Screen. Any idea??
[Desire Android Development] waebi:
sooo true :D
[Desire Android Development] BrainMcFly:
as serveral times asked: is a goldcard for branded devices needed?
[Desire Android Development] samy.3660:
i have read it 2 pages back, someone rooted a branded device without gold card.

Guys everybody who's using windows and not getting success, i am telling use linux bootable CD to boot and run the "linux reflash" from there, it will root in less than a minute. Believe me, i have rooted it in one go.
[Desire Android Development] zaki67:
I am also stuck at pushing recoveryimage
[Desire Android Development] lennshow66:
Could someone maybe upload a video of how you flash a custom Rom with this or a detailed guide of how to root and flash and custom rom with this?

Thanks for any help
[Desire Android Development] BrainMcFly:
Damn was blind ; o)
[Desire Android Development] Gerald.W:
Ok, first post ever here on XDA. I haven't got this to work yet, using Win7 but that seems to be the fault of the program which is going to be fixed ASAP.

The best guide going around seems to be this one:

EDIT: I cant post outside links yet, but the best guide is the one that mnotme posted on page 8 - post 75.

I've got upto step 6 but get stuck there.

I am downloading ubuntu now just to do this. Hopefully it will work.
[Desire Android Development] elementz:
after you rooted your phone using this method, how do you unroot it?

Can it be done via the method in the tutorial thread?
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
Hi was looking at rooting my Desire as I'm quickly running out of space

I haven't a clue about how to go about doing this and lot's of the guides look scary

Is this currently the best/easiest method to use?

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] Gerald.W:
I believe it is, if you currently have a mac or something running linux. The windows version isnt working at the moment.
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
My desire is already rooted using modaco r2 and I am quite happy with it, however I like to try flashing new recoveries everyone now and again, so can I use unrevoked3 to only flash and recovery. And leave root alone?

Stu
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
Alas no I'm on Win7, thanks anyway

Is there a guide anywhere for this yet as I only want to root to save apps to SD

thanks
[Desire Android Development] JCB_Digger:
Using Windows 7 or Vista doesn't seem to work for the rooting process - my Vista machine didn't see the phone, and Windows 7/64 hangs at the point where it says pushing the recovery.

Dug out an old XP netbook and it all went perfectly within a couple of minutes - all the original data is still there and root priv's seem to be working.

:D:D:D:D
[Desire Android Development] Gerald.W:
Bah, I went to all the trouble of downloading the latest ubuntu and installing it and this STILL doesn't work. Doesn't detect my phone.

Is there anything specific you have to do to get this to work in Ubuntu?
[Desire Android Development] KriXou:
I managed to root my desire with this method but it seems the root access is not fully working :

I'm not able to modify (let's say remove) any app from /system/app (stock apps). RootFileExplorer can remount to rw but when I try to remount back to ro it reboots my desire.

Another exemple, AdFree can't apply the host modification, same issue : it reboots

Note: my desire is OrangeFR branded...
[Desire Android Development] globalm:
Although I am a long-time WINDOWS user, I urge everyone who wants to do this to boot their PC from an Ubuntu Live disk or similar and use the Linux environment to install. It is MUCH simpler and trouble-free.
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
cheers guys

Im on Win 32, would running the prog in Xp mode work?

Will I be able to install apps to SD or am I best going full root?

Do I need a Goldcard?

sorry for noob questions only got the phone last week loving it except for the lack of storage

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
I also got the "Communications Error" while using windows 7 x64 to flash Clockwork Mod 2.5.0.1 using unrEVOked 3.0, however, the recovery image seemed to flash fine.

I have, however, just re-flashed it using unrEVOked 2.1, just to make sure there were no problems in the flashing process.

All seems fine now!

Stu
[Desire Android Development] Gerald.W:
Hey there,

I installed ubuntu JUST to do this one thing and I cant get it to work. Ubuntu/unrEVO does not recognise my device.

I tried to follow this:

I'm running Linux and it won't detect my device!

Either run the program with root permissions, or add appropriate udev rules to the file /etc/rules.d/51-android.rules. Instructions are available at the Android Developers website.

But this is the first time I have used ubuntu and I cant seem to "gain root" regardless of how many things I read and I have no idea what it all means.

Have you got any tips?
[Desire Android Development] lennshow66:
Anyone know if there is any guides for this?
[Desire Android Development] Nickedynick:
Just ran this on my Ubuntu install on my Vodafone 'branded' Desire. It worked perfectly! :D

Huge thanks to the devs behind this :)
[Desire Android Development] djedje72:
It's works on 1.22.771.1 . Thanks guys ;)
[Desire Android Development] Nickedynick:
I know this is slightly off topic, but has anyone had any issues with using Nandroid to restore their original Sense stock ROM?

I want to start trying some of the Froyo ROMs out, but need to be sure I can easily get back if I need to.
[Desire Android Development] failers:
So what advantage will I get from using this instead of just plugging in the USB cable and run recovery-linux.sh wich only takes 2 seconds anyways
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
You don't need to be at a computer to flash roms and there is no chance of getting a usb brick, as there is when pushing the recovery over usb.
[Desire Android Development] failers:
Oki thanks for answering
[Desire Android Development] scott4:
I don't have the Android USB driver, so unable to complete this. Can I have the driver files? I don't want to download from SDK, it's very troublesome, have read through the articles but the instructions there are messy.
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
Hi just tried this on Windows comp mode XP but I don't think it worked

think I have to wait for Windows fix meanwhile

Is there any guides of how to install apps to sd or a similar prog
[Desire Android Development] jdebunt85:
using the app now, seems to do its job fine :)
[Desire Android Development] jamdawg:
Ok, so I am a total noob at any of this stuff. I have an EVO and want to be able to tether with out paying a fortune. SO. . . Could somebody help me root my phone using Mac OS X 10.5??? Much Appreciated!!!
[Desire Android Development] Pyr0x64:
android_sdk_usb_driver.rar

hth

-P
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
Ok looking round it seems installing apps2sd looks just as complicated at rooting to me?

Can Unrevoked be used to root and install apps2sd?

Is that my best method or should I install Froyo? something easier?

Sorry guys

Thanks
[Desire Android Development] Kiiv:
Did you try to install Superuser ? Someone on post #48 said that it has resolved some problems...
[Desire Android Development] bemymonkey:
Isn't that a completely normal limitation of Root on the Desire? No R/W access for /system/?
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
The driver comes in the "reflash-bundle.exe" which you download from unrEVOked.
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
this doesent even work. it says my HTC Desire is a HTC Passion and it says it will not continue.................
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Because you're using a NexusOne ROM port.
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Okay, i will flash a 2.1 rom, thanks.
[Desire Android Development] xeren:
Windows 7 64

So, it seems like people have been having trouble getting this to work with Windows 7 64bit.

Has anyone gotten it to work properly, and if so, what did you do differently?
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
I went back to unrevoked 2.1 and used that, but I am already rooted so I only needed to flash recovery.
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
how long does it take to push the recovery image? it's saying it's been pushing the image for the past 5 minutes now

And i'm on Windows 7 64bit
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Mine pushed straight away, which version of Windows are you running?
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Figured out the problem, You need to run the program as Administrator, Right click the program and click run as admin. it works fine then
[Desire Android Development] xeren:
Ah, yeah, I'm a noob, so I'm hoping to avoid the added complication of booting to an Ubuntu Live CD, as that sounds like it has it's own foibles (missing usb drivers, i think?)

Maybe I've interpreted what others in this thread have said, but it sounds like this method has a much lower chance of bricking the phone, is this correct? (Though, I'm not really sure what the true odds were on other methods)
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
I've just tried that and got the error msg on UnrEVOked

and phone stayed on the green text black background screen?

I'm on Win7 32bit tried compatability mode too?

sorry is there anything else I should be doing
[Desire Android Development] xeren:
Oh, so as long as you run the program as admin, it pushes through without that error message others were getting in Windows 7?
[Desire Android Development] Synestr:
Hello all,

Hate to bug but I had posed a topic (#post7203662) in regard to having issues creating a GC for a MT3G 32a 1.2 due to driver issues (the drivers provided in the thread here are the same that I have now) and got a reply that led me here?

So here is the noob ?, can I use this process on the MT3G 32a 1.2 phone that I have or am I hosed from rooting?

(Windows XP SP3 as OS as well btw)

Sorry to break the mojo here with an alternate device question but I had to ask.

Thanks in advance,

Syn
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Well, everything went fine until it said "Flashing recovery image, Please do not touch your phone" it will say this, but does bugger all, my phone will show up as normal if nothing happend and requests sim pin etc.... so i did as it said, do not touch for a whole 10mins. and surely...... it can't still be flashing huh? i give up. this image thing is bugged to bits. going back to 2.2, waste of time....
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Problems are being reported for Win7/Vista.. it does work sometimes though. Do you have the HBOOT drivers installed?
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Yeah, i had to install the Android HBoot drivers from the .inf file in usb_drivers
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Does this program root your phone? because I'm seriously not sure if it's 100% rooted. I'm following step by step instruction on how to install busybox by using ADB shell, and when i do try to install busybox, it come up with permission denied, even though i type su
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Are you trying it via recovery and adb? Or just when the phone is booted?
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
i'm doing it while the phone is booted and usb debbuging enabled. The method of going into recovery and doing adb shell does not work, because it says device not found. but the command adb reboot works fine in reboot, and so does the adb windows recovery image
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
I now cannot boot into recovery on my phone because of the problem iv'e had with this program.... this is now a nightmare. i now cannot flash any more ROM's and stuck with PaYs desire 2.1 rom for life i guees :(
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Download the fake-flash method and rename it to 'update.zip' and place at the root of your SDCard then apply the update.zip from the default recovery if you can reach that.
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
I can't, I click on recovery in the HBoot menu, and it takes me straight back to the Hboot menu :( it's messed up bad
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Any help or ideas how i can restore the recovery back on my phone? i can't boot into recovery :(
[Desire Android Development] johndoe345:
So this seems to be a VERY nice one-stop-shop out-of-the-box solution. I am about to root, and because I'm really a newbie to this topic I was reading the forums for a week now.

I found the risk free rooting guide from Modaco (see is.gd/dtz8w)

and the fake-flash by Koush (who also seems to be associated with unrevoked) (see is.gd/dtzap).

But something confuses me. In the risk free modaco rooting guide they say:

The root process will...

* flash your device with a new, generic 1.15.405.4 based ROM that has Superuser access

The root process will NOT...

* enable you to flash your device with a custom recovery image

Does the unrevoked3 root also flash a new generic ROM or will I still have my stock ROM?

As the unrevoked3 root DOES flash a custom recovery image (ClockworkMod) and the modaco risk free rooting guide DOESN'T, what's the difference in these two rooting methods??

thanks a lot!
[Desire Android Development] failers:
Tryed using rom manager and clockwork recovery?
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
I wouldn't risk it mate. This unrevocked flash has done nothing but not able me to access the recovery anymore and is now stuck at the white htc logo screen. i'm going to give the generic htc rom a try by flashing through hboot, if that doesn't work, i will have to try the usb brick method
[Desire Android Development] xeren:
For other Windows users, someone over at Reddit (/r/Android section) posted an awesome walkthrough- it may not solve the w7 64 bit issues that some are having, but it clearly explains how to change the Windows drivers properly, etc

I can't post links, but the thread is titled "Does anyone have any experience with unrevoked.com?" and the poster's name is "PhilR8"
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
nope, i can no longer boot into my phone, it's stuck at the white htc logo screen, so i'm going to give the generic htc rom a try to see if it will reflash the hboot image. But at the moment, every time i try the testruu on my phone, it complain's that my phone is under 30% battery all the time.
[Desire Android Development] failers:
Oh ok :/ I feel for you man hope you solve it, I for sure wont use this until rom manager and clockwork gets unsupported to flash roms
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Well. trying to use the generic htc rom "testruu" does not work. my phone battery is at least 70% and it complains that it's under 30% and will not continue to flash.

Broke beacuse of this unrevoked
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
I don't recommend this to anyone, do not use. my phone has died because of using this and I don't want anyone falling under like I did. Nothing work, and it doesn't look like the brick method doesn't work either. So it looks like i will have to phone Orange tomorrow to get my phone replace, Luckily it's insured.
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
YOYOOY thanks dude

That made the UnrEVOked process run completely. It said "DONE" anyway

I've installed INCREDILIGHT as someone mentioned this as a test app and it asked for acess and worked.

I now want to install apps2sd or

something similar if anyone can help! Pleasee!:)

For those with the same Windows problem.

It seems I still had a HTC driver installed somewhere

Keep Manager open with phone connected to see if any HTC drivers pop up

If so Uninstall

Thanks and any help with the apps2sd thing would be much appreciated
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Try flashing an RUU ROM, it should give you the default recovery image back.
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
I'm seriously am trying, but it keeps complaining that the RUU ROM will not flash because my phone's battery is below 30%, and it's been charging for an hour now.
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
After many attempt's of trying to get the RUU to work, it did, and now it won't work again..... because i now need a goldcard which i can't get because i cant boot into anything on my phone to get into usb debug.
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Open up a command prompt terminal and copy and paste this into it and press enter.. obviously it won't work straight away..

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

Now shut down your phone and then reboot it, when it's on the htc white screen go back to your command prompt and press up then enter so it enters the command again, try doing this over and over and you might get lucky and be shown a cid so you can create your goldcard.
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
adb shell works. and copy & pasted that line from the start to the end without the adb shell because i'm already in the shell. but it's constantley coming up with permission denied.
[Desire Android Development] rakber:
aaaa gutted

It looks like I should have listned to you atomfix

I was looking at installing apps2sd and thought it had

now phone wont get past the pink circle loading when I try to boot

I can get into the clockworkmod recovery but I have no idea what I'm doing

I could cry I've only had it a week, don't know what I was thinking
[Desire Android Development] atomfix:
Well it sounds like you can get into recovery just fine, but mine is totaly bricked. getting permission denied at everything in adb shell, but the shell is working. this unrevoked program is bricking our phones.
[Desire Android Development] dnlgee:
Tried opening command prompt as an administrator to see if that helps?