Root Ultimate Guide to Rooting and Overclocking your Bell Desire Z. NEWB Friendly!

[Mockmo]

Thanks alot that helps clear up some of my confusion. Just a few more questions.

I havent recived my phone yet it comes in monday is there anything i should do when i first get it? like i said its brand new rooted and running Virtuous.

What is/ does clockworkmod do?

How do i switch Roms? (is there a guide)

Can i uninstall Virtuous to get my original stock OS with loosing my root?

Thanks in advance

And is there any way to get free paid apps like i used to get on my iphone?

 

[Slug]

is there anything i should do when i first get it?

Switch it on to check it works, plug it in to charge the battery, then sit down with a beverage of your choice and go through the User Guide which should be on the microSD card as a PDF. The fact that it's running Virtuous means that everything in the UG will match what you see on the handset.

What is/ does clockworkmod do?

It's a recovery image, which replaces the very limited stock one and allows flashing *.zip files, backing up/restoring the complete handset (or just individual file systems), wiping caches, partitioning memory cards... you get the picture.

How do i switch Roms? (is there a guide)

The process is identical to installing your first, except you're already rooted/S-OFFed. Copy the *.zip to your sdcard and install using CWM.... simples.

Can i uninstall Virtuous to get my original stock OS with loosing my root?

The previous owner may have backed up the ROM with the nandroid utility in CWM, which can then be unrooted with VISIONary. The only way to revert the recovery though is to install a stock RUU update, unless there's a dump of the original .IMG available in the wild.

is there any way to get free paid apps like i used to get on my iphone?

I'm sure there is, but it's something that's prohibited by our forum rules.

 

[Mockmo]

Will the ClockworkMod already be installed when i get the phone how do i check?

Can you email me how to get the free paid apps

Thanks!!

 

[Slug]

Will the ClockworkMod already be installed when i get the phone how do i check?

Install ROM Manager from the Market. When you run it, the first option is to flash CWM. If it's already installed it will show the current version.

Can you email me how to get the free paid apps

That wasn't a terribly clever thing to ask a forum moderator. I suggest that you re-read the forum rules.

Btw, it's not a good idea to post your email address in plain text in public forums.

 

[Mockmo]

Ops Sry about that wont happen again

 

[lh881211]

will it be safe to update the phone when a new update is available?

i have mine rooted + overclocked as per guide.

 

[Slug]

will it be safe to update the phone when a new update is available?

My understanding, from reading the multitude of related threads on XDA, is that you can regain permroot after the 1.72 update without downgrading if you currently have S-OFF. This post appears to confirm that.

 

[XTRevolution]

Just figured I'd post my progress here. Got the G2 a little while back, rooted it the second day I had it, and I had SetCPU bought from my previous phone. Got that downloaded again, which surprisingly had support for the G2 instantly, and I've had it overclocked to 1.3GHz. In Quadrant benchmark, I scored a 2696 with that overclock, which is actually faster than the new dual core dual-1GHz phones that are supposed to be coming out soon.

 

[cloakster]

When Rooting, will i need to back up and/or re-install any of my apps?

 

[Slug]

will i need to back up and/or re-install any of my apps?

No, the process doesn't require a wipe so nothing should be lost. It's always wise to have insurance against unforeseen circumstances though, so I'd still advise backing up any important data.

 

[cloakster]

At step 11 after i type ./gfree it starts to do some stuff and then i get:

Patching and backing up partition 7...
Error opening copy file.

Anyone know why this is happening? Thanks in advance

 

[Slug]

Anyone know why this is happening?

How much free space is on your sdcard? It could be a lack of space issue.

 

[cloakster]

How much free space is on your sdcard? It could be a lack of space issue.

7GB left on the card and 739mb of the internal storage left. No matter what setting i put the connection type to (charge only, sync) i still have access to the SD card from my computer. Would it have anything to do with that? and how do i fix it? Thanks

Edit: I did step 11 in terminal emulator and it worked

 

[Slug]

Edit: I did step 11 in terminal emulator and it worked

As the old song says, "It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it".

Congrats on your success.

 

[Livedog]

I have literally been trying to figure this out for days now. I just got my first Android phone and I have no idea whats going on. Now, I do have Visionary installed, setcpu, gscript, terminal emulator, Astro, I have the Super user icon, IMve temprooted my device several times. I think my only problem is I cant get adb to install the visionaryplus file, I do have SDK downloaded.

Anyway I'm going to go insane if I cant figure this out. I NEED to figure this out! Lol....losing mind....so any help would be so appreciated. I'm one step away from paying someone to do it for me.

Lol...thanks!

 

[Absolute_]

New at this ordered my desire z and its coming tomorrow.. But im just wondering if this guide works on an unbranded HTC Desire Z, since i ordered it off of eBay. Plus all i want to do is keep stock ROM and just overclock my desire z. Anyways I have been doing some research and all this technical talk is so complicated compared to windows mobile.

 

[Jin 06]

I've done everything in order, and everything went as it should have, till I selected "temproot" on Visionary+.
The black screen comes up after a few seconds, then it just stays black (I've waited almost ten minutes for it to go back to the options menu).

(I also tried the next step, but got denied)


Any idea of where I went wrong?


I should note these two things:
1. My firmware version is 1.72.4 (I've heard there are issues of rooting for this)
2. When I go to the home screen after waiting for so long, my DZ becomes extremely laggy, hence I have to restart it and by doing so, puts the phone back to its initial state before the temproot was started.

I really want to root my DZ and unleash its processor's potential!

I'm new to this, but due to my exams I can't really do all of my research and learning on rooting and such, so sorry for the frustrating question.

Thank you in advance!

 

[Slug]

Any idea of where I went wrong?

Hi Jin!

Firmware versions above 1.34.xxx.xx can't (yet) be reliably rooted. You'll have to downgrade and then you'll be able to root it. There's a link to the complete process here.

 

[Aleksandroid]

Alright, I have the HTC Desire Z and have updated it to 2.2.1(which is the latest release from HTC for the Desire Z)... I am still at the stage where i'm rooting my phone. I have the visionary apk installed on my desire Z, so I open up the visionary app to temp root it then the rooting starts then goes to black screen and stays like that and does nothing. i've let it sit for more then about 3 minutes and nothing happens so i just closed the app. ive tried it around 5 - 10 times and i always get the same result... what gives?

 

[Jin 06]

Alright, I have the HTC Desire Z and have updated it to 2.2.1(which is the latest release from HTC for the Desire Z)... I am still at the stage where i'm rooting my phone. I have the visionary apk installed on my desire Z, so I open up the visionary app to temp root it then the rooting starts then goes to black screen and stays like that and does nothing. i've let it sit for more then about 3 minutes and nothing happens so i just closed the app. ive tried it around 5 - 10 times and i always get the same result... what gives?

Hi Aleksandroid!

If you read the post above yours you'll see that the link will take you to another method that should work.

My guess is that your firmware is above 1.34, hence this method doesn't work for your DZ yet.

 

[lh881211]

@Slug i have a quick question about the official RUU (ROM Upgrade Utility) do you know any tutorial or walk through for restoring back to original stock form?

because i would like to unroot my phone now, will upgrading my phone to 1.82.709.1 from my current 1.34.709.5 automatically unroot my phone? thanks!

 

[Slug]

will upgrading my phone to 1.82.709.1 from my current 1.34.709.5 automatically unroot my phone? thanks!

Yes, it will wipe and replace everything.

 

[funwithham]

my screen will not come back from being black when i do temproot!!!!!!!! someone please help me ahhhhhhh i am getting pissed offfff

 

[Slug]

my screen will not come back from being black when i do temproot!!!!!!!!

Pull the battery, reinsert and restart the handset. It's a temp root so restarting will return it to normal service.

 

[zuplok]

thank you for this awsome tutorial

had to improvise a little when installing the overclocking update since my Z would'nt boot into the "new" recovery but i think it worked out. (did a backup through the ROM Manager then "Install ROM from SD Card"(dont know if that will create the proper nandroid backup?) other than that it seems to work perfectly.

Thanks!