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[Desire General] spitjo:
Your guide is perfect.

But i can't start the process.

I don't have a cd to burn, so i tried with a usb key with universal usb installer, result, totally black screen after usb boot. Tried with unetbootin, same result...

The virtual way scary me alot.

Any chance to get this on usb key??

(using latest alpharev iso and generic options in universal usb installer and unetbootin)

NOTE: It's not a problem of the usb key. Normally is my clonezilla (another linux live) key. I used it that way since last year, so.... (i used the same usb key and the same pc to boot ubuntu 10.10 and run unrevoked)
[Desire General] postwarbreakout:
I couldn't boot my USB stick, so I tried it via VirtualBox and everything worked fine, thanks!
[Desire General] carlos67:
Hi Guys,

Sorry for the noob qu. but.......

Does performing S-OFF also deodex your ROM? Or, is that a separate process to be done also?

I want to be able to flash snq's 4-in-1 reboot mod but he say's you have to have a de-odexed framework for it to work.

Can someone please explain:confused:

Can anyone post a link to a step-by-step guide to de-odexing your framework? How much additional internal memory will de-odexing just my framework take up?

Thanks:)
[Desire General] MrDevil:
i'm keen on s-offing my phone. but not sure of the exact steps to flash the n1 partition after that. tried searching but not really getting any answers. sorry for the noobish question.
[Desire General] jayk32:
If u would like 2 be S-off then follow this vid, it worked like a charm 4 me:- :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cw9xkS20i0
[Desire General] MrDevil:
Thanks. btw how can i flash custom partition layouts?
[Desire General] jayk32:
There is a thread explaining the partitions, just follow the guide. It worked for me. :-)

Sent from my S-offed HTC Desire
[Desire General] mi3x:
Ok, so I followed your tutorial, booted from usb, all steps ok, then it said press any key to shut down. Did that, and now my phone stays only on the fastboot menu or the clockwork mod recovery menu, I even wiped everything, nothing worked, when I try to boot it gives the "why so serious image" then goes back to the menu.

What should I do? :confused: :(

LE: Ok I managed to restore a nandroid backup, the phone seems to be S-offed but whenever I try to flash a new rom, zip, it reboots to the last menu. It wouldn't let me. What should I do? I verified the signature, it's disabled.

Any ideas please?
[Desire General] Rabadabadingdongable:
Thanks for this great tutorial. But as other phones my one got stuck at step three. After waiting one hour I removed the battery, restarted and the phone did not brick. Now I'm happy with S-Off :D.
[Desire General] Salival:
Yeah great tutorial, I did it, and my LAPTOP turns off at step three, after 10 min. And I **** in my pants :) remove battery, and all is ok, i have s-off, but do I need repeat it or? Don´t know is it finished..
[Desire General] h46it:
CD method worked great! Nand didn't work i had to load a new rom! :( Could have been worse, could have had a bricked phone! :P

Thanks for the great walk thru!
[Desire General] vybztymz:
Correct.

I S-Off'd using Ubuntu 10.10 on a usb stick
[Desire General] phonoflux:
I also had to do this. Might be best to include it in the how-to just in case so others don't have to search through the thread in a panic like myself :P

Other than that, I used the USB method, worked flawlessly...

EDIT: Aside from the fact my wireless now doesn't work... *curious face*... *attempts reflash of radio*

EDIT2: Turns out an entire restore was necessary to regain full functionality. I suggest that guide be updated to include step 1, peform a nadroid backup, and the last step restore it. my 2c.

I'm still however unable to delete apps from my /system/app folder from the rom using a file manager, but I can if I reboot into recovery and ADB in. What is the intention of S-OFF here?
[Desire General] lithium101:
Apps closing after s-off

Hi, I did s-off from the cd. Step 3 didn't finished properly so after more than 30 minutes I took battery off. Phone booted ok into my LeeDroid ROM but after that all my apps keeps quitting (including Sense) so I'm stucked there. Tried to restore boot from nandroid backup but the problem remains the same..any help please?
[Desire General] JagSem:
Dl'ed the virtualbox for windows and tried this method. After getting the alpharev.iso to boot in the virtual machine, I press any key and it waits for device. Then I get 'no devices connected' when I hover over the usb icon. When I right click and select HTC0227 it gives me a 'device is busy with previous request'.

Any idea why my phone won't connect? I have usb debbugging enabled, and it is on when connected.

Any help appreciated.
[Desire General] JagSem:
I figured out what I was doing wrong. I should have made the Virtual boot as Linux Unbuntu instead of Microsoft.

Also, it hanged on HTC splash for 5 minutes and the VM wouldn't connect or even see the device so I risked it and pulled the battery. Luckily the phone booted and I got the "why so serious", reconnected it and repeated step 6. It worked and I didnt brick my phone lol
[Desire General] Skepper:
For all the people that are experiencing freezes in step 3

Hi Members,

If your device hangs on step 3 you can do this to check that it has been flashing successfully:

Even though it seems like its hung up, its still running on the phone..

When you get the "waiting for flashing to complete..." and its been "hanging" there for over 30mins try the commands below:

Press: CTRL-C

Type: reset

Then type: adb shell cat /tmp/logfile

If the last line says: "flashing sp1 from /data/alpha/splash_wvga.img" then it's all good...

To get out of the frozen bootscreen on the phone type: adb reboot bootloader
[Desire General] r47z:
i'm running on mac and I need to find a virtualbox that supports usb boot. Downloaded Oracle VM Virtual box, but there's no option for booting from USB.

--edit--

that's ok i got it already. had to select the usb device from devices list when it prompts "waiting for bootloader..."
[Desire General] r47z:
I realise my phone is down by 10mb after doing the s-off. is this normal?
[Desire General] LfcFan1977:
S(od)-off using VMware player free download.

A Complete (less than 5 minute) doddle. I can smile and say that comfortably after the trouble I found with rooting and rom flashing.

Set-up before and after

UK 3 Network HSDPA*HTC Desire 2.2 GSM*8GB class2 ext3*HBOOT0.93.0001*Kernel 2.6.32.15-g6a358a9*Unrevoked3*teppic72's Pre-rooted Stock Froyo (2.10.405.2) with init.d support*Radio 32.44.00.32U 5.09.05.30*ClockworkMod 2.5.0.7*

Thanks for this thread

PS, r47z

I think I lost about 10mb also, probably the norm
[Desire General] Dynosu:
just ran this thing on my desire using the vmware method from my mac. Worked like a charm and only took like 5 minutes. Had to restore the nand backup of my leedroid rom. But works fine :)
[Desire General] fezy:
Guys i just ran the s-off tool it got stuck on step 3 and after tryin to contact the people on the irc channel without response i decided to pull the battery, but now everytime i boot it loads into hboot screen snd i still got the htc splash any 1 help me out??
[Desire General] chiekh:
I think you have to flash a recovery and after flash a rom or do a nand restore.
[Desire General] fezy:
I tried that but it stays stuck on htc splash screen i can only boot into recovery or bootloader/fastboot
[Desire General] chiekh:
so boot into recovery and flash a new rom with "install zip file from sdcard".
[Desire General] fezy:
Thanks i panicked cos i flashed my leedroid rom that i had on sdcard but that gave error, but after wiping and flashing mcr rom i had cooked it seems to be fixed.

Thanks for your help
[Desire General] p3eps:
I tried this, and waited an hour on step 3 - but nothing happened.

I unplugged and rebooted. My LeeDroid ROM was still there, but gave errors every 2 seconds... so I reflashed it from Recovery.

Its all working now - but is it worth me trying to S-OFF again?
[Desire General] Serpente80:
Switched Off with the USB method :)
[Desire General] Atis:
Hi!

My little problem:

http://jumboo.uw.hu/SDC10719.JPG

hm... :) any idea?
[Desire General] Diamondback:
Successfully S-OFFed my Desire.

Had to pull the battery after waiting for an hour with the htc screen, but all went well! =)
[Desire General] p3eps:
Is there an easy way to tell if this worked - as mine froze for about an hour and I unplugged?
[Desire General] robbiekhan:
Yes, just boot into the bootloader and at the top left it will say S-OFF instead of S-ON.
[Desire General] p3eps:
Ok... thanks. I have BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-OFF... so I guess it worked :D
[Desire General] nerdo:
Same experience as many here....

3rd step took over an hour, disconnected and removed battery

S-OFF was done with HBOOT 0.93 (had 0.80) but phone only rebooted into fastboot, won't boot into ROM, could access recovery though, AmonRA v2.0

Restored a Nand backup and everything back to normal :D

Tested it and I could delete system apps from Root Explorer... cool

Nand backup should be step 1 as suggested above please!
[Desire General] sonny87:
error in step3

error in step3：could not push the initial files during step1，how could i do？
[Desire General] nerdo:
Is your phone rooted to begin with?
[Desire General] AndroidGX:
Added ! ;)
[Desire General] sonny87:
sure,I did this after rooted.
[Desire General] Akarim47:
Many thanks the USB method worked right away with no issues, & it took about 15 mints only :)
[Desire General] qqq911:
i've got same problem...

waitting for the answer...
[Desire General] bhines:
I got the same error:confused:
[Desire General] jiafcat:
I got the same error. I have rooted the HTC Desire by unrevoked3.21 and installed ClockworkMod 2.5.1.2
[Desire General] ZigmaDK:
Can someone please explain to me why my VMWare is writing the following after step 3 has started:

usb 1-1: device descriptor read/all, error -110

hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1

Right now my phone is still on the HTC logo.

What should i do??
[Desire General] cyron_at:
1. Be sure to Nandroid backup your device (just in case).

2. Download the latest Universal USB Installer or UnetBootin.

3. Download ISO Reflash Utility from AlphaRev website.

4. Install the software of your choice.

5. Open it, and select your USB device and your AlphaRev ISO freshly downloaded.

6. Create your bootable USB key.

7. Reboot your computer and boot on the USB key you created.

8. Press any key to accept the disclamer.

9. Once you are in your ROM, plug your Desire with the USB cable on your computer.

10. /!\ DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING TILL YOU GET THE FINISH MESSAGE AT STEP 3 /!\

ad 4.) What does it mean here? Is there the software in USB Installer? (Step 1: Select Linux Distribution...) or what?

BTW: How do I know if I am s-off? Can I check this on the phone?
[Desire General] tready:
im S of i was using this rom [ROM] [15/11] Pre-rooted Stock Froyo (2.10.405.2) [Optional mods].i used the burn to disk method using free easy burner it was all done in 5 mins. great work by the devs
[Desire General] Cossac:
Hi guys,

I would like to proceed with the S-OFF procedure. The phone is rooted and running,

- CM 6.1.0-RC2-Desire ROM

- Clockwork V 2.5.0.7

- AMOLED screen

- AND it already has HBOOT 0.93

Can I do it with this version of HBOOT, or it has to be lower?

Thanks in advance.
[Desire General] giese9:
same problem here.

what to do?
[Desire General] scorpio09:
I successfully got S-OFF using the CD method. Everything went smooth in less than 5 min. Thanks a lot for the guide.
[Desire General] sr1ks:
Tried to run the S-OFF on my Desire running rcmixHD rom,

I was using the CD methods

Step 1 went fine,

Step 2 went fine

it stuck at step 3 for around an hour,

when i pulled out the battery and rebooted.

to notice it was stuck in the BOOTLOADER.

and the ALPHAREV S-OFF :)

Flashed CM 6.1

Works Perfectly

Thanks GUys
[Desire General] warriorofice:
Easy, fast and painless.

thanks x 1000 to all who working on this.

I´ve S-OFF on my Desire y 5 minutes.

Thankssssss!!!!!
[Desire General] DanijelDesire:
This was almost easier than rooting.

Download the .img from alpharev site.

burn to cd.

boot that cd.

READ the instructions.

connect using usb cable.

go and make some coffee.

return to your s-off-ed Desire.

Thanks!
[Desire General] hendry:
hello.. i've also got this same kind of errors..

could u expert told us, what should we do ?
[Desire General] bamserl:
i am stuck at step 3 (defrost 6.1, hboot 0.93, rooted with unrevoked 3.21)

any ideas what i can do? root seems to work fine, at least al apps that need root have root access and work properly.
[Desire General] cristianomc:
With Unrevoked 3.2 you do not need to reflash a official ROM or uses Unrevoked-forever. The ROM will be already downloaded to the "download" folder. When it asks for update click to remember later and reboot in recovey mode. Then select to install update.zip. Then toogle signature on/off. The first time you click on this it will show you ON, the second disables signature checking. Select the .zip update already downloaded to the phone from the sd card (download folder). Wait for reboot now. Then it will do some procedures and reboot. Done!

ps: before entering fastboot to reboot in recovery mode, I selected "debug mode" in phone (applications/development). And yes, your Desire will be unrooted again after installing the update!
[Desire General] 4everraj:
the virtual box method is awesome :D..... loved it..... worked superbly under 10 min..... but I am wondering how to use this S-OFF ..... any suggestions anyone ???
[Desire General] cTrox:
Did you really just S-OFF your phone without knowing what it does and what the benefits of it are?
[Desire General] Eggcake:
I'm trying the VMWare method. Using Virtualbox.

It boots correctly to the first Disclaimerscreen. Then I select my Android phone, but windows says "no drivers found". Then it's searching for the device and nothing happens :(

Never mind

I found an older USB Stick - worked flawlessly with the USB-Method! Perfect, thank you!

P.S: On my newer USB Drive (SuperTalent Pico) it didn't work - I think because you cannot format it as "FAT" (only "FAT32" or "NTFS"). My older one can be formatted FAT, FAT32, NTFS or exFAT.
[Desire General] bhines:
annoying

No solution for this?

no

"Waiting for flashing to complete...

Could not push the initial files during step 3. This is most likely a permission error on your data partition. We have tried our bestto circumvent this, but most likely your ROM is either not rooted properly, causing fail. Your best option is to backup everything, and flash a custom ROM that is properly rooted and has ADB root.

Remember: your HBOOT ist NOT S-OFF, and it is not bricked. You can safely reboot and try again if you want."
[Desire General] TeeJayEss:
I'm also getting this - am using the RCMixHD .14 ROM. It was stuck at the white bootloader screen, after rebooting, but a boot into recovery and reflash sorted that.

It appears to still have S-ON though, so I'd like to resolve this... anyone have any ideas?
[Desire General] gonova:
Oh me2 !! I have tried both RCMixHD1.4 or Baadnwz_NAND, I also get below ERROR and stucked in the white bootloader screen.

"Waiting for flashing to complete...

Could not push the initial files during step 3. This is most likely a permission error on your data partition. We have tried our bestto circumvent this, but most likely your ROM is either not rooted properly, causing fail. Your best option is to backup everything, and flash a custom ROM that is properly rooted and has ADB root.

Remember: your HBOOT ist NOT S-OFF, and it is not bricked. You can safely reboot and try again if you want."

My Clockwork is still 2.5.0.1 and Hboot is 0.0800 (sth like that). Is this matter??

What should I do to make S-OFF ??
[Desire General] aeggedeler:
I just attempted to go back to S-ON again but got the infamous black screen. I've been going through pages and pages in here, but haven't found a fix yet. If anyone can help, please contact me on failkob at gmail dot com. If we find a solution, i'll gladly make a post in here with the fixes and ofc credits and a huge thank you.

Edit: Got it running. Flashed newest stock RUU i could find and I won! :)
[Desire General] dexter93:
Hello there xda devs

I am a proud owner of a HTC desire a8181, which I would like to root. I understand that this might not be the right thread to ask, but since the unrevoked method didn't work "validation error: backup cid is missing" and I figured out that my device is S-OFF without ever being rooted, I was pointed here to find out what's going on and if and how i will ever be able to root it.My device specs are:

*Radio:5.11.05.27

*Hboot:0.93.0001

*Rom: official HTC OTA 2.2 update v.2.29.405.2

*Device: BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF

If anyone would like further information or to point me to the right thread please reply or pm me. Thanks in advance for your
[Desire General] AltDimension:
Sorry if this has been asked before, but how should I be choosing which .iso to flash?

I'm running CM6.1. and would like the most space available for apps (so I'm guessing that would mean flashing the Data++, is that right?)

Also, is it possible to flash between different configurations? For example, flash from the Data++ to the N1 without breaking anything or having to go though the hassle of un-rooting my phone by using an RUU.

Also, my phone is a Vodafone HTC Desire, will I need a goldcard?

Thanks,
[Desire General] lavive:
Hello,

To those who got the S-OFF with this method:

does anybody have the following HW configuration?

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP_051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNT0101

RADIO-5.09.05.30_2

Aug 10 2010,17:52:18

well, it's related to this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9803653#post9803653 with the new PVT4 HW that have the erasesize of 40000 (in \proc\mtf file)

Mine is like this and I suspect the poor guys that didn't succeed in S-OFFing their desire have that particular HW too.

Please do check.

I managed to root it with unrEVOked 3 with the amon-RA recovery image but the S-OFF thing is more tricky. :confused:
[Desire General] :
I have the same problem as you, unrevoked with RA 2.0 (Clockwork dont work) but cant get S-Off. My config is:

BRAVO PVT4 SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.93.0001

MICROP-051d

TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101

RADIO-5.09.05.30_2

Aug 10 2010,17:52:18

I've heard ieftm is working on a new version to fix it. Dont know when he's releasing it but hope soon.
[Desire General] landwomble:
same here

I successfully got the phone S-OFF a while back, but then flashed a standard ROM recently (which failed) to try and recover from a borked phone. I`m rooted, I`m on AuraxTSense 8.1.3 and I get the same error.

Anyone any ideas?
[Desire General] Blinkiz:
Thanks, this solution worked great for me.

But "adb reboot bootloader" did not work. Had to remove the battery.
[Desire General] braaaii:
Ok. Haha. I would say: www.unrevoked.com this is a one click method to root. Ot works perfect.
[Desire General] khenderick:
I just S-OFF'ed my Desire, and everything worked perfect :). Excellent guide :).

I was worried about having to wait in fear for one hour at step 3, but is was done in about 5 minutes. The USB method is indeed very easy and straightforward.
[Desire General] guswolf:
HELP!

I try to s-off my Desire and the process hanged in the step 3.

Now the phone boot and inmediatly go to the fastboot menu without recovery menu. :(

Pd.- sorry for my english

Edit:After 1 hr. of suffering, I could boot in recovery mode and flash a rom, now my phone works fine and has s-off :eek:
[Desire General] LKphoto:
Need Help!

I done s-off and all work fine till I install other ROM. For example I try to install Ultimate Droid ROM. As before S-OFF I choose Install zip from sdcard then reboot phone and have bootanimation for about 30 minutes. I sure its to long. If I make nandroid restore my previous ROM, all work fine. But how to install any other ROMs now?
[Desire General] MORPHEUSP:
thank you very much it worked flawlessly. this is the easiest operation i have done on my device lol
[Desire General] trac_tor:
Silly question but which is the best way to "S-OFF" using Winxp only?
[Desire General] aStateOfCode:
[ Dummy Question :) ]

Hi and salute everyone, first thank you so much for sharing all these effort and info here, i used the unrevoked method in following page on the link " http://theunlockr.com/2010/09/20/how-to-root-the-htc-desire-unrevoked-method/ " but i couldn't get the device s-off because i got an error message from the implemental third part of root proccess on the page, so after than that i tried to flash the recovery image above via fastboot and i got the error message " FAILED <remote: signature verify fail> after some proccess on command promt, so is there any hope for s-off the device ( desire ), thanks already for any kind of help !! PEACE :)
[Desire General] takitoes:
Thanks GX!

Worked perfectly once i had the new Oxygen ROM installed.

Can someone explain to my newbie self the partition tables (N1Table, Data+++, Sense).

The Oxygen rom recommened N1Table, but im not sure if i have to do anything else besides the steps 1 -> 10?

Thanks again :D
[Desire General] Ryanadel:
i got the same msg too,

i am with rcmixhd data2ext ver,amonra 2.0.0 recovery and same hboot 0.80.000

i really can't figure it out atm,

anyone got any ideas?

thianks.
[Desire General] InsaneNutter:
Should i be worried? my desire with HBOOT version 0.80 has been on Waiting for flashing to complete for over an hour now.
[Desire General] amranny:
in which mode to I connect the phone to the comuter

Hi,

In which mode should I connect the phone after booting from cd?

fboot? or charge only with usb debugging enabled?

will it hboot work if i have hboot 0.93 and custom froyo rooted with unrevoked?

Thanks a lot.

Amir
[Desire General] tremblingwater:
Hi

i was wondering if someone can shed some light, iim probably being quite stupid but after ive done this (all went well) it wont let me boot up? i can go into the recovery, etc but can't boot up.

Every time i press boot, it just goes back into the bootloader.

Thanks
[Desire General] MasDroid:
You connect the phone when prompted on your computer. At a certain stage after booting the .iso, it will mention that it is waiting for your device to be connected, so only connect it via USB when it tells you and not before. when you are ready to connect your phone, just connect it while it is powered on (i.e. home screen) and let it do the rest.

Note: As you connect your phone via USB, also check the homescreen as it may prompt you for permissions before it initiates the S-OFF process.
[Desire General] MasDroid:
Yes, that is happening because you have not flashed the custom clockwork recovery image. Read the bottom of post#1, titled 'How to flash your recovery using ClockWork's image' via this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=805811
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesnakeeater:
Hi, I have an SE X10i

Firmware: 1.6

Baseband: 1.1.31

Build : R2BA026

and I'm wondering if there is a way to get the Market app cause it didn't come with the phone as I purchased it in Dubai.

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Market Fix
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesnakeeater:
Cheers man.

So I have to ROOT my phone to get this done? Is it safe? or should I avoid it for now? And if you can advise me to a video or thread that can help me in the Backing-up/Rooting/Restoring process that would be great!

Sad thing is there aren't much forums for Xperia. I mean look at iPhone forums theres just TONS of them. I love SE but they just need more ACTION!

Anyway thanks for the help man.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SXUsr:
Afraid so.

Yes, and now can be done with ONE CLICK. I use the Standalone X10 root.apk which allows you to unroot with one click too.

Why avoid it when it's ridiculously simple, install app, click to root. :)

What is the most robust backup method for Xperia X10?

XPERIA X10 Android Development

Any probs report back.