How many of you have bricked you phone trying to root and get s-off I want to try a custom rom on m my sensation but worried about bricking such an expensive phone . I've rooted many devices before but never an HTC so I have never done tthe s off thing
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fr0zenblood75 said:
How many of you have bricked you phone trying to root and get s-off I want to try a custom rom on m my sensation but worried about bricking such an expensive phone . I've rooted many devices before but never an HTC so I have never done tthe s off thing
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its easy but if you scared then you should probably not do it because scared leads to complacations
Not that I'm scared I don't panic or anything haha I mean is there more of a risk than other phones that are not HTC
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Let's just say I'm completely new to android, the sensation is my first android and first smartphone, and I have no background in computer knowledge other than what normal people know and I successfully S-OFFed my phone first time. Just follow the guide very closely and you should be fine, although I should note that some parts are in my opinion poorly written probably because of editing the op.
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Really so I guess if I do everything as followed there should be nothing to worry about thanks.
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just follow the instructions carefully and youll be fine. this is my first android device and first time ever s offing my phone and i successfully did it my first try
In my opinion, it's not harder than rooting a device using SuperOneClick (that I guess you know if you've rooted some devices already)
I would even say it's easier to use AlphaRev tool than writting codes with adb to have temp-root^^
I think the only risk would be to disconnect while making it S-off
Finally I think it's less risky than flashing a rom or a radio
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So after long use of htc g2,i got the hd7, and decided it was time for this.mytouch 4g is much better that what people say it is.it feels great and runs great.I'm just waiting for my micro sd card and about to unlock its full potential, what would be the easiest method to root it? Thanks
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So after long use of htc g2,i got the hd7, and decided it was time for this.mytouch 4g is much better that what people say it is.it feels great and runs great.I'm just waiting for my micro sd card and about to unlock its full potential, what would be the easiest method to root it? Thanks
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It should of came with a MicroSD card in the phone.
The simplest method for rooting the phone? That depends on the person you talk to.
IMHO the simplest method can be found Here
However if you are comfortable with ADB and the commands uses the Ultimate guide found in the development section.
Thanks,i rooted already,i got their phone without one as I got it on craigslist.
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witeboy07 said:
Thanks,i rooted already,i got their phone without one as I got it on craigslist.
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cool. when you go to install the recovery image use 3.0.0.6. Link im my signature.
When I got this phone earlier I tried to do the s-off things with revolutionary software (this was new to me cause I am coming from a lg all we had to do to root was install gingerbreak), anyway I followed all the steps but when I tried to connect the software would just always say waiting for device???. Anyone have any ideas
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imstall drivers
Can you give me a link to the drivers if it's not to much trouble
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Im seriously considering unlocking the bootloader. What are the pros and cons of doing this? Any replies are greatly appreciated..
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You can flash ROMs, radios, and kernels with an unlocked bootloader. Without it you cant.
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What are some advantages to that as opposed to waiting for an ota?
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All custom ROMs offer various mods, tweaks, and overall improvements to the Android experience versus stock ROMs. Generally the OTAs leak long before they're pushed out, and and devs always update their ROMs accordingly so you never have to worry about accepting an OTA. Check out the development section and read through some of the ROM threads and you'll see what I mean about the tweaks and mods. If you find a ROM you'd like to have on your phone, only way to do it is by unlocking the bootloader. It's a lot easier and safer than you might think.
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Im rooted on 1.85 stock rom. Does the one click unlock method still work?
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Yes sir it does.
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Will that automatically put a custom recovery on the phone or would I have to get one from somewhere.. Sorry for all the questions..
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No, you will have to flash the recovery yourself. There are a few threads in development for recoveries, and there are even a couple one click methods. Just look for them, should be on the first couple of pages.
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The only cons are a very small chance of bricking your phone and rendering it unusable (follow instructions and you should be fine). Also, as of now, once you unlock the bootloader you will not be able to take the phone back for warranty or other reasons. In the future there may be ways to undo this process, but none that I know of right now.
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The only cons are a very small chance of bricking your phone and rendering it unusable (follow instructions and you should be fine). Also, as of now, once you unlock the bootloader you will not be able to take the phone back for warranty or other reasons. In the future there may be ways to undo this process, but none that I know of right now.
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It is very difficult to brick a phone and 99 times out of 100 it's recoverable. If you follow directions and only flash stuff that is made for your phone, then you will not brick it. As far as warranty claims are concerned, if it's a hardware issue they will still more likely than not take care of it. I've exchanged a few HOXs, all for hardware issues, and not once did they check the bootloader to see if it was unlocked at one point.
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If your thorough in following directions, there's a thread I posted in development on unlocking your boot loader without voiding HTC warranty. Also if u do unlock, just go to the market and download goo manager beta. It will flash the recovery for you. Very nice tool to have.
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I had this phone since it came out, and rooted and S-Off and I had tons of issues. Such as Wifi disconnecting and needing to restart the phone in order for it to work, also sometimes Wifi slowed down to a super crawl. Random reboots, etc. But this probably could of been credited to me dropping it all the time and messing up the internals.
I returned it and got a new one, updated to the latest and haven't rooted. Battery life is amazing, but too much bloatware!!!! Can I root and s-off the latest tmobile software? Cause I tried running the older RUU and that failed to install on my phone.
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Um... S-off? The One S?
But yeah unlocking and rooting should be no problem, just use htcs unlock method...
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xxquicksh0txx said:
Um... S-off? The One S?
But yeah unlocking and rooting should be no problem, just use htcs unlock method...
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You are saying that HTC them selves provided a rooting guide? If so can you provide a link for HTC Unlock method.
Thanks in advance
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You are saying that HTC them selves provided a rooting guide? If so can you provide a link for HTC Unlock method.
Thanks in advance
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No HTC does not provide a rooting guide. They simply make it easy for you to unlock the bootloader using http://www.htcdev.com/
Once the bootloader is unlock you can root via a few method. There's plenty of sticky thread in the dev section.
This is just one thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
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I had this phone since it came out, and rooted and S-Off and I had tons of issues. Such as Wifi disconnecting and needing to restart the phone in order for it to work, also sometimes Wifi slowed down to a super crawl. Random reboots, etc. But this probably could of been credited to me dropping it all the time and messing up the internals.
I returned it and got a new one, updated to the latest and haven't rooted. Battery life is amazing, but too much bloatware!!!! Can I root and s-off the latest tmobile software? Cause I tried running the older RUU and that failed to install on my phone.
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I recommend you install TWRP recovery so that you will find it simpler to flash roms. No need to fastboot flash boot.img.
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Wait so the latest update version from Tmobile can be rooted?
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Hgaara said:
Wait so the latest update version from Tmobile can be rooted?
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Please read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24806342#post24806342 especially the first part of that post, where a reasonable user kindly seems to suggest that a fellow user read very easy to find info instead of starting a thread. You must have posted that in anticipation of this thread?
Evening sensation people, I am a Rezound owner speaking on behalf of my friend. He owns a sensation that since day one has been plagued with random hot reboots. I thought it was a software issue and later found he had a faulty screen. We attempted to root but I could not get s-off using juopuntbear method. He is on ICS, stock ROM. He is rooted but nothing has been modified. He has clockworkmod as well. After replacing the screen and battery he still a year later has these random reboot issues. It is not tied to any particular action or app its just random. I love Android and have great experiences with the platform and want my friends to enjoy it as well power user or not. So if any info is needed please let me know ( logcats etc.). I think XDA's community is the best and I know someone here has an idea or two. I'll be checking back soon and I truly appreciate your time here guys thanks
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Might be a faulty sd card or sim.
I'm pretty sure it was verified (as in using the device without these two for a while) but it was not mentioned...
Also, had a full and complete reset of all partitions been tried? Perhaps flush 4Ext recovery, wipe all partitions, and flush RUU. See how that holds.. and again, would be better to try that without sd and sim.
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OK I'm not familiar with the 4ezt are you saying to try ruu with no sim installed. We have not tried that?
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Random reboots could be a result of a loose battery. Make sure the battery is sitting tight enough in the housing. If it seems to wiggle a bit make sure the contacts are meeting properly on the battery and the device. Wedge a small piece of paper on the top of the battery to secure it.
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OK I'm not familiar with the 4ezt are you saying to try ruu with no sim installed. We have not tried that?
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4ext is a recovery. Similar but different that ClockWorkMod. You can find a link to it in my sig.
A faulty Sim and a faulty regard may cause random Reboot.
As matekaneve mentioned also a wiggling battery can cause this. Thanks for bringing that up
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Raven2k said:
4ext is a recovery. Similar but different that ClockWorkMod. You can find a link to it in my sig.
A faulty Sim and a faulty regard may cause random Reboot.
As matekaneve mentioned also a wiggling battery can cause this. Thanks for bringing that up
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The battery thing is an interesting idea. He is on clockwork mod, should we just install the other recovery and ruu or flash a stock ROM? I'm just not familiar with The sensation and what people are using. Plus I have s-off on my rezound
Also was that supposed to say faulty SD card ?
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zkrp5108 said:
The battery thing is an interesting idea. He is on clockwork mod, should we just install the other recovery and ruu or flash a stock ROM? I'm just not familiar with The sensation and what people are using. Plus I have s-off on my rezound
Also was that supposed to say faulty SD card ?
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If he's not s-off the only reasonable way of flushing roms is with 4Ext recovery with the 'SmartFlash' option turned on. Otherwise the kernel cannot be flashed (!!!)
And RUU is an exe file which takes care of mostly everything for you. It's an official HTC thing. You just need drivers so the phone is appropriately recognized by the Pc, and exeute the RUU. It will take care of the rest.
And yeap I meant a faulty sd card (and/or Sim)
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If he's not s-off the only reasonable way of flushing roms is with 4Ext recovery with the 'SmartFlash' option turned on. Otherwise the kernel cannot be flashed (!!!)
And RUU is an exe file which takes care of mostly everything for you. It's an official HTC thing. You just need drivers so the phone is appropriately recognized by the Pc, and exeute the RUU. It will take care of the rest.
And yeap I meant a faulty sd card (and/or Sim)
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Will look into this. Where can I get the ruu for ICS
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Will look into this. Where can I get the ruu for ICS
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hi,
look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425