Rooting Gingerbread

accessing · #1 (**permalink**) 06-23-2011, 10:29 AM

Is this possible?

A friend of mine has 4.24.651.1 build and wants to get rooted. Tried Unrevoked but didn't work.

**Riley** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-23-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by accessing

Is this possible?

A friend of mine has 4.24.651.1 build and wants to get rooted. Tried Unrevoked but didn't work.

Unfortunately there is no solution at the moment. Hopefully unrevoked will update the root method based on the latest hboot soon or someone else will come up with another method.

**lkillen** · #3 (**permalink**) 06-23-2011, 08:25 PM

Regress to Froyo, root and then install the RUU version of the rooted Gingerbread. There is even a rooted version of the update.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-htc-e...-deodexed.html

accessing · #4 (**permalink**) 06-24-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by lkillen

Regress to Froyo, root and then install the RUU version of the rooted Gingerbread. There is even a rooted version of the update.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/cdma-htc-e...-deodexed.html

I tried that using the PC36IMG.zip of froyo, but it didn't work. Got "update fail"

#5 (**permalink**) 06-24-2011, 11:47 AM

how to Regress to Froyo?

accessing · #6 (**permalink**) 06-24-2011, 12:32 PM

By flashing the pc36img.zip if you're rooted that is. Put the zip on your card. Reboot into bootloader (power+vol.down) and follow the phone prompts.

You can find froyo stock here:
Supersonic Shipped ROMs - xda-developers

**lkillen** · #7 (**permalink**) 06-24-2011, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Raheinm

how to Regress to Froyo?

Run teh HTC stock RUU. It is an execuatable you run from your PC. There may be a copy up at HTC.COM If not, go ovet to XDA and search for a forum labelled "All stock Roms" or words to that effect.

You can't flash an image for several reasons.
First, you can't place it in your root since you ain't.
Second, you cannot run a non-signed image since your sig checker is still on.

So, roll back to Froyo (or before) and then run UnRevoked.

jpwhre · #8 (**permalink**) 06-24-2011, 10:46 PM

funny, you can't roll back to froyo cuz the hboot you have is a newer version. the only way this can be done is if you are rooted with s-off, which means you now have 2.3.3 rooted. if you weren't rooted before update with s-off, you're stuck. If you had s-off, a nand restore would take you back to froyo if you were smart enough to do a backup before doing update. This flashing a 2.2 stock rom only works IF YOU"RE ALREADY ROOTED