i bought my phone unlocked from the 3 mobile network UK. i
it had build 2.73.771.62 CL#80033 release-keys
first question, can i root this as is? many guides say to downgrade but none of the ruus seem to be compatible. cid errors.
second, which ruus can i downgrade to anyway? it has to be an original 3 mobile rom right?
third, which was the first available 3 mobile build.
last, im i screwed wrt rooting?
EDIT:
adb devices lists my hero, however, fastboot doesnt. this means it cant be rooted as is right?
does the CID error mean i didnt do the goldcard method correctly? i was worried when i had a letter in my cid generation after cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
H3G released their first Rom this week. Prior to this were pre installed.
To root yours follow Goldcard method or this one>>>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559613
Treat it as though you have flashed rom currently running in your Hero.
im more comfortable doing the goldcard method.
using goldcard, is it ok to have a letter in the cid? cos i have one and fear thats the reason mine isnt working. we're working with hex so alphabets are ok, ignore.
also, which ruu do you recommend i use to downgrade.
btw, what do you mean by "treat it as though you have flashed rom currently in you hero" you mean like i have upgraded it already?
thanks.
Yes if you are following second option. But ignore what I stated. Personally I am more comfortable with non goldcard therory simply because you could be near complition and getting frustrated only to find that your cd card is at fault.
There have been several cases of sd card let down.
mine seems to be letting me down too. ive used the stock and some other samsung card. cid errors still. btw, what allocation size im i to use to format? or is formatting with the phone ok.
ended up trying flashrec .. backup failed.
installing the patched recovery image didnt work either, new hboot.
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so i cant install the patched recovery image because of the new hboot
which is because of the build im running on, so my only option is installing a previous build to get the old hboot
but 3 mobiles earliest build is 2.73.771.62 ... which is what im using
so i have to install a build from another network, hence need to goldcard ... which seems to be failing
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^^ correct above if im wrong ^^
i think im going to cry. i cant use my phone until i do this cos i cant imagine setting everything up again.
what do you advise?
I think according to post #23 it is possible to root.
Anybody successfully rooted his/her Hero from 3 network? How did you manage to do it? Possible to give some guides to member arimozuki??
Thanks.
OMG! finally done ... thanks for all your help!
i was randomly looking at my friends 5800, asked for his 8gb card, plugged in, goldcarded and downgrade worked!!! w00t. but this was a week ago; needless to say, my phone is not a virgin anymore ... alot of rape
thanks much.
I know the thread is old but I would just like to add the Hero on 3 can now be rooted using Androot, which allows you to avoid the goldcard method. Was able to root, flash a recovery image, backup and put a new rom on with minimal fuss
Hey everyone,
I followed all the instructions to root my hero but I'm stuck at this step from theunlockr.com site:
Open the FlashRec program and click on Backup Recovery Image and wait for it to finish.
I'm not able to backup recovery image... I tried different flashrec files but I always have the same error...I'm not able to backup
Can anyone help me find an alternative way to get root?
Oh and I got a hero130 from TELUS and its a gsm phone and the firmware version is 2.73.661.46
i'm actually trying the goldcard version so we'll see what happens
The goldcard process is not optional, it must be done.
The ROM that comes on the Telus Hero is not rootable, HTC had patched our exploit by the time Telus released their Hero. You must use the goldcard method to downgrade your phone's ROM, and only then can you use Flashrec.
yeahhhhhh i got root and modaco 3.1
I have HTC Gratia with android 2.2 froyo. I try roth with unrevoked for htc aria which I download from site unrevoked.com
I instal driver and run unrevoked and after some time, restart, start root I get message "failed to unlock NAND flash". I try tree times but I alwys get same message.
Second I try z4root. I install this apps and run permanent root option and it do something , then restart but my gratia is still dont have root.
Third I USE SuperOneClickv1.9.1 AND START root...Error:Failed
Fourth i use UniversalAndroot..and Error
Is it posible to root my phone and please someone halp me to do that.
Please help me...
I looks like you are facing the same issue I am.
The new ROM released for the Aria has a much more secure HBOOT version, and a hardware device called an XTC clip is required for setting S-OFF which is the first step required to root the phone.
If you have a look through the thread I have here it covers what is required.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083209
note I am making life a bit more difficult because I don’t want to just deploy a pre cooked ROM, but the rest is there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083209
yes you need to have your phone unlocked and rooted with an XTC clip
Hi everybody,
I also have the HTC Gratia and want to root it and install custom ROMs.
So what do I ask the guys at the store to do? To turn S-Off and that's it?
After security is off can I use tools like unrevoked to root my phone or do they have to use the XTC Clip for that as well?
So again, please correct me if I'm wrong. To install another ROM i need to:
1.) Go to place that has an XTC Clip and let them turn S-Off
2.) Use a tool like unrevoked to get root
3.) Install a ROM using Clockwerk ROM Manaer for example.
Thanks in advance
Cosmo123 said:
Hi everybody,
I also have the HTC Gratia and want to root it and install custom ROMs.
So what do I ask the guys at the store to do? To turn S-Off and that's it?
After security is off can I use tools like unrevoked to root my phone or do they have to use the XTC Clip for that as well?
So again, please correct me if I'm wrong. To install another ROM i need to:
1.) Go to place that has an XTC Clip and let them turn S-Off
2.) Use a tool like unrevoked to get root
3.) Install a ROM using Clockwerk ROM Manaer for example.
Thanks in advance
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Once you gain S-OFF, you can flash ClockworkMod custom recovery. Check out this post and it's associated discussion thread on the steps to follow once you gain S-OFF.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13915089&postcount=16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083209
I am trying to root my htc legend.
But first i have to downgrade it since i have build 3.15 running on android 2.2.
For all downgrading is a goldcard required. But i have a simlock free unbranded legend. Is it then still needed? I cant make a goldcard because the site is down.
Will my phone brick if i try to open crackin.bat to downgrade, while i dont have a goldcard?
What guide should i follow without a goldcard?
Thanks!
My Legend was unlocked and unbranded when I got it too, and I needed a gold card.. Crackin.bat shouldn't brick it, you'll only get an error message at the end I think because of the wrong sd card.
i found it easiest to use the goldcard tool from
Code:
sites.google.com/site/roothtchero/goldcard-2
for the legend you'll have to select MMC0...
nickcob111 said:
I am trying to root my htc legend.
But first i have to downgrade it since i have build 3.15 running on android 2.2.
For all downgrading is a goldcard required. But i have a simlock free unbranded legend. Is it then still needed? I cant make a goldcard because the site is down.
Will my phone brick if i try to open crackin.bat to downgrade, while i dont have a goldcard?
What guide should i follow without a goldcard?
Thanks!
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Hi, what your describing is network lock rather than root lock, from my understanding, regardless of network lock, it's only the root lock you have to worry about so unless I am mistaken, you will still need goldcard to flash NON-stock rom.
I personaly was lucky, I got a three (suppied by vodafone) legend there was no branding what-so-ever, no voda or 3 bloatware, I havn't tried it on any other network, but, at the time I also had vodafone mobile broadband which also worked on my phone, (it didn't work on my wife's 3 branded Desire HD).
HI hope someone can help me with this, i have tried without success to unlock my bootloader, i have updated to hboot 1.02 but when i try to do the fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin it sits at 0percent and doesn't move and no errors, i've tried this with my goldcard in and out of the phone and with cyanogen and b08 roms, also for some reason i can't flash the stock rom so i can get the required update from htc(thinking that's y the unlock code won't go), i've tried getting numerous ruu's and i was getting signature verification fails every time, i tried with windows the exe and also exracted the rom.zip and still no luck, i prefer using linux and adb though and tried numerous ways to get this to work with no success, i've also tried signing a rom.zip and the phone just says no signature, also tried renaming to LEGEIMG.zip and update.zip and just can't flash stock rom, also made a new goldcard thinking the other was bad and did the htcdev for the unlock code with a goldcard and without, also tried the ruu.exe in windows with new said goldcard and i think the other was bad because i get a different error now for reason it can't update my rom(was using the rom i originally rooted with which has sense). it says wrong bootloader version when i try and update, anyone know what i can do, i'm running outta ideas, thanks in advance
I Unlocked my bootloader with HTCdev. You said you tried. What went wrong?
If you have updated your phone to one of the ruus HTC gives you ( execute the exe ), there shouldn't be any problem : the HTC guide is clear and easy. If you have successuffly unlocked the bootloader, now you have to flash the clockwork recovery.
when i go to fastboot it stays on copying at 0 percent with the unlock_code.bin....My phone has root access before i ran the hboot update and still does but i can't flash the new ruu, it won't allow me to, i tried running the htc ruu and it fails with can't update, bootloader version incorrect, i tried with the b-08 rom, i can't get back to stock
Have you tried flashing this? ----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497357
If you don't install one of the updates given by HTC, bootloader unlock won't work. If you have the same problems that I had ( my Legend also wasn't rooted ) the RUUs won't install, right? I flashed first this one and then one of the HTC RUUs and after this everything worked perfectly.
nope, i didn't try that one yet, but the thing is my legend was rooted before i tried flashing these htc ruus, i just want my bootloader unlocked, i had cyanogen on it then flashed a rooted one with sense (b08) thinking that would let me update but it didn't, so i'm downloading that one you pointed me to now, i'll try and flash it and let you know how it goes.
When i flash that rom i get a main version is older error when i rename it to LEGEIMG and flash it via fastboot, what can i do now?
I followed Blayo's guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22613990&postcount=62 with my already rooted Legend. Try to follow exactly. You said using a gold card - don't think this is even necessary. At least I did not use one, and it is working perfectly.
After flashing the new bootloader, did you really unlock?
(last step of guide above: follow the instructions on HTCdev from Step 8 to unlock)
Wait, all the RUUs you have to flash before unlocking are HTC's executable files ( .exe ). You have updated your phone executing them, haven't you? After that I just rebooted my phone to fastboot and connected it. I found the unlock code, sent it to HTCdev, received an e-mail with the file to complete unlock and then unlocked. I never used anything like UPDATE.zip or LEGEIMG. I tried following the BlaYo's instructions but they didn't work for me. I just did what HTC said ( easyer and safer ).
hmmmmm
hello guys... pwde ba ko mag unlock ng bootloader my x8 stiker is 11w48?
astig_king24 said:
hello guys... pwde ba ko mag unlock ng bootloader my x8 stiker is 11w48?
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keyboard error?!
i solved my problem, i sold the phone and bought another legend. LOL, no seriously though, i did sell it and got another but i tried everything and couldn't unlock bootloader, i tried the exe files from htc, tried extracting the zip files, tried fastboot and renaming to LEGEIMG, just couldn't get it unlocked, so i flashed the latest cyanogen 7.2 and sold the darn thing, now i got another and made 50$ in the process as i bought the new one 50$ cheaper and i'm going to go through the htc channels to unlock the bootloader but does anyone know if i'll be able to flash cm7 after i do that?
bootloader
I have a similar problem with my Legend i had already rooted my legend following this guide http://chrg.zxq.net/htc-legend-root.html. I decided to unlock the bootloader folowing the guide on HTC dev to the letter and it worked fine bootloader unlocked. Only prolem is after rooting the phone again and flashing cm7 the bootloader is now locked again. What to do any ideas id be very greatfull.
sam0056 said:
I have a similar problem with my Legend i had already rooted my legend following this guide http://chrg.zxq.net/htc-legend-root.html. I decided to unlock the bootloader folowing the guide on HTC dev to the letter and it worked fine bootloader unlocked. Only prolem is after rooting the phone again and flashing cm7 the bootloader is now locked again. What to do any ideas id be very greatfull.
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What do you mean with 'rooting again'? Once you have unlocked bootloader, you are able to flash a recovery, and then CM, which is rooted. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24102979 for latest Recovery and latest CM7.2 builds
Ok just to update i flashed the HTC dev bin file again and had restore cm7 backup and bootloader is unlocked once again.
got her goin good now, unlocked bootloader with htcdev, fastboot flashed cwm, then i was able to flash cm7.2 and gapps no problem at all, now if we could only s-off the legend???
dantheman1977 said:
... now if we could only s-off the legend???
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For what reason? It's quite similar
Because it's still not totally unlocked
dantheman1977 said:
i solved my problem, i sold the phone and bought another legend. LOL, no seriously though, i did sell it and got another but i tried everything and couldn't unlock bootloader, i tried the exe files from htc, tried extracting the zip files, tried fastboot and renaming to LEGEIMG, just couldn't get it unlocked, so i flashed the latest cyanogen 7.2 and sold the darn thing, now i got another and made 50$ in the process as i bought the new one 50$ cheaper and i'm going to go through the htc channels to unlock the bootloader but does anyone know if i'll be able to flash cm7 after i do that?
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After unlocking boot loader:
1. Use htcsupertoolv3 to root
2. Install rom manager and titanium backup
3. Run titanium backup. It will ask you to update su. accept (i'm not sure if this step is required, but this is how i done it)
4. Copy recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-legend to your Android folder created during bootloader unlock
5. With your phone on fastboot mode open terminal in your PC android folder and type:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-legend.img
Your phone will go to recovery mode.
6. Reboot your phone in normal mode
7. From now on, each time you want to go into recovery, use rom manager
Done
dantheman1977 said:
Because it's still not totally unlocked
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So for what I have understood from HTCdev, you can do everything similar to S-OFF, with one exception: you cannot unlock a SIM lock.
Oops... said:
So for what I have understood from HTCdev, you can do everything similar to S-OFF, with one exception: you cannot unlock a SIM lock.
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True, you can't. I'm not sure if flashing a custom rom will unlock it, as my phone sim card was unlocked from very beginning. Probably not?