Hello all! I had just gotten the update for my Droid DNA device yesterday and in my opinion, it's just, alright. Not something crazy for me. However, right after getting the update I had discovered an early access S-OFF method titled, revone. It is apart of this thread right here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314706 . Now, upon going through the tutorial I had of course ran into a problem and cannot report it over on that forum as I am new to this forum as a user with a new account, not a visitor as I had frequently visited this site before but now am a new user here and needed help asap. I have the sdk installed along with everything I need to use cmd and push that revone.dna file into my device. My phone IS NOT ROOTED and IS NOT UNLOCKED . This has been on my mind when I had recieved an access denied error for doing the command : ./revone.dna -P . The publisher of the thread that released this revone mod states, " fail to work everytime or in all cases or on different carrier ROMs - LET US KNOW if you get repeated failure on carrier variants". I plan on contacting them, but I just wanted to know if revone being in early access is causing this problem of not giving me access to S-OFF my DNA or if it is another issue. Thank you in advance!
YOu need to use rumrunner.us
lucky_strike33 said:
YOu need to use rumrunner.us
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I am familiar with rumrunner.us , but, if it is what I think it is, when looking it up on my web browser, I keep on getting a 404 error so I cannot access the site. Is it just me or are you experiencing it too? Even if it does work for me, what will I need to retrieve on that site?
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I am familiar with rumrunner.us , but, if it is what I think it is, when looking it up on my web browser, I keep on getting a 404 error so I cannot access the site. Is it just me or are you experiencing it too? Even if it does work for me, what will I need to retrieve on that site?
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The home page isn't fully loading for me for some reason, but the instruction and download pages work:
http://rumrunner.us/instructions/
http://rumrunner.us/downloads-2/
You want the HTC Droid DNA (dlx) zip from the Device Specific Downloads list
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The home page isn't fully loading for me for some reason, but the instruction and download pages work:
You want the HTC Droid DNA (dlx) zip from the Device Specific Downloads list
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Ok well thank you for the links I genuinely appreciate this but what exactly am I downloading here and what am I doing with the zip that I am retrieving? Just so I make sure I am on the same page as you so I don't make a mistake
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The home page isn't fully loading for me for some reason, but the instruction and download pages work:
You want the HTC Droid DNA (dlx) zip from the Device Specific Downloads list
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Ok so I did what you said and rumrunner ran through its process and then I realized followed by rum itself told me that my device was not detected as rooted. As I said in the first post, I'm not rooted. How will I do this if I'm not rooted?
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Ok so I did what you said and rumrunner ran through its process and then I realized followed by rum itself told me that my device was not detected as rooted. As I said in the first post, I'm not rooted. How will I do this if I'm not rooted?
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You don't need to be rooted to do this. The purpose of RumRunner is to S-Off your device, unlock the bootloader, and root it.
Make sure you have all the prerequisites and follow the instructions on the instructions page exactly. If you still need support I suggest posting in the rumrunner thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559232
In order to see S Off you need to reboot your phone and hold volume button down to go to the bootloader page. At the top of the screen will say if you are S Off or On.
detonation said:
You don't need to be rooted to do this. The purpose of RumRunner is to S-Off your device, unlock the bootloader, and root it.
Make sure you have all the prerequisites and follow the instructions on the instructions page exactly. If you still need support I suggest posting in the rumrunner thread
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Ok well I revisited the rumrunner website and I realized that I was using the HTC universal tool to attempt the S-OFF process and not the Device specific tool for my DNA device (dlx). Is that the reason why access was denied for me to S-OFF my device? Now I understand from you that the tool is supposed to root the device, but what confused me A LOT was the access denied error I got from the tool. Was it due to me using the HTC universal tool and not my device specific tool?
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Ok well I revisited the rumrunner website and I realized that I was using the HTC universal tool to attempt the S-OFF process and not the Device specific tool for my DNA device (dlx). Is that the reason why access was denied for me to S-OFF my device? Now I understand from you that the tool is supposed to root the device, but what confused me A LOT was the access denied error I got from the tool. Was it due to me using the HTC universal tool and not my device specific tool?
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Yes. The universal tool expects root access, and is followed by the disclaimer "Devices that cannot obtain normal root/bootloader unlock (e.g. Verizon HTC one) will still need to use the custom downloads specific to the device an mainver."
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Yes. The universal tool expects root access, and is followed by the disclaimer "Devices that cannot obtain normal root/bootloader unlock (e.g. Verizon HTC one) will still need to use the custom downloads specific to the device an mainver."
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I will give it a try tonight but thank you very much for clarifying this I was being careless yesterday and was not reading everything that the website stated in the downloads section.
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This is legitimately giving me chest pains. I don't have much time to finally figure this out. Please help me out here.
I got a Droid DNA today and I CANNOT get this thing to work. I'm using a Motorola cable (the phone didn't come with a USB). I've tried so many different tricks to get this to work but it refuses to complete the S-Off. It stops at the temproot. It says sleep in 10 secs and then says WTF am I doing.
Please give me any tips you can. Thank you.
Get in the Irc channel for the Droid dna or moonshine and contact beaups he will help you as he helped wrote moonshine so he knows it all.
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For what it's worth I gained S-off on my htc one, and I tried moonshine and revone. Ultimately I was successful with revone, but not after some trouble. What I found is that you have to have an htc sense rom. In addition you can do all of this in terminal command on your phone it's pretty easy. Just put the revone file in the sdcard - data - local - tmp folder and then follow instructions in the video. Here's a link...
Here's a youtube tut by qbking77
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4BWxtjaamM
Here's the htc dna revone thread as well by ieftm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314706
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For what it's worth I gained S-off on my htc one, and I tried moonshine and revone. Ultimately I was successful with revone, but not after some trouble. What I found is that you have to have an htc sense rom. In addition you can do all of this in terminal command on your phone it's pretty easy. Just put the revone file in the sdcard - data - local - tmp folder and then follow instructions in the video. Here's a link...
Here's a youtube tut by qbking77
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4BWxtjaamM
Here's the htc dna revone thread as well by ieftm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314706
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I'll need to try this when I get the chance later. Unfortunately the more technical the method, the less likely I am to succeed. Plus I'm not rooted so I dont know if terminal will work on my phone.
Uh oh. Ok I assumed you were rooted. I'm afraid this is part of your problem, in order to use these commands you need access to a root browser, which require root. I'll have to check to make to sure, but I think you need root to gain S-off. Stay tuned
You will need root in order to gain S-off. Here's some steps to get started:
1. HTCdev.com - you need to unlock the bootloader before you gain root. Htc will walk you right through. Just make an account real quick. ( Warning: This will wipe your device)
2. After Step 1 you can now gain root. This is the most updated recent root method that I could find at the moment.
http://www.howtorootphones.com/2013/07/root-htc-droid-dna.html
3. After step 2 download terminal emulator from the playstore.
4. Refer to the revone information I posted earlier in this thread.
Let me know if you have any questions
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Uh oh. Ok I assumed you were rooted. I'm afraid this is part of your problem, in order to use these commands you need access to a root browser, which require root. I'll have to check to make to sure, but I think you need root to gain S-off. Stay tuned
You will need root in order to gain S-off. Here's some steps to get started:
1. HTCdev.com - you need to unlock the bootloader before you gain root. Htc will walk you right through. Just make an account real quick. ( Warning: This will wipe your device)
2. After Step 1 you can now gain root. This is the most updated recent root method that I could find at the moment.
http://www.howtorootphones.com/2013/07/root-htc-droid-dna.html
3. After step 2 download terminal emulator from the playstore.
4. Refer to the revone information I posted earlier in this thread.
Let me know if you have any questions
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You don't need root to gain s off on the dna the only way to get root is to s off we are blocked on HTC Dev so moonshine or revone will work for you when you get it figured out. Did you try running moonshine in Linux 32 bit off of a flash drive that's how I got my soff
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Ahh okay I wasn't sure, thanks for clearing that up. I had a feeling the process was a bit different considering it's a Verizon device.
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This is legitimately giving me chest pains. I don't have much time to finally figure this out. Please help me out here.
I got a Droid DNA today and I CANNOT get this thing to work. I'm using a Motorola cable (the phone didn't come with a USB). I've tried so many different tricks to get this to work but it refuses to complete the S-Off. It stops at the temproot. It says sleep in 10 secs and then says WTF am I doing.
Please give me any tips you can. Thank you.
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Check out this xda thread it should help you get moonshine working.
If not contact beaups for some help in the Irc channel.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317774
[HOW TO] beaups Moonshine S-OFF exploit for linux/android noobs
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Hello guys,
I apologise if I have created a duplicate thread for this issue-but I HAVE looked everywhere to find a solution to this. I am not a 100% expert so please excuse me if I am being a time-wasting nerd.
However, in a few words, the problem I am having is:
I bought HTC DROID DNA (from the states-brand new) and I managed to unlock the bootloader (S-Off) using the info from these threads and for some really silly reason I decided and managed to relock it. Now it is showing ''Relocked'' and ''S-ON''.
I have tried everything I could find so far to unlock the bootloader (i.e. S-Off) (rumrunner,moonshine, traditional method(since I ve got the original unlock token)).
Can anyone please, please let me know how to S-Off as I would like to install a custom ROM since I can't get any updates in the UK-(which I don't see coming anytime soon anyway.)
Thanks very much.
Harry
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Hello guys,
I apologise if I have created a duplicate thread for this issue-but I HAVE looked everywhere to find a solution to this. I am not a 100% expert so please excuse me if I am being a time-wasting nerd.
However, in a few words, the problem I am having is:
I bought HTC DROID DNA (from the states-brand new) and I managed to unlock the bootloader (S-Off) using the info from these threads and for some really silly reason I decided and managed to relock it. Now it is showing ''Relocked'' and ''S-ON''.
I have tried everything I could find so far to unlock the bootloader (i.e. S-Off) (rumrunner,moonshine, traditional method(since I ve got the original unlock token)).
Can anyone please, please let me know how to S-Off as I would like to install a custom ROM since I can't get any updates in the UK-(which I don't see coming anytime soon anyway.)
Thanks very much.
Harry
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Why don't you look at the sticky at the top of the Q&A section. It is the same section you posted your question in!
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Why don't you look at the sticky at the top of the Q&A section. It is the same section you posted your question in!
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I have. I tried to do what it says there, i.e. CID shows 1111111 and then trying to flash the unlock token but it is not working, it says Error for some reason.
stifer said:
I have. I tried to do what it says there, i.e. CID shows 1111111 and then trying to flash the unlock token but it is not working, it says Error for some reason.
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tried firewater?
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tried firewater?
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Thanks, I have just tried that, but get stuck at ''su'' step. I 've looked it up and it says that you need some sort of temp root? which I don't understand what exactly it is. So still stuck.
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Thanks, I have just tried that, but get stuck at ''su'' step. I 've looked it up and it says that you need some sort of temp root? which I don't understand what exactly it is. So still stuck.
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it took 30 seconds to find the following using the search function:
Default [Guide] Firewater S-Off
Disclaimer
License: Firewater S-Off is the result of many hours of hard work by beaups and fuses. The firewater binaries you download may not be shared, rehosted, bat’d, integrated into a one-click, repackaged, hotlinked, or otherwise distributed or reused. The source code and methods in firewater are closed and private.
Temproot is a hack-up build of android_run_root_shell which appears to be a work of hikezoe and fi01. Original source can be downloaded HERE, our modified mess will be made available on this website soon.
This software is provided free of charge for personal non-commercial use. For commercial use or redistribution a WRITTEN agreement with the authors is required.
Support: support for firewater s-off is available at #firewater on the freenode and andirc networks. Please make sure you meet all of the requirements before contacting support.
Official website: http://firewater-soff.com/
Welcome to Firewater
What firewater can do for you:
S-Off your HTC device
Unlock yout bootloader
There are two methods which can be used to achieve S-Off:
Method n.1: to be used with and HTCDev unlocked/rooted device;
Method n.2: temp-root method, to be used if you don't want to unlock your device through HTCDev (it may not work with all devices);
Prerequisites
Working adb on your PC (Windows, Linux, OSX, etc. are all supported);
HTC drivers installed and working
HTC sync removed (not closed - REMOVED)
All other phone software removed or disabled (Samsung Kies, PDANet, etc.)
A working internet connection on your device (Wifi, 3G, 4G, etc. are all supported). There is no way around this requirement, don’t ask;
USB debugging enabled on your device;
Your device must be HTCDEV unlocked/rooted or have a working temproot. A temproot that works with many modern (not all) HTC devices is provided below;
Do not attempt to run firewater from a terminal emulator on your device. You MUST use adb along with a PC;
A supported device. Firewater *should* work with most modern QUALCOMM based HTC devices, including (but not limited to) the HTC One, HTC Droid DNA, HTC One S, HTC One Max and many others.
Instructions: method n.1 (normal, rooted device method)
Once you confirm you meet the above pre-requisites, it’s time to get started.
Ensure device is booted to android with usb debugging enabled
USB 2.0 ports are preferred. You should not be connected using any hubs which may cause connectivity issues;
Ensure that lock screen security is disabled on your device (no passcode lock, no pattern lock, no face lock);
Download Firewater Search the download from the official site;
Push, prepare and execute Firewater:
Code:
adb reboot (<--- important!!!!)
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater
/data/local/tmp/firewater
Agree to the terms and conditions you are prompted with;
Allow the exploit to do its work;
Profit.
Instructions: method n.2 (temp-root method)
This method may allow firewater to work on a fully stock/HTCDev locked device. This method is being provided as a convenience. Do NOT seek support if this temproot does not work for you.
Ensure device is booted to android with usb debugging enabled.
USB 2.0 ports are preferred. You should not be connected using any hubs which may cause connectivity issues;
Ensure that lock screen security is disabled on your device (no passcode lock, no pattern lock, no face lock);
Download firewater Search the download from the official site;
Download temproot Search the download from the official site;
Push, prepare and execute temproot and Firewater:
Code:
adb reboot (<--- important!!!!)
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
adb push temproot /data/local/tmp
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/temproot
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater
/data/local/tmp/temproot
/data/local/tmp/firewater
Agree to the terms and conditions you are prompted with;
Allow the exploit to do its work;
Profit.
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Donate to me (if you appreciate the guide; thank you!)
Thanks for that. I did try that, and now it says '' Tampered'' and ''Relocked'' and ''S-ON''. I don't understand why this is happening.
I had a similar issue. To resolve, I used the PC to RUU back to stock then started over with firewater.
Good luck.
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I had a similar issue. To resolve, I used the PC to RUU back to stock then started over with firewater.
Good luck.
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Thanks again for your reply. I tried that just now. Still showing tampered, relocked and s-on. This is unbelievable. I don't think I 'll ever be able to unlock this bootloader and I don't know why!c
stifer said:
Thanks again for your reply. I tried that just now. Still showing tampered, relocked and s-on. This is unbelievable. I don't think I 'll ever be able to unlock this bootloader and I don't know why!c
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Did you use the unlock bin from HTC?
Icyman said:
Did you use the unlock bin from HTC?
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The first time I unlocked it which was almost a year ago I used the unlock key, tried the same two weeks ago but did not succeed. I hope this is the answer to what you asked me. (sorry if I misunderstood- I am not an expert)
thanks very much Icyman
stifer said:
The first time I unlocked it which was almost a year ago I used the unlock key, tried the same two weeks ago but did not succeed. I hope this is the answer to what you asked me. (sorry if I misunderstood- I am not an expert)
thanks very much Icyman
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You need to use the same bin file after ruu.
But I think firewater should work too.
I used firewater on 4 phones. I only had problems when I missed a step. Try again from the beginning. From stock after ruu.
Icyman said:
You need to use the same bin file after ruu.
But I think firewater should work too.
I used firewater on 4 phones. I only had problems when I missed a step. Try again from the beginning. From stock after ruu.
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Hi Icyman, That is what I did, I flashed the original RUU and then deactivated fast reboot, enabled debug. mode, installed weaksauce-1.01 and finally went ahead with firewater. (device always hungs with firewater in the end and I have to hold the power button down for 60s as it says-not sure if that makes a difference)
Will try again as you suggest though.
I really appreciate your help. Thanks very much.
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Hi Icyman, That is what I did, I flashed the original RUU and then deactivated fast reboot, enabled debug. mode, installed weaksauce-1.01 and finally went ahead with firewater. (device always hungs with firewater in the end and I have to hold the power button down for 60s as it says-not sure if that makes a difference)
Will try again as you suggest though.
I really appreciate your help. Thanks very much.
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I never used weaksauce on DNA. Maybe that's the problem.
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I never used weaksauce on DNA. Maybe that's the problem.
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That's the only way I can apply temproot and then firewater, I can't find the original temproot file anywhere and I thought that weaksauce is the updated version of the temproot file. If you could send me the temproot file somehow that would be great,-just to see if it could work...
Any further advice guys? Please?!!! I've got this phone but the outdated software makes it useless.
my phone info is in the screenshots below. I was curious as to how to root my Droid DNA, but in order to do that I believe you're supposed to unlock the bootloader, which I haven't the slightest idea to do. Afterwards I plan on installing a stock 4.4 KitKat ROM. Help with rooting/unlocking bootloader?
There is a thread titled "am I too late to root" in general. Take a look there.
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with the time it took to write your message why don't you just suggest a program. Try Rumrunner works very well
mulhiny said:
There is a thread titled "am I too late to root" in general. Take a look there.
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riorancho said:
with the time it took to write your message why don't you just suggest a program. Try Rumrunner works very well
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Rumrunner works well. http://rumrunner.us/downloads-2/ the 306 version will work. At that point, if you want the 4.4.2 ota you can accept it as long as you have a stock recovery. You will still have unlocked bootloader and s-off after it installs. Then you can flash a custom recovery (I think TWRP is what causes less problems now), and whatever rom you prefer
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with the time it took to write your message why don't you just suggest a program. Try Rumrunner works very well
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Because in that thread I wrote an entire step by step for someone else.
For someone that had no idea how to root, I thought that would be easier than simply suggesting a program.
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I used weaksauce alongside firewater, that step by step guide that was linked to is amazing!
I recently got a HTC Droid DNA on Verizon and it's been stressful getting to the point where I can install custom ROMs from stock. More so than on any of the previous HTC devices I've owned. I've had to glean information from different sources very carefully to achieve this since the majority of the guides out there are outdated, misleading and even brick-bait. This guide is meant to help the recent converts to the Droid DNA go through this process smoothly and safely.
If you follow instructions TO THE LETTER and CAREFULLY and meet ALL the prerequisites for every resource on this post you should have not problems.
Credit goes to the owners and developers of all the resources following most notably beaups, fuses, WindyCityRockr and jcase. These guys have made our device much more powerful and fun to use. None of it is mine. I am neither a dev nor a coder. I just know how to type in basic, decent English
As usual, following this guide is voluntary. You are responsible for your bricked device. Turn on your brain before your proceed. Your warranty will be voided. I suggest you read through the ENTIRE guide and follow the links to all the resources listed before you actually attempt this. If at any point in any of the guides you realize you do not have or have not downloaded any of the resources listed, make sure your get EVERYTHING you need before you proceed. Your best bet is to have a working connection on both your device and computer while you do this.You will need ADB setup and running properly. Pay close attention and note when you have to change a file name and WHERE you need to put the file on your computer before every step.
If that scared you, read no further. Thank you for stopping by.
If any of that excited you, welcome. Proceed.
1. Make sure you actually own a HTC Droid DNA from Verizon Wireless. Not a clone or a lookalike or a butterfly. Make sure ADB is intalled and setup properly on your computer.
2. Start by following (STEP BY STEP AND OMITTING NOTHING. NOTE THE PREREQUISITES) Beaups guide to achieving S-Off using firewater here http://firewater-soff.com/ I followed the guide to gain temproot FIRST and after that followed the steps that apply to a rooted device. I'm not sure it says this in the guide but make sure you copy the temproot and firewater files to your ADB folder immediately after you download them. This guide allows you unlock your bootloader WITHOUT HTC Dev
3. Follow Phaded's guide to installing a custom recovery from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318159
You can get TWRP's latest recovery image here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/dlx Once again, omit nothing. Meet all the requirement before you do a single thing. Download every file and check the MD5 before your proceed. I renamed the TWRP recovery image to "recovery.img" since that is easier to type in a command line and copied the image file to the ADB folder on my computer.
If you have followed every instruction to the letter, you should have S-Off, an unlocked bootloader, root, custom revocery and SU.
4. If you like, you can download the WinDroid Universal HTC Toolkit, select your phone type, wait for it to download the appropriate binaries, confirm that it recognizes your device in ADB and fastboot modes and you can use it to perform various operations including update your recovery, issue ADB and fastboot commands and flash a new ROM. You can find that here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437614
5. Find a ROM of your choice and flash to your heart's content :victory:
Congratulations.
Once again, I take no credit. All I wanted to do was consolidate information that was scattered in different sources to make this easier. Hope this helps someone out there.
I'm pretty sure I've seen this method a few days ago but you made it a bit easier for me (because spanish is my main language).
I can't wait to get my droid dna. This will be my first htc device so I'm going try this method. Thanks a lot!
i don't see anything related to bootloader unlock... am i missing it?
sidgallup said:
i don't see anything related to bootloader unlock... am i missing it?
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Firewater takes care of that.
I share your frustrations. I'm going through that now, because only now have i decided to root my phone after almost 2 years of having the phone.
I must ask, would these instructions work with the latest OTA?
Yes, they should. Make sure you use the latest version of Firewater though. Once Firewater does it's thing, you're basically home free.
I can't get firewater to run on my insurance replacement. I tried all the methods on firewater's page.
After running the last command it doesn't bring up any prompt like step 5 says
okeydokeydeelio said:
I can't get firewater to run on my insurance replacement. I tried all the methods on firewater's page.
After running the last command it doesn't bring up any prompt like step 5 says
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Are you on 4.09.605.5? That one has the anti firewater patch. Try sunshine. It may work. theroot.ninja
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No it's on 4.09.605.1
I can get limited root access with weaksauce but in cmd I can't get anywhere like I could on the old firmware
okeydokeydeelio
Have you tried Sunshine?
okeydokeydeelio said:
I can't get firewater to run on my insurance replacement. I tried all the methods on firewater's page.
After running the last command it doesn't bring up any prompt like step 5 says
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I had the same issue on Windows. I tried numerous Windows machines and had the same issue as you. But once I got home and plugged into my linux box, I was s-off and unlocked within minutes. Try a Linux system instead of Windows. And make sure you are S-ON or firewater will not do anything.
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I had the same issue on Windows. I tried numerous Windows machines and had the same issue as you. But once I got home and plugged into my linux box, I was s-off and unlocked within minutes. Try a Linux system instead of Windows. And make sure you are S-ON or firewater will not do anything.
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It's a refurb so it is s-on I'll try booting into linux and trying firewater. If that doesn't work I'll pay for sunshine
okeydokeydeelio said:
It's a refurb so it is s-on I'll try booting into linux and trying firewater. If that doesn't work I'll pay for sunshine
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On a stock 4.09.605.1 using Windows 7, I was able to use firewater by following the instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742127 . To address any problems that may arise, read the entire thread.
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On a stock 4.09.605.1 using Windows 7, I was able to use firewater by following the instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742127 . To address any problems that may arise, read the entire thread.
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I will have wait and see if anyone can crack the latest update. My daughter had my phone the other day and brought it to me because it rebooted. She allowed it to update not knowing I didn't want to let it
Hi friends,
I came across a vanilla htc thunderbolt of a friend that he asked me to root. However I'm now stuck on the revolutionary asking me the beta key which I can't provide as revolutionary site is down.
Do you think there's any other permanent s-off and boot loader unlock method?
Thanks.
[email protected] said:
Hi friends,
I came across a vanilla htc thunderbolt of a friend that he asked me to root. However I'm now stuck on the revolutionary asking me the beta key which I can't provide as revolutionary site is down.
Do you think there's any other permanent s-off and boot loader unlock method?
Thanks.
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I wouldn't trust any other method other than revolutionary. I still have my thunderbolt but I doubt I still have the file for revolutionary
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I have the revolutionary executable but it's useless without the key that has to be generated from the revolutionary.io website that is down.
[email protected] said:
I have the revolutionary executable but it's useless without the key that has to be generated from the revolutionary.io website that is down.
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Its been a loooong time since I used revolutionary. I don't remember much
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[email protected] said:
I have the revolutionary executable but it's useless without the key that has to be generated from the revolutionary.io website that is down.
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You are correct... The executable is useless without the key... Look here:
www.thunderboltforums.com/forum/htc...how-gain-root-s-off-after-taking-ics-ota.html
Many fellow users unlocked and rooted that way, it's a pain, but does work well.
quickdraw86 said:
You are correct... The executable is useless without the key... Look here:
www.thunderboltforums.com/forum/htc...how-gain-root-s-off-after-taking-ics-ota.html
Many fellow users unlocked and rooted that way, it's a pain, but does work well.
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Thanks for chiming in man, it's been a very long time since I used the tool.
Sent from my Nexus 5
quickdraw86 said:
You are correct... The executable is useless without the key... Look here:
www.thunderboltforums.com/forum/htc...how-gain-root-s-off-after-taking-ics-ota.html
Many fellow users unlocked and rooted that way, it's a pain, but does work well.
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Thanks for your reply but I suppose that guide also won't be help because the ALL in One tool depends on Revolutionary for doing the main thing. I feel the purpose of that guide is to be able to run revolutionary because in the ICS revolutionary exploits are patched. It still needs revolutionary though for s-off thing.
Following is an extract from the steps...
27. Download this ROM This is the .19 ROM from the All IN One Tool. Thanks to [email protected]
28. Place it in the Root of your SD Card and install in hboot (like a radio).
It will install the radio's first then it will reboot by itself and install the rest.
If all goes well you will be on .19 ROM and back to Normal.
Go to the All-In-One Tool and let it do it's thing.
First of all I don't know where to download the .19 ROM, the link is dead, do you have it?
Second, All in One tool in step 28 requires Revolutionary?
Is my understanding wrong or is there something else?
[email protected] said:
Thanks for your reply but I suppose that guide also won't be help because the ALL in One tool depends on Revolutionary for doing the main thing. I feel the purpose of that guide is to be able to run revolutionary because in the ICS revolutionary exploits are patched. It still needs revolutionary though for s-off thing.
Following is an extract from the steps...
27. Download this ROM This is the .19 ROM from the All IN One Tool. Thanks to [email protected]
28. Place it in the Root of your SD Card and install in hboot (like a radio).
It will install the radio's first then it will reboot by itself and install the rest.
If all goes well you will be on .19 ROM and back to Normal.
Go to the All-In-One Tool and let it do it's thing.
First of all I don't know where to download the .19 ROM, the link is dead, do you have it?
Second, All in One tool in step 28 requires Revolutionary?
Is my understanding wrong or is there something else?
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It took a small amount of searching but I think I found the roms. I remember using santods deoxed ICS rom way back when. The links are dead for goo.im but they may not be dead for other places. Did you unlock the bootloader and root the device?
And I was indeed correct. Santods uploads still exist at AFH(android file host). Just verified this via the infected rom website. If you need help getting the files for the rom let me know or post here
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I found the files, thanks.
However can you confirm my understanding regarding the all in one tool dependency on revolutionary. If that is correct then I can't Complete the main step that performs s-off.
What about the old psneuter/wpthis method? Do I have to be on a specific rom version for that method?
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I found the files, thanks.
However can you confirm my understanding regarding the all in one tool dependency on revolutionary. If that is correct then I can't Complete the main step that performs s-off.
What about the old psneuter/wpthis method? Do I have to be on a specific rom version for that method?
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Only used the revolutionary method myself. Unfortunately I can't confirm the other method
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Good news guys -- although it seemed that all hope to ever use revolutionary again was gone, I was able to get to it and generate a beta key. It seems that the site is still up, and it is just the domain name that expired. So if you open the hosts file on your windows machine (located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, and also be sure to run Notepad as administrator in order to edit it), just add this line there:
176.9.40.155 revolutionary.io
... and the site will come up and function as normal.
yasvintus said:
Good news guys -- although it seemed that all hope to ever use revolutionary again was gone, I was able to get to it and generate a beta key. It seems that the site is still up, and it is just the domain name that expired. So if you open the hosts file on your windows machine (located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, and also be sure to run Notepad as administrator in order to edit it), just add this line there:
176.9.40.155 revolutionary.io
... and the site will come up and function as normal.
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I'll be glad to post a link to the revolutionary file if you'd like as I have an AFS(android file host) account.
Sent from my Nexus 5
yasvintus said:
Good news guys -- although it seemed that all hope to ever use revolutionary again was gone, I was able to get to it and generate a beta key. It seems that the site is still up, and it is just the domain name that expired. So if you open the hosts file on your windows machine (located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, and also be sure to run Notepad as administrator in order to edit it), just add this line there:
176.9.40.155 revolutionary.io
... and the site will come up and function as normal.
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Thx very much for the hint...
you are incredible!
yasvintus said:
Good news guys -- although it seemed that all hope to ever use revolutionary again was gone, I was able to get to it and generate a beta key. It seems that the site is still up, and it is just the domain name that expired. So if you open the hosts file on your windows machine (located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, and also be sure to run Notepad as administrator in order to edit it), just add this line there:
176.9.40.155 revolutionary.io
... and the site will come up and function as normal.
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Oh my God! You are a life saver!! HAHAHA Thanks a lot.
yasvintus said:
Good news guys -- although it seemed that all hope to ever use revolutionary again was gone, I was able to get to it and generate a beta key. It seems that the site is still up, and it is just the domain name that expired. So if you open the hosts file on your windows machine (located at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc, and also be sure to run Notepad as administrator in order to edit it), just add this line there:
176.9.40.155 revolutionary.io
... and the site will come up and function as normal.
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Im trying to root my backup HTC Desire S. Im able to reach the site with your trick, but is the download zip gone? I cant see a zipfile on the page.
Iniesta89 said:
Im trying to root my backup HTC Desire S. Im able to reach the site with your trick, but is the download zip gone? I cant see a zipfile on the page.
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With the trick in place, this link should work: http://revolutionary.io/revolutionary-0.4pre4.zip
yasvintus said:
With the trick in place, this link should work: http://revolutionary.io/revolutionary-0.4pre4.zip
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Unfortunately, 404 error. The zip file probably deleted from the site
I can only seem to find the Alpharev file.
Iniesta89 said:
Unfortunately, 404 error. The zip file probably deleted from the site
I can only seem to find the Alpharev file.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20150109021311/http://revolutionary.io/revolutionary-0.4pre4.zip
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http://web.archive.org/web/20150109021311/http://revolutionary.io/revolutionary-0.4pre4.zip
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I need a beta key. So only the zip wont work im afraid. Thanks for the help though
I can't get the hosts file trick to work, I just end up at alpharev and really need a beta key. Is there anyone that can help me get onto the revolutionary.io site? Please?
Thanks.