I'd like to root my Samsung Droid Charge. I haven't been able to find step by step instructions anywhere, for rooting a Droid Charge using a Mac. I am running OS 10.8 on a MacBook Pro.
I would be very grateful for help with this, and would be happy to donate to the developer
Junebug
Junebugapril said:
I'd like to root my Samsung Droid Charge. I haven't been able to find step by step instructions anywhere, for rooting a Droid Charge using a Mac. I am running OS 10.8 on a MacBook Pro.
I would be very grateful for help with this, and would be happy to donate to the developer
Junebug
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I'm in the same boat as you, luckily I have an old XP PieceOCrap laying around, to use.
On a side note there was something floating around XDA that I was watching a little bit ago, it had bugs in it, they are probably gone now, but let me go dive in, I'll report back soon, if not send in a search team!
- dSlice
Droid Charge powered by [email protected] 3.0
Junebugapril said:
I'd like to root my Samsung Droid Charge. I haven't been able to find step by step instructions anywhere, for rooting a Droid Charge using a Mac. I am running OS 10.8 on a MacBook Pro.
I would be very grateful for help with this, and would be happy to donate to the developer
Junebug
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The only way I know that this may be possible is an Odin alternative called Heimdall, and I've never heard verification that anyone got Heimdall to work with this phone. I really couldn't help beyond that. Heimdall is more complex than Odin and I never used it, and I no longer have my Charge so I can't mess with it now either.
You could use boot camp.
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Yeah it's Heimdall, Im pretty computer savvy, but that thing is confusing, there are some videos floating around that I saw. I think basically you can only flash Stock images (i.e. the Factory Reset things, ROM wise). You can flash kernels and recoveries though.
I'd recommend using someones PC for and hour or get on a torrent site and acquire Windows and an emulator.
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Yeah it's Heimdall, Im pretty computer savvy, but that thing is confusing, there are some videos floating around that I saw. I think basically you can only flash Stock images (i.e. the Factory Reset things, ROM wise). You can flash kernels and recoveries though.
I'd recommend using someones PC for and hour or get on a torrent site and acquire Windows and an emulator.
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Yeah, I kind of thought that would be what I'd have to do
I don't have a license for Windows, don't need it for anything besides this. Not sure if it's worth the expense.
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Yeah, I kind of thought that would be what I'd have to do
I don't have a license for Windows, don't need it for anything besides this. Not sure if it's worth the expense.
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Windows 8 consumer preview works for odin and I dont think it expires. Release preview will definitely expire though, on January 16, 2013. Also if you can get your hands on windows 7 installation from a friend or a website or even microsoft's website it comes with a 30 day trial.
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Yeah it's Heimdall, Im pretty computer savvy, but that thing is confusing, there are some videos floating around that I saw. I think basically you can only flash Stock images (i.e. the Factory Reset things, ROM wise). You can flash kernels and recoveries though.
I'd recommend using someones PC for and hour or get on a torrent site and acquire Windows and an emulator.
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Windows 8 consumer preview works for odin and I dont think it expires. Release preview will definitely expire though, on January 16, 2013. Also if you can get your hands on windows 7 installation from a friend or a website or even microsoft's website it comes with a 30 day trial.
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Awesome. So if I download the trial version of Windows will I need it again with my rooted phone, or can I continue to move files, etc., with my Mac?
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Awesome. So if I download the trial version of Windows will I need it again with my rooted phone, or can I continue to move files, etc., with my Mac?
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Your mac should be fine because the sd card is formatted as FAT32 like a flash drive. You only need Windows for ODIN, which you will need if you want to return to stock. You know how to use boot camp right?
You can also use Parallels which doesn't require you to partition your HD.
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You can also use Parallels which doesn't require you to partition your HD.
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Does that work with ODIN though? And I think you have to pay for that.
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Does that work with ODIN though? And I think you have to pay for that.
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It should, I is in essence "Windows".
- dSlice
Droid Charge powered by [email protected] 3.0
Solution: get a real computer.
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Your mac should be fine because the sd card is formatted as FAT32 like a flash drive. You only need Windows for ODIN, which you will need if you want to return to stock. You know how to use boot camp right?
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I've never used Boot Camp.
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Does that work with ODIN though? And I think you have to pay for that.
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It should, I is in essence "Windows".
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Parallels should work as I've used it for stock-flashing my Motorola Defy and have only flashed CWM via ODIN on Parallels without a hitch. (Now I need to find a root mod...)
Parallels cost money but also requires the user to supply the OS, in this case Windows. So it's really an annoying process, the best bet is to simply use a friend's Windows PC. I went through a ton of trouble trying to do it Mac-only for my Defy phone but it turned out to be a lengthy process that could have been solved by those one-click root apps for WIndows. Once she's flashed and you can use Clockwork Recovery (assuming it's similar to my Defy) you won't need ODIN except on rare occurrences which means: You visit your friend or you keep a virtual machine or a bootcamp partition available on your Mac.
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I cant use odin on my phone. Odin will not read it it. Ive tried every version and get the same effect. any ideas.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14147928&postcount=3
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Im not a newbie ive been using odin for almost 2 years regular. This is different. Im not getting the com on the odin
have you tried different usb ports? have you tried a different pc? have you installed the samsung drivers? Ask again when you have a little more information to provide.
Ive tried using win7 laptop and Vista laptop. Every usb port on both computers. All the proper drivers are installed. I used my win7 for fascinate alot. I rooted the phone using odin on a friends computer. This was the first try on my win7 with the charge. The phone goes to download mode fine. Odin never brings it up in the com port part. Ive tried several different odin downloads with no luck on both computers previously mentioned.
Hmmm, if ODIN worked on your friends machine then it has to be isolated to your laptops. I would uninstall the samsung drivers and perhaps find a different download source and install again? You could also try Samsung PST lite to see if that sees your phone on the com port.
Not sure what else to try besides those 2 things.
EDIT: Also, you are making sure you open ODIN before you put the phone in download mode? im sure you probably are just want to eliminate all possibilities.
Tried your first option several times. I'm not sure how to use pst. I downloaded it and its a rar. I dont know what to do with that. I also read that I need a dll to use it. I dont know what a dll is. You or anyone else doesnt happen to know anything on this pst by any chance.
Also if you flashed a different Ron or anything else, your charge may not have copied everything properly, essentially a corrupt program. Try using heimdall if you can't get Odin to work. In fascinate general is a sticky with instructions and a link for the program dl. You will also need 7zip or something similar to open up the tar(Odin) file and get what you need out of it. Don't worry if you are not familiar with heimdall, if you need to use it, my walk-through is step by step so even the not so techie can follow it with no problem. Hope this helps.
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There are also some Sammy generic x86 and x64 drivers on that thread, they work fro all the other Sammy phones to use Odin, might work for the charge too.
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Tried your first option several times. I'm not sure how to use pst. I downloaded it and its a rar. I dont know what to do with that. I also read that I need a dll to use it. I dont know what a dll is. You or anyone else doesnt happen to know anything on this pst by any chance.
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Here is the download location I used for the Samsung PST lite program
http://www.mydroidfiles.com/downloads/TBH/SamsungFlashingUtility.7z
use 7zip to extract the contents and then install everything that is extracted (it includes the dll you were mentioning)
I just called samsung. The charge does not support pst at all. They are allegedly not aware of odin.
EDIT: I just read youy post about pst. I will give that a shot.
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I just called samsung. The charge does not support pst at all. They are allegedly not aware of odin.
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The charge worked fine with that version of PST lite i linked you to a post back. I used it to restore my phone to stock when i was in a pickle.
Ive downloaded and extracted whats next? I have no clue how to work it. Can i stick my humble 1.35 file in it or is there something special? How do I use it at all?
piperat said:
Ive downloaded and extracted whats next? I have no clue how to work it. Can i stick my humble 1.35 file in it or is there something special? How do I use it at all?
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install everything you can install from the extracted stuff, then click your start menu and launch samsungPSTLite and then click on the picture of your phone to the left then at the bottom right I believe is where it shows if you phone is connected or not.
EDIT: also the only time I had to use this was to restore to a stock ED1 state from a download located here http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
Just for everyones reference odin will not work unless debug is enabled. WOW!!! I feel like an idiot! The pst is working now though thats how i figured that out.
piperat said:
Just for everyones reference odin will not work unless debug is enabled. WOW!!! I feel like an idiot! The pst is working now though thats how i figured that out.
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Haha, well i guess in one way or another I sorta helped. Glad you got it sorted out. The first 2 things I always check on my phone after I install a ROM is debugging enabled and the unknown sources checkbox.
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I just called samsung. The charge does not support pst at all. They are allegedly not aware of odin.
EDIT: I just read youy post about pst. I will give that a shot.
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I have used pst with no problem at all with my charge
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1. Power down phone, take out battery
2. Fire up odin (btw, what version are you using?)
3. connect phone to computer
4. Hold volume down button till Downloading appears.
Hopefully that works.
EDIT: could've sworn I hit last page to read all the posts. Just ignore me
Sent from my Droid Charge running Humble 1.35
Is there a way to install the USB drivers and ODIN in Ubuntu Linux?
It's so hard to find clear documentation for a regular guy.
Thanks
radump said:
Is there a way to install the USB drivers and ODIN in Ubuntu Linux?
It's so hard to find clear documentation for a regular guy.
Thanks
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You can either use Heimdall in place of Odin, or you can find a Windows machine and use it. Heimdall is much less straighforward than Odin. I know some people have gotten it to work, but most people just find a Windows machine.
its possible to run it in a vm box but I wouldn't use odin in anything but real windows just because you won't brick it if something goes wrong.. heimdall is also an option though I've never used it
mint 11 here btw
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
I've heard that Heimdall isn't compatible with the Charge. What I wound up doing was installed VirtualBox and XP, and used Odin from there. Worked like a charm.
I'd much prefer a native solution, though.
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its possible to run it in a vm box but I wouldn't use odin in anything but real windows just because you won't brick it if something goes wrong.. heimdall is also an option though I've never used it
mint 11 here btw
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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You tried out the Mint 12 release candidate yet? I love it, but I'm also a Gnome 3 fan.
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PeterGunz said:
You tried out the Mint 12 release candidate yet? I love it, but I'm also a Gnome 3 fan.
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heard about it but haven't tried it out and yeah Gnome fan here too lol
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
Really no Linux support?
I can't believe there's no way to root the charge with ubuntu. I've been trying with adb and gingerbreak but no success. Come on, there must be a way!
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I can't believe there's no way to root the charge with ubuntu. I've been trying with adb and gingerbreak but no success. Come on, there must be a way!
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nope aside from doing it in a VM box or on a windows PC you're kinda out of luck
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I tried using Odin in XP on a virtual machine with USB support and out froze in mid flash. While the device was recognized as a COM port of the beginning of the flash at one point it did not recognize anything on the COM port and froze at that point.
I'm not saying it won't work only that it didn't work on that one case which is the only time i tried it. And this was back on my Fascinate.
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You should be able to flash the kernel via Heimdall in Linux to achieve root access.
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I tried using Odin in XP on a virtual machine with USB support and out froze in mid flash. While the device was recognized as a COM port of the beginning of the flash at one point it did not recognize anything on the COM port and froze at that point.
I'm not saying it won't work only that it didn't work on that one case which is the only time i tried it. And this was back on my Fascinate.
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I've had it do that a few times on the Fascinate and once on the Charge (almost permabricked it), I personally just said screw it its not worth the risk and do it on a small windows partition I keep for that
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If anyone has successfully rooted their Verizon S3 with Heimdall, could you please append your instructions to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885 Or include them here? Some of us don't have access to Windows for Odin and it would be much appreciated! My attempts haven't been successful, but I don't have any experience with Heimdall unfortunately.
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If anyone has successfully rooted their Verizon S3 with Heimdall, could you please append your instructions to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885 Or include them here? Some of us don't have access to Windows for Odin and it would be much appreciated! My attempts haven't been successful, but I don't have any experience with Heimdall unfortunately.
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thanks hopefully, a soon GS3 hit the spot on Thursday someone post a video about this, im on the same way than you, i have a windows netbook but not sure if it can support to root my phone.
Also curious if anyone has had success using a virtual machine to do it.
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If anyone has successfully rooted their Verizon S3 with Heimdall, could you please append your instructions to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885 Or include them here? Some of us don't have access to Windows for Odin and it would be much appreciated! My attempts haven't been successful, but I don't have any experience with Heimdall unfortunately.
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As far as I can tell heimdall does not yet support the s3 and the website seems pretty dead.
I had to borrow my stepson pc to load a rooted stock rom via ODIN. Once you have that you can use dd to load a custom recovery, plus mobile ODIN is now available.
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As far as I can tell heimdall does not yet support the s3 and the website seems pretty dead.
I had to borrow my stepson pc to load a rooted stock rom via ODIN. Once you have that you can use dd to load a custom recovery, plus mobile ODIN is now available.
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OH THANK GOD!!! I have been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why I just can't seem to flash using heimdall on my Mac. I can't even get it to work using windows and Odin in VirtualBox. Hopefully this will get sorted soon.
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OH THANK GOD!!! I have been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why I just can't seem to flash using heimdall on my Mac. I can't even get it to work using windows and Odin in VirtualBox. Hopefully this will get sorted soon.
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So your're still unrooted as well?
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trendsetter37 said:
So your're still unrooted as well?
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Thankfully not. I was able to use a VM and Odin to use it, but I just feel dirty using Windows.
gumbi2400 said:
OH THANK GOD!!! I have been banging my head against the wall trying to figure out why I just can't seem to flash using heimdall on my Mac. I can't even get it to work using windows and Odin in VirtualBox. Hopefully this will get sorted soon.
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what recovery img were you using when you tried to flash with your mac os? im just curious
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Thankfully not. I was able to use a VM and Odin to use it, but I just feel dirty using Windows.
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You should feel dirty connecting a android and apple device together.
is there any progress on getting Heimdall and Verizon gs3 root together for mac?
I want to root, but now i have 4.1.1, stock.
Is the Casual by Adam Outler working on 4.1.1?
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Is the Casual by Adam Outler working on 4.1.1?
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No.
OK, thanks. Wish it was better news.
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Stuck halfway
I used casual r131 and I did fine on 4.0.4 but got a new phone with JB on it. Attempted to use casual. Phone is in half root lol. shows the custom unlock image but no su... I'm like stuck in the middle. Of course I have the dang VZW version of S3...
wow, that stinks. is there a way to fix that?
I use a macbook and had issues with rooting using heimdall. I think your best and easiest option is to borrow a friend's computer with windows and just root with that - since you'll be doing most things from recovery you most likely wont need access to windows again.
if i unroot, will i need a windows computer?
Has anybody been successful? The previous way using one click only works on 2.3.5. Using heimdall is unsuccessful. Im unable to flash cwm recovery using rom manager. All I have is my imac and I'd rather not have to install Odin and files and somebody else's PC. Any help?
I own both a pc and mac but I rooted mine on 2.3.5 using zerg rush and its rooted ever since. I can't be that helpful but you could always use parallels or VMfusion or even bootcamp to install windows on your mac just for the root.
It's not our model but you can check this as a guideline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-fm6FOyKo
AFAIK, you have to flash CWM and use it to flash Superuser to root any version of Android higher than 2.3.5, but to do that you need Odin, which only works on Windows.
If Heimdall worked with SR we could use that to flash CWM but it doesn't. I had the same problem on Linux. Good luck!
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I own both a pc and mac but I rooted mine on 2.3.5 using zerg rush and its rooted ever since. I can't be that helpful but you could always use parallels or VMfusion or even bootcamp to install windows on your mac just for the root.
It's not our model but you can check this as a guideline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-fm6FOyKo
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My buddy recently rooted his phone using VMware Workstation 8. If you're going to go that route, just make sure you attach the USB device to the VM, and disconnect it properly before shutting down the system. Overall it was a fairly painless process. And if memory serves me correctly Workstation has a free 30 day trial.
Solution: rid the mac.
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Yea there is nothing for Mac as of yet. I tried heimdall also. Had a connection error and also couldn't find the tar with the .XML file in it. So boot camp virtual box or borrowing a windows computer. Something like that is your only option. I will say its a quick root. Took me less then 30 seconds.
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you should borrow a pc , dont use mac espicialy if you are a newb w/comps.
read my sticky in my sig about rooting, its made for newbs, copy the files you need to a usb stick, dont forget the drivers for the phone, there in my first link in my sig in the dl section. then use someones comp
Just wiped all data off my phone before flashing CyanogenMod 10. Problem is, I need to reboot into the bootloader so I can flash the boot.img since I have the 2.20 AT&T update. But I can't get my computer to recognize my phone in fastboot mode. I'm using Windows 8 64-bit, and I've tried multiple threads with Win8 64-bit drivers, and installing the drivers with signature verification disabled. I'm at a loss, hope you guys can help, since I can't turn my phone on until this gets fixed.
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Just wiped all data off my phone before flashing CyanogenMod 10. Problem is, I need to reboot into the bootloader so I can flash the boot.img since I have the 2.20 AT&T update. But I can't get my computer to recognize my phone in fastboot mode. I'm using Windows 8 64-bit, and I've tried multiple threads with Win8 64-bit drivers, and installing the drivers with signature verification disabled. I'm at a loss, hope you guys can help, since I can't turn my phone on until this gets fixed.
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Not familiar with windows 8,but if the computer recognises the phone why not just downgrade your hboot with Jet,then you want have to flash the boot image.
ken bentley said:
Not familiar with windows 8,but if the computer recognises the phone why not just downgrade your hboot with Jet,then you want have to flash the boot image.
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Whoa whoa whoa. Downgrading the hboot is POSSIBLE. Holy frick, if this is true, I might hate myself for not discovering this sooner...
EDIT: The toolkit requires running Linux (which I don't have and am not real comfortable with) and involves hard bricking the phone...think I'll keep my hboot for now. Needing to flash the boot.img is kind of annoying, but it wasn't a big deal until I could no longer get fastboot to work...
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Whoa whoa whoa. Downgrading the hboot is POSSIBLE. Holy frick, if this is true, I might hate myself for not discovering this sooner...
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Lol yes it is possible, all you need is ubuntu on your computer. I tried it out myself and it worked great
bikeracer4487 said:
Whoa whoa whoa. Downgrading the hboot is POSSIBLE. Holy frick, if this is true, I might hate myself for not discovering this sooner...
EDIT: The toolkit requires running Linux (which I don't have and am not real comfortable with) and involves hard bricking the phone...think I'll keep my hboot for now. Needing to flash the boot.img is kind of annoying, but it wasn't a big deal until I could no longer get fastboot to work...
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I can tell you its easy once you boot into linux,I was a complete novice with unbuntu and I got it to work,I spent a bit of time reading up on using the commands and it went like a breeze.
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Lol yes it is possible, all you need is ubuntu on your computer. I tried it out myself and it worked great
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Well, I can make a LiveCD easy enough, so I might still try it. But I'd still prefer to find a fix for the fastboot drivers, since I'd still be unable to use fastboot after downgrading the hboot.
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I can tell you its easy once you boot into linux,I was a complete novice with unbuntu and I got it to work,I spent a bit of time reading up on using the commands and it went like a breeze.
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I'm actually fairly competent in the unix terminal, thanks to using a Mac at work for a while, it's more the danger of hard bricking my phone that scares me.
Well the only thing I could find was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775870
But that's meant for the international One X so I'm pretty positive that it may not work on our device...
utkaar099 said:
Well the only thing I could find was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775870
But that's meant for the international One X so I'm pretty positive that it may not work on our device...
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Well, thanks for the tip, but that's one of the drivers I tried.
I had same problem and i have solved installing HTC Sync Manager and PdaNet
EmeraldTimer said:
I had same problem and i have solved installing HTC Sync Manager and PdaNet
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PdaNet? From what a can find it seems to only work as a tethering app...
EmeraldTimer said:
I had same problem and i have solved installing HTC Sync Manager and PdaNet
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+1 HTC sync is your friend when you have drivers issues.
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+1 HTC sync is your friend when you have drivers issues.
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Yeah, like I said, HTC Sync didn't solve my problem for whatever reason.
However, it occurred to me that I've never had to worry about Android drivers with Mac and Linux, and I was able to use fastboot without a problem from a Ubuntu LiveCD, without resorting to downgrading my hboot. Granted it meant downloading and configuring the android tools in Ubuntu, and I wouldn't want to do it on a regular basis, but it's okay as a workaround, and this whole fiasco has me seriously considering switching my laptop to Ubuntu from Win8 (I could dual-boot), but I don't really have enough disk space for 2 operating systems).
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Yeah, like I said, HTC Sync didn't solve my problem for whatever reason.
However, it occurred to me that I've never had to worry about Android drivers with Mac and Linux, and I was able to use fastboot without a problem from a Ubuntu LiveCD, without resorting to downgrading my hboot. Granted it meant downloading and configuring the android tools in Ubuntu, and I wouldn't want to do it on a regular basis, but it's okay as a workaround, and this whole fiasco has me seriously considering switching my laptop to Ubuntu from Win8 (I could dual-boot), but I don't really have enough disk space for 2 operating systems).
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Did you uninstall whatever HTC drivers you had before installing HTC sync?
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I have windows 8 and when I first got my one x I installed PDANet and HTC Sync Manager. That should solve the driver issue. PDANet pretty much fills in the gap for drivers no matter what phone.
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Ok I had same issue when I was beta testing win 8 in Summer. You need to go to device manager and click the show hidden devices on menu bar. It will show you all devices not plugged in. Next find andriod , it should be greyed out. If you don't find install win 64 bit driver. It will still not recongize android when plugged in so click greyed out android and choose Manuel update. Then click browse for driver and go into win 64 drivers and manually choose. There is a lot of utube and other tutorials if you Google manuel install HTC drivers for win 8. Hope this helps ya. Let me know how it worked out
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i hav got it
:highfive: i had the same problem and that vista drivers worked will
her you go but i couldn't the link as ber the rule To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!
but you may find it on androiddrivers if you search you will find it in How to Root HTC One X! pleas share the link her so the other find it
I was able to get mine working with the combo of
1. uninstalling any HTC sync or sync manager and the HTC BMP USB Driver. Basically anything HTC.
2. Install HTC sync. Not sync manager. Go to the HTC support page and you'll see both listed. If you go to the specific phone support page it might not be there. (One S doesn't have the sync program, just sync manager iirc.)
3. Download PDAnet. When installing, It'll give a warning that you already have drivers installed and ask if you want to fix them or leave as is. I chose it to fix and it went though its process and I had working drivers after that.
I think this was already suggested before. I going back and giving thanks wherever due after this post. (On the mobile app right now)
Other easy way if you're using a One S is to download Hasoon2000's All-On-One Toolkit. He's updated the drivers for windows 8. I haven't tried it yet as mine are working so haven't had the need. I would assume his tool for any of the other phones he supports would have the updated drivers too.