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[GUIDE] How to PermaRoot your Desire HD

I have just complied this Step-by-Step guide on how to root your Desire HD.
I by no means created the root, I simply used my own and others knowledge to put this guide together to help everyone.
Hopefully this is more of a beginners guide so we can ease new Android users into a bit of coding rather than relying on Apps to do the work
Step By Step Guide - Download link below
11/11/10 V2
http://www.multiupload.com/KK66WUNUWS
See the main thread for details on the root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805327

Evostance said:
I have just complied this Step-by-Step guide on how to root your Desire HD.
I by no means created the root, I simply used my own and others knowledge to put this guide together to help everyone.
Step By Step Guide
http://www.multiupload.com/1UFOZTBOZQ
See the main thread for details on the root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805327
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hey evostance
why do we have two post? i mean adwinp already wrote one?
not saying your works unapperciated lol
could they not be merged to keep it all tidy? two posts that do the exact same thing in the exact same way?
anyways back to trying CWM

El_Nino9 said:
hey evostance
why do we have two post? i mean adwinp already wrote one?
not saying your works unapperciated lol
could they not be merged to keep it all tidy? two posts that do the exact same thing in the exact same way?
anyways back to trying CWM
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There was a lot of people asking how to do it since they couldn't figure it out from adwinp's post and any advice was getting lost in the thread.
I just put my own work into a new thread so it was easy for people to find

And this method avoids terminal or adb so is a bit more beginner friendly I was going to wait for the visionary update tomorrow but now thanks to evostance's guide I have permaroot on the day it was found/exploited/invented.

jambamkin said:
I was going to wait for the visionary update tomorrow
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is the new visionary will do the same work with one click ?

liorra3 said:
is the new visionary will do the same work with one click ?
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Yes and No.
I don't know if VISIONary will just be able to root one Kernel Version, or if it will be able to modify the wpx.ko file depending on your Kernel Version.

awesome recap of how to permaroot!
Made a mirror of it here http://www.logarie.nl/android/Desire_HD_Root.zip

UNROOT ?
Excellent guide
Before I permanently root my DHD I want to know who would I UNROOT if needed (just in case if I want to send it off for repair)?

ATZ-007 said:
Excellent guide
Before I permanently root my DHD I want to know who would I UNROOT if needed (just in case if I want to send it off for repair)?
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Run a stock RUU found on here

Excellent guide. Worked first time.

This is just awesome. I can't wait to get around to it

worked like a charm, thx @all who made this possible!! )
now for example adfree works as it should - bye bye ads!
Sent from my *permarooted* Desire HD using XDA App

This is a great guide thank you for taking your time to simply it.
I got to the step where I have to run wpx from the Gscript home screen and when I do run it I do not get the function error, all I get is a blue screen with the option to close it, Any idea what this means?
Thanks.

isopiso said:
I got to the step where I have to run wpx from the Gscript home screen and when I do run it I do not get the function error, all I get is a blue screen with the option to close it, Any idea what this means?
Thanks.
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Reboot your phone and re-root it. I had the same issue.
Thanks for the guide, worked a treat!

insty said:
Reboot your phone and re-root it. I had the same issue.
Thanks for the guide, worked a treat!
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Are we supposed to have run VISIONary before we run the scripts? The guide PDF doesn't say to run it until after, but the original forum topic says run it before... because I'm getting that blue screen that does nothing.
Edit: Okay I got it, maybe prefix the part about running the Gscrips with "Open VISIONary, tick "Run on Boot" and then click "Root Now!" before you continue to running the GScript actions.

You need sudo access before running GScripts.

I have longed for this day for 8 days now
Thank you so much.
Does this mean we can now push/pull to /system/app?

worked like a charm
many thanks to all involved

insty said:
Reboot your phone and re-root it. I had the same issue
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you have full warrenty from htc even if you ulock the device, i sand to them 3 device that root and get my warrenty so...

scottastic88 said:
Are we supposed to have run VISIONary before we run the scripts? The guide PDF doesn't say to run it until after, but the original forum topic says run it before... because I'm getting that blue screen that does nothing.
Edit: Okay I got it, maybe prefix the part about running the Gscrips with "Open VISIONary, tick "Run on Boot" and then click "Root Now!" before you continue to running the GScript actions.
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Ah of course. I will update the guide tomorrow
Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk

rooting help!

I just got my SNS yesterday and I am trying to root the device and searched the forum but I need some help (Noob...) I am on a step where I type fastboot oem unlock and does not work from there so I got PDAnet but still problem but now I have standard set configuration on the bottom of the fastboot mode...No idea from there help! thank you so much!

Read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
you probably don't have the proper drivers setup.

What kind of error is it giving? You know you don't have to do the oem unlock anymore to root right?

AtomicPC said:
What kind of error is it giving? You know you don't have to do the oem unlock anymore to root right?
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Really? could me tell me the other way?

Not to highjack a thread but I just got my nexus and I've been trying for hours to unlock my bootloader,but I just can't get my computer to recognize the device while I am in the bootloader, I've tried numerous times to install drivers,pdanet, the works
Can I get some help please?
EDIT: Nvm! I fixed the issue by installing htc drivers, go figure.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

takgeun68 said:
Really? could me tell me the other way?
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Look in the dev section sticky thread.
Atomic

[Q] HTCdev metod error. (bootunlocker)

Hello everyone here at XDA!
I have this issue on the 12th step on the HTCDev. I get an error saying: FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed)
I have everything set already with those files in C:/android and also i but in the "unlock_code.bin" in there. I have no idea what this error mean but if someone knows then please help a guy here!!
Thanks! /nkewk

nkewk said:
Hello everyone here at XDA!
I have this issue on the 12th step on the HTCDev. I get an error saying: FAILED (remote: unlock token check failed)
I have everything set already with those files in C:/android and also i but in the "unlock_code.bin" in there. I have no idea what this error mean but if someone knows then please help a guy here!!
Thanks! /nkewk
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Hi,
Maybe you can try using THIS TOOLKIT

malybru said:
hi,
maybe you can try using this toolkit
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thanks alot man! :d

Hi,
Are you copying and pasting the code?

malybru said:
Hi,
Are you copying and pasting the code?
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I have followed all the steps and i did as they said on all of them. But when i put the "unlock_token" in the data folder (Sensation v1.1 tool).
After that it just goes automatically like this?!?! (check picture...)
Thanks again for answering!

nkewk said:
I have followed all the steps and i did as they said on all of them. But when i put the "unlock_token" in the data folder (Sensation v1.1 tool).
After that it just goes automatically like this?!?! (check picture...)
Thanks again for answering!
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Hi,
OK.
Did you install the HTC drivers?

malybru said:
Hi,
OK.
Did you install the HTC drivers?
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yes i do have all the things that i need. (atleast all the stuff they said on HTCdev)

nkewk said:
yes i do have all the things that i need. (atleast all the stuff they said on HTCdev)
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Hi,
I would try the process again.

malybru said:
Hi,
I would try the process again.
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I have done it several times already. I have unistalled all the drivers and restarted computer still doesnt work. I also tried on my laptop and that didnt work either..
So i relly dont know what to do right now, i guess i have to wait even more longer...

nkewk said:
I have done it several times already. I have unistalled all the drivers and restarted computer still doesnt work. I also tried on my laptop and that didnt work either..
So i relly dont know what to do right now, i guess i have to wait even more longer...
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Hi,
Sorry.
I do not know what else to suggest.

malybru said:
Hi,
Sorry.
I do not know what else to suggest.
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Nah, dont worry. Atleast thanks for the suggestions!

[Q] Nothing boots!

Ok, I used the Ace Root tool successfully. The hboot screen showed *unlocked*, the stock rom (GB) booted fine, has SU working perfectly, also CWM is working fine. However, all the ROMs I've tried flashing leave me stuck on the white htc screen forever. YES, I follow the OP directions to the T, this is my 4th device, and I'm familiar with flashing. Any suggestions?

Wodensman said:
Ok, I used the Ace Root tool successfully. The hboot screen showed *unlocked*, the stock rom (GB) booted fine, has SU working perfectly, also CWM is working fine. However, all the ROMs I've tried flashing leave me stuck on the white htc screen forever. YES, I follow the OP directions to the T, this is my 4th device, and I'm familiar with flashing. Any suggestions?
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Read my signature.

bananagranola said:
Read my signature.
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shift-right-clicking does not give me the option to open a cmd line

Wodensman said:
shift-right-clicking does not give me the option to open a cmd line
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LOLOL, nvm. I can't thank you enough for your reply!

Wodensman said:
LOLOL, nvm. I can't thank you enough for your reply!
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No problem. This question gets asked a lot.

how to unlock bootloader and s off after u took sense 5 update(5.18)

ok it worked on my att htc one x but you doing this at your own risk. there is no liability what so ever. YOUR OWN RISK.
ACTUALLY ITS SIMPLE.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVS THAT SPENT LOTS OF TIME TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS USED HERE.
1. GO HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699091 and temporarily root your device. i had to do multiple reboots before the reroot actually worked.
2. then go here http://rumrunner.us/ and READ the instructions , i used the universal tool.
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root. ( U DONT HAVE TO DO THIS IF THE SCRIPT REROOTS YOUR PHONE AT START UP LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. MINE WAS ACTING FUNNY SO I DID IT MANUALLY EVERYTIME IT RESTARTED THE SYSTEM.
NOW I HAVE S OFF AND UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ON 5.18 SOFTWARE. ONE MORE TIME IF I HELPED U CAN PRESS THANKS BUTTON BUT THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS TOOLS
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.
GOOD LUCK.

please report here if it works for you.
please report about your experience if u tried this method. thanks

grigoriisi said:
please report about your experience if u tried this method. thanks
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You know, this method has already been shared by @timmaaa

pandasa123 said:
You know, this method has already been shared by @timmaaa
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Would you mind sharing a link where it says how to unlock hboot 2.18 and soff? On software version 5.18?

pandasa123 said:
You know, this method has already been shared by @timmaaa
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hes is the first one ive seen to have had success. in this thread a couple different folks claimed it to be NOT working.

scotty1223 said:
hes is the first one ive seen to have had success. in this thread a couple different folks claimed it to be NOT working.
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Dude that is about firewater . Did u even read my thread ? It worked to get soff using weaksauce and rummrunner on stock att sense 5 android 4.2.2 period.

grigoriisi said:
Dude that is about firewater . Did u even read my thread ? It worked to get soff using weaksauce and rummrunner on stock att sense 5 android 4.2.2 period.
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Dude,calm down I'm on your side
Yes,that's Firewater. You're the first I've seen to get s off on 5.18 using anything. Sorry I should have been more specific but I was in a hurry. My most humble apologies

This worked for me as well i now have s-off

grigoriisi said:
ok it worked on my att htc one x but you doing this at your own risk. there is no liability what so ever. YOUR OWN RISK.
ACTUALLY ITS SIMPLE.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVS THAT SPENT LOTS OF TIME TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS USED HERE.
1. GO HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699091 and temporarily root your device. i had to do multiple reboots before the reroot actually worked.
2. then go here http://rumrunner.us/ and READ the instructions , i used the universal tool.
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root. ( U DONT HAVE TO DO THIS IF THE SCRIPT REROOTS YOUR PHONE AT START UP LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. MINE WAS ACTING FUNNY SO I DID IT MANUALLY EVERYTIME IT RESTARTED THE SYSTEM.
NOW I HAVE S OFF AND UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ON 5.18 SOFTWARE. ONE MORE TIME IF I HELPED U CAN PRESS THANKS BUTTON BUT THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS TOOLS
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.
GOOD LUCK.
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hey, Im new to this, I have 4.2.2 on sense 5.0 on the HTC one x att, Never did any kind of rooting or unlocking, did I update to far or is it still possible for me to unlock and root?

blakcsuit16 said:
hey, Im new to this, I have 4.2.2 on sense 5.0 on the HTC one x att, Never did any kind of rooting or unlocking, did I update to far or is it still possible for me to unlock and root?
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Did you read the OP?
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timmaaa said:
Did you read the OP?
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sorry for being a noob but I dont know what you mean by OP:/

blakcsuit16 said:
sorry for being a noob but I dont know what you mean by OP:/
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OP = original post = first post.
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timmaaa said:
OP = original post = first post.
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I did, I'm just not sure what it all means, if I follow his steps this should go smoothly is what I'm gathering.

blakcsuit16 said:
I did, I'm just not sure what it all means, if I follow his steps this should go smoothly is what I'm gathering.
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Yes it should go smoothly.
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grigoriisi said:
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root.
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Is there any risk in running the weaksauce app in between reboots while the rum runner process is working? Could anything potentially go seriously wrong with the phone if weaksauce returns the "root failure" message while rum runner is trying to work?

YellR0ck said:
Is there any risk in running the weaksauce app in between reboots while the rum runner process is working? Could anything potentially go seriously wrong with the phone if weaksauce returns the "root failure" message while rum runner is trying to work?
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It can only make rummrunner fail if it can't get root access.

grigoriisi said:
It can only make rummrunner fail if it can't get root access.
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Did you encounter this, or did it work for you the first time?

YellR0ck said:
Did you encounter this, or did it work for you the first time?
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Worked on first try.

grigoriisi said:
Worked on first try.
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It worked! Thank you! FYI, I was completely stock/unrooted on the at&t One X and had taken the latest (5.18) OTA.
The only thing I would add is that I had to run weaksauce over and over on each reboot until it gave me the "root activated" message.

Wow glad to know someone else did this too !
grigoriisi said:
ok it worked on my att htc one x but you doing this at your own risk. there is no liability what so ever. YOUR OWN RISK.
ACTUALLY ITS SIMPLE.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVS THAT SPENT LOTS OF TIME TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS USED HERE.
1. GO HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699091 and temporarily root your device. i had to do multiple reboots before the reroot actually worked.
2. then go here http://rumrunner.us/ and READ the instructions , i used the universal tool.
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root. ( U DONT HAVE TO DO THIS IF THE SCRIPT REROOTS YOUR PHONE AT START UP LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. MINE WAS ACTING FUNNY SO I DID IT MANUALLY EVERYTIME IT RESTARTED THE SYSTEM.
NOW I HAVE S OFF AND UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ON 5.18 SOFTWARE. ONE MORE TIME IF I HELPED U CAN PRESS THANKS BUTTON BUT THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS TOOLS
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.
GOOD LUCK.
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Yes , i did the exact same thing and it works . I used weaksauce to get temporary access to root while i was running rumrunner , and it finally gave in . Good stuff by the developers. Sending my contribution and thanks to them soon !
Just breaking it down in case a newbie (like i was 3 days ago) can make his/her life simpler.
1. rumrunner works in most cases for HTC ONE X (AT&T , USA) version for getting S-OFF. But it needs root access. One way to try and do this is to get WeakSauce installed on your phone (i also installed SuperSU from the app store) .
2. Now once u start executing rumrunner , make sure you use weaksauce to get super user access . Rumrunner will reboot ur machine ,and sometimes weaksauce did not work on my phone after a reboot , and in such cases i manually ran the app on the phone (though rum-runner says no). This lets rumrunner continue and get your phone to S-OFF successfully.
3. Once rumrunner reports that its done (pouring..followed by something that suggests its done, cant remember what , right now), you will get S-OFF on your device ( reboot into bootloader by pressing vol down +power) and check the status.
4. After this you can do anything you want ! like install cyanogenmod (cyanogenmod evita , i run cm11 snapshot 10)
And these developers are awesome ! Also @grigoriisii , sorry if this looks like im hijacking the thread , just trying to give a bit more details for the lazy one/newbie checking the last post
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.