[PRJ][SOLVED]Permaroot for latest Desire Z

skitzophrenick · Nov 25, 2010

This issue is SOLVED, please go to the thread by qpop for full details on what to do:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9523168#post9523168

There were problems permarooting and S-OFF on the latest batch of Desire Zs (shipped by Vodafone UK, BelCompany Netherlands, and others).

Stock details of the device:

HTC Desire Z, PC 10110, branded Vodafone UK
~~---------------------------------------~~
VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.85.0005
MICROP-0425
RADIO-26.03.02.26_M
eMMC-boot
Oct 11 2010,20:10:38
~~---------------------------------------~~
Android Version 2.2
Baseband version 12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
Kernel version 2.6.32.21-g9d69527, htc-kernel@and18-2 #1, Fri Oct 29 14:49:32 CST 2010
Build number 1.34.161.6 CL273326 release-keys
Software number 1.34.161.6
Browser version WebKit 3.1
~~---------------------------------------~~
Model number: HTC Desire Z A7272
Device serial number: SH0BCRT#####
Product number: 99HLW041-00 B (under battery)

Following the hard work of those in the #G2ROOT room in IRC, and the support of PaulOBriens Visionary apk, we are happy to say this issue is solved. Please do consider providing scotty2 with a donation, I know I will

RyanMacG · Nov 25, 2010

For convenience I'm uploaded the relevant RUU to my domain and will do the same with any other relevant files posted. These can be found at http://ryanmacg.co.uk/Zroot

hope this helps

shorty2k5 · Nov 25, 2010

Currently same problem with HTC Desire Z bought in Amsterdam, Netherlands yesterday at BelCompany (unbranded).

some data seem to be different though:

kernel: 2.6.32.21-gd2764ed htc-kernel@and18-2 #1 Tue Oct 26 16:04:03 CST 2010
build-number: 1.34.405.5 CL273327 release-keys
Software-number: 1.34.405.5

Regards,
David

RyanMacG · Nov 25, 2010

shorty2k5 said:
Currently same problem with HTC Desire Z bought in Amsterdam, Netherlands yesterday at BelCompany (unbranded).

some data seem to be different though:

kernel: 2.6.32.21-gd2764ed htc-kernel@and18-2 #1 Tue Oct 26 16:04:03 CST 2010
build-number: 1.34.405.5 CL273327 release-keys
Software-number: 1.34.405.5

Regards,
David

Just spoke to someone on irc who had some issues rooting with the same kernel version, did you try rage or visionary? He said that Rage worked but visionary wouldn't

shorty2k5 · Nov 25, 2010

I tried them both in order to get a permanent root, but I was not able to permanently root - neither via visionary nor rage. Only the temp. root on bootup with visionary is working as expected.

What's the IRC channel you're talking about? Maybe I can support you in any kind of way.

Regards,
David

skitzophrenick · Nov 25, 2010

shorty2k5 said:
What's the IRC channel you're talking about? Maybe I can support you in any kind of way.

We should first check if it is the same problem. Could you please come into #G2ROOT on freenode and I will guide you through using wpthis and dmesg so we can see what is happening. If it is the same issue that is certainly of interest to us

evilive27 · Nov 25, 2010

Here you go...
This is off my Bell Desire Z running on the euro 1.34.405.5
S'Off and permarooted.

Hope this helps.

(change x to t)
hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=NUTHQ1NR

steviewevie · Nov 25, 2010

shorty2k5 said:
Currently same problem with HTC Desire Z bought in Amsterdam, Netherlands yesterday at BelCompany (unbranded).

some data seem to be different though:

kernel: 2.6.32.21-gd2764ed htc-kernel@and18-2 #1 Tue Oct 26 16:04:03 CST 2010
build-number: 1.34.405.5 CL273327 release-keys
Software-number: 1.34.405.5

The only different thing there from my phone is the "CL273327" bit. Not sure if that is significant. But the kernel version is exactly the same, which I suspect is more important.

I'm not sure this thread really wants to turn into a general "I've got problems with perm root" thread ?

steviewevie · Nov 25, 2010

evilive27 said:
Here you go...
This is off my Bell Desire Z running on the euro 1.34.405.5
S'Off and permarooted.

I don't think that's what they need though ?

skitzophrenick said:
Currently we need someone else with a successfully permarooted and S-OFF Desire Z who can roll back to 1.22.405.1 and dump partitions 3 and 5.

evilive27 · Nov 25, 2010

steviewevie said:
I don't think that's what they need though ?

OOPS!!! sorry

RyanMacG · Nov 25, 2010

evilive27 said:
OOPS!!! sorry

Don't suppose you'd be willing to roll back to .1 at all?

skitzophrenick · Nov 25, 2010

steviewevie said:
The only different thing there from my phone is the "CL273327" bit. Not sure if that is significant. But the kernel version is exactly the same, which I suspect is more important.

I assume you have also been unable to permroot/S-OFF with this?

steviewevie said:
I'm not sure this thread really wants to turn into a general "I've got problems with perm root" thread ?

Definitely not, though its worth noting shorty2k5s model as a non-Vodafone unit with the same difficulty. Am updating main post to reflect this

steviewevie · Nov 25, 2010

skitzophrenick said:
I assume you have also been unable to permroot/S-OFF with this?

Me ? Yes, I've permarooted my phone, using the "rage" method. It's not a Vodafone-branded one though.

My ROM is 1.34.405.5 CL273326, kernel 2.6.32.21-gd2764ed

gtrab · Nov 25, 2010

I downloaded the Voda RUU from post 2.
If this helps, I'm unpacking it.

The Vodafone 1.22.405.1 firmware is SEP 26 (!!!) - one month older than the OCT 26 generic euro firmware.

I will upload the kernel later,along with and other important stuff you require.

RyanMacG · Nov 25, 2010

gtrab said:
I downloaded the Voda RUU from post 2.
If this helps, I'm unpacking it.

The Vodafone 1.22.405.1 firmware is SEP 26 (!!!) - one month older than the OCT 26 generic euro firmware.

I will upload the kernel later,along with and other important stuff you require.

It's not the VF RUU but skitz managed to debrand back to it so we need to compare the files that you get compared to the one he currently has

Really appreciate it.

skitzophrenick · Nov 25, 2010

gtrab said:
I downloaded the Voda RUU from post 2.
If this helps, I'm unpacking it.

The Vodafone 1.22.405.1 firmware is SEP 26 (!!!) - one month older than the OCT 26 generic euro firmware.

I will upload the kernel later,along with and other important stuff you require.

As RyanMacG points out this is the debranded RUU im currently running on my VF Desire Z. If you have a rooted, S-OFF Desire Z we would really appreciate it if you downgraded to this RUU and dumped the partitions noted in post #1. Would that be possible?

steviewevie · Nov 26, 2010

I see from #G2ROOT that scotty is on the case, which is great.

I still find it very hard to believe that Vodafone/HTC have done anything special on a ROM dated Oct 29 (well before permanent root/NAND unlock was achieved) to deliberately mess things up for us. Probably more an accident or other weird occurrence ?

steviewevie · Nov 26, 2010

I have a permarooted/S-OFF'd DZ. How easy is it for me to flash this old RUU to help you guys out ? I also don't want to get stuck in a bad place lol.

I don't mind doing it if it's going to be straightforward. I need to know how to do it so that I can easily get back to where I am now, e.g. hopefully I can restore a Nandroid backup of my current ROM ?

skitzophrenick · Nov 26, 2010

steviewevie said:
I have a permarooted/S-OFF'd DZ... I also don't want to get stuck in a bad place lol... hopefully I can restore a Nandroid backup of my current ROM ?

Awesome, thanks. Well in theory you shouldnt have any problems restoring a backup but the RUU does replace the radio, hboot, recovery, system, etc. so if you want everything exactly as they are you would need to do a few things first. I would recommend looking for a suitable RUU to match your setup when you rooted, that way you get to keep radio and anything else that you left stock, and it wouldnt hurt to run TitaniumBackup incase nandroid doesnt work out and it needs a reinstall.

Then you can "upgrade" back to this to redo the permaroot and S-OFF. The current stats for the 1.22.405.1 RUU are below, providing they are all older than your current setup *fingers crossed* I cant see any reason why you shouldnt be able to root again afterwards

HBOOT-0.85.0002
Radio-26.02.00.24_M2
Sep 17 2010,17:13:27
Baseband: 12.26.60.1301U_26.02.00.24_M2
Kernel: 2.6.32.21-gfbe0094, htc-kernel@and18-2 #1, Sat Sep 25 02:34:14 CST 2010
Build number: 1.22.405.1 CL261471 release-keys

The method for downgrading is described in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=832503 and you can get the 1.22.405.1 RUU from either post #6 (multiupload) on that thread or directly from RyanMacGs server on post #2 here. You use the same method to upgrade later except you dont have to change anything in the misc partition, just dump it to the microSD and HBOOT.

steviewevie · Nov 26, 2010

So I need to go through the Gold Card stuff ?

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