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| Jailbreaking HTC Wildfire to Run Latest Android |
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Rishabh Dangwal |
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In this exciting tutorial Rishabh explains how he has rooted
(Jail-breaking in Apple world) HTC wildfire to get rid of old
Android 2.2.1 to install latest Android 2.3 version. Here is the fun
game in his own words with beautiful illustrations.
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Sometime ago I got an HTC Wildfire and was having loads of fun using
it, but every time I wanted to do anything more "creative" i was stopped by the
binded nature of phone, hence i decided to root it (jailbreak it
apple fellas) and get complete control over my device. Here, I am
covering step by step guide to root HTC wildfire 2.2.1 and install
Android 2.3 on HTC Wildfire.
To do the rooting you must have
your Wildfire with S-OFF, HBOOT 1.02.0002 and Android 2.2.1 . You
can check it by booting into HBOOT (power on your phone by holding
the VOLUME DOWN + POWER button) .This method is strictly for the
2.2.1 owners. How you can turn the S-OFF is your headache, you can
try the alpharev (ask the team if they can get you a 2.0 test
version... :P) or you can wait for Unrevoked 3.33 or you can
straight off go to market and hunt for XTC clip. Either way, try it
and don't attempt to anything before you get S-OFF. Actually the
notorious S-ON flag is the cause rooting wildfire is such a pain in
the a**. |
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| Before I had this one (HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2.1) |
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| After this game, I converted it to like this with latest Android 2.3 |
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| or better :) |
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This tutorial is intended for educational purposes only and the
author or the publisher or this site can not be held liable for any kind
of damages done whatsoever to your machine, or damages caused by some
other,creative application of this tutorial.
In any case you
disagree with the above statement, please stop here. |
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| Before we begin, you need following things in
place, |
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| Once the ground is set, we can now move on to step by step
instructions with illustrations to finally root on HTC and get latest
Android 2.3 on it. |
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Download USB drivers and extract them on desktop. Turn off your
wildfire and boot into HBOOT by holding the VOLUME DOWN + POWER button.
Connect your phone to your PC and it will show "drivers installing" or
similar there for Android device. When prompted , install the drivers by
going to device manager and browsing to the folder where you extracted
the drivers. Once installed, disconnect and reboot your phone normally.
Now you need to install the Android bootloader interface. Connect it
to your HTC wildfire to the PC and it will ask for drivers again, Now go
to device manager, click on unknown device, |
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click on update
driver -> install from specific location -> No i will choose to install
-> choose Android phone and click on adb interface -> click next -> when
asked to install click on continue anyway, just install them.
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Once done you will see your phone recognized as "Android bootloader
interface". Now disconnect your phone and go into
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| settings ->
applications - > development - > enable USB Debugging. |
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| Congratulations, the first step is completed now. |
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| Download the RUU rom which is an original stock rom. Plug your phone
into the PC and set it to "Charge through USB". Double click RUU rom
.exe. Follow the on screen instructions and then let it install. Your
phone will reboot into stock HTC 2.1 :) This will be the last time you
will be seeing it though. |
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The HBOOT version will be now 0.80.0002 (check it by powering on
your phone by holding the VOLUME DOWN + POWER button). Once done
disconnect your phone.
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| Download the test version of unrevoked. Let me repeat, DO NOT USE
UNREVOKED 3.32 as it will lead to CID errors or to be precise this error |
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| "validation error backup cid is missing" |
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| This may be caused as the 3.32 doesnot support HBOOT 0.82.0002.
Hence You need specific test version of Unrevoked 3.2 to do the job.
Download it, save it on desktop, and run it. Now connect your phone and
the rooting will start. Once donw, you will have Clockworkmod recovery
installed on your phone. Reboot your phone now (using the VOLUME UP/DOWN
key for navigation and clicking using TRACKBALL, the POWER button takes
you back in menus). Once rebooted, you will see the superuserapp in your
phone and congratulations, your phone is successfully rooted :) |
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Download the Cyanogenmod 7 with google apps and save it on desktop,
connect your phone as USB diskdrive and transfer both zip files on SD
card. Once done, reboot your phone into ClockworkMod Recovery (booting
by holding the VOLUME DOWN + POWER button and clicking on recovery)
Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the side
VOLUME buttons to move around, and either the POWER button or the
TRACKBALL to select. |
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Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset.
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Then
select the option to Wipe cache partition.
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Select Install zip from
sdcard.
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Select Choose zip from sdcard.
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Choose
update-cm-7.0.0-buzz-signed.zip & Let it install.
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Once done, Select
Install zip from sdcard.
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Select Choose zip from sdcard, choose
gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
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Once the installation has finished, to
get back to the main menu by clicking the POWER button and select the
Reboot system now option
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Congratulations !
Now your HTC Wildfire
should now boot into CyanogenMod as
shown in screen below. |
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| Finally r00ted :) |
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| Special thanks to 3xeno. Greetz fly to
Singla | Parul | Nilesh
| Satwik Bhai | Broken Angel |
Rahul Bhai |
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