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Hi everyone
After I installed Rc3 I decide to try another rom and try to used it via rom manager, when the rom manager try to recovery stuck n the green htc logo. I have to take off that battery and turn on n the regular way.
then I tried to unroot my g2 but, didnt notice that i had to install the preota file via rom manager and just boot the pc1mg and the s is on, after that i reboot my phone and turn on n cyanogen r3 and is rooted.
the problem is that my g2 is working like rooted, but cant change the rom...
theres another way to unroot and start over?
thanks for your help and sorry my English...
Which recovery are you using?
Im using Rom Manager...
but i tried volume buttom down and power and nothing...
can anyone help? anyone know how to fix this? cant reset my phone or cant install another rom
What does it say in the bootloader, I presume you are S-ON ?
steviewevie said:
What does it say in the bootloader, I presume you are S-ON ?
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I was S-off, I installed rc3, when I saw the rc4 I download it via rom manager, when I click to install i click wipe data and ask for recovery i click yes, then stuck n the white and green letters, the funny thing is that my phone is S-on now..
But all my root applications works... is so confusing!
AndroidNoober said:
I was S-off, I installed rc3, when I saw the rc4 I download it via rom manager, when I click to install i click wipe data and ask for recovery i click yes, then stuck n the white and green letters, the funny thing is that my phone is S-on now..
But all my root applications works... is so confusing!
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S-OFF hasn't got anything to do with root, other than you need root to get to S-OFF. So your phone has gone back to S-ON but is still rooted, that's why you can't flash any custom ROMs.
How did you get to S-OFF, was that the "old" method of dd'ing the eng hboot ? Or did you use the new gfree method ?
I did the old method, using terminal... do I have to do that again? because im still have cyanogen rc3 up.
There's a new method to do it now, using a program called "gfree". See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855764 for the details.
But you're saying you can't boot the phone right now ?
steviewevie said:
There's a new method to do it now, using a program called "gfree". See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855764 for the details.
But you're saying you can't boot the phone right now ?
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Hi
gonna check the post, never used sdk before, but gonna give a try...
the phone is working, the problem is that I cannot recovery, I mean i want to install a new rom and dont let me because stay n the white screen with htc green letters... thanks for your help steviewevie
this is so pro for me... I think I will wait for a easy way!!! thanks a lot for your help!!!!!!!!
Can you tell me what the benefit. Of the "new" way is over the "old" way? I used the old way and have had no problems... but is there something that might come up? I've yet to root my wife's G2, should I use the new method?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App
FrenicX said:
Can you tell me what the benefit. Of the "new" way is over the "old" way? I used the old way and have had no problems... but is there something that might come up? I've yet to root my wife's G2, should I use the new method?
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The method of rooting hasn't changed (either Visionary or rage). But there's a new way to get S-OFF, which also gets you other things too (like SIM unlock). The new way (gfree) of getting S-OFF is a lot safer than the old method (less chance of bricking if you flash the wrong ROM, and easier to recover from semi-bricks), so I strongly recommend you go that way.
i have installed the gingerbread keyboard file on my sd card and have rooted my phone using the visonary method but now i cant seem to get into recovery mode. I have rom manager installed and have flashed clockwork recovery mode. it said that it had sucsessfully installed.
I then flashed it again as i read somewhere that i might need to do it twice as sometimes it dosent work.
when i now click on the recovery option in rom manager all i get is the red triange with the ! in the middle.
any ideas what im doing wrong?
Have tried reading the threads but with 30 plus pages i am now completley confused
Sounds like you don't have S-OFF. What does it say in HBOOT (e.g. hold down volume down and the power button with the phone powered off) ?
steviewevie said:
Sounds like you don't have S-OFF. What does it say in HBOOT (e.g. hold down volume down and the power button with the phone powered off) ?
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thanks for the quick reply, i think from what i have read that this s-off thing maybe the problem.
can you tell me how do this please
simple steps please as i am struggling with this
just done the hboot hing and at the top of screen it says
vision pvt ship s-on
hpsauce37 said:
thanks for the quick reply, i think from what i have read that this s-off thing maybe the problem.
can you tell me how do this please
simple steps please as i am struggling with this
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It's a bit confusing because there is more than one way to do this. But by far the safest way is to follow the guide at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857390
Have a good read, then if you're not sure, ask questions in that thread on the process.
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Sounds like you don't have S-OFF. What does it say in HBOOT (e.g. hold down volume down and the power button with the phone powered off) ?
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S-OFF is a completely different animal. Don't get it confused with being able to boot into recovery.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Pro
rwcj63 said:
S-OFF is a completely different animal. Don't get it confused with being able to boot into recovery.
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I didn't think you could flash recovery without S-OFF though ? Surely ROM Manager doesn't have the ability to write to the NAND, since the write protection will be on if you're at S-ON ?
steviewevie said:
I didn't think you could flash recovery without S-OFF though ? Surely ROM Manager doesn't have the ability to write to the NAND, since the write protection will be on if you're at S-ON ?
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Again. S-OFF is a different issue altogether. Being able to write to NAND is a part of the rooting process. Setting security off is not a part of the rooting process. It's a totally different process for a totally different purpose. The caveat would be if unrevoked has been revised to full root and set S-OFF during the same process. I haven't used it in awhile so on that point, I'm not certain.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Pro
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Again. S-OFF is a different issue altogether. Being able to write to NAND is a part of the rooting process. Setting security off is not a part of the rooting process. It's a totally different process for a totally different purpose. The caveat would be if unrevoked has been revised to full root and set S-OFF during the same process. I haven't used it in awhile so on that point, I'm not certain.
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Sorry but that's not right for the DZ/G2. I wonder if you're thinking of how it works on a different Android phone ? The security has been increased on the DZ/G2/DHD compared to, say, the original Desire.
Writing to the system and recovery partitions isn't possible until you get S-OFF. This has nothing to do with rooting, it it because of the increased security on these phones where the NAND is in a hardware write-protect mode for those partitions by default. You can appear to write to the partitions, but it's actually going to cache and is lost when you reboot, until you get S-OFF.
steviewevie said:
Sorry but that's not right for the DZ/G2. I wonder if you're thinking of how it works on a different Android phone ? The security has been increased on the DZ/G2/DHD compared to, say, the original Desire.
Writing to the system and recovery partitions isn't possible until you get S-OFF. This has nothing to do with rooting, it it because of the increased security on these phones where the NAND is in a hardware write-protect mode for those partitions by default. You can appear to write to the partitions, but it's actually going to cache and is lost when you reboot, until you get S-OFF.
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Actually yes. S-OFF on the EVO is to make sure no matter what, you're always rooted. It came about after the new stock flash would unroot the phone. With S-OFF active, you can flash any stock rom and not lose root. All you would need to do is reflash RA or Clockwork to get back to recovery and flash roms again. Unrevoked forever is the program we used to change the security setting.
So. That is only true for the EVO?
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rwcj63 said:
Actually yes. S-OFF on the EVO is to make sure no matter what, you're always rooted. It came about after the new stock flash would unroot the phone. With S-OFF active, you can flash any stock rom and not lose root. All you would need to do is reflash RA or Clockwork to get back to recovery and flash roms again. Unrevoked forever is the program we used to change the security setting.
So. That is only true for the EVO?
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Pro
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yeah I think so.
The new HTC Desire Z and HD had "better" security from htc, basically you can't write anything to nand (/system) until you perma rooted, even then some things such as recovery needed s-off before we could write to that partition.
im going to have to give up on this
i have tried to follow the guide to get s-off but i find it too complicated. I have my phone rooted with visionary but i think thats as far as im going to get.
tried to install the adb thing and get that working but it never recognises the phone. when i remove the drivers and plug it back in then windows automatically installs the drivers again so i never have the option to manually instll them.
this is just becoming a nightmare
someone make it simple for me please....the thread is pages and pages long and even then it seems there are problems
hpsauce37 said:
im going to have to give up on this
i have tried to follow the guide to get s-off but i find it too complicated. I have my phone rooted with visionary but i think thats as far as im going to get.
tried to install the adb thing and get that working but it never recognises the phone. when i remove the drivers and plug it back in then windows automatically installs the drivers again so i never have the option to manually instll them.
this is just becoming a nightmare
someone make it simple for me please....the thread is pages and pages long and even then it seems there are problems
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Have you tried my guide on adb ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685
OK, I can use some help too
I have a DZ with stock ROM, root and s-off and CWR.
In my enthusiasm that I knew how to flash rom updates with clockwork (I am running the Godspeed 1Ghz) I downloaded the Gingerbread keyboard rom update from the G2 forum. I think I jumped off a bit too fast...
And now I am stuck in an infinite boot loop. I can get into Clockwork recovery but it just loops the "HTC Quietly Brilliant" forever including the annoying boot sound...
I tried some suggestions to download and reflash a second time, no effect.
I tried to mount /system before flashing, no effect.
Am I forced to go back to factory now?
Also, I found 2 gingerbread keyboards, one in the G2 forum and one over here.
Anyone know what the difference is? They have a different filesize..
Any help is welcome...
*edit*
OK so now I read that it is only to be flashed on a non-stock ROM... so I am now flashing Cyanogen 6.1
try wiping all the caches...
Lennyuk said:
yeah I think so.
The new HTC Desire Z and HD had "better" security from htc, basically you can't write anything to nand (/system) until you perma rooted, even then some things such as recovery needed s-off before we could write to that partition.
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Wow. I'm really sorry guys. I never knew that's how non evo worked. That totally sucks.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Pro
rwcj63 said:
Wow. I'm really sorry guys. I never knew that's how non evo worked. That totally sucks.
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S'alright.
HTC really ramped up the security on these new phones, as Lenny said, with this hardware write-protection on certain partitions. But even given that, I was amazed by just how quickly the guys on the #G2ROOT IRC channel, especially Scotty2, managed to crack it !
It also looks like they've opened the phone even wider than many others before, with the "true" radio S-OFF that they achieved.
You can read up all about it in the Wiki - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
People have been experiencing this problem mostly have S-ON but after i rooted with visionary i got S-OFF but i got stuck in Green and white boot screen...anyone know how to fix this,am desparate...
NOTE:
The bootloader screen says S-OFF.
Go to this link and flash the custom PC10IMG by hot_hands in post #33 read the entire thread though, also do not flash a stock PC10IMG what ever you do, or you will be bricked for good. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912399
Note. This is for the tmobile G2.
Sent from my HTC Vision
THANX for the quick reply,but how do i flash without a recovery like clockwork...?
I dont see a link?
Place the CUSTOM PC10IMG on the root of your sd card then power off or pull the battery then hold volume down + power on and it will find the file and flash it automaticlly. File must be named PC10IMG.zip
Sent from my HTC Vision
Currently downloading the zip...just reading the thread while waiting...Hope it works, Thank you for coming to a noods rescue
I was on my phone when I replied so i couldn't see your carrier info, this file was made for the Tmobile G2, I am not sure if it will work for the Desire Z. Did you see my note in my first reply.
For the Desire Z I believe they have the RUU's for whatever version you had running on your phone
It still worked...THANX A MILLION{",}
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I was on my phone when I replied so i couldn't see your carrier info, this file was made for the Tmobile G2, I am not sure if it will work for the Desire Z. Did you see my note in my first reply.
For the Desire Z I believe they have the RUU's for whatever version you had running on your phone
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If it works on t-mo g2, it will defenetely work on desire z.
Sent from Mars
jecustoms said:
If it works on t-mo g2, it will defenetely work on desire z.
Sent from Mars
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It'll work, but it will also flash the G2-specific engineering HBOOT as opposed to the Desire Z one. Not sure there will be any adverse effects, but in case you weren't aware, the Desire Z does have slightly different partitioning than the G2.
Hi everyone... i was using strawmetal's downgrade pdf guide and successfully managed to downgrade my htc desire z to froyo(earlier it was gingerbread)
it also shows hows to permanently root the htc desire z.. i followed the guide to the point and after checking the md5-3 matches md5-2.... i typed in # reboot
now instead of enjoying my freshly rooted htc desire z ... am stuck at the welcome screen...the white with the green htc...
i ve seen the forum n yes there are xplainations of how to go about saving ur phone...
my query is a lil different ...
see , we did everything correctly ..so am sure we shud be able to start the phone with out losing the permanent root and all the other hardwork... i also installed the recovery clockwork ....
somebody show me the way .....
try flashing rom of choice from recovery
First off, Visionary is known to fail frequently which is why it is not recommended to use.
That aside, try flashing a new recovery via fastboot as some versions of CWM are known to hang on the HTC screen.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA
flanger9 said:
Hi everyone... i was using strawmetal's downgrade pdf guide and successfully managed to downgrade my htc desire z to froyo(earlier it was gingerbread)
it also shows hows to permanently root the htc desire z.. i followed the guide to the point and after checking the md5-3 matches md5-2.... i typed in # reboot
now instead of enjoying my freshly rooted htc desire z ... am stuck at the welcome screen...the white with the green htc...
i ve seen the forum n yes there are xplainations of how to go about saving ur phone...
my query is a lil different ...
see , we did everything correctly ..so am sure we shud be able to start the phone with out losing the permanent root and all the other hardwork... i also installed the recovery clockwork ....
somebody show me the way .....
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I'm in the same dilemma as you. I got s-off and have clockwork recovery installed but i always get an error when i click any options under there. Have you found a solution yet? Please PM me. Thanks
Blaggah said:
I'm in the same dilemma as you. I got s-off and have clockwork recovery installed but i always get an error when i click any options under there. Have you found a solution yet? Please PM me. Thanks
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Did you miss the sticky about how Visionary known to brick phones (especially since it's a very outdated method now).
Hi Friends,
Infact i am new to android so i am facing many difficulties and i read lot of posts but realy dont understand how i start playing wth android.
When i try to enter in recovery mode by shutdown and by pressing both power and down volume button but nothing happened. after releasing these buttons it directly go to nomal boot and power on.
i have htc desire, with android 2.3.3 , 8gb sd
some other problems
internal memory is very low,
what i should do to fix these issues.
i am new please tell me in detail and step by step.
thanks
is there anyone who will help me.....
Hi
The trick to enter the bootloader is to press ONLY the volume down key, then start the phone. In bootloader, you have to pick recovery, press the power button and *booom*, you're in the recovery ;-)
And for you to ask a step by step process & so forth would be a bit impossible at the moment.....[unless somebody is really willing to help you out]...There's your Search functionality...maximize it.....just as long as you know what you need to know then search will always be there for you.....most of the solutions these days are here already,,,you just need to be clever enough in providing the right keyword when you search....you can pretty much try googling for a solution as well......
When all else fails.....that's the time you ask for Help......I can somehow help you out on some queries but on my free time buddy.
Cheers...
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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What rom you running, what hboot etc... if you provide some more info it will be better to get some info...
Did you untick fastboot mode in settings?
do you have an ext partition?
I know that problem. Some ROMs (like InsertCoin) doesn't shutdown properly so they can restart very quickly. The trick is to remove the battery for about 10 seconds and then try again with Power + Vol down.
blacksec said:
I know that problem. Some ROMs (like InsertCoin) doesn't shutdown properly so they can restart very quickly. The trick is to remove the battery for about 10 seconds and then try again with Power + Vol down.
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The "trick" is to disable the 'fastboot' option in settings -__-
Thanks, after disable fast boot now i am in recovery mode.
HTC Desire Android 2.3 Upgrade from htcdev.com,
bravo pvt1 shp s-on
hboot-1.02.0001
microp-031d
touch panel-synt0101
rado-5.17.05.23
jul 22 2011
sd 8 gb
its simple update, no ext or anything like this.
1- always low memory.
2- camera is not working just black screen,
3- signal is so week
as i am new to android, so please tell me step by step.
i dont know kernal, room, etc
hi choose rom you like i will help you to install it...
kotag82 said:
hi choose rom you like i will help you to install it...
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Thanks dear friend. first of all i think
"Cool3D RunnyMede v6" is ok, it have sense 3.5 and if its will not work in desire then recomend me other which you like. after learning i will try different.
When you talk about low memory, you mean for apps?
I had this problem back when I had a desire. The best solution I found for this was using a ROM with A2SD or A2SD+, which effectivley 'extends' the memory area for apps into your SD card.
Signal problems can be caused by a variety of things, but (again form my own experience) it can take a while to get a ROM, kernel, and Radio that work perfectly. That said, it shouldnt be hard to get together a set that works.
Are you rooted?
Are you looking to put a custom ROM on your phone?
ozzy441 said:
When you talk about low memory, you mean for apps?
I had this problem back when I had a desire. The best solution I found for this was using a ROM with A2SD or A2SD+, which effectivley 'extends' the memory area for apps into your SD card.
Signal problems can be caused by a variety of things, but (again form my own experience) it can take a while to get a ROM, kernel, and Radio that work perfectly. That said, it shouldnt be hard to get together a set that works.
Are you rooted?
Are you looking to put a custom ROM on your phone?
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everything is ready, laptop, htc desire, cable, just wating for the instruction, from where i should start.
how to root, s on off, ext 4 whatever, and which app is best. tell me by putting a link to app download.
first get s-off and root:
http://revolutionary.io/ and read carefully this: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
there is a zip to download to get root and modified fastboot drivers for WINDOWS
eggofree said:
everything is ready, laptop, htc desire, cable, just wating for the instruction, from where i should start.
how to root, s on off, ext 4 whatever, and which app is best. tell me by putting a link to app download.
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It's probably best to start with rooting. There are many guides which already exist, here on XDA and outside on the big wide google. One particular method though is the one which I used, unrEVOked. It works pretty well. A good duide on the method is here.
kotag82 said:
first get s-off and root:
http://revolutionary.io/ and read carefully this: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
there is a zip to download to get root and modified fastboot drivers for WINDOWS
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i have installed the htc driver and downloaded the zip file
revolutionary-0.4pre4
and i understand iis t root the device.
now what next, should i put it in sd card or start from the system.
and what is unrevoke....what it works
eggofree said:
and what is unrevoke....what it works
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It's a tool used for rooting many different HTC devices. It's fairly easy to use, like a one-click solution.
run revolutionary that should you s-off then flash your recovery (check my signature)...
Unrevoked is method to get root but you mentioned s-off revolutionary is the best option because alpharev is older method (0.93 hboot)
kotag82 said:
run revolutionary that should you s-off then flash your recovery (check my signature)...
Unrevoked is method to get root but you mentioned s-off revolutionary is the best option because alpharev is older method (0.93 hboot)
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Hah! almost forgot how old it is... haven't used any HTC for a little while. My bad...
i am geting this error when trying to root my device.
"unrevoked 3"
"Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?"
recovery image: ClockworkMod Recovery
what i should now..
Hello all in this forum. I am new here, and i have decided to register to ask a question (since i cannot answer my doubt with what i found here in the forum).
The thing is:
I have an HTC Desire (GSM). I have followed the most common steps found in the web to try to install cyanogen mod into my HTC.
In the beggining i had android version 2.2.
At first i could not even do that thing with the power button + volume down to enter in a strange white menu. I downloaded some stuff (like it says in wikipedia page about HTC desire and Cyanogen mod). I do not really know what i have done with my cell phone but:
- now, i can enter in that strange white menu (power + vol down);
- my htc desire was updated to android 2.3.7.
But i could not install cyanogen mod.
What i aks from you guys is:
if you could, post here all the steps that i should do to install cyanogen mod in my HTC, please.
Explain it like it was for a dummie ( i believe i am in this kind of stuff).
At the moment it is all working right and android version is 2.3.7.
I thank you all for the attention,
André
andre32065 said:
Hello all in this forum. I am new here, and i have decided to register to ask a question (since i cannot answer my doubt with what i found here in the forum).
The thing is:
I have an HTC Desire (GSM). I have followed the most common steps found in the web to try to install cyanogen mod into my HTC.
In the beggining i had android version 2.2.
At first i could not even do that thing with the power button + volume down to enter in a strange white menu. I downloaded some stuff (like it says in wikipedia page about HTC desire and Cyanogen mod). I do not really know what i have done with my cell phone but:
- now, i can enter in that strange white menu (power + vol down);
- my htc desire was updated to android 2.3.7.
But i could not install cyanogen mod.
What i aks from you guys is:
if you could, post here all the steps that i should do to install cyanogen mod in my HTC, please.
Explain it like it was for a dummie ( i believe i am in this kind of stuff).
At the moment it is all working right and android version is 2.3.7.
I thank you all for the attention,
André
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i dont understand how you are on android 2.3.7 stock htc android os highest is 2.3.3
how have you got to 2.3.7 if you were on 2.2
explain all the steps you have done, in order and do it with a lot of detail
i believe the only i thing i have installed in my htc was revoke or revolutionary 0.4.
I was connected to the pc in order to install revoke(i belive that that was revoke)
that was the only thing that i have installed ( i think that was to put htc in s-off mode)
i did not install anything more... i REAlly have 2.3.7.. do not know know why and how...
if you tell me everything from begging i might coud do this
thanks a lot for help
andre32065 said:
i believe the only i thing i have installed in my htc was revoke or revolutionary 0.4.
I was connected to the pc in order to install revoke(i belive that that was revoke)
that was the only thing that i have installed ( i think that was to put htc in s-off mode)
i did not install anything more... i REAlly have 2.3.7.. do not know know why and how...
if you tell me everything from begging i might coud do this
thanks a lot for help
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the only way you can get android 2.3.7 is via a custom rom unless you are on a different device
are you sure you are not on desire S
i want to find out more about this device before i give you info as if i give you the wrong information it can brick your device.
please take a screenshot of the android version please and upload it.
if you dont know how to do that, please take a photo of the device on that page and upload it.
it makes no sense
i am so sorry. you guys are right. i have android version 2.3.3.
i should have looked better.... anyway...
by reading my previous posts, can you guys help me?
thanks for attention
if you are on android 2.3.3 and previously you were on 2.2 then you must of flashed the RUU update for offical htc 2.3.3 sense for desire
the only way to root this device or flash another rom is to s-off the device using revolutionary at http://revolutionary.io
once s-off you can flash a recovery and then put cm on the sdcard and install it
sorry, but as i told you before, i believe that my htc is already s-off.
when i hold power button and volume down, and enter in that white menu with small letters, i see: IN
revolutionary
bravo PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
(some other things)
HBOOT
(no options, just indications how to move cursor)
the last thing i see is 4 options: fastboot; recovery; clear storage; simlock
so... do i still have to s-off my htc? or it is already s-off?
andre32065 said:
sorry, but as i told you before, i believe that my htc is already s-off.
when i hold power button and volume down, and enter in that white menu with small letters, i see: IN
revolutionary
bravo PVT4 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
(some other things)
HBOOT
(no options, just indications how to move cursor)
the last thing i see is 4 options: fastboot; recovery; clear storage; simlock
so... do i still have to s-off my htc? or it is already s-off?
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You are now s-off. Next you must fastboot flash the recovery image of your choice. Once you have recovery you can flash roms. I realloy recommend reading some FAQ's before you go ANY further!!!