some more detailed instructions
if you rooted with my guide,then you have seen this before. its basically the directions to "temporarily flash recovery"
for those that have rooted via other means,you can modify these directions to fit whatever folder you have adb/fastboot in,or you just use these directions:
download these files:
-mini-adb.zip:
mini-adb.zip
-the latest amon ra recovery image:
[Recovery] Amon Ra style vigor - xda-developers
first thing you need is drivers for adb to see your phone. if you have htc sync installed,you should allready have drivers. if not,you can install htc sync,or install
these modified htc drivers from
revolutionary (i recomand revolutionary drivers)
1)
prepair ADB
-unzip your mini-adb.zip file. this is native funtionality in windows 7. you otherwise may need a utility such as "7-zip" to extract,or unzip it. place the
unzipped folder onto the root of your C\ drive on your PC(sorry, you mac guys will need to develop this for yourself,i dont have a mac). root means the top level,not inside any folders. so just copy and paste,or drag and drop the folder onto C with everything else that is there. rename it to "mini-adb_vigor" since youll be putting some vigor(rezound) specific files in here. you actually can call it whatver you want,but directions from here forward will assume this folder to be named "mini-adb_vigor"
-open a command window. on windows 7,click the start bubble in the lower left and type "command" in the search box. xp i believe is similar or the same. doing this should open a small black command window.
-change to your mini-adb_vigor directory. type the following at the prompt in your cmd window:
cd c:\mini-adb_vigor
2)
launch a temporary recovery:
-move the image file you downloaded above for amon RA and place it into the mini-adb_vigor folder.
-type in your cmd window,or copy/paste the commands that are in
bold
-check the md5 of your recovery image:
md5sums <recoveryname>.img
i.e.,if youre using an image named
recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm,then your command will be:
md5sums recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.img
**make sure the resulting md5 matches the one that drellisdee lists for the image that you downloaded. **
(if you use 3.15,then the md5 should match:
9d127cde10b68de5e424aaea2d4a4357)
-enable usb debugging on your phone and plug it in,charge only mode.
-check for connectivity:
adb devices
-it should reply with your serial number. if so,then:
adb reboot bootloader
-this will boot your phone into "fastboot" wich is a white screen with coloered letters.
-check for connectivity:
fastboot devices
-should return serial number
-temporarily launch your recovery to phone memory:
fastboot boot <recoveryname>.img
again,if youre using amon:
fastboot boot recovery-ra-vigor-3.15-gnm.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.
now that youre recovery is running,you have lots of options. you can mount usb storage to move things on and off the sd card if you need to. you can also flash the main version tool if you need to:
main version tool.
note that once recovery is running,you can unplug from the PC if you want to flash your rom from the couch,ktichen table,or wherever
you can now restore a backup,or flash a rom. be aware that if you are still on gingerbread firmware(hboot 2.09.0000, 2.10.000, 2.11.0000) and are flashing an ICS rom,you will need to flash a special patch for the rom to work,AFTER flashing the rom:
old firmware patch
last and not least,a couple notes:
-to paste into the cmd window,you must right click/paste. you cannot control/v
-to copy from the cmd window,right click. click mark. highlight everything to copy in white. now hit enter,or right click again.
holler if you have more questions
*there will be some refinements to this in a bit,ive got to step out for a bit...
