Root [Guide] How to root the Wildfire S with S-ON

[CafeKampuchia]

Just to make sure, your bootloader says *** UNLOCKED ***?

 

[moustafaatchy]

yeah on the bootloader it says unlocked with the same hboot version in your topic.

 

[CafeKampuchia]

Did you try the TacoRoot option as well?

If that doesn't work, it's beyond me. You'll have to go to the thread at XDA for the SuperTool (link is in the guide) and post a reply with your problem there. They should be able to help you get it resolved.

 

[moustafaatchy]

when I press 2 nothing actually happens
Thanks any way for your help

 

[moustafaatchy]

I think the problem is in my ROM version or something.
I read about the Revolutionary method and that it worked on Wildfire with android 2.2.1
So is there a way to downgrade to that version from 2.3.5 ??
And is it reversible ?

 

[moustafaatchy]

Something else
Revolutionary site says it supports :HTC Wildfire (buzz) 1.01.0001
I have HBOOT 1.08.0099
How can I change it ?
and will it work on Wildfire S ?

 

[CafeKampuchia]

Your ROM version and HBOOT are correct. You can also try this root method now that you have unlocked your bootloader:
http://androidforums.com/wildfire-s-all-things-root/399076-guide-how-root-wildfire-s.html

Something else
Revolutionary site says it supports :HTC Wildfire (buzz) 1.01.0001
I have HBOOT 1.08.0099
How can I change it ?
and will it work on Wildfire S ?

This is for the older "Wildfire," not the "Wildfire S."

 

[moustafaatchy]

Should I begin from Step 2 ?

 

[moustafaatchy]

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT WORKED
THank you so MUCHHHHHHHH
You're great. I already gave up hope.But Now Link2SD has root access and superuser app is shown in app drawer.
Can you please add the link you gave to your guide after Unlocking Bootloader ?
It will help a lot of people.
Thanks again

 

[CafeKampuchia]

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT WORKED
THank you so MUCHHHHHHHH

Congrats!

Don't forget to backup your ROM before making too many changes. Reverting without a backup could cost you a lot of Tylenol!

 

[daft909punk]

what if your hboot is is it still rootable

 

[moustafaatchy]

I can't install the second ClockWorkMod Recovery using fastboot
I just type the line you mentioned and reboot the phone, it seems okay but when I turn on the phone and try to backup with Rom Manager, it asks for download and when it finishes it says "An error occured while flashing your recovery"

 

[CafeKampuchia]

what if your hboot is is it still rootable

Not sure what you're asking.

 

[CafeKampuchia]

I can't install the second ClockWorkMod Recovery using fastboot
I just type the line you mentioned and reboot the phone, it seems okay but when I turn on the phone and try to backup with Rom Manager, it asks for download and when it finishes it says "An error occured while flashing your recovery"

Are you talking about 5.0.2.8? If so, use the installer for 5.0.2.6--it works fine. I was running 5.0.2.6 until today.

If that works, try upgrading to 5.0.2.8 using fastboot.

 

[daft909punk]

im sorry what if your hboot is 1.09.000 is it still rootable lol

 

[moustafaatchy]

I tried rom installing with Ron Manager again but it worked this time. I have now 5.0.2.8 Thanks: )

 

[CafeKampuchia]

im sorry what if your hboot is 1.09.000 is it still rootable lol

I don't know for sure, but I think so. Running the RUU...exe might not work, but flashing the bootloader should. See the guide for directions.

 

[gfogla200]

i have already copied the PG76IMG.zip file into the sd card but the file is not loading in the bootloader even after waiting for a long time..........

please help...........

i have wildfire s s-on
HBOOt-1.08.0000
RADIO-7.53.39.03M

 

[CafeKampuchia]

i have already copied the PG76IMG.zip file into the sd card but the file is not loading in the bootloader even after waiting for a long time..........

please help...........

i have wildfire s s-on
HBOOt-1.08.0000
RADIO-7.53.39.03M

What's your software version? It will be a number like 2.13.401.3.

 

[gfogla200]

my software number is 2.14.415.1

 

[gfogla200]

What's your software version? It will be a number like 2.13.401.3.

my software number is 2.14.415.1

 

[gfogla200]

i have already copied the PG76IMG.zip file into the sd card but the file is not loading in the bootloader even after waiting for a long time..........

please help...........

i have wildfire s s-on
HBOOt-1.08.0000
RADIO-7.53.39.03M
software version 2.14.415.1

 

[realaaa]

finally done and I can confirm that it is indeed working on Telstra-branded Wildfire S

great thanks to CafeKampuchia for the amazing guide! here is a brief of the steps that I have made.

It is probably not the most effective way to do it (e.g. I could probably skip the upgrade to 2.3.5 and avoid issues with HBOOT-1.08.0000), rather it's just a reference of what and when happened, and what has changed (warning: lots of boring letters and numbers below):

• So I started off with innocent WFS A510b model PG76120, it was (and still is) S-ON and was initially equipped with Telstra-branded ROM (Android 2.3.3 software number 1.52.841.2 +some bloatware)

• at first I updated to 2.3.5 using the GoldCard and stock HTC firmware for EU market - this is optional step 2 from the first post.

• this has changed my phone to Android 2.3.5, software number 2.13.401.2, model A510e (this was a bit surprising!), HBOOT-1.08.0000 (this caused me a bit of pain during the next step), MICROP-0451 and RADIO-7.53.39.03M (Oct 31 2011,20:38:16)

• anyway then I went to unlock the bootloader via HTCdev.com as per the step 3

• since the previous upgrade actually changed me to dreaded HBOOT-1.08.0000 the usual procedure with RUU from HTCdev.com did not work (it failed with ERROR [191] ROM IS NOT SUPPORTED)

• but then instructions from topic "[HBOOT] HBOOT update for EU users who's having problem with RUU" helped, it all worked like a charm!

• after that my phone became *** UNLOCKED ***, HBOOT-1.08.0099 and RADIO-7.53.39.03M (Nov 28 2011,19:09:21) (I only list stuff here that has changed)

• then I went and rooted the phone via HTC supertool v3 as per step 4. This was OK, the only issue was that it did not work under Parallels Desktop for Mac (yes I am using Mac! ) so I had to do this step on my spare HP laptop with Windows and it all worked fine

• after verifying that phone was actually rooted (Superuser application installed) I used eoghan2t7's installer to install ClockworkMod Recovery, it was version 5.0.2.6

• after that I have installed the ROM Manager application from the market and used it to update to the latest version of the recovery (which is 5.0.2.8 as of now)

• then as prescribed I created backup of then installed 2.3.5 EU ROM via ClockworkMod Recovery mode(Nandroid backup)

• and finally I have installed unofficial CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC0-marvel-KANG (also using ClockworkMod Recovery)

• This has brought me to Android 2.3.7, build number GWK74, baseband 47.23a.35.3035H_7.53.39.03M and kernel 2.6.35.13

• finally I had one last issue with installing Google applications package (as if it was not enough troubles yet! )

• After installing gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip and rebooting, the keyboard was constantly crashing (process com.android.inputmethod.latin has stopped working unexpectedly) right after reboot, so I could not do anything at all to proceed with initial Google account configuration

• luckily topic "[ripped] google apps for cm7.2 port" was there to rescue me and after I re-flashed CyanogenMod and then used ripped-gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip it finally worked OK (installed Market and other apps without any crashes so I could finish the configuration and proceed further)

• of course after that there was all the usual yadda-yadda with link2sd and all other essential apps which is well covered in the internets and much easier

Thanks again everyone for their great topics and posts!

 

[Ozdroid]

Confirmed working with Australian Telstra Wildfire-S (S-On).

My phone is now European 2.3.5 RUU, unlocked hboot, rooted.

I did hit a couple of stumbling blocks along the way, but the links in the OP to XDA forums have got some solutions.

[FONT=&quot]Gday fyerwyer,
Just wanted to confirm you definitely haven

 

[gfogla200]

finally done and I can confirm that it is indeed working on Telstra-branded Wildfire S

great thanks to CafeKampuchia for the amazing guide! here is a brief of the steps that I have made.

It is probably not the most effective way to do it (e.g. I could probably skip the upgrade to 2.3.5 and avoid issues with HBOOT-1.08.0000), rather it's just a reference of what and when happened, and what has changed (warning: lots of boring letters and numbers below):

• So I started off with innocent WFS A510b model PG76120, it was (and still is) S-OFF and was initially equipped with Telstra-branded ROM (Android 2.3.3 software number 1.52.841.2 +some bloatware)

• at first I updated to 2.3.5 using the GoldCard and stock HTC firmware for EU market - this is optional step 2 from the first post.

• this has changed my phone to Android 2.3.5, software number 2.13.401.2, model A510e (this was a bit surprising!), HBOOT-1.08.0000 (this caused me a bit of pain during the next step), MICROP-0451 and RADIO-7.53.39.03M (Oct 31 2011,20:38:16)

• anyway then I went to unlock the bootloader via HTCdev.com as per the step 3

• since the previous upgrade actually changed me to dreaded HBOOT-1.08.0000 the usual procedure with RUU from HTCdev.com did not work (it failed with ERROR [191] ROM IS NOT SUPPORTED)

• but then instructions from topic "[HBOOT] HBOOT update for EU users who's having problem with RUU" helped, it all worked like a charm!

• after that my phone became *** UNLOCKED ***, HBOOT-1.08.0099 and RADIO-7.53.39.03M (Nov 28 2011,19:09:21) (I only list stuff here that has changed)

• then I went and rooted the phone via HTC supertool v3 as per step 4. This was OK, the only issue was that it did not work under Parallels Desktop for Mac (yes I am using Mac! ) so I had to do this step on my spare HP laptop with Windows and it all worked fine

• after verifying that phone was actually rooted (Superuser application installed) I used eoghan2t7's installer to install ClockworkMod Recovery, it was version 5.0.2.6

• after that I have installed the ROM Manager application from the market and used it to update to the latest version of the recovery (which is 5.0.2.8 as of now)

• then as prescribed I created backup of then installed 2.3.5 EU ROM via ClockworkMod Recovery mode(Nandroid backup)

• and finally I have installed unofficial CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC0-marvel-KANG (also using ClockworkMod Recovery)

• This has brought me to Android 2.3.7, build number GWK74, baseband 47.23a.35.3035H_7.53.39.03M and kernel 2.6.35.13

• finally I had one last issue with installing Google applications package (as if it was not enough troubles yet! )

• After installing gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip and rebooting, the keyboard was constantly crashing (process com.android.inputmethod.latin has stopped working unexpectedly) right after reboot, so I could not do anything at all to proceed with initial Google account configuration

• luckily topic "[ripped] google apps for cm7.2 port" was there to rescue me and after I re-flashed CyanogenMod and then used ripped-gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip it finally worked OK (installed Market and other apps without any crashes so I could finish the configuration and proceed further)

• of course after that there was all the usual yadda-yadda with link2sd and all other essential apps which is well covered in the internets and much easier

Thanks again everyone for their great topics and posts!

I have WFS A510e
HBOOT 1.08.0000
software version 2.14.415.1
radio 7.53.39.03M
Andriod 2.3.5

I have downloaded the [HBOOT] HBOOT update and placed it in the sd card but when i open the bootloader the file is not loading even after waiting for a long time........

please help......