Hi folks,
I have a stock phone and I'd like to root it mainly for getting wifi tethering to work. Don't really care about any different roms. Any quick links to what I have to do to have the phone act as a hot spot for my iPad?
Please forgive me if this question wasn't appropriate here.
Crodley
Verizon or Sprint?
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Root Your HTC One Max
Crodley said:
Hi folks,
I have a stock phone and I'd like to root it mainly for getting wifi tethering to work. Don't really care about any different roms. Any quick links to what I have to do to have the phone act as a hot spot for my iPad?
Please forgive me if this question wasn't appropriate here.
Crodley
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If your One Max is on Sprint then you can easily unlock bootloader through HTCDev. Then you can Install TWRP 2.6 and use it to flash superSU 1.91 (Google). You will then be rooted and ready to rock and roll. You can follow this Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpj6dEMn9dw for procedure if you're unfamiliar. The vid tutorial is for the HTC One but is the same procedure for One Max. You will need to download adb and fastboot (and appropriate drivers if you are using a windows machine). No drivers are needed if you are using a mac or linux box. You can get the necessary files from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. Download the appropriate ADT bundle for your platform.
Windows drivers SHOULD be installed by default the 1st time you plug in your phone. They are however installed along with HTC Sync which can cause you connection problems. I would recommend NOT installing HTC Sync as you would most likely have to uninstall it later in order to get these procedures to work. Instead try this link for HTC Drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2089508. Make sure drivers are properly installed BEFORE you plug in your phone. Windows can be a PITA so be sure you can disable antivirus, firewall, and any other running processes that may impede your ability to achieve and maintain a solid connection to your device.
You will also need to enable USB Debugging on your One Max. To enable USB Debugging you need to go to Settings > About > Software Information > More > Build number - tap Build number 7 times to enable developer mode. After you get the window saying "developer mode has been enabled" go back to the main menu in Settings and you'll see you now have "Developer Options" added. In there you will have the ability to enable USB Debugging
Create a folder for ALL your development files that you can easily CD your command prompt to. (Ex. "C:/onemax" for windows or "desktop/onemax" mac/linux) Follow video.
If you are using a Verizon One Max, you will be unable to unlock your bootloader through HTCDev. In this case you will need to S-Off your device you can follow this guide if your Hboot is 2.46 or lower: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473644. If your Hboot is 2.47, rumrunner will not work for you. You will need to consult the firewater guide instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2632385. Once you are S-OFF, you can pretty much do anything you want on your One Max. FYI Hboot is HTC's bootloader. You can find out your version by 1. going into Settings > Power - then untick Fast Boot option. 2. shutting down your phone, then 3. hold the volume - key down firmly, then hold down power button until your device boots into the bootloader. Hboot version will be shown at the top of your screen.
Spend a little time familiarizing yourself with whichever procedure you require. Quadruple check you are using the CORRECT FILES for your One Max. You will need a properly working development environment regardless of which procedure you will follow, so set it up first!
Here's hoping you have a Sprint One Max and a Mac LOL Seeings how you only need a simple root!
Good luck!
neodiver said:
If your One Max is on Sprint then you can easily unlock bootloader through HTCDev. Then you can Install TWRP 2.6 and use it to flash superSU 1.91 (Google). You will then be rooted and ready to rock and roll. You can follow this Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpj6dEMn9dw for procedure if you're unfamiliar. The vid tutorial is for the HTC One but is the same procedure for One Max. You will need to download adb and fastboot (and appropriate drivers if you are using a windows machine). No drivers are needed if you are using a mac or linux box. You can get the necessary files from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. Download the appropriate ADT bundle for your platform!
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Yup Sprint, and Windows. Thanks for the replies everyone! I'll attempt this tomorrow.
Crodley said:
Yup Sprint, and Windows. Thanks for the replies everyone! I'll attempt this tomorrow.
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Well, when I said tomorrow, I meant a month instead.
I checked out the guide Neodiver suggested, and while it was nice, it still had me a bit confused on some of the things. After lots and lots of reading, I started down this path:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550559
And it worked well, up until between step "F" and step "G" copied here:
f. Boot back into the bootloader, and make sure you're in fastboot. Issue the command fastboot flash boot boot.img. If all is well, the unsecure kernel is now on your phone! Now delete the boot.img from that directory (It'll mess with rumrunner).
g. Unzip the rumrunner contents into the adb/fastboot directory and run the soju.exe. Follow the prompt. If all goes well, you should now have an SOFF television in your hand
It DID flash the boot.img fine, but when I tried to run soju.exe and read the disclaimer it said to make sure the adb saw my device, and sure enough, it does not anymore. ADB WILL see my device when I simply boot up normally, but when I boot to the fastboot usb screen, it no longer sees it.
I'm going to bed and toss and turn with dreams of my phone chasing me down hallways, I'll check for any advice when I wake up.
Again, to be clear, my phone boots fine, all features seem to work and I did all steps up until running rumrunner, at which point in fastboot usb mode, adb won't see my device.
Night, and thanks in advance!
Crodley said:
Well, when I said tomorrow, I meant a month instead.
I checked out the guide Neodiver suggested, and while it was nice, it still had me a bit confused on some of the things. After lots and lots of reading, I started down this path:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550559
And it worked well, up until between step "F" and step "G" copied here:
f. Boot back into the bootloader, and make sure you're in fastboot. Issue the command fastboot flash boot boot.img. If all is well, the unsecure kernel is now on your phone! Now delete the boot.img from that directory (It'll mess with rumrunner).
g. Unzip the rumrunner contents into the adb/fastboot directory and run the soju.exe. Follow the prompt. If all goes well, you should now have an SOFF television in your hand
It DID flash the boot.img fine, but when I tried to run soju.exe and read the disclaimer it said to make sure the adb saw my device, and sure enough, it does not anymore. ADB WILL see my device when I simply boot up normally, but when I boot to the fastboot usb screen, it no longer sees it.
I'm going to bed and toss and turn with dreams of my phone chasing me down hallways, I'll check for any advice when I wake up.
Again, to be clear, my phone boots fine, all features seem to work and I did all steps up until running rumrunner, at which point in fastboot usb mode, adb won't see my device.
Night, and thanks in advance!
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I believe you start soju while the phone is booted fully up. With adb enabled. Not at fastboot mode.
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dottat said:
I believe you start soju while the phone is booted fully up. With adb enabled. Not at fastboot mode.
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Yup, that was the one. Funny waiting messages on the Rumrunner program. :good:
Got Sff now!
Thanks to ALL!
Especially Neodiver with the great response with links to everything!
Oh and btw, any particular wifi hotspot app you folks recommend?
Related
Tried out both these sets of instructions:
http://androidadvices.com/root-motorola-atrix-4g-45141-gingerbread-236-firmware/2/
http://www.androidauthority.com/atrix-4g-android-2-3-6-firmware-4-5-141-root-63533/
None of them since I can't even get past step one with the command lines. The command prompt won't recognize either saying "[name] is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file.
When I rooted while I was using 2.3.4, I had no issues doing it manually this way. I'm at my wits end. Don't know if it's a problem on my end or just the result of Motorola intentionally trying to make it hard to root and unlock this phone(apparently rooting also voids the warranty with them).
http://www.android-advice.com/2012/root-the-motorola-atrix-4g-running-4-5-141/
Thanks. Those are the same instructions in the first link though. Anyways. I managed to get past the first step by simply going to the folder and holding down shift and right clicking to get the command prompt to open the file from that location. Don't know why it wouldn't work the other way. After that I entered
moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img
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Now it's just stuck saying < waiting for device > which could mean it's a problem with the drivers. I did install the usb drivers from here:
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Don't know if there's a step I'm missing from that or if I have to do something manually form there since I went into the device manager and my computer couldn't detect anything for them so I assume they're up to date. Let me know if you if you need me to be more specific about something.
octahedron said:
Thanks. Those are the same instructions in the first link though. Anyways. I managed to get past the first step by simply going to the folder and holding down shift and right clicking to get the command prompt to open the file from that location. Don't know why it wouldn't work the other way. After that I entered
Now it's just stuck saying < waiting for device > which could mean it's a problem with the drivers. I did install the usb drivers from here:
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
Don't know if there's a step I'm missing from that or if I have to do something manually form there since I went into the device manager and my computer couldn't detect anything for them so I assume they're up to date. Let me know if you if you need me to be more specific about something.
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Did you try just fastboot instead of moto-fastboot? I had to use fastboot the other day and that held me up. But if its waiting for devices then it possibly is a driver issue. Im on the xda app so going to the link you provided wont work for me. Trying uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers.
Yeah I just did fastboot. Didn't even know if there was a moto-fastboot. How do I uninstall the drivers? I went through my applications but couldn't find them on my computer.
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Yeah I just did fastboot. Didn't even know if there was a moto-fastboot. How do I uninstall the drivers? I went through my applications but couldn't find them on my computer.
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Go to device management of the computer and under usb should be your phone (when plugged in). If you aren't seeing it, then the drivers didn't install correctly. I can't remember where I got my drivers from to point you in the direction for that.
Alright thanks so far. It says the drivers aren't installed when I look them up in the manager. Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but if you could post the link when you get the chance then that would be helpful.
Just to clarify the one I'm referring to is "Motorola ADB Interface". "MB860" has everything current on it.
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Alright thanks so far. It says the drivers aren't installed when I look them up in the manager. Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but if you could post the link when you get the chance then that would be helpful.
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When I get on my computer, ill see if I still have all the drivers that I dl. If so will ul to dropbox and post.
Ok this is what I have. Don't know what is what so included what I've got.
http://db.tt/jKixEKQL
http://db.tt/QmpO0ZUx
http://db.tt/CEu1k5q5
The description will pop up with each download. Hope it helps.
Thanks for the help!
I went back to an old bookmark I had when I rooted with 2.3.4 and found drivers. For some reason the motohelper link in my second post in this topic was not helpful. Here's a link for future reference in case anyone needs it:
http://db.tt/XHjBBnGh
I got my phone rooted again and now that I know that works I'll probably go ahead and try unlocking my bootloader to install cm7
Just as title states...got a replacement from asurion, have done this about half a dozen times now with no problem, but now it stalls on "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" and just says waiting for device.
Have rebooted sevral times, checked to make sure proper files in android folder, etc.
Installed global RUU before trying to unlock...Phone is showing s-on RL
Any ideas?
What OS are you on? If you're on XP/Vista/7, download HTC Sync and install it.
If you're on Windows 8:
1. Open the charm bar (Windows+C), click Settings, click Change PC Settings, click General, and under Advanced Startup click "Restart Now"
2. Click troubleshoot, advanced, startup settings, restart
3. Your computer will shut off and when it turns back on you'll get a blue screen with a bunch of options. Choose "7) Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"
4. Follow these instructions: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install but skip steps 2.1 and 3
Extra steps on Windows 8 are required because HTC's drivers don't work with Windows 8 and the modified drivers that do work aren't signed so Windows will refuse to install them
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What OS are you on? If you're on XP/Vista/7, download HTC Sync and install it.
If you're on Windows 8:
1. Open the charm bar (Windows+C), click Settings, click Change PC Settings, click General, and under Advanced Startup click "Restart Now"
2. Click troubleshoot, advanced, startup settings, restart
3. Your computer will shut off and when it turns back on you'll get a blue screen with a bunch of options. Choose "7) Disable Driver Signature Enforcement"
4. Follow these instructions: http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install but skip steps 2.1 and 3
Extra steps on Windows 8 are required because HTC's drivers don't work with Windows 8 and the modified drivers that do work aren't signed so Windows will refuse to install them
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I'm on Win 7 64bit...have tried with and without Sync using only HTC drivers. Jury seems to be out on whether sync should be used or not based on what I read. Dev site says download it, users say you only need the drivers from the package and NOT to have sync active, hence I have tried both ways.
True you only need drivers, but having Sync up doesn't hurt anything. Boot up your device, go to the Developer settings and enable ADB. On your computer, cd to your adb folder and execute "adb devices" and see if it lists a device.
How long should the server take to email the bin file?
Win7 Sp1 amd64, ICS 4.0.3 bootloader.
I got the token and put it in htcdev.com
the server said it was emailing me the
unlock code, I remember the last time
not having to wait long. HTC's tech
support they are unable to tell me how long
the server is expected to take to respond.
thanks
fuzzynco said:
Win7 Sp1 amd64, ICS 4.0.3 bootloader.
I got the token and put it in htcdev.com
the server said it was emailing me the
unlock code, I remember the last time
not having to wait long. HTC's tech
support they are unable to tell me how long
the server is expected to take to respond.
thanks
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When I unlocked mine, it took only a minute or less. have you checked your spam folder? If you still haven't gotten it, use a different email provider.
seems it took a while but i did get it.
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True you only need drivers, but having Sync up doesn't hurt anything. Boot up your device, go to the Developer settings and enable ADB. On your computer, cd to your adb folder and execute "adb devices" and see if it lists a device.
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I wish I could exain why, but using adb out of the root sdk platform...folder allowed it to work as it always has. CDing to self made c:/android folder with adb, and fastboot etc placed in it does not work anymore. Strange since the only thing that changed since last time I did it is the phone.
hovercraftdriver said:
I wish I could exain why, but using adb out of the root sdk platform...folder allowed it to work as it always has. CDing to self made c:/android folder with adb, and fastboot etc placed in it does not work anymore. Strange since the only thing that changed since last time I did it is the phone.
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Did you get a new unlock token? Those things are device specific. New phone = new token. Not positive that's the problem. But if adb works the that's my best guess
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GetRipped said:
Did you get a new unlock token? Those things are device specific. New phone = new token. Not positive that's the problem. But if adb works the that's my best guess
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+1 if you got a new rezound, you can not use the token again--delete the old one and get a new one from HTCdev
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Dear All,
I am a newbie on this so please bear with me. I did take the time out to read up on some of the basics before I posted this but I am not familiar with most of the acronyms.
I bought a HTC One X+ with no power button. The seller claimed he bought the phone as is and didnt know if the phone worked or not.
When I received it, I placed a power button and put it on charge. Within minutes the phone loaded with the 3 logo (UK) but to the bootloader screen. I tried all the various options from Hboot, Restart, Restart with Bootloader and Power Down. When I choose HBoot, I get the following error:
sd checking....
Failed to open USB master mode
(preload) Failed to open USB master mode
loading image....
Failed to open USB master mode
Plug off device.
When I try to power down, it simply restarts. When I choose Recovery, nothing works. I just keep coming back to the bootloader screen no matter what I do.
I read the following thread but I didnt understand some of it, eg RUU. I assume this is the type of ROM that is flashed to the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1940194
I have tried connecting phone to the laptop to see if I can see the drive in windows explorer. Laptop recognises the HTC phone in System Device (loaded HTC Sync Manager from HTC website) but it wont recognise the phone's drive. When I try to use the CMD box, i get same issue. It cannot find the phone's storage, therefore I cannot write anything to the phone.
It seems like whoever tried to flash this phone which is on the 3 network made a hash of it, as from reading the above thread, it looks like 3 networked HTC One X cannot be unlocked.
Therefore is it possible to get this phone back to working mode as it was, given the issues I am having.
Any help will be mightily appreciated! :good:
Thanks
Shanni
you got those "errors" because you have the usb cable plugged in too soon.
Lloir said:
you got those "errors" because you have the usb cable plugged in too soon.
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I have tried it with cable in early and late. It is the same issue
I just realised it is NOT on the 3 network, that is my HTC One X! Cant believe I got that mixed up!
Actually I dont know what network this is on as I cant get out of bootloader!
I have been informed by a friend that the phone needs to be s-off before it can be flashed. How can I do this?
this device DOES NOT need s-off so your friend is talking out of his ass,
the guide to flash ruu's is in the general section
also there is NO WAY to s-off the X+
Lloir said:
this device DOES NOT need s-off so your friend is talking out of his ass,
the guide to flash ruu's is in the general section
also there is NO WAY to s-off the X+
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Ok cool, I will have a look at flashing ruu's. Will that fix my phone?
shanni10 said:
Ok cool, I will have a look at flashing ruu's. Will that fix my phone?
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I keep getting signature errors everytime I try a different UK network RUU! I dont even know what this signature error means!
Also how do I know which RUU to use as there are so many different types. Any help will be gladly appreciated
I have followed Hasoon's directions using his utility tool. I have managed to unlock the phone but cant get beyond that.
Every single viable HTC One X+ RUU I use simply doesnt work. I cant access the USB drive to my phone (prob because the person previously never ticked USB Debugging when he/she attempted to root the phone) so cannot transfer the RUU files to my phone.
I have tried to run the original RUU for this phone but it keeps giving me an error. I have no idea what to do next. I have read all the posts on the General Forum for instructions on ADB, rooting, unlocking, RUUs etc.
I would truly be thankful if I can get some assistance here please.
shanni10 said:
I have followed Hasoon's directions using his utility tool. I have managed to unlock the phone but cant get beyond that.
Every single viable HTC One X+ RUU I use simply doesnt work. I cant access the USB drive to my phone (prob because the person previously never ticked USB Debugging when he/she attempted to root the phone) so cannot transfer the RUU files to my phone.
I have tried to run the original RUU for this phone but it keeps giving me an error. I have no idea what to do next. I have read all the posts on the General Forum for instructions on ADB, rooting, unlocking, RUUs etc.
I would truly be thankful if I can get some assistance here please.
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where in the UK are you? if you are close to me i can sort it out for you. Also you need to relock the bootloader put the device into bootloader > fastboot usb and THEN run the correct RUU
Lloir said:
where in the UK are you? if you are close to me i can sort it out for you. Also you need to relock the bootloader put the device into bootloader > fastboot usb and THEN run the correct RUU
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I am in Manchester. I have relocked the bootloader but now the phone wont charge. I have seen a post here how to fix that, so I will try that.
I have done the above but I simply do not know what the correct RUU is. How do I even know which is right? I have tried around 10 so far and none have worked.
Fixed It!!!!
I cant believe it! I fixed it!!!!
I accidentally came up on a post here on this forum looking for something else and a member discussed the same problem as me. The reason why he was getting the signature error etc because he had the wrong recovery loaded.
I therefore loaded the latest TWRP version from here (link provided from General Settings) - http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/enrc2b
I didnt use Hasoon's recovery as TWRP is user friendly. I relocked the phone, loaded the correct RUU and it worked!
So to summarise this is how I fixed my phone
1. Downloaded Hasoon2000's toolkit from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066390
2. Rooted the phone
3. Unlocked the phone
4. Flashed latest recovery file using his toolkit (Your Own Recovery)
5. Loaded the correct RUU - RUU_ENRC2B_U_JB_45_HTC_Europe_1.17.401.1_Radio_3.1204.168.32_release_299688_signed.exe from http://androidfiles.org/ruu/?dir=ENRC2B
NB to know which RUU to use, go into bootloader and you will see the RUU details at the top part of the screen - in my case it was Radio_3.1204.168.32. Also when I tried to run any RUU.exe file it told me the version I had was 1.17.401.1. I searched for it on the android files and found the above RUU to match my RUU. This I guess is the stock RUU.
As a newbie, it can be very tough trying to understand this, but this forum is just awesome!! I am an accountant by profession, and I cant believe I figured how to fix an HTC One X+ by going through this forum! The FAQ has it all - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179337
Thanks to everyone who gave their advice here!
I am now going to try performance tweaks next as I am feeling confident
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34021248&postcount=2
Shanni
I can't for the life of me get adb to recognize my max. It's Verizon, H-boot 2.46. Trying to root and unlock. I've tried everything here....nothing. A little help please.
Only thing I can suggest, because it's happened to me, is to make sure you have the correct, most current device drivers loaded on your PC.
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they are correct up to date and most current.
HellRayzer said:
I can't for the life of me get adb to recognize my max. It's Verizon, H-boot 2.46. Trying to root and unlock. I've tried everything here....nothing. A little help please.
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Are you unlocked, s-off, and rooted? Do you have developer options activated on your phone? Please explain what you´ve done up till now.
What happens when you type adb reboot. Does it start and not find it or come back with command not recognized?
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i was having issues myself. then I found this thread and things worked again. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
it doesn't find anything. I haven't been able to root s-off or anything because adb cant find my device. Do I need adb files in rumrunner folder on C drive to make it recognize it and work or what the hell am I doing wrong? I have rooted and s-offed every htc device I have ever owned...this one isn't working out. It's showing as a portable media player not android device. In the past I remember when I connected the usb I had the option to select media storage or connect as android.
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it doesn't find anything. I haven't been able to root s-off or anything because adb cant find my device. Do I need adb files in rumrunner folder on C drive to make it recognize it and work or what the hell am I doing wrong? I have rooted and s-offed every htc device I have ever owned...this one isn't working out. It's showing as a portable media player not android device. In the past I remember when I connected the usb I had the option to select media storage or connect as android.
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my rumrunner folder was still in my downloads folder no where near my adb files and everything worked ok for me. also my Max shows up as a media device also but adb/fastboot still working fine. did you try to reinstall your adb with the link I provided in the above post, its the only thing that helped me when I was having pretty much the same problem as you.
you may also need to unlocked dev tools in your settings... have you done that yet
Where and how do you unlock developer tools...haven't found that under anything in the settings?
HellRayzer said:
Where and how do you unlock developer tools...haven't found that under anything in the settings?
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Enter Settings, then scroll down to about... pick "Software Information" -- then "More" --- Then press the "Build" 8 times fast. You´ll then have access to the developer tools.
Well thanks for the help. still can't get anything to work, guess this will be the first device I've owned that will never be rooted unless I find something that tells me what to put where and what to do.
HellRayzer said:
Well thanks for the help. still can't get anything to work, guess this will be the first device I've owned that will never be rooted unless I find something that tells me what to put where and what to do.
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When you type in adb devices, can you see your seriel number?
RayHeath said:
When you type in adb devices, can you see your seriel number?
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no. it says list of devices, then it's blank.
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no. it says list of devices, then it's blank.
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Ok, I´m not sure what you time zone is, but I can help you tomorrow. It´s 10pm here right now, and I´m gonna hit the hay soon. When you´re online tomorrow, pm me. I´ll log in, and we´ll start.
Hey relax bud, do me a favor and PM and I will help you out with everything and getting your phone to be recognized by dab and fast boot and make sure you properly s-off unlock and root if that's what you are trying to accomplish! Hit me up, I have nothing going on tonight so I can jump right in to it with you right away
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no. it says list of devices, then it's blank.
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Have Win XP or server 2003?!?
This: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49045175
Don't know if you guys ever got this issue solved or not. I'm having the same issue S-on, cannot get adb devices command to recognize my t6spr for the life of me. on Hboot 2.46, it will detect the USB device malfunction if I put the device in fastboot mode, but thats about it. Device manager shows Unknown USB (Device Descriptor Request Failed). Tried the KB update for devices that fail enumeration on Windows 8.1 for x64 but the update package said my system is not affected so that never installed. Tried the alternative miniadb pakage previously mentioned but didnt seem to have an affect installing fastboot, adb, and drivers, across the system universally. Just not having any luck apparently. I guess I could just sell the phone Tampered and Unlocked haha with no fingerprint scanner functionality, flash ViperRom or some other stock look alike ROM. Was just really hoping to go back completely stock. At one point it time I was trying different PCs to see if it was just a system issue for me. Occasionally it seemed like if I let it sit in Fastboot AC it would eventually get detected and flip over to Fastboot USB long enough for me to push a couple commands to the phone. I have the right RUU but it dosent do me any good if the computer cant see the phone haha. Now no computer seems to recognize it. It all seemed to happen after I tried to S-Off the device with Firewater's method. Idk if I bricked something because it never worked or changed a CID or some other ID to where the USB isnt recognizable, but all I can get this phone to do is take an electric current from the USB, lol thats about it. I thought I had it fixed enough to where I knew what to do if i absolutely needed to get fastboot to recognize the phone but now, nothing.
Just a curiousity question here....a bad usb cable can produce this also...read through posts didnt see anyone trying a new cable...
ok so im having a few problems with my rooting process. one i have to manually put my device into fastboot since doing it threw my windows 7 CMD just seems to not work since it will say device offline. then once i do get to fastboot i run into my second problem. the recovery.img seems to be frozen during the sending process. in fact its still trying to send it to my device. my device is unloocked. what am i doing wrong? or am i missing something? i followed another titorial on here and im still stuck. mostly on the recovery.img part. it just doesnt seem to send. just sits there saying its sending it.please help if you can.
says S-On . how do i gewt it to say s-off?
LordXombie said:
ok so im having a few problems with my rooting process. one i have to manually put my device into fastboot since doing it threw my windows 7 CMD just seems to not work since it will say device offline. then once i do get to fastboot i run into my second problem. the recovery.img seems to be frozen during the sending process. in fact its still trying to send it to my device. my device is unloocked. what am i doing wrong? or am i missing something? i followed another titorial on here and im still stuck. mostly on the recovery.img part. it just doesnt seem to send. just sits there saying its sending it.please help if you can.
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Sounds like you need to update to the latest version of ADB/FASTBOOT the "device offline" is usually due to an incomatible older version of ADB. Get the latest version on your PC then make sure that ADB is working before trying fastboot.
LordXombie said:
says S-On . how do i gewt it to say s-off?
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We don't have an S-off solution for this phone yet but it is not required for root, although you will need to flash jmz's insecure kernel for changes to "/system" to stick after reboot even when rooted,
MiniBlu
i cant seem to get adb to update.
LordXombie said:
i cant seem to get adb to update.
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Install the latest on your PC from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
MiniBlu
ok so i did that and it is still saying device offline. Now im trying a program i found on here. desire_610_root_v3.exe it was able to reboot the device into bootloader then it brought it into fastboot menu then it started to send the file then it just snags there. the file just keeps saying its sending. i dont know whats going on.
ok it still not getting teh recovery.img on the phone. it just keeps sending it with out doing anything..
ok so this htc is giving me way mopre problems then the htc one vx. i really need help. and now im kind of lost what to do. Currently all i have done is unlocked the device.
ADB says my device is there. Threw cmd i can't get it to fastboot using adb reboot fastboot. all it does it reboot teh device, it wont go to bootloader. I do have bootloader unlocked. when i go and make my device go to bootloader manually i try to do the fastboot flash recovery recovery.img it starts to send the file then fails. unknown error. what am i doing wrong?
ok so it seems changing my usb cord fixed it. i got the file sent and rooted my device. thanks for the help MiniBlu gave me !
LordXombie said:
ok so it seems changing my usb cord fixed it. i got the file sent and rooted my device. thanks for the help MiniBlu gave me !
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That's info that more people should have. The right usb cord can be difference between failure & success. I remember I went through 6 different usb cables jailbreaking my atv2.
For this phone, however, I just used the one that came with it. But I found the automated process to be sticky (not a tech term) it seemed to freeze a lot during the process.
I wound up plugging and replugging the usb when it froze.
It rooted my phone, installed twrp but needed to flash jmz kernel manually. The root tool works though. And to be honest, until I read this I didn't even think that a different cable might fix those issues in the automated process.
The other night for fun I rooted an old kindle hd and I needed to unplug and replug to get that to work. I was using the same cable that came with HTC desire.
***Anyone ever use a fastboot cable? Apparently u need one to install a 2nd boot loader on kindle hd and I'm wondering if that type of cable would resolve issues like this? That's a question not a go ahead to try it. I know very little about that and don't know if it could possibly cause more serious issues. They're cheap on eBay and I'm getting one for the kfhd.