Root [Guide]ROOTING HTC android 2.2.1 or lower with unrEVOked - Windows (updated 20th December 2012)

DesireMe · Oct 7, 2011

Well first time it failed and terminated. I closed unreEVOked and unplugged the phone, repeated and now it's on "waiting for system to settle..." Been on there for 5 mins. :/

SUroot · Oct 7, 2011

Are you using 3.21? You're still Froyo? Did you reverse install location modifications?

DesireMe · Oct 7, 2011

3.21, Froyo and reversed install yes. Checked app drawer, no SU. Is there a way to check the reverse went OK? I set to 0 and it came back to a prompt, but given the game i had earlier, worth checking...

DesireMe · Oct 7, 2011

Closed everything, did the reverse again setting installlocation to 0 without problems. Ran 3.21 again and it's on waiting for system to settle. Me thinks it's not working (4th time). I'm calling it a night and let's see if it's settled come morning (or afternoon!).

The phone is low on space, this wont be causing issues will it?

SUroot · Oct 8, 2011

How low? Yes you need to have some space....

DesireMe · Oct 8, 2011

Installed a few apps and they went straight to phone, so installlocation is definitely 0. Removed a few apps so had lots of space and it worked first time.

So might be worth mentioning that you need a certain amount of space.

Rastaman-FB · Oct 8, 2011

DesireMe said:
Installed a few apps and they went straight to phone, so installlocation is definitely 0. Removed a few apps so had lots of space and it worked first time.

So might be worth mentioning that you need a certain amount of space.

errors are in the root faq which is linked on this guide

Another error received is "Internal error: installing package failed." This can sometimes be down to there not being enough space on the device in "internal storage". You can delete some apps or even wipe as a possible work around.

niitro · Oct 9, 2011

this is my spec

bravo pvt1
hboot-0.93.0001
microp-031d
touch panel-synt0101
radio-5.11.05.27

I followed this manual, and everything was ok .. recommend

dhendy91 · Oct 9, 2011

Just wanted to say a massive thanks for all the effort. Read through the guide and the FAQ several times so I knew exactly what to do and made the whole procedure so simple. Now rooted and running MIUI. This has made my phone feel brand new again! Can't thank you enough man! Cheers

Timinime · Oct 10, 2011

Thanks for the guide. I'm all ready to root my phone but there is one area I just wanted to confrim.

The link to AmonRA doesn't seem to be working (prompts for a username / password). Can I use Unrevoked without it? My phone comes up with the 40,000 size when I look it up in terminal so I presume I can't based on the FAQ.

SUroot · Oct 10, 2011

Get the username and password from the ultimate tool box thread. I need to edit these links back to dropbox at somepoint

Rastaman-FB · Oct 10, 2011

Timinime said:
Thanks for the guide. I'm all ready to root my phone but there is one area I just wanted to confrim.

The link to AmonRA doesn't seem to be working (prompts for a username / password). Can I use Unrevoked without it? My phone comes up with the 40,000 size when I look it up in terminal so I presume I can't based on the FAQ.

you can, use the amonRA 2.0.1 from that link
you will need to get the username/password from the root tools thread (2nd to last page)

snowmanhome · Oct 10, 2011

Hi, I was reading your notes in Android forums about rooting. My question is after you have installed HTC sync then un-installed the program, and once rooting has been compared can I re install HTC sync to use. Many thanks. Kevin.
Keep up the good work.

SUroot · Oct 11, 2011

You can afterwards yep

puncha1580 · Oct 16, 2011

Hi I'm new her, on the forum; and when i click on the link for amonra; it asks me for a username and password.
Please help.

SUroot · Oct 16, 2011

Use this.link temporarily

http://db.tt/z7hzdp34

kevinlufc · Oct 17, 2011

Once rooted, do I need to do anything different when installing a different ROM i.e. do I have to back things up, will I loose all my apps, settings..etc. Or will installing a new rom just override my current one?
Cheers

Stricken66 · Oct 17, 2011

I have successfully rooted my phone. I have the superuser ninja icon in my app drawer, but when unrEVOked was trying to install the recovery image it gave me a message saying unsupported radio. It also says the installation was aborted. I'm guessing then that the image wasn't installed. What went wrong, and how do I fix it. The root is good, but not the main reason I was doing this I wanted to install a custom ROM. I'm going to guess that I can't since I don't have the recovery image. Is that correct? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated thanks.

SUroot · Oct 17, 2011

It's correct. Use alpharev or revolutionary to gain s-off then flash recovery of your choice.

What radio do you have? Does your phone use a sim card or not?

Stricken66 · Oct 17, 2011

No sim card I'm on a CDMA network. The radio is 2.05.10.08.11 Might need a walk-through on the S-Off thing. I think I saw it on another post, I've been reading the forums for the past couple hours. So, where I saw it could be somewhere else tis a bit late. I saw something on CDMA Desires having that option off by default. I could be wrong on that. Thanks for the quick reply.

Stricken66 · Oct 17, 2011

I tried the Revolutionary and it said that my device is not supported at this time. I have HBOOT 0.98.000 I don't know if that helps or not, read into the alpharev thing. I don't quite understand what it's saying. I'm a computer guy, and it may just be cause it's late that I'm not quite getting it. Is there anything else I can try or maybe a more in-depth guide to alpharev.

SUroot · Oct 17, 2011

If you're cdma you should be s-off already (or maybe need to use unrevoked forever) I'm not familiar with cdma.

I guessed you might be cdma due to the radio error you got.

Best bet is to create a new thread, with rooting / s-off cdma desire and put your android version in the title.

In the thread put all the information from your hboot screen and what you have done and have so far.

You will need s-off and to flash a compatible recovery but I don't know what this will be

Stricken66 · Oct 17, 2011

The unrevoked forever idea worked like a charm I now have S-Off on my phone. I don't know how many CDMA Desires are out there, and if I missed it on your guide then I'm sorry. If it's not already up there I suggest adding that in. May help out someone else in the future. I thank you for all your help in this it was greatly appreciated.

SUroot · Oct 17, 2011

Well Unrevoked should work on CDMA desires under Hboot 1.02 so not sure why that happened with you. Need to ascertain why the recovery did not work. Will need some info from other cdma users. S-off is not part of this guide anyway.

mousefai · Oct 18, 2011

nned help:

the unrevoked tools said that " internal error: installing package failed".

using 3.32 verison.

please help

Root [Guide]ROOTING HTC android 2.2.1 or lower with unrEVOked - Windows (updated 20th December 2012)

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