I have rooted ALL my android phones. And I am stucked with this one, HTC one V. I turned it on, and flashed the update OTA (battery calibration bla bla bla...), and followed your guide. I stucked at step 3, after connected to PC, "waiting for device". I am able to connect to PC, and see my SD card/eMMC. I think my USB driver is not correct. How do I install the right USB driver? can I use some other driver? I use 'other' USB driver for the kyocera Rise and got lucky, and it rooted. This HTC One V is fuzzy! The phone is not rooted yet...
HTC from black Friday one day ago, and flashed the battery calibration update. Have X86/java installed, adb working, winXP.
Thanks,
bun
scotty85: Thanks for the revolutionary driver. That does it. I download and installed it, and the rest of the instruction followed thru without any glitch. Thank you again.
I still have a few noob questions, if you dont mind.
1) After a phone has been rooted, but no recovery installed, can one still use the factory reset? would the factory reset unroot a rooted phone, in general?
if you do not install a custom recovery,then the factory reset from hboot,or in settings will indeed still work.
the factory reset will erase all user data,leaving it in an out-of-the-box state. superuser and its matching binary are installed in system/app(not data/app where user apps are installed) as such,it will still be rooted after the factory reset.
2) I believe one should never use the factory reset if CWR or TWRP has been installed, right?
selecting factory reset from hboot or the menu settings will simply take you to your custom recovery. there is a custom recovery option to wipe data/factory reset wich will very effectively erase your user data when you want to flash new roms. the main difference is that the stock recovery seems to be able to wipe more obscure parts of the phone,wich could be handy if you encounter other unexplainable issues,such as unstable data or phone signals.
3) I like to play with LCD density, One V became unstable when Lcd set below 200. Wonder if that is the same for everybody?
i personally dont mess with lcd,nor do i actually have a one v,but i do remember that you should not make any drastic changes to the lcd number. that may be why your having trouble. chage it in several small steps to get to where you want,and maybe it will then be more stable
4) What is this thing called RUU eveybody is talking about? Only if one wants to downgrade or reset to stock ROM?
technically,RUU= htcs Rom Updater Utility. technically it is a .exe file that is run on the PC with the phone plugged in,wich updates your phone to newer software/firmware. the term "RUU" has come to generically mean any factory signed-by-htc software update,so when someone says "ruu" they could also be a .zip file that is updated via hboot.
its main use is to install facotry software. either to fix prollems,or to get to a different factory rom version.
Thanks again
bun
; I got my Nexus 7, rooted, changed lcd and got a soft brick, I softbrick my $240 Nexus7 in less than 4 hr. Luckily, there are instruction to unbrick it, and it was fine after 6 hrs of hard work. The bottomline, your advice NOT to mess with lcd are very important - you may softbrick your device; That being said, lcd changed is more than just the display, it also affects performance, to some small extent ; For the One V, I settled with 190 and it is table. 180 is not. I did not bother to test more. it may be a prollem with that build,or it may be an issue with your flash procedure.
did you wipe:
-data/factory reset
-cache
-dalvik cache
and did you somehow install the correct boot image?
if you missed any of these steps,might try doing a "full wipe" of the things listed above andinstall the rom again
