Okay so I unlocked my bootloader using the toolkit but I dont want to flash a custom recovery, I like the stock one. Is there anyway I can root it using the stock recover?
You can do a temporary recovery image boot.
You must know fastboot commands and must download a recovery image and a super SU zip.
1. Boot into bootloader
2. Fastboot boot recovery.img
3. Once in recovery, MAKE A BACKUP
4. Install SuperSU.zip
5. Reboot
6. Check root once rebooted
You will retain your stock recovery, and your backup will be of the stock system. This will also not give you a tampered flag, at least in my experience
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Two weeks ago:
I rooted my phone using HTC's method since I had already ran the update to 1.5 shooter. I flashed CWM to the recovery of the phone and took a backup. Loaded ViperROM and all was good.
Last night:
I wanted to load a new kernel since the one I put on there was not working well with WiFi. At the time I did not know i could just boot to HBOOT then go to recovery I thought I had to use Fastboot. Using Fastboot and doing the commands from memory I think I flashed it to the boot instead of recovery... Not exactly sure what I did but whatever it was i'm stuck in a continual reboot that gets no further then HTC.
What I've tried so far to resolve issue:
1. Boot into recovery and restore from backup. - Did not work
2. Boot to recovery and load a new ROM (Myns zip). - Did not work
3. Boot to recovery and load a stock ROM (4.53.651.1_Rooted_deodexed_signed.zip) - Did not work
4. Rename the stock ROM(from above) as PG86IMG.zip and put on SD. - Didnt work
4. Used fastboot to do fastboot boot (stock kernel i found online.zip) (stock rom i found online.zip) - Did not work
Any ideas cause i'm out and I dont want to go back to my previous Evo 4g.
cgprelude said:
Two weeks ago:
I rooted my phone using HTC's method since I had already ran the update to 1.5 shooter. I flashed CWM to the recovery of the phone and took a backup. Loaded ViperROM and all was good.
Last night:
I wanted to load a new kernel since the one I put on there was not working well with WiFi. At the time I did not know i could just boot to HBOOT then go to recovery I thought I had to use Fastboot. Using Fastboot and doing the commands from memory I think I flashed it to the boot instead of recovery... Not exactly sure what I did but whatever it was i'm stuck in a continual reboot that gets no further then HTC.
What I've tried so far to resolve issue:
1. Boot into recovery and restore from backup. - Did not work
2. Boot to recovery and load a new ROM (Myns zip). - Did not work
3. Boot to recovery and load a stock ROM (4.53.651.1_Rooted_deodexed_signed.zip) - Did not work
4. Rename the stock ROM(from above) as PG86IMG.zip and put on SD. - Didnt work
4. Used fastboot to do fastboot boot (stock kernel i found online.zip) (stock rom i found online.zip) - Did not work
Any ideas cause i'm out and I dont want to go back to my previous Evo 4g.
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From what I've read regarding the HTC unlock method, when you boot the custom recovery, the HTC unlock method does not grant the custom recovery write access to the boot partition.
There are only three ways I'm familar with having write access to the boot partition when having used the HTC unlock method:
1) From normal android mode, the boot partition is unlocked and you can flash a kernel/write to it. My application, Flash Image GUI, works great for this purpose.
2) Using fastboot to temporarily load the custom recovery. When using fastboot to temporarily load the custom recovery, the HTC unlock method grants the temporarily loaded custom recovery write access to the boot partition.
fastboot boot c:\downloads\custom-recovery.img or temporarily boot the custom recovery with write access to the boot partition to flash the .zip file
also, you can directly flash the kernel, but the modules will not work until you manually push those: fastboot flash boot c:\downloads\boot.img
3) Having the bootloader directly flash the boot partition via a PG86IMG.zip file.
All the stock RUU files are hosted at: http://goo-inside.me/shooter/ruu - the latest version is 2.08 which must be what you're using to have used the HTC unlock method.
Hope that helps! Good luck!
I downloaded the PG86IMG.zip file from goo-inside.me and it loaded the file then nothing happened. So I selected reboot and it went back to doing the same old loop.
Joey is the man! got it working. I was unaware that if i booted into recovery from bootloader it was read only not read write. using fastboot corrected it.
hi guys iive unlocked my evo with the htcdev mod and no problem has come out , bun i'm unable to run any recovery.
iìve tryed all cwm twrp and any i found on the site.
i try with fastboot method and abd, all say that the recovery vas written , no error but when i try to lunch recovery the phone show the htc logo stay 10/15 second then reboot the phone.
pls help me
Have you tried downloading the twrp pg86img.zip & make sure it's named PG86IMG.zip then put it on the root of you're sdcard, boot into bootloader and update that way?
CM powered EVO 3D, enough said.
luca73n said:
hi guys iive unlocked my evo with the htcdev mod and no problem has come out , bun i'm unable to run any recovery.
iìve tryed all cwm twrp and any i found on the site.
i try with fastboot method and abd, all say that the recovery vas written , no error but when i try to lunch recovery the phone show the htc logo stay 10/15 second then reboot the phone.
pls help me
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when the device either hangs on the htc logo or reboots while on the htc logo, it means there is an issue with the actual kernel/ramdisk.
when dealing with a custom recovery, they should always boot without any issues. the best suggestion off the top of my head is to make sure if you're on the CDMA version, use the shooter recovery and if you're on the GSM version, use the shooteru version of the custom recovery.
otherwise, as suggested above, reflash the confirmed correct custom recovery for your device. there are a few ways to flash the custom recovery although, being you used the htc unlock method, regular custom recovery mode will not have write access to the boot/kernel partition.
if you're interested in loading any ROMs which come with kernels or separately flashing a custom kernel, there are essentially two complete methods:
1) use my Flash Image GUI app from normal android mode to flash the kernel. then flash the ROM from custom recovery.
2) use fastboot boot c:\android\cwm-recovery.img . this will temporarily boot the custom recovery and htc unlock will grant it write access to the kernel/boot partition. this command is different than fastboot flash recovery c:\android\cwm-recovery.img. the fastboot boot will temporarily boot into the custom recovery while fastboot flash will permanently write it into the recovery partition.
hope all the extra details make sense and helps!
Ummm.....Just my 2 cents, but it sounds as though the most basic possible problem has been overlooked here. You need to go into menu>settings>power and uncheck the "fast boot" box or do a battery pull, then try to boot into your bootloader to access recovery. With your phone completely powered down (fast boot unchecked or after battery pull), hold volume down and press power. That will put you in your bootloader with an option to boot recovery from there.
ok i'm a noob i've used thr shooter and not the shooteru cwm img, now all works
ty guys
Hello xda every I have an major problem I tried to flash an rom today via the rom manager app and cleared cache and others that was requires now I cannOt get into recovery mode it's just shows the htc logo and boots up regular but I can acres fastboot I'm on 1.50 s-on all help would be very appreciated other i I searched other threads to no avail
If you tried flashing a rom with a custom kernel through rom manager it won't work. You have to flash that through fastboot. You say that your phone "boots up regular" as in boots into android?
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Hello xda every I have an major problem I tried to flash an rom today via the rom manager app and cleared cache and others that was requires now I cannOt get into recovery mode it's just shows the htc logo and boots up regular but I can acres fastboot I'm on 1.50 s-on all help would be very appreciated other i I searched other threads to no avail
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Not all of your infmration is easy to follow or understand.
Essentially, if you're looking to flash a kernel or ROM (which many times also include a kernel), there are three basic methods (two seem the easier) with hboot 1.50 and htc's unlock method:
1) For Kernel Flashing: From Android mode, using my application, Flash Image GUI. Put the kernel .zip file on your sdcard, select from inside the application and flash.
If flashing a ROM, pull out the kernel file (usually named boot.img), push to sdcard and flash using Flash Image GUI.
If you're away from a computer and want to flash a kernel, this is a great tool.
2) Load the custom recovery, NOT using the traditional method (reboot recovery, bootloader -> recovery, etc), but a specific method for Hboot 1.5. From the prompt use: fastboot boot c:\downloads\cwm-recovery.img.
This will temporarily boot the custom recovery image and the HTC unlock method will grant it write access to the boot partition while in this mode.
In this temporarily booted recovery mode, when a full ROM (with kernel included) is flashed, the kernel will flash correctly.
3) Boot into recovery using the traditional methods, reboot recovery, bootloader -> recovery, etc, and after the custom recovery has loaded, flash the ROM. Reboot into fastboot mode and then separately flash the kernel from the computer: fastboot flash boot c:\boot.img.
Downside to this method would be if a zImage is included instead of the boot.img for the kernel, won't flash correctly.
If you're issues are with not entering a custom recovery mode when following step 3, there are a few options. If you're able to boot into normal android mode w/o any issues and you seem familar with ROM manager, flash the custom recovery again from there.
My app, Flash Image GUI, also offers the same feature, select the recovery.img or PG86IMG.zip file off the sdcard and Flash Image GUI will flash it.
Another option is to flash it via fastboot: fastboot flash recovery c:\downloads\cwm-recovery.img
Hope that helps clarify!
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If you tried flashing a rom with a custom kernel through rom manager it won't work. You have to flash that through fastboot. You say that your phone "boots up regular" as in boots into android?
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yes i meant boots into android regular just cannot get into custom recover I navigate to it and press power the htc logo appears and the phone shuts itself off and booth back into android
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yes i meant boots into android regular just cannot get into custom recover I navigate to it and press power the htc logo appears and the phone shuts itself off and booth back into android
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If the device does not make it past the splash screen this usually indicates a bad kernel (or ramdisk) or bad flash.
Either flash the same recovery file again or download a new recovery file.
Sometimes a bad flash can occur, usually rare. Sometimes the recovery file can corrupt while downloading, usually rare. But these things do occur.
Good luck!
I am on a (completely stock) AT&T HTC One (4.4.2) and I was thinking about trying out some custom ROMs. Can I just use the HTC dev tool to unlock the boot loader? How would I root after that?
I am still new to it so that's about as far as I've gotten in the process. Especially since most of the tutorials I've seen are older and do not exactly mention 4.4.2.
P.S. ~ Kingo root seems to have a very simple HTC boot loader unlock tool as well as an easy method to root. I used the root method on my GS4 a while back and it went pretty well. Are there any downsides to using these?
Kwwolves2012 said:
I am on a (completely stock) AT&T HTC One (4.4.2) and I was thinking about trying out some custom ROMs. Can I just use the HTC dev tool to unlock the boot loader? How would I root after that?
I am still new to it so that's about as far as I've gotten in the process. Especially since most of the tutorials I've seen are older and do not exactly mention 4.4.2.
P.S. ~ Kingo root seems to have a very simple HTC boot loader unlock tool as well as an easy method to root. I used the root method on my GS4 a while back and it went pretty well. Are there any downsides to using these?
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Getting started with rooting and putting Roms on your phone is no time to get Lazy !
The steps are very simple but learning it the correct way comes in handy down the road.
unlock the bootloader at htcdev.com
use the drivers and adb/fastboot I'm posting below
after you bootloader is unlocked
you use fastboot to flash custom recovery on the phone
TWRP 2.6.3.3 is recommend - Download TWRP
The commands to flash it are
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now enter recovery and on Exit it ask to Root the phone
choose Yes - swipe to root
when the phone boots up go in the app drawer and open SuperSU
it will ask to update choose yes and TWRP method of install
Your phone is now unlocked / rooted / with custom recovery
Now is the time to make a backup in TWRP and copy it to your PC for safe keeping. Your now all set to flash custom roms
links
SuperSU
HTC Drivers
clsA said:
Getting started with rooting and putting Roms on your phone is no time to get Lazy !
The steps are very simple but learning it the correct way comes in handy down the road.
unlock the bootloader at htcdev.com
use the drivers and adb/fastboot I'm posting below
after you bootloader is unlocked
you use fastboot to flash custom recovery on the phone
TWRP 2.6.3.3 is recommend - Download TWRP
The commands to flash it are
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Now enter recovery and on Exit it ask to Root the phone
choose Yes - swipe to root
when the phone boots up go in the app drawer and open SuperSU
it will ask to update choose yes and TWRP method of install
Your phone is now unlocked / rooted / with custom recovery
Now is the time to make a backup in TWRP and copy it to your PC for safe keeping. Your now all set to flash custom roms
links
SuperSU
HTC Drivers
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Alright, thank you very much. I will look into this.
Is there a way to unroot this device?
Thanks in advance
You'll need a computer and TWRP recovery installed on your device.
Assuming that you have those prerequisites, simply flash the stock ROM in TWRP like you would a custom ROM (the .zip can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo.../lg-h901-stock-images-device-restore-t3241170)
Once you have that flashed, you can reboot into fastboot mode and install the stock recovery image using the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" command or by using a flashable .zip (the stock system images can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63604156&postcount=1)
That should do it.
Would need to lock the bootloader if returning it or selling it. Do that last tho