I got bait-and-switched on ebay--bought a phone that was supposedly rooted but at the last minute the seller claims he thought better of it and reset to factory.
So I get the phone and there's not only no S-off, it's gingerbread, 2.3.4.
(I managed to root my old incredible with help I got here, but it was froyo. That phone's charging port quit working so this was to replace it, I missed my incredible.)
I read the sticky topic on how to gain s-off and followed the instructions, downloaded and placed the files at C: on my PC's hard drive, went to command prompt, etc. but it can't find the phone's serial number.
I wondered if I could just copy down the MEID and type it in.
So I went to HTC and downloaded/installed HTC Sync manager as I'd had no luck with the linked alternate drivers. I did the necessary rebooting, etc. in between installing/uninstalling nonworking drivers, reinstalling new drivers.
HTC sync still can't find the phone, and the phone can't find HTC sync. So I can't get through the unlock process from HTC's website.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried all manner of settings changes as it wasn't clear to me whether the phone should be mounted as a disc drive, htc sync, or charge-only, so I've done it all ways with debugging turned on and off.
I'm very frustrated and hate to ask for help but if anyone has a clue for something I could try, I'm all ears and would really appreciate it.
Keep in mind I'm middle-aged and most of this is really over my head, but I'm persistent if nothing else and did manage to root my old incredible so I'm still hoping.
Thanks.
p.s. the purpose for rooting is to get rid of low on space, otherwise I wouldn't care.
Wouldn't the world be a wonderful place if HTC just fixed the phones for us when they made a manufacturing error? Yes, I'm a dreamer.
So I get the phone and there's not only no S-off, it's gingerbread, 2.3.4.
(I managed to root my old incredible with help I got here, but it was froyo. That phone's charging port quit working so this was to replace it, I missed my incredible.)
I read the sticky topic on how to gain s-off and followed the instructions, downloaded and placed the files at C: on my PC's hard drive, went to command prompt, etc. but it can't find the phone's serial number.
I wondered if I could just copy down the MEID and type it in.
So I went to HTC and downloaded/installed HTC Sync manager as I'd had no luck with the linked alternate drivers. I did the necessary rebooting, etc. in between installing/uninstalling nonworking drivers, reinstalling new drivers.
HTC sync still can't find the phone, and the phone can't find HTC sync. So I can't get through the unlock process from HTC's website.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried all manner of settings changes as it wasn't clear to me whether the phone should be mounted as a disc drive, htc sync, or charge-only, so I've done it all ways with debugging turned on and off.
I'm very frustrated and hate to ask for help but if anyone has a clue for something I could try, I'm all ears and would really appreciate it.
Keep in mind I'm middle-aged and most of this is really over my head, but I'm persistent if nothing else and did manage to root my old incredible so I'm still hoping.
Thanks.
p.s. the purpose for rooting is to get rid of low on space, otherwise I wouldn't care.
Wouldn't the world be a wonderful place if HTC just fixed the phones for us when they made a manufacturing error? Yes, I'm a dreamer.