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[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigpapi19:
ive been trying to root my captivate for awhile now. ive done every root method out there but none have worked. when using the update.zip and reboot phone into recovery mode and reinstall packages it keeps saying error. when using the z4root it says install blocked and wont let me install anything from the market.

firmware version: 2.1-update1

baseband version: I897UCJH7

kernel version: 2.6.29

biuld: ECLAIR.UCJH7

im new to the whole thing but i understand the processes. if i can get some help ill greatly appreciate it. thx
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Have you tried CLShortFuse's One-Click app?

Also - sounds strange but do you have USB Debugging on?

And what is the exact error your getting when you attempt to root your phone?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigpapi19:
e:error in /sdcard/update.zip

(status 7)

installation aborted
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigpapi19:
Finally got it using the one click!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Yup.. its a nifty app. If you plan on flashing a new ROM over your Rooted phone - no need to allow side loading of third party apps.

Enjoy:D
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elmiguel2010:
Looping Issue

SuperOneClick keeps looping and telling me to turn on USB Debugging. Does nothing. Any suggestions?

Are there any settings to be aware of besides USB Debugging that could be causing the issue?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] avgjoegeek:
Another thing you can try is z4root on the market.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EpicYuzer:
I can't connect my Captivate to my Windows PC or Ubuntu through the USB cable that came with the device. I think it's the cable that's short circuited resulting in no connection so I will get a cable asap. My temp solution was an 8GB microSD but the problem is that the zip file always returns:

E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip

(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

What can I do? I really want to unleash the potential of my phone but I'm stuck here with nothing.

Thanks for your time.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] flpgdt:
Hi lads,

So I've been trying to root my HTC (Hero GSM 2.1-update-1 (3.41.61.31), originally Orange Spain, but unlocked by code) for few hours now, haven't managed yet. All the articles I've found about rooting this phone seems to be quite old and none seem to be more recent than the latest OTA update they've sent.

Even the latest version of Androot (1.6.2 beta 5) doesn't seem to work; I keep getting a Failed ! No ~~~ Fu goo ~~~ seemingly clueless error.

Found some more hardcore ways to do it, but then again, all of them quite old and no one confirming if for the current version - I don't want to end up with an expensive paperweight :(

I want to root it in order to install the latest Froyo ROM (Oh, and if anyone have serious reason for opposing to the villainrom 1.7, I'd appreciate a headsup)

Please, could anyone refer me to the definite how-to-root-this-thing?

cheers mates,

f.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] sergimiral:
Hi!

Are you from Spain? I am and I spent all night trying to root or upgrade to some kind of distro, but there was no luck...

I had the same firmware and update as you, and... at the end I'll get it! :]

The thing was just go to htc page to download the "latest" drivers for your HTC Hero Orange (important to be orange cuz if not it won't be able to download -also it would ask for a serial number, just write it on-).

What you downloaded now is just to downgrade your cellphone and override all newer updates... Then your phone will be back in time to 1.5 (dino-droids!)

Yeeeey! I did a big party after that ¬¬

Well... then all you have to do is follow the steps for a common htchero unlock... you can apply androot, and put some roms and that...

En mi caso, me ha quedado un Hiro! de la ostia! :] va sobradamente más rápido que antes.

good luck!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Javierkpm:
Hi there,

I've got the exact same problem (Hero GSM 2.1-update-1 (3.41.61.31), originally Orange Spain, but unlocked by code)

Could you give me a bit more detail how did u downgrade the phone. where and how did u install the drivers?? I did not find the orange drivers in the htc site.

Gracias por la ayuda.

Estoy mas perdido que Marco el día de la Madre.

:)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] tfn:
Hi I unrooted my phone on tmob uk with the official New rom

I have the file but you must have ADB installed on your computer, do a search and let me know

or just follow this as I did

http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1930-How-To-Root-The-2.1-RUU-or-OTA-Update-For-The-Hero
[HTC Aria General] kaschenberg:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_aria_gets_the_android_22_froyo_update_ota-news-2153.php

It's here! Sort of...
[HTC Aria General] Plasmamuffins:
Is this the southeast Asia version?
[HTC Aria General] Noz85:
Hmmm.

sent from my HTC Intruder running FR007 and CM6.1
[HTC Aria General] brswattt:
Once again, we are waiting for ATT. But this is so pointless because we have the Full Gratia ROM with no ATT bloatware.
[HTC Aria General] khaytsus:
Not pointless; there's the other 99% of the Aria users who would benefit from the 2.2 upgrade on the Aria. Of them probably 95% don't even know there are different versions of Android, but anywho...

My wife would be included.. I don't mess with her laptops, phones, etc, unless she needs me to, and her Aria runs great as is, but it'd run better on 2.2 :)
[HTC Aria General] bobbified:
does anyone know whether it's possible to use the Froyo firmware from the OTA update and flash it via a PC?

I'm using an Optus Aria (Australia) and I'd like to have Froyo, but would also like to keep it as stock as possible.

I think it's going to be a while before Optus comes out with the Froyo update.

Alternatively, is there any way to trick the phone into thinking it's an unbranded phone and then allowing the OTA update?
[HTC Aria General] PacoL250:
This may be a stupid question, but that's been posted on XDA? If so, I'll find it myself, no worries; however, I was just curious as I just got a root Aria off of eBay for simply playing around with Android hacking, etc.

Just didn't want to take the risk of bricking my everyday phone or screwing something functionally to the point where it works but is annoying.
[HTC Aria General] nikolo98:
Hi everyone, I'm located in Malaysia and I've just begun downloading the Froyo update via FOTA. I'll update this thread once the installation is complete.

For anyone interested, my Aria is stock 100%. Not rooted ever. My intention is to compare 2.1 and 2.2 on the Aria and see if there is a significant difference, although App2SD and Wifi Tethering are already good enough reasons to switch......

I'll post back again.
[HTC Aria General] nikolo98:
Well, I've updated successfully to the new Froyo. The experience wasn't bad or anything. If anything it was simple and quick. Once the update was downloaded OTA, the installation only took 3-5 minutes in which the screen would stay on for the most part (displaying a "syncing" icon of sorts). I did have a problem with the installation once it was done, the HTC Sense couldn't boot up. It just kept force closing itself when it couldn't load. To fix the problem I had to do a hard reset (this is why you should back up your data prior to updating). Once that was done, I was navigating my Aria with relative ease.

What are the changes I've noticed so far? Plenty! If you're like me and have never rooted your phone, you probably would've missed out on a lot (just like I did). Here's a list of what I've encountered so far.

1) Wallpapers for the "Lock-Screen" is no longer separate from your Home wallpaper. Might be a bad thing for some but I never really cared for it anyway.

2) Live Wallpapers are SUPPORTED now! Something I've been looking for a while. Now I can use timester on my Aria. :)

3) It has all the usual 2.2 updates like Wifi Tethering, App2SD, App Sharing, etc. Not lacking anything there.

4) New HTC Sense widgets (so far I've spotted a new SMS widget which is a lot nicer than the "Rolodex" widget)

5) Comes with Google Voice search, Google Navigation, Google Car Dock, New Gmail app and a host of other things.

In terms of stability, well its an OEM released ROM so I doubt there'll be any problems.

Well that was just my quick run through on the 2.2. Definitely worthwhile the wait and I'm glad its out now.
[HTC Aria General] Crispysaturn:
So how do I apply this to my stock Att aria??
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
This update was not meant for an AT&T branded Aria. It is for the Southeast Asia Aria.
[HTC Aria General] PacoL250:
Well I'm officially an idiot (yes, it has been said before :D :o ), but the Liberated Aria Froyo ROM is from the Gratia and on Froyo.

Yes, that's pointing the obvious, but I'm sure people may have missed that (I clearly did, though I had no idea how/why... :confused: :o ).
[HTC Aria General] bunky213:
So when this does come officially, rooting is lost? Or is it just a matter of time before a new method is developed?

Sparked from below

Community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/96/t/8213.aspx?PageIndex=1
[HTC Aria General] Moh_Jay:
Rooting will be lossed but this update more then likely will be manual for at&t brands.

Signatures are fancy.
[HTC Aria General] brswattt:
Guys, Just use the liberated ROM. The new hboot will just screw your rooting process over. OTA updates suck anways. AT&T bloatware.
[HTC Aria General] dh4645:
but arent some of the roms gimped in some ways?

i am rooted now, but didn't use roms since there always seemed to be something missing or something that didnt work quite right.

i might just do the ota update when it comes.

will i lose any data/apps with the ota update?

do i have to put it back to stock first?
[HTC Aria General] tribestros:
I used Liberated Froyo for a few weeks, but it was a battery draining, laggy, slow, gimpy WiFi-d piece of junk. Use CM! But if you like Sense, I don't know what to tell you. I would NOT recommend Liberated Aria Froyo.
[HTC Aria General] guido3300:
Me neither. But after a research I realized that it becomes slower because of the Live Wallpapers, even when you're not using them. I installed the LW zip on the stock rom and it became slow. So that's why the FROYO rom is the way it is. If someone could disable that I believe it could run a lot faster.
[HTC Aria General] jeebuz:
I don't want to play the devil's advocate... but I wouldn't talk so down upon a great ROM since I have had no problems with it being slow and laggy, no problems with the WiFi (on both kernels), and my battery lasts just as long as it does with CM6 (about a day (18 hours) to a day and a half without a charge, depending no my overall usage) with a fair amount of e-mails and texts coming in, calls everyday, and moderate gaming and internet usage (I have WiFi set to sleep every 15 minutes, mobile data to turn on when WiFi is off, both GPS and network locations are on, background data and automatic syncing is also on)....

Maybe I'm lucky? ...

So while CM has it's quirks and advantages... don't just shoot down the other ROM...

EDIT: Oh, and I don't use SetCPU to underclock when sleeping.
[HTC Aria General] dh4645:
is the bolded stuff options on 2.1, 2.2 or just custom roms?
[HTC Aria General] jeebuz:
As far as mobile data taking over when WiFi turns off, that should be default in 2.1 and 2.2 in any stock and custom rom.

For WiFi sleeping, Sense-based ROMs (custom and stock) have a 15 minute time allotment; whereas, CM6/default Android OS has a choice to turn WiFi off when the screen turns off (I do not remember if CM6 has a time option).
[HTC Aria General] GroovyGeek:
I have no complaints about FR008. It has some quirks and does not work well with my favorite task switcher, but once took the task switcher off everything works well and Sense does not FC any more. I did notice that when I went from stock 2.1 to FR006 the battery and data usage went up, but I have never been able to tell why. CM is indeed very snappy and responsive, but man is it not pretty... basically looks like something written by programmers for programmers, very utilitarian.
[HTC Aria General] tribestros:
That's because you have to mod CM to your liking.
[HTC Aria General] Fusion777:
FR008

May be "laggy" and a bit quirky but performs similarly in speed to the stock ROM, but without AT&T bloat & crippleware. It's plenty reliable enough. Been running it since the day Attn1 put it out there and no complaints.
[HTC Aria General] bunky213:
I still wonder if some "hboot downgrade" (like was done for the desire) may make the new official OTA update rootable in short order...
[HTC Aria General] dh4645:
any news on the update for us???
[HTC Aria General] guido3300:
Nope. But if you ask me you should go ahead and install the Liberated FR008 ROM and add the Hong Kong Kernel to it. Runs amazing. 24 hours ago I was hating that ROM to death but since I tried the HK Kernel I'm loving it.
[HTC Aria General] DanGeorges:
Why the Hong Kong kernal over just flashing fr008?
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
It comes down to personal preferences and perception. I would recommend flashing FR008 and try it out. Then flash the Hong Kong kernel and see what you think. FR008 + HK kernel is as close to a stock HTC Froyo ROM as you are going to get at this point, and some of us have perceived that the Sense UI is smoother using the HK kernel.
[HTC Aria General] GroovyGeek:
I have tried them both and find little difference. Ended up with the CM kernel solely because of the track pad wake. May try OC one of these days.
[HTC Aria General] Nutshell69:
I found much , much better battery life if I used the HK Kernal.

using it now and love it.
[HTC Aria General] SMahiS:
Liberated FR008 with Default Kernel: Quite stable no issues but drained the battery 4 times faster than the stock ROM

Liberated FR008 with HK Shipped Kernel: Very good battery life, comparable to stock ROM, but bluetooth doesn't work. It pairs and connects but audio doesn't get passed to the headset. Tried three different sets and it actually crippled one of them.

CM 6.1.1: Very fast ROM. and I loved the browser. But battery life, like FR008 default, was short.

Going back to Eclair...
[HTC Aria General] matt_b:
read this.
[HTC Aria General] energisedelectrode:
I know its a stupid question, I have installed the 2.2 OTA Optus update and I wish to go back.

I have the Optus ruu file, it worked when I had issues upgrading, But now it is all upgraded and locked out I am having issues going back to 2.1

I am trying to reflash using htc sync. Unrevoked 3.2 doesnt unlock 2.2 OTA either :(
[HTC Aria General] minterbartolo:
this might be a stupid question but AT&T just announced that Froyo is coming to the Aria in the next couple of days. I already rooted and am running Liberated FR008 do I have to do anything to prevent the AT&T version with it's bloatware from getting on my phone?
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
I don't think you have to worry about it. FR008 is based on the unbranded Gratia, so the OTA System Software Update in the ROM probably doesn't even know about the AT&T OTA Update Server. Even if it does detect the AT&T OTA, it will prompt you if you want to apply the update your phone, so you should be safe.
[HTC Aria General] Googa:
took 'em long enough... I think they were waiting on Samsung to update the Captivate, so their cheaper device wouldn't be running 2.2 while the Captivate was still running 2.1.
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
Actually the HTC Inspire shipped with Froyo 2.2 and it is priced at $99 while the Capivate is still $149 on the AT&T web site...;)
[HTC Aria General] Googa:
very true... although I think the failure here is them not reducing the price for the old Captivate! There must still be enough demand (I WANT THE MOST EXPENSIVE!), or maybe they don't have much backstock left.
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
OK folks, on the AT&T Facebook page today they have announced that tomorrow 2/25/2011 the Aria Froyo 2.2 update will be available!!!

Check it out:

http://www.facebook.com/ATT
[HTC Aria General] NBA Brawler:
So when I get official 2.2 update from ATT, will it erase all my contacts? If so, is there a way to prevent this from happenning?
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
We don't know yet if this will be an OTA update or a manual download. The Facebook post implies that it may be a manual download and install. If this is the case, then it will probably reset your phone and you will have to reload all your apps and contacts.

My advice would be to sync all of your contacts with Gmail or save them to your SD card.
[HTC Aria General] NBA Brawler:
Yeah I think Im gonna save them to my SD card just in case. So if its a manual download, I'd need HTC Sync to instal it?
[HTC Aria General] guido3300:
I'm not sure but probably not. They will mostly use a standalone installer.

EDIT: Even though this update it's the same as Liberated FR008 it would be awesome if someone could clean it up, this way we could have FR008 without the annoying sunny/moony weather widget bug.
[HTC Aria General] bunky213:
OK, so the download is up! how long before an "xda approved" version is made? ;-)
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
Actually this version uses the most recent Android 2.2 code base, version 2.2.2 FRG83G that was only released last month for the Nexus One, so it may be worth investigating. I maybe, just maybe they did clean up the weather widget...
[HTC Aria General] guido3300:
Yeah I noticed that on another thread. That's amazing, isn't it? I'm sure they did clean that up. I always thought they had the same apps for all the ROMS but I learned that they use a specific app for each of them so this weather widget won't be the same faulty widget that came with the Gratia.
[HTC Aria General] Isishorusraseth:
To anyone who has loaded the official at&t 2.2 ota update; I've received an email from at&t regarding the update and it stated that the update included adobe flash 10.1. Can anyone confirm this?
[HTC Aria General] tpbklake:
No it does not contain Adobe Flash 10.1. The Aria only has an ARM 6 processor and Adobe Flash requires an ARM 7 processor. Don't install the update if you have rooted your Aria or want to root it. The update will render your Aria as unrootable using current software procedures.
[HTC Aria General] Noobla_Khan:
Sense uses some kind of proprietary "flash lite" so to speak but it is not flash 10.1.
[G Tablet General] theclassicalgod:
First.. I want to say hello and that i've been reading around these forums for quite a while since I got my Droid about a year ago. I haven't posted anything till now.. but that's only because everyone else usually get's the answers typed faster than me. lol

On to the problem... I think I screwed up. I JUST bought this thing today. I got a little too excited about getting this tablet rooted and might have jumped the gun a little. I used the apk that has been around to root. No problems there. I got ROM Manager loaded... and I ended up flashing the newest recovery from there before realizing that everyone else says to use something else.

So... at this point, i'm unable to reboot into recovery at all. It starts up, acts like it's about to, and then just reboots again into the OS instead. Is there a way to fix this and get it on the correct recovery image or have I totally screwed myself over? Maybe through ADB? I can only tolerate this horrid TnT OS for so long. Took me 20 minutes to get it to update without a FC... Browser, weather, calendar, and a bunch of other stuff FC on me when I tried starting.. Fortunately, those issues are less frequent with the update, but still not working keeping.

I need some "stock(CyanogenMod)" Froyo goodness.. lol I can't have my year and a half old phone outclass this tablet for too long. If anyone can offer any help on this, I would greatly appreciate it.
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
The good news is you are still booting into the OS, so I doubt you've screwed anything up too bad. Most likely Clockwork Mod just never flashed so you are still running with the gimpy stock recovery and it's puking on the update.zip file you have on your internal sd card for some reason.

First suggestion is get a copy of Clockwork Mod 0.8 and try installing it. The instructions here are geared toward installing from an external from an external MicroSD card: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245 I am not certain why they say that's the only way to do it, since I never did it that way. :)

I just downloaded this: http://www.mediafire.com/?dvleg4oatkfxm7w and stuck the update.zip and recovery folder into my /sdcard directory, then turned my tablet off, then held down Vol+ and turned it back on. Clockwork Mod should install itself and boots into Clockwork Mod, and that was that.

I never used ROM Manager at all on my G Tablet, so I can't speak to doing anything that way, but I would stick with the tried and true methods at least until you have Clockwork Mod running.

If that fails and you really can't get any recovery working, maybe something did get botched and you might need to use nvflash to fix it, but I doubt it.

Once you get Clockwork Mod running properly, just copy over the update.zip for TNT Lite or Vegan ROM, flash, and wipe data, then you should be good to go.
[G Tablet General] theclassicalgod:
Worked perfectly and entirely from the tablet! I installed CM6.1 and I'm a bit upset at the lack way it looks, but then, its packed for smaller screens, so I understand. Thank you for the quick reply. I'm off to try TnT Lite now.:)
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentg1001:
My old mytouch slide (1st version that came out) was only stable @ 806 mhz. My new one (2nd version) that i got as a replacement can go up to 921 mhz :O. From the outside i kno the keyboards r different (the zero has a slash on it) but is there possibly any internal hardware differences?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fermunky:
"possibly"... yes. For sure though... I dunno...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
Yeah it's possible. I have one with a slash through the zero, supposedly newer, but I am only 100% stable up to 844mhz. I CAN clock up to and boot with 864mhz but if there is sustained 100% load it will freeze occasionally so I keep it at 844. I tried one of dumfuq's test kernels, couldn't get it to boot fully before freezing, and i'm pretty sure it was the 921 kernel. Or maybe it was 906 or 916 or something rather, I don't remember but it wouldn't boot.
[Vibrant General] jstein222:
I got a replacement phone!!.....no more problems. I bought the vibrant the first day it came out and the Gps never worked. I tried every fix posted here, flashed different roms, went up on rooftops, etc, it would never get a lock. I called Tmobile customer service last week as I was finally fed up and told them I had a faulty GPS on the phone. They said that qualified as a defect, and as my phone was still under the one year manufacturer warranty, they happily sent me a new handset which I received yesterday. The gps works quite well right out of the box, also the phone seems faster and has no gallery lag like my last one. I can't speak as to the quality of the gps which is of great controversy here, but i'm happy to have it working at all, and fairly accurate so far it seems. I highly recommend to all of those folks out there with non functioning gps....just get a new phone....this is not a cheap device and should function as intended.
[Vibrant General] radioraheem:
Did you flash your phone back to stock before returning it? Just wondering... I've seen some talk of t-mobile not caring about flashed phones, and I'm thinking of having mine exchanged for the same reason.
[Vibrant General] blanked:
I got a replacement phone too. Manufactured in November. GPS works without any problems both when I tried it stock and with Nero 1.0. No more ****ing around with it for me!
[Vibrant General] jstein222:
I have not flashed it back to stock. Tmobile hasn't said anything about rooting and flashing roms voiding the warranty, so I don't think it will be a problem.....I hope