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Step By Step Way to root Using Flashrec(Updated 4/5)

This video I posted is to help people get the custom rom installed which will enable root. This is for people who do not want to go the adb shell way. This method is simpler but will require you to flash a custom ROM onto your phone. You will not have to download the SDK for this method.
*** Use at your own risk. Although i have not come across any one on forums who bricked their phone, there is sill a possibility that this can brick your phone. I take no responsibility if you brick your phone.**
Have tested this on Windows 7 and Windows Xp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdmkTFAG3PM
Hey everyone, I made a video on this, and some people said I should do a step by step guide, so here goes.
First things first, you are going to need to download these files.
flashrec -- http://zenthought.org/system/files/asset/2/flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2.apk
Amon RA Recover Image 1.6.2 -- http://rapidshare.com/files/360288584/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
Amon RA Recover Image 1.6.2 Mirror -- http://www.4shared.com/file/257274510/180ea19a/recovery-RA-heroc-v162.html
[ROM] MoDaCo 1.1 Custom ROM (has firmware 1.5) -- http://content.modaco.net/hero/1.1-update-heroc-modacocustomrom-core-signed.zip
OR​
[ROM] DamageControl v 2.05 (has firmware 2.1) --
Non-Espresso Version
http://www.4shared.com/file/239487830/f20cf9b3/signed-DamageControlv1.html
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http://www.4shared.com/file/239506647/6a2728dc/signed-DamageControlv1Expresso.html
OR​
[ROM] Fresh Rom 2.0d (has firmware 2.1) --
http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-20d
Do not extract the Rom zip file, it needs to stay in the zip.
Ok, lets do this in steps, should make it easier:
Step 1: Mount the sd card and place all the files downloaded onto the root of the sdcard.
Step 2: Download some sort of file manager, ex Estrongs File Manager, and run/open the flashrec apk.
Step 3: Once it's finished installing, unplug the usb cable, run the app, and hit the button, "backup recovery image". If you get an error, try rebooting your phone, make sure the usb cable is unplugged.
Step 4: Exit app, and mount the sd card again, and move recovery-backup.img to your desktop, then rename recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img to recovery-backup.img
Step 5: Unmount sdcard, unplug usb cable, and go back into the flashrec app(should be named recovery flasher in all programs list)
Step 6: hit restore backup image. Once finished flashing, power down phone.
Step 7: After you power down your phone, hold the Vol Down button, then hold down the power button. Phone should boot into hboot. Press home for recovery.
Step 8: To ensure you have a backup of your phone before we continue, do a nandroid v2.2 backup.
Step 9: After the nandroid backup is complete, you can now choose apply "sd card update choose", and choose the modaco or damage control rom
Step 10: Reboot your phone and you should be all set.
Any issues or anything unclear, let me know and I will try to help make it clear.

what case you have your hero in ??

702DROID said:
what case you have your hero in ??
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I like to call it a condem, but its a rubber case I bought off ebay, shortly afer buying the phone

ok nice video by the way i think i subscribed to your channel

702DROID said:
ok nice video by the way i think i subscribed to your channel
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thanks man, people keep requesting other things... i cant keep up

1st post here.... this vid has convinced me to take the plunge!
Just to confirm, the steps in this vid are all I need to do to get the phone rooted with the modaco rom. I don't need to go through all the other steps as long as I'm cool with flashing the rom?
Sorry for the newbness.... but thank you for your time!

doojer said:
1st post here.... this vid has convinced me to take the plunge!
Just to confirm, the steps in this vid are all I need to do to get the phone rooted with the modaco rom. I don't need to go through all the other steps as long as I'm cool with flashing the rom?
Sorry for the newbness.... but thank you for your time!
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thats right. With this method, you wont need to use the other method regarding the adb shell and downloading the sdk

goku14238 said:
thats right. With this method, you wont need to use the other method regarding the adb shell and downloading the sdk
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Very cool. I'll let you know how it goes!

doojer said:
Very cool. I'll let you know how it goes!
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ok, keep me posted

What was the error you got in the vid when you did the backup with flashrec? Because I get the same error. It says "Backup FAILED: Could not run command." and I never get a button that says restore.
Should I type recovery.img in before I hit backup?

doojer said:
What was the error you got in the vid when you did the backup with flashrec? Because I get the same error. It says "Backup FAILED: Could not run command." and I never get a button that says restore.
Should I type recovery.img in before I hit backup?
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It was because I left the usb cable connected. It was being weird.

reboot fixed that.... standby....

Booted in hboot mode, pressed home for the recovery menu, HTC logo came up... then a huge
symbol with a dead Hero lying next to it! Scary.
Rebooted itself after a moment and now seems normal.
Thoughts?

doojer said:
Booted in hboot mode, pressed home for the recovery menu, HTC logo came up... then a huge
symbol with a dead Hero lying next to it! Scary.
Rebooted itself after a moment and now seems normal.
Thoughts?
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Must have not installed the recovery image. Did you type it in the blank space before hitting restore recovery image ?

Yeah, I did... hmm...
I'm gonna start from the top. I think my phone was being buggy before I rebooted it the first time.... Gimme a minute....

doojer said:
Yeah, I did... hmm...
I'm gonna start from the top. I think my phone was being buggy before I rebooted it the first time.... Gimme a minute....
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Okie dokie

Nope. Same thing. I backup and it says backup complete. I enter recovery.img into the blank field (which is what I renamed the img file to) and hit restore and it says flash complete (or something). Then, I turn off my phone, reboot in hboot mode, hit home, get the HTC logo, then bam-- scary warning/dead phone symbol.

I'm gonna try one more thing....

doojer said:
Nope. Same thing. I backup and it says backup complete. I enter recovery.img into the blank field (which is what I renamed the img file to) and hit restore and it says flash complete (or something). Then, I turn off my phone, reboot in hboot mode, hit home, get the HTC logo, then bam-- scary warning/dead phone symbol.
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Ok, let's try this. Rename the recovery img file to the name that flash rec makes. It should be recovery-backup.img . This method is said not to work with some phones. If this is correct, you're going to have to use the other method.

Rename it and then do flash rec again, or rename it and go straight to the hboot sequence?

Official FroYo Update Thread + FAQ | OTA IS OUT NOW!

It's out. Now the race to root. DO NOT post the HTC Link.
Ok, firstly, before I get flamed:
I realise this probably should go in General, but more people see the dev section and this should also avoid the posts from n00bs who don't understand.
Secondly:
INSTALLING THE UPDATE WILL WIPE YOUR ROOT AND YOU MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO ROOT AGAIN.
(Copy + paste that warning into your sig )
The update will either come in one of these formats:
A PB99IMG.zip which can be flashed in HBOOT mode OTA
An RUU to run on your computer
A zip to flash in recovery which will 'patch' existing files to bring them up to date. (This is the one which it will probably be)
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This has loads of options which you can see in the pic above. Yes we really have found how to send a fake OTA check request.
This is for Linux only. Find out how to install Linux under Windows with this guide.
Thanks to Klutsh for help with the commands + mithrandi for figuring out how to do it in the first place.
Feel free to mod my work and make it better, I can upload it back to the RMD server and make it avalible via an update.
FAQ:
I'm Rooted and I still want the official update after reading the warning.
1) Make a goldcard using this guide (For Desire too)
2) Download this
3) Double click it and follow the instructions.
4) When the update is ready to be pushed out, you will get a notification.
I got the update notification! How can I find out the link?
You will need to download an app of the market called 'Log Collector' before you get the notification. Then, after selecting accept and it starts downloading, run the log collector app and email it to yourself. Then post the output of the email here and email it to me ([email protected]) and I will pick out the link for you.
I want to keep my root but still have the update.
As soon as we get a link, it will be a race to see who can be the first to release the update. You can help by...
I want to help people root the update!
If the update comes in the form of an RUU or PB99IMG.zip, I will be able to instantly root & upload it. However, if the update is in the form of a patch zip, someone will have to install the update and use busybox to tar it, or a dev will have to patch the files with the originals.
I have the update, I want to tar it.
1) Install Android SDK or simply adb
2) Download busybox for Android
3) Launch Windows console (cmd) and go to the directory where busybox is with the "cd path/to/the/file" command.
4) "adb devices" <- Is your device detected ? If not, install HTC Sync // Of course, before you have to plug your device in... (Sync mode I guess)
5) "adb push busybox /data/local/busybox
6) "adb shell"
7) "cd /sdcard/"
8) "chmod 755 /data/local/busybox" (something like that)
9) "/data/local/busybox tar cvf dump.tar /system"
10) When it's finished, you will have a normal error like 'tar: error exit delayed from previous errors'.
11) Compress it and then upload it. Feel like a rock star.
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Jargon Buster:
RUU - Rom Update Utility - Official HTC Programs used to update or restore your phone from a computer
ADB (logcat) - Android Device (or Debug) Bridge - A command line tool to manage your phone from a computer. ADB logcat is the system log of your phone which displays the URL of the update when you get the notification.
Need something explaining? Post here & I'll try my best
Have a question? Post here and I will try to answer it.
Please keep all discussion + questions in this thread to avoid the XDA trolls coming out...

No matter where you post anything, noobs will flock to threads like this. Fact.
Sent from my Desire using XDA App

GANJDROID said:
No matter where you post anything, noobs will flock to threads like this. Fact.
Sent from my Desire using XDA App
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They will flock to this thread and that is the point. To answer the frequent questions and to avoid the 20 threads that will be started over the weekend. 'How do I unroot?' 'I lost my root! :'(' 'How do I install the update?' 'Questions about the upcoming Desire update' 'Oh, Ou, Ah... Desire Update?'

Let's hope some one post the update as soon they get it, so we can have a rooted version.

42turkeys said:
...11) Compress it and then upload it. Feel like a rock star
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You gotta love this guy! lol

I was reading the WordPress installation instructions whilst writing this and it said.
5. Wait for the script to finish installing WordPress. Feel like a rock star.
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I just had to use it lol

Btw, this is the update check url:
https://android.clients.google.com/checkin

Great post, answered all my questions thanks!

bookmarked!

codeXcalibur said:
Btw, this is the update check url:
https://android.clients.google.com/checkin
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The updates are from htc so always have an htc.com URL. I'm not sure what do do with the checkin, to get the URL we use the Android system log as it appears there.

I have SIM free Desire, can I flash other official ROM by using goldcard after OTA upgrade?

Yes you can. You may not need a goldcard though as it is sim-free but if you get a 'CUSTOM ID ERROR' in when you try and flash an ROM, you do need a goldcard.

Finally the official rom Now we only have to wait for someone to root the update

It's not out yet, should be coming over the weekend.
Though as a former Hero user I find it hard to beleive, I hope

42turkeys said:
Yes you can. You may not need a goldcard though as it is sim-free but if you get a 'CUSTOM ID ERROR' in when you try and flash an ROM, you do need a goldcard.
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Thank you!
Any more info about this update? Maybe bootloader and radio will be changed too?
thanks again.

I know, if we had to believe everyone who told us the rom was out, or was comming. . . . .

daming said:
Thank you!
Any more info about this update? Maybe bootloader and radio will be changed too?
thanks again.
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Boot loader will probably be changed, radio will be changed.
Sent from Steve Job's Android dungeon with my VanillaEclair Hero.

so how long will it take you dev's to make it a rootable rom for us that don't want the official update?

If anyone has any major news that has not already been posted here or on @rootmydroid on Twitter, please email me [email protected]
Thanks!
(Also, keep bumping this post

DesireableHTC said:
so how long will it take you dev's to make it a rootable rom for us that don't want the official update?
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Someone will have to tar it using the method on the 1st post, then I will have to download it, then it will be around 10 mins until it's back uploading.
At least that's how fast I was with the Hero update.

[Win32 Tool]GUI Root with Check and Recovery!

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ShiftRRv1.0
Shift Root and Recovery will be able to root you're phone in a pretty safe manner. The program is designed to only flash the eng boot if the MD5 checksums are correct.
This does it by simply pushing / pulling the hboot from the phone and checking the MD5 as if you were to manually do it. Only this just does it automatically.
Check Root:
This will just run a quick and simple SU test to make sure you are or are not rooted.
Root:
You will click on this to install the ENG Hboot and load the correct files after the Hboot has been flashed.
Install Recovery:
You simply select the recovery image you want to use with your HTC Evo Shift. Leave the phone at the home screen and click install. It will auto reboot you to bootloader, flash the zip then auto reboot you to recovery to make sure it flashed successfully.
Backup / Restore WIMAX:
This option lets you quickly and easily backup your wimax keys to your home pc. It will also let you restore your wimax keys to your phones partitions.
[WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES]
When you click on root, and click "NO" for this phone does not have a ENG Hboot. The program push's the ENGHboot from the Hboot folder to the phone and push's busybox. From there it gets a temp root shell. It then cross checks the MD5sum on the phone itself using busybox md5sum /data/local/eng_hboot if the MD5Sum math's it then proceed's with the dd if cmd. Once the dd if cmd is done. The program then sends the dd if cmd to /data/local/eng_hboot_check, it runs the cmd busybox md5sum again and verifies that the MD5Sum matches if so everything went well, the program cleans up its mess off the phone and alerts you its safe to reboot. IF IT FAIILS it will try 1 more time. The program is designed to check the HBOOT md5sum and verify if its the ORIG hboot if it is not and the MD5Sum doesn't check between the ENG and ORIGINAl it will attempt to flash the original and notify you if it succeeds. IF IT FAILS AGAIN. IT WILL NOTIFY YOU NOT TO TURN OFF YOUR PHONE AND COME HERE FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. I ADVISE YOU TO LISTEN.
After this YOU MUST REBOOT THE PHONE.
When phone is powered up again Click Root again this time select "YES" that the phone has a ENGHboot, this will get temp root again and push all the needed files, "SQLITE3", "BusyBOX", "SU", "Superuser.apk" to there proper location.
If YOU CLICK "YES" and didnt have the ENG Hboot thats fine it simply will temp root you and push files to your phone, but when you reboot they will be gone. Just start from the begining again and do it again.
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Thanks for sharing. No need for me to try it now but if I ever replace or need to re-root. Really like the option to backup wimax keys too.

Looks great but too bad I don't need it! Like the option to back up wimax, but what about restoring them!?

Im giving this a try now

It "did its thing" after rebooting the program is still "waiting" and the phone is booted. Hmmm help?

xstingstreetx,
Can you give me more information?
Were you trying to root, or where you trying to do recovery?
Version of windows as well?

ahhhh!! I'm back 2 download it and.. well I'll wait again lol Thanks a lot for this..
I RUUed my phone and Wanted an easy way to re-root..

working?
other than the OP has anybody got this to work properly?

amoamare said:
xstingstreetx,
Can you give me more information?
Were you trying to root, or where you trying to do recovery?
Version of windows as well?
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I was trying to root, and I have windows 7 64 bit

Where is the link ! someone please give me the file , pretty please please please been waiting for this !!!

I don't know if this is what it's trying to achieve or not. I don't know how to do it either. Judging by all my previous phones, an all in one script could be written to do everything the s-off, root, and recovery post is telling how to do. Just a "simple" batch file and some support files and presto, it's all done!
Zip everything needed together and just unzip and run. I could probably teach myself by ripping apart other all in one packages and adjusting my port to follow loosely what they are doing but I just don't have the free time to spend on that project. By the time I would get around to doing it, someone else would have finished it. I just don't know things like telling the phone to reboot into different modes so it could continue it's job. I can visualize it in my head but making it a reality is completely different. Doh!

Anyone know where the download link went? I've been having trouble with rooting my phone and wanted to try this, but theres no download link in the first post (unless my computer decided to stop showing links).

Link was removed temporarily. Learn to read guys, sheesh
On a side note, I'm pretty psyched about this OP, since I haven't had the ambition to sit down and root my phone yet. Just curious, are there any files that would need to be downloaded prior to using this (such as the ****-root.zip used in the other root method)?

Oops, saw everything except "removed temp..." in the first post.
It looks like there isn't anything extra that needs to be downloaded. Looks like the OP figured out a way around it.

SirRipo said:
Link was removed temporarily. Learn to read guys, sheesh
On a side note, I'm pretty psyched about this OP, since I haven't had the ambition to sit down and root my phone yet. Just curious, are there any files that would need to be downloaded prior to using this (such as the ****-root.zip used in the other root method)?
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Possibly the recovery files ( clockworkmod 2.x or 3.x ) and have HTC sync set up to even connect the phone I would guess.
Sent from my PG06100 using XDA App

Sorry guys will work on this again in a few days girl is supposed to be going in to labor today...
On the side note the issue that I ran into is that running rageagainstthecage from the windows side does not give you root. It actually disables usb connection between the phone and the computer. I was trying to make this so you didnt need anything other then the program. But now with that being a problem z4root would be needed to obtain at least temp root but if i doesnt drop you to # then it still will not work from doing it automatically using arguments. That is what i'm trying to resolve first..
Ill get back to you guys on it, and ill even add the option to restore wimax keys.

That's what I was thinking You have to Temp root with Z4root first.
Since The manual root requires super user to work.

Dude!!!! thank you so much for this. Been wanting t root badly but was afraid to try the other method. Good luck with baby!!

Perhaps someone brave could test it out by temp rooting with visionary/z4root and then running the program? If you posted the download link back up.

[TOOL] WinDroid Toolkit | Unlock | Root | Flash | Install | One A9

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The WinDroid Toolkit is a Windows program built in Visual Studio using the C# programming language that simplifies the rooting process for many Android devices. The toolkit makes it easy to unlock your bootloader, flash a custom recovery and gain permanent root. It also includes other functions such as flashing kernels, pushing files and installing apps. If you find it helpful, give me a thanks and a donation if you can. If you find a bug or have a feature request, feel free to leave a reply. Thanks!
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How does this gain root on the A9? Not sure if you're aware of the current issues with the device and TWRP, etc.

Captain_Throwback said:
How does this gain root on the A9? Not sure if you're aware of the current issues with the device and TWRP, etc.
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I researched it as best I could and it seemed that the process to root is to unlock through HTC, flash your TWRP build, wipe data to disable encryption, then flash the systemless SuperSU.

WindyCityRockr said:
I researched it as best I could and it seemed that the process to root is to unlock through HTC, flash your TWRP build, wipe data to disable encryption, then flash the systemless SuperSU.
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That's one way to do it, yes. There's also an alternative root option that doesn't require wiping data/disabling encryption - you might want to offer that as an option as well.

Captain_Throwback said:
That's one way to do it, yes. There's also an alternative root option that doesn't require wiping data/disabling encryption - you might want to offer that as an option as well.
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Ah, okay. I must've missed that somehow. I'll see if I can implement that option instead. Are there any tradeoffs for using that method over the current one?

WindyCityRockr said:
Ah, okay. I must've missed that somehow. I'll see if I can implement that option instead. Are there any tradeoffs for using that method over the current one?
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You'd have to read the respective threads and make decide that on your own. It's really more a matter of preference than anything else.

Do you know the rules if XDA ?
Duplicating threads is not allowed !
“Sent From MWE V8.0.0 On My Z3”

Pandemic said:
Do you know the rules if XDA ?
Duplicating threads is not allowed !
“Sent From MWE V8.0.0 On My Z3”
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Imo posting his tool again in the A9 forum is ok. When someone wants to unlock/root/flash their phones, they go to their device specific forum to finds the appropriate guides and tools, not in the Android Software Development section where the main thread of this tool is located. If it was only posted there, most of the A9 users will never know about the existence of this tool because ppl needing that tool to perform basic adb/fastboot commands are beginners that doesn't even know about the Android Software Development section. His tool currently support more than 130 devices, most of them having their own WinDroid thread so I guess this kind of "duplicated" threads are tolerated and appreciated. :good:

WinDroid Toolkit v3.0 Is Now Out!
WinDroid Toolkit v3.0 has been released! It's a huge update with a material redesign, major recode and support for 43 new devices!
You can out more specific changes in the changelog here.
You can download the new update here.
All versions before v3.0 will not have their files updated anymore since I've moved from hosting on BasketBuild to Amazon S3. Please update to v3.0 to ensure you're getting the latest recovery and root files!

nulfinis said:
Hi @Rapscallion16 will this work on any A9?
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Yes, it should work with all A9's.

nulfinis said:
Thanks @Rapscallion16,
I'll give it a whirl on Monday or so :good:
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Well, it didnt root my Vodaphone branded A9.

Rapscallion16 said:
WinDroid Toolkit v3.0 has been released! It's a huge update with a material redesign, major recode and support for 43 new devices!
You can out more specific changes in the changelog here.
You can download the new update here.
All versions before v3.0 will not have their files updated anymore since I've moved from hosting on BasketBuild to Amazon S3. Please update to v3.0 to ensure you're getting the latest recovery and root files!
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Used it twice, everything worked as it said up until the push SuperSu.zip, it says it pushed and booted into twrp, twrp shows mount decrypt password needed, i bypassed this and wiped data and went to install....no supersu.zip to install. I went ahead and formatted and redid process, same result. Not sure whats going on. Gotta be me. Ill keep trying. I gotta be missing something.
On HTC A9 with 1.56.617.1

lsun06 said:
Used it twice, everything worked as it said up until the push SuperSu.zip, it says it pushed and booted into twrp, twrp shows mount decrypt password needed, i bypassed this and wiped data and went to install....no supersu.zip to install. I went ahead and formatted and redid process, same result. Not sure whats going on. Gotta be me. Ill keep trying. I gotta be missing something.
On HTC A9 with 1.56.617.1
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Same here, never tried it again after that.

nulfinis said:
Well, finally got round to trying this, it's installed TWRP, when I go into that I get a screen 'Mount Decrypt Data' and it wants a password. No idea what to do from there
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Maybe try reading the TWRP thread?

nulfinis said:
Hi @Captain_Throwback,
I've been looking through that before posting here but can't seem to find the info
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In the FAQ it tells you how to root (if that's what you're trying to do).

Worked
Thus work okay for me (a9), only thing different i did was after it pushed SU and rebooted I downloaded good and updated and all works great, I haven't tried to make a backup with twrp yet but going to see if it works this weekend. Does anyone know if there is a way to add or edit the power menu to boot into recovery with the power button, makes it easier to get to it.

Once you unlock the device it voids the warranty correct?

How do i unlock my HTC One A9

Hello, i can`t get the TOKEN ID ......
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
[KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
[KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!
Please copy everything above this line!
Next, sign into your HTC Dev account on the webpage that just opened.
If you do not have an account, create and activate an account with your email, then come back to this link.
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions/page-3
Then, paste the Token ID you just copied at the bottom of the webpage.
Hit submit, and wait for the email with the unlock file.
Once you have received the unlock file, download it and continue on to the next step, unlocking your bootloader.
This file is saved as token.txt in the Data folder if you need it in the future.
Mi phone HTC A9
htc_haeul PVT S-ON
LK: 1.0.0.0000
Radio 1.0.000297.1060310
OS 1.57617.32
Please help me........
Regards.

How to install January 5th patch while using custom recovery and root on Google Pixel

Okay, I am sure a lot of you already know how to do this to your Pixel. Some of us do not, and I was one of them. I am the standard noob that just followed Youtube videos to unlock previous carrier locked phones. I am now enjoying this Google Pixel that is unlocked!
So if you are reading this thread, hopefully there isn't another one just like this (yes I looked).
To start off, if you are in here reading this, you have unlocked your bootloader and installed a custom recovery such as TWRP and rooted. Now you are seeing that you need to update your phone with the latest security patch. You try and you try and you can't do it. Even when you unroot it will still fail to update, or at least it did for me. Here I will explain what I went through and did to obtain the latest update. (Warning, you will loose root and custom recovery). THIS IS INTENDED FOR THE GOOGLE STORE PURCHASED PHONES
Lets get this started finally.....
Go into your developer options and enable usb debugging.
Download the newly released package file from google that has fastboot and ADB without needing android SDK.
DOWNLOAD or read about it HERE
Now you will need to download the Factory Image for you device
Find your correct device HERE
Make sure you choose the correct device and correct update, for me I downloaded the "7.1.1 (NMF26U, Jan 2017)" for my Pixel. Also a USA phone.
So now you have the adb fastboot binary package and your factory image. You will need to extract the platform-tools-latest-windows.zip and open the folder and you will see another folder, open it and now you will see a bunch of files. Now open another window and extract your factory image. Once it is done, open the folder until you see the files. Now copy these into the Platform tools folder in the directory with the fastboot.
Once this is done your folder should look like this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Now you will want to right click "flash-all" and click edit. It will open notepad and show the contents of the batch file. You can hit Ctrl+F and type in -w in the search and hit okay, or you can look for it without search (it is near the bottom). Once you find it, just delete the "-w" and save the file. Make sure to keep it as the batch file or this won't work.
Once this is done, in the folder that is shown above, click a blank area in the folder so no file is highlighted. Now hold shift and right click, it will come up with a dialog saying open command window here, click that.
Now we are going to reboot the phone into bootloader mode. In the command window, type everything that is underlined below
adb reboot bootloader
Now your phone should have booted into the bootloader screen or it should be asking for USB rights to use adb. If it asks for permission, hit okay and re run the code above and your phone should reboot.
Once you are in the bootloader screen you will need to do is run the flash-all.bat. It will load and go though some text on the CMD window it brings up. It will say some files are missing, which is fine. But if it fails it will tell you that it did. You can also tell by rebooting the phone or click "start" in the bootloader mode and then checking for OTA updates. It should say January 5th patch installed.
Now you can go through and install your custom recovery again and re root. Which takes no time at all and I am sure someone on here has posted before. If not, let me know and I can make a tutorial over it.
Note: I am very sorry for the bad layout and extended write up. First time ever doing this and I am hoping to help people. If there are any errors, let me know!

All of this is already well known and documented. It is device molding 101
No one with 2 licks of common sense uses YouTube videos for something like this.

zelendel said:
All of this is already well known and documented. It is device molding 101
No one with 2 licks of common sense uses YouTube videos for something like this.
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Haha well my apologies, I did state that I was a complete noob about all of this. I'm sure there are other noobs like myself

exbtlegends said:
Haha well my apologies, I did state that I was a complete noob about all of this. I'm sure there are other noobs like myself
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I'm not a noob, but i'm a old fart, and we forget things, even simple things like this, I'm glad to have a simple reminder of how to do things. Thanks for the refresher.

jrat69 said:
I'm not a noob, but i'm a old fart, and we forget things, even simple things like this, I'm glad to have a simple reminder of how to do things. Thanks for the refresher.
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Not a problem ?

I know you say this is for the GPS version, but has anyone tried it on Verizon? I'm not sure if the firmware is the same on both phones, so I don't want to soft-brick by downloading the Google version if they're different. Same boat as you were, OTA fails even after unrooting.

32BitWhore said:
I know you say this is for the GPS version, but has anyone tried it on Verizon? I'm not sure if the firmware is the same on both phones, so I don't want to soft-brick by downloading the Google version if they're different. Same boat as you were, OTA fails even after unrooting.
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As long as you never re-lock your bootloader, the process is the same. There's no more separate Verizon images, just USA and international.

This is really complicated. ADB side load the OTA file, reinstall TWRP and root, done.

Good work. This is a very minute stuff of removing -w from the batch file. Very handy work.
Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Do you need to reflash stock kernel before removing root/TWRP before flashing?

32BitWhore said:
Do you need to reflash stock kernel before removing root/TWRP before flashing?
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Flashing the image overwrites anything you customized besides the regular user data and internal storage (with the -w removed). You don't have to remove or reflash anything else before following these instructions.

TCPDump said:
This is really complicated. ADB side load the OTA file, reinstall TWRP and root, done.
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I couldn't side load the update.. TWRP would not load the side load feature.

I'm having an issue also: https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/help/sideload-ota-t3534926... Can we just unroot, take the OTA and then reroot?

km8j said:
I'm having an issue also: https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel/help/sideload-ota-t3534926... Can we just unroot, take the OTA and then reroot?
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Even when I un rooted mine. I was still failing to get the update.

If you made any changes the the system partition then it will fail and simply unrooting doesn't make the all the changes needed. So if OTA mean anything to you then I would suggest not messing with your device as there is Jo promise that after an OTA you will be able to root again tonight away

jesssiii said:
As long as you never re-lock your bootloader, the process is the same. There's no more separate Verizon images, just USA and international.
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I know the past 2 were the same for google pixel and Verizon pixel but I wouldn't assume they are always going to be. I'm sure some of them will be specific at times whenever Verizon decides they wanna mess with them

FYI, I was able to sideload after updating TWRP to RC1, but now SuperSU 2.79 will install from within TWRP but when the phone restarts SuperSU is not installed... not sure if we have to wait until a new version of SuperSU is released.

SpoiledHeeb said:
FYI, I was able to sideload after updating TWRP to RC1, but now SuperSU 2.79 will install from within TWRP but when the phone restarts SuperSU is not installed... not sure if we have to wait until a new version of SuperSU is released.
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You need SuperSU 2.79 RC3