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Has anyone had success rooting Testra phones with 1.16.184....ROM's?

I need to Root this phone and get rid of the Telstra rubbish, but i am having no luck to date.
Any advice from you Telstra handset owners would be fantastic!

Have a look on the modaco android forums, users there have reported success with rooting and flashing a generic desire rom. But there are also reports that the gps problem, that 1.16 fixes, comes back.

Please excuse this really n00b question...However is the only way to root by loading a modified rom onto the phone? Would it not be possible to root my current (HTC Desire from Telstra) keeping all out of the box software/settings?
I guess much the same way that blacksn0w jailbreaks an iPhone without you having to flash a jailbroken firmware back to the phone.
Cheers

It doesnt have to be a modified rom, it can be a stock one. If you do root your phone, you will have to reflash a rom though, be it stock or modified, and all of your personal setting will be gone.

Is there a particular one that seems to work well. I have had issues with mine because it came with the rom that has the GPS fix already installed. This rom is 1.16, it did not like the new one because it is 1.15
I had no issue creating the goldcard and got it to the bootload screen, but i could not get past that point.

Its best you ask questions in the root thread over at modaco, you'll get better answers.

Thanks Jaa-Yoo. I'll give it a crack.

[Q] Orange UK Branded Desire wants FroYo!

Hi Everyone,
I would be very grateful for a little help.
I have an Orange UK branded desire. Like everyone else the Orange branding really annoyed me so I have followed the guide to create a goldcard and have rooted and flashed a stock HTC rom. (so I'm currently using 1.15.405.4)
This is as far as I got before I left it.
So, am I right in thinking that to now get a rooted version of FroYo onto my desire all I need to do is;
1. Update the radio to the latest one, which will lock me out of my phone regardless of what network I'm on
2. Purchase an unlock code to get me back into my phone.
3. Use an application like ROM Manager to flash a FroYo rom onto my phone. (will I need to use my goldcard if I used ROM Manager?)
Is there anything else I should be aware of? I have been reading around and it seems fairly straight forward but I believe there are some issues with de-branded Orange phones.
Apologies if this has already been covered in another thread, but I'm really new to all this and to say I'm a little worried that I'm going to brick my desire is a major understatement!
Thanks again for any help!

Yep you pretty much have it spot on! Although it sounds like you haven't rooted yet. You will need to do this in order to flash a rooted ROM!
You can use Unrevoked 3 to root your phone, really easy with a couple of clicks.
Although I have personally used an unlock code my friend with an Orange Branded desire didn't get locked out when he used the latest radio, so looks like you may be in luck! Probably worth trying before you purchase a code

magicwaz said:
Hi Everyone,
I would be very grateful for a little help.
I have an Orange UK branded desire. Like everyone else the Orange branding really annoyed me so I have followed the guide to create a goldcard and have rooted and flashed a stock HTC rom. (so I'm currently using 1.15.405.4)
This is as far as I got before I left it.
So, am I right in thinking that to now get a rooted version of FroYo onto my desire all I need to do is;
1. Update the radio to the latest one, which will lock me out of my phone regardless of what network I'm on
2. Purchase an unlock code to get me back into my phone.
3. Use an application like ROM Manager to flash a FroYo rom onto my phone. (will I need to use my goldcard if I used ROM Manager?)
Is there anything else I should be aware of? I have been reading around and it seems fairly straight forward but I believe there are some issues with de-branded Orange phones.
Apologies if this has already been covered in another thread, but I'm really new to all this and to say I'm a little worried that I'm going to brick my desire is a major understatement!
Thanks again for any help!
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Hello there,
I am not sure that debranding was necessary, you could have rooted the phone using unrevoked, then just flash a rooted official froyo. And if you had unlocked your phone first, then you could have also flahed the latest radio rom.
I would say unlock your phone first, root it, then flash the latest radio, then flash a rooted froyo rom of your choice.

Thanks for the really fast responses.
I thought I had already rooted it? How would I tell if its rooted? I've already installed the ROM Manager app and Titanium Backup which say that they need root to work. Titanium Backup also says "Root access=> OK (BusyBox 1.16.0 from app)"

your defo rooted if the app says that
Strange people should say your not rooted, you can get rooted stock roms after all thats what I did. I'm on tmo and I flashed back the same firmware before flashing froyo no sim lock when I finally got to froyo cause I had trouble flashing recovery.
I have read some stuff on orange sim locking, try looking at the unlockr wbsit I think there is a tutorial there that mentions what to do when this happens.
Best thing to do tho is go to the Macardo android website (hxxp://android.modaco.com) they are really helpful there you'll get instant replies worth listening too, anyone worth listening too on here is far too busy

If you flash the latest radio you will not get simlocked (@satnile)

Just wanted to say thank you for all your help, I done it! I am now using FroYo on my (previously orange branded) Desire. Its awesome!
Also thanks for letting me know that I didn't have to buy an unlock code. Saved me few quid!
I don't think I want to be messing around with my phone like this again... well... maybe until the next major update
Thanks again!

But you just forgot to mention which method you've used.

That would probably help!
I had already followed the instructions on how to root a branded desire and install a stock htc rom that is posted on these forums.
This left me with a rooted, debranded desire. I lost all my contacts in the process, but thankfully I had synchronised it with HTC Sync a little while ago, so I was able to retrieve my contacts from that. Also having the desire set to automatically back-up things in its own settings, helped get back my text messages and saved wifi/bluetooth connections.
I then found the ROM I wanted to install. I just wanted the stock FroYo ROM. I picked one that was already rooted and did not update the hboot as I read there were issues if it did update it.
I followed instructions, also on these forums, on how to install the latest radio. I wasn't sure if I should have done this with my goldcard in the phone, but I used it anyway! That went fine and I was also not sim locked out, which saved me some money.
I copied the FroYo ROM I wanted onto my normal micro-SD card (not my goldcard), then used ROM Manager (downloadable via marketplace) to install the ROM. I was expecting it to take some time to install (10min+), but its pretty quick. The phone took a bit longer to boot up after the update.
Thankfully everything went well and I didn't even lose anything on the phone! Nothing was affected. I had all my apps, contacts, settings, background, ringtones, widgets etc... all set as normal. I was expecting them to be all wiped so I had backed up everything using Titanium Backup.
I hope that helps anyone who is about to void their warranty!
Any questions, just ask and I'll do my best to answer them. I'm definitely no expert, so all I can really talk about is what I did. I'm sure people will say there was an easier way to do it, but this is how I understood the process from the many guides out there.

[Q] New to the Android Scene - 2.3.5

Hi Guys,
Sorry to be a pain and make my first post to be pretty much that of bunch of 'dumb and silly' question post but im just a little bit weary about some of the procedures relating to the upgrade of 2.3.5.
BACKUPS
I noticed in the main thread with the how-to about Upgrading to 2.3.5 it states to take a FULL BACKUP - How can one achieve this without a Rooted S-OFF'ed WFS? Understandably I can backup music etc that's on my SD Card already, but is there anything else I should be backing up and if so, what - is there anything such as an application out there?
UNBRANDED
Im just wanting to make sure that by unbranded it means, unlocked to all networks and with no specific network lock on the device or branding?
WILL NETWORK SETTINGS ETC NEED TO BE CHANGED
I had the G1 when it was first launched and can remember having a few problems with rooting and upgrading that device to newer ROMS where-by my network carrier settings (T-Mobile at the time) would not work correctly. Has this problem been rectified?
GOING BACK TO STOCK?
What happens if I don't like the new 2.3.5 version of android, can I roll back to stock, am I stuck on it and if I can roll back, how?
OTA Updates - IF THEY EVER HAPPEN
Finally, I was wondering if using the 'hacked' way of upgrading to 2.3.5 would stop any OTA Updates coming through should my Network Carrier provide any (seems unlikely).
I just want to apologise before-hand if any of the above questions have actually already been answered. I have done some searching and cannot find definitive answers to the questions I have provided and felt it best to provide them in once place. Chances are if im asking them a fair few other people will be thinking them....no?

Surely the WFS community isn't that dead...anyone at all - Speaking to Orange UK they have said they have not heard anything about an update for the WFS this side of Christmas...

Allow me to answer all your questions.....
1.You can backup apps etc... Just temp-root your phone(it is either in the general aur dev section).....then use titanium backup....
2.As far as I know debranding would only mean to remove the bloatware that phone carriers add in some countries.
3.No need to change network settings.
4.Going back to an older version without s-off is currently 55% possible(rounded figures )
5.If you are in the stock ROM...then I don't think OTA updates won't stop even if you are rooted
6.And yes....is your carrier a CDMA one or a GSM one??If it is CDMA then you can s-off your phone easily and you can then root it.....

Thank you for getting back to me. I was just wondering with temp rooting and taking a backup will I lose any data already on my phone etc?
My carrier is Orange UK, which requires a SIM...
Regards
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Just wondering if I need to use Titanium Backup or whether I can use any backup application for this move to 2.3.5?

Rooting / Modifying HTC One to get latest updates

Hello,
First of all, apologies if this is in the wrong forum. I am new here.
So here is my story. I have a HTC One that is locked to 3 Ireland. Its a great phone and all, but because of it being locked to 3, updates takes aaagggeeesss to come through, if at all.
For example. recently HTC released update 1.29.xxx for the One which improves battery life and the camera (and other fixes). However, I still cant get this via the "software update" function on my phone and there is no word from 3 when they plan to release this update. Judging from their past experiences, they are slow to roll out the updates so who knows when this will be available.
So what I would like to do is to bypass 3 and get this and all future updates directly from HTC. I believe that the unlocked versions of the HTC One (with the unlocked / stock HTC ROM) gets their updates directly from the HTC servers and that is what I would like to get. I like the stock Android with Sense 5 UI that the phone comes with.... I just hate being at the mercy of my network to get updates!
So my question is, what would the steps be in order to go from my 3 branded HTC One, to an unlocked HTC One that gets its updates directly from HTC?
I've done some research and I'd imagine I would need to do the following, though please correct me if I'm wrong:
1 - Get the phone carrier / network unlocked
2 - Root the phone
3 - Install the stock HTC Sense 5 ROM.
Is this correct? Is rooting necessary? Is it easy to get the stock HTC Sense 5 ROM?
Could this process brick the phone?
Many thanks in advance for and and all help and advice that you can give me!
Thanks!
-DD

So I may have found a solution.
for future internet wanderers here is what I found:
htxxxtp://theunlockr.com/2013/03/19/how-to-root-the-htc-one-m7/
(I cant link it as I don't have enough posts yet....remove the "xxx" in the "htxxxtp" part to get the link to work)
follow the links at the bottom of each page and I guess it should work.
Just wondering though, does it matter if the phone is still locked to the network carrier to do this?

[Q] Remove carrier branding without rooting

Hi, new to this forum and relatively new to Android as well. I've searched and read through google and the forum, but not able to find an answer to my specific question.
I'm in the UK, and recently bought a HTC One M8 that was previously locked to O2 but now unlocked and using it on Three. The phone has carrier branding - O2 startup and shut down animations. The phone to my knowledge has never been rooted. I'm on 4.4.3 and software version 2.22.206.6.
I would like to remove the carrier branding and still remain unrooted/ untampered etc (due to work email integration restrictions in my company). I currently do get OTA updates but not sure if getting from HTC or O2. I would preferably like to get OTA from HTC direct in future and skip O2 as it's supposed to be quicker.
My questions:
Is software version same as firmware?
I assume that to remove the carrier branding, I'll have to flash the ROM. I've read that I don't need root to do this. But what exactly would I need to do? Appreciate if a guru could point me in the right direction.
I've read articles that mention stock recovery. Is my recovery "stock" if the phone has carrier branding? My assumption is stock refers to the vanilla version if buying from HTC directly. I don't know if O2 packages the phone with a custom recovery?
Thanks in advance.

No. You need root (aka... disabled write protection) to alter sysyem files, which the bootlogo is one of.

halfwaymark said:
I would like to remove the carrier branding and still remain unrooted/ untampered etc (due to work email integration restrictions in my company).
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I don't have that problem... Can't keep my phone that I paid for the way I want i.e Tampered, unlocked, fun ...Then keep the e-mails, I got better things to do in my time at home. If you want me to get it away from my work place then don't give me crap like "integration policies", if that's an issue supply me with a company paid phone.
I assume that to remove the carrier branding, I'll have to flash the ROM. I've read that I don't need root to do this. But what exactly would I need to do? Appreciate if a guru could point me in the right direction.
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You need to have your bootloader unlocked to flash ROMs. The moment you unlock it and flash a custom recovery is the moment your phone shows "Tampered", no more emails for you then
I've read articles that mention stock recovery. Is my recovery "stock" if the phone has carrier branding? My assumption is stock refers to the vanilla version if buying from HTC directly. I don't know if O2 packages the phone with a custom recovery?
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Stock recovery refers to the recovery that comes with the phone when you bought it. Custom recoveries are like TWRP/Philz. If you haven't done any changes to the phone and you bought it new from the store then you still have stock recovery. Whether the carrier made changes to it(doubt it though) or not is irrelevant as it's stock to the device(as bought) and not custom build by 3rd parties so to speak.

The only way I see, if you want to have an M8 without carrier branding to fit your companies security policies is to unlock bootloader and S-Off, change CID/MID, flash HTC stock ROM and firmware and then lock bootloader, remove tempered flag, and go S-On again.
It's some work to do in any case, but if your done your phone will be stock HTC WWE.
On the other hand I got a company paid phone as well, after I told them not to accept their company "security and integration policies" with respect to my private paid M8. I told them that if they wanted me to get my business mails on my private M8, they just had to accept the fact that with my property I'm gonna do what I like to do with it.

HTCNerdYoda said:
The only way I see, if you want to have an M8 without carrier branding to fit you companies security policies is to unlock bootloader and S-Off, change CID/MID, flash HTC stock ROM and firmware and then lock bootloader, remove tempered flag, and go S-On again.
It's some work to do in any case, but if your done your phone will be stock HTC WWE.
On the other hand I got a company paid phone as well, after I told them not to accept their company "security and integration policies" with respect to my private paid M8. I told them that if they wanted me to get my business mails on my private M8, they just had to accept the fact that with my property I'm gonna do what I like to do with it.
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Exactly, if they paid and gave the phone, it's something entirely different. If you pay for it and they still want to enforce crap like that, it's almost the same as expecting you to buy a car(with your money) so that you can go on business trips for them. If you "pimp" out YOUR ride with a turbo and some amazing sound system, they refuse to have you do your job because your car is contrary to their "health and safety" policies. They can then take that job and shove it

There is a workaround for that problem when rooted exchange bypass security I think it's called you can you xposed or its built into some roms

HTCNerdYoda said:
change CID/MID
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Thanks for your reply. As a noob, I understand most of your post other than this. What CID/MID should I change to?

the CID/MID has to be changed as they are checked by the OTA update server, thus you have to have one that fits the OS and firmware, for the update to be installed. So e.g. if you want to unbranded your One M8 you got to change CID to an original HTC-CID as well
After I gained S-Off, I changed to CID HTC__001 (HTC carrier ID - had a T-MOB CID before) as well as MID 0P6B10000. This is one of the WWE combinations. As soon I had done this I went on installing the WWE Backup 2.22.401.5 as well as the corresponding firmware. Thus I receive updates as soon as they get released by HTC, and haven't to wait for the carrier to approve it in the one hand, and don't have any T-Mobile bloatware or changes to the OS on the other hand. Just pure HTC Stock.
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Hey guys, I've asked this question in several places so far with no luck, was wondering if you would be kind enough to help please?
I have an unlocked htc m8 cid 2___001 running 1.54.206.10, I have a constant nag of an ota update that I can't install (rooted) I want to ideally unroot and flash back to it's original state - can't find cid 2___001 nor 1.54.20.10 anywhere OR install a custom rom and firmware.
I've downloaded several firmwares including the popular 2.22.401.5 amongst others, but none take as I'm told they are the wrong version. I assume the cid is the issue? Any ideas how I can get around this please? I'm totally stuck now and getting any help is almost impossible, sadly.
Thank you in advance.