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Happy new Year and thank you for yor feedback, I may be late to the party but my work is killing my spare time. So, Iam trying to update the walkrthough to cope with the ongoing developments.
On a side note I've upgraded my xperia to an android device but Iam keeping it for jailbreaking purposes
Lets get it on!
Assuming your device is covered in the compatibility list you have to have the device rooted.
For how to Root (HARD-SPL) Your Xperia X1 check Here!!
Then its a matter of OS, in this thread we are talking about HTC Devices that run WinMo as a native Operating System. This hack works only in Linux enviroment so we need Android to run on the device.
How to run android depends on the particular device so one must go to the respective thread.
For Xperia its this thread
The Froyo Development has stopped but the current version is far superior than what we used some months ago.
In short dowload the xdandroid stuff, put the unrared files on your sd's root and boot through HARET once.
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We now should be at a point that our device boots normally to The 2.2 froyo android version through Haret. Then we have to replace the module and zImage files with the PSfreedom respective ones plus the psfreedom.ko file. All these should be placed and overriten in the root folder of the SDCard.
Here is the latest Payload for Xperia
(need some help with the changes, but Iam impressed so far with the outcome)
All the preliminary work is done, now for the ****ty "do this everytime you wanna play back ups" job
Assuming the phone is off...
Turn it on
Wait for winmo to boot then run HARET from the device's file manager
Wait till android fully boots and navigate to the menu->DevTools->Terminal Emulator
in the terminal you must enter the following lines...
su(enter)
cd(space)/sdcard(enter)
insmod(space)psfreedom.ko(enter)
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At this point the phone is ready
Pull out the power cord of the PS3 (or flip the backswitch to off)
insert the phone at the first usb port (preferably with the shortest USB cable you can find)
flip the switch or insert the power cord
wait 3 to 4 seconds
press power on followed quickly by eject
you should hear 3 short blips
it takes 5 seconds for PS3 to boot
and DONE.
if it doesnt succed just repeat the process. if it never suceeds then you don't run @ 3.41 FW
[UPDATE#0] I Updated the PSFreedom Files link from the "Homebrew only" Free version to the Backup Enabled "Full" Version. Still Ver 1.0 though...
[UPDATE#1] It definatly needs 4,5 tries, I cannot get it to work in the first try...
[UPDATE#2] Everytime I try to run a backup my FAT PS3 Freezes... and to think I came this close...
[UPDATE#3] Stupid me, didn't check it out in the above compatibility list... tried another one works like a charm
[UPDATE#4] If you are 100% sure you did everything right and still you cannot perform the exploit on the console you should not turn off the device and boot it again, you can have it in terminal mode as long as you wish and perform the exploit on the PS3 again and again... This is also usefull when the console freezes or crashes, you just perform the power cycle only!!
Well There goes one day of my life I think I covered more than the basics, If you thing I helped you I would appreciate a line or two
[UPDATE#5] Went out today and felt like spending 300 Euros, got my self a Slim one. I will be testing it later today...
[UPDATE#6] I found out that the PS3 Slim model has a much greater success rate for the hack to work. Also, I tried all the steps and bypassed the active sync stuff and I can confirm that by bypassing it, IT WILL NOT WORK
[UPDATE#7] 5 Days into this and 3 with the slim model, slim works better BUT, the problems occure because of the xperia hardware/xdandroid port... it works but not always, its nerve wracking I know, so do the Developers of PS Freedom as they updated their wiki Raphael page page in the problems worning section.
aaaanyway, Tomorow Iam upgrading my HDD my old one is full.
[UPDATE#8] 11 days later and I have updated my fat ps3 to 3.42 and kept my slim hacked. Its a tedious work to enable every time xdandroid and the psfreedom hack but as I said it is free, anyway, having the slim console AND a very short cable (mine is 10cm) works EVERY SINGLE TIME, no probs with that. I had though 2 issues of console freezing... I don't know if it is the hack or my new HDD (7200rpm) nothing serious though...
[UPDATE#9] I've tried to replace the active sync step and connected the device to ps3, first time it worked, second time it failed...
[UPDATE#10] Well, thats it for me, I could no longer cope with the tedious steps in order to play for an hour, I've bought a jailbreak clone and flashed my xperia with a diffrent rom and formatted my SDcard. for the time being, Iam no longer using the Raphael hack...
[UPDATE#11] As it turns out my jailbreak clone is not upgradable (it was damn cheap after all). Anyways, I browsed to PSFREEDOM.com to see the development of the raphael hack and to my surprise i found out two things...
a) This thread is hotlinkedvia this page http://psfreedom.com/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_XPERIA_X1, which is kinda cool I guess...
b) I found out (probably need to read my thread a little bit more ) that more recent hermes payloads are been released for xperia...
So, I will refresh any broken links, start again, and keep updated this first post agains the willings of our beloved sony
[Update#12] The true reason that I returned is that my fat PS3 pulled a YLOD on me and left me empty handed this holiday season, so I dusted off my jailbreaked one
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I did this process again and again but when ps3 start up nothing happened but top of screen this message appeare that the usb device was unknown
ldghn said:
I did this process again and again but when ps3 start up nothing happened but top of screen this message appeare that the usb device was unknown
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The same thing happened with me the first few tries, this message means that the process is not right, I solved this issue by re formatting xdandroid again and carefully placing and overrighting the files...
When you are 100% certain that the procedure is right (according to my walkthroug) then its only a matter o timing... keep trying mate.
First time i run android use original the module and zImage file and then replace them with ps fredoom files or from first i use replaced files??
ldghn said:
First time i run android use original the module and zImage file and then replace them with ps fredoom files or from first i use replaced files??
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I think its very clear that you have to boot on android at least once with the original files....
(the initial install and calibration)
I reinstall android 2 times and this time whne i connect device to ps3 no message about unknown device have been shown but ps3 dont show nothing ( manager.pkg) for install
I dont know what problem's.
ldghn said:
I reinstall android 2 times and this time whne i connect device to ps3 no message about unknown device have been shown but ps3 dont show nothing ( manager.pkg) for install
I dont know what problem's.
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So you finally done it!!
Under the GAME section on the XMB you should see a new item called "Install Package Files"
take a usb drive and put inside (root) the manager then insert it in the other free usb slot.
Press X at the "Install Package Files" and Install the manager...
Jim P said:
So you finally done it!!
Under the GAME section on the XMB you should see a new item called "Install Package Files"
take a usb drive and put inside (root) the manager then insert it in the other free usb slot.
Press X at the "Install Package Files" and Install the manager...
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My problem is in step that you said
I connect usb drive with manager in but "Install Package Files" dont be apparent
ldghn said:
My problem is in step that you said
I connect usb drive with manager in but "Install Package Files" dont be apparent
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Then you didn't do the exploit... back to the drawing board my friend
Thank You soo much! It works on first try
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so i managed to get android runnig via fatsal.
when i try to follow your terminal instructions it gives me back errors!
so i figured out actually the right comand is cd(space)/sdcard!!!!
but when i try to do the same with endboot it says no such folder!
so i tryed the next step the insmod psfredoom.ko it does something then i connect to my ps3 do the power trick and all but the most that i get on my ps3 is that "an unkwon device is connected" and nothing else! any suggestion?
trinolmf said:
so i managed to get android runnig via fatsal.
when i try to follow your terminal instructions it gives me back errors!
so i figured out actually the right comand is cd(space)/sdcard!!!!
but when i try to do the same with endboot it says no such folder!
so i tryed the next step the insmod psfredoom.ko it does something then i connect to my ps3 do the power trick and all but the most that i get on my ps3 is that "an unkwon device is connected" and nothing else! any suggestion?
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What I have gathered together in this walkthrough is what many people suggested and some other people including me found usefull and working.
You probably don't have the proper file arrangement in your SD card
and the actual command line is "cd sdcard" to access the sd card and thed "cd andboot" to access the "andboot" folder where the PS Freedom files reside.
hope I helped
trinolmf said:
so i managed to get android runnig via fatsal.
when i try to follow your terminal instructions it gives me back errors!
so i figured out actually the right comand is cd(space)/sdcard!!!!
but when i try to do the same with endboot it says no such folder!
so i tryed the next step the insmod psfredoom.ko it does something then i connect to my ps3 do the power trick and all but the most that i get on my ps3 is that "an unkwon device is connected" and nothing else! any suggestion?
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hi all,i have the same problems,dont existing the folder"andboot" i creat it ?
thx
hi mr i while insert cd andboot write in terminal can't cd to andboot and while connect to ps3 write an unknwon device is connected please help me thanks
teksound said:
hi all,i have the same problems,dont existing the folder"andboot" i creat it ?
thx
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yeah. earlier I placed EVERYTHING in the root instead of making a folder called "andboot" so I'm going to do that again and see what I get. I think it's a bad psfreedom.ko file.
People...
When you installed xdandroid on your xperia the guy who made the port said that you have to create an andboot folder to place the android kernel inside...
so by default you have an andboot folder.
then its a matter of overiting 2 files there... simple as that.
Finally i did it
It works for me now
Perhaps i am stupid, but i cannot get it to work. This is how i do it:
Copy the android files to the sdcard and boot it in the phone with the haret.exe (takes a loooong time to boot). Reboot the phone back to WM, copy over the files module and zImage file, boot back into android with haret, startup terminal, write in the commands and so on. I start up the PS3 as instructed but i only get the message unknown USB and I cannot see any install pkg file.
I have tried and read all the instructions but I cannot understand what I am doing wrong, anyone have a tip?
helps needed
i have been trying make it work all day with no luck. mine is a uk version X1 with original rom. i followed instruction step by step and even reinstall the andriod port several times. however, still not working. always appear unknown usb device on ps3 screen. the only thing i didnt do is that flashing the SPL. is it a necessary step? what's the purpose for flashing the SPL?
actually, the module files from android and the one from psfreedom didn't have the same name... is this an issue ? witch name we have to keep ?
thx for the tuto !
First of all I would like to say hi to everybody, this is my first post on this awesome forum I found just today. I would also like to say that I bought my first smartphone a few days ago(HTC Wildfire of course) and when browsing on the internet trying to find out stuff I could do with the new found device I found a lot of people reffering to something called 'rooting' and 'flashing' and 'ROMs' and that doing this enables your phone to have a lot more new functions and stuff like that.
Therefore I have some questions to ask you nice people, so here they are:
- What is 'rooting', 'flashing' and what are 'ROMs' in the first place?
- I found a lot of abbrevations when people described 'rooting' their phones which I did not understand so I'm kindly asking if anyone could please explain the process clearly? (is this the correct process? -> forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7895908&postcount=127 , if it is what is the OTA update?)
- If someone could please explain the process of 'flashing' to me?
- Are there any recommendable 'ROMs' I could try?
I truly thank anyone who would be able to explain this to me and take their precious time to do so. I'm sorry if my questions seem silly but I'm extremely new to the smartphone android thing and therefore I don't understand everything.
Thank you again for your replies, ciroman
- What is 'rooting', 'flashing' and what are 'ROMs' in the first place?
Rooting = gives you/apps on the phone acess to root acount in android wich gives you acess to do things wich you can not do normally. read more about root and superuser(su) here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superuser
ROM = is sort of the operating system wich most often comes in zip files and is possible to flash to the phone with a custom recovery. this often include apps and modifications wich is made of the person who makes the ROM. also includes superuser acess (root) not allways but often.
custom recovery = a recovery mode wich allows you to do backup of your current settings and evrything else you have on the phone. also makes it possible to flash ROMs wich you have saved on the SD-card
Flashing = this is when the recovery takes your zip file and exctract it to your phone. when this is done you have a new "operating system" on the phone
- I found a lot of abbrevations when people described 'rooting' their phones which I did not understand so I'm kindly asking if anyone could please explain the process clearly? (is this the correct process? -> forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7895908&postcount=127 , if it is what is the OTA update?)
Yes this looks like the process of rooting/installing a recovery.
OTA = Over The Air
- If someone could please explain the process of 'flashing' to me?
wont explain this.. it should be explained somewhere else..
- Are there any recommendable 'ROMs' I could try?
There are only a few ROMs out at the moment..
The only one I can recomend for you rigth now is wildpuzzle ROM by danne_jo there is more ROMs out but I dont know how stable theese are.
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I dont garantue that this info is 100% correct and anyone who feels like please correct me if im wrong.
I also take no responsibility for any damage made to your phone by following any of the above information.
Thank you so much for your quick explanation. I must say though that searching for how to flash and root this phone was quite painful for a newcomer like me-took me hours to find the first part and then some to find the second.
I hope following these two guides will get me there
shinelt said:
Prep
Before beginning the process, I would recommend doing the following to your phone:
(1) If you have the original unrevoked root installed, uninstall it by using "Menu", "Settings", "Applications", "Manage Applications" and scrolling to "Unrevoked" at the bottom. Tap it, click "Force Stop" at the bottom and then "Uninstall", "OK" to uninstall it. Then power off/on your phone just to be sure.
(2) If you haven't already installed the OTA 1.47 update, do it now: "Menu", "Settings", "System Updates", and "HTC software update" at the bottom, then click "Check Now" to get the 1.47 update. If you do this update, it takes up to 10 minutes so be patient and let the phone reboot (a few times) until it is done. Then once the update is done, power off/on one last time to get a clean start.
(3) Set your phone to "Charge Only": "Menu", "Settings", "Connect to PC", tap "Default connection type" and select "Charge Only".
(4) Enable USB debugging: "Menu", "Settings", "Applications", "Development", and put a check in "USB debugging".
The root process
(1) Go to Control Panel on your system and uninstall any "HTC" software such as "HTC Sync".
(2) Download the unrevoked3 install package: Go to
unrevoked3 recovery reflash tool, v3.0 and click "Download for Windows". Save the "Reflash-bundle.exe" file somewhere that you can find it on your system.
(3) Using Explorer, run the "Reflash-bundle.exe" file you just downloaded. It'll ask where to install it. Don't just accept the default: change the install location to a folder you can remember: it's just going to unzip some files there: it isn't really a software installer.
(4) Once the files have unzipped, go to the folder you chose in the above step. You should find an "hboot driver.htm" file in that folder: double click on that to open the html instructions on how to install the drivers. Follow the instructions in the html file starting with downloading the actual driver files at the very top. When you download those driver files and unzip those, those are the files (the folder) you'll point to in subsequent steps in those instructions. When done with the html instructions, you should have drivers installed and shouldn't have to come back to this step.
(5) At this point, if you needed to install the drivers, you are probably still sitting at a boot menu on your phone. UNPLUG the phone from USB and select "Fastboot" and then "Reboot" to reboot the phone to restart it. Before the next step, your phone should be on and booted up in its normal operating state (not some boot menu).
(6) If you are running anti-virus software, turn it OFF or disable it now.
(7) Now go to the folder where you unzipped the reflash bundle (step 3 above). In XP or older systems, just double click the "Reflash.exe" file. On Vista and Win7 systems, I'd recommend right clicking on "Reflash.exe" and selecting "Run as Administrator". While this may not be necessary, I know that some USB drivers get really mad if you try to access the USB port without admin privileges (sorry, I'm a coder so I run into that stuff and warn you so you don't have to) so I did it as a precaution.
(8) You should get a window with "Unrevoked 3" on it (on the computer of course). Just follow the instructions in smaller font below "Unrevoked 3" to finish rooting. Note that when it says "Waiting for device", it wants you to plug your phone into the computer via the USB cable. Note that it wants the wildfire to be fully booted normally (not in the Hboot or recovery menus). The prompts at this point are very specific so no need to repeat them. If all works as it is supposed to, the only thing you really have to do is scroll to an item on the phone and select it when instructed. The rest is automated and should result in a "Done" message. The whole thing at this point took maybe one minute so it isn't something you have to wait for or stare at for a long time so if something gets "stuck" for a while... there's likely a problem.
(9) Don't forget to turn your anti-virus software back ON.
Now, when I followed these steps on my Win7 x64 system, reflash.exe detected the phone and started working (we're in step 8 here) but about 4 messages into the process I got the "communications lost... try again" message that unrevoked refers to on today's Twitter. Some say that (contrary to step 1) installing HTC sync actually solves the problem. I didn't try that. After about 6 tries on my Win7 system and even pulling some "tricks" to try to pause reflash.exe at certain points, I gave up and simply booted my old XP laptop and repeated the above steps and it worked perfectly the first time. At the point of the failure, you hear the two tone usb-device-disconnected sound followed by a use-device-connected sound about 20 seconds later. Somewhere in between is where the "communications lost" message appears so it looks like some sort of USB ack/nack issue. Hopefully it'll be resolved soon. My best advice if you get that error: try a new machine. The XP machine that worked perfectly for me had never seen any HTC software. Maybe that helped. And maybe after I uninstalled the HTC software on my Win7 x64 system (the one that didn't work) I should have rebooted before continuing: I didn't because it didn't prompt for a restart and I couldn't find anything "HTC" running in task manager.
do wipe data/factory reset
put all files to sd from puzzle rom. ( go to partitions menu > mount usb storage)
(put those 01 , 10 , 52 ,300 , 400)
go to nandroid> backup
go to install zip from sdcard
and install files from 01 to 400.
go back and press reboot system now.
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fireplayer said:
I'm just as n00b as you on this. But I'll help you out...
1. After using unrevoked once - reboot your Wildfire.
2. Go to first page on this thread that you read right now.
3. Download the things you want to flash - all links are in the 1st post. - put them on your SD-Card - start with flashing 0001_WildPuzzleROM_v2.zip first - to do this - download that file and save it - anywhere on your SD-card (somewhere you'll remember where you put it). Download and save all you want from 1st post on this thread - to your SD-card...do NOT open the zip files - just copy them to the SD-card.
4. Turn off your Wildfire
5. Turn on your Wildfire while holding Volume Down button - you have to have your SD-card with all the files you want - inside your phone now.
6. This get's you to the boot screen. Wait for HBOOT to say no image...blabla..
7. Push Volume Down to get to option "Recovery" - press Power button.
8. Phone will Reboot to a white HTC screen - and from there go to ClockworkMod Recovery screen - if you did everything correct.
9. Press Volume Down several times - until you get to option "nandroid"
10. Press the round button at the bottom of your Wildfire - the one you use to take pictures when using Camera functions, let's call it the Camera button.
11. You see "Backup". Press Camera button, and wait until it's done backing up your system. Do NOT turn off your phone! Wait until it's done. It will say Backup complete!
12. Next if you want. But only if you want - you don't have to - you can Wipe / Factory Reset your phone, saves a lot of ROM space and Memory. Phone WILL be slightly faster if you choose to do this - but all your programs and settings will be gone - Your choice.
IF you do NOT want to Factory Reset your phone, skip steps 12 & 13.
IF you want to do this then push Volume Down until you get to option "wipe data/factory re" (probably reset, but only show until re on my phone) and then press the Camera button.
13. As to make sure you really want to do this, you need to confirm... push Volume Down until you reach option "Yes -- delete all u" - then press Camera button and wait.
14. Now you can start flashing. Push Volume Down until you reach option "install zip from sdcard" Press Camera button.
15. Push Volume Down until you reach option "choose zip from sdcard". Press Camera button.
16. Find where you put the files you downloaded from post 1 on this thread. Choose 0001_WildPuzzleROM_v2.zip. Press Camera Button.
17. Push Volume Down until you reach option "Yes - Install 0001_W". Press Camera button. Wait for it to be done.
18. Repeat steps 14-17 with the other files you want to flash. IF you want to Flash files that are 0900 or higher. Reboot and change Wallpapers before you do.
To reboot Press Power button to go back and Press Camera button on option "reboot system now". Then repeat steps 5-7. If you need help changing wallpapers too let me know and I'll try to explain that too.
When done flashing the files you want. Reboot. And you're done.
First reboot after flashing Wild Puzzle Rom takes a very long time. Be patient.
I hope this guide made sense. If there's anything unclear let me know and I'll be happy to clarify. Thanks and Good Luck!
*EDIT* Just saw that someone else made a guide too, well at least there are people wanting to help us n00bs. Thanks. and I think both guides should work. Hopefully you'll make some sense of them *ENDS EDIT*
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Thanks again!
It looks like CM10 is the way to go for ROM on this phone... if there's enough demand (or if someone hasn't already written one) I may re-write this for CM10 if I have the spare time.
Unlocking, Rooting, and installing Custom ROMs can brick your phone! If you're going to follow these instructions, then make sure you FOLLOW THEM! Don't skip steps, or assume you have all the software if you don't. Best case it just won't work but worst case you'll need to completely restore your phone and that can be difficult and sometimes impossible! Proceed with caution, especially for new users. I used Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit for these steps -- however they will also work fine (if you're a semi-experienced linux user) on Ubuntu 13.04 and Fedora 18. Check my profile for my email if you have questions and nobody is answering here, as I don't come on XDA much anymore. Catch me over at eevblog.com/forum if you need, my username there is MrAureliusR.
Now I have a bunch of thanks Thanks everyone who gave me thanks! :good::good:
You'll Need:
HTC Desire C (obv)
Working internet connection to go to HTCDev Boot Unlocker
An archiving software, eg WinZip, WinRAR, 7zip, etc (in Windows)
A copy of Superboot for the Desire C, which you can download here . You can follow their instructions if you want, I'll be basing this part off of theirs anyway with additional info for newbs
A copy of a recovery module, namely CWM for Desire C -- found here (written by munjeni -- all credit goes to him!!)
A copy of Nameless ROM (I use v7, all versions can be found here (written by einstein.frat -- all credit goes to him!!)
Here's the direct download for Nameless v7.2 build 7
http://d-h.st/Ta5
A copy of WinRAR is helpful -- go here if you need one and pick the English .exe near the top.
Also, when going to the HTCDev website, pay close attention to the box that says Required Software. You need all three of the things they ask for, namely:
Android SDK Tools
HTC Sync Manager (it contains the USB drivers for your phone)
Java Runtime Environment
I won't give links for these as they provide them there. As I mention below, these are super important! Don't forget!
IMPORTANT NOTES:
ALL the files you need (with the exception of software that is downloaded and installed (ie Android SDK Tools and HTC Sync Manager, WinRAR) should be put into C:\Android ... this makes things SO much easier when you go into command prompt as all you need to type is cd C:\Android before typing the other commands I give.
Another point to keep in mind -- any time you need to put the Desire C into "bootloader" mode, you need to disconnect the phone from the USB cable, and take the battery out, put it back in, and power on by holding Power + Volume Down at the SAME TIME. Easiest way for a newb to do this is push Volume down FIRST and hold it, then hold the power button too till the screen lights up. If it just boots normally, you didn't take the battery out. Hold them till the screen lights up with a bunch of text. You'll use the volume buttons to move through the menu, and the power button works like the Enter button - it selects whatever option you have highlighted. Before you finish step 1, it will say ***LOCKED*** at the top. Afterward, it will say ***UNLOCKED*** ... also, you always need fastboot mode. You have to select this from the list. Sometimes, you might need to select Bootloader and THEN fastboot. Either way, for any of these steps to work, it needs to say FASTBOOT USB at the top above the menu options. This means you've selected fastboot mode AND the USB cable is plugged in, plus the drivers have been installed and your computer can communicate with the phone (FYI this is why HTC Sync Manager must be installed).
This method, like all ROM installs, requires a factory wipe. This means that EVERYTHING on the internal memory (texts, contacts, apps that aren't on the SD card, calendar info, basically all your personal info) will be wiped. YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY DO SOME BACKUP FIRST! I will stress there are TWO TIMES at LEAST you should back everything up -- first, right now, before you've done anything, and second, when in recovery mode right before we wipe again and overwrite the original ROM. That way you have fail safes and an easy way to restore in case of error. If you follow the instructions closely, you shouldn't have any problems... also, if you later want to relock and unroot, having your stock ROM is invaluable! It's quite likely you'll never get it out of your wireless provider!
Whenever I mention CMD or command prompt I'm telling you to go to Start --> Run and then type in "cmd" (no quotation marks) and hit enter
Step 1: Unlock your Bootloader
So, the first step is to unlock your bootloader. As I mentioned before, there are instructions on the HTCDev website. But I'll give you quick pointers on that process:
Go to the HTCDev website
When you select your phone model from the list, the Desire C is NOT listed. Instead, scroll to the bottom of the list and click "All Other Supported Models"
HTCDev will require you to register. It's a good idea because that website can be very useful
The website will also ask you if you are sure you want to do this -- remember, doing any of these things can and probably will void your warranty -- make sure you're willing to part with it before proceeding.
MAKE SURE you have all the software I mentioned above installed. I cannot stress this enough as many, many questions on other threads were resolved by simply ensuring the latest versions of all three are installed. Just follow the links before you do anything else on the Step 1 page. Some of the files are big (>100MB) so it might take a while depending on your connection speed. Be patient -- these are vital to everything working!!!
Follow the steps CLOSELY. It's pretty easy, even for someone who doesn't have much experience. However if you can open My Computer and you know where the Run... dialog is in Windows you'll be fine. A key pointer that I almost missed is you HAVE to remove your battery, you can't just choose the Power Off option after hitting your Power button. This is because you need the phone to coldboot (boot from scratch)
At the end of three pages, they will email you a file that you'll need to finish the process. This is why you had to register, and why it's important to use a real email address. Before you follow that last step, make sure you select, copy and paste EXACTLY what they ask for, or else it probably won't work.
You'll get the binary unlock file via email. Download this, and copy it to the same directory you used for the previous steps (I used C:\Android because it's the easiest to get to when using Command Prompt ... FYI if they don't mention it, you have to use the command cd C:\Android (or whatever directory you put the files you gathered in the second page into) before it will recognize fastboot as a command, because you need to be in the directory that executable is in. Super important for newbs who haven't used cmd before!!!
Follow the last few steps, and voila! You have a bootloader unlocked HTC Desire C :laugh:
Was that so hard??? Not really. Now for the second step, installing Superboot. This step is pretty easy too.
Step 2: Load Superboot
So next step. This one is quite a bit easier.
Go to this link and download Superboot r1 for Desire C
Extract the .zip to a directory (I used, again, C:\Android\r1-golf-superboot or something like that)
Reboot your phone into bootloader mode, just like you did at the beginning of the HTCDev steps in the last step. It should now say ***UNLOCKED*** at the top. If it doesn't, you did something wrong in the first step. Go back and re-read everything and make sure you did it right. Remember, every time you want to get into bootloader mode, you have to remove the battery first, then power on while holding Volume Down
Once your phone is rebooted into Bootloader, and it's connected via USB cable, select Fastboot (again, just like last time) in the menu. It should say FASTBOOT USB at the top
Now go into the folder you created with r1-golf-superboot in it, and just double-click install-superboot-windows.bat
If it was successful, it'll say so. Nothing will have changed on the phone's screen. Reboot the phone. It should automatically load and reboot the phone. While booting up it may take a bit longer because superboot is setting up your superuser privileges.
For advanced users:
Another easier way (at least for me) is once you've extracted r1-golf-superboot.rar, copy the boot.superboot.img into your working directory (C:\Android)
Boot the phone into fastboot USB mode
Type the command: fastboot boot boot.superboot.img and bang! It'll load and reboot automatically. I like this method because I like to do every command line step by hand, call it a Linux user habit.
Now you're unlocked, and Rooted!! How easy was that? Superboot is great for newbs because it automatically installs superuser (su) and the superuser APK, no messing around with anything else required.
Step 3: Install CWM Touch Recovery for HTC Desire C
This step is super, super important because it allows you to back up your current config and also to wipe everything. Backing up is almost completely necessary! If something DOES go wrong you can just restore the backup you're going to make. Plus you also use CWM Recovery mode to later install the Nameless ROM (or any ROM) from a .zip file.
Again, there's instructions on the download page thread, but I'll help with some pointers for newbs here.
Go to this link and download the file. It's an attachment called CWM_Touch_Desire_C.rar on the first post. If you have trouble opening this .rar then just search WinRAR in Google and download that, it's free and works great. Don't worry, even though it's a beta in my experience it's completely stable. Not to mention a great piece of software by munjeni
You're going to use fastboot to install this. It's a quick, pain-free process like the last step. Just remember to do everything exactly as follows:
Extract the one file in the .rar (recovery.img) to C:\Android
Open up cmd again and go to C:\Android (cd C:\Android)
type in fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and hit enter. Boom! Done. just remember to reboot your phone before cotinuing with the next step.
EDIT: Also, before installing the ROM, it's a VERY good idea to make a backup using CWM Recovery. Boot into bootloader mode, select recovery, choose Backup and Restore, and pick Backup. If it defaults to your internal memory, then pick backup to external SD.
NOTE: It's up to you which recovery to use. Once you've downloaded a compatible .img file, the easiest thing to do is rename it to recovery.img and type the above command.
Here's a link to TWRP recovery for the Desire C: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148015
Step 4: Install Nameless ROM v7 for HTC Desire C
This is the final step, and the most difficult one. There's a couple different steps that need to be done properly for everything to work.
UPDATED FOR VERSION 7 OF NAMELESS
Go here and download version 7 to your desktop. (NaMeLeSsR0m_v7.o.0_HtCDeSiReC.zip) The boot.img is inside the archive now (as of v7, if you have an earlier version you need to get the boot.img that goes with it, ask in this thread or in the Nameless thread)
Once the .zip for the ROM is downloaded, remove the boot.img and put it in your android folder (C:\Android). Copy the rest of the archive onto the SD card. You can either do this using a cardreader (if your computer has one built-in or you have one for your camera or something) or because you have the HTC Sync Manager installed you can just boot into your regular version of android and when you connect the USB cable, pick "Disk drive" as the connection type. Then just drag and drop the file into the SD card. MAKE SURE that you're a) copying it to the SD card, NOT the internal memory b) copying it directly into the top level folder of the SD card. For example, if it shows up as drive J:, then you copy it to J:\ and not into any folder
Now, reboot your phone back into bootloader mode. Again, select fastboot, and make sure it says FASTBOOT USB. Remember, you need to unplug the USB cable, remove the battery, power up into bootloader (Power + Volume Down) and then reconnect the USB cable after it boots (see Important Notes at the top if you've forgotten).
Open cmd and go to C:\Android
Type in fastboot flash boot boot.img and bang! It's done. This step is crucial or your Wi-Fi won't work -- also with v6, this is necessary for other features to work, like customization. If you've come here and you've already installed the ROM and your Wi-Fi just says error, you need to flash the boot.img onto the phone.
Now that you've flashed the boot.img, select Reboot in Bootloader on the phone. You can disconnect the USB cable now. However, make sure your phone is mostly (minimum %80) charged
When the bootloader comes up again, this time select Recovery. This is the software you installed in the last step. This is a REALLY great little recovery program that has a lot of neat options and awesome features. It's very easy to use and it even uses touch! However I have huge hands and I just continue to use the volume up/down and power buttons to move through the menus.
Once you're in recovery mode, the FIRST THING you should do is select backup/restore and backup everything, to the SD card. I had a problem with this step: even though I picked SD for the backup it told me there was only 93MB of room and it probably wasn't enough. This makes me think that it was trying to backup to internal memory. (EDIT: You have to just choose backup, not backup to SD card, because it's switched -- backup to SD card will try to backup to the phone's internal memory... the reason I didn't realize this earlier was because I had very little room left on my 2gb sd card and thought that 93mb seemed right ^_^) Anyway, IF THAT HAPPENS TO YOU, and you are unable to back up, DO NOT PROCEED ANY FURTHER. If people are having this problem I will find a way to fix it. Personally, I was VERY VERY stupid and decided to install the ROM anyway, without a backup -- however, if my phone had died or any of a thousand other things had gone wrong I would have had MAJOR problems... DON'T do this without a backup!!!!! I cannot stress this enough. If something goes wrong and you have a backup to restore you will feel like such a pro. If something goes wrong and you don't you'll feel like a fool and spend hours trying to restore your original ROM.
After you've backed up, go back to the main menu (using the touch buttons at the bottom of the screen) and select wipe data/factory reset. Scroll down to the one 'Yes' option and select it.
Then go back to the main menu, select wipe cache partition, and again say Yes.
Go back to the main menu again, go to Advanced, then select Wipe Dalvik Cache, and select yes. NONE OF THESE STEPS CAN BE UNDONE -- make sure you've backed up first!!!
Now, go back to the main menu, and select "install ZIP from sdcard" ... scroll down and pick the Nameless ROM ZIP file that you copied earlier (NaMeLeSsR0m_v7.o.0_HtCDeSiReC.zip)
NOTE: einstein.frat has changed the installer as of v7 build 5 and up. Simply pick "wipe + install" if you want to do a fresh install, and then pick "Standard" for installation type. If you are upgrading from a previous version of Nameless, then simply go to mounts and storage in the CWM main menu, format /system & /cache, then go back to the main menu; pick advanced, and then Wipe Dalvik Cache. THEN proceed with the installation, and pick don't wipe.
You're basically done!!! Once the phone reboots, DON'T freak out if it takes upwards of 5 minutes on the boot screen... which is now an animation of the world turning!
Enjoy.
You did it!! Hopefully you didn't have too many problems. I really hope this thread helps someone, I remember when I had little experience and I was SO thankful when people put all the info in one place like this. If you did, click on THANKS, I'd appreciate it.
To other users -- if I made any huge, glaring errors please let me know ASAP. I re-read this a couple times but I'm pretty exhausted, I typed this all at one sitting. I did this to help show that I really am serious about this forum and I want to help & learn as much as possible. Plus I'd like to majorly thank all the people who wrote all the amazing software that went into this -- you know who you are!!!
Best of luck
-AC
PS I'll do my best to answer any questions users have in this thread. In my opinion NO QUESTION IS STUPID!!! So don't be afraid. HOWEVER at least do a cursory search, it might already be in here or somewhere else.
CUSTOMIZING THE LOOK OF YOUR DESIRE C (MOVED UP HERE)
Wow! I've been off XDA for a bit, and I just came back around now (was away visiting family...) can't believe Nameless is at 5.0! I'm installing it now and then I have to re-push my custom battery, lockring and boot animation... I'm going to add those three things in this post here, just so all the info is in one place. Remember that to make your phone look really sick a good wallpaper makes ALL the difference. You can find some sweet ones on deviantART and also in the original Nameless ROM thread, einstein.frat lists some cool ones in a post there... I actually use one of the ones that he listed!!! All together I think my phone looks pretty sick, have a look here and here !!! Remember that if this post helped you please click THANKS, these walkthroughs look short but this one took me over an hour to put together. The one above took way longer!!!
REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THE COMMAND adb shell sysrw BEFORE YOU CAN PUSH ANY FILES!!!
LOCKRINGS & BATTERY ICON MODS:
So in the original Nameless thread, somewhere... einstein links to a page full of custom lockrings. I won't go into too much detail in making custom lockrings, but I will explain how to push them onto the phone. Don't follow instructions elsewhere -- if you have all the proper software from my original post that's all you need with the Desire C. Lockrings need to be .jpg, and they need to be 171 x 171 pixels. They also need to be named lockscreen_ring.jpg. You can make pretty much any image a lockring but it's cooler to choose something that's circular. I'm a HUGE Gears of War fan so my lockring looks like this: (red one in the upper left) ... if you want to use any of these go to this post but DO NOT look at his steps!! I'll explain it much simpler here. Just use that page to harvest yourself a lockring.
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REMEMBER THIS IMPORTANT TIP: you have to use a program like Photoshop to resize the image to 171 x 171 ... YOU CANNOT USE MS PAINT as it just crops and does not actually resample the image... and 'resizing' it in paint by dragging the little handles creates a gross, blocky, choppy, crap image that nobody wants on their nice HTC Smartphone I downloaded a program called Paint.NET which is actually a great image editor. It's free and does a great job making lockrings and/or battery mods.
Battery mods are more difficult to make... because most battery mods that you'll find are not prepared properly for the Desire C, unless you are comfortable with the stock one you actually have to harvest a preview image of a battery mod, chop it into 100 equal pieces, and the save each one as a different 'frame'. This is a very complicated (and frustrating to do by hand!!) process... IF YOU WANT to try the battery mod that I made (warning: it's not perfect... I mean, it looks fine but if you watch the battery icon while it's charging you'll see what I mean ) I will include it in this post along with my Gears of War lockring...
LOCKRING STEPS: Once you've got your lockring ready, follow these steps:
Download this file - HtcLockscreenLite.apk (new link, I'm hosting it now)
Open HtcLockscreenLite.apk with WinRAR
Drag and drop your lockscreen_ring.jpg to the folder /res/drawable-mdpi/ INSIDE the HtcLockringLite.apk archive. If anyone is confused by what I mean by this, don't hesitate to ask and I'll clarify with screenshots.
Put your now customized HtcLockringLite.apk in your ADB folder (C:\Android in my walkthrough above)
Open up cmd and dir to the ADB folder
Remember to type adb shell sysrw first
Type command adb push HtcLockscreenLite.apk /system/app/
Reboot and voila! There's your lockring
EDIT: Answered my own question. You have to re-push the lockring even after pushing SystemUI.apk So the one I included will ONLY do my battery mod.
BATTERY MOD STEPS:
Ugh, I'm getting tired as it's 1:30 AM here in Canada (I wrote the boot animations part about 20 minutes ago, if you were wondering LOL). So I'll try and make this sweet and to the point.
If you're a newb, and you're already nervous just being on the xda-developers website, then making your own battery icon might not be that easy for you. You can do it, but it's not in the scope of this walkthrough. I hope you already have all the .png's needed for the battery modification (If you don't and you want to use the custom battery that I converted for use on this phone, then just skip ahead to the steps below. As far as I can tell this SystemUI.apk that I included below will not change your lockring as well...)
I'm going to assume you already have the 200 or so files that make up the battery icon, as follows: (or that you're using the linked file below)
stat_sys_battery_0.png
stat_sys_battery_1.png
...
stat_sys_battery_100.png
stat_sys_battery_full.png (an exact copy of battery_100.png, for some reason...)
stat_sys_battery_charge_anim0.png
stat_sys_battery_charge_anim1.png
...
stat_sys_battery_charge_anim100.png
stat_sys_battery_charge_animfull.png (for some reason there's this one too)
If you have all these files, in the size 21 x 21, .PNG format, then you just need to open SystemUI.apk with WinRAR and drag and drop all of them into the /res/drawable-mdpi/ folder. That's MDPI not HDPI ... It'll probably ask you to overwrite if you did it properly. Let it import, and then follow these steps:
Copy your new SystemUI.apk to your ADB folder .. my custom SystemUI.apk is here (if DropBox cuts it off for bandwidth reasons just PM/email me and I'll get it to you).
Open command (cmd) and dir to your ADB folder (outlined above)
Remember to type adb shell sysrw
Type the command adb push SystemUI.apk /system/app/
Voila!! All done. Type adb reboot and check out your sick new mods!!!
BOOT ANIMATIONS:
So you need to find a boot animation that's compatible with this phone, and this version of android (4.0.3). They usually come in .rar format so of course you need WinRAR. Extract this to your folder that you used above, (C:\Android).
The bootanimation that I use can be downloaded here. That bootanimation was made by user kevinrocksman ... once downloaded you extract both files to C:\Android, open up cmd and dir C:\Android (or again, wherever your files and adb are) and then type: (if your file names are different, then PM me and I'll help figure it out. I'm guessing that all the files need to be in a .zip called hTC_bootup.zip no matter what the frames are... I can help )
adb push hTC_bootup.zip /system/customize/resource
adb push htc_boot.mp3 /system/customize/resource
And presto!! Do a reboot from adb by typing in reboot and watch the magic happen Technically that mp3 could be anything, as long as you adhere to the format (ie, MP3, 320kbps, filename: htc_boot.mp3, length 3 seconds). Actually, I have a feeling that mine glitched, because that sound seems like it should be longer than 3 seconds, but hey, its still cool so I haven't screwed with it yet.
EDIT: I have a new .mp3 that's way cooler, it sounds like an old-school modem booting up! You can replace the one above by downloading it here
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paslanmaz said:
my brother has this phone we wannt to play around but ı have question about s lock phone says S-ON so should ı unlock it first at start or ı can do root ,custom recovery and flash rom or ı have to s-off first ı could not find satisfying way to s-off for our phone inside tons of pages ı have read for
long to short ı can simply follow this steps with s-on phone or ı should s-off first and how
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No, there's no need to S-OFF the phone for the steps above. I did all of this with my S-ON Desire C.
-AC
AirCombat said:
No, there's no need to S-OFF the phone for the steps above. I did all of this with my S-ON Desire C.
-AC
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thnaks for respond ı am going to try asap hope everything goes well by the way my brother claim him phone copmrass has frozen after spftware update but according net search phonw has not got comprass comprass some nfc and back light issue this phone full of suprises
Yeah I just got this phone four or five days ago and I was surprised to find those things out too. No compass, no backlit keys, and it still needs a lot of developer work. But despite this it runs great, very smooth especially with Nameless.
Hope all goes well feel free to ask any more questions in this thread. I'll be happy to help.
PS I hope you and your brother realize the risks involved. Make sure you are very careful and follow the steps exactly.
Sent from my HTC Desire C using xda app-developers app
what about addons?
guide to installing addons? havent been able to find one?
pokegeek said:
guide to installing addons? havent been able to find one?
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What add-ons do you want to install?
If you want to install custom bootscreens or lockrings, just go to the nameless thread and einstein.frat outlines how to do it... he even shows you how you can make any lockring you want, technically.
thanks
thanks i couldnt find the post
but what i ment was like when he first released his rom he had a long list of add ons to install but now he puts them all into one easy rom! yay!
oh yeah does anybody know where i can find the 1024 mhz overclock for this device like the guy is useing thats at the top off the antutu list?
phone: htc desire c
rom: nameless V3.0.0 (going to be 4 very soon)
kernal: 756 overclock
latest antutu score: 2565
Already rooted my phone, but did not install recovery
Deary me, I have a problem. I rooted my phone easily using the instructions on a different website. Unfortunately I cannot post links until I hit 10 osts, which is the first time I ever seen that on a forum! Now I want to install some sort of recovery so I can flash some ROMS and apply tweaks and so on. The guide on that forum only helped me root the phone. Do I need to take some precautions when I install the touch CWM?
MrToastedAndroid said:
Deary me, I have a problem. I rooted my phone easily using the instructions on a different website. Unfortunately I cannot post links until I hit 10 osts, which is the first time I ever seen that on a forum! Now I want to install some sort of recovery so I can flash some ROMS and apply tweaks and so on. The guide on that forum only helped me root the phone. Do I need to take some precautions when I install the touch CWM?
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How do you mean? If you just follow the directions above it'll go nice and smooth ... lemme know if you have problems...
thank for the rooting guide......
Will flashing different kernals when installing the rom help with battery life?
How do you unlock the sim? Supposedly I have a locked Desire C, but I don't think so.
Also, I've followed the walkthrough reaching the Nameless ROM. It all worked fine, but I didn't like theme of the phone, and when changing I noticed some graphical errors in the clock, etc... so I wanted to go back to my backup (note: you don't make it in the internal sd, that's the internal memory, but just the standard backup). And when I got back to it, my wifi doesn't work. I think it's the Nameless boot.img I backed up, since that is flashed before backups are mentioned... I also tried the stock rom from here but Wifi has an error there too. Where can I get a stock boot.img?
AirCombat said:
How do you mean? If you just follow the directions above it'll go nice and smooth ... lemme know if you have problems...
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Thanks alot for the reply! I will try this out, but I have already rooted my phone so I will try from step 3. We need more development for this phone! Also, does Nameless have a working Wi-Fi?
Tried backing up to SD card, only 93 mb of space!
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Haha, awesome. Instead of using backup to SD card, I just chose backup. That default for Backup is SD card while backup to SD card is the opposite, backing up to the phone. I downloaded Nameless v5.0 and the bootscreen is a earth spinning with HTC DESIRE C NAMELESS on the top in Landscape. Hopefully this goes fine... Was really easy installing Touch CWM Recovery. You should update your guide at where the part says "backup to SDcard" to just say choose backup. Phone booted up now, didn't take 5 minutes for the 5.00 THANKS A BUNCH!
I already stated that in the post above you, but it's good you found out by yourself.
BTW the CWM backup gave me a bad md5 checksum, noticed a few people also have the problem, could be due to the CWM itself.
Anyway, I was able to solve it with this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835914
And we have our own proper sub-forum for DesireC!
Check it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1989
Mods should sticky this thread in the Desire C sub forum.
Installed Nameless v5.0 and it is running very stable, my daily driver, no problems except for the occasional slowdowns but I guess that's a problem with Android. Unfortunately, a moderator locked the Nameless development thread
Moved to Desire C General as per OP request.
Sent from my Micromax A57 using xda app-developers app
I cant root my phone can u teach me ?
sarthak bhave said:
Sent from my Micromax A57 using xda app-developers app
I cant root my phone can u teach me ?
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Do you have a desire C? If you want to root your micromax a57 you should search the forums here. If you can't find any info try googling it. If that doesn't work I might be able to help but my area of expertise is currently HTC and LG phones.
There are a variety of threads on how to downgrade a DS7 back to froyo 2.2, so it always takes me a while to pierce things back together. For anybody in the same boat, here's a simple guide, with links. Many many thanks to all those that have come before me: TheManii, Giveen, DJ_Steve, and all the others on the DS7 community that refuse to let the thing die.
Download the complete restore file from here: http://d-h.st/iXc. Unzip the files somewhere, but the caveat here is that if the path is too long, the process will fail. Unzip it to c:\Streak, or something of the sort.
Download the ADB+Fastboot package from here: http://d-h.st/NMu, and unzip it somewhere, like c:\ADB
As detailed in this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809),
Plug the usb cable *on the streak only* (for now)
Hold down both volume buttons
While holding down the volume buttons, plug the other end of the usb cable on your PC. Keep holding the buttons until the lights on the side of the streak come on (the screen will *not* turn on)
Once the streak is lit up, you'll need to install the APX drivers. Go to the windows device manager, and you'll see a device with a yellow question mark (I believe it was called APX, sorry, writing mostly from memory here). Right click that device and update the driver, windows will ask you where the drivers are, navigate to C:\ADB (or wherever you unzipped the ADB files). On windows 7, you'll be prompted to install unsigned drivers. On windows 8, you'll have to boot with signed driver protection disabled. After you install the driver, the icon will change and the yellow question mark will disappear.
Now that all the prep-work is complete, navigate to the c:\Streak folder (or wherever it was you unzipped the files to), and execute the batch file "run this to restore to froyo.bat". This will start flashing the files into the Streak. The whole process will take about 5-10 mins, and it will actually fail at the very end. It'll say it cannot locate P23.img. That's OK! P23 and P24 are for non-wifi models, so we're good. Reboot the Streak using a pin, and voila! It should be good as new.
If the batch file fails to start, or closes very quickly after launching, you probably do not have the APX driver installed, or there's a connectivity issue between the PC and the Streak. Let me know what you run into and I'll try to help.
marciolsf said:
There are a variety of threads on how to downgrade a DS7 back to froyo 2.2, so it always takes me a while to pierce things back together. For anybody in the same boat, here's a simple guide, with links. Many many thanks to all those that have come before me: TheManii, Giveen, DJ_Steve, and all the others on the DS7 community that refuse to let the thing die.
Download the complete restore file from here: http://d-h.st/iXc. Unzip the files somewhere, but the caveat here is that if the path is too long, the process will fail. Unzip it to c:\Streak, or something of the sort.
Download the ADB+Fastboot package from here: http://d-h.st/NMu, and unzip it somewhere, like c:\ADB
As detailed in this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809),
Plug the usb cable *on the streak only* (for now)
Hold down both volume buttons
While holding down the volume buttons, plug the other end of the usb cable on your PC. Keep holding the buttons until the lights on the side of the streak come on (the screen will *not* turn on)
Once the streak is lit up, you'll need to install the APX drivers. Go to the windows device manager, and you'll see a device with a yellow question mark (I believe it was called APX, sorry, writing mostly from memory here). Right click that device and update the driver, windows will ask you where the drivers are, navigate to C:\ADB (or wherever you unzipped the ADB files). On windows 7, you'll be prompted to install unsigned drivers. On windows 8, you'll have to boot with signed driver protection disabled. After you install the driver, the icon will change and the yellow question mark will disappear.
Now that all the prep-work is complete, navigate to the c:\Streak folder (or wherever it was you unzipped the files to), and execute the batch file "run this to restore to froyo.bat". This will start flashing the files into the Streak. The whole process will take about 5-10 mins, and it will actually fail at the very end. It'll say it cannot locate P23.img. That's OK! P23 and P24 are for non-wifi models, so we're good. Reboot the Streak using a pin, and voila! It should be good as new.
If the batch file fails to start, or closes very quickly after launching, you probably do not have the APX driver installed, or there's a connectivity issue between the PC and the Streak. Let me know what you run into and I'll try to help.
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Thanks for the details. I just used it to get my Streak 7 back to Froyo.
Do you know how I can install CWM or TWRP recovery. Tried both but when I try to start it factory reset (data only) option, it simply reset the data partition which tells me CWM/TWRP did not install correctly. When I install it streak screen says stormgr recovery installed.
Appreciate the help.
TWRP is not available for Froyo. And CWM ....I'm not even sure.
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TWRP is not available for Froyo. And CWM ....I'm not even sure.
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Really! If that's the case, how were pleople flashing streakdroid by djsteve and rooting?
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Rooting is done via other ways
Like I said there might be a CWM for Froyo, I just dont know.
All TWRP were done by me, so I absolutely know there is none for Froyo.
marciolsf said:
There are a variety of threads on how to downgrade a DS7 back to froyo 2.2, so it always takes me a while to pierce things back together. For anybody in the same boat, here's a simple guide, with links. Many many thanks to all those that have come before me: TheManii, Giveen, DJ_Steve, and all the others on the DS7 community that refuse to let the thing die.
Download the complete restore file from here: http://d-h.st/iXc. Unzip the files somewhere, but the caveat here is that if the path is too long, the process will fail. Unzip it to c:\Streak, or something of the sort.
Download the ADB+Fastboot package from here: http://d-h.st/NMu, and unzip it somewhere, like c:\ADB
As detailed in this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809),
Plug the usb cable *on the streak only* (for now)
Hold down both volume buttons
While holding down the volume buttons, plug the other end of the usb cable on your PC. Keep holding the buttons until the lights on the side of the streak come on (the screen will *not* turn on)
Once the streak is lit up, you'll need to install the APX drivers. Go to the windows device manager, and you'll see a device with a yellow question mark (I believe it was called APX, sorry, writing mostly from memory here). Right click that device and update the driver, windows will ask you where the drivers are, navigate to C:\ADB (or wherever you unzipped the ADB files). On windows 7, you'll be prompted to install unsigned drivers. On windows 8, you'll have to boot with signed driver protection disabled. After you install the driver, the icon will change and the yellow question mark will disappear.
Now that all the prep-work is complete, navigate to the c:\Streak folder (or wherever it was you unzipped the files to), and execute the batch file "run this to restore to froyo.bat". This will start flashing the files into the Streak. The whole process will take about 5-10 mins, and it will actually fail at the very end. It'll say it cannot locate P23.img. That's OK! P23 and P24 are for non-wifi models, so we're good. Reboot the Streak using a pin, and voila! It should be good as new.
If the batch file fails to start, or closes very quickly after launching, you probably do not have the APX driver installed, or there's a connectivity issue between the PC and the Streak. Let me know what you run into and I'll try to help.
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WOW!!! Thank you so much for posting this!! I was able to take my bricked Streak and bring it back to life! (Even though I will never use it probably, but i feel much better knowing i have a working streak than having a paperweight because I was being dumb with it)
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!
Hi
Here we go again
Lets install Monterey on Unsupported Devices
Disclaimer
I am not responsible if things on your end go downhill
Only use this method if your MacBook is not up to par with Monterey specifications
Prerequisites
MacOS Monterey Bootable USB
16GB USB
( Look at my other posts if you do not have the "Bootable USB" )
SETUP
1. We need to download micropatcher from GitHub.. ( MicroPatcher Download )
2. Plug your boot-able MacOS Monterey USB Drive into the computer
3. Open up mac terminal and type sudo
4. Open up the micropatcher folder and drag and drop the ( Install-SetVars.sh ) file into the terminal and then you need to drag and drop the ( USB with Monterey boot drive ) on the desktop into the terminal and press enter key...
5. Once that finished, go back into the micropatcher folder, find ( Micropatcher.sh ) file, drag and drop into the terminal, and then drag and drop the USB on the desktop into the terminal again and press enter.
6. When that is finished, quit terminal and eject USB, and power off Mac.
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INSTALLATION SECTION
7. Now we are ready to install, Plug USB into mac, power on, and hold option key while the computer boots up.
8. Select EFI Boot and press enter key... Your Mac will shut down, power on again and press option key again while booting
9. Now select Install MacOS 12 and press enter.
10. Select Language and press arrow key
11. Click on Disk Utility and press continue.
12. Click on view (top left) and select show all devices
13. Now select the drive you want Mac OS 12 to install to and erase with the following parameters
Name- Macintosh HD
Format- APFS
Scheme- GUID Partition Map
Erase and click on done, then close disk utility.
14. Click on Install MacOS 12 and continue... Continue with the installer... Select Macintosh HD and continue...
MacOS Monterey Is being Installed Your Mac will restart Several times
Once Installed, continue with the initial setup until you reach the home screen
15. Now you will need to change the USB Stick name to Install macOS Big Sur
16. Open terminal window and type sudo, then open up USB and drag and drop ( patch-kexts.sh ) file into the terminal, press enter key, and type your password.
17. Once this has finished inside the terminal, YOU HAVE TO RESTART YOUR MAC
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We are done here
Till next time
Cheers
Really thanks!!!!
Gone try it as soon as I can and let you know how things went!
#mcl said:
Really thanks!!!!
Gone try it as soon as I can and let you know how things went!
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Ok awesome. Just make sure you follow each step carefully
Ok, will be very careful
Hey!
Finally I decided to upgrade , and I am pretty happy for doing that. Even though I didn't expect this now animations are way faster, and Safari is so much faster. On big sur it lagged so much that I couldn't even use it.
However there is feature that I was hoping to be able to use but got unfortunately discover it just isn't available.
I would really like to have low power mode on my Mac, but it just doesn't appear any where in the OS.
What I found on the web is that it only works on early 2016 models and later.
Would it be possible for you to add a patch so they Mac thinks it's form 2016 so low power mode is available?
I think that way it should work but maybe you have a better idea...
Hey!
So I decided to install macOS Monterey on a 15" MacbookPro with dual graphics(in this case, I have the GT 750M).
I followed the other's guide you made and everything works great.
However as soon as I reboot into the USB, during the boot, the apple logo and progress bar glitches out and become tiny. This persists when I get into Monterey recovery everything is sill tiny.
Anyway I tried to continue and it seems to install the OS, however when it ends the installation, the boot screen never ends, it get stuck and I know the installation is complete because I can hear Macos voiceOver function, saying how to use if I need, but on screen I only see the loading bar and the apple logo. I tried restarting and nothing.
I also return to Big sur and then re do everything, got the same result.
Any help is welcome, and thanks in advance!
#mcl said:
Hey!
So I decided to install macOS Monterey on a 15" MacbookPro with dual graphics(in this case, I have the GT 750M).
I followed the other's guide you made and everything works great.
However as soon as I reboot into the USB, during the boot, the apple logo and progress bar glitches out and become tiny. This persists when I get into Monterey recovery everything is sill tiny.
Anyway I tried to continue and it seems to install the OS, however when it ends the installation, the boot screen never ends, it get stuck and I know the installation is complete because I can hear Macos voiceOver function, saying how to use if I need, but on screen I only see the loading bar and the apple logo. I tried restarting and nothing.
I also return to Big sur and then re do everything, got the same result.
Any help is welcome, and thanks in advance!
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Well, I got to say I havent seen this happen before... its probably something to do with graphic divers compatability. I will do some research and see if I can find a fix for you.
Nameless Foe said:
Well, I got to say I havent seen this happen before... its probably something to do with graphic divers compatability. I will do some research and see if I can find a fix for you.
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Ok thanks in advance for your time
#mcl said:
Ok thanks in advance for your time
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No worries
Hey!
So finally the issue is finally fixed.
I tried to install Monterey using OpenCore legacy pacher and got the same result, however, it turns out I didn't see the warning when installing Monterey on this Mac(11,3). As it turns out when the installation is done you need to reboot in safe mode so the Mac don't use the Nvidia card.
Though, now with the latest version of OpenCore ( 0.4.7), it fixes that issue(on 0.4.6 you would have to reboot on safe mode).
Now when the installation is done it reboots it just and just works out of the box, and it automatically patches the system so you are able to use the Nvidia card without having to do extra steps.
So if anyone is interested in Installing Monterey on an unsupported Mac, visit their webpage, as everything is well documented, easy to follow and has an extensive list of supported devices.
Thanks for the news. When this guide was uploaded, this was the one of the earliest ways to get Monterey on unsupported devices