hey so as the ps3 jailbreak has been successfully ported and is fully working on desire n nexus so what is the status for HTC hero
or is it available(if i am lucky) is someone developing for htc hero
pls people show some love
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ratul_jain1991 said:
hey so as it is fully working on desire n nexus so what is the status for HTC hero
or is it available(if i am lucky)
pls people show some love
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There is no need for jailbreaking a hero. Just follow the guides available to root it. If you can't follow a guide to root, use univeral androot, although you'll still need to understand what you're doing.
There isn't a one-click root, and it's not really in the spirit of xda. Read about custom ROMs, read about rooting, and get flashing...
pulser_g2 said:
There is no need for jailbreaking a hero. Just follow the guides available to root it. If you can't follow a guide to root, use univeral androot, although you'll still need to understand what you're doing.
There isn't a one-click root, and it's not really in the spirit of xda. Read about custom ROMs, read about rooting, and get flashing...
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duh!!
i am talking about ps3 jailbreak solution for hero
P.S i hav rooted htc hero
fullerlee said:
From what I can see, the source for the Nexus should work, as it uses the same USB implementation, see here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?key=tarAC83Wjsq2QZvP4iR5mlw&toomany=true#gid=0
Info here: http://psx-scene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65246&page=6
I think it just needs compiling against a particular kernel against the Hero.
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yup someone needs to do that for us asap
I had not seen Pulser missing a beat before
Well, it seems that we need a kernel 2.6.3x to make this work (check in psfreedom.com), since the bundled 2.6.2x uses the MSM_HSUSB driver instead of the MSM72K.
Does anyone know where to grab a kernel like that?
Sorry for sounding stupid, but what is this? lol
There's no such kernel right now. Devs are working on a .34 kernel, but I believe it's still far from complete.
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Sorry for sounding stupid, but what is this? lol
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its basically like rooting a ps3 means you can play 'backed up' games and such
i have tried bringing this up on the villain irc channel but all i got was abuse lol so gave up, and this is not the first time so no more donation to them guys from me and no more using there roms.
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There's no such kernel right now. Devs are working on a .34 kernel, but I believe it's still far from complete.
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But, as someone suggested, could it be used as a recovery image with the compiled PSFreedom module?
cant we just port the img made for desire to hero ??
No, we can't, because what we need, the kernel, cannot be ported that way. What devs are trying right now is to port HTC Magic (Sapphire) .34 kernel.
Im so confused!
whats up with this spreadsheet, stating a Hero port is complete?
apperently i can't post links yet. But anyone know what im talkning about?
i read before, but what is the point?
I saw the answer, and yes it makes sense (i know alot about the ps3/psp scene since psp's release). But it doesnt strictly do anything unique at all on android phones does it?
I mean rooting does exactly the same, and the psjailbreak has no different/new features designed for android (i know it shouldnt, but...).
However, it is certainly nice to see a new kind of exploit available. (i remember the wonder of the gta exploit on psp all those years ago caused cries of delight and dark_alex to become a god, those who remember)
there is too type of htc hero some have the correct usb type some dont
I guess the best solution will be to port the exploit to the 2.6.2x kernel (seems more feasible than waiting to have a working 2.6.3x kernel).
Its updated!
hxxp://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=Device_compatibility_list
Now requires: 2.6.29 or higher Kernel
We should ask rom makers to help us out
On other note is someone trying to make it work for HTC hero
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hey guys,
i just saw this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551711
and i'm going to try to port a X10 standard rom to my HTC Hero.
does anyone know, if i could brick my device? or fk it up so badly i'm stuck at a X10 rom without root anymore??
someone please tell me..
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hey guys,
i just saw this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551711
and i'm going to try to port a X10 standard rom to my HTC Hero.
does anyone know, if i could brick my device? or fk it up so badly i'm stuck at a X10 rom without root anymore??
someone please tell me..
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I doubt if you follow this tutorial you'll brick yur phone wouldn't recommend though
henky92 said:
I doubt if you follow this tutorial you'll brick yur phone wouldn't recommend though
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oh... okay then i'll won't do it..
anyone else got suggestions/tips?
since the X10 has quite different hardware from the Hero, it will undoubtedly be a *lot* of work, hardly worth it..
pleeeaseee do it, ive been waiting for someone to tryy...
it wont hurt, as he said, it shouldnt brick it.
of course i want todo it, but i don't want to brick my device
it wont brick the device as its only firmware not bootloader that gets affected. It most likely will hang and not boot and will requrie a wipe/install afterwards tho. Would love to try the x10 firmware!
ok, well i'll make a port, just simple as explained in the tutorial, and then i ask a romcooker to look at if it's safe, ok?
rightnow i'm dlling the decrypted version of the rom, and i will try to edit it, with some hero stuff, and send it to a romcooker before i will flash it..
first i downloaded the decrypted rom
ybinnenweg said:
hey guys,
i just saw this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551711
and i'm going to try to port a X10 standard rom to my HTC Hero.
does anyone know, if i could brick my device? or fk it up so badly i'm stuck at a X10 rom without root anymore??
someone please tell me..
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not trying to be rude here, but if you need to ask these questions you'll probably fail at porting the rom... no offense intended. you cannot brick your device by just flashing the rom, for bricking you need to f* up the radio or the spl.
Sorry but im just a beginner and i wanted to try something, and i wanted to be sure i wouldn't brick my phone or unroot it..
When im home ill try to port it.
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no need to apologize...
good luck with that, just be warned that the guide you linked is in now way a guide for porting. what it says about porting is the part everyone could have come up with. it totally skips modules, drivers and libraries. i wouldn't really know where to start either, and i have quite some knowledge about android by now.
don't let this stop you from experimenting! just be prepared to fail a few (or a lot of) times before you succeed.
btw, i'd love to see the x10 rom on the hero
Hello.
Even if you can port it, I doubt it'll run smooth on Hero, the hardware must be pretty gay for that rom.
Why u try to flash a complete ROM?
Only Mediascape and Timescape App is needed !
hf
because the whole rom of the X10 is just great!
when i'm home im starting the port, and i will upload the rom, when it's just booting on my hero..
and ye, i'm not really good at driver-coding and stuff.. so i think i need some pretty damn much good help from some proandroid-developers
kouray said:
Hello.
Even if you can port it, I doubt it'll run smooth on Hero, the hardware must be pretty gay for that rom.
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we already can overclock the hero to 710 MHz.
I think that will make a pretty performance improvement
kendong2 said:
no need to apologize...
good luck with that, just be warned that the guide you linked is in now way a guide for porting. what it says about porting is the part everyone could have come up with. it totally skips modules, drivers and libraries. i wouldn't really know where to start either, and i have quite some knowledge about android by now.
don't let this stop you from experimenting! just be prepared to fail a few (or a lot of) times before you succeed.
btw, i'd love to see the x10 rom on the hero
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well thx
i'm going to do my best
ybinnenweg said:
we already can overclock the hero to 710 MHz.
I think that will make a pretty performance improvement
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It's depending on your CPU, for exemple on mine I have to set it to 650Mhz for it to be stable, and over 670 it's crashing
And I guess overclock + X10 rom would mean a HUGE battery drain.
hmm.... yea you got a point..
well if i succeed we will see ;D
hmm i unpacked everything, but i can't seem to unpack the .sin files :S
i already tryed to change the extension to .zip/.rar and tryed to open it with notepad, but it doesn't seem to work :S
and i need to get in these files, to make it so i can try to flash it to my hero..
i had my g2 for a while now i got it almost the same day it came out but now that i seen u can overclock it i want to do it
however im new at rootin i have never rooted a phone even thou i own the g1 i never modified it
i need help to mak sure i dont brick my phone
Oh and once rooted, will my phone stop receiving the official OTA updates?
if anybody could jus post a link to the easiest n most updated guide there is ill apriciated alot
i been lookin thru alot of posts but some seem old n outdated n some seem to be really hard to understand (again im new at this rootin )
once i root my phone i want to over clock it which i seen a post already that looks fairly good n understandable which i hav to get the app n it will sett the sppeds on my phone
thanks in advance for all the help
My phones specs please let me know if u need any more info n ill update my post thanks
T-mobile G2
Android version 2.2
Baseband version 12.28b.60.140eU.26.03.02.26_M
Kernel version
2.6.32.17-g9ab3677
This is the thread you're looking for. It really should be stickied:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645253
treesurf said:
This is the thread you're looking for. It really should be stickied:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645253
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Thanks I went to bed I was tired of lookin thru all the posts but ill look thru it first thing in the morning thanks n hopefully ill be rootin my g2 very soon
Also do u know if ill still be gettin the oficial updates? Does it matter or no? I jus want to be able to get the latest updates as they come out
I don't know the answer about OTA updates after rooting, but to be honest, I'd be surprised if another OTA update ever happens for the Hero.
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I don't know the answer about OTA updates after rooting, but to be honest, I'd be surprised if another OTA update ever happens for the Hero.
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Oh ok n also I was readi thru my phone n it shows that what he's doin is instalin a costum rom n wouldn't do erase everythin on my phone?
Yes, installing a custom ROM would erase everything on your phone (although he also instructs you on how to do a nandroid backup of your previous setup). However, if all you want to do is root the phone you can do that without having to do any of the other stuff. Just download, install, and run Universal Androot as instructed in that thread, and you should have root without doing any other changes to the phone or your data.
Unfortunately rooting the T-Mobile G2 Touch isn't as simple as rooting a standard Hero GSM, T-Mobile made it quite difficult. I would suggest following this thread or using this tool
And if you don't install a custom rom or a rooted stock rom, your recovery will be overwritten, and you'll lose root on the first reboot.
The unrooted stock rom overwrites the recovery when rebooted.
Correct me if I'm wrong
vatvedt said:
And if you don't install a custom rom or a rooted stock rom, your recovery will be overwritten, and you'll lose root on the first reboot.
The unrooted stock rom overwrites the recovery when rebooted.
Correct me if I'm wrong
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Good point, I think you right in which case you will need to install a rooted stock ROM at the very least, which would mean wiping all your data
Sorry, I didn't know the G2 required a different rooting method.
Anyways, on my standard unlocked Hero I did not loose root when rebooting on the stock ROM, although as you said it did overwrite my recovery. I do not know if this is the case on the G2.
treesurf said:
Sorry, I didn't know the G2 required a different rooting method.
Anyways, on my standard unlocked Hero I did not loose root when rebooting on the stock ROM, although as you said it did overwrite my recovery. I do not know if this is the case on the G2.
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T-Mobile did some pretty nasty stuff security-wise compared to the standard GSM Hero so rooting is a bit different. As for what happens on reboot I can't comment, but I would recommend using a custom ROM anyway, something like [email protected]'s MCR is great for someone who just wants it working like stock but with better performance. You should be able to add something like FlyKernel to it for the overclock.
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... but I would recommend using a custom ROM anyway, something like [email protected]'s MCR is great for someone who just wants it working like stock but with better performance. You should be able to add something like FlyKernel to it for the overclock.
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Agreed. Once you go custom, you won't go back.
Guys, I think he's actually talking about T-Mobile G2 as in http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_g2-3518.php, and not T-Mobile G2 Touch (HTC Hero). Notice the system specs in the first post
@alejandrowong3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=750 This is the forum you're looking for.
Eddie1506 said:
Guys, I think he's actually talking about T-Mobile G2 as in http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_g2-3518.php, and not T-Mobile G2 Touch (HTC Hero). Notice the system specs in the first post
@alejandrowong3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=750 This is the forum you're looking for.
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Ha ha! Yeah, we all really need to read more... Yeah, the G2 is different to the G2 touch, follow the link from the guy above
yes im actually talkin about the T-mobile G2 in USA
Eddie1506 said:
Guys, I think he's actually talking about T-Mobile G2 as in http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_g2-3518.php, and not T-Mobile G2 Touch (HTC Hero). Notice the system specs in the first post
@alejandrowong3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=750 This is the forum you're looking for.
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thanks for the link ill be readin thru it right now
Eddie1506 said:
Guys, I think he's actually talking about T-Mobile G2 as in http://www.gsmarena.com/t_mobile_g2-3518.php, and not T-Mobile G2 Touch (HTC Hero). Notice the system specs in the first post
@alejandrowong3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=750 This is the forum you're looking for.
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what do u think about this guide??
i seen few people refering to this guide to be the most updated and easiest way to do it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
i already downloaded all the files needed
i wanna know if this would be the best choice for me
all i want is ROOT to overclock my phone thats it
i DONT want to have a CUSTOM ROM or anything lik that
the only reason i want ROOT is to make my phone FASTER
and i dont wanna loose none of my info or data in my phone or sd card
alejandrowong3 said:
what do u think about this guide??
i seen few people refering to this guide to be the most updated and easiest way to do it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
i already downloaded all the files needed
i wanna know if this would be the best choice for me
all i want is ROOT to overclock my phone thats it
i DONT want to have a CUSTOM ROM or anything lik that
the only reason i want ROOT is to make my phone FASTER
and i dont wanna loose none of my info or data in my phone or sd card
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Yes, that one is the best. Works on Desire Z and Desire HD too. Worked fine on my Desire HD.
Please, switch to G2 forum from now on, as this thread is offtopic in this one.
sucessful tmobile G2 temp root using VISIONary r14 this morning!
I tried ROOT on my new tmobile G2 (GSM) I bought last week. I tried Universal Androot AND z4root and neither worked to get even temp root.
This morning, I used VISIONary r14 and sucessfully gained su root and disabled a few of the branding and blotware apps on MY phone! I still haven't been able to uninstall them completely, but at least they aren't starting automatically on boot. Here's the link that worked:
android.modaco.com/content/software/320350/19-nov-r14-visionary-one-click-root/
these branded apps are WAY annoying! I'm not good with outfits like facebook and twitter having access to all my personal info and data, including fine GPS location!! and I can hardly believe tmobile imbedded these apps as they did. I'm still within my 14-day trial and may still return the phone because of this unless I can be sure I can get these apps OFF my back!
hi guys i have recently posted the following:
DooMLoRD's Easy Rooting Toolkit
it basically uses the zergRush expolit (thanks to Revolutionary team) to get temp root and then pushes files to get permanent root...
its reported to be working on a LOT of devices:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18805560&postcount=2
anyone here who has stock unrooted device and is willing to test this?
please test out and let me know asap
won't work. None of those devices are NAND locked, the flyer is.
globatron said:
won't work. None of those devices are NAND locked, the flyer is.
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atleast try it mate... if it doesnt work then no issues.. but wht if it does?
DooMLoRD said:
atleast try it mate... if it doesnt work then no issues.. but wht if it does?
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I know it won't work and I've got better things to do, so no I won't bother trying, but don't let me stop anyone else and don't think I don't appreciate the effort.
globatron said:
I know it won't work and I've got better things to do.
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No offense dude, please don't be that harsh on the guy. He doesn't have his flyer yet to test.
To OP: I can't test either, im sorry, i've already revolutionaried+honeycombd.
That's not harsh it's just to the point. I already explained why it wouldn't work. If it was that simple any of the previous temp-roots would have given the same result, that is why there are no HTC phones on the working list of devices.
If this was possible on the HTC devices we would probably have released it as a standalone revolutionary release.
DooMLoRD I went back to GB to test something else so decided to run this anyway, since it wasn't really any extra effort and as I said before it doesn't work, reboot and it's gone.
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DooMLoRD I went back to GB to test something else so decided to run this anyway, since it wasn't really any extra effort and as I said before it doesn't work, reboot and it's gone.
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can u post screenshot of the script as it is running/finished running?
I ran CM7 nightlies on my DInc2 and updated to the stable version the day it came out. Technically, I am a noob so I really don't know what I am doing, I just know what I like and I can follow directions. (Except for Matt's ICS update when I forgot to protect the root and had to start over with .181, doh!)
Why is it that CyanogenMod is unavailable for one of the hottest phones on the market? Is it because of the locked boot loader? (which I will have to look up cause I don't even know what the heck a boot loader is anyway)
It's not über important, I just really miss my CM7 and was wondering if anyone knew the answer.
Locked bootloader= no custom kernals also there is cm9 but not cm7 nobody wants cm7 anymore ....
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You don't need custom kernels to have official CM.
That being said, our devs are hard at work on making a fully functional CM ROM - thing is though, since we have to work around the kernel that our devices are working using a process called "2nd-init", since we have locked bootloaders, everything is taking a lot longer and is a lot harder.
We have a partially working CM9 ROM over at http://droidhive.com. We also have AOKP.
Would you recommend a partially working version for noob who really loves CM?
jdadad23 said:
Would you recommend a partially working version for noob who really loves CM?
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Get the fist leaked ICS. It is cool.
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I am running 4.0.3. I agree, it is cool. I still think I prefer CM.
CM isn't necessary at this point in time.
hy,
i am quite sure this questions wer answered x-times, but i didn´t find the answer in the forum, so i will ask:
1) Can we expect that the Bootloader will ever be UNLOCKED?
2) Are some DEV´s (and who?) working on it? Do they inform the folk on ex. twitter or so, like the iPhone guys (musclenerd, pod2g, ionic,...)
3) I already updated to ICS-TMobile-Leak, is my bootloader now different to the one in GB?
somehow i thought, i shoud write a NEW post, but i hope its okay to ask here, coz +1(wanna hav CM9 toooo)
greets
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hy,
i am quite sure this questions wer answered x-times, but i didn´t find the answer in the forum, so i will ask:
1) Can we expect that the Bootloader will ever be UNLOCKED?
2) Are some DEV´s (and who?) working on it? Do they inform the folk on ex. twitter or so, like the iPhone guys (musclenerd, pod2g, ionic,...)
3) I already updated to ICS-TMobile-Leak, is my bootloader now different to the one in GB?
somehow i thought, i shoud write a NEW post, but i hope its okay to ask here, coz +1(wanna hav CM9 toooo)
greets
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1. I think only Moto can unlock the bootloader, cause someone else told me it's an hard work because of 3 layers of encrypted code (I don't know what it means!)...it requires a lot of time and a powerfull machine
2. see n°1, Eternity project team are working on a bypass for bootloader (kexec)
3. ICS Bootloader is different from GB one, I guess.
draga277 said:
1. I think only Moto can unlock the bootloader, cause someone else told me it's an hard work because of 3 layers of encrypted code (I don't know what it means!)...it requires a lot of time and a powerfull machine
2. see n°1, Eternity project team are working on a bypass for bootloader (kexec)
3. ICS Bootloader is different from GB one, I guess.
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and if this kexec is developed, we can flash costum kernels and so CM9 too???
yes.
lordvampire said:
and if this kexec is developed, we can flash costum kernels and so CM9 too???
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Wait a moment...kexec is not necessary for CM9 flashing...you can flash modded rom, yet.
kexec (or unlocked bootloader) is required for mod kernels!
I am on icsleak, means i cannot flash costum rom as long as devs are not developing roms for my existing kernel right?
So i need to have kexec to bypass the kernel flashing to flash a costum rom...
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lordvampire said:
I am on icsleak, means i cannot flash costum rom as long as devs are not developing roms for my existing kernel right?
So i need to have kexec to bypass the kernel flashing to flash a costum rom...
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First phrase. Yes, I think so, if you can't downgrade to GB, as I guess
Second hrare. I don't know if kexec gives you this opportunity. You have always to flash a compatible kernel with a custom rom, its or others. This is my guess, someone else can confirm or not?
Hey guys! I am a kernel+rom developer for Samsung phones but recently I bought this phone from the market. I have never used HTC phones before so need to know few things before I start development on it.
1.Whats the rooting procedure?
2.Any news about JB? I think this device is too perfect for running JB
3.How many developers are already here? I need the approx number
4.Why no cm till now? If I am wrong then tell me.
5.Is the hardware opensourced?
6.Where can I find kernel sources?
7.Whats the procedure for setting up OTA updates?
8.Is this place dead or alive??
9.Can this phone run all the awesome games in market?
10.And any warning you want to give me?
Moderators: I think I posted it in the right section...
hell_lock said:
Hey guys! I am a kernel+rom developer for Samsung phones but recently I bought this phone from the market. I have never used HTC phones before so need to know few things before I start development on it.
1.Whats the rooting procedure?
2.Any news about JB? I think this device is too perfect for running JB
3.How many developers are already here? I need the approx number
4.Why no cm till now? If I am wrong then tell me.
5.Is the hardware opensourced?
6.Where can I find kernel sources?
7.Whats the procedure for setting up OTA updates?
8.Is this place dead or alive??
9.Can this phone run all the awesome games in market?
10.And any warning you want to give me?
Moderators: I think I posted it in the right section...
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1.unlock your bootloader, flash su in recovery...
2. HTC said that phones with 512MB of ram won't get it. That means we'll probably get it...
3. 6-7
4. Ramdisk something...
6. htcdev.com
8. Pretty alive, I'd say...
9. Yup...
10. I didn't answer all of your questions, I answered all I knew...
Sent from my HTC branded muffin...
I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
Try to PM @ atis112. It looks that he is doing smth with CM mod. Hope you will cooperate
hell_lock said:
I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
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Welcome bro... So pleased to have another dev. We need CM. Hope you can start working on that.
Sent from my HTC Desire X using xda premium
hell_lock said:
I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
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That's great! I'm a dev, well, ROM builder myself too, and I know about that stuff. So if you need any help, I'm here
But I thought the CM problems were because of a non-functioning device tree. Lloir has made one, but every ROM compiled from that doesn't boot.
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I know how to fix ramdisks.. well den we will hav cm9 atleast!
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I'm already working on cm9, but i'm busy so it will be long time for me. But i will share my sources at next week, so others can help too.
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I'm already working on cm9, but i'm busy so it will be long time for me. But i will share my sources at next week, so others can help too.
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Thanks alot buddy! I will be in my real form from 22nd this month.
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
hell_lock said:
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
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If you want to root, install a custom rom, custom kernel, custom recovery... yes, you need it unlocked!
It's very simple. Just follow the orders in htcdev.com website and unlock it using nloooo's topic or the "All in one kit".
hell_lock said:
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
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Sup you are the second samsung guy i know/saw here.(dont bother about the sig is cause I like my warranty).
now big changes from samsung.
Security:
to install custom roms and/or recovery you need an unlocked bootloader(so nice of them).
to install a custom kernel via the same zip as the rom(like we do in samsung) is not possible as they have a security flag that doesnt allow this(its something called S-ON).
also if your device is locked to a network/region the device cannot flash any other regions rom(a little thing called CID).:good:
the stock rom/maybe any other roms /system partition is not writable(there is a module to break this).:good:
More info :
about CID and S-ON the solutions for them are rightly called SUPERCID and S-OFF.:silly:
supercid change the cid value to some constants list like 1111111 or 222222 or 333333(thus making you truly unlocked and able to flash any regions rom).:victory:
S-OFF switches off the s-on security flag and thus allows for the kernel(boot)(and maybe more) partition to be overwritten(i.e r/w).:victory:
there is a method of S-OFF called facepalm that may/should work for all mordern HTC devices(yes that includes desire x:good but needs to be ported (or someone preferably a developer should offer to be a guinea pig for jcase or beansup like jmztaylor was for htc one vx).
for facepalm to work supercid is needed(how to get it same as above i.e needs to be ported or someone preferably a developer should offer to be a guinea pig for jcase or beansup like jmztaylor was for htc one vx):good:
so you are all caught up with the htc awesome(and some ass) ness let the building begin :highfive:
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hell_lock said:
What is this bootloader thing? Should I unlock it?
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yes in HTC u get it like this.
Bootloader ----(always stays there...... very tough to mess it up)
Recovery -----(Has a separate partition on HTC unlike samsung/sony, where it is part of the kernel)
OS -----(System/data/cache etc etc)
Bootloader/Fastboot lets you flash things(images) onto RECOVERY/SYSTEM/BOOT/DATA partitions.
Dont confuse bootloader with boot.img.
Boot.img is the image which gets flashed onto the boot partition. boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisk.
Recovery.img also contains the kernel and its own ramdisk, so in either case, if u cant boot ur rom, u can always boot to recovery.
Thats it.
neXus PRIME said:
yes in HTC u get it like this.
Bootloader ----(always stays there...... very tough to mess it up)
Recovery -----(Has a separate partition on HTC unlike samsung/sony, where it is part of the kernel)
OS -----(System/data/cache etc etc)
Bootloader/Fastboot lets you flash things(images) onto RECOVERY/SYSTEM/BOOT/DATA partitions.
Dont confuse bootloader with boot.img.
Boot.img is the image which gets flashed onto the boot partition. boot.img contains the kernel and ramdisk.
Recovery.img also contains the kernel and its own ramdisk, so in either case, if u cant boot ur rom, u can always boot to recovery.
Thats it.
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actually he is from an older generation of samsung(they have a different recovery partition).
also please review my previous post in this thread and can you see if I made any mistakes or what ?
Dark Passenger said:
actually he is from an older generation of samsung(they have a different recovery partition).
also please review my previous post in this thread and can you see if I made any mistakes or what ?
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your post is correct. But he is interesting in porting cm9/10 and S-ON or S-OFF doesnt matter for that. In either case, there is a way to flash custom rom/kernel etc.... so what we need right now is a device/vendor tree for it.
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Yasir
Wow wow!! HTC is super cautious unlike samsung who let us do anything on phone.
I will study more about all this and get my phone unlocked by some friend.
The only thing that worries me is its dev support. People are dead here.. :silly:
R: [Q] [NOOB]Need some info on this phone.
hell_lock said:
Wow wow!! HTC is super cautious unlike samsung who let us do anything on phone.
I will study more about all this and get my phone unlocked by some friend.
The only thing that worries me is its dev support. People are dead here.. :silly:
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Only some people have HTC Desire X but there are some great people here like ckpv5, MaartenXDA, The Android Manual then nexusPrime and atis112 who made 2 kernels.
xpirt
How many modes are there for this phone? Example my galaxy had a download(odin) mode and a recovery mode..
R: [Q] [NOOB]Need some info on this phone.
hell_lock said:
How many modes are there for this phone? Example my galaxy had a download(odin) mode and a recovery mode..
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Download Mode on Samsung is pretty similar to our bootloader/fastboot because they have similar functions like USB connection to flash recovery or kernels.
xpirt
Nice info. I was looking for this. I red anywhere that after unlocking bootloader and installing fastboot/recovery, user should lock bootloader again. Is this correct? Why it is important?
karmantyu said:
Nice info. I was looking for this. I red anywhere that after unlocking bootloader and installing fastboot/recovery, user should lock bootloader again. Is this correct? Why it is important?
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No. And you don't install fastboot on your phone. It's there already.
Flowed from my HTC branded muffin...