[HOW TO] ROOT HTC RUBY / AMAZE 4G

This is a very simple device to root.

However if you root this device it will likely void your warranty.

There is no current method of obtaining S-OFF, so don't ask!

Requirements:

• PC
• Phone
• USB Cable
• External SDCARD (optional but highly recommended)
• Internet Connection
• HTC Drivers
• Battery with a charge of over 50%
• Ability to read
• Ability to follow directions
• Then you must view the following video!

If you meet these requirements then proceed to post #2.

If you followed the instructions like you were supposed to you should be fully rooted and unlocked the full potential of your HTC Amaze 4G phone.

Feel free to post your questions and comments here in this thread.

PLEASE! don't send me private messages asking for help. I just spent two hours making this as simple as I could to save me from all of the help requests. If you have problems then post in this thread and make sure to reference the step that you're having issues with.
Example:

Problem with Step #1 I can't follow directions. Someone do it for me. I'll be willing to pay $10,000,000 to have root.

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Then I'm sure you will get plenty of help.

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Step #4 - ROOTING!

Now that you have your custom recovery installed it's time to flash root onto your phone.

Download a custom rom from the Development section or the HTC Amaze ROM Bible and store the zip onto your external sdcard.
If you do not want a custom rom but just want root simply download the attached Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip file.
If you do not have an external sdcard then store it onto your internal sdcard.
The custom recovery from step #3 will default to an external sdcard if it's detected.
If the custom recovery from step #3 does not detect an external sdcard then it should default to your internal.

Now there are a couple different ways to reboot to recovery. The best way is to open the command prompt up and navigate to either directories from posts 1 or 2 that contains the adb.exe file.
For example this is from post #2.

If you stored it to your desktop directory then it would be something like:
C:\Users\Binary100100\Desktop\RecoveryInstallerForNoobs
so you may have to enter:
cd Desktop\RecoveryInstallerForNoobs

Now enter "dir" into the command prompt and press Enter and you should see something like:

c:\Users\Binary100100\Desktop\RecoveryInstallerForNoobs>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 4850-996B

Directory of c:\Users\Binary100100\Desktop\RecoveryInstallerForNoobs

01/03/2012 05:04 PM <DIR> .
01/03/2012 05:04 PM <DIR> ..
11/08/2011 02:50 PM 366,661 adb
11/08/2011 02:50 PM 410,942 adb.exe
11/08/2011 02:50 PM 96,256 AdbWinApi.dll
11/08/2011 02:50 PM 60,928 AdbWinUsbApi.dll
11/08/2011 02:50 PM 127,435 fastboot
11/08/2011 02:50 PM 356,009 fastboot.exe
12/27/2011 12:37 AM 128 Flash.bat
12/27/2011 12:32 AM 5,187,584 recovery-cwm-ruby-5.0.2.7.img
8 File(s) 6,605,943 bytes

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As long as you see adb, adb.exe, adbWinApi.dl and AdbWinUsbApi.dll you should be good to go.

Now without leaving the command prompt enter:
adb reboot recovery

Your phone should reboot and you should be looking at your recovery.
If for whatever reason you couldn't get access to recovery then go back to bootloader mode.
Remove the battery and put it back in. This is to make sure the device is completely powered off. Hold the Volume Down button while pressing power to get back to hboot mode. Just like step #1. Now if you don't see Recovery in the list then select BOOTLOADER. You should now see RECOVERY. Select that and your phone should reboot to recovery from there. Now that I know you're in recovery... let's move on.

From here you can flash your custom rom or root files.

Use the volume rocker buttons to move the highlight up and down the menu and highlight "Install zip from sdcard" then press the power button to select.
Now "choose zip from sdcard" then press power button again.
Highlight the downloaded custom rom or the Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zipfile and press power again. From here I think you have the idea.
Select the appropriate zip file and press the power button to install.
Now you can go back and then select "reboot system now" and let your device boot up.

Check the app drawer and make sure you have an app called SuperUser. If you have this app then you now have root.

Step #3 - Installing Custom Recovery

Now that you have unlocked your bootloader you can now obtain root.
The easiest way to do this would be by installing a custom recovery.

I created a simple bat script that should update your recovery for you.

Boot up your phone and connect it to your computer by usb cable.

Go to Settings --> Applications --> Development.
Check USB debugging.

Unzip the attached file and run the Flash.bat file as Administrator.

Your phone should reboot and go to a white screen.
It should update the recovery for you automatically and reboot.

Now you should have yourself a custom recovery.

If by chance you decide that you would like to revert to the custom recovery then use the same technique with the STOCK_RECOVERY_FLASHER.zip file.

If a .bat script isn't your thing then try this thread: [TOOL] HTC Amaze 4G All-In-One Toolkit by Hasoon2000

Step #2 - Unlocking your bootloader

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Once you have unlocked your bootloader you can make changes to your /system partition.
The majority of you will probably never need to do this. This is because most developers use flashable zip files that will do everything for you. These files are flashed from Recovery Mode.
Let's move on to step #3