My Eris has HBOOT 1.49 S-ON. I'm new to this. I can't upgrade untill next year so I've been reading alot of these forums and I would like to root my phone so I can increase the processer speed and to get 2.2 on it. Some people say a phone with this hboot can't be rooted and others say it can be. Everything I've read is a couple of months old. Are there newer post. Is there a simple way to do it if it can be done like maybe a one step or something. I'm a layman at this stuff so if some of you guy's could help I would greatly appreciate it.
bobcat331 said:
My Eris has HBOOT 1.49 S-ON. I'm new to this. I can't upgrade untill next year so I've been reading alot of these forums and I would like to root my phone so I can increase the processer speed and to get 2.2 on it. Some people say a phone with this hboot can't be rooted and others say it can be. Everything I've read is a couple of months old. Are there newer post. Is there a simple way to do it if it can be done like maybe a one step or something. I'm a layman at this stuff so if some of you guy's could help I would greatly appreciate it.
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I'm not sure which one the 1.49 is but just get the latest Verizon OTA update (the latest 2.1 update should lead you right to it) which was from July then find the one click root method in I think the Amon_RA thread in the development section.
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Hi guys.
So recently i got my very first touch phone.
I've had a sony ericsson w800i for like 6-7 years now.
So i'm really all new to the entire touchmobile scene and stuff.
Rooting sounds interesting, but i have no idea if i can even do it on my mobile, let alone do it without bricking the phone.
Now i got a lot of questions and rooting does sound interesting.
But i was still hoping people here could maybe guide a new guy in the right direction?
I've read this article : Erhm, can't post links yet it seems. But it was the link to a wiki article about why one should root his phone.
and it sounds very good.
My phone model is: HTC Hero
Firmware: 1.50
Basebandversion: 63.18.55.06EU:6.35.06.18
Kernal system: 2.6.27-8dd6deee
Version: 2.73.405.6 CL#61267 release-keys
softwareversion: 1.0.0.A6288
Can i root my phone?
I'm not bound to any telemarketing company or anything. The phone itself is not from vodafone or anything of likes.
And also, if i do decide to root my phone, would i be able to install the 2.1 sense update thats scheduled for the htc hero something in april(hopefully)?
Best regards
Kuresu
Im also new here, been reading up on Android for a while though.
What i can say for sure is, YES, you can definately root your Hero. There are are number of different guides on here.
And secondly, rooting shouldn't affect you being able to get the 2.1 update once it is available, infact, if you root, youe can try 2.1 roms NOW.
A good place to start is the "XDA-Wiki", there is a link on the brown bar near the top of the page. Once you have clicked that link, on the new page it brings up, go about half way down the page to the HTC section, click "HERO". On that page, under "rooting" there is a link called "Method 1 - Dayzee's NEWBIE Walkthrough guide". That should be all the info you need. I have not done it myself yet, my new Hero should be delivered tomorrow.
Good luck!
Thanks a bunch Ddot.
Have you gotten your phone yet?
Did you root yours?
Theunlockr.com is a great source for rooting etc (newbies are often pointed to that site)
Kuresu said:
Thanks a bunch Ddot.
Have you gotten your phone yet?
Did you root yours?
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Yep yep yep,... It was delivered last Friday,... I haven't put it down since!!!
Yeah I rooted mine,... Followed this guide,... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645253 ...Then installed the latest Modaco Custom ROM.
I decided not to play with the 2.1 ROMs as there were a few bugs reported.
The Modaco ROM is excellent, no complaints about the phone whatsoever. Now patiently waiting for an official 2.1 ROM.
If there's anything else you need to know, ask away, I've learnt a lot this past week, and if I cant help, there are plenty of others ready , willing and able.
P.S,... Apologies for the late reply, I didn't subscribe to the thread so wasn't notified of replies. I'll do it now though.
Peace
i've got a g1, which i love but i don't have tmobile service, instead verizon... plan to get a droid eris.
anyways i've done some research and read the faq's...
faq's say you can only achieve root if you have android 1.5 on your phone still and not 2.1
however... i've found it on other places it doesn't matter if you have 1.5 or 2.1 (if it's official), but that it matters on which version of HBOOT. anything below 1.49 is fine. am i correct in thinking this, or can someone explain what i need to look for in buying a phone. if i am correct, can someone please update the faq's. very confusing.
i appreciate it. i've been lurking this forum for awhile, but just decided to register.
Can someone please help me i have a rooted thunderbolt. I rooted it with the first method that came out. I havent messed with it much but im unable to flash any kind of roms or udate the radio so i thought unrooting it then rerooting it would allow me to flash roms, new radio i have the old software build radio etc. can some help me please my thunderbolt sucks ass right now i want the update software etc
whitetiger2429 said:
Can someone please help me i have a rooted thunderbolt. I rooted it with the first method that came out. I havent messed with it much but im unable to flash any kind of roms or udate the radio so i thought unrooting it then rerooting it would allow me to flash roms, new radio i have the old software build radio etc. can some help me please my thunderbolt sucks ass right now i want the update software etc
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This thread belongs in Q&A. The Development forum is for development of new roms, kernels and radios, and the discussion of these developments.
Also, the answer to your question is in this sticky at the top of this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423
How to restore to stock.
Look at the stickies of this section. If it was a snake it would have bit you.
People are gonna be mean to you : /
I just wasnt sure if that would work so i ask and i know ppl will be mean. I always make sure to ask before doing
1. belongs in Q & A
2. you do not need to unroot and re-root to flash new radios or roms or RUU's. If you are rooted...you can do whatever you want
3. Stickied in this forum just above your post are guides to both rooting and returning to stock.
Tons of ppl have already asked just take the time to read. Reading Sucks donkey balls but if you aren't willing to read then you aren't gonna be allowed to play this game.
YEA!!! and if you ask a question in the wrong section again, mean people will track you down and beat you! cause its easier to do that than just answer a question!
Not to be rude but don't you think if it didn't work it wouldn't be stickied?
I get to leave work in 20 minutes. Yay.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423
No ... Really
whitetiger2429 said:
Can someone please help me i have a rooted thunderbolt. I rooted it with the first method that came out. I havent messed with it much but im unable to flash any kind of roms or udate the radio so i thought unrooting it then rerooting it would allow me to flash roms, new radio i have the old software build radio etc. can some help me please my thunderbolt sucks ass right now i want the update software etc
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i found the same post in Q& A for the incredible so I was skeptical on the Tutorial linked but it worked ....
Please take this as me trying to be helpfull and keep the flames to matchstick proportions if I happened to miss someone else bringing this up previously...
I was poking around in the Shift forums in hopes that an exploiot had been found for me to root the wifes Shift and came across this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255474
These excellent people have found a way to downgrade H-boot and Android on the Shift to allow you to flash an earlier version that didnt include the locked bootloader which makes it possible to gain perm root.
I know our phones came locked, but could this be a possibilty for helping those who ended up with 1.5 H-boot to regain 1.4 and be able to use Revolutionary instead of HTC's method?
Geez I hope so, hopefully the exploit isn't specific to the evo shift
Unfortunately it doesn't work with the 1.15 hboot. With S-ON it not only checks the firmware version but the hboot version as well. We could modify the hboot version so it thinks that's the same but then you invalidate the signature on both the hboot and the PG86IMG zip.
Well, damn...was hoping...but damn. Worth a shot anyway.
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Ok, sorry about that.
Hi guys.
I am new to the HTC Flyer, and i kind of need some help going from Honeycomb back to Gingerbread.
I owned a few Htc devices but this S-ON, S-OFF thing is new to me.
I read everything i could find on the mater but i still got some questions and i do not want to proceed until i got all my questions sorted.
If anyone is willing to help i am going to ask.
Thank you.
Well mate, I think a good first step would be posting your questions?
Even if I'm not able to help, I'm sure others will jump in.
Ok.
Here i go.
I read a lot these past days so i now a few things but there are things i do not really get.
I have a HTC Flyer 32 Gb 3g version running Honeycomb OTA.Hboot version 1.11.0011
For downgrading from HC to GB i found 2 threads:
1. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307759 dated 17th October 2011
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19607833#post19607833 dated 23rd November 2011
I thought i try using the second since it does not involve HTC unlocking and for what i read warranty voiding.(correct me if i am wrong).
So the first step is downgrading to GB using the proper RUU.
My cidnum is cidnum: HTC__032 so i downloaded
RUU_Flyer_HTC_WWE_X.XX.405.X from the sticky thread with shipped roms.
Next i thought was running the RUU but i got some error :
Error 140:Bootloader version error.
And after this i am still on HC, at least did not brick anything(for now).
Sorry if i asked any stupid question, i am trying to learn about this.
Thank you.
Well, the first guide requires s-off. The second, aparently it was edited 3 hours ago with "Updating with new procedure" so maybe wait till that's done and see how that goes?
No hurry here
if you're S-ON you need the first procedure to downgrade from HC, you cannot downgrade from S-ON HC to GB without running the htc unlock.
So there is no other way, but to use HTC unlock.
Good to know.
Thank you.