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Desire - All Things Root Guide
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General Information
Recoveries
Tools, Utilities & Downloads
Since this is a new root guide for your all-things-root sub-forum, we need your help to populate it and keep it organized with the best and most relevant information. Please contact (by PM) your favorite Guide, or drop us a note in the private chat section if you have any good information to contribute, update, or correct in the root guide. Alternatively, hit the
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Desire - All Things Root Guide
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Quick note / disclaimer: as always, you are ultimately responsible for any root-related activities on your phone.
You should understand not only the benefits of rooting, but also any possible consequences (voided warranty, boot-loops, bricking, etc.) that might occur as a result of your root-related actions.
AndroidForums.com / Phandroid.com, its owner, and staff are not liable for any root actions you might undertake as a result of information used from this site.
Reading, researching, understanding, and carefully following the published steps and instructions can go a long way towards helping to make your rooting efforts a successful one.
You should understand not only the benefits of rooting, but also any possible consequences (voided warranty, boot-loops, bricking, etc.) that might occur as a result of your root-related actions.
AndroidForums.com / Phandroid.com, its owner, and staff are not liable for any root actions you might undertake as a result of information used from this site.
Reading, researching, understanding, and carefully following the published steps and instructions can go a long way towards helping to make your rooting efforts a successful one.
- [INFO]Root Terminology
- [INFO]You've went and rooted the phone. Now What???
- [FAQ]Rooting
- [FAQ]Root Memory: a2sd+, Alpharev, Custom MTD / partitions
- [FAQ]Adb and Fastboot
- [INFO]Kernel (HAVS/SVS/AXI etc)
- [GUIDE]Rooting HTC Android 2.2.1 or lower with unrEVOked - Windows
- [GUIDE]S-OFF HTC Android 2.2 or lower
- [GUIDE]S-OFF and Root HTC Android 2.2 and 2.3 with revolutionary
- [GUIDE]Applying Custom MTD (partition Layout) for Amon-RA
- [GUIDE]Fix USB "BRICK" Root & Non-Root
- [GUIDE]Unrooting using PB99IMG, including Walkthrough for SLCD-bricked Desires
- [GUIDE]Set up VMware (Virtual Machine) to Boot GParted/Alpharev S-OFF
- [GUIDE]Video guide - GParted (how to partition SDCARD)
- [GUIDE]Easily remove system/apps for S-ON, Stock ROMS
- [GUIDE]Unroot GSM Desire
- ROM List -XDA
- Shipped ROMs
Recoveries
- 4EXT Recovery - A How To (although this was posted in the Desire HD section, it is relevant for the Desire)
Tools, Utilities & Downloads