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[Wildfire Android Development] djR3Z:
Note: It does not work on 2.2.1 Wildfire's (i.e. - Any bought after Feb - March 2011)

I first want to thank everyone at UnrEVOked for what they've done. I'm posting this because there aren't any really detailed instructions. Its an easy enough root, but I know I've been there before and even the simplest things can be tough if things aren't laid out. So here's a step by step tutorial.

Due to some bugs, Unrevoked 3.2 was taken down shortly after being released, but the updated version is now LIVE! So obviously we're going to bring you a video tutorial on how to do it! Thanks to the guys at Unrevoked for giving us this simple solution to rooting the HTC Buzz (Wildfire).

LINK TO VIDEO WALKTHROUGH FOR HOW TO ROOT THE WILDFIRE

◄●REQUIRED DOWNLOADS●►

EVERYONE: Unrevoked3. Download the version for your OS.

WINDOWS USERS: unrEVOked modified USB driver

◄●How to Install HBOOT Drivers (Windows Users ONLY)●►

If you're using Windows, you're going to have to install the HBOOT drivers first. You can follow this video tutorial:

How to Install HBOOT Drivers

and follow along with these written instructions provided by the Unrevoked team:

Download the unrEVOked modified USB driver and expand it somewhere you will remember.

Turn off your phone, then boot it into the HBOOT menu by holding power and volume down.

On your phone, you will have to select HBOOT USB at that menu by pressing volume down four times, then power. Wait until the screen flashes through an “SD Checking” message before pressing buttons; otherwise, the phone will ignore keypresses.

Connect the phone to your Windows machine with a USB cable and wait for the phone to say HBOOT USB PLUG on screen.

Open Device Manager.

Click Start, then right click on Computer, then click Properties, then click Device Manager.

Under Other devices, you should now see the Android 1.0 device.

Right click on Android 1.0 and click Update Driver Software:

Click on Browse my computer for driver software.

Click on Browse and select the Android USB Driver folder on on your computer, click ok, then click next.

You should get a status bar indicating that the driver is installing. If you get any warnings, just click Ok.

Your driver should install.

Click Close and make sure Android Bootloader Interface is listed under Android Phone.

◄●Instructions●►

Make sure you downloaded Unrevoked3 for your OS.

If you're on Windows, make sure you "uninstall HTC Sync or any other program that might talk to the phone over USB (doubletwist, etc). They will cause problems" (Unrevoked.com).

Plug your phone into your computer with USB.

Drag down from the notification bar on your phone and select "Charge Only" and "Remember this"

Make sure your phone has USB Debugging turned on by going to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Development and checking USB debugging.

Run the Reflash application that you downloaded.

Unrevoked will run its processes. Follow the few instructions it gives and thats it!

You're now rooted!

EDIT: If that doesn't work for you, follow these instructions:
[Wildfire Android Development] f0xy:
Good Job, sticky!
[Wildfire Android Development] djR3Z:
Sounds good to me :) Mods? lol :D
[Wildfire Android Development] f0xy:
Hmmm struggling to update mine. And my net just gone down bad times. What does it mean if it saying waiting for device? Sync isn't installed and hboot drivers installed successfully.
[Wildfire Android Development] spakkkk:
hi everyone

its my 1st post, and obviously im here to ask a newbie question lol ...

if i use that way to root, i lost my apps and other stuff?

regards
[Wildfire Android Development] djR3Z:
Try installing HTC Sync and then uninstalling it. Then run unrevoked.
[Wildfire Android Development] INET.exe:
It's Done :)
[Wildfire Android Development] gpgeza:
Hi EveryOne!

I have some problems, with launching unrevoked 3 reflash_package.exe.

I did the USB driver setup, and it works.

I turned on the phone, USB debugging is allowed, just charging, no HTC sync on Laptop (win7 32bit), connect the phone via USB, launching reflash, it says: waiting for device... after 10 minutes, it is the same... :(

What should i do?

Thanks in advance!

Geza
[Wildfire Android Development] johnnyslt:
did you activated USB debugging on the phone?
[Wildfire Android Development] gpgeza:
Yes, i did it :D
[Wildfire Android Development] ianpogi:
did you fix it....i am xperiencing it too...kindly share to me if you already fix
[Wildfire Android Development] Disruptor85:
I had the same problem (Win7 x64), and i dont know to fix it, so I have been searching for a response to this, but nothing...

At the end, I have done it with a special UBuntu Live CD

search in xda:

Ubuntu LiveCD with ADB and Unrevoked Recovery installer(Guide)

No problems in this way, when you plug in the phone :)
[Wildfire Android Development] gpgeza:
Hm... Very exciteing...

I did the same steps in my PC, and it worked. :cool:

Thanks a lot ;)
[Wildfire Android Development] sparkie_1:
The OS on my PC is W7 x86 and not possible to use Unrevoked 3.21 to root my Buzz.

I did it also with a special UBuntu Live CD : Ubuntu LiveCD with ADB and Unrevoked Recovery installer(Guide)

Is it possible to mention this methode also in the 1 post for W7 users
[Wildfire Android Development] rolks:
i use w7 x86 and it work fine
[Wildfire Android Development] gpgeza:
My PC is running under w7 ultimate 32bit, and the root is working now. :D
[Wildfire Android Development] cleverboy:
Hi,

I had the same problem. Solved by uninstallation of all htc related drivers (don't forget to show nonpresent devices) and installation of Android Bootloader Interface from original Android SDK. Running Win7 64-bit. Then unrevoked 3.21 succesfully installed.
[Wildfire Android Development] djR3Z:
Try installing and then uninstalling HTC Sync.
[Wildfire Android Development] gpgeza:
Thx ;))

On my laptop, there was no htc sync at all. On my PC, i did the uninstall, and it worked. Maybe that was the thing why it worked on PC.
[Wildfire Android Development] f0xy:
Aren't you a clever boy! Tar pal
[Wildfire Android Development] hcm2k3:
It only happens after rooting. Before that, everything is OK.
[Wildfire Android Development] LogicXLz':
At last... Rooted!

Hi!

I'm allways a bit sceptic regarding "open source"-firmware tweaking apps, as there is a great chance it won't work as described in guides...

I've had a fair share of difficulty with "unrevoked3" to get it done! But it's not to blame the developers.

A TRUE ADVICE TO ALL is:

1. You have to have some experience with software, drivers and apps on WIN, LINUX, etc. (It helps if you have experience from the days of win 95, 98...)

2. Learn about the tips and tricks regarding "the correct" USB port

3. Have in mind the surrounding "USB gadgets" (and their drivers), sharing your PC!

4. There IS an order by which USB ports are ranked (and it's not the same on every MB)

5. DO NOT use USB hub, when rooting or flashing (just to be on the safe side) - this was the cause of trouble in my case... Try to "isolate" your HTC from other USB devices.

Here's how I got it done:

- Instaled HTC driver, which came with the phone...

- Connected my phone to "direct" USB port, the one integrated on MB, on the back of the PC...

- Pluged the phone from the start, pressed vol. down and on/off... (did not choose anything from the phone's boot menu!)

- Followed the instructions for procedure in Control panel, described in the guide

- Now, I've chosen "bootloader" - "restart" in boot menu (...and not unplug the battery! - WHY SHOULD I?!)

- Ran "unrevoked3" (twice, as it didn't work the first time... But nothing special)

- Second run - SUCCESS!!!

And the mistakes?

- Tried to make it work thru an USB hub - froze my mouse, keyboard and the rest of devices on hub... conflict...)

- and also, I've uninstalled HTC driver firstly and tried to connect the phone at different moments, frustrated with the lack of the option "HBOOT USB PLUG" in the boot menu (BTW it does say that, when you plug in the device, but not as an option, just as the "state" the phone is in at the moment...).

- then I did it as described above...

So, at the end, there is no receipt on how to do it for sure, however you will succeed if you stick to the basics regarding software/hardware guidelines...

Hope this helps... GOOD LUCK! :o
[Wildfire Android Development] rogerguanlao:
I'm having a problem... the Unrevoked3 says that its done and superuser and clockwork mod is installed but I can't install some application specially openvpn.

when typing:

it says either read-only or not permitted
[Wildfire Android Development] kokwei:
Rooted

Just rooted my dad's wildfire following the instructions on the first post.

Kudos to the unrevoked team. This is really no brainer!
[Wildfire Android Development] sravenstein:
Wildfire not rootable?

Hi there,

I tried to root my Wildfire with no succes. I followed the steps exactly as described in this forum topic and everything seems ok. Unrevoked came up with the message DONE.

After a reboot I see the following:

BUZZ PVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.80.0007

MICROP-0622

TOUCH PANEL-SYN3KY_01

RADIO-3.35.19.25

Aug 9 2010,22:37:43

------

Firmware version 2.1-update 1

Broadband version 13.53.55.24H_3.35.19.25

Kernel version2.6.29.6fb59e13

htc-kernel@u18000-Build-149-#1

Build number1.37.405.1 CL262524 release-keys

Software number1.37.404.1

I used Titanium backup to check if root was succesfull installed. It came up with the message that the phone wasn't root enabled.

What went wrong? Is my device which I bought begin November too new to root?

I'd like to use custom firmware. Any help in this is very appreciated.
[Wildfire Android Development] kevin2516:
Sometimes titanium backup does that, just launch the app again, and to check if you're rooted, look in your app drawer to see if you have the superuser app. ;), if not, dl it =D
[Wildfire Android Development] sravenstein:
Solved... I clicked problems and installed busybox again and it's working now.

Next... I want to install a custom ROM, but my phone is still on S-ON. As I understand it needs to be S-OFF right? How do I do that. Is there a good tutorial available for doing this and to install a custom ROM? thx in advance
[Wildfire Android Development] kevin2516:
You don't need S-Off to install custom roms, just boot into recovery and pick install zip from sd card.
[Wildfire Android Development] sravenstein:
It seems my phone ins't supported for S-OFF.

unrEVOked forever S-OFF patch v1.1

Verifying system type...

Got device:

@PID: 80,"BUZZ"

Got radio version:

3.35.19.25

E:unsupported system

E:Update failed. Check /sdcard/soff.log

Is there another way to get this done?
[Wildfire Android Development] jangofett18:
When froyo for wildfire releases will i be able to upgrade?
[Wildfire Android Development] kevin2516:
We don't have S-OFF yet and we can't until alpharev release it for the wildfire, and as i said, you do not need it to flash roms.
[Wildfire Android Development] ShyamSasi:
Thanks I was able to root with first method :)
[Wildfire Android Development] straian:
How ca I root Wildfire with Hboot 1.01.0001
[Wildfire Android Development] amber84whitt:
i get bee not supported what do i need to root bee wildfire?
[Wildfire Android Development] foxthemad:
My phone found the official update to Froyo, but the installation failed, I guess because the phone is rooted.

Could someone point me in the right direction for installing this? Thanks.
[Wildfire Android Development] rezac:
Sorry for my bad english.Yesterday i rooted my widfire.When I put the card of another provider, my phone still locked.HELP!According to the instructions I installed the first HBOOT Drivers,then I started unrevoked, ended up being successful.
[Wildfire Android Development] ryanraven:
since rooting the phone dosnt unlock it putting a difference sim in wont work.
[Wildfire Android Development] rezac:
Ok!Can I install a new rom now?
[Wildfire Android Development] dungquoc:
This app dont work for new rom (froyo 2.22).
[Wildfire Android Development] Mayaku:
Is there a solution to root the HTC Wildfire with the official FroYo update ?
[Wildfire Android Development] teltel:
the solution is to wait. hackers need some time to figure out how the crack it.
[Wildfire Android Development] dungquoc:
Oh I think so and wait.
[Wildfire Android Development] idantemac:
Yet, nothing really works. Unrevoked stuck on the reboot, and if you try to install ClockWork Recovery from the native program it says Verification failed.

Hope there will be a solution for the updaters
[Wildfire Android Development] CoaBalboa:
Yeah. Do not work on Froyo :(
[Wildfire Android Development] Enic:
Is there a way to get back the original recovery for the Wildfire?
[Wildfire Android Development] karmagan:
I rooted my wildfire and can see the superuser app. I installed TB and busybox to remove some unused system apps. It gets the root permissions but when i try to uninstall system apps TB freezes and the phones restarts. Does it have anything to do with the rooting process? Or is it a TB issue?
[Wildfire Android Development] SirPole:
Hi, does anybody of you know (or suspect) date of release unrEVOked for Froyo? I just hate waiting without date :/
[Wildfire Android Development] Liam_K:
hi..

am trying to root my wildfire on a linux 10 machine with unrevoked. the programme doesnt read the phone. it tells me i may need root access. can anyone help?
[Wildfire Android Development] RunTimeWorld:
Modaco has a pre-rooted froyo release. http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/dow...customrom-froyo-buzz-withadditions-signed.zip
[Wildfire Android Development] hans3103:
thats only if you are already rooted.....i think thats not the subject
[Wildfire Android Development] abyzit:
how did u root on official froyo...?
[Wildfire Android Development] dud3me:
Does underevoked know that froyo root doesn't work on wildfire? Coz when u read their change log it says that it supports froyo root on all supported devices?
[Wildfire Android Development] damigor:
Root Lost after official Updated

Hallo Guys ,

I´ve updated my wildfire with official Froyo Update , and I´ve lost my ROOT!

Unrevoked doesn´t work more , can you tell me how I can still have ROOT again ?

Thanks!!
[Wildfire Android Development] mikica90:
Can anyone help me im stuck in waiting for device, make sure htc sync is *not* installed, i tried all read all previous pages, i cant use ubuntu method bc of my dvd rom, any help would be appriciated
[Wildfire Android Development] nlovers2000:
wait for hackers to mod it..:p:p:p
[Wildfire Android Development] vijaykr1985:
Unrevoked verstion 3.22 is released. It's said that, it will even support froyo device. Did anybody try this?
[Wildfire Android Development] ryanraven:
yes it doesn't work for me :-(
[Wildfire Android Development] rseke:
Dont work for my HTC Buzz (wildfire) with official 2.2 froyo rom
[Wildfire Android Development] omiblack:
still not

This is the latest changelog for unrevoked 3.22, unfortunetly still nothing for Wildfire...

Maybe in next(s) relase(s)

unrevoked3 has been through the following versions:

v3.22:

Fix for latest Incredible OTA.

New Mac OS X build infrastructure; let us know if it broke for you.

Switched to in-house reimplementation of rageagainstthecage for better reliability.

:o
[Wildfire Android Development] djdrag0n:
Same thing here...

Wildfire with original froyo and.. well, not working and incredibly stuck & slow T_T
[Wildfire Android Development] vijaykr1985:
I saw a thread, which states how to downgrade to 2.1 from 2.2.

Here is the link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=847443

By doing this, we can use back the unrevoked to root and then use any custom rom. Is it a good idea?
[Wildfire Android Development] StipeG:
It doesn't work with official Froyo.
[Wildfire Android Development] maverickmind:
How to root HTC wildfire Android version 2.2.1

Hi

I am newbie in android os. I bought HTC wildfire (A3333). Yesterday i updated my mobile software. New version is running on 2.2.1 (froyo)

My HTC wildfire is not rooted. How to make rooted? I read the following post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788776

Shall i follow the same procedure for my latest android version 2.2.

If not possible, someone please share or help me to guide root HTC wildfire.

Thanks in Advance,

Regards,

- Maverick
[Wildfire Android Development] 3xeno:
Its not yet possible to root official FroYo. You will have to wait it out till Unrevoked updates.
[Wildfire Android Development] mark187:
Unrevoked v3.3 is out but unfortunately still no support for the latest Wildfire OTA. The use of "yet" though makes he thing that they are definitely working on it, so it's only a matter of time.

Fix for latest EVO 4G OTA (3.70.651.1) and EVO 4Gs with new versions of HBOOT (2.02 and 2.10).

Switched exploits for all platforms; hopefully more reliable than rageagainstthecage

Updated ClockworkMod, with plenty of new features:

3.0.0.2 for EVO 4G, which has a new kernel (for better WiMAX safety), and supports WiMAX key backup

2.5.1.2 for Incredible, which supports SLCD

No update for Wildfire yet; sorry.

Only Snow Leopard is supported in this build.
[Wildfire Android Development] sumeetjaiswal:
Not working for me

Hi.

I am using unrEVOked 3.22 for windows.

When run unrEVOked. It rebooted my HTC wildfire. Now i am seeing this.

Waiting for root... (safe to restart if this doesn't work)

In unrEvoked window. I tried 3 times but getting same message after 1st reboot of phone.

What should I do now?

My phone get rebooted but not yet rooted!!:confused:
[Wildfire Android Development] 3xeno:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=892353

lol, You were told there that official 2.2 cant be rooted, so, obviously, this wont work!
[Wildfire Android Development] Mayaku:
They made an update for unrevoked, with some fixes, but not for the Wildfire yet. Even if it does not help us at all, we know that they KNOW there is an issue for us, and that they are going to work on it ;)
[Wildfire Android Development] sumeetjaiswal:
Got it.. I though unrEVOeked will root it. Anyway I am learning it. I am new to android..
[Wildfire Android Development] hans3103:
if you read on the IRC they have a chat channel there. You can find out that they go to try to work on it. As mentioned before its only a matter of time. Those guys are really good in it.....so soon it will work again.
[Wildfire Android Development] devajsengupta:
Already try this several times. After rebooting unrevoked showing am reported to error services
[Wildfire Android Development] bigga29:
I am trying to root but getting this error "Internal Error: am reported error starting service" This error appear after unrevoked say running root Please help."

( I found this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=896073&page=2 and it's help full the reason I was getting this error is because I did dowload the unrevoked before and probably it was another version than the 3.21 make sure you are using Unrevoked 3.21:

http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recov...sh_package.exe )

Cheers
[Wildfire Android Development] ZiPPi56:
Agree with Bigga. Make sure you get a copy of Unrevoked 3.21 and it will work like a charm.

There must be something wrong for the Wildfire in 3.3 because there was no way I could get around the "am internal error". The only way around that from what I read was to install and then uninstall HTC Sync.
[Wildfire Android Development] maverickmind:
Hi,

Thank you very much for your reply.

Regards,

- Maverick
[Wildfire Android Development] cosmosis786:
hello fellow androids. i have a htc wildfire with

firmware 2.2.1

hboot 1.01.0001

baseband 13.55.55.24h_3.35.20.10

i followed all instructions to a T. unrevoked went through the whole process then at the end it askes if my firmware is too new.

please please help me

p.s

its my first post or reply im new to this so please dont be hating if i done somthing wrong
[Wildfire Android Development] -SmOgER:
you could read some posts above, and you would find out that Wildfire with 2.2.1 is not rootable YET, you need to wait, but you are not alone :D
[Wildfire Android Development] cosmosis786:
thanx SmOgER

will keep one of my eye balls here while the other sleeps
[Wildfire Android Development] CoaBalboa:
Yes mate,a whole army waiting :)
[Wildfire Android Development] rseke:
come on guys we want root on our wildfire devices,we cant await that moment when we can make rootable our htc
[Wildfire Android Development] reqmon:
Not really, Unrevoked team bricked plenty of evo4gs by downgrading their hboot. Very risky option, but worth trying... Anyway, they don't have wildfires on hands, so update for wildfire is not very soon :(.
[Wildfire Android Development] -SmOgER:
The problem is, that visionary for newest FW and HBoot doesn't give even temp root (at least for me), so practically there is no such a possibility, no more (at least in a easy way).
[Wildfire Android Development] mayur_lll:
3.21 version is not working, I tried it from Windows as well as from Linux.

Older version working fine.
[Wildfire Android Development] -SmOgER:
Interesting, what FW/SW do you have?
[Wildfire Android Development] dj_destruction:
From what I have been reading no one really gives a rats ass about the wildfire (well not the pro dev/hackers) at least. I got one just after xmas and upgraded straight away to the official froyo as I didnt know it would render the phone useless for rooting. I had a HTC Hero and that was the best phone to mod the ass off imo, I thought the wildfire would be similar as to rooting and modding! Not now lol. I think im gonna sell it and get my Motorola Defy's screen fixed cos im missing being able to flash a phone lol. I hope that some smart person can crack the new HBOOT on the wildfire ASAP cos its a good phone for a low end/mid range android, despite 1ghz android phone owners saying get a top end phone cos the wildfire is crap and no one cares about it (two fingers to you) prove em wrong you dev gods and root it ROOT IT GOOD lol. rant over.

My wildfire is sim free and unbranded. I am open to testing new root ideas on my phone if any clever clogs has any rooting ideas but no wildfire to test on.
[Wildfire Android Development] bolboli2:
wildfire 2.2 froyo root

hello. can i root my phone htc wildfire 2.2 froyo using unrevoked 3.2?
[Wildfire Android Development] Deep-Knight:
No. There is currently no root for official froyo 2.2.

You have to wait...
[Wildfire Android Development] thanatos880408:
any updates about the rooting of android 2.2? If i just know it earlier I should have not use the OTA update..
[Wildfire Android Development] banny7000:
i too wish i had a nexus or whatever with tegra 2 superchip,but i got a wildfire instead sim free for £130,yeah i should of read up first on rooting before updating but being new to android its a simple mistake.i,m sure we will get root,well i,m hoping,please guys hope you do it soon.. you guys are are only hope
[Wildfire Android Development] bolboli2:
live wallpaper

how to enable live wallpaper on htc wildfire 2.2?
[Wildfire Android Development] vishbin:
I've a HTC Wildfire Eclair 2.1 - update 1. I'm trying to root with Unrevoked 3.31.

I get the following error after the phone boots the 2nd time - "Internal Error: am reported error starting service" after reboot.

Appreciate any help.
[Wildfire Android Development] Ouistyty:
You should use Unrevoked 3.21 instead.

Replace 3.31 with 3.21 in the url for downloading the file.
[Wildfire Android Development] vladx:
Live WP

Hi,

I suppose due the missing GPU in this model there is no way to enable live WP

L:
[Wildfire Android Development] fifarunnerr:
Nop, you can enable live WP. But not on standard ROM. There are custom ROMs with live WP support.

I thought Cyanogenmod has live WP support. I'm not sure though.
[Wildfire Android Development] 3xeno:
It does, as also WildPuzzle (On Stock Sense Interface) and SunAabh (On LauncherPlus / ADW)

But, only "light" (in size / memory) LWP's work properly. Others tend to lag, and, many don't work since they are not designed for LDPI / QVGA devices.
[Wildfire Android Development] vijaykr1985:
I went to IRC to find the status of root for wildfire, but i found topic that, dont't ask about wildfire.. Hmm.. i am sad :(.