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[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
By the way, can anyone tell me if you failed the root process, can you just factory reset to redo again or I have to reflash the whole default ROM again?? Could it be when I failed the first time, reseting to factory setting do not work??? that's why I keep failing??
[Desire HD Android Development] madindehead:
Works for me, I now have AdFree running on my phone, blocking ads in Angry Birds :D So Happy!
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
Hi can you tell me what's the first line of your HBOOT?? (you know when you hold Vol down, and press your power??) I have the following:

ACE PVT ENG S-OFF (could this be the phone is actually rooted already?? but if it is, I am sooo puzzle why I cant run those app??)
[Desire HD Android Development] liorra3:
i have root, but still i can't push new FRAMEWORK that have LTR inside try via ADB, ZIP AND FILE EXPLOER that support root

its show that its working and copy fine, but when the device gos on - its like never happen...

its seams that the current root is like "low level", still missing some superboot and recovery.
[Desire HD Android Development] madindehead:
I will check in a minute mate :)

It says "ACE PVT ENG S-OFF".

And AdFree etc runs, and when I type "su" in terminal emulator, $ changes to #, which I think means it is rooted :p
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
DAMNN....THIS IS CRAZY!

I just cant understand why I still cant run those app?? Maybe I should reflash stock ROM and try to reroot again, instead of just resetting to factory setting.
[Desire HD Android Development] Software Guru:
Excellent

Upgrading my Desire in a couple of weeks so this post is very beneficial
[Desire HD Android Development] ainmosni:
Yes, it's a UNIX convention to change the prompt from $ (normal user) to # (root).
[Desire HD Android Development] madindehead:
Happy happy here :D

Have you made sure that VISIONary has rooted your device, and then running the gscript scripts? I did that, rebooted, then installed Superuser, uninstalled VISIONary, and then rebooted again. All works.
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
Yes, in fact I have run it several times, until it said "your phone has been rooted".

I guess now I am downloading the WWE stock ROM, and try to reflash back to stock before trying to the root process again.

I will update any new finding.....

PS: Anyone know of a faster link to download the latest WWE STOCK ROM?? the xmoo link is very slow...
[Desire HD Android Development] SuPz:
No permanent root here either, On Voda Aus with branded firmware, maybe thats the cause of the non-perm root atm. Although it says S-off in bootloader. Tried SU in terminal, giving me "access denied".

Superusers crashes when i try to open it. Same with Titanium Backup. Tried to root again with VISIONary+ but it says the phone is already rooted o.O?

@kuailan did you flash the WWE stock rom on an unbranded phone or on a Voda AU one? If you done it on a Voda one, can you pass the steps on how to do it?

EDIT: Reinstalled superuser, and now able to access root.
[Desire HD Android Development] stripe123:
it says in the guide to download from the market!!! If its not available in the market for me what the hell am i meant to do....gahh so annoying.
[Desire HD Android Development] gillepy:
Just followed the instructions and I have successfully rooted my phone. Thanks to all the people involved with eh exploit and for the instructions.

Now just wait till someone makes some nice custom roms.
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
I have a sim free Desire HD, not attached to any carrier. I believed the method is all the same for everyone....but I dont know why I am so unlucky.
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
Google pulled it.

Get VISIONary from http://android.modaco.com/content/h...m/320722/10-nov-r11-visionary-one-click-root/

Guys, I am seeing a lot of people asking questions and getting problems.

Please read the guide before starting and follow it very carefully.

It will work if you follow the guide and read it! I know I missed the bit about running VISIONary before starting anything however i have now included it in the first post
[Desire HD Android Development] :
although i can "hear you", but who are you annoyed with? the guide was written yesterday. Google pulled to apps THIS morning.

And lets not forget, the people that do all that do that for YOU, the people who do not want/have the time/ or willigness to read and follow the recent developments - they all do that in their free time to help you.

Including ME, who actually did go through the trouble replying to you, although the fact that visionary was pulled was posted in literally EVERY other thread, including the one sticked to this forum called visionary. hell, a simply google search for "visionary not on market" would have brought you the correct information.

So whilst I appreciate you being unhappy, I would really suggest you dont piss of the wrong people with your frustration.
[Desire HD Android Development] leethal910:
Followed guide to the letter including the VISIONary root first up.

No joy, tried to use Titanium backup and ShootMe to no avail...

Any ideas? Using Voda AU handset...
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
Have you reinstalled Superuser
[Desire HD Android Development] mousey_:
You can try here: http://mcgh.ee/DHD
[Desire HD Android Development] leethal910:
Yep, still no go...

Giving me the ****s!
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
Try it again from the start. Make sure you have ran VISIONary before you start anything.

Check the wpx.ko file matches your kernel verision
[Desire HD Android Development] leethal910:
Does it matter which kernel version the phone is running??

The bit that needs to be altered in the hex editor is g66cfb7a (my kernel version).
[Desire HD Android Development] ghostofcain:
should be /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
Yes that is why it is mentioned in the guide!

If your Kernel Version is g66cfb7a and a folder for that verison already exits, copy the contents of that folder to the SDCARD. If not, follow step 2 and make one
[Desire HD Android Development] leethal910:
LOL, I know I know, I just meant, does this work for any kernel version so long as the file you create matches what it is in your phone?
[Desire HD Android Development] ghostofcain:
yes, you need to edit the wpx.ko file in a hex editor, or google for the correct wpx file for your kernel

BTW i could not obtain permaroot using visionary I had to follow the instructions here which uses the basic exploit to get temp root first, and then completed using the files specified here
[Desire HD Android Development] leethal910:
It works for me, but isn't permanent...after rebooting and letting VISIONary do it's thing, I have root access.

As soon as I delete VISIONary and reboot again...no root access... :(
[Desire HD Android Development] ghostofcain:
there is talk over in the G2 threads of visionary causing some confusion in the system and the root not taking, if you follow the instructions over there you can use the exploit directly to obtain temp root then the permaroot should take, I am sure Paul will get Visionary sorted as soon as, and we can all partake of the joys of Root
[Desire HD Android Development] leethal910:
Cool, I'll have a crack and see how it goes!

Cheers for the advice everyone :)

Nothing like a good root!!
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
Just want to update my finding, but first of all to Evo, I really appreciate your effort in making the best possible guide. Seriously it's excellent guide, easy to follow. But I am here to share you my issue and not to critics your effort. I also hope this will be helpful to others.

I have reflash back to the stock WWE ROM. I have checked the HBOOT it is with xxxx SHIP S-ON. It seemed to erased the half done (or failed root attempt that i made initially).

However, once again after following the steps carefully again, I still failed :( All those app that require root just wont run. However my HBOOT this time show just like before xxx S-OFF. This make me even confused. :confused: It seemed this whole full permanent root is only half done.

I have tried to uninstall and reinstall superusers (including restarting) after the permanent root procedures but still dont work. This lead me to believe there must be some kind issue with the Visionary.

At this stage I have given up, and now just hope for PAUL (the master) to do his magic.
[Desire HD Android Development] :
Paul seems to make good progress, check his twitter!! I actually used the G2 manual rage method and can confirm success with this method (and I didnt flash Bootloader yet, I simply trigger the RW of system via insmod /data/local/wpx.ko whenever I need to :)
[Desire HD Android Development] Schmurtz1968:
Thank you for your guide. All i have done is following step by step instructions and all done ! Permaroot is here.

Thanks to all those who have technically made parmaroot possible too.
[Desire HD Android Development] andycap:
Hi.

I have successfully rooted my HD but have found that in root explorer i cannot get RW access to /system I can get RW to other directories but not /system !

Anyone else having this problem or is it just me?
[Desire HD Android Development] zantekk:
awesome. :)

worked perfectly!
[Desire HD Android Development] toddyc:
Excellent guide. Just done in under 10 mins :) so easy to do. Everything works fine. Top bloke :)
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
If your not having much luck id suggesting hanging back until visionary is out. This will root it for you but you will still have to flash your own hboot
[Desire HD Android Development] darrenjdoc:
You wont have to wait long :)

http://android.modaco.com/content/t...350/10-nov-r12-test-visionary-one-click-root/
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
so it can no fully root the HD but how do i replace my Hboot
[Desire HD Android Development] JonnyFoxtrot:
I just used r12 of Visionary to one click permaroot my DHD with no problems :)
[Desire HD Android Development] madindehead:
I think you will need to use the script files for that.
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
So is that mean in my case it will work?? My HBOOT has been changed to S-OFF already, but for some unknown reason, I believe the root is not there??? (cause those root app wont run??)
[Desire HD Android Development] ghostofcain:
If you've changed the HBOOT you should have root, is SU installed? and superuser.apk?
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
Yes, when I followed the procedures I did downloaded and install superuser from the market before uninstalling the visionary.

ANYWAY....here is the update:

I AM VERY HAPPY NOW. THANKS TO PAUL ....I CAN HAVE MY ROOT NOW. Just downloaded the latest visionary R12, uninstall the old one, thick all the options, and then at the bottom run the permanent root. After that the phone reboot....AND THERE I GO JUMPING UP AND DOWN....HURRAY...THE ROOT IS THERE!:D Uninstall the Visionary + (just to make sure)...reboot the phone, AND YES, the phone still rooted ;)

Therefore, I guess I am right there must be something wrong with using the older visionary (despite not everyone having the issue). Anyway, I am glad the new Visionary + fixed it.

PS: By the way, just a word of advice, when downloading from Paul link, I have to close my Kaspersky anti-virus to be able to downloaded the files.

Some Anti-Virus may detect it as a threat (obviously it is a linux exploit), just like mine. If you dont, the apk file will be corrupted.
[Desire HD Android Development] NixZt0rm:
Do i need to use htc sync or can i just brpwse the memorycard in C: ?
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
may be a daft question but how do you know if its fully rooted now once you follow these steps

edit just found out it didnt work as tit back up was refused root privilliges so using vr12 to see if that works
[Desire HD Android Development] NixZt0rm:
Yea i was thinking the same :p

But just try to run like adfree or something and you'll probably notice.
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
well r12 work no probs so how do i now go about clearing all the crap off it i dont want like amazon mp3 etc
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
You dont need HTC sync....just put the file in your SD card, and run the apk from any file browser. (just like you would normally for apk installation).
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
The easiest way to see if your phone has been permanently rooted:

1. Obviously it should run all the root required APPs (i.e. Adfree, Titanium, SetCPU..etc).

2. After root has been accomplished, uninstall the Visionary and reboot, you should still have root, and able to run those apps again.

3. Since this is a permanent root, go to your HBOOT (press Vol Down, and Power), the first line of your HBOOT you should see XXXX....S-OFF.

4. If you are still not sure, do a Factory reset, and you will see your HBOOT still stay with the S-OFF. ALSO, after reseting to factory setting, you DO NOT need to install Visionary again, all you need though is to download the superuser from the market and install, and you are ready to go. The ROOT will be there permanently, unless your reflash to stock.

The only way of unrooting, is to reflash the RUU WWE stock ROM. My suggestion download the latest WWE Stock ROM for backup now (for future purposes just in case if newer ROM will upgrade your HBOOT and you will not have root anymore)
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
good point so on that im in uk with a stock htc rom which would be the best to download as a back up??
[Desire HD Android Development] bmw-boy:
I have problem now

I was using the temproot before and I install the visionary r12 and I run permroot

But after that I can't get root access at all

I uninstalled the r12 and return back to temproot

But it give me my phone is already rooted but no root access

So please advice
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
Before you install the latest Visionary, did you uninstall the old ones? Also did you run the temporary root option? or the permanent one? You should just run the permanent one.

Anyway, if you want just re-do everything again. If I were you, just reflash back to the stock RUU WWW ROM. And then you can do the procedures in page 1 of this thread (or you can just use the latest Visionary, but I think you will need to use page 1 procedures so that you can S-OFF those HBOOT using the gscript). Remember to install the gscript lite from the market (the lite version will do and FREE).

Once you completed, even if you failed to get root (like me when I did mine at first), dont worry. As long as you get that S-OFF in your HBOOT. Uninstall the old visionary (if there is any) and install the new one. Make sure you have installed the superuser from the market before uninstalling. Finally, just run the permanent root of the new Visionary R12. Your phone should be rebooted by itself. Once rebooted, you should have the root. You can then uninstall the Visionary again (not the superuser). You will find, you are able to run those root app again.

The Root should be there permanently regardless if you decided to restore to default factory setting. ONLY flashing back to stock ROM, you can unroot everything. Please remember though when you restore to factory setting, you will still need to install those superuser apk from the market.

Good luck...you will be there....;)
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
Here is the thread by XMOO:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=824357

For me I downloaded the latest, which is at the bottom most. (1.32.405.6)
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
thanks i found it

so is this us done as far as the root goes

i thought i read some where even with r12 we would still need to change something

at a later date to flash roms
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
As for root, I think this is it. Mission accomplished.

I believed what we are waiting now is the recovery. You know like in the original desire, the Clockwork mod or the AmonRA. Only with the recovery we can flash any zip or ROM files with ease.
[Desire HD Android Development] ikonas:
3.You now want to copy the wpx.ko and hboot_7230_0.85.2007_101011.nb0 to the root of your SDCARD

a. If you made your own wpx.ko file in step 2, copy this to the SDCARD. You can use a hboot file from one of the

Root Files folders

What does it mean "to the root of your SDCARD" ?? Its mea /SDCARD or /SDCARD/ROOT ?

4.Copy the gscript folder onto the root of your SDCARD

How can I do that? I can see a folder on /SDCARD/GSCRIPT , but when I am trying to ADD SCRIPT -> LOAD FILE -> I am getting Select a file (.sh from sdcard) and I cant navigate GSCRIPT to load from WPX file.

I am using GSCRIPT lite.

Thanks for a answers.
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
3. Just copy the both the .ko and .nb0 on the SD card. Not the whole folders....and dont put in any folder. The Root there mean just SD card. Also make sure the .sh files matches your kernel.

4. For the gscript, just copy over the whole folder into your SD. When you install the Gscript Lide, click menu - Add script- load file - wpx.sh and saved. Continue to do the same for Hboot. (You dont need to navigate, it should be automatically). To run it just click on the WPX and HBOOT you created.
[Desire HD Android Development] ikonas:
I got just only wpx.ko and .nb0, but u telling me to copy both .sh files where i can find them?

Thanks for your reply
[Desire HD Android Development] kuailan:
Ah sorry my apology....I guess I am lacking sleep ;)

not the .SH files but the wpx.ko and .nb0. I get confused with the .sh files. Those SH files are the Gscript. You need to copy together with the whole folder. Not just the .sh files.
[Desire HD Android Development] ainmosni:
To clarify a few things. VISIONary won't flash your HBOOT. Paul chose not to do this because this is a VERY dangerous operation which can brick your phone, we can thank HTC for making this necessary. Flashing HBOOT is only needed to flash the recovery/new roms in the future, it's not needed for permaroot. BE VERY CAREFUL with the 'dd' command, if this writes something and it goes wrong or if it writes the wrong thing, your bootloader is gone and your phone will be bricked.

This is all how I understand it, I'm a linux/PC expert not an android one.
[Desire HD Android Development] :
and your understanding is 100% spot-on :)
[Desire HD Android Development] dr.m0x:
I'm pretty sure Htc's misguided attempts to prevent hacking on this phone have turned more than a few people away from buying it.

I mean half or more of the fun of android is the custom roms and such.
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
ah think i understand now

so were rooted for unsigned / other aps that you can't normally run on the device

but to flash roms we need something else, no doubt the devs on here will do there magic and provide this tool at some point
[Desire HD Android Development] silashack:
:D

Vodafone branded AU model, I had VISIONary r10 installed, edit the file to match

2.06.32.21.g66cfb7a

Installed gscript lite, moved the files over, ran the scripts, followed the instructions and 100% success.

Now to find a stock wwe for Australia (assuming we will have some differences over here?)

A BIG thank you to all the main guys and people who offer support and aid
[Desire HD Android Development] panyan:
i am an abolsute virgin at this, can i get the steps right?:

1) run visionary and press what?

2) download and install htc sync

3) sync phone

4) download this http://www.multiupload.com/1UFOZTBOZQ

5) and then do what?
[Desire HD Android Development] Doktaphex:
We have the tool, it is just EXTREMELY important that anyone choosing to use it knows exactly what they are doing. "with great power comes great responsibility"

It's a relatively simple process, however, one character out of place, or the wrong file and you have a fancy new paper-weight. There are plenty of guides but at the end of the day it's your decision.
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
VISIONary r12 will permaroot your DHD - i.e It will automatically create your wpx.ko file and do the magic with that.

VISIONary will NOT touch your hboot. hboot is what will allow you to flash custom roms etc. You do not have to do this if you do not want to flash custom roms.

If you do want to flash custom roms you need to flash hboot, however be very very very careful doing this. Do it wrong and you WILL brick your device.

I wouldn't recommend this until custom roms are out and there is a clearer way of doing this. I didn't realise the dangers of it when I did it and I guess I just got lucky.
[Desire HD Android Development] onesolo:
Can anyone help me?

So in order to have a perm root, only I have to download the latest visionary from modaco forum and click the icon (or have it run on boot!) and it's rooted?!?

Or do I have to preinstall anything else before run visionary?!?
[Desire HD Android Development] Eddie1506:
For now, ENG hboot is required for custom ROMs. Once a real recovery is out, in no way will ENG hboot be needed, so for the average user who just wants an easy way to flash a custom ROM and not wanting to worry about bricking the phone, it would be best to wait for clockwork and then flash only recovery, not hboot.
[Desire HD Android Development] nubicurio:
Hi everyone,

I have a noob question about a rooted Android phone...will I be able to create a normal user account (without root privileges) for every day use, and only switch to root when needed?
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
You dont need to do that.

Think of root being the admin account on your computer, and non-root (i.e. how you got the phone) being a user account.

Admin gets more rights than user however can still do everything
[Desire HD Android Development] nubicurio:
Thanks Evostance. I guess I'm just somewhat paranoid about doing everything as root; which makes me wonder if Android supports multiple users like Linux does, so I can surf as a normal user and only exercise my root privileges when needed?
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
Any applications that require root will request root rights. The superuser application will popup telling you an app is requesting root rights, you can allow or deny these rights then ;)

You can also go into Superuser and see what applications have root rights and revoke these if neccessary
[Desire HD Android Development] LtdEdFred:
Beaut. Just used VISIONary. Worked as a charm :)
[Desire HD Android Development] Sereniity:
Worked like a charm, am I right in thinking that even doing a system update ones DHD will still be rooted?

Sorry if this is already been answered but threads are long and tedious to read when tired,

Many thanks.
[Desire HD Android Development] funnyclub:
Hi noob here I would like to root my phone to run apps that need root and also be able move apps to sd. Just wondering if I do a permroot with visionary can i do OTA upgrades? if not how do I unroot my phone?
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
If you root your phone with visionary then if you ota you will lose your root. I recommend waiting until a recovery.img is made, then you can flash this and flash any Rom from here (dont use ota as it will lock your phone) custom roms will get the ota content put into them if needed
[Desire HD Android Development] funnyclub:
Thanks for your reply. I think I am abit out of my depth here so I will leave well alone till I understand android and rooting better. This is my 1st android phone I came from a Iphone 3Gs :rolleyes:
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
so i have root with visonary r12

so are you saying do not install any OTA updates as it will lock the phone
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
Yup. I dont think it will "lock" the phone, but it might patch the root exploit.

Generally just stay away from them and only flash roms from here if you want to
[Desire HD Android Development] combat goofwing:
when you say root exploit do you mean it will work but be unrooted?
[Desire HD Android Development] Evostance:
I think so... but do not quote me on that. Wait for someone else to confirm