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Root How to root S-off HTC Wildfire S Marvel with 2.14.401.1?

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tieskejansen

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Hello,

I have an HTC Wildfire S s-off and wanted to root him.

The story:

When I had problems with my memory, in March, I unlocked my bootloader and rooted it with HTC Supertool V3 and did it with Zergrush. When I did something wrong with an stupid no needed app of HTC, my phone freezed and I pulled out the battery. After that, it didn't startup anymore and stuck on white background with green letters HTC. So I brought it to a phoneshop and they fixed it for me, by installing a whole new firmware (for Wildfire s of course). When I looked into bootloader, I saw they made it s-off. I turned on my phone and checked for some updates. There was one update: the update for 2.14.401.1. I searched on google for how to root it but couldn't find something. Can someone help me, or do I have to wait for something?

Thanks in advance!

tieskejansen
 
Nice... I wish I could have S-OFF!

There is no special procedure for rooting 2.14.401.1. Just use the HTC Supertool and Zergrush. It should root.
 
tieskejansen said:
Are you sure it will work after that update and can you make it sure?

Thanks by the way for the answer!
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As the saying goes, don't say thanks--click thanks ; )

I don't have your phone or that firmware so I can't say more than I have, but I personally wouldn't hesitate to do it if my phone were S-OFF.
 
CafeKampuchia said:
As the saying goes, don't say thanks--click thanks ; )

I don't have your phone or that firmware so I can't say more than I have, but I personally wouldn't hesitate to do it if my phone were S-OFF.
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Ok. So if I root my phone with Zergrush via HTC Supertool V3, my phone wouldn't be bricked? And does it matter if it is s-off or s-on with unlocked bootloader? I really, really want to root my phone again, but first I want to make sure it wouldn't be bricked quickly.
 
I don't know how many more ways to tell you that any rooting method will work with an s-off device.

Rooting does not brick phones. Noobs messing up their ROMs after rooting bricks phones. To make sure your phone is properly rooted and backed-up to avoid another trip to the phone shop, see steps 4 and 5 of this guide:

http://androidforums.com/wildfire-s-all-things-root/480954-guide-how-root-wildfire-s-s-finally.html

Avoid video tuts because they aren't specific enough and can't help you get out of trouble or answer your questions. That's what forums are for. ;)
 
CafeKampuchia said:
I don't know how many more ways to tell you that any rooting method will work with an s-off device.

Rooting does not brick phones. Noobs messing up their ROMs after rooting bricks phones. To make sure your phone is properly rooted and backed-up to avoid another trip to the phone shop, see steps 4 and 5 of this guide:

http://androidforums.com/wildfire-s-all-things-root/480954-guide-how-root-wildfire-s-s-finally.html

Avoid video tuts because they aren't specific enough and can't help you get out of trouble or answer your questions. That's what forums are for. ;)
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Ok, I will have a look at it. I click your thanks button if it's succesfull!
 
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