the basic steps will be:
1)unlock with htcdev
2)temporarily or permanently flash a recovery
3)flash root files
before you start,go ahead and download these files:
-mini-adb.zip:
mini-adb.zip
-the latest amon ra recovery image:
[Recovery] Amon Ra style vigor - xda-developers
-superuser files:
superuser 3.07 (found on
revolutionary public wiki)
-go to
HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader and register an account
*i highly reccomend to donate to drellisdee for bringing us amon recovery. at the very least,make sure to click the thanks button on his post on xda
md5sums <recoveryname>.img
**make sure the resulting md5 matches the one that drellisdee lists for the image that you downloaded. **
-boot to bootloader:
adb reboot bootloader
-check for connectivity:
fastboot devices
-should return serial number
-temporarily launch your recovery to phone memory:
fastboot boot <recoveryname>.img
-youll see a (really fast) green status bar on the top right as your PC sends the recovery to your phone. youll then see the
HTC splash screen,then your recovery.
in your command window you will see(red are my inputs):
Code:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Scott>[COLOR=Red]cd c:\mini-adb_vigor[/COLOR]
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR=Red]adb devices[/COLOR]
List of devices attached
HTxxxxxxxxxx device
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR=red]md5sums recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img[/COLOR]
MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Type md5sums -h for help
[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[c:\mini-adb_vigor\]
recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img 915d5e3cb662076f36f3d6e54759e951
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR=red]adb reboot bootloader[/COLOR]
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR=red]fastboot devices[/COLOR]
HTxxxxxxxxxx fastboot
c:\mini-adb_vigor>[COLOR=red]fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img[/COLOR]
downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 1.518s]
booting... OKAY [ 0.005s]
finished. total time: 1.523s
2)
permanently install your recovery
-move the image file you downloaded above for amon RA and place it into the mini-adb_vigor folder.
-enable usb debugging once again,as above. open a cmd window,if its not still open from unlocking.
-if you had to re-open a cmd window,dont forget to change back to your mini-adb_vigor directory:
cd c:\mini-adb_vigor
-make sure youre connected by typing:
adb devices
-should return serial number
-check the md5 of your recovery image:
md5sums <recoveryname>.img
**make sure the resulting md5 matches the one that drellisdee lists for the image that you downloaded. **
-boot to bootloader:
*hope it helps some folks
*had enuff requests for stock recovery that i decided to throw it up here so folks could find it:
PH98IMG-2.01.605.11-vigor-recovery.zip
simply download,pull out the image,place in mini-adb_vigor folder,and
fastboot flash usaing the the directions for permanent recovery in step 2
I really wish I could tell which ROMs were being actively supported and updated at this time. I'd love to give either an ICS or GB w/out Sense a go. I downloaded one of the ICS ROMs while at work the other day but I haven't bitten the bullet on actually installing it (interesting side note, the ROM downloaded in about 8 minutes on 4G versus the 40 minutes required on my home internet - wish I had 4G at home!).
ive got the adb renamed and put in my c drive, pull up the cmd window and type in the whole cd c:\mini-adb_vigor and get error message "the system cannot find the path specified" Im sure i just missed some really simple step, ive tried redownloading adb and unzipping and all that, im using a windows7 computer, does that just automatically unzip stuff for me or do i really need something like winzp? thanks for any help
