[GUIDE] Root, flash a custom recovery and/or S-OFF your Desire HD the "easy" way!

kipue · Feb 7, 2011

Location for files

[Fixed with the one click S-OFF from another thread] But still would be curious

Hi all,
Nobody asked (or without follow up)
The first command gives me a "can't open DHD..."
I then used
ls /sdcard
ls /DHD
"DHD can't be found", and I checked, double checked that it is on my external sdcard, with the names and all.
Does "place the files on the sdcard" means internal memory? If so how to do that?

Thanks for your time!

HD_Tester · Feb 9, 2011

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thyrus said:
good morning

what recovery.img are you flashing in the process btw?! Care to let us know?

Since you take a backup of the original bootloader, maybe it would be handy to create a "revert" script also, where you flash back the original recovery and original bootloader in the event that we may need to you know...

The script would then go like this

Code:

dd if=/sdcard/dhd/hboot_orig.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/dhd/hboot_check.nb0 dd if=/sdcard/dhd/recovery_orig.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 md5sum /sdcard/dhd/hboot_orig.bin md5sum /sdcard/dhd/hboot_check.nb0

at least thats what i think... Unless the file .nb0 and .bin matters in the if=-- of--- command

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jair101 · Feb 18, 2011

I am getting slightly different error then mentioned in this thread. What do i need to do, continue or what?

I followed the instructions from here: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_HD:_Full_Update_Guide up to the point Flashing the Engineering HBoot (Optional) as i thought this method here provides extra security with the md5 check.

I downgraded the phone, installed 1.32.405.6(the same one as in the instructions) and the root went ok. Thanks in advance!

$ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
$ su
#sh /sdcard/DHD/check
df4fd77f44993eb05a4732210d2eddc6 /sdcard/DHD/hboot_eng.nb0
df4fd77f44993eb05a4732210d2eddc6 << CORRECT MD5

If the above MD5 sums do not match ... DO NOT CONTINUE!!!
Something went wrong with the download or extracting this archive!

Making kernel module for version:
gbe90714

Testing kernel module:

insmod: can't insert '/sdcard/DHD/wpx.ko': kernel does not support requested operation

If you get this error:
insmod: init_module '/sdcard/DHD/wpx.ko' failed (Function not implemented)
or
insmod: can't insert '/sdcard/DHD/wpx.ko': Function not implemented

This means the module worked

You can continue with:
sh /sdcard/DHD/backup

noxiuz · Feb 22, 2011

I got this strange error when running the script. I did everything and suddenly everyging went very fast.

I first created a goldcard, flashed the stock rom (1.32) on it, attempted temproot, worked, permroot, reboot etc.

then i copied DHD-smart to the root of my SDcard and executed android terminal emulator with the following code:

su
sh /sdcard/DHD/check

But i couldnt really see what happened and now i got this error;

Android.process.acore is stopped, try again (its in dutch, this is a free translation).

What do i have to do now? Did i mess up real bad or is it fixable?

I used this way to s-off because the easy s-off didnt work (error: do you have root?) but i do have root so i figured out manually doing s-off would be possible.

gvink · Feb 22, 2011

hi, just used the terminal emulator on my Desire HD to try to get the S-off etc. I got the SU root through Visionary's app. GReat work by the way!

Inside the terminal I entered the first two commands and it gave me the notion that "This means it has worked and you can now continue"

Whilst trying to enter the next command I got the popup the the android.process.acore (if I'm correct) process had stopped and that I had to push the 'close now' button. This kept on popping up while I tried to type in the next command.. (same as above post)
I couldn't get it in so I tried to exit the emulator to start over again. Before I knew it it entered into a reboot (I only pressed the home button) and now it's continuously rebooting...
I read all the comments before starting out and saw the notice about not turning the phone off, so I didn't..

Can someone help me out? I need this phone..

Thanks in advance for any help! I hope I didn't brick it..?

UPDATE: Took the battery out, put it back in, rebooted and it now runs okay. it rerooted (Visionary) will try again one more time and post back later..

noxiuz · Feb 22, 2011

gvink said:
hi, just used the terminal emulator on my Desire HD to try to get the S-off etc. I got the SU root through Visionary's app. GReat work by the way!

Inside the terminal I entered the first two commands and it gave me the notion that "This means it has worked and you can now continue"

Whilst trying to enter the next command I got the popup the the android.process.acore (if I'm correct) process had stopped and that I had to push the 'close now' button. This kept on popping up while I tried to type in the next command.. (same as above post)
I couldn't get it in so I tried to exit the emulator to start over again. Before I knew it it entered into a reboot (I only pressed the home button) and now it's continuously rebooting...
I read all the comments before starting out and saw the notice about not turning the phone off, so I didn't..

Can someone help me out? I need this phone..

Thanks in advance for any help! I hope I didn't brick it..?

UPDATE: Took the battery out, put it back in, rebooted and it now runs okay. it rerooted (Visionary) will try again one more time and post back later..

I got the same type of errors. After a while the errors didnt pop up anymore and i quited the terminal. Nothing happened since then, i will try another method of S-OFF, maybe i try easy S-OFF it! again.

htc_mi5 · Feb 28, 2011

Hi all,
I am not sure if this has been asked before, I have looked through this thread and tried the search option to no avail. I have just received my new DHD and am looking at rooting it and S-OFF to allow a custom recovery image to be loaded, BUT it is already on Build Version 1.75.110.2 CL301245 release-keys and has a t-mobile boot screen (but no other obvious t-mobile branding). The Kernel Version is: 2.6.32.21-g1e30168
Can anybody tell me if it is possible to use visionary+ to root and this method to S-OFF this version of the handset please?, or do I have to downgrade to a 1.3x rom (possibly having to use a goldcard?) to get this to work?

Thanks in advance.

kia1349 · Feb 28, 2011

hi
if my phone branded , can i root it , or first i must debranded it?

Xene55 · Mar 5, 2011

Sorry, just to confirm, does this include radio s-off?

jkoljo · Mar 5, 2011

Nope, it does not.

bratboo · Mar 9, 2011

Is this going to work if I use it on Desire Z? I can't find an easy S-Off on Desire Z forum >.>

Denil Wong · Mar 13, 2011

Can it do for 2.3.2?

Moffasin · May 25, 2011

Just tried this on a co-workers phone, after running Visionary+ R14 and everything went fine except for the HBOOT,

The first and second md5 match, but the third does not I guess this is okay?

adrianyujs · Jun 25, 2011

can I use this to S-OFF desire HD running 2.37 software?

mine currently OTA 2.3 gingerbread with S-ON...

Sybregunne · Jun 26, 2011

adrianyujs said:
can I use this to S-OFF desire HD running 2.37 software?

mine currently OTA 2.3 gingerbread with S-ON...

Sadly no. Waiting for the devs here on this topic.

Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

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